Winter's Choice

Chapter 5

Entering Through the open door I noticed how spacious the room was, it was more than likely a gymnasium, everybody had filed in and was stood around the middle of the room waiting for the class to start, spotting Amy I walked across and joined her, " Hey, glad you could make it, an I hope your calm now after all that drama earlier" she said positively.

"Yeah, I worked it all out of my system and I'm pumped for this class!" I Said Excitedly.

"Settle down class, it's lesson time, so be silent, I'm Mr's Mcness, an I am your weapons class teacher. Now, no question's, today you will select your weapon, you will feel drawn to it, it will most likely be eye catching and have a long history as weapon's return here once the owner has died in battle, Please form a line and look into the weapon cage's, this isn't a progress we rush and if you cannot find one with a connection don't worry you have a chance to make your own weapon aswell, so don't worry." she stated while looking around the room.

As she was talking about being drawn to it I couldn't help but say to Amy "If I'm drawn to it, maybe coffee is my weapon." I stated honestly, snickers could be heard around the room, as we lined up to walk past the cages I noticed many of the people in front had begun to select weapon's, I saw bow and arrow's, halberd's, Scimitar's, Long sword's and short sword's plus a few other item's I hadn't heard of, most were picking long range weapon's for some reason but I noticed a dagger not to far down the line, which had a gold handle and diamond's attached. Thinking about it, some of these weapon's will have been king and queen weapon's and some slave's who had been able to make them under the master's watchful eye.

As the line progressed I still hadn't had the draw to any particular weapon which was disappointing, I wonder if other's are picking one's because they don't want to make their own? As I came to the last cage my eyes caught on the twin dagger's resting there, They we're gold and silver with a purple gemstone inside which looked to be a diamond, it was surrounded by a few other stones as well, they were beautiful and my eye's kept rotating back towards them, my hand's itched to hold them in my hand's, as I reached inside I felt a pull on my heart as if the sword's had connected with my very being, they weighed the perfect amount for my hands, I couldn't help but twirl them around almost catching the person next to me with the end, I had been to engrossed in the craftsmanship. As I proceeded back towards the teacher her eyes looked like they were popping out of her sockets as she stared at my twin blades.

"What drew you towards those blades Miss?" she questioned my name. "Winter, an I just couldn't take my eye's of the blade's and my hands were itching to touch the handles" I spoke softly. 

"You picked the blade's which killed many rogue vampire's and wolves', they are the legendary hunter's moon dagger's which of course are closer to sword length, they have killed thousands of people and were created by one slave and her king lover many Eon's ago." She stated matter of fact. "Treat them well or they might reject you" she informed me politely as she turned towards the rest of the class eyeing up others choices, as she walked along the line.

Staring back at her I couldn't help but think how my parent's would react to my choice, much less my friend's who had also picked weapon's, I was also the only one with two blade's which made me stand out more, most would pair with a shield or throwing dagger's as bows couldn't be close combat as easily.

As my eye's sought out my sister Elena who also had this class, I noticed she had picked a black sword with a red blade which looked blood red as if it hadn't been cleaned since the last person, the handle was pitch black but covered in Ruby's and emerald's, it seemed she had picked something to match her personality, blood coloured for her sins and black as her own heart. I couldn't help but roll my eye's at her smiling face as she laughed and showed of her blade to her group of wannabe's. Turning my attention back to the teacher she had stopped beside Elena's group and was beginning to speak about each person's weapon choice which I drowned out as it was boring, like blah, when turning towards Elena I tuned back in as I was interested in it's history.

"It seems you decided on the Queen Killer, quite the contrast towards Winter's blade's, none of these have been picked since they arrived over 2000 year's ago, strange both have been chosen by no less than family,  perhaps you wonder why it is called the queen killer, it was named such after it murdered the first queen of goddesses, so the legend goes, more than likely it was just a normal supernatural race queen, but the story stuck as when the weapon bathed in her blood it turned the once pretty sword into a demon like colour, it was also made by her very own power hungry lover. Fantastic twist wouldn't one say" she questioned.

"of course Mrs Mcness, It surely looks fantastic and the story along with it is dramatic. But also it is nice to know one's weapon history as it can lead to future event's" she stated,

As the teacher was about to reply the bell blared signaling the next class was to begin, Amy Grasped my arm and dragged me out of the door towards Fight class which was across the hall way which was covered in many medieval armour pieces and photo's of young queens and kings or influenceable people  framed by dark black carpets and stone coloured wall's. As we reached the door all that assaulted my senses was the scent of wilderness and Lily's, it was captivating and I couldn't help but breath it in to my lung's, it was addicting, not knowing who the scent belonged to because of so many different smell's inside the room such as blood, sweat and tear's, I headed into the changing room to switch to my fighter's uniform, which was all black for the moment, it would change depending on fighting ability, I couldn't wait for it to begin.