Lost Chance _ Lost Race

My First Training Experience

I stood up that morning took a little stroll, came back to the cave and dressed up for the training. I dressed up in my dad's warrior clothes, took my big special stick which was designed specially by me with the the skull of the skeleton of a Chimpanzee and placed it on my shoulder and left for My First Training as A Warrior.

As I headed to the training field, I kept wandering all to myself, the future of our race is depending on my decision and actions now.

"What will I do? How will I go about it?" I kept wandering to myself with no answers coming.

Reaching the training field, I didn't know what else to do as it was my first time there so I just walked up to the first person I sighted to say Hello.

"Tapping his shoulder" My name is Sheba and this is my first time here and you? "My name's Gideon and I know you, you are that strange girl right? he asked smiling"I smiled back at him telling him I'm not strange and to say he was really good at conversations.

Our conversation was interrupted by the sound of the big Bell in the shape of a large flat strong timbrel. The sound was so loud that I thought I would soon go deaf. I didn't know what the bell meant but I saw that immediately after the Bell was struck, they all formed a very large circle and the one I perceived to be the commander walked right in the middle. "Today we will be mastering out transformation technique, which is very necessary in distracting our enemies and luckily for us the person that made us know we had this in us all along is here with us and will be one of us if she passes her tests as commanded by the king, now Sheba come forward to the middle he said". I walked slowly to the middle "That is not how a Devan Warrior is expected to walk, walk like a strong living being you are the commander ordered".

I quickly did as he said walking so boldly to the middle as I was just approaching him, he attacked me with fire breathing and I was very lucky I was on guard as I defended myself almost immediately.

"You've passed your first test". I couldn't believe I was actually hearing those words at my first day, I couldn't hide my happiness as my ears wiggled rhythmically and looking at Gideon I could tell he was also happy for me too because his ears were wiggling too.

I was later sent back to my position for us to continue the training.

The commander talked more to us and later divided us into the groups of two so we can test out our transformation technique of defense and attack on each other but I was left with no partner as everyone already had a partner. I was left to train with the dummy which was very boring as I was attacking and no one was defending just the dummy hanging there staring at me.

I looked around but everyone one was very busy the way they fought made me remember the war that is ahead.

I sat quietly on the floor next to the dummy, dropped my stick beside me looking at everyone and lost in my thoughts when the commander attacked me from behind in the form of a lion attacking its prey but this time around I lost my guard as I was lost in thoughts, the scratch was too deep and painful I stood up almost immediately with a sharp cry like the howl of a wolf ready to strike back only to see it was my commander.

"You have lost this one, never loose your guard both in a battle or your normal living, always be in guard, and a warrior is not meant to be worrying too much it's just a tool of distraction". As he was about to leave, he turned to me and said "don't forget to tend to those injuries he left".

I couldn't just believe that I've already started failing even before I start, "how can I be so distracted I muttered to myself". I stood up and went to the commander requesting for a training partner as I was distracted because I had non. "Even though you don't have any one to fight in a battle never loose your guard, and besides I can be your training partner". I couldn't believe he just said those words to me, the commander; my training partner no this isn't fair I said to myself.

As I was still thinking of the whole not fair issue, the commander was all ready, he lifted me up like an empty vessel and was about to throw me on the floor but this time I was ready. I quickly turned to a small bird, flew to his back transformed back and kicked him so hard with all the strength I've got landing him on his knees.

"(claps) that was so smart of you, keep it up he left"

"Is that the end?" I couldn't help but to wander why he's being so gentle on me.

I went back to the dummy and started kicking it so hard and venting my frustrations on it.

My first training is supposed to be very difficult but it's like they were pardoning me and going to easy with me because I'm a female which is so unfair to me. I felt like walking up to the commander and giving him a piece of my mind but he's the commander and he knows better I said still kicking and punching the dummy.

At a certain point, I got tired of kicking the dummy so I just sat down looking at everyone and taking note of there various abilities and I found out that they were fighting but with no sign of rage nor aggression they were so peaceful that when they hurt there opponent, they stop and help.

That was the exact thing the Rygnores used against us during the war, if they see that the one they were fighting is having upper hand, they just act to get there pity then when they do, they strike. I wasn't happy at all that we are too peaceful in nature but I couldn't do anything about it, it's our nature and I have to live with it.