I woke up the next morning to banging on my door, I force myself up out of my bed and drag myself over to the door. I open it to see Rat. "Morning prince, sorry would let you sleep in but we have some training to do." he said after I opened the door. "Training?" I asked, my voice sounding unexcited and dull. Why would i need to train and what would I even need to train for?
"Yes, you've been here a while now and you still lack agility, self defense and the ability to use your innocent little brain,"
"Hey what's that supposed to mean? I'm completely capable of-"
"Oh what? Taking care of yourself? Really? Just yesterday you almost got shot in the face buy a shopkeeper that thought you were stealing and he beat you up, face it Shion you're completely-"
"Shut up Rat! Stop looking down on me!"
Rat looked at me and sighed, "Just get dressed. Meet me outside by the cliff". He turned and left closing the door behind him. He always did this, am I really that helpless? I decided to not worry about it and to just go outside and train with Rat, he taught me a lot of techniques and ways to fight and defend myself.
"Alright Shion, now lets see what you remember, try to lay a hit on me without letting me hit you." I nodded and began to run towards him. Every time I tried to punch or kick him he dodged, clearly showing off on purpose. He began to fight back and that's when it started to get difficult for me. He swung a punch at my face head and I just barely dodged it, he then tried to kick my leg and I jumped back dodging his kick.
I looked behind me seeing that the edge of the cliff was only two feet away and I couldn't get around Rat, though knowing him he'd stop right before I had a chance to fall. As i backed up a little farther I swung a punch at Rat and grabbed my arm and flipped me over on my back. He smirked, "I won" he said. I winced at the pain and began to get up, before I could I felt a small rumble under my feet, just then the edge of the cliff collapsed. I started to fall and before I could I see Rat with a surprised look on his face, the last thing I saw was Rat screaming my name and trying to reach my hand but only our fingertips touched before I fell, then i blacked out.