I swiped my blade at the dummy head cutting it clean off, and then I lit the body on fire. 

"You are going to school" my mom said as she came into the training room giving me no time to figure out she was there, and this caught me off guard...Badly. The whole dummy exploded sending pieces of it everywhere, and I looked at my mom confused. Why would I go to school now after sixteen years of training here my entire life?

"What" I said looking at her in shock

"I said that it is time for you to go to school young lady" she looked at me like I didn't hear her.

"No not that" I said turning to another dummy and started to cut it apart with my twin blades "why would I need to go to school? You've teached me everything I need to know in my line of work" 

"Actually you have one thing that I haven't taught you because I can't" she said and I looked at her quizzically.

"What?" I asked

"There is a mental thing that you must learn, and you will know what I mean in time" she said "but you are going to this school whether you like it or not, and I think that you will like this place" 

"Why?" 

"Because it is filled with people like you" she said 

"What do you mean" I asked "Since I was aware of, I am the only female assassin trained in a former master assassin's family line in the history of" 

"No they aren't assassins, or trained to be ones" she said "they are people that aren't normal, or...well, they are paranormal's like you, and yes you are the only assassin woman to be trained in family history" I was so confused now, and I didn't know what to think or do about it.

"This is your last test" and when she said this my attention snapped to her "to prove that you can blend in well with society, and things that aren't entirely human or not human at all" she smiled snarkily like I was going to have a hard time on this one, and I groaned inwardly at this test. I would have to prove my stealth capabilities, my lying skills about my life to people, well, things that got too pushy, and I would have to try and make friends. 

"When do I go?" I asked since there was nothing else I could've asked or said that wouldn't have made her angry, or mad in some way. 

"Right after you beat me" she said and pulled out her shield and sword. I was wondering why she had such heavy armor on at the moment, but I wasn't surprised by it because she wears it everywhere she goes. I pulled out my own weapons and snapped my fingers making my armor appear on me. I had armor that had a wolf on the front with fang like teeth on the shoulders, but I didn't know why that was there. Otherwise the rest of my armor was a black-hole black with silver etchings of fire, and flower shapes on it. The back side of my armor was the same color put with all of the elements that I controlled, and since black holes were, well, black it was outlined with silver to show what it was, and all of the other colors like the flames, plants, and metals were all duller and shaded seeming because of the black coloring on and around them. 

"I see that you got two new things on your armor dear" my mother said as we circled each other in defense stances and movements.

"Yeah, I don't-" I blocked a downward arc and dodged a side swipe to the left side of my body "-know why" I finished. I was used to having to do that because she had taught me that strikes come when they are least expected and you have to be ready for them. So I got used to talking while fighting, and sometimes I did it to my enemies when I was bored, and not trying hard to fight them, or when I was trying to agitate them. I went into a memory of me fighting a man that was sweating and frustrated that he couldn't land a single scratch on my, and I wasn't even trying to fight him. 

"You know I really don't understand how stupid people are sometimes" I said lifting a sword up to deflect a blow from his heavy two handed broad-sword. They clashed together making sparks, but I wasn't done talking. 

"How it is that a trained guard like you can't even beat a fifteen year old girl" I said and he growled swiping at me. I ducked and slashed his knees making him almost fall to the ground, and then he roared and swung at me madly with me blocking and dodging his strikes every time "I mean yeah I am a trained assassin by Black Shadow herself, but I would think that you would be better than this" I swung down and cut his sword in half with him looking at me in pure fear. 

"Y-you know Black Shadow" he stuttered shaking with fear 

"Yeah she's my mother" I said and this time he dropped his broken sword and full out ran. I sighed and pulled out a silver dagger, and threw it at his left leg. It hit the back of his knee and he fell to the floor screaming in pain and gripping the knife deciding whether of not it was worth it to pull it out. I walked over to him with predatory grace, and he looked at me with fear and pain-filled in his eyes. 

"I was hoping that you would at least try to fight me " I sighed "but I guess that you were like all of the others. Cowardly" I pulled out the bade making him scream in pain. Then  cleaned off the blade and stabbed him in the chest puncturing his heart and killing him immediately. 

My mother was in mid swing as I came out from the memory. I ducked and went into attack mode rolling across that floor and then coming up on my knees and fainting for her knees with one blade. Then while she was focused on protecting her knees I stopped and stood up kicking the shield from her grip and then sending her sword in the air. I sheathed a sword and caught hers just before the tip hit the ground, and then I went onto full attack mode and I was a flurry of silver and gold. All that she could do was stop my attacks with her silver vambraces, and dodge my strikes. This went on for about ten minutes before I changed my pattern by swinging a sword at her head and her sword at her knees. She saw this coming and jumped doing a twist in-between the blades, and when she landed on her hands and feet I stuck her sword into the ground and sheathed mine. Then I threw a couple of knives at her making her retreat as they embedded themselves hard into the floor as I advanced pulling out a silver dagger. 

