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A Future General; A tale of how Ileana started her training
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Topic Started: Apr 12 2016, 06:06 AM (864 Views)
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Ileana Amedea
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Apr 12 2016, 06:06 AM
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3 years ago at Ponomy City
It had been a full month since it happened, and she still couldn't believe it.
Her whole family, gone, just like that.
What was supposed to be a simple expedition to search for more farming grounds in Dafentall Land quickly turned into an unforgettable nightmare for her.
Demons. That's what people were calling them. That's what they were.
They appeared seemingly out of nowhere and started attacking her family, their servants and their escorts.
Ileana closed her eyes as memories of that bloody day replayed in her mind. Images of the servants fleeing for their lives but ending up flattened beneath massive, unforgiving limbs. The escorts desperately fighting back only to be mercilessly torn apart. Her beloved siblings, her mother and her father screaming for help...for her as they were bitten in half---!
Ileana screamed in torment.
She could not forget it. How could she? That was the very moment when her life fell apart. When everything she knew and believed in has changed.
She had desperately fought then. She fought with everything she had, with every fiber of her being. She became primal, the only thought in her mind was to survive, live! Her brain never registered the pain of her injuries, never tried to stop her from moving, never tried to stop her from surviving.
In the haze of her mind, she had realized that her youngest sister still lived. Viviana, sweet and innocent, barely into puberty. Ileana couldn't remember how, but she was able to pull herself and her sister away from the demons, away from the bloody pieces of flesh that only remained of her family.
But fate was cruel. Even when Ileana managed to pull Viviana to safety, the damage has already been done. No matter how much she begged and pleaded for Viviana to be strong and to survive, death still came victorious...
It had been a full month since then and Ileana felt that she could no longer bear the guilt of surviving. Why did she survive, why did her family have to die? It was too much for her young heart. It was too much! She could barely sleep without seeing her family's last moments in her dreams. She could barely eat without hearing the crunch of their bones as the demons bit them in half. The roars of the demons, as they laughed cruelly, still ringing in her ears.
She knew she must have looked horrible now. She must have lost a fair bit of weight for her clothes felt loose on her. Her servants would desperately try to coax her to eat, but she would only end up heaving everything back out.
She no longer knew what was happening and she no longer cared. All she knew was that everything she'd ever known was over. What was she to do? What was she to do...?
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Eclair Equiste
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Apr 12 2016, 06:23 AM
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Eclair placed a pack of papers into her desk together with her reading glasses as she turned to her door. She was never a fan of glasses because she always thought that it ruins her poise and would be a hindrance into looking at her companion whenever they speak. It was a rule that had been planted into her head ever since she learned how to speak.
But for a moment, Eclair felt a small regret pang over her heart when she realized to who she is looking at. A girl at just about the age of 16, worn out of stress but Eclair knew better that it was more than just stress.
It was loss.
She remembered the reports that came in after successfully pushing the borders of Altrus further, defeating their enemies as much as they can. The number of deaths and injuries and the property that was lost was too huge for her to even remember the details. But of course, she could never remove the memory of those who are well-known around the continent. Especially if they are a part of the five Noble Houses of Altrus.
And one of its heir just stepped foot into her own office.
“Ileana Amadea…” Eclair whispered as if it was a prayer or a tiny echo of guilt in her throat. But her training since childhood won over her mood as she straightened her back to face her guest.
“What’s wrong, Ileana?” Eclair finally managed to put her thoughts into firm words, trying to hide the guilt that she had carried for days.
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Ileana Amedea
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Apr 12 2016, 07:07 AM
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Ileana stared at the woman in front of her in disbelief.
"What's wrong?" She echoed. "You're asking me what's wrong?!" She shrieked.
This woman had the gall to ask her what was wrong! Ileana seethed as she stared spitefully at Eclair, her eyes filling with tears. "My whole family was slaughtered before my eyes! My little sister couldn't be bothered to live for my sake! That's what's wrong!" She cried. "Why aren't you doing anything!? It's been more than a month and I still couldn't give my family a proper burial! I want to know if I could at least find any part of them I could bury!"
Her tears were falling freely now. "Why haven't you done anything! Why are you so useless! Why!" She screamed, unable to control her emotions.
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Eclair Equiste
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Apr 12 2016, 07:23 AM
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Eclair clutched her fist into her table and pressed her lips to stop herself from feeling other people’s pain. She knew really well that people would come to her and blame her for the loss as she was the one who lead the army and the one people have trusted as she wears her name. Of course, it was something she had to live all her life into.
But who knew that a mere child, just younger than her by seven years could spite the words that she was so scared to answer. Scared because she doesn’t have any answers.
Trying to hide her thoughts, she exhaled a small sigh. “I couldn't do something even if I wanted to.” She said that it was close to a whisper. No doubt, she could no longer count how many times she had said the same line over and over again to the people who have come to blame her. “But Ileana, you are demanding a burial when we cannot even offer the same to the others who have lost everything?”
