White lies

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

It had been several days since the general had given the "kidnappers from ketterdam" a pardon to live. Though the dreggs weren't as thankful with the new life they had now.
They were kept a strict watch on so they can't plan an escape from a little palace or maybe try and kidnap another Grisha. Expect the unexpected. Y/n, Inej, kaz and Jesper weren't allowed to meet each other for more than ten minutes being in the same palace. Even if they'd just be conversing about something that doesn't sound criminal-a normal conversation. They were always dragged away from each other by the grisha's who worked in shifts to keep an eye on them.

Y/n was a Grisha, hence she wasn't assigned "work" like her group but training would go on for a whole day. Back in ketterdam y/n had never had to train like they did at little palace with the other grishas. She'd just do her part of the mission accordingly as kaz's plan unaware of the boundaries of her own power.
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"Jesper-hey! Here!" Waved y/n looking at Jesper by the stables from the stairs.
She rushed downstairs to the stables.

"Greetings." Snorted Jesper.

"How's everything going?"

"Cant you tell? I'm doing kaz's part of the work because he needs time to come up with a plan to get us out of here—and so far Ive already fed 6 horses and Millo and he still needs time, so say hi to the seventh horse."

"Ah the struggle!"

"How's everything going with the Grisha y/n so far—be quick though it's not long before one of the "Grisha the spies in disguise" assume that we're planning a murder and separate us."

"I cannot explain how much I hate that concept-if we were to murder someone why would we need to plan it? We can clearly do it with a blink of eyes" y/n said with a scoff.

"You say stuff like this out in open is why they need to keep an eye on us."

Before y/n could reply inej came along "To be frank we could outsmart them in no time if it weren't that obvious."

"True that inej." y/n said giving her a warm smile.

"That kefta looks really incredible on you." commented inej.

"Tease all you want it looks ridiculous." y/n said drily.

"I meant it as a compliment it doesn't look that bad."

"Hate to say it but I agree with y/n on this one" said Jesper holding back a laugh.

Y/n gave him a pissed look "there whole training process is ridiculous as well."

"Why?" Asked inej.

"They don't allow to use powers while training—what's the point of that? It's like you fighting without knives."

"Using knives is a skill but do go on"

"The other day we were supposed to fight a chosen opponent since we weren't fighting with powers I was waiting for somebody to bring a sword and this bi—" y/n paused before continuing since inej was present "bi-s-biscuit-ish prick? Yeah she just punched me and I wasn't even ready."

"Nice save there" remarked Jesper before bursting into laughter. "-I bet that wasn't the first defeat was it?"

"Jesper—"

Y/n rolled her eyes,"after a sixth punch on the face they told me I should just watch instead."

"What id pay to watch that."

"Don't worry this is just temporary until we can go back to ketterdam." said inej trying to sound optimistic.

"It won't be that hard this time since the fold." y/n added.

"I don't know but we've been here for three days and kaz still hasn't told us how to get out of here." Jesper said shrugging is shoulders.

"Trust the boss I guess"

"Trust the boss indeed y/n"

Y/n saw two grishas with a stern look on their face approaching them she let out a sigh and began "I guess this is where we part for now-meet you at dinner."

"Take care!" Said Inej before turning.
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It was roughly around sun down and the evening was just setting. Just the last of y/n's training was going on where again she was just told to watch. She had just been sitting and watching them for almost half of the day thankful the training was about to end. She tilted her has back from the bench and saw millo grazing the small baby grass grown at the edge of the pavement wall. She stood up to go to him since she wasn't even being trained there and nobody would've noticed she left in the 10 minutes.

She took millo by her arm before walking to the side walk "There you are!" She said petting millo's head not looking straight as she walked and bumped into a taller figure.

"S-sorry" she said before looking up "oh—apologies general"

Alecksander hissed at the sudden disturbance on his way "Miss y/n is it?"

"Yes-"

"One of a kind of a Grisha and here you are playing with goats instead of being in the training."

"Milo." she muttered before continuing "I was the training the whole day."

"And? How are you setting in so far?"

"So far I've been sitting and watching so there's that"

"Sitting and watching?"

"Yeah well it's for the better the masters thought it's better if I watch for a few days rather than have a humiliating defeat in front of everyone."

"A criminal from ketterdam who crossed the fold—gets defeated in the training grounds, interesting." He said with a slight chuckle.

Y/n gulped at the insult of being defeated "In ketterdam i didn't have to fight random idiots without my power which is as foolish as it is in the first place."

"How so?"

"What's the point of the training as a Grisha if you're not allowed to use your powers"

"Because you're not that aware of your powers that much that's why it's training."

"Trust me, I am aware of my powers." Y/n said with a scoff.

"Oh are you now? Alright then why don't you train with me and we can see how much aware you are."

"Wh—n-no"

"I beg your pardon?"

"I mean n-no no, that's not how I meant-"

"You're aware of powers so much as you say-we'll just train and see if you're right miss y/n."

"N-no no-I am very much happy being trained at-"

He cut her off "Oh no it's settled now-tomorrow before crack of dawn we'll meet here before leaving for training."

"Wait before sunrise? That's pretty earlier from the time of training here."

"We're not training here are we?"

Before she could ask any more questions he was already on his way back to the palace "Before dawn. Tomorrow. Here. Don't be late." He said with a quick smirk before being lost among the palace pillars.

Leaving y/n still with millo "See that millo—is how you invite trouble yourself." Millo bleated in reply. "Yes I definitely am an idiot."