The Real Minecraft-Beginings By Percyous and his brothers Chapter 1:Cadet Percyous' POV I opened my eyes and relised I was laying in a bed. I looked around the room and noticed that it was a large sized room with a desk, a chest, a bed table, a bookcase, and a table. As I rolled over and looked to my right I discovered water and a porkchop on the table. Food! I thought to myself as I put my feet on the floor and stood and took a shaky step towards the table. Then another, and another until I made it to the table. It wasn't until I has scarfed down the porkchop and drank the water that I relized 1. I had nothing but my underwear on. 2. There was a note kn the table. I took another look at the map as I walked through the crowded halls. Everyone in the hall wore the same uniform as the one I wore that I had found in the chest. The note had said to follow the map to the room where I was to begin training. I smiled to myself agian as the thought that I had been accepted re-entered my mind. I wonder if James has been accepted too....... Guess I'll find out. I thought as I opened the door and walked into the room that the map had led me to. James looked up from his book and nodded in acknowledgement and turned back around as the person sitting at the front if the room looked up from his own book and stood "You must be Percyous. I'm Michal. I am one of the trainers." He said as he extended his hand with a smile, "Pleasure to meet you, and I hope we will get along very well in your training." I smiled and shook his hand "I hope so too sir." Michal's uniform was the same black shirt, pants and boots that made up the uniform James and I wore. He had brown eyes and black hair. He was of a regular height and exceptionally muscular. "You arrived a little early so you can study the history book like James until everyone has arrived. Here is your schedule and map of the grounds. You may not leave the grounds withought permission, all the other rules and procedures are in your chest, ok?" "Yes sir." "You can sit anywhere you want as long as it is behind that table. Since you two are new you will not be sitting with the advanced ones. Everyone beyond that table is in the advanced class and are ahead of you as far as rank, how close they are until graduating, etc. That is all." Michal pointed out the table, handed me a history book and sat back down at his desk and continued reading. I took a seat next to James and opened the book to page one. "Glad you made it." I whispered to him, "I just wish they hadn't taken my sword. He said refering to the one that he had had when we first arrived here. "Well-" Before I could finish the door opened and a stream of Cadets streamed into the room signaling the start of our first day.
Chapter 2 History Percyous' POV The cadets who came in immediatly began heading to their seats. One who caught my eye was a woman who had green hair, and violet eyes. The hair on her forehead was cut just long enough to cover her right eye yet short enough that it barely reached past it. In the back her hair hung past her shoulders with a little hanging over the front of each shoulder tied with what looked to be gold. She took a quick glance at James and I then continued and sat at the very front of the room. James however ignored her as he looked up from his book and whispered to me "What do you have for the rest of the day?" "Looks like sword training, then archery, then lunch and time to rest, then-" I was interupted by Michal speaking to the room full of Cadets "Welcome to History Class Cadets." "Which former country, and current province, attemped to invade the empire during the second war of the first king of Torgasia?" Michal asked us. The green haired girl raised her hand and said clearly and confidently "Wal-Martia." "Correct." Before he could say anything else a siren sounded throughout the room "Ok, that's all for now. Head to your next class." he said as he went back to his desk. After James and I relized what was happening we quickly stood, followed the others and followed our maps.
Chapter 3 Duals Percyous' POV James and I finally found the training area. It was a small open-roofed "building" with walls shorter than the students, a wooden floor, and wooden weopons ready for use on one side of the "arena". "Listen up! For the new class I am your instructer! My name is Adam! When you are finished here you will be well oiled machines ready to serve your province and fight for Torgasia! Now, we will begin with a few duals to test your skills agianst a few of the more experienced. First up is........ Zackory versus Brison. Choose two weopons and take step into the arena." Someone from the line of new recruits that James and I stood in stepped foreward and nervously looked over the weopons. While he was choosing someone from the experienced stepped foreward and chose a sword and shield withought hesitation and walked to the arena. As I watched Brison leave his line I relised he stood next to the green haired girl. Then I relised something else. She was watching me. Or James. Shes probobly hoping James'll ask her out..... It's probobly nothing...... I was snapped out of my thoughts when Zackory finally made his choice, grabbed a hammaer and a shield, then followed Brison to the mat. "3. 2. 1. Begin." Adam said calmly as the match began. It was over nearly before it started. Zackory tried to attack Brison head on. Brison merely sidestepped, tripped him, and took the oppurtinity to put a sword to Zack's throat. "Win goes to Brison." Adam said calmly as Brison and Zackory put the weopons back and walked back to their lines "Next..... James and Shozu. Same drill." James and his opponent repeated the procedure, except James picked up only a wooden sword. Shozu however got a sword and shield as the one before him had. Adam raised an eyebrow but said nothing as James stepped into the arena with just a sword. As soon as the fight began Shozu exocuted a sliced aimed around James' waistline. James stepped back and around the blade and behind his opponent, placed his foot on Shozu's back, then gave him a shove and sent Shozu to the ground and put his sword to the back of Shozu's neck. "Win goes to James. Next is Percyous versus........ Troy."
