last time:
There were a few moments of silence before Swain suddenly laughed. It wasn't maniacally, but also not friendly. ''That girl doesn't know what she's getting herself into. I wonder how Katarina will react to the boy''
Mandy and Him had separated as soon as they got outside. Grace, the host of Caitlyn, was already waiting outside the door and seemed more than happy to take him towards one of the classrooms where he could study. Mandy on the other hand hadn't met her tutor yet. The only thing she knew about him was that his name was Logan, and that's about it. She didn't know what he looked like, or who his champion was for that matter.
She sat on the end of the dining table. The rest had already left to go on their studies. and here she sat, still waiting to meet the one who was supposed to teach her how to control Katarina. ''you will never control me, wimp. I will never negotiate with someone like you'' The voice of Katarina echoed in the back of her head. She sighed. Was she supposed to work with a noxian? She thought they would do whatever they wanted. That they were cold hearted killers. she could hear Katarina scoff at her thoughts, though she did not say anything to deny it.
''hey'' a soft but demanding voice came. Mandy looked up surprised. Leaning against one of the pillars stood a boy. He wore a purple hoodie with it's hood pulled up and blue baggy sweat pants. He had his arms crossed as he looked at her. She couldn't see his entire face, but she could see his lips which were pressed into a thin life and yellow eyes under the rim of his hoodie. She recognized him as the man who sat on the other side of the table. She got shivers up her spine just from looking at him. ''What?'' she asked almost annoyed. She had to wait for nearly an hour, and now this guy came towards her for who knows what.
The boy stayed quiet, as if to tell her she should know what he came for. Finally, Mandy understood. ''So you are my tutor?'' she asked. The man merely nodded. He pushed himself off of the pillar and started walking. Mandy sighed and banged her head upon the table. Finally she stood up and followed after him. ''interesting'' Katarina mused in her head.
They walked through a hall that seemed to be extremely long. The hall was lined with many doors, all of them with a label on them. 'void', 'noxus', 'piltover', 'bandle city', 'demacia', 'shadow isles', 'jungle', etc. 'they must be the entrance to the dorms...' Mandy thought to herself. She heard a door open and close, and she realized that her tutor had walked through them.
as she passed through the door she realized that it led outside, and that she was now standing on what looked like a training field. Several dummies were scattered across the dirt field, all with target marks on the head, legs, arms and torso. weapons stood against a weapon rack. There was a running course behind it. There also stood a small building nearby that was probably full of equipment.
The male stood in the middle of the circle. ''You must be Logan, right? My tutor?'' she asked him. He looked up at her and nodded. Finally she could see his face. His face was well build, a nice jawline along with cheekbones. A small beard was growing on his chin, though it looked like it was shaved neatly. What stood out the most of his appearance were his eyes. They were a striking yellow, and Mandy could not help but stare into them. From everything she imagined him to be, she never thought that he would be this... handsome.
She could hear Katarina chuckle in the back of her mind. ''Oh, shut up'' Mandy mumbled to her. Logan merely stared at her as she had her small staring contest. Mandy coughed and straightened up. ''In order to bond with your champion and make them accept you, you have to know what they do. Katarina is an expert in throwing knives and quick movements. In order to understand her, you will have to understand her technique'' Logan explained. The woman couldn't help but notice how deep and muscular his voice was. ''Oh come on. Are you still in puberty?'' Katarina complained.
Mandy simply ignored Katarina and nodded towards Logan. Logan passed her a throwing knife that looked similar to Katarina's from behind his back. He stepped aside and pointed at one of the dummies. Mandy took on what she assumed was a combat stance. Her feet were slightly moved away from each other, she held one arm behind her and the other one she held the blade in front of her by the blade. She had seen many people do it in movies and games, so she assumed this was how it was supposed to go. She tried to aim, dancing the blade in her fingers before moving to throw it. She hissed as the blade cut in her fingers.
She held her hand and looked as a small line of blood trickled down her finger. Looking at her target, she noticed that she hadn't hit it. In fact, the knife was lying on the floor behind it. Talon retrieved another blade from behind his back and threw it at her. ''Don't throw like that unless you are wearing gloves, or that will happen''. Mandy frowned. He knew she would cut herself and yet he didn't stop her? Sadistic little bastard. She bit on her tongue so she wouldn't throw the insult at him.
She took the blade in between her fingers once more, this time by the handle. She ignored the dull pain that came from the cut as the cold metal hit her tender flesh. She was about to throw it when she was stopped. ''wait'' Logan walked towards her. He observed her stance. She could feel his judging gaze upon her as he eyed her stance. Suddenly she felt him jab her hard in the side. Not expecting it, she nearly fell over. ''What is it with you?!'' she couldn't help but yell. ''You are unbalanced. Your feet were too close together'' he said in monotone. She growled at him. ''again'' She took the stance again, this time with her feet a little farther apart. He walked over to her again. He grabbed her wrist roughly and moved it a little to the side with a sharp tug. He placed his hand at the back of her head and gave it a jerk upwards because she was looking too much down. Even if he was helping her, he was being quite rough. ''hey!'' she said as he nearly kicked against her leg, not too hard, but not too soft either.