I darted forward catching her by surprise, and I did a spin around her cutting her arms and chipping off her shoulder armor, and then I got behind her and put the blade to her neck ending the match and winning. 

"I win" I said in her ear and she looked at me with happiness and love, and then I pulled away the blade and sheathed everything before hugging her. She went over and retrieved her blade while I got my throwing knives putting them in my belt once again. 

"I taught you well" she said as she sheathed her sword, and I winced at the cuts on her arm and legs. She caught what I was looking at and shrugged "they'll heal. All you need to know is that you did well and I don't need to teach you anything more. 

"I finally beat you" I said and she laughed a little and then winced in pain 

"No you beat me months ago" she looked at me "because you made me draw, and what made you go easy on me?"

"I only did it because I didn't want to hurt, or even kill you" I said to her and she looked at me with sadness and then it turned to anger, and she walked up to me ignoring her pain and pointing a finger at me accusingly. 

"Never ever do that again" she said almost yelling "you shouldn't have did that" 

"Yes mam, sorry mam" I said looking at the floor in shame

"Do you think that the enemy would hesitate to kill you, or go easy on you just because they think that they should" she was yelling now and I opened my mouth to answer but she cut me off "NO. They wouldn't even think about that" I looked at the floor in emotional when inside I was sad and ashamed. 

"Come here" she said and then hugged me "I am onto going to lose my only daughter because of some stupid battle" 

"You will never lose me" I said "I just don't want to lose you" 

"You will never lose me" she said and I looked at her white hair and slim figure knowing that it was only a matter of time before I would only be seeing her at the footsteps of her tomb 'I'll always be in your heart" I chuckled and stepped back. 

"I knew that you'd say that" I said and then I went around her and started to pack up my things and changed into a black dress with a couple of hidden weapons after a shower. Then I grabbed my suit case and went downstairs to see a wide eyed mom by the door with her keys. I looked at her in wonder and confusion, and then I realized why. I had never worn a dress this nice since my fathers death in which I killed everyone in the area afterwards because the house had been invaded, I was angry, and they didn't stand a change against a five-year-old with powers given to me for the purpose of bringing death. 

"What?" I exclaimed "I wanted to wear something nice for my first day" she rolled her eyes and we went outside to the car. I put my stuff into the back and got in the passenger seat, and a second later she came in and started the car. We were about halfway there when she started to talk. 

"Do you have enough weapons" she asked 

"Always being so cautious aren't you" I said and got a look like 'seriously' "Yes. I have a couple of weapons on me" 

"How many" she asked 

"I have the 4 throwing knives in the sleeves of my dress, the four more throwing knives along my legs under my leggings, the two daggers at my waist under my dress, the two in the sheathes of my vambraces, and the six on my back. All covered in x-ray proof, power-proof covering in the lining of my dress" I said and she nodded and then turned suddenly to the right into the forest. I screamed "what in the world are you doing mom, the road's back there" I looked at her, and saw a mock surprised face. 

"Really" she looked at me "I didn't notice" and then I huffed and looked ahead just in time to run straight through a brick wall and on a gravel road. I saw that she was wearing the regular t-shirt and a red jacket that had a couple of red-stains on it, but they looked like they were apart of the shirt itself, so it didn't matter if they were blood-stains or not, and she had holy jeans on. 

"Why are you wearing that" I asked motioning to her clothes under the door handle just to be safe, and she looked down to see what I meant.

"What I can't wear something to act like a regular mom" she looked at me and I got it. She only uses the words 'regular mom' when we are going incognito, and she didn't want anyone to know who she was until we killed them. Though there wouldn't be any killing here, so I just huffed and looked forward studying the landscape and memorizing it so that I could get around easier, and in case I needed to escape. I also noticed places that could be blocked and guarded and took those out of the emergency escape places even though I probably could just kill or get past who or whatever was in my way. Then we got to the center of the place and it took my breath away, and I heard my mother gasp in surprise and awe too. 

Thanks for reading and I don't know if I did well on this, and the next chapter may be plain because I don't really know how to describe things without pictures. Otherwise thank for reading this story and I will have the next one out soon. 

12-21-17, 2064 words.