The Paradisus Chronicles

Melee Instructor

when I opened my eyes from my sleep I could feel the light from the only window within my dorm coming inside which made me feel very energetic and ready to take on whatever kinds of challenges that were going to be thrown my way today.

since today was the first day out of the four years of my education has a healer I am going to be meeting my melee weapons instructor first thing today.

because of the fact that I thought we might be pushed to our physical limits today I chose not to shower before class.

the first thing that I did after was grab my healer clothing and put it over the I undershirt that I had left on myself before I fell asleep last night.

after I had gotten dressed I saw that Frederick was still asleep in his bed while Donovan was clearly not in the room.

I quickly left the dorm area and made my way into the lobby of our dorm building since I did not want to be late on my first day of class especially if my weapons instructor ends up being a hard ass that does everything by the book with no exceptions.

while I waited on the other people of my class to show up so that we could all go to class as a group I sat down and looked around to see what kind of people that I was going to have to be dealing with for the next four years as a healer for The Terran Collective.

I saw that there were a group of girls that were talking amongst themselves and giggling every few seconds but I did not want to know exactly what they were discussing so I focused my attention on other things. the second thing that I noticed was that the floor of the building was constantly being patrolled by a cleaning butt and every time that there was even a smudge of any kind on floor he stopped to clean it.

a few minutes after I stopped looking around and began to wonder off in my own world I was tapped on the shoulder by someone which caused me to jump inside due to the shock of them being nearby.

"are you ready to go to class we do not want to be late on our first day after all?". Frederick passed as I looked at him.

"what about Nova and Donovan they both need to be present for class as well?" I asked him as I Rose from the chair where I was sitting.

"first off Nova can take care of herself and secondly screwed Donovan. I mean he is an ass and if he is late to class it will not be my problem and it should not be yours either". Frederick said as he began to walk out of the front door of our dorm building.

I suppose you are right about both of them. after all Donovan interrupted the first instructor when she told us what we would be doing during our educational time here." I said in response to what Frederick had told me just before following him out of the building.

it took me a few minutes to make my way to the building where we were supposed to have our melee lessons every day for the next four years because Frederick kept telling me that it was in a different location then it ended up being in.

unlike the rest of the campus this building was made out of wood and had a very simple look to it rather than being made out of metal and looking quite advanced in architectural design.

when I entered the building I noticed that it was one single room with a large variety of different weapons all racked up against the left wall on display and that the only person present in the room was a tall bald man with a look of intense seriousness across his face as if he was someone that I did not want to cross at all or infuriate.

"so you are two of the maggots that I'm going to be teaching for the next four years. I was told that they were going to be four of you where are the other two and do not make me ask again". he said as he stared at me with waves of anger rushing at me behind every word.

"sir we have two more one female and one male in our class. I do not know where they are." I said cautiously to him because I did not want to piss off someone who might end up being one of my future instructors.

"they only have minutes to make it here. if they are late everyone will be punished". he said while laughing and turning his back to me.

I waited for 3 minutes wondering what kind of punishment that I would have to endure because of their tardiness.

"well it is now time to begin class if they are not here then you will all be..." he said as I saw both of them with my peripheral vision.

"we are here sir just on time". Donovan said as I saw him stand still aware that this man out classed him in every possible way.

"just be glad that you all made it on time because if you have not you all would have had to do three hundred push-ups as punishment before I would begin training any of you.

he then began to circle around us and examine the different areas of our body.

"you are all quite pathetic looking; physically speaking anyway. the only one of you that is in at least decent physical condition is this one here" he said as he stopped and pointed that Donovan.

"thank you sir; I am formally of the warrior caste.

"all right first I want you each to give me your names please and then we can begin your training".

"my name is Donovan" he said is he stepped forward before back stepping back into the same position he was at when he was standing still.

"I am Frederick". he said as he bowed to the instructor and came back to my side.

"I am N...N...Nova sir". she said out of fear to him.

"my name is Danny sir" I said as I kneel to him.

"well to say the least you are all the sorriest type of students I have ever had; and considering the fact that I have had over twenty years worth of students that is saying something.

for the next four years I will be the closest thing to that b***h of a mother that brought yourself screaming into this galaxy when you were born". he said as he stared deep in each one of our faces.

I begin to feel a shiver down my spine is he stared into my face making me feel as if the fact that I had made it as a healer after my Klitron process meant absolutely nothing.

"the first thing that I need you to do is to choose which type of melee weapon you wish to specialize in. since I only have you for four years I will only be allowing you to choose one type of weapon so choose wisely". he told us as he walked over to the massive variety of weapons that were displayed on the left wall.

Donovan stepped up without any hesitation and grabbed a two-handed axe off of the wall and handed it to the instructor.

after he went Nova grabbed an energy staff; followed by Frederick grabbing a pair of energy blades.

when everyone had made up their mind I stood there for a few seconds trying to decide what kind of weapon I would want to specialize in.

while I would want a strong weapon I believe that it would be more efficient to have a weapon that I could swing quickly and string more hits in before I have to evade. so after looking at the weapons I finally chose to use dual wielding scythes.

"it seems like all of you have major decision on the weapon you will be specializing in by the time you graduate. the only one of you that I will allow to use your weapon right now for training is Donovan. the rest of you have to build up your body first before you can use a weapon." he said to us all.

I noticed that everyone except Donovan looked quite disappointed because they were wanting to try out their weapons as soon as possible.

"Donovan go over to the right side of the room and begin practicing your swings. the rest of you are going to give me three hundred push-ups followed by three hundred crunches everyday before I will allow you to begin your weapon training."

after he walked away I began doing my push-ups as he had requested. even though every few push-ups began to hurt out of pain; I knew that the next step in my journey was just beginning.