He looked at her unfazed. ''you could be a little more gentle'' She said annoyed. ''Noxians aren't gentle'' Logan said, referring to Katarina. She grit her teeth. Katarina seemed surprised she didn't talk back. ''You aren't Noxian. Why should you care?'' The red head asked her in her head. ''I may not be... but you are'' Mandy explained. This shut Katarina up.
''You want to protect them, right?'' Logan suddenly said. This made Mandy look up surprised. ''Your family...'' he said. Logan didn't look at her. He was looking at the ground, deep in thought. He didn't know much about her, but he was definitely right about that. Her memory darted back to her past memories. Her friends being beat up by bullies of her school, her sister who died in a knife fight. She remember exactly how it happened. How the drunk man came and tried to assault her. How her sister tried to stop him, but got stabbed in the stomach by the man. She remember how she had screamed and the drunk had ran away. She held her sister in her arms as she bled to death. If only she had been stronger then... if only... she may have lived...
By now Mandy was looking down at the ground as she thought all this. Katarina had stayed quiet throughout the whole ordeal. She could literally see the images flash by of what had happened.
Mandy looked up at Logan with a newfound determination. That's right, she had forgotten how she wanted to get stronger so she could protect people. People like her sister... Her eyes burned with a passion she hadn't had before. ''that's right'' she said to Logan. ''I want to protect them''.
For a second, Logan simply stared into her eyes, thinking that maybe she was bluffing, but that look in her eyes told him otherwise. Mandy turned to the dummy again, holding the weapon between her fingers. She aimed and let go. Her thrust was powerful, more powerful than she anticipated as it hit right in the center of the target. Mandy blinked, not having expected she would do that well.
Logan had his arms crossed. He knew that Katarina helped her in that bit. She had taken the start of the throw to give in more power. Mandy may have let go at the right time, but it wasn't on her own. He wondered why she helped her now, and not before. ''again''.
Mandy collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. Logan stood over her, the hot sun shining upon him. Even though it was so hot outside, he didn't seem to be bothered by it in his thick sweater. Mandy was panting, her chest heaving up and down in a ragged pace. Logan had worked her to the bone, throwing knives, running several laps on the running course, jumping exercises, stretching, jump exercises, everything that you could think of. Mandy knew that she wasn't in shape, but anyone would be tired after such long and hard training.
''Come back tomorrow'' he said in his monotone voice before walking away. Mandy lay on the ground several moments, trying to regain her breath. Her muscles would definitely hurt in the morning. Getting up from her spot (with quite some difficulty) She decided to head towards the dining hall to get her dinner. It was probably around 8 am, judging by the darkening sky. She sighed. She really was extremely tired. She didn't want to get up in the morning, just because she knew she would have another day of harsh training.
Even then she got up and headed towards the school to get her dinner
After dinner with her friend, which consisted of Jacob, Grace, Flora, Anna and Amber. They were good company, and they laughed and talked all night. After dinner, Amber had led her to her room which was in the Noxian wing. As soon as she entered the door that said 'noxian', she was amazed by how big it was. It must have been some kind of magic that made the inside bigger than the outside.
There were many more doors around, most of them probably empty, waiting for new owners. She entered her own room and said goodnight to amber before going to bed. As soon as she hit the covers she had fallen asleep.
She was awoken rudely when the covers were ripped from her body. he curled up in order to stay warm as she tried to reach for the covers. When she wasn't able to find them she opened her eyes lazily only to be met with golden ones. She rubbed her eyes to see clearly, and she could see that Logan stood there, covers in his hand, eyes slightly widened and his mouth open a little bit. Hadn't she been so tired she would've thought he looked cute. ''not this early in the morning, mandy'' Katarina groaned in her head. She must've also just woken up, not that she knew she could sleep. She also noted that this was the first time that she adressed her by her name.
Logan seemed to regain his composure. ''put some clothes on and get to the training field'' He said before heading out the door. She looked down at herself. She had to admit, she wasn't entirely properly dressed. Her shirt was halfway up her stomach, just below her breasts. Her pants were a bit lower on one side, a small piece of her underwear showing.
even though he had seen her like that, she didn't really care. She never got any attention from boys, for they weren't interested in her, so she didn't think it affected him so much. She got out of the bed, dressing herself and getting herself ready for the day.
The nexxt few days had all been the same. She was woken up at 5:30 sharp, though he atleast didn't wake her up like he did that first day. Now he woke her up by turning on the lights, which she hated. After, she would be put through harsh training, only stopping for lunch and dinner. Her muscles were protesting, but every time she was on the edge of breaking down she pushed herself onward, focusing on getting stronger... without Katarina's knew she could never be as strong as her, but she at least wanted to become strong enough to hold her own.
After the harsh training she would collapse on her bed, and the routine would start all over again. One day, she was simply sleeping in her bed when she was woken up by a door opening. Cold air was carried into her room, and she shivered from the sudden change in temperature. ''Logan, close the door'' She said sleepily. When he didn't say or do anything she opened her eyes. Light pooled in from the door, but a huge shadow blocked it. ''Logan...?'' she asked unsure. When her eyes adjusted to the darkness she could see that it was definitely not Logan.