ɢᴏ ꜰᴏʀ ɪᴛ, ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴏʟᴏᴍᴜʟᴇ!

plotting

"Hold up, guys," Bria stops us, much like she stopped the brawl between me and Gus. (That ended up with my hand on his face. Which wasn't nice or anything!!) "We've come to our first challenge." 

I grimace at the large, thick wall of brambles that would be impossible to get through alone, maybe even with a team. Now I see why so many people turn back early on. 

My mind drifts to Gus again. Frowning at my thoughts, I know I have to find some way to get rid of him before he... distracts me. (Like he hasn't enough already..) An idea comes to mind. The others have got to kick him out of the group if he isn't useful!.. That's probably not a good thing but I can use it to my advantage at the moment.

"Show us what you got, Augustus," I tease. "What did the human call you? A super witch?" I chuckle menacingly (I hope).

Bria gasps. "That's a great idea! Go on, Gus. I know you can do it." Regretting my choice, I open my mouth to stop Bria (NOT BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT GUS), but he steps forward.

He pulls something out of his collar, mutters to himself, and then, to my surprise, yells "Fireball!" A huge one comes out of his spell circle, clearing a way through the tangle of branches.

WOW that backfired royally.