Chapter 4 Disloyalty Adam's POV I watch as Troy chose the usual sword and shield then stepped onto the training "arena". I looked back intime to see Percyous grab a single sword and step onto the arena. He is probobly attempting to copy his brother. There is no way he is the one Master Troy has told me of.... It must be a mistake...... Yeah, that's it...... I jolted out of my thoughts asi remembered where I was and said "Begin!" nearly immediatly Percyous began to look like a sniveling weak coward. I wondered if Troy told me to put him agianst Percyous if it was because of this..... Troy looked confident as he began chasing Percyous around the arena lazily swinging his sword having let his gaurd down the moment Percyous' sword was knocked out of his hand. It was mere seconds before percyous had his back to Troy and his toes at the edge of the arena. "Come fight coward!" Troy yelled as he sent a sloppy jab with his sword at Percyous, "As you wish." Percyous turned with a smile that sent a chill down my spine... I looked into his face and could see something that I can not explain..... And I immediatly I knew Troy had lost. As Troy's sword passed Percyous he grabbed Troy's wrist, drove his elbow into Troy's gut then kicked him in the gut agian and sent him stumbling across the arena. Troy managed to regain his footing and raised his shield as Percyous charged at him. He raised his sword incase Percyous went on either side of him or attempted to retreat. He had the left, right, front, and back gaurded. The perfect set up. There was only one problem. Percyous instead of attempting to stop and retreat, attack Troy head on, or go around Troy he went the only way that was ungaurded. Over. Percyous used the shield as a step, flipped over Troy, rolled to the ground, quickly stood and brought a wooden dagger to Troy's neck as he turned around. We all stood shocked at what had happened.... Except for James. Instead James simply laughed as Percyous lowered his dagger, walked over, picked up the sword, put them back then walked back to his place. I then remembered what I was supposed to say "Win goes to...... Percyous...." I had to admit.... That tactic was a bit on the genious side, making himself look like a weak coward causing his opponent to get full of himself and mess up. But that didn't make it any less surprising that he beat Troy of all people...... Sorry.... We're a bit rusty.....
Chapter 5 New Friends Percyous' POV I followed James to the small window inorder to get my food. As I stepped up to the window a wooden plate with an apple, steak and a baked potato on it along with a bowl of mushroom stew and a glass of water was pushed through. I looked through the iron bars, thanked the person on the other side and went with James to find a table. We chose an empty table on the far side of the room and made our way for it. All along the way I could feel people staring at us and whispering among themselves, however I caught snatches of conversation. "Is that really them?" "Those are the two new recruits who beat Shozu and Troy....." "I hear they fought like Warlords....." "I hear that one scared Troy just by staring at him...." "I heared that one of them was so powerful he moved his sword and Shozu flew out of the arena withought coming within twenty feet....." We finally reached the table and sat down across from each other, content to eat alone. Before we could begin to whisper we both tensed as a group of people walked towards the table. I turned around and saw a group of three people led by the green-haired girl. "Hello." One of the members of the group said as they drew close to the table. He had black hair and eyes, wore the same uniform and was muscular. "Im Aizen, I'm an archer. In training of course.... I'm still a cadet." He said calmly. "Nice to meet you, I'm Percyous, and my brother here is James." I responded with a smile, James simply nodded in acknowledgement and went back to eating not even bothering to attempt to be polite, however the strangers did not notice. While the other two stood the other male sat next to me with a smile, held out his hand and shook mine excitedly, "Im John! I'm an engineer, blacksmith, and brewer. But mainly engineer." "What's an engineer?" I asked John as my curiosity presented itself. "Well, engineers deal with things like minecarts, redstone, Sea-ships, war-ships , war ballons, etc." he looked around then leaned close to whisper "Im not supposed to tell anyone, but I'm working on some HUGE stuff, like a-" He was cut off when the green haired girl slammed her fist into the back of his head. As he sat there holding the spot where a huge bump was already beginning to grow she said angrily "You can't share that information you idiot!" "Sorry...." John replied as he continued to hold his head. "Anyway, my name is Alexandria." The green girl said after letting out a sigh. She held her hand out, flashed a smile and said "Nice to meet you two, why don't you come sit with us?"
