HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- ATRIUM

The next day, Christy looks up at the sci-fi TV with her arms folded with an annoyed expression on her face.

{Christy Outfit}

Jun and Zhang Lee slowly walks up on either side of her.

"Christiana?" Zhang asked.

"Why are you just standing here like a statue?" Jun asked.

"Wait for it." Christy said, still looking at the TV screen.

The Lee siblings looks at the TV, which shows a headline that says, "CHARLOTTE PETROVA CHALLENGES ORASANIAN LEGEND, CHRISTIANA MIKAELSON. WILL CHRISTIANA ACCEPT?"

"Damnit." Jun said.

"Are you gonna accept Charlotte's challenge fight?" Zhang asked.

"Nope." Christy replied.

"You know, she's gonna keep hurting the people you love and care about, right?" Zhang said.

"Yeah, I know, Zee." Christy said.

Jun playfully loops his arm with Christy's and he, along with Zhang takes a stroll. "There's a catch ball game today in the arena. Will you be there?"

"I'll be there, Juny." Christy said.

"Me too. I'm not gonna miss my big brother's epic sports catch ball game." Zhang Lee said.

Jun, Zhang and Christy exchange chuckles with each other.

"I appreciate you guys trying to cheer me up, I love you guys." Christy said.

"We love you too, Christiana." Zhang said.

Jun and Christy looks at Zhang, a bit surprised.

"Yeah, I said it. And despite my toughness, I am a pretty cool person." Zhang said.

Christy gently loops her arm with Zhang's. The Lee siblings and Christy exchange small smiles at each other and continues their stroll.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- CAFÉ

Later that day, Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity sits across from each other at a table with their plates of breakfast food and drinks of orange juice.

"Everyone is talking about the challenge fight that Charlotte is asking about." Luna said. "Are you gonna fight her, Mom?"

"No, I'm not." Christy told her oldest daughter. "She said she wants to take what's mine, which is my legendary reputation."

"She can't just take it away from you, you've earned it and you've worked so hard to get where you are." Klaus said.

"And now, she has the nerve to make the challenge fight on TV." Christy said.

"Christy, it's your choice, Love." Klaus said.

"I know." Christy said.

"Even the kids at the Camp Orasani are talking about Charlotte's challenge fight against you." Trinity said.

"But we already know if you do decide to fight Charlotte, you're gonna win." Luna said.

"Luna? Trinity? I'm gonna tell you what my Dad, your grandfather, told me, about winning; you can't win a fight every time. There will be a time when you lose a fight, and your opponent may hold it over your head or brag about it. But if you do lose, take the loss with dignity." Christy tells her daughters.

"Have you ever lost a fight, Mom?" Trinity asked.

"I did against Zhang. She and I were training at the Orasanian Elite Academy. But we both know that it was Zaharias who wanted to see if we were gonna hold back because of our friendship." Christy said.

"Did you?" Klaus asked.

"We didn't." Christy replied. "She didn't hold back and neither did I."

Flashback

At the Orasanian Elite Academy, the young adult boys and girls trainees sits on the benches in the training room. Among the young adult trainees are Max, Christy, Talbot, Aetna, Tovar and Lynne.

The mentors, Zaharias and Zhang are standing in front of them.

"Today's training is sword combat." Zaharias said. "When you sword fight, I expect you to give it your best. If you win, you win, if you lose, don't be a little bitch about it, just suck it up and deal with it. Understand?"

"Yes, sir." The trainees said in unison.

"Alright, Christiana, you'll go against Zhang." Zaharias said.

Christy gets up and walks up onto the training platform mat with her sword. Zhang walks up onto the platform mat with her sword.

Zhang and Christy exchange looks at each other.

"Alright, get on with it." Zaharias said.

Zhang and Christy engages in a sword training sparing match with the others watching. Zhang swings her sword at Christy, she blocks it with her sword and elbows Zhang in her face.

Zhang then, recovers and jabs Christy in her right cheek, leaving a cut wound on her right cheek.

Christy looks at Zhang and they engage in another sword sparing match. Zhang gets the upper hand and cuts Christy's left thigh, which she grunts softly.

And then, Zhang punches Christy in her face, knocking her out onto the floor mat.

Zhang saunters up to Christy as she tries to grab her sword, but Zhang gently moves it out of her reach with her foot.

"Finish it." Zaharias told Zhang.

With a bruised right cheekbone, Christy looks up at Zhang, who has a gloomy look on her face as she punches Christy in her face, knocking her out.

"Zhang wins." Zaharias said. "And Christiana loses."

Zhang gently picks up Christy with her arms around her waist and slowly walks away with Christy limps, slowly walks off the floor mat.

Zhang glares, annoyed, at Zaharias, knowing he set up the sword fight. Zaharias just looks at Zhang as she walks away with Christy.

Now

Luna and Trinity looks shocked, processing what their mother told her.

"So, Zaharias made you and Zhang sword fight each other because he knew about your friendship between the two of you?" Luna said.

"Yeah, he did." Christy said. "Zhang and I both knew why he did it. And he also deducted my scores. I was in the top ten and I went down to four on the ranking board."

"What? That's not fair." Trinity said. "He couldn't deduct your scores."

"Zaharias was my mentor, so, he did." Christy said.

"So, what did you do to get back into the top ten?" Klaus asked.

"At first, I was upset and I wasn't in a mood, but once I calmed myself down, I trained myself more and more, but of course, Zaharias taunted me, in a teasing way. He knew I was mad at him, but he knew I wasn't gonna quit, no matter how hard he tried." Christy said.

Flashback

After the sword sparring fight, 21 year old, Christy, is the lounge room with the other young trainees.

