As George, Nana, & Kayn walk into the light, they walk out into an arena. The crowd is screaming, chanting, & raving. Grandmaster Gold-crest, standing in the middle of the stage. His voice echos throughout the arena.
"Welcome to all the finalists. I would like to be first to congratulate you. Out of the 30,000 harvesters, only the thirty two of you survived. You have proven to everyone here, to your nation, your families, & most importantly to yourselves that you are worthy of becoming a mage. So look up to the sky, recognize that the seeds of your destiny shall be planted. So I ask you, will you blossom, or will you wither away? Today you will have the opportunity to show us all who among you is the strongest! You will be drawn at random to face off against each other in a one on one battle. So for now rest, recuperate, & recover your strengths. And prepare to be called on."
All thirty two harvesters walk off the stage, & are led to a giant waiting room. George is amazed at how enormous it is.
"Incredible! Can you believe it Nana? This is the waiting room? It's got a gym, a food bar, nursing station, entertainment room, shower, & it even has a spa?! I've never seen a room so big."
Nana nods, "Yeah, this is incredible!" As George, Nana, & Kayn are enjoying their much deserved break. Grandmaster Gold-Crests voice begins to echo throughout the waiting room.
"To all our harvesters, it is now time for the Tournament of Recognition to begin. Please, pull out your tele-stones. The names of the first two contestants will be shown."
Everyone pulls out their tele-stones.
"Our first two contestants are Cato Black of the Black Tribe, & Nora Silverstone! Please make your way to the arena. To all the other contestants, prepare yourselves for when you are called."
As Nora & Cato make their way to the battle stage, the crowd becomes increasingly lively. A middle aged announcer sitting at a platform above the crowd, screams
"are you ready!!! This is the great Tournament of Recognition! The rules are simple. In order to be victorious, you must either knock your opponent unconscious, knock 'em out of the ring, or make them submit. This is not a battle to the death. However, we will not intervene, even if one of you is on the edge of death. Also, weapons are permitted. Now please make your way to the battle stage."
Nora & Cato walk to the stage.
"Let the battle commence!"
Cato automatically goes on the offensive. He try's to land a punch. Nora is able to easily & gracefully dodge. Cato attempts a kick, which she easily blocks. They both exchange blows. Nora is able to knock Cato back. He pulls out multiple throwing knives. Nora takes a defensive stance. He throws the knives at Nora, who again is able to easily dodge.
"If that's the best you can do. You might as well give up now."
Cato smiles "hmph, aren't you confident."
"Well of course I am. I'm the daughter of a noble. Your some filthy mongrel from the NetherLands."
"Your going to wish you'd never said that."
Cato throws another knife towards her, but this time as she tries to dodge it. She's struck from behind by another knife. Nora thinks to herself, "where did that second knife come from? When did he throw it? I was watching his every movement." With a giant smile on his face, Cato shouts
"your probably wondering where did that knife come from."
Nora pulls the knife out of her shoulder.
"You see, I have the ability to control objects using my aura. You should be more careful on who you underestimate."
Cato points upward, there his knives are floating above Nora surrounding her.
"let's see you try to dodge my knives now." The knives go flying towards her. She's barely able to dodge them. While Nora's distracted by the knives, Cato sneaks up beside her, landing a devastating kick to her side, knocking her out of the battle stage. The announcer shouts
"wow! What a kick! It's over Nora Silverstone has been… wait.. wait a minute folks. Nora's feet haven't touched the ground yet. She's.. she's floating?" Cato who's in disbelief shouts "How? How are you?"
"Did you really think you could defeat me? I'm a Silverstone, I can't be beaten by some mongrel. Even though your a filthy mongrel, I at least thought you would be smart enough to recognize what's happening. I guess I over estimated your intellect."
"What did you say? I'm going to make you regret those words!"
"I wouldn't move if I were you. I can't believe you still haven't seen what's happening yet." Nora lifts up her index finger, she flicks it. Instantly Catos cheek begins to bleed.
"What the? How did she cut me?"
