Unit 15

Ryan

Picture is of Ryan.
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I walked to the forest arena after having breakfast and getting ready. Today the trainers were training us in forest battle. When we got to the arena, we saw that the forest looked like it was spring. We met the trainers in the clearing where we won capture the flag. They were the same three as that day. They were the only trainers that we saw.

"Today we will teach you how to fight in the trees." The leader announced. His name was Drake. "The first rule of tree fighting is to stay out of the reach of your opponent. That means stay off of the lowest branches."

"Ryan you go into the trees and demonstrate." Drake instructed. I nodded then went to the nearest tree. I climbed up and went onto a strong branch that was covered in leaves.

"Good job Ryan." Drake praised. "See how Ryan is hiding himself in the leaves, that's what you should do."

We practiced hiding in the trees until everyone got the hand of it. We then moved on to leaping onto the enemy from the trees in a surprise attack. I got the hang of this quickly but everyone else was having trouble. They weren't climbing down the branches quietly so they had to restart. It took them awhile, but they got it.

Then we practiced weapon training again. We were all given a different weapon than before. Sense I had a pistol before, I got a dagger this time. They made me practice fighting with it then the tree attack with it. When we all got good with our weapon, we went back to practicing hiding in a tree.

We did this routine until lunch. For lunch, the trainers brought our meal here. We ate then the trainers had us run a lap around the arena. We then did push ups, sit ups, ab circuits, and other things we could to in the gym. After that, we ran another two laps around the arena before going back to the routine from earlier.

We walked back to the house at dinner time to find that the twins cooked tonight. They made spaghetti and meatballs with a side of salad. We had water to drink. The twins were good cooks. We told our friends that stayed home what we did while we ate.

We cleaned up after dinner, showered, and got ready for bed. We then sat on the couch and watched the news. Nothing really exciting. The trainers let us stay up until 11:00 before turning the T.V. off. We then went to bed.