Chapter 09 - Training Day


Hey guys, just a quick msg, just to fill you guys in on something with the story,

So, since Aurora was injured, obviously, she can't fly right now, so I'm going to have to make it so that

Gregor stays there for around 1-2 weeks, I will be doing a fast transition, just imagine him hanging out there and stuff, fill it in with your own mind

the part in this story is going to be before that, but at the end, you will see my transition to the 1-2 week period of time not in the story.

Anyways, thx for the views and thanks for those who stuck with me since the start :D


Luxa nearly jumped at the sudden news, the fact of Aurora feeling better must have been the best news she had gotten the entire day. Remembering that we were in a hidden room Gregor had to quickly put his hand over her mouth and shush her. After a few seconds the lady left the room, obviously thinking that she wasn't here and went out looking, Gregor and Luxa quickly opened the door and got everybody out, they said their goodbyes, Gregor could tell Vikus wanted to say something but he knew that Luxa wanted to go see Aurora so Vikus was keeping quiet. Gregor followed Luxa the best he could as she was darting through the halls, eventually, they reached the hospital to see Aurora on her claws. Her wing was still damaged and she couldn't fly that well, but she could still move. A few doctors were helping her to get on her claws, Aurora noticed Luxa standing on the window and it seemed to give her energy because soon the doctors weren't needed. Aurora slowly made her way to the door of the room and was let out. Luxa ran to Aurora and hugged her, Gregor noticed Aurora give out a puff of air, most likely being nearly strangled to death by Luxa wasn't helping her out "Hey Luxa, you gonna let her breath now?" Luxa backed away a little embarrassed, "Thank you, Gregor." Aurora puffed out. Luxa stood there staring at her bond, Aurora was still in rough shape, fur missing in patches, her wing still looking like it had been torn off, but compared to the first time Gregor saw her, she looked a lot better. Gregor could see water forming in Luxa's eye, "Never again Aurora... I'll never leave you again." Luxa started crying, Aurora couldn't do much to comfort Luxa, as her wings couldn't extend out for a hug. Instead, Gregor took over and said what Aurora was thinking "It's ok Luxa, She's going to be ok, it's not your fault." Luxa seemed to stop crying for a moment, but she didn't stop, Gregor came in and hugged her, she leaned in on his shoulder for comfort and cried. Eventually, she stopped and they walked out of the hospital room towards Luxa's Quarters.

When they arrived Aurora sort of, waddled her way over to one of the hanging racks set up in the quarters. She settled herself there and eventually dozed off, leaving Luxa and Gregor alone in the room. Gregor hadn't seemed to notice it but it was about midnight now. Luxa and Gregor both settled themselves into their beds, Gregor noticed his backpack in the corner, there was a small black wing hanging out of it. He started crying, he couldn't help it, the thoughts of Area flowed over him, when he first bonded, on the boat when Pandora was eaten by mites and Gregor saved Ares. When Ares was infected by the plague, him being rejected by the other bats, his hideout where he slept. Gregor couldn't help it, he cried harder. Gregor didn't notice but Luxa had come over and sat beside him. Luxa stared at Gregor, she was sad too, she knew what he was going through but Gregor had lost his bond, at least hers was still alive. "Gregor, I didn't want to mention it because it might bring up some bad memories, but, we found Ares's body. It was brought back to Regalia and everyone considered what to do with it, I told them of his hideout, of where he stayed on the lonely days. Everybody decided to bury him there, and since we can't bury him in dirt like you do in the overland we buried him in rocks and sealed it off. You can visit his body if you like, maybe we can go tomorr-" Gregor cut her off, he knew she was just trying to be friendly, but he couldn't look at Ares, not after everything that happened, he couldn't stand to think of it. "It's ok Luxa, I... I don't need to see him, I'll be alright." She knew it was a lie, and so did Gregor, but they didn't say anything. Luxa didn't leave the room she settled down beside Gregor, she buried her head into Gregor, Gregor could feel her starting to cry too. Gregor stayed still, they laid there in silence, until they eventually dozed off together.

Gregor awoke still next to Luxa, he woke her up and they both got ready. Luxa had informed Gregor that today was going to be his first day of training. He had thought it to be a funny thought that him fighting in one of their biggest wars would have gotten him off of training but it seemed that even the best of warriors still needed training. When he first arrived he could barely even touch his toes, now he could do the same moves that Luxa could do. They arrived at the arena not too late and a few people crowded around him, saying how good it was to have him back, and how they appreciated him for what he had done. Eventually once everybody had gotten use to him being there they started training, it was simple stretches at first but eventually, it became full on cartwheels while slashing and backflipping over large objects while not stabbing yourself. A lot of their moves were based on speed and agility Gregor noticed, not much on brute force, Gregor assumed that since a lot of the Underland was already filled with brute force creatures, speed and precision was the way to go. A few sparring matches were put together and Gregor was put off with somebody named Patherick (Path-Rick) They exchanged greetings and shook hands, then a horn was blown and everybody started fighting at once. Gregor could feel the rager inside of him building up, wanting to burst out, but Gregor tried to do what he had been practicing for the past months, to hold it down, to control it, this was just training, even with wooden swords he could still hurt Patherick. Gregor got a few good hits on Patherick but Patherick also seemed to get some on Gregor too, every blow Patherick seemed to grow more confident, obviously winning a round against the prophecies warrior must have been some great booster for him. Eventually, they began to tire and Gregor got the last few hits on him, in the end, it turned out to be 8 to 5 Gregor, meaning he still had an edge to him, even without the "rage". They moved on to blood balls, finally, Gregor could use his rager abilities. A few people went first, they seemed to have increased the amount of blood balls shot since last time, it was now around 25 that were shot at 1-2 second intervals. The first man had hit around 6 which seemed to be a good amount because everyone was congratulating him, then Patherick was up, It seemed that he had been practicing this one a lot because he steadied himself and as soon as the blood balls shot out he seemed to just smoothly flow into them all, he only hit around 11 but everybody was very impressed. A few more went hitting around 5 each. Then Gregor stepped up, even a few people at other stations seemed to stop and look at him, he let the rager flow over him, he could see the blood balls lined up next to the launchers glow in red, he was ready, he steadied himself and prepared, when the first one shot it was as if he had been waiting for it his entire life, energy just seemed to rush through him, he felt... surprisingly great. When the first one got in contact with his blade, his mouth curled into a slight smile, then the second, then the third, one after another they hit his blade, bursting and leaving him covered in a jelly-like substance. By the end he felt fantastic, he was smiling but at the thought of that he remembered the snakes, and how they had said he seemed to enjoy killing, he never liked it, but he liked that he was good at something, he hid his smile and was told that he hit every one of them. Gregor walked off and was congratulated by some people, he met up with Luxa and was told that that was the ending of todays training. There was still much more to go, Luxa had told Gregor that there would be bat training, and it was going to be rough for Gregor, seeing the bats flying around, but after the night of crying, he felt he had to do it. They walked off and continued their regular duties, Gregor still had a long time to go before the quest, but it had to be done, especially for Auroras sake. The next few weeks went by slowly for Gregor, it seemed to be a constant cycle of training and resting and eating. He had a few days to himself, he wrote notes to his parents letting them know he was ok and that he was going to be there a while, he got a few responses, they were doing ok, on one of the days he even visited them, he brought back some money and cool toys that had fallen down, he never mentioned to his mom that he knew about Luxas letters, but by the look that Gregor could see on her face, he could tell that she was sorry.