II. Last Chance

About four hours passed and the young Alexandra was already beginning to show improvement with the armor of the healers, in an improvised circuit, the young aspiring dragon warrior felt that she was finally progressing with her armor and in a few days, she could return to in becoming a level one warrior to fulfill the destiny she believed in. Near the place, Magarai was returning home with two of the terrestrial dragons that she used to be able to transport a box that kept a valuable gift that the oceanic dragon had for her daughter.

"Thank you very much for transporting the armor for my, loyal blacksmiths" She comments once she arrived at her home and giving some red gems as payment to the two male dragons who had accompanied her.

"It is always an honor for us blacksmiths of the Forge of Reikel to serve some of the greatest dragons of the town, we appreciate every last compliment and pride that we achieve with our work for you my lady" Responding the dragon on the right with clothing red hoodie.

"Let's just hope that the good fortune of destiny is with this work, without a doubt it is one of the best that I have witnessed in my long years of life, and I want to see how my daughter carries it with the pride of her people and in her blood" Ending her conversation with the smiths, the dragon surrounds part of the box with her long finned tail to move it herself, she planned to find her daughter who should be training and practicing at home this hour to improve her physical skills.

"By the flames of the Ssoricos!" A scream was heard in the backyard of the cabin putting the dragon in alert mode who ran in the direction of that scream, she was surprised to see how her human daughter was lying on the ground and being crushed by a combat mannequin. "Stupid armor had to get entangled with this, very good Alexandra now you know a new way to make a fool of yourself in front of your instructor and not future comrades in arms" Scolding the girl tried to remove the mannequin from her, but for little strength she had and the fact that the armor was now heavier than before due to the extra weight of the mannequin, the young aspiring warrior could no longer move and simply had to accept that she was trapped like a tortoise which was turned upside down.

The dragon mother cannot help but feel empathy for her poor child who has to fight and work harder than any dragon has ever had to in his life, the obvious disadvantage of strength, power, magic, and talents among a human compared to dragons. they were more than evident and only a fool would deny reality as brutal as that. However, the dragon mother, therefore, put all her efforts into this gift for her daughter, if with this armor Alexandra could not become the warrior that she should be, nothing would achieve it.

"Let me help you with that little Alexandra," Says the dragon lifting the mannequin and reaching out to help her daughter up.

The young girl with some shame receives the help of her mother, this was because it was not the first time that her mother saw her suffering in many possible ways in the middle of her training.

"This mom" Before continuing Alexandra with doubt looks at her mother, she did not want to confess but she was already at the limit of her opportunities to be a warrior, and therefore the next opportunity she had would be her last and she did not want to fail but past experiences already echoed in his memory. "Do you still think my destiny is to be a warrior?"

"Interesting question, my daughter, it is the first time you have asked me since you turned thirteen" this was the response that the dragon expressed to her young daughter.

"I know, but how to say it, mom, I'm starting to have doubts about myself."

"Yes, a dragon that experiences doubts then will not be able to brandish his weapon with glory" She responds by recalling the writings that she knew very well and almost effortlessly.

"Exactly my little warrior and that is why I have something special for you that I hope will help you dispel all those doubts of your glorious destiny" She shows her daughter a box that she had brought for her, this made the girl who is approaching curious to the square object.

"What is this?" The girl looks and walks around the object to find the bolt.

"Open and you will know" I do not wait for him to tell her twice, Alexandra once found the bolt, she opened it seeing that inside it there was a navy blue armor with gold marks as well as some red flame details on the forearms and knee pads.

When taking the area of the body of the armor, the first thing she noticed was that she could move it easily, it was strange for her, she recognized the material from which it was made was not different from those of healers, explorers, or even those of assaults. She saw her mother look at her excitedly and with a glow in her gaze, without waiting for a word, she little by little took off her first armor and put on the one her mother had brought her, it was light, so light that she moved as if did not have armor on; It also had a protective mesh that seemed to emulate a red scaly skin for its particular design, while the girl looked at her new armor in amazement and admiring how easy and comfortable it was for her, she could not notice the movement of her mother's tail which went against her knocking her to the ground. This left Alexandra confused and amazed because she did not understand the reason for such action against her person.

"What's that about mom ?!" Placing his hands on his stomach.

"I'm a very sorry daughter, it was to test the resistance and shock absorption of the armor. Did it hurt?" The dragon mother curious question, in that the girl realizes that she did not feel any pain, at least not as she normally felt even with the other armor of the dragons.

"I hardly felt anything impact me" The girl gets up without problems or signs of difficulty caused by some pain ", but I did not feel pain at all. Amazingly, I can still move without problems."

