XV

Percy opened the door, twisting the knob and opening it, the wooden door creaking from the contact. Percy shoved the key softly into his pocket, looking around trying to check if Edeline was there. His suspicions were correct, Edeline was at her bed, looking at the ceiling with a bored look on her face. She turned towards me, hearing the door opening, looking at Percy with a raised eyebrow.

"I thought you wouldn't even show up." She said chuckling a little. She sighed, standing up from her bed and stretching a little. Percy turned towards her, not really know what else to do, this was Percy's second day as an official Teutonic Knight, Percy was pretty new to all of this crusading stuff. Percy didn't really know what to do other than train until he was ready to do the real crusader stuff.

"Let's go, we wouldn't want to miss the dinner feast do we." Edeline said, walking past him, opening the door, leaving Percy alone in the room. Percy sighed, walking out of the room and closing it behind him, locking it and turning towards Edeline who was waiting for Percy.

"So Percival, shall we get going?" Edeline asked, giving a small smile. Percy nodded, giving her a thumbs up. Edeline lead the way, going down the spiral staircases, going to the lobby and out the door, all the while Percy was beside her, patiently waiting for what was to come. Percy walked behind Edeline, opening the doors from the Teutonic Order and stepping out of the building, seeing the night sky overhead.

Percy instantly turned towards the setup on the very middle of the training grounds, a central reserved spot, five rows of benches stretching from one end to the other. Multiple crusaders were there, enjoying themselves, eating a variety of food and overall having a good time. Along the area of the benches were a bunch streamers and lights, making the area more alive, the feeling of life along the area.

"So, want to go and eat?" Edeline said, beckoning Percy forward. Percy followed, seeing her sit down on one of the five benches, a small banner on the side of the bench, indicating it was the bench for the Teutonic Order. Percy sat down beside Edeline, giving her a small smile. Edeline have Percy a thumbs up, food magically appearing in the table, Percy having an amazed look on his face, magic was extremely common in the crusade, even if it was just the small things, it was cool for Percy.

Percy instantly dug into his food, eating everything he could, he was extremely hungry, it felt like he hadn't eaten in a hundred years, it was pretty confusing. Edeline chuckled, looking at Percy with a small smile, Percy though kept digging at his food, eating a variety of food, ranging from bread, to chicken.

"You have a pretty big appetite." Edeline said chuckling, Percy's cheeks flushed a little red in embarrassment. Percy gulped, drinking some water to better digest the food. Percy turned towards Edeline who was giving Percy small grins, occasionally eating some pieces of bread.

"So, how did you learn how to use a sword?" Edeline asked, turning towards Percy with a raised eyebrow. Percy shrugged, not really knowing how to reply to that. Before he was extremely uncomfortable with the mention of his sword training, now he was semi getting over it, he still couldn't forget the scarring scenarios that Camelot gave him, he had some good memories there, but also some bad ones. Extremely terrifying, scarring memories, memories that sometimes make Percy want to curl up into a ball.

"Yeah, I'm not going to pry anymore unless you're ready, for now, enjoy the meal." Edeline said, giving a small smile. Percy nodded, giving her a small thumbs up and a smile. His pale skin illuminating in the moonlight, the sounds of cheers and laughter echoing through the night. The Teutonic Knights just straight up laughing and having a good time, the Sepulcri were more or less the same, the Lazarists were pretty skittish, giving a little laughs here and there. The Hospitallers were discussing about ways to better perfect their craft, but the Templar's, there seemed to only be none in the table, Percy wasn't that surprised though.

"So, the Templar's huh." Edeline said, turning towards Percy. Percy nodded, giving a small sigh.

"They are so serious, there are even these jokes going around that they are extinct or something." Edeline said with a sigh.

"As far as I know there are only seven Templar's left, before they were around ten, now they are seven, it takes almost a whole patrol of around thirty or so monsters to take down one Templar, but if they manage to do so, we lose an essential fighter in the crusade."

"Most of them are out there, fighting a lot of monsters, these monsters are nothing like we have ever seen before." Edeline stated.

"These are extremely tricky monsters, it takes about two to three crusaders to take down one monster." She stated.

"And that's still not takin in the fact that they can shape shift into physically anything." She said with a sigh.

"You went to the orientation, correct?" Edeline asked, Percy nodded.

"Then you know how to identify a monster from a crusader?" She said, Percy nodded.

"Good, I thought you didn't." Edeline said, Percy nodded giving a thumbs up.

"Anyways, oh yeah right, the Templar's." Edeline said.

"Only one Templar gets added every one hundred years, they can theoretically add more Templar's each few years, but the needs to becoming a Templar is insanely hard, nearly impossible." Edeline stated.

