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For the next two weeks Scar had me training with the rest of the teenagers there I’d made friends though some were still very wary of me and thought it was unfair that I’d got to train one to one with the most popular corporals there they had all been told that was ordered by my brother that I learnt from the best and the Sargent major had agreed who I was yet to meet. I was told he was the last person I was to go up against on the last day of the tournament between all of the teenagers on the camp who ever was left standing was to face the sergeant major who’s name I haven’t quiet grasped yet but I will eventually maybe by the end of next week beofre I return home something o was regretting but scar had told me to keep my head high and act as if what he had done in the past didn’t bother me and what mattered what would happen in the future and how I handled it.

He knew with al other training I could pretty much handle anything all I had to do was prove myself over these last two weeks cause there would be many bullying tactics that would be used once we got to stage two which would begin Monday and by Friday the last one standing would go up against the servant major who we’d all heard was no saint and pushed harder than all these guys out together and he was a bully back on his day just fucking great another Joshua if I ever got to the end of this tournament. I had very few friends here most of the were boys I seemed to attract them Sawyer was my best friend followed closely being were Skylar and Kyro. We were like peas in a pod who were all getting bullied by our siblings to be more precise our brothers but there’s were all older mine was the same age I knew eventually I would have to go up against these guys and I’ve seen them in action and believe me when I say that they are good. They’d give my brother a run for his money let’s just hope it’s sunk in so we can use it when we return home to show those fuckers were not scared of them and show then that we are no longer scared of them and show the a big FUCK YOU! In their faces and we no longer stand for their shit. Cause come September we’ll all be going to college, we’ll I hope Scar has been sorting all that out with my brother so I can begin as soon as I return.

The tournament is about to start my fight is third in line with a girl called Lilly who is a right bitch and she has the biggest crush on scar as if he would look at her twice, beside he's nearly thirty why would he initiate in a relationship with a sixteen year old? And a girl from camp eww.

The fights were intense there were so many strong boys and girls here I’m sure I wouldn’t make it to the end of the tournament Sawyer, Skylar and Kyro were in the categories bellow me why I don’t know they fight better than me. So they were up in the next few days there were ten fights a day and like I said mine was up third the second fight finished and me and Lilly were up.

We picked up the wooden sticks and took our stance. We both bowed to the sensay and to each other taking out stance before we began crashing the sticks togehter spinning and hitting the bats together. We changed from the sticks to weapons fighting. It was soon over when she stumped and I caught her unawares pining her down after a spinning kick.

The flag went up and everyone cheered.

‘We’ll done Hope.’

‘Yeah you really showed her.’

‘Yeah congrats Hope she deserve it.

‘We’ll done angel we’re all proud of you. In the next round you’ll be going up against one of your friends the one of us before the Sargent if you get that far. ‘Dom winked.

‘I’m proud of you angel.’ Scar praised at leas the wasn’t as cocky as Dom.’

‘Congrats shortie.’ Bull dog said ruffling my hair I slapped his hand way he knew I hated that shit.

He laughed hysterically. ‘I hope you’re all going to stay to watch the final fights you need to know everyone’s weakness’s so if you come up against them you know where to attack.’

‘We will corporal.’

He smiled nodding bull dog was a man of few words just actions.

We all stayed and watched the last of the first ten fights then went for supper and said our goodbyes before retiring to our rooms to sleep it had been an all round bust day and I for one was exhausted knowing we’d have to watch the fights for the next week and a half.