Dragon Mind

6

My armor from my father was magnificent. Wolfsbane flowers was engraved into every piece of black metal. It had been filled in with a purple metal. The clothes themselves were a skin tight pair of purple pants, a gown like shirt that went to my knees, a slit on each side, black with white embodiment vines over the sides, and hanging sleeves. The boots were black and went halfway up my calf. Purple strings tied the boots tight. The armor sat on the rest of my calf, over both shoulders, my neck, and my forearms. A metal belt sat firmly on my hips. There was a spot in the back for the sabor, and two, one on each side for the twin blades. The bow and quiver hooked easily on the metal guard between my shoulder blades, and under one forearm band was a small spot for the dagger.

I pulled a small mirror from my wardrobe and leaned it against the wall. I took the hair at the back of my head and drew the dagger through it. My bangs rested on my shoulders, and I burned the hair I had cut. The hair on the back of my head was short enough that it spiked up at odds and ends. After the hair was done burning, I got back up and went to breakfast. My family was already eating. Dad looked at me and smiled.

"It looks good on you."

"It fits to. Thank you for the gift father."

Elvin's head turned to look at me. He whistled through his teeth. "Damn sis, I'm gonna have to kill every unmarried male at training today. I mean, I would ask your hand," mom glared at him," if you weren't my sister." He added after a time.

"Mother look what she did to her hair!" Danielle yelled. Mother turned in her chair and yelled when she saw me. It continued until I took my first bite of my maple cakes.

"Young lady! What have -"

"I am not a lady. It is high time you accepted this." I had cut off Mother, and then went back to my food.

She stood up and little sister looked worried, Father and Brother were smiling. "You are a lady! You do not have a cock between your legs!"

I looked at her calmly, " No I am a warrior. I do not care for dresses. I am shocked you even know what a cock is though most people call it a dick after all cocks are roosters. Now you have Danielle, she is perfect for the role I personally think that you should take your embodiment lessons and shove them up your ass, but to each their own. Now I will get my familiar soon and that is that. You will ether accept it or I will simply never speak to you anymore."

Mother had turned red. Father was hiding his face, and trying not to laugh. Elvin was pounding on the table with tears flowing from his eyes as he laughed. She stormed from the room, Danielle rose from her seat bidding us good day before hurrying after Mother. Or as fast as she could without running after all ladies never run. No sooner did the door close then Father could contain his laughter no longer. His head fell back and he roared with laughter. We finished our breakfast and left together. Their arms over my shoulders, and mine around their hips.

The number of people at training was drastically reduced since the Crossing. Many of the others clapped me on the shoulder in congratulations. I was the first female from Sansa to make it out. After everyone asked me what I wanted for a familiar and who give me the new armor, we began training. Bueno was my sparingly partner for the day, since I needed to get used to the sabor.

The blade was oddly light for its size. But I wasn't much for one handed combat, I had no idea what to do with my other hand. Often I simply decided to use both hands on the halt, it made my strike stronger but threw off my balance. I was unable to pivot using my left leg and throwing my whole body into a side strike set an ache through my torso. More often than not I ended up on the ground gasping for air. My body was simply not ready to use the muscles I needed to fight. It was showing. Those around us stopped their own sparing to watch and make sure I was okay. I took off my armor, hoping it would help. It did but not by much, so I put it back on. Bueno looked at me with raised eyebrows.