Chapter 7
Training
"Hy-Hyperstride!" Ruby tried to use the speed boosting spell, but it cut out halfway, leaving her to her own momentum. She tripped before she hit the wall.
"Ruby! Are you ok?" I helped her up.
"Powers are hard." She complained, frowning and I just wanted to hug her, but I don't think she wants one right now.
"You did better that time." Tersly assured her.
"Maybe we should have a snack, get some water." We had been at this for a good hour and a half.
"Yeah." She agreed, slightly pouting.
I got her a light snack. She ate slowly. I had a granola bar. We rested and reluctantly went back to the training room. She would only get better if she trained, but it was so hard to watch. The afternoon went a little better. She didn't fall again, but she was still disappointed that she couldn't use Hyperstride.
As the weeks went by, she got better and more confident in herself. I started teaching the more difficult powers, which I had to learn them myself to do so. Tersly was teaching her history and other useful things. She was becoming well rounded. If only we could find her another Titan. Freelancer was only good for so much. I decided we would see how Ruby did on the next mission we got. And it was sooner than I thought. We had to go stop a pair of rouge Titans from terrorizing a village. They were probably trying to protect themselves from Seekers. But they seemed to like animals. We set off on our new mission.
