crosslands

Training begins

As I had gotten up the next morning I had noticed that the child was already out of the room. I was worried and concerned and I began to look around for the child.and as I walked out of the room I had heard a young child's voice coming from the mess hall of the cathedral. so I walked threw the Halls of the cathedral throwing on my daily attire. I approached the mess hall. and noticed that the child was sitting with thrane Dante Valkyrie and Luther."how goes it Valcon" spoke Luther as I walked into the mess hall and set down by the child grasping on to my cup and looking at the bread and chicken breast that was laying in front of me upon a plate of wood."it goes as the crow flies we must hasten upon the time and finish our feast and begin training with the child to see what skill sets lie upon him."I replied as I took a drink of the wine that was filled inside of my cup. "then hastened we shall Valcon we shall feast and then train the child precisely as the church had once trained us."replied Thrane as he looked up at me with the look of excitement that a adventure was about to begin.

As we feasted and finished our meals I looked around the room and realize that the priest had had the nuns that has snitched and reportedly spread rumors constantly around the church upon things they have seen.and seeing this I knew the councilmen also know as the priests of the cathedral was up to no good trying to find flaws in the child to be rid of him. and I knew it was time to take action."come let us start training with the child and get him out into the barracks to suit him with some armour and weapons to see what he can productively yield within combat."I commanded out to the others as I stood up from the table and off of the bench I was sitting at.“yes sir.''replied the others as I walked out of the mess hall with the young boy.

“what is your name lad you have never told me of your name?"I asked as trying to strike a conversation with the boy.“Fleck is my name but everybody calls me Flock trying to make fun of the name that my parents gave me at birth.” replied the boy introducing himself to me.“well it is nice to finally meet you Fleck.now are you ready to start your training today and see what skills you may Master along your training?"I asked him as we approached the barracks to set up for training.“yes."replied Fleck. “now today you will learn how to yield different weapons and master different skills to see what best fits you." I proclaimed as I tightened the child sized armour onto Fleck. you mean weapons like you Dante,Thrane,Luther,and Valkerie yield right?" asked Fleck with excitement in his voice inpatient to start his training."yes exactly like,now I want you to take this sword and lightly strike that training dummy over as if the blade is part of you do you understand?" I explained to Fleck as I handed him a sword to yield.“I understand master." replied Fleck. "not master just Valcon or teacher shall do Fleck." I told Fleck as he aproached the dummy to strike it.

And as Fleck struck the dummy he fell to the ground almost cutting off his arm for he had struck to hard and to fast. from the excitement of starting his training.“damn it Fleck..I told you to swing lightly as if the blade is part of you. and you did not listen to my instructions you fool."I yelled out at Fleck as I yanked him up off the ground gripping his arm tightly.“stop it let me go,don't touch me Valcon." exclaimed Fleck as he yanked away from me. then ran towards the streets of Featherlock. “Fleck get back here we are not finished yet." I yelled out to him as he ran out of my sight.

“Valcon!" yelled out Valkerie from behind me.“you're being too hard on Fleck. he made a mistake and you treated him like that. he's a boy and a young one for that. you go make this right with him or no bed Manors for you for quite awhile and I mean that!" proclaimed Valkerie with a stern voice. she was right I was to hard on Fleck for a simple mistake. but I have never had kids of my own. so I did not know of how to treat or talk to one as a fatherly like figure should.“your right Valkerie! I will go find Fleck and make this right with him and bring him back. as for the rest of you training is over for the day rest up for tommorow!" I ordered as I ran towards the streets to find Fleck.

