Moments Before.
"Hello hello" Sean's voice echoes throughout the forest as if he had a megaphone. "Hello, young mages just letting you know that a team has already captured the first spot for the royal units. Please don't be discouraged as seven more spots are remaining with four more Guardian Beasts to defeat. GOOD LUCK!"
"How in the world did a team already get to the tree? Did they cheat?" Kate says in an irritated voice.
"They must be a unique magic user and have very good tracking abilities," Sadie says.
"Those flocks of ravens looked pretty suspicious to me maybe whoever made it used them" Elara chimes in.
Bri slowly paces around in deep thought.
BADUMP
BADUMP
"Why is my heart beating so fast? Is it because of this exam? The chance I run into Axelle? What if we have to fight him for the last spot? What should I do? How shall I act?"
"Bri what's wrong?" Kate asks.
"U-uh it's nothing let's move on"
The group continues to move forward slowly making their way through the forest.
"Elara what's the rarest stone you have found so far?"
"Hmm before I came here I found an Alexandrite gemstone"
"Wow very impressive," Sadie says.
"I've been wondering Elara what is your magic?" Kate asks.
"A unique magic Crystal Magic. It derives from Ice Magic. It has nice fundamentals. Freezing in my terms would be called crystalized" Elara explains.
"That sounds awesome," Kate says as she looks at a distracted Bri. "Seriously Bri what's wrong" she asks.
"Uh"
GROOWWL
"Wolves!" Kate yells.
FWOOSH
A large flame appears in the sky nearby.
"Flames? Wait that spell?" Bri rushes off towards the direction of the flames.
"Bri!" Kate yells.
"Am sorry I'll be right back"
"Dammit leaving us with the dirty work" Kate murmurs to herself.
Sadie opens her book. The book glows, and a white magic circle appears on it. Sadie takes a pencil and scribbles in it.
The wolves suddenly get pinned down by an invisible force.
"Just a couple of moments please take advantage of it," Sadie tells Kate and Elara.
"Thank you, Sadie. Let's go Elara"
"Okay," Elara says in agreement.
Kate looks in the direction Bri ran off too. "Please be safe Bri don't do anything crazy"
Bri sprints through the forest.
"Those flames they have to be Axelles right?" She stops in her tracks. "Maybe it could be another fire mage." She looks back in the direction she ran from. "I should've helped the others but that magic" she continues to move forward.
BOOM
"An explosion it sounded close."
Bri quickens her pace. As she arrives at the scene.
"I guess we should capture him now"
"I have to stop this" Bri thinks to herself.
STEP
STEP
{WATER CREATION MAGIC: AQUA RING}
A blue spherical ring quickly appears creating a barrier and pushing the mages back.
"I made it in just in time," Bri thinks. She looks slightly back to the mage she just saved. "Wait what if this is some random mage? I guess I am being kind for saving him?"
She glances around his neck as he wears a necklace.
"No this is him. Its Axelle. His hair grown. He becomes more handsome. No, I have to think of a response nothing too crazy. Dont sound too excited. Normal Bri Normal." Bri thinks to herself.
"Axelle are you okay?" Bri Says.
Axelle looks a few feet away from him"Bri"
"It is him. H- he said my name. Ok ok play it cool cool" Bri thinks to herself.
INHALE
EXHALE
She puts her arm out. "Axelle, I got this. Just stay put and watch how much I've grown," Bri confidently says. "That sounded too cool," Bri says in her head as she smiles.
"At this moment she didn't care about anything else. Just protecting him."
Leaving Axelle in the Aqua Ring Bri steps out to confront Ezra's group.
"Ezra it's that girl that you imitated," Zyla says.
"Pretty obvious," Ezra says.
"Heavenly Water Mage Candidate Bir Cordelia. An exceptional elemental water mage. Moreover, rumors that she is a Soul/Spirit Creature Magic User" Sienna adds.
"How do you know so much Sienna? How come you didn't tell me earlier?" Ezra asks with a concerned look.
"Ezra knowing you. You wouldn't care because it is all a part of your plan and I know so much about others because I read the newspapers like how we are supposed to"
"I have but I mostly forget all of them"
"See" Sienna responds.
Blamore taps all three on the shoulder."Pay attention you three. Judging by her looks she is not messing around. "
Bri reaches for the pouch on her left thigh. She takes out a water vile from her pouch.
