Castor Academy

Chapter 4: Battle On!

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I'm up! I'm up! Eh? Did I miss something?

What the-?! The heck?!

Gah! Who posted chapter two before I was finished?! You've got be kidding me! Why?! Why did this have to happen?! Darn me sleeping on the job! Why did you do this to me world? Why did you have to be so darn flippin' cruel?!

Ah, that feels better. Now that I've finished ranting, I'll continue onto the story. But before I do, I just really need to tell you something; Whose bright idea was it to publish the last chapter?! 'Cause I am pretty sure that I did not type all those z's. What author in their right mind would even have about twenty pages with only 'z' as the content?! Oh wait a minute. I didn't read the note at the beginning and the end. One second.

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. . . The next time I see Dres, he is so dead. Come out and face me, you little imp! I'm gonna get you for that!

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"I cast," Dres yelled. "Razor Claw!"

A simple spell that does little damage, but hey, Dres wasn't that good in Battle 24 anyhow.

With a whirl and a flick of his wand, a holographic claw extended out and dominated the field with its impressive size.

. . . Is what I want to say, but you all know Dres. Not very good in Majyk, last I checked. Instead of a huge see-through claw coming out, his wand just sputtered a spark or two.

He stared incrediously at his wand. "You've got to be kidding me!"

"Gah, you're hopeless!" The mystery voice yelled.

"I'm about to die and this is what you say?!" Dres shouted. "Thanks a lot!"

"Hail Storm!" The little kid traced a circle over his head using his wand. The thunder clouds overhead boomed and a freezing cold wind blew through. Dres watched in terror as ice crystals began to form and grow larger and larger. The kid pointed his wand at him, and the icicles struck.

Dres jerked to the side as the spikes impaled themselves into the ground. He nearly had a heart attack when a huge one about the size of two people crack the tiling just where he had been.

He gulped. That was close.

"Use a Light spell already, why don't you?! " The voice rang out again in Dres' head."They're strong against Air Castors!"

"I don't know any!" Dres yelled. He yelped and narrowly dodged another ice spike.

"What do these people even teach in this school anyways?!"

"The kind of spells I'm not good at!"

"Hurricane Strike!"

The boy waved his wand around and released a barrage of energy slashes.

"Ah, I cast Protective Barrier!" Dres quickly said. A glass-like dome surrounded him just in time.

Bang, bang!

Dres held his breath as his sheild shuddered against the attack. Please, let it hold up!

Crack!

His eyes widened and he sucked in a sharp breath of air. You've got to be flippin' kidding me!

Dres took a nervous step back and watched in horror as cracks formed across his sheild. He gritted his teeth and looked at the little boy all the way at the other end of the hall. I need to think fast if I'm ever going to survive this! Come on, what spells do I know?!