It has been a month since James entered the academy. So far, he was enjoying the life. Some lectures were fun, some lectures were boring. Meaning that it was just like a normal academy just with some magic. After the usual lectures and some training, James headed for bed. Tomorrow was the tournament and he was really excited for it.
James then slept and had a dream. He was again floating in the void of darkness wen suddenly a bright light shined in a distance. It was a glowing, tree? A voice then emerged. from it, "Come...". It was the same voice that was saying "Void" to him at the academy. The voice again said, "Come... Child of life, Child of chaos...". A hand emerged from the tree and James moved his hand at his direction.
But suddenly, someone grabbed him from behind and he was rapidly moving away from the tree. Then he suddenly woke up while sweating profusely. He then turned to the other direction and slept again. Tomorrow when he woke up, he forgot about the dream.
The tournament turned out to be pretty predictable. James was able to reach the semifinals but then lost to the ninja boy, Sato. However, he was friendly and James was able to acquire a new friend. His opponent in the finals, you've guessed it right was Adam, who came forward after defeating Tera.
Tera used double wielding daggers and was in fact really strong, but Adam was too much for her. However, Adam treated her with kindness even after the loss and James was happy that she has a friend.
And yes, the finals were won by Adam as well. The Black Blaze members were really cheering and hooting for him as it was a big deal. Mr. King really enjoyed the tournament and thus midway decided that whoever will win will receive 100 points for their house.
Also, the 4 students who were able to reach the semifinals were given advanced technique books for their respective weapons. Finally, the time had come for the practical classes to start. In this class, real magical beasts will be studied and after some time the students will have to fight them and the one who succeeded will be allowed to go to the forest freely.
Of coarse James and Adam had already faced the beasts and they might have visited the forest a couple of times secretly. However, through this they will officially able to go to the forest without any sneaking. However, James received a letter before the day of the practical class. To be more precise, a warning letter. In it was written;
"The Black Blaze members are planning something to cause a commotion in the
practical class tomorrow against the members of White Wave. I fear that their prank
may cause actual casualties. Of course, the members of white wave and the teachers
have no clue what is about to happen. And I don't want the teachers to interfere as the
classes may be moved forward. So, take care of their members if something goes
south. I will try to stop them, but if they succeed you have to take care of the rest"
There was no name of the sender and James thought that this warning might be real so he showed it to his friends, Ryan and Angelina. Both were on board. The practical class was taken by each of the homeroom teachers with their students in the training ground at a distance. Behind each teacher was a cage in which there were several goblins. The
goblins were bloodthirsty and were growling madly.
This was the first encounter with a wild magical beast for many students and they were terrified. Now we move to the members of white wave. In white wave there was a particular pair of siblings. They were Kai, the elder brother and Hana his sister. Kai had blond, short hair and golden eyes. While Hana also had golden eyes but wore a scarf so her hair color was not known.
They were the first from their family to be able to use magic and the family was really
proud of them. Both adored each other but Kai was a little over protective with his sister.
At the time of practical class, both were present and were a little scared as this was also
their first encounter.
Kai said, "Hana, stay behind me, okay?". Hana stood behind him and grabbed his hand
tightly. Kai knew that she was really afraid. Not afraid of the beasts but afraid from the
thought of killing them. Hana was a really special person who will be able to calm even
the most ruthless of beasts.