The spirit of Devfronds

31. I'm out of cool titles

"Round two of the tournament will begin in five minutes." The announcer spoke in the mike.

In the past one hour, they had scolded Calvin on his terrible archery, appreciated him for his quick thinking with the scented candles, smacked Calvin for his quick thinking with scented candles, given Kiara a nose-numbing potion, and were now ready to go.

Kiara turned back into a wolf, Ria dived into the water (Calvin had seriously thought she was going to get smacked) and Calvin stood up with his bow and arrow at ready.

But Mr. Black Widow was more prepared this time. He flew up with his wings around himself, and the bump in front of him was not the size of a normal human.

He opened his wings, and a white and grey wolf jumped onto one of the four towers. It's nose twitched, and it turned into a woman, with the same black widow suit as Mr. Black Widow. That was a lot of Black Widow for one sentence.

Calvin nocked an arrow to Mr. Widow. He deflected with his wings and took out his sword. Normally, anyone would've taken out his own sword and gotten close to him (fighting with open wings gives you an upper hand) but Calvin stayed put. He just replaced the bow with his sword.

That led Mr. Widow to think that the gem was in the big tower (exactly what Calvin was aiming for) because Calvin stayed close to it and didn't seem alarmed by the fact Ms. Widow was on one of the rooms.

He came towards Calvin, triggering the enchantment. He dodges the three spells from the grounds. But poor him, they were just lights, and the actual spells were invisible. That was how he ended up with roped around his ankles, fighting magic from pulling him down.

He shot a few spells of his own at the ropes and freed himself.

In all this commotion, he didn't notice Ms. Black Widow getting into the water and below the rooms, or... trying to. Because she triggered another enchantment there.

It was nothing, just a very mild version of tickle charm. She wasted five whole minutes looking all around herself for something to happen when she felt the tingling.

Kiara was still hidden at the top of the tower, with no idea what was happening. If they needed her, they would call for help. Till then, she would stay hidden and spook the raiders with her absence. 

It all felt like a very not-alone version of home alone, as she sat on the rooftop, listening to the raider curse up a storm when he triggered pink-itch confetti hex.

They had kept the traps hard enough not to be obvious, but easy not to be predictable. And that was thanks to Calvin's infinite knowledge from various fantasy novels.

Towards the other side of the fort, a man stuck to the walls, before hopping in on the unsuspecting Ria who was watching Ms. Raider with amusement. 

She let out a shriek. They had expected a mermaid, as told, not a frog. She quickly brought out her sword, and engaged in a fight with Mr. Frog.

And let me tell you, fighting with a frog in water is impossible. They can stick to anything, including, but not limited to, your sword.

Ria, anyways wasn't the best when it comes to fighting. So, she yelled, "Hey, I need a banana." No. She didn't need a banana, but it was a code they insisted on, for the sake of shape shifters.

And in a second, as if waiting for her to say it (she probably was) a black wolf jumped from the top of the tower. Ria was sure Kiara was going to crash land, given the height, but she landed with as much grace as being a wolf can afford.

The wolf jumped onto Mr. Frog she was fighting, who until now looked like a human, a very flexible and sticky human, but a human nonetheless. (A/N: Ria doesn't watch TV so I can't reference it, but imagine spiderman.)