"Three clones with structures should be good enough," Bri says to herself as A blue magic circle appears under Bri taking off a cap from a vile.
{WATER CREATION MAGIC: AQUA REPLICATION}
The water then splits into three directions falling to the ground. Slowly the water begins to take the form of Bri. Three identical copies of Bri.
"Clones?" Ezra says. "Hmphh let me just-"
"I wouldn't suggest that Ezra" Blamore warns. "Now go"
Ezra charges Bri however Sienna blitzed up to the real Bri going to roundhouse kick her in the face.
Bri unfazed stands there.
"Bri!" Axelle yells.
Sienna's leg phases through Bris's body as she shifts into water.
The blue magic circle appears once more with Bri extending her left arm with her eyes going blue.
{WATER CREATION MAGIC: WATER PRISON}
"That technique," Axelle thinks.
A giant water bubble takes over Sienna's body only up to her neck.
"Now you can't move freely," Bri says.
Sienna struggles to escape the bubble as she attempts to kick and use her magic within it. However, the bubble keeps stretching and expanding. "What the heck is this? This is relaxing"
"Sienna what are you doing?!" Ezra yells.
"Ezra you have to try this the water relaxes all the parts of your body"
"Zyla you have to-"
Ezra turns around with a shocking revelation.
"She's right Ezra?"
"Yup so soothing" Blamore adds.
All three members of his team were caught in the water prison.
"Dammit, that's what the clones were for. She tripled her magic and used it on them" Ezra thought to herself. "Such a giant mana pool. To do that with three clones"
"Mystic Water. A calm soothing and relaxing water" Bri comments.
"Damn you!"
{WATER CREATION MAGIC: WATER PRISON}
"This is relaxing," Ezra says in a calm voice.
"I didn't do that much there. Oh, Axelle" Bri runs back to the Aqua Sphere that never dissipated while she was fending off Ezra's group.
"Are you okay? It seems that the Aqua Ring did its thing I healed all your scraps and bruises that you've sustained " Bri asks Axelle bending over to check on him while placing her hair behind her ears with a smile.
"She grew strong," Axelle says to himself looking at her.
"I-is there something on my face," Bri says as she pats and touches her face.
"No nothing wrong"
Axelle gets up from the ground and gives her a hug lifting her off the ground.
"AA-AAHH" Bri says in embarrassment. "A-Axelle!!"
SPLASH
DROP
The aqua ring disappears. So does the rest of her magic.
"I thought I would never see you again. Am glad that you remember me"
"A-am glad to see you too"
He puts her face in front of his.
They both turn bright red.
Axelle panics "Am so sorry I must've startled you!" as he slowly brings down Bri to the ground.
"HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING TO HER!"
"Huh?"
{BUBBLE CREATION MAGIC: BUBBLEBEAM}
Multiple tiny bubbles shoot toward Axelle.
"Bubbles?"
"No don't touch them," Bri warns Axelle.
Kate arrives on the scene.
"Kate no!" Bri yells.
"Kate wait up," Elara says trailing behind.
"Axelle?" Sadie says.
"Oh, Axelle?" Kate says in realization.
POP
POP
The small explosions attack both Axelle and Bri while he shields her.
"Bri am sorry I didn't realize"
{ICE CREATION MAGIC: FROZEN LAND}
The entire is frozen in ice no one can move.
"Axelle are you alright?" Ambrose asks.
"Why did you go off running like that?" Roxanne asks.
"At least he's good by the looks of it," Vince adds.
"Let's go you. Hmm, Sadie?" Ambrose looks over.
"Ambrose and Roxanne"
"Sadie-Lyn?" Roxanne says.
"Hey since we are all familiar with each other would you mind unfreezing us so we can move freely"
"My apologizes"
QUAKE
SHAKE
"What the " Kate says.
"Everyone look out," Bri says still close by Axelle.
"The ground is shaking?" Ambrose says.
BOOM
BOOM
"What is that," Sadie says.
"Magnificent," Elara says.
"So this is one of them huh" Roxanne adds.
"We were on its damn back" Vince adds.
"Our magic must have woken it up. This is our chance to take one of them down, guys." Axelle adds.
SLITHER
HISS HISS
HISS
HISS
GUARDIAN BEAST: THE BLACK TORTOISE