Darcy POV

"We need to talk." 

Oh, wow, that's dramatic. Aeron sighed, walking into the town hall, where the meeting room was. Me, Ari, and Tsukes looked at each other, before walking into the door. 

We all sat down at the long table, Aeron at the head, hands folded in front of them on the table. "I suppose you all know why we're here." 

I gulped, knowing that me and Hyperion couldn't piss about as usual because Aeron is sleep deprived and incredibly serious when they are. 

"It appears that five of us have been... blessed by a god. I don't know who they are, or who blessed them, so if you do know, spill." They looked at the five of us. 

"Uh, me?" Ari said, slowly removing an intricate blade with a golden hilt. Runes were pattered down the blade. "Aeor came to me, all be it in a dream, but I said yes and when I woke up, this sword was by the foot of my bed." 

Damn, mine was so much cooler. 

So, I was tinkering around with some old technology Caspian had accidentally uncovered and handed to me, and I was struggling with getting it to work. Some geezer with a man bun sauntered in, took one look at the contraption and chuckled. 

"You're gonna need a fire there." He said, pointing at a small opening in the bottom of the contraption. I nodded, turning away to grab the matches, but when I turned back, the guy had like a roaring fire already. 

I gasped, looking at the guy and smiling. "You're cool." 

He chuckled, flipping the switch and watching as the machine ran. Cogs turned and it looked like it was a sort of ancient mill. Making a mental note to gift it to Aeron later, I felt how intricate the system was. 

"Oh, I just remembered why I came to ya." The geezer chuckled. "My names Ignius, I'm kinda a god-" understandable not gonna lie "-and you're cool, so I wanna give ya power and these." 

Ignius held out a beautiful mace, on the handle was an intricate fire design. I took it, chuckling. "Yeah, why not. We're now friends."

Instead of explaining that entire thing to Aeron, I just gently placed my mace on the table. "It's me, for real. Ignius told me I'm cool, so bam!" 

Aeron nodded, crossing out three names on a list of five. "Atura gave me a circlet, so what about Exor and Aquaen, does anyone know anything?" 

"Logistically, Aalto would be chosen by Aquaen, have you seen her?" Tsuki shrugged. 

"Fair." Aeron crossed another name off the list.

"Judging by the speed of the red wave, and the time between me seeing it and Aeron saying about it, I can only presume that it cam from Evangeline-" Ari said, sighing. 

"OK, we all know how powerful Evangeline is, correct? So, I've planned a training session, and, to avoid anything blowing up-" Aeron glared at me, their face finally breaking into a smile "-I'm splitting up the couple. Hyperion, you're with Cas. Darcy, you're sparring with me. Tsuki and Ari are sparring together."

I shrugged, standing up and walking over to Aeron, winking to Hyperion, who returned it with a smile before grabbing his rapier and walking off to the training rooms. 

"So... why was Cas already here? And why did you delete that message." I said, picking up my mace and following Aeron, who had faer own scythe in hand. 

I saw him blush and supress a smile. I knew Caspian must mean something to her, because it's rare for him to show any emotion other than numbness and sarcasm. They've put up so  many emotional walls, seeing someone break them down with their presence was heart warming, to be honest. 

We stood opposite each other, both holding our weapons. My genius (A/N: youi have no idea hpow long it took me to spell that right) brain had decided to come in armoured clothing. Aeron was silly and too busy simping over Caspian to remember. 

"I'll tell you if you tell me what's going on between you and Hyperion." Fae said, running towards me and trying to slash me with their scythe. I ducked, skidding on my knees and hitting Aeron's ankle with the chain of my mace. 

They went flying, hitting their face on the floor and possibly breaking their nose, which is understandable being that tall. I have no problem in that field. 

"Deal." I smiled, spinning the spiked ball around before running at Aeron. "We're dating, have been since before we left Colossus." 

Unfortunately for me, the only braincell in our team is also athletic. they jumped over my mace, kicking me in the back and landing like she's a fucking superhero bitch. 

"Oooohhhhh, Dumbass and Fuckbucket are datingggggggg!" They squealed, almost running on the spot. 

"Now, spill about you and Cassssss!!!!" I squealed, hitting their hand with the spiky ball and disarming her. 

He groaned, smiling, despite the fact I just cut their hand open. "We're datinggg... BUT DON'T TELL ANYONEEEE!" 

They giggled and blocked my attack with their arm shin, idk what it's called it'll come to me. 

I squealed, doing the happy flappy hands. "EEEEEEEE!" 

"You're so gay." (A/N : dr who reference?!?!) I smiled. 

"Says you, you homosexual." They took their scythe back. "What time is it?" 

"Six AM."

"Damn, I haven't slept in three days." 

Hyperion yelled at me. "GO TO SLEEP!" 

Jokes on him I haven't slept in a day either. 

WAIT IT'S CALLED THE FOREARM 

(thats me being really motivated than forgetting the word forearm, third chapter today, i'm tired, goodbye)