Chapter 6 Aaron James' POV I really wish Percyous hadn't agreed to sit with these fools. He knew as well as I did that we needed to have a private chat. Alone. I had decided to express my discontent by keeping silent. Sure enough he immediatly noticed what I was doing and shot me a glare. Is that a challenge? My eyes sent back my response and he almost immediatly looked away. Didn't think so. I thougt as they continued to talk. John's black eyes that matched his hair color communicated nothing but contentness as he continued to brag about Aizen. "Aizen, don't be modest, you are the best archer there is!" Aizen lightly punched John on the shoulder of his uniform, dropped his serious look and smiled for the first time since I had seen him as he laughed and said "No I'm not!" Alexandria jumped in and said "Yes you are! Don't deny the truth!" before Aizen could respond someone approached the table. Out of force of habit Percyous and I tensed waiting. "Helloooooo!" The man had black hair and eyes, the same uniform except with a different insignia over his heart, and an athletic build. The man put his hands on the end of the table, and leaned foreward as he continued "Alex! You didn't tell me you had such popular Boyfriends! Do they know you're two timing them?" I had noticed Alexandria blush as soon as the man had come into veiw and she immediatly attempted to deny the man's accusations. "What? No, I'm not.... They're not.... We...." "I know Alex! No need to get all upset," He said with a smile and a wink then turned to us and smiled warmly "Hello! My name is Aaron, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Percyous nodded in acknowledgement and said "The pleasure Is ours, Im Percyous and this is my br-" I know who you two are. Word spreads fast around here." he said with a chuckle and continued "Anyway, I have to go. See you later!" He then walked away and left the room. "Who was he?" I asked quietly. And although they were all surprised Alexandria still answered, "He is nobility. A knight of the capital Province."
Chapter 7 So, you thought chapter 4's title was meaningless eh? Adam's POV "So, you lost?" The voice came from the chair infront of which Troy, Shozu and I knelt. "Master, it wasn't my fault, he-" "Enough excuses Troy." the man who had been sitting in the chair stood as he said this. "I met them, I could understand why a regular soldier eould fall to them but you and Shozu are supposed to be better than this!" Troy and Shozu could do nothing but lower their heads in fear and hope for mercy. "Rise you three." Aaron said calmly. We quickly clambered to our feet, none of us wanting to be labeled as disobediant as he turned and walked to the window that showed the inside of the giant aquarium that surrounded the room. "I expect more from you two, if we are to remold Torgasia then you must be strong and unbeatable. Otherwise you're simply running on luck. Is that understood?" "Yes Sir." We all answered in unison. "Infact, I have promoted our new Archer from the Shimazu Province. He is the newest General." Before we could express our shock in any way Aaron changed the subject. "Well enough with angering issues. Speaking of the Shimazu Province, I want a status update Adam." I stepped foreward, took a book out and began to read from the collection of reports. "Basicly sir, the Shimazu Province is the only one who has joined us. They will be sending soldiers by War-Ship tonight at midnight at these cordinates." I said and handed Aaron a slip of paper. "The Technic Province is on the verge of joining us. Their Warlord wishes to know what he will get in return. More recruits arrived yesterday. They are staying in the Inn sir. Also, Trey has been temporarily stationed in a different part of the province for unknown reasons. We do not have spies high enough to stop this or find out who gave the order. That is all of any importance Sir" As I finished a bowed and closed the book. "Adam. Send a message back to the Technic province. Offer him more power. My entire plan hinges on them since we will need their nearly-infinite reasources. Also, Shozu, lead a team to go meet our new soldiers from the Shimazu province, it should feel good to finally meet some others from your Province." Aaron said as he handed the paper to Shozu. "Also, Troy, go wish your brother goodbye. Make sure no one hears you tell him that I will reach him wherever he is stationed. Adam, don't forget to send me the reports on our forts, bunkers, building projects etc as soon as you get them. Make sure to have the recruits assigned based on the plans I gavd you. Dismissed." Troy, Shozu and I all bowed, turned and walked to the ladder that at the top had a false floor/ceiling that opened into Aaron's house, and then to the town.
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