Disclaimer: Okay, so got a review about the names of the bloodriders and I know that they are dothrak names so if anyone knows of any them please let me know. Thanks for the reviews. Okay onto the second chapter. In this story Harry or Hadrian as he will be called will be very different from the Harry in the books as he'll be taller, strong and willing to fight and kill for his family. He will still have his saving people thing as he will not participate much in raid and pillaging unless it's for a good cause. I'v also changed the bloodriders names as I'm aware that the names I chose in the first chapter are not Dothraki names so here are their new names: Jayden- Reymun, Michael- Lancel, Darein- Robett, Brian- Wlader, Sparrow- Syrio Forel. Hope you like their new names.
Seven years later.
Hadrian POV:
In the seven years that Hadrian had been living with Drogo and the Khalasar he had grown strong, well as strong as a seven year old could be, and confidant but stil very much depandent on his adopted father Drogo for many things, such as food, shelter and protection just to name a few. When he was five and first showed an interest in weapons and had asked his father if he could have his own, he was told that he would have to wait until he started training with the other kids his own age, which was generally at the age of seven. They would spend five years training and learning a wide veriaty or weapons and after their training they would chose the one they felt the most comfortable using and would then would be taking by their fathers to were the herds horses had been gathered and told to chose one of the young horses, who hadn't been handled since they were foals, and train the horse for a year before leaving for their three year banishment, as it had been called by the last generation to do it, before being allowed back into the Khalasar.
In the three years that they will be alone, they are expected to hunt and protect themselves against everything and anything. Only the strongest are expected to survive as this is how the Khalasar weed out the weak as only the strong can survive in the harsh desert where they live. It was considered to be an honor to be amongst those that returned and Hadrian couldn't wait to prove himself to his father and his people, not matter what he had to do or who he had to fight to do it, he would return Hadrian silently swore. In the years following his adoption Hadrian had taken to learning everything about his people from their histroy to their beliefs, he asked his father to tell him stories of his own childhood and every battle he had ever been in and was proud to have such a storng father and leader, he couldn't and wouldn't ask for a better one even if he was younger then the other Khas as he had long ago erned his place and respect with his battle prowess. Hadrian had been told by his father that he would be expected to go to the designated training area just outside the camp by the time the sun rose tomorrow morning or he would be punished for arriving late, so he decided to go to bed earlier then he normally did. He suspected that not many of the other kids of the same age as him had followed his example and prayed to The Great Stallion that their teacher would only punish those that were late and not the entire group.
Many of the parents that knew of what was to come, those that had been born in Drogo's Khlasar and not a different one, had sent their seven year old cildren to bed early as well in an effort to make sure they woke up at the right time, not that it worked most of the time as some kids were just stubbon and liked to sleep in. The people that were new to Drogo's Khalasar and had just had children of their own didn't know about the early training the children recieave and the tree years of being on their own before being allowed to return and so could only watch and wonder as the seven year olds were sent to bed early, only a few followed their example and did the same with their kids.
Next Day- 6:00 in the morning.
Hadrian was one of four kids that arrived at the training grounds on time and so were sent to run five laps around the whole camp as they waited for the rest to arrive. The five runners had just finished their run when the rest of the traines arrived much to the anger of their teacher , who happened to be Syrio, who had asked Drogo if he could teach the kids as he had never done so before and wanted to experience something new. Drogo allowed him to so long as he kept up with his other dutie's as a bloodrider, to which Syrio agreed immediatly. When the rest arrived Syrio made them all run again but this time it was ten laps with an extra five for the late comers. Needless to say that the five who had arrived on time were not very happy with the late comers to say the least. The first thing Syrio taught the traines was how to hold a dagger in both hands and how to position their bodies to attck and defend themselves when needed. There were fifteen of us that required training so Syrio had split up into groups of five and would rotate the groups he was working with so that we all got a chance to learn how to use a dagger properly, it also helped him keep an eye on all his traines and make sure that they were all behaving and weren't playing with the daggers as most new traines do due to exitment.
Syrio didn't just teach them to wield a dagger, he also told them stories of his own experiences with dagger's wether it was in battle or just using them to cut something. It kept the lession fun and kept the kids interesting and had the kids attention focused on him at all times. When it was time for lunch Syrio called a halt to the practising and let them fall down to the ground while he went and got some fruit and water to give to them as they wouldn't be allowed to leave the training grounds until the day was over, which wouldn't be until the sun was going down, but they would stop so that the kids had some time to relax and rest before going for another run then heading home for tea and then bed, luckily Syrio had the foresight to order a tent to be setup close-by for the kids to go into to get away from the sun and heat when having lunch as even Syrio needed a break in the shade to cool down and have something to eat and drink even if it was only an apple and some water.
