Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

C13: Attack of the Order - Official Wizards! (1)

The formation of their attackers made no sense to Kai.

Of the five pursuers, the two broomsticks in the front were flying quite a bit faster. Both riders were wearing long coats and had a hat over their heads.

Formal wears? Kai guessed, and then it hit him. They are official wizards!

Kai had asked Arlen why the so-called Wizard's Council would hunt Mr. Beedle.

Wizards or men, Arlen had told him, all fear something they don't understand.

"STOP!" one wizard shouted. "Turn around and land on the island. Otherwise, don't blame us for not showing any mercy."

"Red!" Arlen shouted. "Be prepared for a sneak attack."

Kai nodded.

But it wasn't the sneaky ones they should have worried about, Kai found out soon enough.

The second official wizard didn't give any warning. He flicked the wand, and Kai felt as if a train was coming at him. The very air rumbled as Arlen twisted the broomstick to dodge.

What was that? Kai thought, his heart dreading that tremor.

"Simon?!" Arlen glared at Simon. "If not now, then when?"

Kai saw a shocking scene then.

The broomsticks were flying at their top speed, but Simon, sitting behind Shae now, stood up. If it weren't for his hunched back, there couldn't be something straighter than him. The wind failed to stir anything other than Simon's robes.

Then Simon danced!

Kai had never seen someone being so graceful before. Kai saw Simon looking at the water. Then Simon's hands shot out like the snap of a bowstring. Tensed first, but thunderous afterward.

They were flying low enough for Kai's toes to feel the wet, chill in the sea. The two wizards had their wands out to fire those blasts again.

Suddenly, something shot out of the sea.

They were surrounded by so much water and foaming waves that Kai couldn't see it.

It was fast. And it was powerful.

Bang!

One wizard had almost got thrown off the broomstick . He would have fallen if it weren't for him clutching the broomstick at the last moment using one hand. The second wizard's broomstick lost balance completely, the twigs at its end blasting into pieces.

Simon's dance wasn't over yet.

He slouched, his hands going downwards, and then he stood up, his hands shooting up like bullets.

Bullets! Kai saw them this time. They were water bullets.

Tiny globules of water. No larger than a mouthful. No wonder I couldn't see them before, Kai thought. At such a level, it's hard to distinguish them from the thrashing waves.

The wizard, dangling on the broom with one hand, must have seen them too. He flicked his wand, blasting the water bullet away. The other wasn't as fortunate, though. His broomstick was going round and round, like a dead bird falling from the sky. The second water bullet hit right in his face.

Kai saw a shower of blood, and then the wizard fell. But before the sea could claim his body, he disappeared.

Kai could have sworn he heard a sound, like a crack of a whip. But it might as well have something else. He wasn't sure.