"You're sloppy, unbalanced." Undertaker announced. Halona grunted and got back on her feet. Her hands were rough and covered with dirt, her knees bloody from falling to the ground. It had been over two months since she first started to train with Undertaker. Halona spat out the blood from her mouth.
"Sloppy eh? I'll show you!" She screamed, charging at him with full speed. With her dagger in hand she swiped at the old man. He easily dodged and slashed the back of her legs with his sword, sending the poor girl to the ground.
"You're wasting your energy." said Undertaker. Halona screamed and swiped at him, he dodged again.
"You're angry, frustrated. That can be good, but you're trying to use all your strength in one strike." Halona grunted and made a failed attempt at stabbing him. He moved aside quickly and kicked her to the ground.
She struggled to stand, but somehow managed to raise her dagger.
"Is that all you got? I didn't even feel a thing!" She yelled.
Undertaker smirked, the next thing Halona knew she was flying in the air and hit one of the pillars of the building. The collision managed to make a crack in the concrete.
Halona managed to get to her knees and began to cough out blood once again. The girl wiped the crimson red liquid from her mouth and put on an insane smile that would have made Undertaker proud.
"I'm not finished yet old man!" Halona staggered, but stood tall. Undertaker's jaw dropped at how determined she was to keep fighting. She charged at Undertaker, aiming to strike. She would have managed to hit him if she was a bit faster.
Unfortunately she was sent flying again, adding a new bruise to her small body. She laid there making no movement, her body was bruised and covered with bloody scratches. Halona had tears in her eyes.
"I can't do this." She whispered. Undertaker circled her, shaking his head.
"Get up. You're angry and frustrated, but that is no excuse. Now get up. Don't just lay there, keep trying, you're just starting out, you'll improve. You won't if you just lay there. So don't you dare give up. If you do, you don't deserve to be my student. I chose to train you because I knew you where different. Now. Get. Up." He demanded.
Halona felt the tears fall, one by one. She had failed her mother, she thought to herself. She told Halona to be strong, yet here she lay without the strength to stand. Her mind went back to when she was younger, back at her home village.
"Halona, why are you laying there?" Her father asked. The 6 year old girl looked up in tears at her father.
"A boy took my toy, when I tried to get it back he hurt me!" She explained. Her father shook his head in disappointment.
"My child, you do not ever let anyone push you down. You come of warriors! So be a warrior! You are strong as they are, you just don't know it."
"But, how?" She looked at him questionably.
"How? My child, you have always been a warrior! You never give up! So don't start now. Halona my child, warriors don't always have to fight, sometimes they have to bring peace. Halona, make peace with that boy, if he refuses, show him what a warrior looks like. But first, you have to get up." Halona sniffed, she got up and brushed off the dirt from her knees.
She made her way to the boy who was playing with her toy, he looked at her with disgust.
"What do you want you freak?" He asked. She took a deep breath and held her hands together tightly.
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Undertaker's Apprentice
Fanfiction"Halona, I have something to tell you." He said softly. The girl suddenly felt sick, as if she knew something bad was bound to happen. "W...what is it?" She asked nervously. The gray haired man sighed and took her hand. "William came by last...
