Still Got It

"Still Got It" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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Akkey Black: Akkey sat at the top of one of the tables in the sparring grounds, legs swinging, watching Iona and the other kids train with a leisurely grin on her face. It reminded her of the past days, back in the Wilder West palace, where she and old friends practiced themselves and grew into the warriors and fighters they were now. 
Grey Bergman: Grey was practically beaming with excitement as Shadow flapped her wings to the sparring ground. The arena would’ve also been useful in a regular sparring match, but for one, Sven was there with Malak. And for another, this was going to be a sparring match with Akkey, a Nix. Not that Grey cared, she was just excited to have a match with one of her good friends. They finally found Akkey sitting on one of the tables waiting for her. 
Shadow landed in front of Akkey. “Sorry to keep you waiting,” Grey said as she dismounted Shadow. “Had some last minute things to cover.” 
Akkey: “No problem,” she grinned, hopping down and playing with the night fury’s jowls for a bit before standing straight. She tilted her head towards the younger crowd, “They’re interesting to watch anyway,” she laughed as one of them tripped on their own weapon.
Grey: The Chief furrowed her eyebrows together and turned to see what Akkey was looking at and smiled when she saw Iona and a few other kids practicing. Grey chuckled at the sight and turned back to Akkey. “Goddess, I remember doing that when I was their age,” she said. 
Akkey: She nodded with an embarrassed giggle, “Those were the days.” She turned and leaned towards Grey, smirking with her eyes half closed almost tauntingly but in good nature, “These days are different, though. Can totally beat your ass.”
Grey: Grey’s face fell as she heard Akkey’s trashtalk and turned to the Nix with a smirk of her own. “Is that so?” she asked. “Uhhh…” she cleared her throat, “hate to break it to you, honey, but…” she thrusted her thumb over at the Night Fury, “I have a dragon. I can beat your ass to the mainland.”
Akkey: “Nix half breed. Agent of Helheim,” she returned with a cheeky grin, “But I guess we’ll just have to see, eh.” She tapped her toe on the ground in preparation.
Grey: “May the best fighter win,” Grey retorted with a cheeky grin of her own as she stepped back and quickly got back on Shadow’s back. Shadow and Grey smirked as Shadow got into a defensive stance with her hand hovering above her sword…just in case.
Akkey: She continued to tap her boot against the ground casually, then suddenly launched her self forward in a burst of speed straight for the Night Fury. But in the last second she jumped, flipping herself over the dragon’s snout and landing right behind Grey, her fist shooting forward in a punch.
Grey: With amazing reflexes, Grey turned around and grabbed Akkey’s fist stopping the punch in midair, and then she grabbed the arm with the free hand flipping back over with as much strength as she could muster. 
Akkey: As small as she was she couldn’t stop the momentum as she flipped over onto the dragons head, but she grabbed back at Grey’s arm as a hum filled the air, and she pulled the Haligan chief down with her.
Instead of landing on solid ground, they tumbled through a portal, and burst through high above where Shadow was still standing, plummeting through the open air. Akkey twisted and brought a leg around hit her as they fell.
Grey: Grey yelped as Akkey dragged her through her portal, and she felt as if her world was spinning only to suddenly feel herself falling in the air. Suddenly, a leg suddenly flew straight toward her face, and she quickly brought her arm up to protect her face and used Akkey’s leg as leverage to bring her own leg around to hit Akkey. 
Akkey: She grunted as the leg made contact, and she turned them over, grabbing Grey by the shoulders to keep her below her as they fell. She brought her legs up and kicked her down, separating from her and manipulating a small wave of drinking water that caught her and landed her on her feet away from both of them. By then they had both kicked up enough of a fuss for Iona and the others to glance towards them, watching the fight in fascination.
Grey: As soon as Shadow saw her human sister falling, she rushed forward catching Grey on her back. Grey immediately stood up on Shadow’s back with a smile on her face. Grey and Akkey never would’ve put each other in grave danger. They were two friends having a great time, and she could tell that Grey was loving every minute of it.
Once Grey stood up on her dragon’s back, she threw herself forward flipping over her head with her legs aiming at Akkey.
Akkey: A harsh crack sounded out as Grey’s feet made contact, but it was with Akkey’s hands encased in ice to brace herself as she caught her. The momentum still slid the nix backwards, kicking up dust and dirt, and she grit her teeth as she pulled another piece of ice from the ground around her feet to stop their movement.
The force exploded the ice in a fine, snowy cloud around them. Akkey immediately pushed her away and twisted in another swift attack with her leg towards Grey’s right side. 
Grey: “Forgot about the ice,” she thought to herself. 
Grey dodged the blow to her right side and was able to swing her leg around to hook around Akkey’s leg in hopes of tripping her. 
Akkey: The return kick caught her off guard and the ground fell beneath her, but she immediately put out a hand to catch herself and nimbly somersaulted away to put some distance between them. She shook the same hand that landed at an awkward angle, hissing a little in pain and staring at Grey in mock incredulity, “Ow?”
Still, she smirked, and pulled from the puddles that surrounded her and sent a medium sized wave surging towards both chief and dragon.
Grey: Grey and Shadow widened their eyes at the wave heading toward them, and the Chief smirked as she quickly mounted Shadow again before the Night Fury shot into the sky and taking a nosedive toward the Nix. Grey continued to smirk as she stood up on Shadow’s back again crouching before jumping and flipping forward again with her feet heading toward Akkey. 
