Kassandra POV

14 years ago

The floor was something I began accustomed to being face to face with. Nia had me start training with Ontari, another person with black blood like me, and also with Roan.

"Gyon op." Nia yelled at me, Trigedasleng was hard but I was picking up on It fast with Roan's help and having hearing it almost all the time.

I quickly stumbled to my feet and turned background to face Ontari, who immediately threw out her hand and pain radiates through my face and I was met with the stone cold floor yet again.I grunted and in the. background Nia was yelling at me, but I could only understand every few words.

I needed to do something to show to Nia that I was going to make good warrior and Princess to the clan.

"Gyon op Kassandra! If disha wa a throu daun, yu ste steadon!" (Get up Kassandra! If this was a fight, you'd be dead!) Ontari yelled and she kicked me in the. back and I winced. My body ached but I knew I had to do this. I had to show her I earned being part of the clan.

I clenched my fists and I kicked Ontari in the ankle and I heard a snap as she fell down to the ground, her ankle giving out. I quickly got up and on top of her I punched her over and over again.

A pair arms grabbed me from behind, "Kassie, stop! Breathe!" I struggled, my breathing was erratic and a hand combed through my hair. "Breathe sister, listen to my voice." I closed my eyes and took deep breaths. "That's it, come on keep it up." After a bit I opened up my eyes and I saw the guards and healer tending Ontari who was unconscious.

Seeing what I did to her made me realize something important that I had begun to notice now being on the ground and faced with everything that came with being down here and not up in space safe, or safe as I would have I should say.

I got up to my feet and saw that it had been Roan who had been claiming me down. I ran, I was a monster, I beat up Ontari, injuring her worse then she had ever done to me in training sessions. I ran out the door fast, on my way grabbing my cloak that I had set on the hook at the door and threw it on as I ran and the guards tried to stop me. I was to small and fast for them though as I ran into the crowds in the street. I looked back to see if anyone's coming after me. I fell back getting knocked into the snow in the process, I looked up to see the war chief looking down at. me.

"Hainofi, you set klin son granplei ait nau." They growled, all I caught from the was Princess and training.

I swallowed the lump that had formed in my throat, I knew this couldn't be good. My wrist was grabbed and I was pulled up on to my feet and forced in the direction of the training.

"Kassandra!" I turned to see Roan. He had come to look for me, probably to bring me back to Nia, I'd more than likely be punished for my actions of beating up Ontari, and be pushed harder in training. Roan had a conversation with the war chiefs, and by the tone of his voice I could tell that whatever it was that he had told them he had said it all in his authoritative voice,

"Don't ever run off in training again, please. Mother plans to punish you for doing that." He begged and he slowly guided me in the direction back to training.

"Nia is not mad at me for injuring Ontari?" I asked thinking that's what she would have been pissed at and not her running off.

"No, she not mad about that! She's mad about you running off, she's trying to train you how to fight, survive, and possibly when the Commander falls fight in the conclave to possibly become the new leader of the twelve clans. "Now when we get back in there, please do not fight back, do what she tells you and it will all be over soon." I nodded and I noticed I was trembling.

Roan seemed to notice and took my hand, "I will be back in my quarters, she will send you back to yours once she's done and won't allow you to leave for the rest of the day more than likely. I'm so sorry, If Nia hadn't b been there I would have taken the fall for you so you didn't have to face Nia's wrath." I nodded and he let go of my hand and motioned for me to go up the stairs.

Walking up the stairs, I was surprised that I had found the strength to do so. All my legs wanted to do was give out from underneath me. I walked past the guards and down the hall to the room where I had been, taking a deep breath I opened the door. tone met face to face with Nia who stood in the middle of the room, waiting. In that time of me running off Ontari had been removed from the room.

"Hainofi Kassandra, you ran off during training, leaving without permission having been granted to you. Your punishment for doing so will be a beating given to you by me, and you will receive your marks with no herbs to help ease the pain of the process." Guards restrain her arms, I have a feeling she will fight back." Nia said and I nodded doing as Roan had told me to do, staying where I was my arms were pulled back roughly and were restrained tightly with a pair of cuffs and I heard them snap close and they stepped back.

My hands shook and to hide the shaking I clenched my hands into fists to help hide it. Nia came up to me and I looked her directly in the eye and waited, she brought back her hand and was hit square in the jaw by her fist, knocking me directly into the ground. I struggled to regain my breath but was unable to do so as foot was brought and nailed into mat stomach many times. I rolled on to my stomach and away from her and stumbled to my feet.

"I am not your child Nia, and I'm certainly sure that child abuse is illegal." I struggled to say and she smirked, shaking her head.

"Foolish Natblida, your going to end up being killed dint eh conclave when it is time. Your to idiotic and stubborn. You will be the first to die." She took a staff from one of the guards and swing it in the my way and I ducked and body slammed into her, I had learned that one move from Bellamy to stop the bullies from coming at me. I had only done it once, afraid that it would get me or Mom and Dad in trouble.

The Guards pulled me back and threw me to the ground. My head slammed into the ground hard and everything went black temporarily till I was faced with Nia looking down at me. She lifted her foot up and slammed it down into my chest and I screamed as there was slight partial snap that I felt give me a jolt. My chest aches in pain as did most of the rest of my body.

It all began to become bit of a blur for me, I could feel the pain, but I couldn't respond except for the movement and jolts that the pain was giving me. There was yelling but I couldn't make any of it out as darkness started to cloud my vision.

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