"come on faster!" our captain said, we were all in a race and somehow i'm with the top five, three boys are running in front of me, but i'm getting tired,
We reached the finish line as everyone collapsed on the ground, i stayed up, but had my hands resting on my knees, everyone started to hurry towards the water stand, where there were water bottles in exactly 32, the amount of recruits in our group,
For the last two weeks they made us run and train till we looked like we just came out of a pool, but the smell wasn't one of chlorine if you know what i mean,
We trained with daggers, staffs, and swords, some even choosing to go with a mace
"Get up! Come on three more laps!" Our captain or as i like to call her "Lickspittle"
Why? Maybe because of the fact that ever since i started my training, for still unknown reasons, she would always find a way to either insult me or find something that i did wrong and give me extra work for it,
I reluctantly started running my three laps around the training room which is not as small as you may think,
For three weeks now I've been trying to figure out why they took us, and I've had a few theories,
One: they collected people with potential to build an army
Now it may sound stupid but it's an idea, because most of the people here, mostly meaning my group, are already in good shape, as i could see some of the boys had abs and muscles of someone who would constantly work out,
Two: they are committing genocide to all humans and they're only keeping the strongest and the youngest,
Okay this may be a near to impossible thing to happen but you never know you gotta be prepared,
But i used to have a third idea till i got some new facts a few days ago,
I realized that not everyone here was a wizard, some were muggles,
Can you believe that, placing us with these disgusting creatures who literally can't do anything but scream and run for their lives,
But there were also a new kind of creatures here, they always keep to themselves, and they all had a few things in common,
Pointy ears, blonde hair and if you looked close enough you could see small fangs, and all of them had pale faces that would appear almost blue,
And even with the amount of books and lessons i took i can't identify what they could be,
I checked fairies off my list because they were supposed to be tiny,
And vella's too, for even though some were pretty they don't hold you captured in their gaze like vellas
But still now after 9 days of raking my brain with every possible being that they could be, i concluded that they could be half fairies, another species of dirty half-bloods
As if the world needed more abominations,
Though i can't see how it can be possible because well...a fairy is just too small to..oh whatever,
"You finished too quickly Malfoy, do another three laps you don't seem tired enough" Lickspittle said,
I groaned as i got up biting my tongue from saying anything, last time i did i had to do 20 push ups with hot coal under my stomach and chest, let's just say it will get worse if i talk back, a boy once refused to do another round and he had to stay hanging from a rope while a bunch of Mackled Malaclaw were rounded up underneath him,
I may or may not have said "good luck you'll need it"
Most muggles didn't understand but most of the mage laughed loudly, i saw a few witches whisper to their muggle buddies, probably explaining to the idiots what that means,
Well a Mackled Malaclaw which many muggles mistook for a lobster gives you bad luck if it bites you, like REALY bad luck, but i wouldn't expect them to understand,
I finished my laps panting and crouched down on the floor, i went over to the water table and took the water flask which had my initials on it ' E. N. M ' i drank half of it in one go while i sipped the rest on my way to my room,
I went into the room that had five other girls, each of use in a bed and a small table with three drawers,
I took a 5 minute shower in our shared bathroom and changed into a wetsuit,
Today we were going to be taught how to ride a Hippocampus, an animal I've only read about, and i would be lying if i said i wasn't slightly excited,
(Wetsuit at the bottom)
For once they allowed us to choose something, the color of our wetsuits most of the people chose colored ones, but i took the plain black one, I'm not a fan of colors,
We entered room WR67 with our coach aka Manon aka Lickspittle, she never told us her name preferred to be called coach or miss, it's not like she's an adult she's only a few years older than me,
The room had nothing but waves colliding with sand, it looked like you were standing on a beach, the only thing that told you otherwise was the door behind us that seemed floating in the air,
"5 lines! Each color" Shouted Manon as all of us got in the line with our colors, in front of us baskets marked with the color we're wearing,
Black - blue - green - purple - white
White : 4
Purple : 7
Green : 9
Blue : 11
Black : 3
I stood at the front of my line and as i expected Ascian stood behind me his arms crossed and posture laid back,
"Sooo, any idea what they'll make us do with the mermaids?" He whispered in my ear carefully,
"Didn't you listen in class? They're not mermaids" i arched a brow at him as he innocently smiled,
"Oh i did, just don't know how to connect the dots of everything they teach us, and what they're training us for" he simply noted watching the others talk among themselves,
"Why? Not smart enough little princess?" He scoffed at the nickname and just faced the water,
"Pick a tool from the basket with your color" said Mason as she came and stood in front of the white line, i looked inside said basket and i found a three keys, they looked a bit rusty and smelled like salt,
Every group got a different thing, our group : the key/ blue group : a small bottle with glittery liquid / green group : a dagger for each person / purple group : A jar with an orange fish in it / and finally the pink group with a conch seashell,
"Listen up candidates, you will each go into the lake for 35 minutes, the only help you'll get is with the item you were given, and all of you will get a potion that will allow you to breath underwater which will only last for 40 minutes, use these items wisely,
Now each and every one of you will go into the lake in search of one thing which is the Hippocampus, a hippocampus will only get one rider in its lifetime, it will choose you and it will challenge you! Defend yourself with the help of your items, manage to sit on and ride the Hippocampus to the other side of the lake which Henry -who is the one in charge of this room- will be waiting, up first white team!"
One moment we were all quiet and the next some people started whining for not knowing what the items where for,
The first one was white, as we soon realized they go by colors leaving my group last, the white group got out 21 seconds late on the other side,
Of course they would be late, two of them are muggles, the green group looks the strongest, they might be the ones to come up the fastest, because all of them are mage minus one or two hybrids,
This is gonna take a while
Great.
"Up next black team!"
The group that consisted of me Ascian and a dark skinned boy made our way to the edge,
"Uh uh, not so fast kids, black team has different rules" Manon said walking up to us,
"Great" Ascian groaned from beside me,
"You don't get the potion-" She started,
"What why not?!" The other dark skinned boy asked clearly stressed, i mean he is a wizard have you not learned one spell that will help you underwater?
"Oh I'm not done" she just smirked at us and came up to me,
"You all go separately"
(For the people who'll say "oh this is so boring" and that it's not flattering for the body, it was not in my intention to make it flattering, they are being trained not filmed for a beach movie where the lead actress runs in slow mo in a bikini)
Manon aka "Lickspittle"
So every group will finish their task differently, as they all had different objects, I'm going to write about the black team only, but if enough people want me to write what the other teams did I'll write them
Thanks for reading <3