Nora who seems to be walking on air says,
"you might have the ability to control your knives, but me, I have the ability to create wind strings out of my aura, in which I can use to cut my opponents."
In the moment Cato realizes the predicament he's in. The whole arena is covered with strings.
"You see now? This is the power of a noble. Now, either you submit, or I cut off your head, which do you choose?" Nora slowly begins to close her fist. Catos neck begins to bleed. His neck, arms, & legs are wrapped in string.
"I.. I yield."
*The crowd erupts*
"we'll folks it looks like we have a winner. The first battle goes to Nora Silverstone, of the Silverstone family. What an amazing match. Next up on our ballot is Jasper Red from the Red Tribe & Jamil Nikolett. As the battle begins both Jasper & Jamil exchange blows. The announcer shouts,
"wow folk looks like we have a brawl."
Jamil who's the much more superior hand to hand combatant is able to gain the upper hand. He lands a heavy blow to Jasper sternum, & tries to follow up with a devastating uppercut. Jasper is able to quickly dodge, with a side step. He then quickly flicks his finger which causes an miniature air vacuum pocket, essentially sending an air bullet at jamil. Which causes Jamil to dodge & retreats backwards. Jasper then fires off a volley of air bullets. Jamil tries to dodge. He's hit in his left shoulder causing him to cry out in agony. He quickly gets up, & tries to rush Jasper, in an attempt to close the distance between them. Jasper quickly backs up, launching another volley of air bullets. Jamil quickly evades the attack. Jamil lifts up his right arm, swiping down at the ground. Causing the dust on the stage floor to rise covering the stage, slightly blinding jaspers visibility. Jamil then dashes towards Jasper, in an attempt at landing a high kick. Jasper blocks it,& counters with a kick of his own. Jamil quickly dodges. Jasper then leaps into the air firing off another flurry of air bullets. Jamil zigzags around the stage in order to dodge the attack. Jasper follows behind him, they near the edge of the stage, Jasper attempts to land a powerful punch. jamil jumps up in the air, fliping over him. He then lands a devastating kick to the back of his head. Jamil then follows up with a leg sweep which causes Jasper to fall. As Jasper is falling, Jamil places both his hands in front of him & launches a powerful wind attack Called wind push. Sending Jasper flying out of the stage. The crowd erupts once again. The announcer shouts "there you have it folks, the winner by knockout, Jamil! Now Nana Ravenspear, & Claudius Zelretch, please make your way to the battle stage."
As the two stand in the middle of the stage Nana remembers what George Said to her during the Harvest games.
"this is your chance to find your father."
"Dad, I'm going to join one of the noble houses, & im going to find you."
"Hey Nana, I hope you're ready to lose."
"Lose? Was that supposed to be a joke?"
"As th son of a noble merchant, I can't allow myself to get beat by a commoner now. Even if she is a friend."
Nana gives out a little smirk as the announcer signals for the match to start. Claudius, who's holding a wind staff his father gave him, begins to fire off a flurry of wind balls. Nana who dodges, tries to close the distance between then. She begins to infuses aura into both her hands. Due to her chakra nature, she is able to give her aura the properties of lightning. As she closes in Claudius can hear the sound of liggtning sharp & crackling. As Nana tries to connect, Claudius uses his staff to create a wind ball that pushes him backwards. Narrowly avoiding what would have been an instant knockout.
"Whoa, that was too close. I did want to save this for later. But I guess I have no choice but to reveal my ultimate technique."
Claudius begins to rotate his staff in a circular motion. He is then able to conjure a a fairy shaped wind pupet.
"This is my ultimate attack, Wind Fairy."
In an instant the wind fairy charges at Nana. Setting off a flurry of punches. Cutting Nana with every attack that connects.
"Damn, how do I defeat him? This wind fairy is impossible to destroy. How do I destroy wind?"
"You're probably wondering "how do I get myself out of this?" The answer is simple, you can't. My wind fairy is capable of regenerating itself. Not to mention I can control its every move. And with every attack that connects, you are cut peice by piece."
