The Princess Test

Chapter 25

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         The second last day of competitions begin today. It will not be easy as today's test pitches the siblings agaisn't one another. Fighting for the first time ever. Once again, Eryn calls out their names and waves her hands. A pitcher tinted with black appears before each of them. The lucky draw. Since Raven has been first all this time, she draws first.           

        Let's hope I don't get one of my bad ones like Wrath or Gluttony. She placed her hand into the lot and brought out the name. She was almost scared to look at the piece of paper held in front of her but her curiosity overtook her. She opened it up and found the name 'Envy'. Great, just great. Envy was no better than Wrath or Gluttony. The fact that Envy's own very special power was drawing from people's jealousy and projecting it out in big bursts of energy was almost as bad as Wrath's uncanny ability to project a fire phoenix to attack or Gluttony's unpenetrable skin that could block absolutely anything it came into contact with.               

         Slowly but carefully, she stepped up to the orb that had sucked all her powers away from her on day one. Putting her hand into it, she took back her powers but something felt weird. She didn't feel like herself. But it will have to be settled later, the match is about to begin. She let Envy take his own powers and walked to a side of the arena. Eryn called it.                  

          Immediately as the signal was given, Raven tried to fly up in the air but found that she could not. 'What's going on with my powers?' She wondered. Perhaps it was that she didn't say her mantra. "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" She cried out and jumped into the air but quickly came down. She was confused now. She tried moving her hands in a casting position but no powers came out, neither did her eyes glow.                 

       On the other side, Envy looked to be just as confused as her. "Why won't these stupid things work!" He tried snapping his fingers but nothing flew out at Raven. "OH IN THE NAME OF AZARATH!" Black projections shot out of his hand. The same black projection that looks like.....   

                'My powers!' Raven nearly screamed. She looked angrily at Eryn. 'How in the world did my powers end up in the hands of envy?!?" Eryn caught her look, understanding. She got the audiences attention. "I'm sorry people, but it appears all the royal siblings' powers have gotten mixed up. Unfortunately, a match has begun so we cannot do anything for the moment or both the siblings will be disqualified." Raven looked in dismay at Eryn who gave her an apologetic look. What was she going to do now? She didn't even know whose powers she had, let alone how to use them.         

             Unfortunately for her, Envy had caught on quickly and was in the midst of chanting her mantra. "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" He said and fired a volley of astral blasts at her. She jumped and missed most of them but one got shot in her shoulder and she fell backwards. "Time for me to end this. AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!" He summoned his own astral form, a gigantic dog and pointed it towards Raven. The dog scooped her up in his sharp teeth and prepared to swallow her whole.   

                          Raven was dilligent, but even she knew a losing fight when she saw one. Without her powers, there was nothing she could do. This was a test of powers and she knew she wouldn't die. As soon as the dog swallowed her, Envy would win the competition and the dog will dissipate, freeing her. She was not afraid. She heaved a deep sigh and the dog prepared to swallow her."NO!"