Eclair tried to hide her fury as it was towering her guilt. She swallowed air and tried to steady her voice as much as she can. “Look at you.” She raised her chin up, like the way her mother had repeated to her so many times during her private etiquette lessons. “You have a name and power compared to them. Yet you have time to be depressed over something you couldn’t have.”
She paused as she stood from her chair to lessen the distance between them. As much as she doesn’t want to hurt the child, it was the only way to wake her up and tell her this is not a nightmare. This is reality.
Eclair's eyes sharpened as she stood to top the child with her height.
“Sure, you have the right since you’re an heir to a noble family. But can’t you see? Altrus needs something more than just a burial to its loss.”
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Ileana Amedea
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Apr 12 2016, 08:15 AM
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Ileana wailed as the truth was laid before her.
She didn't want to accept it. She wanted to lay her family to rest. That was the least she could do for failing them, for failing to save Viviana. But in the deepest corners of her mind, she knew that it was no longer probable. Dafentall Land was already far beyond the enemy territory. Pushing through their ranks would only result in more deaths.
She knew. Truly she knew. But she just couldn't accept it. She just couldn't.
Taking a deep, shaky breath, Ileana wiped her tears and raised her chin up in response. "I don't care what you say. I don't care about anything anymore." She said hollowly, "I just want to give them the proper burial they deserve." She paused as she wiped a stray tear.
"Train me. Please. I'll go out there on my own if I have to." She pleaded, "but I won't survive long enough against them. So please, train me. You can at least do that much, right?" Ileana looked into Eclair's eyes beseechingly. Because if anyone is responsible for retrieving her family, then it was no one but her, the very person who abandoned them in the first place.
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Eclair Equiste
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Apr 13 2016, 12:11 AM
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Eclair's eyes blinked at the words that reached her ears. If what Ileana is saying was just caused by her emotions ruling over her mind, what she is demanding is something heavy. A person from the House of Amedea who is in-charge of agricultural activities within the continent, to pursue training in combat at such an age would be a risk. Especially if she aims to face their enemy who stole her family’s life.
But Eclair can’t help but admire her courage. A courage that she can never have even if she lived all her life. For Ileana, she had a choice to choose which path she could take. While Eclair had given a duty that she wasn’t aware of since childhood and ended up with only one choice – took over the house’s duty and become a leader of combat.
Eclair smiled bitterly. It wasn’t meant for Ileana but for herself. Whether it was for self-pity or just to laugh back at her past, it didn’t matter. Because right now, in front of her, is a girl who have lost everything dear to her and decided to stood up again regardless of her reason.
“Fighting them will cost you your life.” Eclair replied to the girl’s plea after a moment of silence of thinking. She went around and walks to think of what to say in order to brace the girl of the danger ahead of her about-to-choose path. “And I can’t promise that I can train you into someone who can face them.”
Eclair stops her steps and closed her eyes as the memories of the battle they had with the demons while pushing them away from Tomichi Village. Even though she was said to be the strongest fighter in her family, even though she promised the King to protect the people, she couldn’t do anything when one life disappears after another. And imagining a member of another noble family, who has a better and safer role in the continent to go out there and do what she does, is unthinkable.
Eclair turned to Ileana once again and saw how determined her eyes are. They are full of tears but those were no tears of cowardice or fear. And she knew deep down, that if she ever refuses this request, Ileana would lose a purpose into living her life, just like how the other people succumbed to the thought of suicide after losing everything.
Altrus needs something more than just losing another precious life… She told herself as she balls her hands into fist to make her decision.
“You will die in this, Ileana.” Eclair expressed her fear into words.
It was not just meant for Ileana but to everyone who goes out into battle.
And to herself.
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Ileana Amedea
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Apr 13 2016, 01:21 AM
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You will die.
Those were the words Eclair uttered, perhaps in hopes of dissuading her. But her mind is already made up.
She will avenge her family and defend what's left of Altrus 'til her very last breath. In her mind, it was the most logical course of action. Continuing her family's business will have to wait while she cleaned up their beloved land. There wasn't much to do anyway. The economy of Altrus plunged down into the depths of hell along with it the moment those demons arrived. Pulling it back up is close to impossible. There is simply too much chaos going on.
She looked out of her window at the carriage waiting outside. Where Eclair is waiting to bring her to Antar. Once she steps into that carriage, her life will never be the same.
Shaking her head, she laughed derisively to herself. "It has already changed for the worst." For more than a month now. She added in her head. Well so be it, her mama always did say that once you're on the ground, there's nothing else left to do but to rise up. So rise up, she will.
She finally found her answer. She finally knew what to do.
She took one last look around her room, melancholy shining in her eyes. Then steeling herself, she walked out.
Into a new life of battle.
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