In that moment Nana realized the answer. She then gives off a smirk. She then infuses a massive amount of lightning aura into her hands. She then punches the ground with a devastating attack. It completely destroys the whole stage causing dust & debris to fly into the air. She then punches the flying debris sending a barrage of debris infused with lightning flying at lightning speed towards Claudius. He creates two more wind fairies to protect himself from the debri, unaware that Nana used the distraction of the debris to sneak behind him. By the time he'd realized that Nana had disappeared, she struck him with a devastating blow to the face, instantly knocking him out. The crowd is dead silent. With disbelief in his voice, the announcer says
"what incredible force. This.. this fight is over."
After a short time Arthur Pendragon & Callisto Yellow, Of the Yellow Tribe arrive at the newly rebuilt battle stage.
"On your mark, set, fight!"
Callisto wastes no time in using his ultimate attack. He uses his aura to create two water tentacles, but before he could even attack, Arthur bypasses his defense, holding his sword to Callistos neck. "Give up now, or die." With absolute fear in his eyes, he forfeits the match. After the two fighters leave the stage. The next two contestants Onyx Lovell & Magnus Nevergrown walk up to the stage. As the announcer signals for the match to begin. Broken pieces of the stage begin to fly towards Onyx, assembling around his body like an armor. Magnus thinks to himself,
"Hmm so he thinks creating an armor made of stone is going to help him, he's certainly mistaken." He gives off a maniacal smirk before his arms burst into flames. He gives off a laugh & says, "You should give up now, because I'm fired up."
"Fired up huh? Let's see how fired up you are after I kick your ass."
Onyx launches a flurry of rock shards at magnus who doesn't even try to dodge them. As the shards impacted with Magnus's body, the shards melted. Magnus then begins to rush Onyx. Hitting him with a flurry of punches, melting away Onyx's, stone armor, revealing his skin. He then grabs a hold of Onyx's shoulder, completely singeing his right arm. Before finish his attack, he is attacked by a giant snake made of stone. Onyx had been secretly breaking bits & pieces of the stage, since the beginning of the fight. Allowing him to create this behemoth. The rock snake sends Magnus flying off the stage. With astonishment in his voice, the announcer yells.
"What a turn around, I can't believe what I just saw. The winner is Onyx Lovell."
The crowd erupts, filling the room with sounds of thunder.
As Onyx begins to celebrate his victory. He is attack from behind by magnus, who suckered punches him. Knocking him a few feet. He then stands over the injured Onyx, getting ready to fire off a fire blast, at close range. But before magnus could fire off his attack. Grandmaster GoldCrest, magically appears next to him. Palm striking him in the sternum, instantly knocking him unconscious. He then projects himself into the sky. The crowd became as silent as a ghost.
"This is not a game! This is not for sport! The ritual of the harvest has rules, & laws that we must abide by. During a match, we can not intervene. However, chaos will not be accepted. The ritual demands order. It is the most shameful act, to defile the sanctity of the harvest festivals. Once the battle is done, it is done. Magnus Never-Grown, has lost twice. Once during defeat, & another in not accepting defeat. For breaking one of our most sacred laws. The GrandMaster council no longer accepts him. He is to be excommunicated. now, let's clear the ground, & resume with the games."
After they cleared, & rebuilt the battle stage. Two new candidates, Hurin Grey of the Grey Tribe, & Davina Petrova, walk on to the stage. In trying to break the silence. The announcer says.
"Well folks...let resume shall we. Let the games commence."
Hurin takes off his kasa, holding it by the finger tips. He launches it at Davina. Who dodges it by a hair. In that moment she thinks to herself,
"A bladed tip kasa? mixed with aura? He's dangerous."
The kasa hat returns to Hurin like a boomerang. He continues with a combination of throws, each time, nearly cutting Davina. As she continues to adapt to Hurins attack, Davina starts creating force fields, blocking all of Hurins attacks. She is then able to get close enough, to rush him. She hits him with a flurry of punches. As he is knocked down, Davina creates a forcefield around Hurins head.
"Make a move, & you die. Move a muscle, & you die. Utter any words other than "i yield," you die."