Akkey: She stayed crouching, but immediately pulled another tendril of water from her right side, and knocked Grey’s incoming feet away with it at the right moment, redirecting the chief’s momentum and twisting her body forward instead. Then with a flash of movement she hit her in the center of her open chest with an open palm strike, with a force that went through her entire upper torso, causing her to be thrown backwards a couple of feet.
Akkey let out a slow exhale. She was still powerful, but fighting with nix abilities wasn’t as easy as it used to be anymore. 
Grey: As soon as Akkey hit her in the chest, Grey fell back only to be caught by Shadow’s head, and she exhaled from the blow to the chest. 
“Thanks, girl,” Grey said quietly to Shadow before moving in toward Akkey again. 
Akkey: She stood, catching her breath with another slow inhale. She tapped her boot in the now wet ground, making a little splash in the puddle. With a flash of ice in the setting sunlight, Akkey froze a makeshift ice sword in her right hand, grinning at Grey and letting her come closer.
Grey: “Oh, so, we’re playing this game, huh?” Grey muttered under her breath as she placed her hand on her sword ready to draw it at the last second. 
Akkey: She stuck her tongue out of the corner of her lips in a grin, following the path that Grey circled as well, keeping light on her toes. She dragged the tip of the ice on the ground, watching for openings and the Chief’s next move.
Grey: Grey drew her wooden sword (meant for sparring matches) and lunged toward Akkey with the smile never leaving her face. She was not willing to risk Akkey getting hurt with her real sword as it stayed on Shadow’s saddle. 
Akkey: She met her head on, weapons clashing harshly and sending just a small shockwave outwards. The ice chipped slightly, but it didn’t deter her from pushing forward and forcing Grey to take one step back. She took a breath and released the point of tension for a moment before lunging back in with a sidewards swing of the dull edge of her makeshift sword.
Grey: Grey was pushed back a step, but managed to adjust her footing as she was able to hold her position against Akkey’s ice sword. Then when Akkey took a sidewards swing with her sword, the Chief was able to move to dodge the blow and block it before attempting a blow herself.
Akkey: Akkey scrambled backwards and parried the attack, before rushing in again with a thrust towards Grey’s stomach, making sure to dull the point of her weapon.
Grey: The Chief smirked at the Nix as she watched her rush in aiming for her stomach, and Grey angled her makeshift sword to block the blow. While she assumed that Akkey was distracted by the sword, she angled her leg to trip her again.
Akkey: This time she was expecting it. Grey’s leg shot out but kicked through a barrier of water instead, as Akkey lifted herself up to avoid it and flipped nimbly over the Chief’s head. She landed behind her once more, this time ducked low on the ground knowing her reaction time. She swing around and brought her own leg around to knock Grey off her feet as the water sprayed around them with the motion.
Grey: Akkey moved much too quickly for Grey to react, and then suddenly, she found herself falling to the ground on her stomach. She then turned to Akkey with a smirk on her face mentally kicking herself for using the same move again…allowing Akkey to have more time to react and to see it coming. 
Shadow suddenly popped up from behind Grey and grabbed her by the shoulders helping her rider to stand up again. As soon as Grey was on her feet again, she immediately charged at Akkey again. 
Akkey: She took a few steps backward to avoid her and deflected her attack, albeit a little bit more slowly. She stayed on her toes, watching the smallest of movements from both chief and dragon.
Grey: Shadow flew back in front of Grey and laid out her tail. This was a trick that they had come up with a long time ago, and Grey couldn’t wait to see what Akkey would think of it. As soon as Shadow laid out her tail in front of Grey, the Chief immediately jumped on the tail allowing Shadow to throw her into the air toward Akkey. 
Akkey: She blinked and the chief was already in front of her eyes, swinging straight for her. 
“Fuck-!” she stumbled back again, but she wasn’t fast enough to block it and she was blown back, rolling over a few feet. Akkey shook her head to clear it, “Damn…”
Grey: “You alright?” Grey quickly asked worried that she hit her friend too hard. However, she stayed in her landing position…just in case Akkey was trying to trick her.
Akkey: She exhaled deeply, carefully getting up on her feet and placing her hands on her hips. She shook her head, but grinned wryly, “Yeah, I’m fine. Man, I cannot move like I used to…”
Grey: Grey chuckled when she saw Akkey grinning at her and walked over. “I know what you mean,” the Chief said. “Sometimes, I forget I’m not 21 anymore.” She could feel her body getting sore already. She might’ve been 46, but she was not as agile as she used to be. 
Akkey: “Mmhm. Would’ve been able to dodge that if we were still younger,” she agreed with a melancholic nod, releasing the magic in her hand and melting the ice, as well as drying out the ground. She laughed shortly, placing a hand on the night fury’s snout, “Good fight, though. You got an awesome trick up your sleeve, Shadow.”
Grey: Shadow crooned and leaned into Akkey’s touch before nuzzling the Nix’s cheek. 
“Good fight, indeed, my friend,” Grey said placing a hand on Akkey’s shoulder. “I…uh…hope I didn’t hit you too hard.”
Akkey: She scoffed and patted the Chief’s hand, “You wish.” She laughed jokingly, “I’m fine, don’t worry. You’re okay, yeah?”
Grey: “Of course,” Grey said smirking as she lightly elbowed Akkey, “there’s nothing like a good spar with a good friend…a best friend.”
Akkey: She grinned, her heart feeling warm, “That there is.” She tilted her head toward the Great Hall, “Almost dinner time. D’you have anything after? Wanna go grab a bite?”
Grey: “I would love to,” Grey said with a smile. “I got Brandt and Ander taking over for the rest of the day, so we have all the time in the world.”
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Events
Category:Act I
Category:Akkey Black
Category:Grey Bergman