"You don't just become a Templar, when you're deemed worthy, you become one, you get chosen by the Holy Eye, it's hard to explain, we better just stay off of it for a while." She stated, Percy nodded, turning towards his food and eating, his mind still circling around the thought of the Templar's, such mysterious people, Percy still hasn't seen a Templar in his time as a crusader. To be fair Percy has only been a crusader for a few days, Percy sighed. Only time will tell what would happen next.

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Percy gasped a little, regaining his breath, Percy clutched his sword, turning towards Edeline who was looking at Percy, also panting from exhaustion. Percy clutched his own sword, turning towards Edeline, as if asking a silent question, as if asking whether to continue or not. Edeline stood up straight, albeit with a small pant from the intense spar they did, the battle was extremely close, Percy fought valiantly, but Edeline won, her tactics far superior to Percy's. Percy however still hasn't used his usual fighting style, his Celtic one, he was afraid someone might recognize it, the technique also gave him memories that he tried to bury.

"That was pretty good Percival, you almost beat me." Edeline said with a small chuckle, Percy gulped, giving a small thumbs up, still panting from over exertion.

"You're getting pretty good, you actually react faster than I've seen, and only in the span of a few days, damn." Edeline said with amazement, Percy shook his head, giving a small awkward smile.

"You're improving at an alarming rate, in a few days time, I bet you'll have a reaction time and have faster agility than me." Edeline said, Percy shook his head, he doubted it, he was good, but not that good.

"So, do you want to spar again?" Edeline asked, Percy nodded, raising his hand a little, indicating he needed some breathing space. Edeline gave a small nod, tying her hair to a small braid whilst Percy was catching his breath. Percy shook his head and gave her a thumbs up, clutching his wooden sword, readying himself for the spar. Edeline nodded, clutching her own wooden sword, readying herself for what was about to commence.

"Alright, on the count of three." Edeline stated, Percy nodded, going in a stance.

"One." Edeline said.

"Two." Edeline added.

"Three."

Edeline charged Percy, raising her sword to do a downward strike, Percy raised his sword in retaliation, ready to block , in the last second Edeline changed her course of action and ducked quickly, ready to slash with her wooden sword onto Percy's feet. Percy however was getting used it, jumping just in time to avoid it and make a large slash towards her. Edeline raised her sword, blocking the strike just in time, preventing her from being knocked unconscious. Percy ducked and made a sweeping kick at Edeline, she avoided it gracefully, rolling out of the way just in time.

Edeline turned towards Percy in a crouch, examining him, trying to find a weakness in his stance. Percy however was trying to act as amateur as possible, only using the techniques that Edeline thought to avoid suspicion. Edeline charged with unrivaled speed, rushing Percy with such agility and speed, making Percy blink twice to see if her was hallucinating. Percy shook his head and raised his sword, blocking her strike, a large whack echoing throughout the arena, the sound of wood colliding with wood resonated around the grounds.

Percy rolled back, trying to see any possible openings he could asses. Percy widened his eyes and rolled out of the way, Edeline making a slash, her wooden sword hitting the floor boards, Percy barely avoiding the strike. Percy regained his bearings, trying to take a breather, spoiler, he couldn't. Edeline kept pushing Percy back, giving him almost no time to react, giving Percy continues attacks, one after the other, each attack a millisecond apart from each other.

Percy widened his eyes again and raised his sword, blocking her strike, Edeline however ducked and made a slash with her wooden sword, the wooden weapon colliding with Percy's knee, sending him to a knee. Percy gasped in surprise, turning towards Edeline, her eyes focused on the battle. Percy raised his sword blocking the attack, the force was something else, sending Percy back a few feet.

Edeline seemed to flow with power Percy hasn't sensed before, making Percy widen his eyes in surprise at the sudden change in presence.

"In order to improve Percival, you must fight like your life depended on it, so show me Percival, at least try and show me what you're capable of, show me what you can do, that you're not just a trainee, that you're not just a random crusader that somehow is pretty experienced with a sword." Edeline said, her eyes glowing a little with power. Percy gulped, looking at her with wide eyes. Percy dodged, rolling out of the way, narrowly avoiding an extremely powerful strike from her wooden sword that could've knocked Percy out cold.

Percy turned towards Edeline and instantly raised his sword, Edeline sending barrage after barrage of sword strikes, Percy barely even able to keep up with it, to the naked eye, it was as if they were simply blurs of swords, each one of them blocking and striking, one of them on an unbreakable offensive, and one of them seemed to be on an unbreakable defensive. Edeline managed to break into Percy's guard, kicking Percy straight in the chest sending him flying backwards.

