SACRIFICE TO THE MOON (Completed) #Wattys2020

chapter 3

         Sai and Saie where two black haired twins with similar height and build.
    They were two  of the few top swordswomen on the moon and were slated to be Prince's Waya's personal guards.
     When the prince rejected their services on the grounds he could successfully look after himself, they were relegated to being the personal guards of the second highest ranking member besides the Prince, Freya.
    These two black haired warriors were ordered to the sparing area with nothing more than a nod from Freya.
    It was a two on two match. Sai and Saie.
  Sai took three quick steps towards Riequal and Mag and leaped in to the air while bringing her blade down hard on Mag.
    Mag quickly crossed her sword above her head allowing Sai's blade collide harmlessly with her'.
  Saie quickly vaulted  towards Mag and delivered a kick that sent the olive skinned brunette to the ground.
     Riequal stood idly and watched mag floored. When her previous opponent was floored, she cracked her neck, gripped her arrows tighter and prepared to engage with the black haired sisters.
    The black haired sisters grinned at each other as the leader of the blue squad archers naively prepared to take them both in a fight.
    Riequal leaped into the air spinning in the process.
     The black haired sisters easily deflected all the blows Riequal could muster with her arrows.
    Once the initial ignition from Riequal died off, the black haired sisters pulled off move after move until Riequal was equally grounded.
    As expected Mag did nothing. It was then it dawned on them that defeating the black haired sisters will demand their cooperation.
   With subtle nod to each other, they reared to challenge the black haired sisters again.
     Mag took on Sai while Riequal took on Saie. The tactic was to prevent the black haired sisters from coming to each other's aid.
   The fight ended in a draw for both teams.
  Freya was satisfied with the results. She was about to move to the next exercise when she spotted the prince.
   He was garbed in his usual training attire, a leather loin cloth and a boot that rose to his knees.
  His dark skin glowed in the dense atmosphere of the moon. Freya's eyes danced towards his stomach where his perfectly sculptured abs lay.
     Her eyes went further down where his groin lay. She wasn't sure why her heart fluttered each time she saw him maybe it was because he was the only male specie.
     She knew everyone on the moon had similar feelings for the prince, refusing to be one of them, she brandished such thoughts to the back of her mind.
   Prince Waya strolled leisurely through the army who readily made way for him till he got to the sparing grounds.
   Freya accessed him again this time with annoyance.
   How could he be trivial with training at a time when war was on the horizon.
   "Four of you" she barked gesturing at Mag, Riequal, Sai and Saie with her fingers.
   "Attack the prince".
The four warriors hesitated upon their orders to attack the goddess Athena's son.
    The prince smiled widely,
He spoke in a deep authoritative voice.
"You heard her, attack me"