Hi guys! I'm starting to think that Clove should start to get older. So in this entry Clove is thirteen. It is her second year or the academy. Enjoy!!!
Today is exams. We go to the moving targets. Today En holds a clipboard. Ally goes first.
She takes the sharpest sword. One human shaped target moves behind her. Ally beheads it. Another one moves at her left side. Her sword impales it through the heart. One moves in front of her. She stabs the target in the abdomen. One moves to her left. Another to the right. And one in front. She beheads all three.
Ally grins. She is ruthless. I smile.
" Well done, Ally" Enobaria says." Clove,"
I grab four knives. A target move at my right. I hit it in the heart. One moves in front of me. I hit it in the head. One moves to my left. I hit it in throat. I rip the knife out of it and hit another one behind me.
" Good job." Enobaria says.
Once each trainee has gone, En says, " You have the rest of the day in your dormitory. Scores will be posted tomorrow. If your score is under nine you must redo your training."
We go back to the dormitory. " You did fantastic Al!" Beka squeals. Ally smiles.
Ally has become so different. She was 4'11 when we got here, now she's 5'5. Her blonde hair that was once a bob, is at elbow length. Her green eyes sharper. Beka's brown hair that was past her butt is now just a few inches past her shoulder. She is now 5'4. Zea is the tallest. She is 5'6. Her brown hair the longest. Her blue eyes sharpest.
" What if we don't make it?" Ally says.
" We will." Zea replies.
We sit on me and Ally's bunks.
" I can't believe we have to stay here all day." I say.
" I know," Beka replies. " There's almost nothing to do here."
" Hey!" Zea says. " Stop being negative!"
" That's the attitude Zea!" Enobaria laughs.
Zea turns bright red. That makes her laugh harder. " Girls! I brought chess! Anyone who beats me gets out of class early for a week!"
We all jump down from our bunks. We race towards her. She grins.
" Who's my first challenger?" She asks.
" Me!" Terra says confidently .
En puts her in check within five minutes.
" Terra's out! Who's next?" Enobaria asks.
Terra grumbles. " I'll try." Autumn says.
The games lasts longer this time but Autumn still loses.
Prima goes next, then Delta, then Grove, then Lacey, then Tesla, all of them unsuccessful.
Beka goes next. She tried really hard. The game lasts 9 minutes. Beka loses.
Then Zea. Her game lasts 15 minutes. She loses as well.
Then Ally. She makes many smart moves. But Enobaria is smarter. They last 22 minutes.
" Dang it!" She screams.
" Well Clove, you ready?" En asks.
I shrug. " I guess."
I make the first move. I make it as smart as possible. She makes a smart move. It's been 20 minutes.
" You can do this, Clove!" Delta says.
" Yeah. You've got this!" Lacey grins at me.
I move my queen. She's in check!! She lost.
" Check." I say.
" Good job." She says.
" Yes!" Ally says. " In your face!" She says to Enobaria.
I can tell she immediately regrets it. Her face flushes, her cheeks redden.
" Sorry, sir. I meant no disrespect, sir. I just got carried away."
Enobaria smiles. " You're allowed to be a kid, Ally." She says.
Ally smiles. " So you mean I can do this?" She says. She does a round-off backhandspring.
I stand there. My mouth wide open.
" When did you learn to do that?!" I ask.
" You don't know everything about me, Clove." She says.
" That isn't true! We've shared a room since we were two! We know everything about each other!" I say.
" You two are sisters?" Prima asks.
" No, we met at the orphanage." I say.
" You two are orphans?" Asks Tesla.
Ally grits her teeth. Her cheeks redden. Not of embarrassment. Anger. A tear drops down her face.
" I am not an orphan!" She points to me. " She is an orphan! She never even met her parents! She's a stupid orphan!"
I stare. That hurt. A lot. A year runs down my cheek.
" My parents could still be alive! They left me somewhere! Nobody knows where they are so they could be alive." She screams.
" Stop crying Clove! You never knew them! You lost nothing!" She yells at me.
I run out the door.
I stop in the training room. I see Ally running down the hall from the window.
Enobaria stops next to me.
" I'm sorry." She says.
" Why? You didn't do anything." I say.
" You got yelled at by your best friend about a topic you hate. In front of a group of girls. I feel sorry for you." She says.
" it's fine." I say.
" It isn't." She puts a hand on my shoulder.
I sit there saying nothing. I fall asleep.
I wake up to see that Enobaria is talking to Brutus.
" She can't stay here!" Brutus whispers.
" But I know she doesn't want to go back!" She says. She doesn't know I'm awake.
" Why do you care?" Brutus asks.
" Because her best friend just yelled at her for being an orphan!" She says!
" Then bring her somewhere else!" He says.
"Where?" She asks.
" I'll carry her to your quarters." He says.
" Fine."
Brutus slings me over his shoulder. I fall asleep.