"Come on Percival, show me what you can do, show me that you have potential, show me that you can actually use what I taught you in battle." Edeline said, clutching her sword which seemed very intimidating for Percival. Percy clutched his sword, looking at Edeline, preparing his defense for Edeline's barrage of attacks. Indeed the attacks came, sending Percy back a little, Percy barely even able to keep up with Edeline's flurry of attacks.

Percy blocked and blocked and blocked, blocking each one by just a few seconds, managing to keep up his defensive. Edeline's eyes flare a little, as if glowing with power, Percy didn't have time to marvel on how she looked at the moment, focusing on trying to stay on the spar.

"Come on Percival, show me your best, show me what you're made of." Edeline said, seeming to speed up more and more, keeping up her barrage of attacks. Percy couldn't keep up, blocking a few strikes here and there, most of the attacks actually landing. Percy took in a sharp breath of pain, suddenly feeling a whack, the wooden sword colliding with his back, sending Percy to a kneel.

"Oh Percival." Edeline said with a small sigh, as if deactivating her powers. Edeline approached Percy with a look of disappointment, Edeline unable to release Percy from his little cocoon that Percy took so long to uphold. Percy stared at the ground, his wooden sword next to his hand. Edeline went beside Percy, thinking the spar was over. Percy smirked a little and grabbed his sword, slashing it at Edeline.

Edeline widened her eyes in response, stepping back quickly, Percy however wasn't aiming for Edeline, he was aiming for her wooden sword. Percy disarmed her, the sword flying in the air, Percy smirking a little. Edeline instantly recognized the situation, sending Percy a kick to the chest, sending him flying. Edeline grabbed her sword mid air and turned towards Percy with a small smirk.

"Now you're talking." Edeline said, charging Percy. Percy turned towards Edeline shaking his head, giving her a small smirk. Percy still wasn't taking this seriously, he was simply trying out new moves, as Edeline taught Percy once, to never let your guard down, and that was exactly what Percy was doing. Percy clutched his own wooden sword and slashed at Edeline, she instantly rolled to the side, avoiding it easily and instantly bombarding Percy with strikes. Percy instantly blocked all of it with grace, not letting even a single strike managing to connect with Percy.

"Damn Percival, is this how good you are?" Edeline said, Percy chuckled a little, clutching his own wooden sword, if only she knew. Percy clutched his sword readying himself, Percy turned towards Edeline who had her eyes slowly glowing, giving Percy a look of confusion. Edeline slowly turned towards Percy, her sword glowing a faint blue. Percy felt a small migraine starting to form as Edeline started to sprint towards Percy.

Percy clutched his sword and blocked the attack, making a large whack echoe throughout the arena, Percy was blown back from the force, Edeline though was still looking at Percy with a small smirk.

"This is my specialty, is it cool?" Edeline said with a smirk, Percy gulped, Edeline instantly charging Percy, her sword still glowing a faint blue, her sword moving gracefully, making perfect strikes, each one managing to hit Percy. Percy rolled back, wincing in pain a little, Edeline though was still perfect fine, not even a single scratch on her, Percy though was a bit bruised but could still fight.

"Good spar Percival, for now I'm going to end it." Edeline said clutching her sword and dashing at Percy in inhuman speeds, Percy could see a faint blue trail behind her, as if amplifying her speed. Percy clutched his sword and rolled to the side, turning towards his back. Percy widened his eyes, Edeline already there, ready to strike, as if anticipating Percy's moves.

Time seemed to slow down as Percy stared at Edeline with wide eyes, his eyes seeming to turn wider than before. Percy instantly recognized the move, Percy was shocked, the figure of one of the Knights of the round table replacing Edeline's figure for a few seconds. Edeline instantly brought the wooden sword down, dust gathering from the powerful attack. Edeline sighed a little, turning towards the smoke.

Edeline stepped back a little, Percy blocking the sword with his own, his eyes blank, as if lost in another world, as if consumed by his own thoughts, memories. Percy turned towards Edeline who was wide eyed, Percy in a split second grabbed Edeline's sword from her hand and rolled out of the way, all the whole regaining his ability.

Edeline widened her eyes, stepping back a little at the sudden change of his friends fighting style, Edeline grabbed another one of the wooden swords on the rack, her eyes locked onto Percy. Percy clutched the two swords in his hands, his mouth a flat line, his eyes devoid of emotion. Edeline readied herself, ready to attack, Edeline widened her eyes when Percy was already beside her, swinging his sword towards her.