Hurin looks directly into Davinas eyes.
"I.. I.. yield."
Both the announcer, & the crowd, erupted into a frenzy.
"Wow, what a turnaround. The match is over folks. Davina is the winner! Now lets welcome the next candidates, Elvina Renfiel & George Lydia."
As the two candidates are standing face to face. Elvina tells George.
"Don't think because, we went to the academy together, that I owe you anything. I'm here to win."
George nods & replies
"That's fine with me. I wasn't planning on holding back."
"Well aren't you cocky. Fine then."
Elvina charges at George, connecting with two massive blows. George who's knocked down, tries to get back up. He starts laughing up blood.
"I targeted blow your lungs during that last attack. You know you really should learn how to put up an aura field."
George stands back up. He then picks up The Saints Sword. It begins to glow. George then slashes the air. Creating a devastating air slash, aimed at Elvina who tries to place up a barrier. But George's attack was just to strong. It completely shattered her barrier knocking her back.
"What the hell kind of power is that?" Thinks elvina.
George stares amazed at the Sword. He couldn't believe what he had just done.
"Did I do that? This thing is so cool." Thinks George.
He then looks over to Elvina, who now has her guards up. She creates multiple force fields around George. Hoping to trap him. He swings at the barriers trying to repeate his previous attack, but to no avail. He's wondering why it's not working. He then realizes that he's stuck in a confined barrier. Elvina begins to use her magic barriers, to try to squeeze George into submission. After much difficulty George is finally able to break out of the barrier. He charges Elvina trying to knock her down using his sword. But she is able to Easily dodge him. She then hits George with a forcefield to the face, almost sending him flying out of the ring. He quickly gets back up. Elvira fires of a volley of forcefields at George. He is able to break through the forcefields with his sword. He trys to once again charge at her. She once again knocks him back with a forcefield. He once again trys to slash the air with his sword, but once again it fails. George thinks to himself,
"Why won't this work?.
He then thinks of what Nana would say if she was in this situation.
"I'll just obliterate her, cha!"
He then thinks of what Kayn would say.
"I'll make a strategic & sound retreat."
He then thinks of what Professor Zoro would say to him.
"George focus, use the sword as a conduit. Allow it to draw out your powers. Don't think, just feel."
"Ok, imaginary old man Zorro is right. I just need to learn how to channel my aura into the sword."
As he concentrates on pouring his aura onto the sword. The sword begins to glow.
"Ok, I think I'm starting to get it now."
In that moment, George trys to slash at the air. When he does he create a air wave so strong, that not only does it knock Elvina out of the ring & seriously injure her. It broke through 3 of the 4 forcefield created by Irving Hawkings, 2nd lieutenant of the House of Swords, & magician class mage. He was trying to protect the people in the stands. The announcer goes crazy.
"I can't believe what I've just seen folks! What power? The winner George Lydia." The crowd who is in disbelief, erupts.
Before he can even celebrate his victory, George falls unconscious, completely exhausted from using so much aura in his last attack. After the stage was reset, the next two candidates, Merlin Emrys, Star Class Mage from the Kingdom of Elysium, & Caius Black of the Black Tribe walk up to the stage. Both candidates facing each other. As soon as the announcer signals for the match to begin. Merlin rushes Caius Black, before Caius could react, Merlin hits him with an aura blast at close range. The attack sends Caius flying high into the air. Merlin then creates cuffs out of to bind Caius's hands & feet. As Caius begins to descend & fall. Merlin uses his magic to catch Caius, slowly lowering him to the ground. As Caius would have died had he hit the ground. Merlin lowers the badly injured Ciaus outside the ring. Winning the match by forced out. Everyone is so shocked at how quick & efficient how Merlins attack was. The announcer says, -
"And... and.. the winner... is Merlin Emrys." The crowd erupts into an uproar.
After reseting the stage & the crowd. The next two candidates enter the stage.
The announcer, begins hyping up the next match.
"Well folks, this has been a Harvest Games for the ages. Our next match, we will get to see the Prince & the Hier to the Hyperion throne, Ash Hadrian. And his opponent, Flynn Nightwing!"
