The Chronicles of Empyrean : Cursed Wings

Chapter 6 : Double trouble

I shoot forward, what do they call it again?

Oh yeah ethereal run, I murmured to myself.

My sword met his.

 Whap!

He pushed more force but I twisted my sword and we stumbled back. He smirked and gripped his sword tightly. I smirked back and my sword’s flame grew larger. I suddenly heard some roaring under us, all of the students were watching us including Bianca.

“Well, this is fun.” He muttered.

He launched forward, and I flipped backward dodging his attack. I didn’t know I can do flips. I dropped my thought about flips and concentrated on the fight. He slapped his bracelet and his sword changed into a bow and a quiver slinging in his back. He took an arrow and shot me but my instincts kicked in. I saw the arrow slowly coming at me, I slashed it and then I launched forward but he dodged me with his bow and did a back flip.

I suddenly heard a bigger roar and everyone was murmuring “How did she dodged Logan’s swift arrow?” maybe they were talking about the shot Logan made a while ago, I thought.

I started getting tired, I gripped my sword tightly. Logan suddenly slapped his bracelet again and his weapon turned into a sword again. He launched forward and I met his sword with mine.

Whap!

My blade hit the base of Logan’s sword and I twisted, putting my whole strength into the downward thrust. His sword fell down and everybody cheered. I smirked at him and said “Well, not Mr. Prodigy now, aren’t cha?”  I said and he chuckled while rolling his eyes.

“Well, Ms. Mood meter, I think your right.” He said.

He moved forward and shook my hand. I pressed the tip of my sword and it turned into my necklace again. We landed down and everyone patted my back, and Logan’s siblings patted his back and started telling him that he did a good job.

Bianca patted my back and said “Well, that took years to defeat that guy.”

“You mean it was Mr. Prodigy first time losing?” I said.

“Mr. Prodigy?” she said, raising her eyebrows. I flushed and stared at my fingers.

“Well, yeah I called him that.” I mumbled.

“What time is it?” she asked.

“I don’t know.” I said, then I saw that she has a watch. “Well, you are the one with a watch.”

“Oh, yeah… I forgot.” She said.

And then suddenly a bell rang. Everyone started heading to their own cabins and the others started cooking. We head down to our cabin and Logan started cooking stew. After Lunch everybody went to the camp fire and we sat around and sang some camp songs. Half an hour later Angel Gabriel started saying some announcements.

“Tomorrow we will have this month’s tournament, the winners will have the bead of this month.” He said. “After the tournament there would be a dance ball, as always it will be held at the school’s ball.” As soon as he said the word dance ball, Bianca looked at me with shining eyes. Oh no, here we go again with parties. I am not good at dancing nor socializing with strangers.

The next morning was incredible. We had bacon and eggs for breakfast and as usual Logan was the one who cooked it. Is there a thing that he could not do? He is just perfect, he is good at archery, he is also good at swords but he preferred a bow and an arrow. He is intelligent, quite, but the thing that annoys me is he is bossy and arrogant.

We went to the arena and same as yesterday, we lined up.

“Today the tournament will be held. We will be playing find the medal,” he said and then everyone roared. “You know the rules, you will be playing in three, which you will decide by yourself. The person who will be left out is disqualified. Only three groups will win. Now go to your armory and prepare for the game.”