Edeline widened her eyes and raised her sword, blocking the attack, sending her flying. Edeline gasped, trying to regain her bearings, almost instantly Percy slashed, the wooden sword colliding, sending her flying yet again. Edeline fell to the ground, using her sword as leaning stick. She stood up, turning towards Percy who was on a crouched position, holding the two swords. Edeline readied herself, trying to do her perfect defense move.

She raised her sword, ready to block, in an instant Percy was in front of Edeline, Percy's sword at Edeline's neck. Percy could feel her breath, slow and steady, as if she still didn't understood what happened. Edeline blinked a few times until it finally registered. She laughed little, Percy shook his head, looking around with confusion until the events came back to him. Percy dropped his two swords, looking at Edeline with wide eyes.

"See, you're already better than me." Edeline said chuckling, Percy blinked a few times, trying to remember. Percy suddenly had a migraine, Percy couldn't believe it, his mind still couldn't fully wrap around it.

"Are you okay Percival?" Edeline asked, Percy waved his hand dismissively. Sitting in the nearby bench, his mind circulating with questions, he was confused, he tried to bury it, he tried to hide it. But in the end, Percy couldn't keep it under wraps for long, he was bound to break, especially when he saw that move. Percy shook his head and groaned, his back pressed up against the concrete wall. Edeline was looking at Percy with a concerned look, as if debating whether or not to approach.

"Uh-." Edeline tried to make a conversation, Percy though was still consumed in his own thoughts to notice.

"You need some time alone, I'll leave you to your thoughts." Edeline said, leaving Percy to his musings. Percy say on the bench, the arena being filled with silence, the arena turning dark, the candlelight so running out. Percy have on exasperated sigh, burying the memories deep inside his mind, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't forget it, he couldn't erase those memories, Percy knew that, his demons could never be erased, but it can be suppressed, and Percy was determined to keep it that way, until the day he dies.

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A/N

heyo, chapter is out, finally. I'm extremely nervous and extremely upset right now, school starts tomorrow, and you dunno how I want to go in a fetal position and cry lol. Yeah, school sucks, it sucks so much. Anyways, I have nothing much to say, my schedule will probably be the same, a new chapter every Saturday/Sunday. Either one of those two days, although since I'll probably be busier than normal, I'll probably have to skip a few update weeks here and there to catch up and all that stuff.

Let me explain. If I update like a whole month like in schedule, I might have to take one week off to you know, catch up on my school, don't worry, I won't do it often, that'll probably happen only a few times, I won't go on a long hiatus of three months like before don't worry, I'm still going to try and stick to my update schedule. Keyword try, I'm still not sure how I'll doe it but I think I can manage it like before, hell I think in one book I updated two times a week on Saturday and Sunday, I don't even know how I got by that that lol.

So, this is my first time doing this but I've been tagged, I know I know, you might skip this as I've done to people who tagged me, sorry 😬
But I'm going to do it now, it's about time I did, plus, it's a new experience.

1.) Mention who tagged you
Demi_Witchard101

2.) Do it in less than three days
I did it just about lol

3.)
-I'm British(as you guys know)
-I like tea(stereotypical I know)
-Dog person
-Not a normie
-I'm easily startled
-I want to watch horror movies but I'm too scared to do so(damn it)
-Male(lol)
-I have a brother that is annoying as hell
-DC fan(I watch marvel but more of a DC fan, sad they make bad movies, well except a few)
-Qualify for a Minecraft Veterans discount

4.) Tag 28 people
Oh okay, this is going to be hard, I'll only do ten, I can't be bothered.
LunaStarTheCat
jonfra1001
lightning_999
DesertedPlant
IAmMyc
Olympus_child
Evaster3737
My_name_is_name
shadowblade787
Wannbe

5.) Put a title for the tag
Is Tagged a title if so that would be it

6.) Tell a jok
Oh crap I suck at this. Okay I'll try, this is a 200IQ joke. I'll make two jokes.

A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers and says "Five beers, please."

If you got it you're a legend.

Not really a joke but still funny-ish
(A Little bit offensive, sorry)

Step back boys, I know Jew-Jitsu, I call this move The Gas Chamber.

7.) Write a spoiler for one of your stories.
Oh crap, hmm.
Percy dies, it can be each one of my stories, each one of my stories involves Percy dying somewhat lol.(if you guys want a real spoiler for this story, just comment, I'll put it on the next chapter, not a real spoiler but some hints)

8.) Put these rules in your tag
Already did

Alright folks that's it for today, see you guys next week, for now I'm going to continuously cuss my school out, jk.

Oh yeah, by the way, one last thing.

creeper.