After walking for hours in the streets of Featherlock I approached the blacksmithing hut and I see a group of kids gathered around something as if to be playing a game in the streets as kids do. as I aproached the kids I noticed Fleck in the center of the circle being kicked and beaten by the city's bratty teens."Get the hell away from Fleck this instant or I lash you all. all the way back to where you belong now damn it.” I yelled out as I grabbed a whip from the side of the blacksmithing hut. cracking it across the ass cheek of one of the teens while they ran towards the center of town. putting the whip down I picked up Fleck off the ground and sat him up against a wall of the bakery that was across from the blacksmith.“and as for you. you son of a alley whore."I angrely uttered out to the blacksmith approaching him as I unclinched my fists. lifting him in the air by his throat.“Watching a young boy be beaten and kicked by teens for sheer excitement, I aught to kill you for your stupidity!" I explained clearly with my ragged voice to the blacksmith. “I swear to you Valcon it wasn't excitingting I swear there's a misunderstanding...I..I..I was just watching them to see what was going on I swear it." muttered the blacksmith in fear for his life.

“It was clear of what was going on infront of you. and you clearly didn't help cause it was amusing to you to watch Fleck be beaten while on the ground defenseless and helpless. you could have helped at any moment but you decided to sit there and have that discusting smile on your face of enjoyment." I angrely shouted to him grasping his throat harder with my tightening hands. “Valcon what the hell is wrong with your eyes..there glowing a golden yellow glow..and your arms...are swelling in size...as the more you get angry!" uttered out the blacksmith while gasping for air. I had realized I was starting to shift from being pissed off at those bratty teens. and this stupid blacksmith for letting them beat Fleck so badly.

As I dropped the blacksmith I turned to Fleck seeing him out cold. I calmed my nerves before touching him and picked him up and turned to carry him back to the cathedral. to lay him on his bed in my room. as I aproached the cathedral Valkerie came running out grasping ahold of Fleck seeing his condition. “What happened Valcon...what happened to Fleck?" she asked quickly.“ I found him by the blacksmith being beaten by teens from the city!" I explained as she took Fleck from my arms.“ well I'm glad you found him. now go get me some water from the mess hall and bring it to your room so I can clean his wounds and bandage him up." ordered Valkerie.“ right away" I replied running towards the mess hall.

Being so disappointed in myself for Flecks wounds as Valkerie cleaned him up. I couldn't help but think that if I had reacted differently towards him in training he wouldn't have ended up in this condition. and that was the truth there was no other way around it and not other way to explain it.“ I'm sorry Fleck!" I softly uttered out to myself as I stood to walk towards him to check his condition.“ he'll be fine Valcon! he will be awake and ready to go tomorrow! after I put dabs of this healing lotion onto his wounds he'll be healed in no time!" explained Valkerie as he started to apply the lotion to his wounds. after she was done apply the lotion to the wounds she stood looking at me. with the eyes of a woman yearning to fell love for a night.“ are you coming to my chambers with me tonight?" she asked softly caressing my face with we soft hands. the same hands that made us fall in love all them years ago.

“No... I'm going to stay here with Fleck! to make sure he's okay threw the night. I shall lay in my own bed tonight!" I proclaimed to her in a voice of a man disappointed in himself.“ then I shall stay with you and lay beside you Valcon. for you are my love I will watch over him with you." she softly said as she laid down to slumber. I kept Fleck in my sight until I drifted off to sleep.

.... dreaming...

“Mom..Dad..Micheal...noooo please don't hurt them noooo..."

....end of dream...

Waking up gasping for air from the nightmare I just had I mistakenly woke Valkerie. “ Valcon what is wrong why are you so restless...and your burning up." asked and proclaimed Valkerie as she touched my forehead. “it's nothing just a nightmare is all go back to sleep I'll be fine!" I replied to her as I got up to check on Fleck and his wounds. to see if he had started healing yet. and sure enough the wounds are already healed and in good condition from the lotions Valkerie had put on them. or are they healed from him being infected as lycans have great healing abilities.

As I lay back down to slumber I look towards Valkeries beautiful face. and began to coress it. sliding in closed to her holding her tightly i begin to drift off comfortably into slumber next to the woman I love. the woman I someday wish and pray to make my wife. and someday have a family of our own with our own home,our own land. and be rid of the life style of church warriors. or so to say servants doing the dirty work of the church. but for now we fight along side each other protecting each other from harm until that day is to come.