Hadrian and the other four kids that arrived on time were given an apple each and some water before the other kids and were the first to go into the tent and leave the tent as it was during the first day of training that a pecking order is astablished as to who is on top and who is on the bottum of the pecking order with Hadrian being the second on the pecking order as he was the second to arrive. The pecking order goes by who arrived and at what time they arrived and the only way to move up in the order was to challange and defeat someone who was of a higher rank then you were but Syrio, who had watched as the order was created throughout the day, didn't interfer and knew that the challangers wouldn't happen for a week or two as they were all more or less the same in skill and strenght but in a week or two of constant training those who had the talant and skill would show and and seperate themselves from those who didn't show any improvment at all.
At the end of the day and training Syrio could already tell who would be the first to be allowed to mock duel with their daggers by the end of the week, they are- Hadrian (who had found out that speed was one of the keys to using a dagger just after lunch), Robert (he was the one to arrive seconds before Hadrian had and like Hadrian had found out about using speed to use a dagger but he also found out about using quick, precise movements), John (he arrived after Hadrian so is third on the pecking order), Sansa (she arrived after John so is fourth) and last but not least Arya (she's the last of the early five) That night when Hadrian went to bed in the tent he shared with his father, he knew he wouldn't get any sleep or not much sleepnbut he didn't mind as he got to tell his father all about his day and how well he thought the training was and when Drogo asked about how Syrio did in teaching them, Hadrian told him all about his method and how he seperated all the traines into five seperate groups so as to make sure he taught them all and be able to help them if they needed any help or didn't understand what he meant and was teaching them. He also told Drogo about how Syrio told them stories about his own expericenes with daggers in and out of battle and while protecting Drogo, he had a feeling that all the other kids that had been in trining that day were also telling their own parants about their day while their parants were trying to get them to go to sleep just like Drogo was trying to do to Hadrian, with very little success might I add. Needless to say Drogo and all the other parants will be very tired in the morning.
Over the next two weeks Syrio worked the seven year olds to the bone by having them continue to run 10 laps around the camp followed by them going over everything they had learnt in the previous few days before giving them a little break followed by more training and learning new techniques with their daggers. It was on the fourth day Hadrian and the other four kids, who always arrived first and on time, were allowed to train against each other but beacuse there were five of them they were constantly changing partners so that they all got a shot at dueling each other. By the scond week the other kids were also dueling against each other but still were no where near the skill that the other five were at and Syrio suspected that in a month or two they would be moved onto more difficult techniques. He wouldn't move them onto swords just yet as they were not meant to learn how to use a sword for another year of two but he suspected that he would have to teach them how to use something else, like maybe the throwing daggers for instants or maybe some small javelins. 'Oh well, it should be a fun couple of months at least with these five training', Syrio thought with some amusment as he watched the five he was just thinking about debate on how would duel who and for how long each.
"...should go first as he is the first in the pecking order so he should get to choose who he verses and who verses who." Hadrian said with a small frown on his face as he though about it and poised it in a way so as not to anger the other's in his group.
"I agree with Hadrian as I was the one who got to chose yesturday, so it should go to someone esle today and the same tomorrow." It was John who agreed with Hadrian and he was correct in the fact that he did chose yesturday.
"Agreed." The other three kids were quick to agree and so Robert now had to think on who he wanted to duel today.
"I choose Sansa to duel with today." Robert had chosen Sansa as he had only dueled her once and wanted to see if she had improved or not.
With Robert having chosen who he was going to duel with it left the others of their group to choose who was going to duel who. It was decided that Hadrian wouldn't duel anyone for half an hour or until one of the others grew too tired to continue dueling. It was on this day that they formed a way to keep track on who got to duel and for how long and it helped them all gain experience with their daggers and surroundings as one had to be very vigilant and know where one was at all times so as not to fall down and hurt themselves when dueling someone else, mock-duel or no mock-duel.
And so it was that two months passed with all the seven years old dueling each other and the Early Five (as they had taken to calling themselves as well as the other kids and they even had Syrio calling them that) training with Javelins as they had learned all that Syrio could teach them about wielding daggers in all forms.
Well I have finally finished my second chapter to my first story and hope that you like it. As always I welcome any reviews you give me and any advice as well and I have also changed the format for those of you who have said that the previous format hurt your eyes (sorry about that btw). Looking forward to your reviews :)..