"Here, remember never to forget the helmet of every good warrior if you want to keep your head in place" She hands Alexandra a helmet that had markings and details of an oceanic dragon, this was to highlight the pride of this race of dragons.

The helmet was like the rest of the armor, it was not difficult to move, it did not strain the neck muscles and it was comfortable for the wearer. All the armor was made for Alexandra, with this armor the girl decided to do a quick training with her home-built circuit, managing to move as fast, free and astute as her body allowed. It was amazing what she achieved when she did not have that dead weight that impeded her arms, legs, and even the movements of other parts; Magarai was also further testing the armor's resistance to attacks in case her daughter ended up getting wounded, the dragon recognized that even the best warriors cannot always escape injury and therefore the armor had to prove to withstand the worst. possible blow and indeed Alexandra barely felt a slight discomfort from the blows and jets of boiling water that she received, nothing could hurt her or stop her with her movement, it was perfect.

The next day with some confidence in herself thanks to the armor and after some extra hard training with her mother, the young aspiring dragon warrior was waiting to fulfill her tests.

"Phase one, dodge elemental magic projectiles for an hour! However since this is your last chance there won't be five attempts, you will only have one and nothing else!" An elder dragon yelled waiting for the result already so well known to all who were there to occur.

One by one the girl dodged the attacks, even thanks to the fact that it was the dragons themselves who always knocked her down, she remembered part of their attack pattern, their agile and precise movements, their way of dodging and the anticipation that the girl had for They could finally be present because their body could respond quickly to their actions, this amazed the new aspirants and a little the master dragons and elders. Failure was not an option for the human girl, she had to fulfill that destiny of being a great dragon warrior, if this was truly her last chance, her last attempt to fulfill those expectations that she and her mother had, she should put her heart and soul in these tests, I make it last an hour avoiding each attack.

"Hey! Phase two hand-to-hand fight!" He yells somewhat astonished at what he had just seen that the girl had passed the test that nine times she had easily failed.

A winged dragon was her opponent, the rules were simple to take three hits was to be out for her. But on the other hand that same rule applied to his opponent, the dragon was confident that he could kill the girl easily if he had never reached this point he would not be able to advance beyond this phase, but this girl was trained by an Elder Dragon, someone who dominates the styles of different races of dragons and who is considered the third most skilled combat master of all. Alexandra barely received a blow to her face, however the way the girl dominated the dragon was impressive, holding her tail to prevent her opponent from using it against her, avoiding drafts, and aiming at the wings to take advantage of the instinctive fear of the winged dragons of not being able to fly so that she would lower her guard in her lower hemisphere, in the end, she managed to land three blows to the face of her opponent.

"You saw that it is almost as if she is as skilled and strong as us" The aspiring dragons and other astonished warriors commented and observed more and more the progress of the human girl.

"Last phase Weapon handling!" The last phase upon hearing that Alexandra draws a smile on her face, if she had finished and approved all that effort and sacrifice that she had, it would have paid off.

Although he did not try to dodge attacks or fight an opponent, this was the most difficult test because the elder dragons, especially the Sheyser instructor, were very demanding with the handling of weapons. The theme of this test was that she had to handle the sword correctly hitting a combat mannequin demonstrating how she moved the sword, how she took it and the type of cut that she achieved, then shoot arrows with a crossbow since a dragon does not He must always depend on his abilities to shoot fires, water or winds as he attracted a lot of attention and sometimes stealth was important for a mission, he had to recharge it, shoot well with the weapon and fix it in case of presenting a fault and finally use a heavy hammer For devastating battles were knocking down certain structures quickly was vital for certain dragons when entering or leaving certain structures, despite the difficulty of moving the hammer the girl's will was more than the weight of something as insignificant as a hammer. Wearing heavy armor and training with a hammer heavier than this one at home helped her better prepare her movements when handling it, although she still had a slight problem with the weight, Alexandra found a way to move it correctly and land good blows to the structure set to be shot down.

It was achieved by that girl who was the object of insults and mockery by the dragons who saw her fail, finally, she passed the tests, sweating under the armor that her mother gave her, the girl passed every test that was put on her. She proved at last that a simple human girl would be as good a warrior as the dragons, even if no one could believe it or if she liked it, in the end, they must accept that she is destined to be a warrior.

Magarai and Kaipo smiled very happy to see how Alexandra received her insignia, seal, and amulet that showed that from now on, she should be seen and treated as a warrior and allow her to show the kingdoms the legend that she was going to forge. on their travels and adventures.