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**Angelofhumor16** · December 15th, 2015, 01:28 AM

Michael hurried down the path which lead to where the knights of the kings palace trained daily. He had been choosen to be a squire yesterday. A task that few were chosen for. The boy so excited he ended up having trouble sleeping. Which caused him to oversleep,"Not a good impression to make first day on the job!" He said to himself as he ran as fast as his legs would let him. His heart was racing and his lungs felt they were going to burst but he pushed himself onward until he came to the practice area. His mentor waited for him nearby. Looking less then pleased that his new squire was running late. He ran to him and stopped,"I am h-here sir." He panted. His dirty blonde hair falling over his sky blue eyes as he crouched to catch his breath.

Brutus was the best blacksmith in all of the kingdom. Not only because of his great skill but how quickly and greatly he could get the job done. Although the king and all the knights respected him greatly, Brutus was still sad deep down because he had nobody to pass his work onto or to teach,"Another busy day." He sighed as he ran his fingers through his black medium length hair as he hammered a blade for a new knight.

**LyonGirl** · December 16th, 2015, 12:13 PM

Richard frowned some as he sat on his horse, looking towards the training ground, all the other knights, fighting and training their squires while his was nowhere to be found, perhaps the boy had no idea just how much of a good opportunity he had or he had ran off, knighthood could be a difficult challenge and not all were cut out to be part of it. He sighed and was about to head back in, he could always get another squire when he saw the young boy running towards him. The boy was sweating and out of breath. Richard got off his horse and looked over at the crouched boy. "Stand up straight and tell me your name, boy." He said, his green eyes, piercing the boy.

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Cain walked slowly as he headed to the black smith's shop. He had heard news of the Blacksmith looking for an apprentice and Cain assumed it would be good pay once he had mastered it. He went into his pocket and counted the gold pieces in his hand. Hopefully this would be enough to start his apprenticeship. He was so nervous about it, he had seen Brutus around and he seemed like a very large, very scary man, but he needed the money and would do anything. The boy stood by the door, brushing his dark orange hair out of his face and headed into the shop, looking around a bit nervously.

**Angelofhumor16** · December 17th, 2015, 02:08 AM

Michael finally caught his breath and stood up straight when told to do so. He suddenly found his mentor intimidating and he looked pretty strict,"I'm Michael s-sir!" He stammered nervously. As he stood straight and looked at Richard directly in the eyes which he was suppose to do to show respect.

Brutus raised his head at the sound of the wooded door of his shop creaking open. He stopped hammering the blade and set his hammer aside. Going to see who it was. He expected a messenger from the king or a knight to ask for a sword to be made. He was suprised to see a boy in his shop instead. Then he remembered he had sent out a mesage saying he was looking for an apprentice,"I suppose yout here fot the apprentice ship?" He said loudly,"What's your name boy?" He asked as he walked over and wiped the sweat from his forehead,

**LyonGirl** · December 17th, 2015, 04:02 AM

"Michael...well then Michael, let me ask you this: If you were to go lead a war today and you were late for battle, tell me, what would happen? Your troop would have no leader, your foes would have an advantage. Is that something you want?" He asked Michael, his voice serious and stern. "Punctuality is an essential skill that you obviously need to work on."

Can looked up and nodded. "Y-yes sir...I'm Cain." He said, his voice small and timid, much like his demeanor. His brushed his curly locks from his face. He looked up at Brutus with brown eyes, slowly trailing to the floor as he tried to keep them up.

**Angelofhumor16** · December 17th, 2015, 10:24 PM

Michael looked down down in shame when Richard asked if he would want his enemy tohave the advantage because he overslept and what would happen if he did," The enemy would win and no sir I would not want that." He replied. He really hadn't meant to oversleep. But Richard was right besides needing a little more confidence and beig slightly clumsy at times, he had the habit of arriving late to things.

Brutus nodded,"Cain..Well Cain do you have the money for the training?" He asked calmly. He was not going to give free lessons. He wanted payment before he took him in. He noticed the boys nervous demeanor and noted he would try to help him become less shy and more outgoing and confident.

**LyonGirl** · December 18th, 2015, 01:01 PM

Richard sighed. "Okay, no more of that Michael, it's time that you begin your training." He said as he began to lead the boy towards the training ground. Richard watched all the young squires practicing their fighting and swordsmanship. He grabbed a sword and handed it to Michael and drew out his own. "Let's see how good you are with a sword boy, come at me with all you got.

Cain nodded as he went into his pocket and fished out his money. "It's not much, but it's all I have." He said as he put the money in his hand and looked at the Blacksmith. "I'm a hard worker as well and I'll do whatever you ask of me." He said, hoping that would make Brutus think better of him.

**Angelofhumor16** · December 18th, 2015, 01:17 PM

"Yes sir, I will try." Michael replied before following the knight to the training ground. He watched as the knights trained with the other squires. A lot of them doing a good job of fighting and other things. He was surprised when he was handed a sword and Richard told him to come at him with all he had. He frowned nervously and looked at the sword. He was not sure he was ready for it, but he knew better then to ignore or question an order. He raised the sword and went to swipe at Richard except his stance was all wrong.

Brutus looked at the coins placed in his hand. It was not enough. About three coins short, but he thought about it and decided to let it slide. After all the boy seemed to be a very promising apprentice,"Your three coins short but I will let you be my apprentice. You can clean up the shop at the end of the day as payment for the three coins." He told him before turning away and beckoning him to follow,"Come with me." He ordered.

**LyonGirl** · December 18th, 2015, 02:05 PM

Richard was quick to dodge and frowned at the boy. It was obvious the child had never held a sword in his life. "We have allot of work." He said as he walked over to the boy. "Have you ever held a sword before?" He asked before he moved to put him in a correcting stance. "You stand like this, the way you stood before, you could easily be taken down."

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Cain frowned some. "Thinking of course that he would be sent off, but smiled a bit when he said he would teach him. "Thank you so much." He said and quickly followed bim, moving to his side.

**Angelofhumor16** · December 18th, 2015, 06:56 PM

Michael shook his head when asked if he had ever held a sword before,"No, only a wooden one when I was a little boy sir." He replied. Remembering how he pretended he was a knight and fought "dragons" and other enemies in front of his home with the wooden sword that wad made for him by his uncle. He had no real experience with one before. He let himself be put in the correct stance,"Okay I understand." He replied.

"Your welcome Cain." Brutus replied and lumbered into his work area with the boy at his side. He turned to pick up his hammer,"But let this be a warning to you when I say this will not be easy." He told him. Before he set the blade he had finished. Now he just had to finish the handle. He turned to the boy,"Do me a favor and go get more metal from the storage room. It will be next to the entrance."

**LyonGirl** · December 19th, 2015, 12:12 AM

"We have alot of work indeed." He said once more as he looked the boy over. "Well, it seems you aren't as advanced as I thought you were, but we'll fix that in time. I'll start you off with some simple techniques and have you practice them until you can do it in your sleep." He said, motioning for the boy to follow him towards the dummy targets. "Now then, I want you do exactly as I do."

Cain followed Brutus quickly, watching him quietly as he picked up the finished sword. "Yes sir, I understand that, but I'm willing to try." He had already given Brutus the little money he had so he had no choice, it was either be a blacksmith or go to the orphanage. He was knocked out of his thoughts when he got the request and nodded. "Yes sir." He hurried to the storage room and saw the metal. He went to pick it up, but it was a bit heavy. He took a deep breath and heaved it up and slowly made his way back to his mentor.