Sovereign

Chapter Two

Vaas' POV

Walking into the mess-Hall for breakfast I'm immediately greeted by Ares and Axel who obviously spent the night out drinking considering they have the Valour hoodie on and glasses protecting their eyes, looking up in time to see Foxe walking towards us all, wearing the valour Hoodie that says 'Vaas Arthur' above the valour logo and on the back "My hoodie?" I raise an eyebrow in which he smiles at "have you seriously been drinking with these too Foxe?" I mumble shaking my head furiously "it was a good night!" He laughs lightly, taking a seat beside Ares who's groaning in pain.
Sitting down next to Axel my eyes are trained on the table im sat on, my mind racing "Vaas, haven't you got Initiate training?" Ares asks, my eyes widening "Shit." I mumble, standing up as quick as lightning and hurrying to the training room "alright, alright" I repeat to myself, aligning rows of Knives across the table, I hear the initiates begin to pile in turning just in time for them to stop whatever they had been talking about.

"As per usual, you have to properly learn how to throw a knife. Course some of you have probably never held a knife before, considering you wasn't given a knife at last night's training." I say, clapping my hands together, I turn on the ball of my foot "Demonstration. watch me." I say pointing to my eyes I pick three knives up, I hold the blade between my thumb and index, lifting my arm up, I throw the knife and just as expected it hits dead centre, doing the same with the other two, mutters and mumbles can be heard "Go." I say loudly.

Watching over them all I walk behind Dev who's been stood in the same position staring at the knife "are you gonna throw?" Looking to a tall black haired male she holds the knife correctly between her thumb and index "Or did you forget what a valours standards are." He continues, getting a closer look I recognise that smug face from anywhere, he came from Dominite 'Josh Fernandez' watching the scene play out I cross my arms over my chest startling the taller when she throws the knife at the target and it hits dead centre like mine "bragging won't get you anywhere, Fernandez." I say walking In between them "Well, well if it isn't Vaas Arthur" turning at that voice my eyes fall on a male I wish didn't exist, Evan Kariso "Evan." I say lowly, standing upright and walking away from the two that were arguing just one moment ago "volunteered to teach the initiates, unusual?" He states, nodding "It gets boring being in the cont-" I begin Interrupted by a high pitched scream and before I know it I'm on the floor with a familiar female on top of me, my arms sprawled out and my eyes wide in shock, this female being Dayna Halfall, Evans companion "I've missed you so much!!" She squeals, squeezing the life out of me "Yeah, yeah I've missed you too Dayna..." I manage to breath out "that's enough Dayna, drop him" Evan sighs shaking his head "Can... you guys leave it till lunch, I'm kind of teaching" I groan, checking the initiates who are watching "No can do, its Traditional fight time." Dayna chirps, my eyes widening "it is..?" I manage to say, a lump in my throat threatening to suffocate me "yep!" He says, pulling me to my feet.

Lemme tell you something. Valour have this thing called Fight fest and the higher ups are put with someone equal to their strength and it's basically a fight till one gets knocked out or severely injured. And last year I was put with someone called Jean, and he was injured so bad he was thrown out of Valour. Hence why I hate this fest, but when it gets to the heat of the moment I love it.

Walking towards the chasm I stretch slightly, everyone crowding the place, the initiates mixing into the crowd. Stepping onto the high up rocks where the leaders and Higher ups stand, I see Foxe, Axel, Olivia, Ares and rem stood to the side of Alec. Walking towards them, I'm being watched by Dayna and Evan "This just isn't your lucky week is it?" Axel laughs patting my back "I'm not looking forward to this season" I sigh, shoving my hands into my pockets "course your not, not after what happened last time" Olivia says giving me a sympathetic look "but you know that you'll be fighting.." rem states, staring at her I nod "typical..." I whisper.