Serving Time(((Complete)))

Shadow Stealer

^^ The Sparrow Tattoo ^^

--- 98 Days AD 14:00 ---

About fifteen seconds later, the others arrived, and I stepped into the shadows that had grown on the walls as the day went by, distorting the light so it went around me. I immediately faded into the darkness, and smirked behind my mask as the match was started.

"Happy hunting, my friends..." I grinned.

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I slipped directly behind one of my opponents, and then used a spell I'd created to make a Peter Pan effect, making the Shadow of a person corporeal, and then sentient, but subservient, exactly like a familiar.

I cut the man's shadow away from him without him noticing, and he froze, his eyes dulling as he was knocked unconscious from the shock.

I pushed his shadow into my skin as magical ink, in the shape of a tribal Sparrow, beautifully drawn, that swam across my skin freely.

I checked the boys pulse, which was steady. Then I darted off, heading for the second person.

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I soon stood in the shadows behind the last person, my skin covered in new tattoos, each of which spelled out my story ever since I came here, adding to my skin story.

'I wonder how having the shadows of my fallen enemies sewn into my skin will appeal to Sami's gods... Hmm...'

I stepped forward to snag the last persons shadow, and the ground under me exploded.

I was thrown back, slamming into the wall, my invisibility shaken, and I stood slowly, shaking myself off, as the person in front of me began throwing magic in my general direction. I threw up a ward, dropping my invisibility, and then began sucking the air away from his lungs, pulling it to myself.

He clutched his throat, and slowly fell, suffocating. As soon as he passed out, I let air return to him, making sure to re-inflate his lungs.

I stood, victorious, and then went up into the victors box.

I quickly kissed tizzy, sitting down in a large, comfy chair, and she gasped. "What was that you were doing? I never saw someone drop like that, and I couldn't even see you until that last fight!" She asked.

"I was stealing their shadows. See?" I let one glide around under my skin, formless for now. I didn't have any use for the tenth shadow, so I was just keeping it for now.

She gasped. "Oh my gods! Why would you steal their shadows?!? And How?!?" She asked.

I shrugged. "There's a legend, where I'm from, of a man who cut his enemies shadows off, and used them as sort of... Second bodies, that could go anywhere in the world. So I tried it out, and it worked. A lot like Familiar magic, actually."

She huffed. "Barely a Mage for three months, and you're already bending the laws of magic."

I laughed. "I was never one for laws." I shrugged.

"Ahem. Yes. Wonderful bouts, all of you. Here is the list of names, of people who are moving on to the main tournament, and have a chance of going forward, in the Beginner Magical Warfare class...-"