Simon lunges at me and I fly up higher in the air to get away from him but he nips me slightly on the shoulder. I look at him to try and determine his next move but he lunges towards me again and this time I swing my tail at him but he jumps and avoids it. I feel myself getting frustrated and I lunge towards him with the intent of locking onto his shoulder but he moves and I hit the ground. He lands down on the ground beside me and looks at me.
“You can’t allow your frustration to allow you to make mistakes. You have to keep your emotions in control if you want to be able to fully defend yourself while in flight,” he says.
I look at him and nod my head. He was teaching me how to defend myself with my shield down because he said because my powers were so new that they could sometimes be unreliable. “Okay, I get it. When I get mad, don’t make dumb moves.”
“Yes, something like that.”
He flies back into the air and I do the same. I watch him to check for his first move and I can see that he’s going to lunge for my right shoulder and I move to the left. It throws him off balance and I use that to my advantage by swinging my tail at him. It hits him in the back and he jumps back. He lunges towards my left side and I fly up in the air and he misses me. He then starts to fly fast towards me with his head down. The last time I saw this move, I used my shield but I knew that I couldn’t this time so I fly towards him and stick my leg out and kick him in his face. He lands on the ground and I fly down and stand beside him.
“You did well,” he says as he gets up off of the ground.
I smile. “You really think so?”
He nods his head. “Yes, as long as you keep your emotions in check, you will be a worthy opponent for anyone in battle.”
“Thanks,” I say. “So you really think that I might have a chance against Velshkar?”
“With a few more sessions, yes. But even now, in the early stages, I can see the potential in you. You are going to be a great warrior, Princess Semaj. You catch onto things fast and you have the help of your powers, but like I said, you must not fully depend on them because right now they will be very unreliable. You have to nurture them and once you, do you will be able to use them whenever you want.”
I nod my head. “Okay.”
“Well I think I’ve taught you enough for today, you can leave,” he says as he heads to the back of the training room again.
I switch back to my human form and pull my clothes on. I open the door and, as usual, Onyx is standing right there. “Hey you!” I say.
“Hey,” he says as a smile spreads across his face. “Do you want to go out to the gardens?”
“Yes, but I want to change my clothes first. So I need to go up to my room first,” I say.
We take the stairs up to my parents’ floor and I immediately get a vibe that something is wrong. I push open the door to my room and I see a figure on the ground with blood leaking on the floor. Onyx pushes me back and rushes towards it and I follow behind him. I look on the ground and see my mom lying on the floor, lifeless. I drop to my knees and yell out in grief.
“Who could do this? Aren’t the guards supposed to keep us safe?” I ask as I touch my mom’s lifeless face.
I hear footsteps behind me and a scream that I recognize as my father’s
“Ginneveave!” he yells out “How did this happen?”
“We don’t know sir we just got in here and found her,” says Onyx.
I feel the tears rushing down my face. This was my mom. They killed my mom. She was the nicest person in the world and now she was gone. Taken away from me and my dad.
“I said that I would take everything from you…this is only the beginning,” says the voice.
Everyone begins to look around the room and I see this time that it’s not just in my mind.
“Who was that?” asks my dad.
“That was Velshkar, dad, and he’s finally going to get what he deserves,” I say as I rush out of the room.
I hear footsteps behind me but I don’t turn around to see who’s they are. Everyone in the castle is heading upstairs to see what the commotion is that they aren’t worried about me at the moment. I push the castle doors open and transform into my dragon. I concentrate on Velshkar to see if I can sense him and I feel him on the side of the forest. I know that this may very well be a setup, but it’s a risk that I’m willing to take. He just killed my mom and it was time that I repay the favor to him.
“Semaj!”
I turn around and see a light blue and silver dragon and immediately I know its Onyx.
“I said that I’ll have your back no matter what, so let’s go do this,” he says.
I nod my head and start to fly towards the back of the forest. I don’t know what awaits me there but I do know that I’m not just going to sit around while everyone close to me gets picked off one by one. He thought that he had me right where he wanted me, but little did he know that I had a few tricks of my own up my sleeve.