Christy is at the smoothie machine with a bandaged wrapped around her left thigh and with a bruised right cheekbone.

Zaharias slowly approaches her his tablet and teased her. "How are you holding up, Christiana?"

Christy just looks at him, not saying anything, with an angry expression on her face, and goes back to her smoothie.

Zaharias just smiles. "So, what, you're pissed off at me now, Christiana? I'm getting the cold shoulder from you?"

"You're a complete asshole, Zaharias. You set up Zhang and I to see if she or I would hold back, but we didn't. But it's okay, I'll get back up to the top ten." Christy tells him and walks away with her plastic to-go cup of smoothie.

Now

Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity exchange amazed looks at each other.

"Wow, Mom." Luna said, a bit amazed.

"I know. But eventually, I work my way back up to the top ten again. Zaharias and I made amends with each other. And from then on, he and I didn't bump heads with each other." Christy told them.

Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity exchange another small smiles at each other.

"By the way, Jun Lee is playing catch ball at the sports arena. You guys wanna come with me?" Christy asked.

"Sure." Klaus replied.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- SPORTS ARENA

That afternoon, the sports arena is filled with Orasanian people cheering on the catch ball sports game.

There are two teams; the red team and the blue team.

Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity sits with Zhang Lee on the second row.

"And now, with our key catch ball player, Jun Lee!" The announcer man said.

Everyone cheers for Jun Lee as he scurries onto the field, wearing his blue catch ball sports uniform.

Jun Lee stands in front of the goal and looks towards the bleachers and sees Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity, and his younger sister, Zhang Lee.

"Jun?!" Christy exclaimed, waving her hands, along with Zhang.

Jun Lee smiles and waves back at Christy and his sister, Zhang Lee.

And then, the catch ball game began.

                           Shortly after ...

The red team and the blue team each scored points for the win. And it was now halfway the fourth and final quarter.

It was now a tie between the two teams.

Jun was both the catch ball striker and goalkeeper on his blue team. And now, he's the goalkeeper again.

The Red player man scurries on the field, carrying the ball in his hand. He suddenly stops upon seeing Jun standing in front of the goalie with his arms folded.

The Red player man looks at Jun Lee knowing how good he is. He gently kicks the ball, but Jun catches it with his gloved hands and gently tosses back towards the red team.

The six man red team players exchange looks at each other. Jun smirks and readies himself.

Each of the six Red player men kicks the ball towards the goalie again, and Jun blocks it by gently kicking it back.

From the bleachers, Luna becomes impressed with Jun's catch ball skills.

"Wow, he's good." Luna said.

"We know." Christy and Zhang said in unison and exchange small smiles at each other.

Back on the field, Jun has the ball again. He looks at the six man red team players and tosses the ball in the air and does a roundhouse kick to the ball, kicking the ball across the field and into the red team goal.

"The blue team wins!" The announcer man said.

Jun Lee smiles and does a thumbs up with his gloved hand to his blue team as everyone cheers and applauds.

Jun Lee and the blue team celebrates their win together.

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Afterwards, everyone leaves the sports arena, going home. Jun and Zhang Lee are chatting together.

"Juny?" Christy said to her best friend.

Jun and Christy shares a friendly hug and exchange smiles at each other.

"Thank you guys for coming." Jun thanked them with a smile.

"You're welcome." Christy said.

"That was a really good sports catch ball game. The kids loves to play it." Luna said.

"Yeah, Catch Ball is a famous sports game here in Mount Orasani." Jun said.

"And my big brother is very good at Catch Ball." Zhang said.

"We'll see you guys around." Christy said.

"Keep your head up, Christiana." Jun said and gives her a thumbs up.

Christy returns back the thumbs up at him. Jun and Christy exchange small smiles at each other.

And Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity walks away.

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HOME ISLAND OF MOUNT ORASANI -- PALACE KITCHEN

Later that evening, Klaus, Christy, Luna and Trinity are in the kitchen. Luna and Trinity watches Jun Lee's catch ball sports game on the iPad.

"What are you girls looking at?" Klaus asked, taking a swig of his drinking glass of bourbon, sitting at the kitchen table.

"Jun Lee's catch ball sports game." Trinity tells her father. "He's really good."

"Yeah, he is." Christy said, eating small spoonfuls of a bowl of mixed fruit, sitting at the table with Klaus.

"That roundhouse kick he did with the ball at the goalie was pretty cool." Luna said.

"What about you, Mom? Do you like sports?" Trinity asked.

"A little." Christy replied.

"Mom? Dad? We're gonna get some sleep." Trinity said, turning off the iPad.

"Okay." Christy said.

"Love you, Mom. Love you, Dad." Luna said.

"We love you girls too." Klaus said.

Luna pecks a kiss on her mother's, Christy's, neck and Trinity pecks a kiss on her father's, Klaus's cheek.

And Luna and Trinity walks away, walking out of the kitchen.

"I read your Croft book." Klaus said.

Christy looks at him. "You did?"

"Yeah." Klaus said. "I like how to start the slow romance between the King Trystan Croft and Mercedes."

"Yeah, Trystan Croft is a King of his kingdom with a jealous Queen wife. Mercedes is the doctor who Trystan falls deeply in love with. Mercedes is a kind-hearted woman. Trystan became attracted to Mercedes, and she to him, but it was wrong because he was married." Christy said.

"You're an amazing writer, Christy. Once I started reading it. I couldn't bring myself to put it down, but I made myself do so." Klaus said.

"It's a really good book, isn't it?" Christy said.

"Yeah, it is." Klaus said.

Klaus and Christy exchange soft looks at each other and they share a passionate kiss. She gently soothes her nose with his, causing him to small smile. She does too.

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