Alina stood in a fighting stance, holding her wooden sword firmly staring intently at her opponent, not wanting to shift her gaze from him.
Her Opponent, an average man with a well built body stood opposite her also in a fighting stance.
Alina had decided to spar a little to take her mind off things, She had been so distressed and had lost a lot of energy thinking of everything that had been happening to her these past few days.
So she had decided to take her minds off everything and spar like never before.
Her opponent charged forward holding his sword high, Alina stood in the same position and dodged as he got closer. She kept dodging waiting for the appropriate time to time to attack not wanting to take any hit from him. Since he was a bigger guy she had decided to tire him out before she attacks.
That when was when she saw the chance she had been waiting for, she could see her Opponent was panting and perspiring.
Knowing this was the right moment to attack, she charge in, dodging his attack and hitting his knee with her wooden sword. She could hear the sound of wood hitting flesh and felt sorry for him
He fell down on the ground not expecting a brutal attack from her but slowly began to stand up, besides he had felt more pain than that before.
' I had put in so much effort on that attack'
He charged faster towards Alina holding on to his sword with a smile on his face.
'This dude still smiles while sparring' Alina thought.
As he got closer he slashed at her but Alina dodged just in time narrowly missing the blow.
'Almost got...'
POWWWW.
Alina had thought he had ran off balance due to the rate at which he had charged at her when she felt a sharp pain at her leg.
Alina fell to the ground.
He Smiled as he walked closer to her
"Always be ready for the next attack" he said.
He smiled standing triumphantly over her.
"Yield" he said
Alina smiled.
" oh okay, fine I will…." Alina using all her strength sprang up and immediately whirled In the air, her toes facing her Opponent.
CRACK
The sound of something being broken was heard and her Opponent was seen lying on the floor.
Alina who had just landed on the floor walked closer to him, standing above him watching him shriek in pain.
'Wow that hit got him, I knew heard the sound of bones breaking'
She stood triumphantly above him Ready to finally weaken her opponent, she was so glad that the hit had made him lose energy.
She bent closer smiling wanting to make him weak finally , when He stopped shrieking and wore a creepy smile.
"Huh"
The next Moment Alina had seen her herself on the floor.
"How did you do that?" She asked rubbing her back.
" Your new technique was nice, a direct hit to the chest wouldn't harm your opponent so much especially of he is big and burly"
"Maybe next time you should go for more sensitive areas, and lastly never give your Opponent time to rest as some people can regain their full strength in just a couple of mins"
Alina nodded still rubbing her back.
"Well, well, well"
Alina heard a voice that she faintly recognized, then turned to see who it was.
"What a knight in distress"
Alina turned and saw who it was.
Affront her stood a young man, a bit older than her maybe 19 she guessed.
'Isn't he familiar'
She rubbed her Forehead trying to remember where she had known him from.
Then she did.
She flared on recognizing which he was.
'How come I didn't remember him, he looks like his father the devil'
Her rage had risen as she looked at him, he was the reason she was in this situation and he was part of the people with which she despised so much.
'How dare he stand here and talk to me'
"Uhh….my Princess I should leave" the knight who had been watching said,then turned to leave.
Alina nodded.
" Well, Well, Well" Alina stood up, dusting her clothes.
She wasn't going to allow him tower over her.
"Look who has decide to meet the princess" She said walking around him
Donarton smiled.
"Since we haven't seen eye to eye, why don't we spar a little"
Alina laughed.
" Look who wants to spar with, pray you do6get your ass kicked" She said swinging her sword.
Donarton smiled standing in a fighting stance.
Alina knew that this was her chance to show this young man who she was and that he was no match for her.
'Let's see what you got little dude'
She charged in aggressively, wanting to attack first. She was in no mood to give him in any space.
As she attacked, Donarton stood in his position and their swords met.
CLANG
The sound of wood hitting wood was heard.
Alina kicked him with her full force which sent him flying back and landing on the floor.
Alina walked towards him smiling happily.
'Quite easy to defeat '
" Is that a you got little dude?" She asked teasingly.
Donarton smiled grimly.
'Does everyone smile while sparring'
"Owwww"
Alina closed her eyes on Instincts but it was already too late.
Donarton had gathered enough sand waiting for her to get closer so he could take on his plan, when she got closer he had thrown the sand at her.
"Damn" Alina gritted her teeth in anger.
She tried wiping her face, and then tried opening her eyes to no avail. Although she had closed her eyes on Instincts, Some of it still entered her eyes and she was finding it hard to clean.
She tried cleaning the sand from her eyes whm6she felt a sharp pain at her Abdomen, she fell to the ground and she could feel her energy seeping away.
Whatever Donarton had done, he had used so much energy on her.
She groaned in pain eyes closed.
'What do I do now, I really can't lose to him'
She was determined to fight till the end, she couldn't allow him feel he was stronger than her . She wanted him to know that she was way more better than him.
Then she remembered something, her master, Axin had fought with his eyes closed when he was in similar situation as hers.
She had no idea what to do but she had an idea on how to start it so she closed her eyes tight.
'focus'
She tried focusing, blocking away all the activities from the outside world and focusing in the world she was in, soon she felt the atmosphere change.
She could see everything in the outside world in this world, but they were all in shadowy form.
A smile appeared on her face and she stood up as she felt her energy restoring, eyes still closed shut off from everything in the outside world.
While all those things was happening, Donarton stood watching Alina who had sropped groaning. He watched as she had stopped cleaning her eyes and instead had closed her eyes tight.
He felt she was strange not restraining and had felt worst when he saw her standing up eyes closed.
He saw her smile and felt a little relieved, he kept watching her and saw her feminine face , her hair which was once packed in a neat bun now in a messy bun. He had kept on admiring her features when all of a sudden, he saw himself on the floor.
' Geez doesn't she ever give up, I thought the fight was finished' he thought.
He saw her running towards him eyes closed, holding on to her wooden sword ready to hit him with it. He rolled over missing the strike narrowly. He stood up and got in a fighting stance.
'Get off it, how could you admire this strange woman fighting with her eyes closed'
After missing that strike, Alina gritted her teeth.
She stood in a fighting stance once more wanting to show him, she was better. In the inside world everything seemed better, her strikes were faster, her moves were faster.
She charged forward again aiming straight for his stomach, as she got closer to the masculine shadow standing affront her, he had dodged her strike.
'Got him where I wanted'
Immediately he dodged the strike, his FULL concentration on the attack. Alina had kicked him in his head directly on his face.
'Shit, that wasn't my aim'
She heard a loud thud and could see his shadowy figure fall on the ground.
' Oh what do I do now'
Still in the shadowy world she became frightened scared that she had killed someone. She had never intended to hit him in the face but in his stomach, she had wanted to atleast weaken him and not kill him.
As she thought of what to do, she could hear noises coming from afar off and soon it became louder. She hadn't sensed any movement around her and hadn't seen any human moving figure.
"Hey have you seen, His lord Donarton " She heard from afar
" Yea I saw him walk towards the field, I guess he is sparring with the Princess" Anothwr person said
" Okay I will go look for him"
Alina swallowed hard.
She had no idea what to do, if anyone should see her in this condition they would think she was possessed. She couldn't even allow anyone to see her beside the unconscious Donarton as she might be punished for it.
At that moment, she ran away cautiously still in the shadows.
As she ran away she hoped Donarton wasn't dead.