Training Day

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The next day, after a long, restful sleep, everyone in the How woke up and was about to head outside for work, when Peter called for attention.

"Alright, everyone, I need your attention!" He announced and everyone turned to him. "As for now, we're about to start a new mission, but I've seen some of you fought along the way, so I decided that all of you need training, before we head for Miraz's castle."

All the Narnians groaned. "Can we just kill the bastard already?" Someone asked in the crowd.

"No offense, but you really fought bad, so therefore you need more practice." Peter said sternly and a few among them hissed. "Okay, you all know the drill so let's get going."

Then, another groan came from everyone, as they walked out of the How and started their practice on their skill.

"You got your swords?" Caspian asked the others.

"Nah, I gotta practice something, so I'll see you later." Bastila said as she walked out to join the other Narnians.

"Want to go for a walk before we practice?" Caspian asked the siblings again. They nodded, so they followed Caspian outside the How and saw that the Narnians training themselves.

"Sorry, Bastila!" The five of them heard a Narnian shouting apologetically.

"It's fine, dude! I got it!" Bastila's voice called out to the Narnian who had just spoken.

The five of them walked around the field to see more Narnians practicing.

"Damn it, watch where you point that thing!" The siblings playfully cringed at Nikabrik's voice.

"I'll practice my archery." Susan said and pulled out her bow and arrows. She walked off to the archery practice section.

"Want me to come?" Caspian asked, and Susan nodded and the two walked off. Peter, Edmund and Lucy looked at each other and giggled.

"Okay, I'll go catch up with someone." Edmund said and ran off.

Caspian and Susan walked off the archery section together. They see the practice field and Susan aimed her bow at one of the archery board. She shot one arrow but the arrow missed the board.

"Okay, I admit, I hadn't done archery since I went back to England." Susan said uneasily.

"It doesn't matter." Caspian said with a grin. "Let me try it." He aimed the bow at the archery board and shot the arrow and it went straight to the middle of the board. Susan raised her eyebrow and laughed.

"Not bad." Susan said.

On another part of the training area, Peter and Lucy walked towards the swordfighting section, where they saw Bastila doing splits from the opposite side of the area.

"Impressive." Peter said.

"Thanks, but I can do better." Bastila said flatly. "I'm not just a swordfighter."

"Then what can you do?" Lucy asked.

"I'm quite artful at acrobatics." Bastila said and then performed a short cartwheel and jumped into the air and flipped herself until she jumped back to the ground.

"Amazing." Lucy said in astonishment. "Can you show us more?"

"Just one more." Bastila said proudly and then looked at one of the Narnians. "Johnny!" She called out to one of the minotaurs. "Mind if you can be my training partner for a minute?"

Just then, a minotaur, who happens to be same height as Susan, stepped out and approached Bastila, who then looked at the two of them.

"Watch this." Bastila said and then raced towards the minotaur and jumped on its head and flipped it to the ground.

"That was great." Peter said, although he was slightly disappointed that Bastila didn't really show much new moves for him to see.

A moment later, they heard laughter and they saw Susan and Caspian both looking happy. Then, Peter, Lucy and Bastila all looked each other in bewilderment.

"Okay, everyone, you all did well today, so you can all rest now!" Caspian announced and everyone went back to the How.

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