''Grab her,'' the commander commanded the girls. It snapped me out from being gobsmacked by my mother's insult.
As confused, I was, I was forced by the two girls who were stronger than me as they pulled or pushed me towards the commander, before I knew what was happening, the commander had given me an electrifying slap of my life. My mom punished me but it was not my face, it was anywhere on body, then the commander does the worst. I am not really sure who is the worse between him and my mother.
''Tie her up.'' Axa the commander commanded again. Tie me up? How did I end up being treated unfairly instead of training? I was weak to fight it all anyway, so I allowed with ease to be tied by the pole, my back facing the trainers while I faced ahead, the view confirms that I was not far from the water fall.
''AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'' my involuntarily scream pierced my own ears and I am not sure about the rest, as whip tears through my skin, it was burning like hell, the second whip pierced my skin, I was screaming when the whip touched the skin, but once nothing came in contact I cried as the pain was unbearable, first time having to get a whip never in my life have I been whipped even by own parents, as my legs failed me from the pain,
One of the girls were told to untie me, and I was left lying on the ground with my unbearable pain at back, even though my eyes were blurred, they were not blurred enough not to see Kane standing there, his eyes glassy as if he wanted to cry, he wanted to help me but the Axa got him back to training as I was left there alone to deal with the pain.
It's funny how everything changed in two days, I am scared to even leave, because training is the only thing we will be doing in this village. I do not know how long I had passed out, but Axa said I must get up, I winced as I stood up, I could not stand straight, I could feel my skin being so tight that when I move an inch, it pained. I turned my head to look at myself at the back. The blood has thickened and dried on my skin.
''Every time you disrespect the queen you get punished. From today let me not see you be dragged by the queen and if you do not want more of the whip. Then pick up the stick and train.'' Those were his lasts word as we spoke privately, I followed him as he handed me the stick that were not used on the ground. ''fight her and do not be easy on her.'' He commanded. '' But I am still hurt, I can't'' I said in the verge of crying, I was scared shitless. ''in the training we do not have 'I can't' we are strong willed and that is what this training is about. The more you speak the less you do what you came here for, therefore it is up to you. Its either you fight or get beaten, you already hurt and if you value yourself enough, then protect yourself.'' Those were Axa's lasts words before all the girls came running towards me. They firstly circled me, my heart was beating fast, I was teary, scared to feel the pain again, I cannot fight but I can try to avoid being hurt as much as I can. So, I raised the wooden weapon, getting ready to attack whoever is going to be pouncing on me, one girl in lion animal skin charged towards me, I was able to block the first charge, but the second one from the same girl, strikes my hip and I let go of the weapon, and that was the mistake, because they came running towards me all of them and I saw death before my eyes, something I never thought of unless my father went for the quest. They started beating me, with the sticks but not the head, the body, including my back again, and I pleaded for them to stop but they didn't until the pain consumed me to go unconscious.
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Patella's Point of View:
''My Queen, my queen," Kane came running as he pants and reeked of all day training sweat, ''Please, help Patina, I can't help her my body pains are not allowing me, they left her to death, please help my Queen please,'' the poor boy pleaded.
''Kane, go back home son Anakin will be worried about you, leave my daughter to me.'' I said as I flip the piece of meat that I hunted during the day.
''My queen please,'' Kane went on his knees not only did he bow his forehead kissed the ground as he started sniffling. I could not ignore his plead it was becoming a nuisance,
''Fine, I will go get her, go home and before you go back to the training, pass by to check her, okey?'' I gave him the promising look. He stood up and he bowed rapidly.
'' Thank you, my queen.'' And he sprinted home.
I finished to burn my meat, placed in on the stones I made for eating, then I stood up and marched towards the training field. Where my rascal waits for my rescue.
It was becoming dark when I had found her body unconscious, I picked her up, where does the meat I feed her go to? She still weighs like a kid when she is eighteen years old. She is weak. When I had arrived at my compound, I placed her down than I rushed to the shelter to take a mat she sleeps on than I placed it close to the fire as I place her there. We arrived when it was dark at home.
Well, I guess she will be not eating today, so I let her sleep under the stars where the fire will burn until all the woods are burnt out. And I went back to my shelter where I ate than I slept on my mat.
I could not sleep, my eyes were open, the little light from the moon illuminated a bit for my shelter,
Erix? Where are you, your daughter is eighteen and you left when she was sixteen, Patina looks like her father in every way, her sharp jaws, big pouted lips, round big nose, big eyes that honey brown and gold like. Proudly inherited from her father, they were always the highlight of Erix's long passed forefathers, she was stubborn like her father, speaks her mind like me. The whole combination together, is something I cannot tame alone. Patina my daughter needs to make sure she can rule this Village, Yes Erix was disappointed that it was not a male, we tried to have more kids, but I guess the forefathers, saw Patina the rightful. She really doesn't listen and I am not sure I can keep up with her defying me. I will end up beating her to death that is all I know.