Amenza

Chapter 11

   A couple classes pass, and Amenza enters his last class of the day. He takes a seat in the bleachers. The class is in a fairly large gymnasium. 'This class is called Combat Training. Should be fun.'

   The rest of the class pours in, and Ophelia is in the row of chairs in front of Amenza. Ancat and Poinya are on the same row as Ophelia. The teacher walks in. "Hello class, how is everyone?" The crowd makes a lot of noise. "Alright, lets take attendance. Ancat?" She raises her hand. "I'm here." He writes on the paper. "Poinya?" The twin raises her hand. "I'm here." He puts a checkmark.

   "Is Amenza here today?" The red head raises his hand. "Yeah, I'm here." Everyone turns and murmurs. "Amazing." The man writes it down, then continues down the list.

   After a companion, probably his, comes and gets the attendance sheet, the teacher stands in the middle of the gymnasium, and gives a small yell. "Hey Amenza, come here!" It's very loud for Amenza, so he goes down the bleachers.

   He goes up to the teacher. "Yes?" The teacher sits in a chair. "It's good to have you in class. I need to--Wait a minute.." He looks Amenza up and down. "You're that teenager from the statue a couple of months ago!"

   Amenza remembers this man, he met him the day he came back to Fernek. "OH, it's you!" The redhead laughs. "My name is Mr. Loweman. I'm known as the strongest staff member." They shake hands. "At the beginning of class last week, I let the kids challenge me to a duel. Wanna have a go?"

   "Yeah, sure. I haven't had a challenge in a while." Mr. Loweman smirks. "Alright. You'll go after the rematches." 

   He takes a seat in the bleachers, when Mr. Loweman starts yelling to the crowd. "Alright everyone, we're going to start today off by doing a rematch! Collin Kumaden, please come down so that we may start!"

   The brunette starts walking down the bleachers. Everyone goes quiet. Amenza leans over to a classmate. "Hey, why has everyone gone quiet?" The student leans over as well. "Whenever he did this last time, he did it in private, and no one knows his magic. He has never used in a fight before." Amenza leans back in his chair. 

   'This will definitely be interesting.'

   Collin and Mr. Loweman get on their mirrors, tap it a little, then they glow. In front of everyone, a little creature appears. "The duel will end in 2 minutes. The winner will be decided once blood is drawn. The duel will now begin in five, four, three, two.."

   Both of them grip and ready their weapons. They both use swords, but Collin uses a special looking sabre that's more broad.

   "One, begin."

   They both start moving slowly, and start circling. "What're they doing?" A student asks. Before someone can answer, Collin thrusts his sword, but Mr. Loweman manages to parry it. "Alright, time to get serious." Collin says, activating his magic. No one can see it except for Mr. Loweman and Amenza, as they have seen this multiple times.

   "So, you're magic is Physical Enhancement, eh?" Amenza whispers to himself. Mr. Loweman breaths slowly, then goes in for the attack, He slashes, but Collin blocks it. Then Collin slashes, and Loweman blocks it. This happens multiple times, when Collin goes for a thrust. Loweman parries, and thrusts at Collins face, which starts bleeding.

   The creature reappears. "The winner is Selma Loweman. Time remaining; 5 seconds. Bleeding at; left cheek." The creature disappears, and a student from the crowd heals Collin. "Have to say, Collin, you're pretty good." Mr. Loweman shakes his hand. Collin gives him a fake smile.

    Everyone shakes Collin's hand, and congratulates him on almost beating Loweman. "Alright, Amenza. You're up." He stands, and walks past Collin. Most of everyone isn't paying attention except for Ophelia, Collin, Ancat, and Poinya. 

   "Alright Amenza, you know how to do this?" Amenza shakes his head. Loweman shows him how to get to the duel option on his mirror, and shows him the options. "I see there is a wager option on here." Amenza notices. "Yeah, want to make a wager for the duel?" Amenza gives a small chuckle, and puts up his hands. "Yeah, maybe."

   Mr. Loweman gives a chuckle. "Alright, go ahead." Amenza taps his mirror, and something pops up in front of the class; 'If I make it to the last to the last 5 seconds, we'll talk after the class ;)'. The entire class murmurs. "He really thinks he can make it as long as the Duke?" One student says.

   Loweman laughs. "I'm not sure how you did that face, but I accept." Loweman readies his sword, as Amenza pulls his out. The creature reappears. "The duel will end in 2 minutes. The winner will be decided once blood is drawn. The duel will now begin in five, four, three, two.."

   Amenza smirks, which makes Loweman question. 'Either he's very cocky, or very confident in his abilities. First he makes a wager, and now he's smiling?'

   "One, begin."

   'If I remember right, Amenza's magic is time related, that's how he did that time thing on Rigalpu. I can see how that would be helpful in combat.' Ophelia thinks. 

   Loweman lunges at Amenza, and he swiftly dodges. "Jeez, you're fast." Loweman comments. He goes for a strike on Amenza's right leg. Amenza parries it. 'C'mon, show me your magic.'  Amenza and Loweman share clashes, and with each clash, they get faster. Soon enough, Loweman's feet start glowing, and he moves even faster. "Holy crap!" 

   The brunette thrusts his sword, and Amenza just barely parries it. "So, you're fast." Loweman laughs. "You got me." Amenza checks the time left, which he can see in his top left field of vision, and there is six seconds left. Amenza goes for a slash to his right side, but at the last second stops, and smirks. Loweman blocks, and slashes Amenza's arm. 

   "The winner is Selma Loweman. Time remaining; 5 seconds. Bleeding at; left cubital fossa (elbow armpit)." The entire crowd is silent. Selma yells into the crowd. "Hey Angea, can you heal him?" The girl then runs down, and heals the redhead's injury. "Once she's done, go back to your seat." A few seconds the crowd of start yelling in amazement. 

   "What's with the yelling?" Amenza asks. "Well, it's not everyday that a year one does as good as as the Duke." Angea replies. "I'm guessing the Duke is the male at the top of the food chain?" She nods.

   Once she's done, the redhead sits where he was sitting before hand. "Does anyone know what Amenza did wrong there?" Everyone shakes their head. "He hesitated at the last second. He wasn't sure if the strike would work, and that cost him the duel. Everyone open your books to page 36."

   Soon, class ends, and school is over. As everyone is leaving, Amenza stays behind to talk to Mr. Loweman about the wager.

   "Aw crap, I can't find my dorm." He looks down at the slip of paper that Waywrighth gave him the first day of school. '203, 203, 203.' He repeats in his head. Finally, he comes across it. He gets the key that was included with the paper. "Hello?"

   A student who was about the same height and weight as Amenza appears. He has long royal blue hair that goes below his shoulders and silver eyes that gleam. "Sorry, I'm Amenza, your dormmate." He holds out his hand. "I heard about you, glad to have you here. My name is Lewilas." They shake hands.

   Amenza's stuff was already in there from the first day of school, as someone brought it there. "So Amenza, you're the one who got Lodrin expelled, right?" His dormmate is in his doorway. "Yeah, usually people get expelled from school when they do that." Lewilas chuckles. Amenza continues unpacking his stuff.

   "So, Amenza, you doing anything tonight?" Amenza remembers the flyer that picked up earlier in the day. "Yeah, I am." Amenza hands Lewilas the flyer. "OK. I hear Collin Kumaden is gonna be there." The redhead nods. "Do you wanna come?" The blue haired teen shrugs. "Sure, I guess. I have nothing better to do."

   And so, later, Lewilas and Amenza leave their dormroom, and head out into the forest nearby.