The Dragon and The Princess

Chapter 10

•Lucy's POV•

Erza came at me full blast, did she know how to hold back? Erza came straight and forward, I prepared to block. Erza smirked at my attempt, and she knocked the sword out my hand. I fell on my bum. Way to go Lucy, down in three seconds.

"I have now realized you don't know how to hold a sword." Erza stated. Erza didn't seemed disappointed. I don't think Erza expected much out of me, and I don't blame her. Erza had to give me props though, I fought a person with a spatula, and won. But Angel was just inexperienced as I am now. I might sound like I'm going to give up, but I'm not. I'm going to try and try 'till I learn how master this sword fighting.

"You're right." I sighed. Erza pulled her sword in front of her to show me something.

"You have to have a firm grip, or else." Erza tightened her grip to her sword. What did she mean or else?

"What do you mean?" I gulped. Was the sword going to turn on me or something? What if I accidently stabbed myself. Knowing me I would probably find a way to do that.

"You'll sprain or worse brake your wrist." Erza brought her sword out to the side. Oh god, If I had a problem with a sprain ankle, a broken wrist is going to hurt way more.

"So how do I not brake my wrist?" I questioned. The last thing I want to do is feel my wrist brake.

"Do not wiggle your wrist around when swinging." Erza showed what not to do by wiggling her wrist around.

"Keep your sword perpendicular to the ground until the match starts." Erza showed me what she meant.

"Holding the sword is easy," Erza smiled. "Wielding it is a whole different story." Okay, I could do this... right?

"I'm going to test how strong your swing is." Erza spoke while pulling a log out of nowhere. Seriously, where does she hide these things? Does she have some kind of magical pouch that holds unlimited things? I seriously wouldn't be surprised.

"I want you to chop this in half," Erza pointed horizontally. "Don't hold back." The log was extremely thick. It was about as thick as Natsu's thigh, not like I look at his thighs or anything. I just noticed Natsu has thigh muscles, I swear I'm not weird! The log was about two more inches taller than me. I have to cut down something like this in one go. This was not going to be as easy as it seems.

"Remember to keep your ground." Erza added. Erza's instructions were more informative than I thought they would be. When I first saw Erza, I thought she was a brute. I thought she was going to kill Natsu and then me. But Erza was being super helpful. I rose my sword up to my hip level.

I held my sword with both hands preparing myself to strike the log. I dug my feet to the ground and swung my arms back. I used every ounce of my strength into this one blow. My sword got halfway through the log before it stopped. You would think by looking at Erza wield a sword it would be easy, it's really not. I turned over to Erza to see her surprised. Why did she have a look of shock on her face. This was nothing special compared to her so why? Was I that bad?

"What's with the look?" I asked. Erza snapped out of her thoughts and came stomping over to me. I was scared. Erza had a look of determination in her eyes.

"E-Erza!" I yelped. Erza pulled my head into her armor. My head against her armor made a huge Clang! sound. My head was ringing, I wanted to pull back but she pulled tighter.

"Why?" I breathe out. Erza pulls me out of her tight grip and starts patting my head like a dog.

"Not even I was that good when I first started." Erza smiled. S-She was complimenting me?