What if... Kronos won the war?

twenty-three

Connors Pov

"Pair up and practice." Charlie finished saying, walking down from the podium that was there. I looked around for someone to partner up with but it seemed like everyone already had a person, which made sense, I was always paired with Charlie. I turned around to look for Travis since he usually waited until the last minute to pair up but was met with Charlie's eyes. She turned around and started to walk away. "Charlie! Come on it's only us two, and I have to train." I said, walking up to her reluctantly. "You do, I don't." She said. "Please." I said, grabbing her arm. "No, I don't know what to say to you right now, I have no clue what happened between us but I don't think I can talk to you." She said quietly. "Cha please." I asked, whispering. "Don't call me that." She said, breaking my grip on her arm and walking away.

"Con, come over here. I'll help you train." Travis said from behind me. "I don't know if I have it in me to train." I said, looking back at my brother. "I know you do, come on." He said, putting his hand on my shoulder. I nodded my head and grabbed my sword before following him to an open area. "Trav, what do you do if you fuck something up between you and the girl you like?" I asked quietly. "You talk to her." He said, grabbing his sword. "What if she doesn't want to talk to you?" I asked, looking up at him. "There's not much you can do if Charlie doesn't want to talk to you Connie, just wait for her if you like her that much." He said, getting into position. "How did you-" I started, "You're not exactly subtle about it. I see the way you look at her man, you're in love." Travis said, raising his voice when he said love. "No I'm-" I began, "You are." He finished for me. "I am." I said under my breath. "Let's just get this over with." I said, getting into position.

After fighting, I eventually disarmed him. "I finally disarmed you." I said, panting. I lied down and put my hands in the air. "Took you long enough." Travis said, sitting next to me. "Shut up, I practice with Cha, she always wins." I said, closing my eyes. "Alright! Gather up, we're not done yet!" Charlie yelled, getting back on the podium thing while everyone walked over. Me and Travis stood up and followed the crowd. "I need someone to help show what to do, so someone come up." Charlie said, looking around. Someone pushed me forward and I stumbled up to the front. "For fucks sake." I heard Charlie whisper under her breath. "Get up here Stoll." She said reluctantly. "What we're going to demonstrate is simple, for me at least. We're going to fight like normal, one of us is going to disarm and then catch the blade, meaning when we disarm throw the blade up instead of letting it fall normally. Once one of us catches the blade, hold both to the others neck making it cross." Charlie said, announcing it to everyone. "Wait what." I said, staring blankly at Charlie. "I don't have time Stoll, grab your sword." She said, summoning hers.

"What do you mean, throw the blade up?" I asked, getting my sword from its sheath. "You know." She said shortly. "Cha-" I started. "Don't call me that Connor." She said, getting into position. "Why not? Why can't I call you Cha anymore?" I asked, getting slightly mad. "Stop!" She yelled, running her hand through her hair. "Why?" I asked, walking closer to her. "Because every time you say it now, I think about how we fucked everything up between us! I can't think of anything else when I hear that, fucking hell I can't even think of anything else when I see you!" She yelled, getting angrier and throwing her hand around. I could feel myself doing things against my will, like following her hand. "Stop!" I yelled, falling then she put her hand down. "Stop yelling?" She asked, "Fine I'll stop yelling as soon as you stop calling me Cha!" She yelled, throwing her hand up in the air. I stood and fell down again. "Stop it!" I said, it was getting hard to breathe. "What's wrong?" She asked, frowning at me. "Blood." I said, before doubling over. "Shit!" She yelled, realizing she was controlling my blood. "Connie, hey are you okay? Can you breathe now?" Travis asked, running up to me. "I'm fine." I said panting. "I- fuck. I'm sorry, I didn't realize what I was doing." Charlie said, holding her hands out in front of her. "It's okay." I whispered, putting my head down.