The Imperial Division

Spirits

It's dawn and I hear shifting around my room. I sit up and see Phoebe getting ready. UM. I blush after what I see.

Phoebe's POV:

It's dawn and Chase is still sleeping. I change out of my old outfit, I wear my hood over me just in case. I change into my leggings and boots. I check back and he is still asleep. I take off my hood and crop top and change into my normal shirt. I put my hood back on and my armor and belt. I look over and see Chase staring at me.

"What are you looking at?" Shit. Why did I talk? Oh well, too late now.

"I, uh, um..." He stutters, he is blushing and keeps staring at me.

"What?!" I yell and shrug it off and walk out of the room. Then I realize, I changed my shirt, while I was turned around. FUUUUUU-

(no, she wasn't naked, she was wearing a bra somewhat like a sports bra, just to make that clear)

Chase's POV:

I. Don't know. What to say.

--------------- (skip a couple hours)

I walk to Rider when we are about to leave, I tell him about the situation.

"Man, you're lucky! I would do anything to see that!" He says, I blush.

"I-I don't know how to feel about it."

"At least you got a free peak!" He says. I blush more.

"Come on, man! She is hot though!" He insists. I ignore his comment and we head over to Phoebe, Sara and Wes.

"Alright, time to head to the village, get a couple extra things for the trip." Phoebe says.

-----------------------------(skip 2 hours, been walking)

We have been walking for a couple hours, and we make a stop at a small hut. It has a symbol of a raccoon at the top. Phoebe tells us to wait outside. A person comes out, a man with white average hair, wearing a tuxedo and fancy shoes. He has dark gray eyes and a symbol of a bird on his neck, barely visible.

"Hello, you all! Phoebe made you guys leave early so you can have 2 days with me to train!" He says enthusiastically. We all groan.

"I know you all already trained, but this time it is spiritually!" We all look at him confused, except for Rider and Phoebe.

"Let me take Rider and Phoebe for example. Rider here has his mark on his chest." Rider then pulls his shirt down, to reveal a wolf mark.

"His spirit animal is a wolf, his behavior physically and mentally is of a wolf. He gets territorial over close friends and competes with other males. He also tries to impress females." He walks over to Phoebe.

"Phoebe has a snake on her right leg. The placement depends on where the power is best at and if it doesn't suit anywhere, it goes on where it will physically match. Hers is the second option, and her behavior and such is the same as Rider. Phoebe is very neutral and is sneaky. She tends to be neutral with new people, and lets her guard down if close, as you see when she acts around friends compared to new people." He lets us all sink the information in, standing there, looking at one of us with a huge smile on his face.

"Oh! I almost forgot! Fighting style is the same! Rider tends to face head on, like a wolf! He will stand down until needed, or will go right in because of his aggressive behavior. Phoebe, on the other hand, likes to stay undercover until she strikes, very quick. Like an anaconda, a constrictor, they suffocate their prey, which she does in her actual fighting style and curse. Before she was passive nowadays, using her curse, she would cut her victims right at the chest, toward the heart and lungs. Phoebe would let them suffocate and struggle, gasping for air, and struggling to pump blood and oxygen!" We all look at each other.

"Then what are we here for exactly?" Sara asks.

"For you all to find your spirit animal, and your mark to appear!" He responds.

"What's your name anyway?" Wes asks.

"It's Robin!"

"Your symbol is a Robin!" Wes adds.

"Correct! As well as Finch, his is a Finch. It's funny how some people's name match their animal, it's very rare! It's rarer to have them have physical features of the animal!"

"Okay, so what do we have to do?" I ask.

"I will have 2 hour sessions with each of you tomorrow and on Sunday."

"Where do we sleep?" Sara asks.

"Oh! I have hidden treehouses, as well as a underground bunker!" Robin replies.

"Hey, can you predict what they'll be?" Rider asks.

"I can't guess exact, but I can guess a general group." He looks at me.

"You will be... a mammal... of the cat family." He looks at Sara, to my left.

"You will be a mystical animal..." He then goes to Wes.

"You will be something very beautiful.... a bird... a flightless one.."

"Great, I'm an ostrich or a penguin." Wes says.

"No, you idiot." Robin snaps.

"It is majestic!"

"Penguins are adorably majestic." He adds.

"Nevermind. Alright, it's getting dark, we should set up a fire and get some grub!" Robin announces.

---------------- (skip an hour later)

We have set up a little campfire, logs in the middle, rocks around it and we just sit on the ground. I ask, "What are we going to eat?"

"Oh, Phoebe is getting it. I have some other foods!" Robin says, then grabs some bowls of vegetables and other foods. I hear rustling from trees on the left, then Phoebe appears, dragging several dead animals.

"This is disgusting." She says, disgusted by the carcasses. Robin then skins them and starts to cook them over the fire.

(deer, birds, rats are the animals)

Phoebe's POV:

We all eat and their is a nearby pond and everyone decides to swim, but I stay on land, same with Chase. Wes insists but I refuse, swimming. I sit there, watching them have fun, I climb into a tree and lay on a tilted branch. I look through the leaves to look at the moon, a waning crescent. I wonder how much longer we'll have to be out here. I want to go back to the camp, I miss it, and my house. I look back down and see that Wes is missing. I get pulled down, and land in the water. I hear laughter above me, but I struggle to get up. I never learned how to swim, living in high land and never needing to. The first time I tried, I nearly drowned, same as the times after that. Once, someone used water to drown me, but I was luckily saved by Fin. I feel someone pull me up, Rider. I quickly get out of the water. I gasp for air and I get on to shore. I rest to catch my breath.

"Do you not know how to swim or what?" Wes asks. I glare at him and sit at the bottom of the tree. I. Hate. Water.

"Fuck you." I say to Wes, also flicking him off. He ignores me and continues to swim. I finally catch my breath after a couple minutes and realize, shit my clothes are wet. I go to the hut and change into extras I had brought.

Chase's POV:

Why do they enjoy water? I mean, sure it's fun and you can swim, but you get wet and it's cold when you get out, ugh. I feel bad for Phoebe, she was dragged into it. I know how she feels. She probably hates water like I do because of the inconveniences. I get up in a tree and fall asleep.

Sorry this one is short!