Wings of Ash

Support

  "Ash!" Dowling called out, and I lowered my water bottle. "I'm taking you off support."

  "What?!"

  "You're a fire fairy. You're better suited for the combat force. Find a free Specialist to partner with." She raised her brows at me before walking away with Aisha and Musa at her sides. The clacking of training weapons filled the air, and I couldn't describe how I now felt.

  I'd taken a support role to ensure my back wouldn't get hit, but Dowling didn't seem to care.

  "Wonderful." I sighed. Looking around, I sought out a Specialist instructor among the training masses. "Silva."

  "What do you need?" He asked without looking up from his clipboard.

  "I've been moved to combat. Do any of the Specialists need a fairy partner?"

  "Yes, actually." Silva raised his head to look around. "Riven! New partner. Go." Silva shouted at the man sitting on a bench next to Terra while pointing at me with a pen.

  "What are the odds?" I said under my breath.

  "Very high, actually. He doesn't sync well with fairies. Good luck." Silva answered since he had heard me. Nodding my head, I walked away as Riven stood up from the bench while smirking.

  "What's first, partner?"

  "One-on-one."

  "You're kidding."

  "Not." I grabbed a pair of training swords from a rack and tossed one to Riven.

  "Ash, are you sure you want to do that? He's a Specialist!" Terra called out from the bench while clutching her water bottle.

  "I'm sure."

  "What, is getting your ass kicked a kink of yours?"

  "Silva said you didn't sync with your other partners. So, we're going to sync before we move on to any other training." I stated while stepping onto a free training mat. Riven was looking at me skeptically, but scoffed and shook his head while stepping onto the mat with me.

  Riven spun his wooden sword while circling me. My eyes began to glow as I watched him closely. He seemed to hesitate at seeing that but didn't back down. He then came at me, and I blocked, so he swung again.

  Each strike kept getting blocked, and he was looking confused as I stayed on the defensive side. He narrowed his eyes at me and swung his sword again, intentionally leaving an opening to see if I'd go for it. I did without hesitation, quickly switching to the offensive and forcing him back.

  The fight didn't last very long and ended with him on his knees and my wooden sword against his throat.

  "Where the fuck did you learn that?"

  "I actually didn't do much." I muttered next to his ear while smiling. "See, we old bloods are also better at magic. Given that I'm a fire fairy, heat is my specialty, so I only had to use your body heat to sense your movement."

  "So if you didn't use magic, I would have won, is what you're saying?"

  "If that's how you want to take it." I chuckled. "By the way- Riven?"

  "What?"

  "I trust you." Confusion flashed across his face before he gave me a look. "I mean it. Do you trust me?"

  "Why?"

  "Just answer the question."

  "....Yeah." I then lowered the wooden sword from his throat and pat his shoulder.