As the announcer signals for the match to start the two candidates rush each other. Exchanging blow after blow. Ash Hadrian pulls out a small flask filled with black metaly sand. He then unseals it, releasing the sand into the air. He begins to smile, as he begins to collect the sand using his aura, into the shape of a chain. Ash then whips Flynn, who tries to block using his forearms. He yells out in pain. As the chain made of sand left massive burn marks on Flynn.
"Do you like my magic? I calm it "Soul Chain, Hells Sand." This Hells Sand, is from my homeland. It's properties are that of both metal & sand. And, get this, it explodes. I haven't learned how to make it go kaboom just yet, but just wait." Ash begins to laugh uncontrollably.
Flynn stands back up. With a serious look on his face he says, -
"Why are you laughing? Did you think you had won, or something?"
" I mean.. sort of. Let's be honest, you don't have a chance of beating me."
Flynn facial expression changes. He pulls out two blades from his jacket. And rushes Ash, who's barely able to dodge. As Flynn unleashes a flurry of attacks. He is able to land a few decisive blows. Ash Hadrian pulls out a second flask filled with He'll Sand. In order to gain sepration. Ash creates a shield of Hell Sand. Flynn throws his blades around the sand, controlling them with his aura, aiming at Ash. Who is barely able to dodge them. Ash then pulls out two more flasks of sand, releasing them into the air. He then collect the sand into the shape of multiple arrows. He launches one of the arrows made of hell sand towards Flynn. Who isn't able to dodge. The arrow of sand piercea through Flynns right shoulder. He screams out in pain as the sand not only pierced him, but burnd him.
"Now do you understand? This is my specialty. I am the only known Mage in the world, who can control the Hell sands.. well beside my father that is. I maybe 17 years old, but as the Heir to the throne, I have to put lowers like you in their place."
Flynn struggles back up.
"Loser huh? You still don't get it."
With an angry look on his face, Ash launches more sand arrows at Flynn, who this time is able to easily block, using his blades. He then pulls out 8 more blades from his jacket. He launches each one at Ash. Who's easily able to dodge them. Flynn takes control of the blades using aura manipulation. Ash tries to use the sand as shield, solidifying the properties of the sand to become as hard as Dark Metal, the second hardest metal in all of existence. Flynn tries to get creative, maneuvering his blades in random patterns. Ash is barely able to block the blades. As he is distracted, Flynn sneaks up beside him with a blade in hand, catching Ash completely off guard. Slashing Ash across the face, seriously wounding him.
"You vermin! How dare you cause harm to the future king of Hyperion?"
Ash Hadrian launches a volley of sand arrows at Flynn who easily able to dodge.
"What's that again? I thought I was just some loser, a vermin. I thought you said it was over. "
Flynns word strike a nerve, causing Ash to completely lose it. He begins to launch arrow after arrow recklessly. Before he could even notice, Flynn is standing behind him with a blade held to his neck.
"Yield, or die."
Recognizing that he had been beaten, Ash surrenders. The crowd erupts.
The announcer laments, "and there you have it! The winner of the match, Flynn Nightwing!" The crowd begins to cheer. The announcer, expresses his satisfaction with the one on one battles so far.
"This has been one of the best Harvest Festival yet. We have gotten a chance to see so many great candidates battle it out, & we still have 6 more matches left. Speaking of matches let's welcome the next two candidates to the stage. From the land of Xi. The prince & heir to the throne, star class mage, Sun Wu Kang! And his opponent hailing from the land of Parthia, Gizzal Hedu."
Gizzal, who's wearing an unusual gold bracelet with the face of a gazelle on it, begins to light up, as he begins to flex his muscles.
"This bracelet is an ancient relic passed down by the chieftain of my village. It gives the wilder the powers of a Spider Gazelle. I gain a massive boost in speed, agility. You see the Spider Gazelle is not only a symbol of speed & agility, but it is also the symbol of awareness. Let me demonstrate its power." Gizzal lunges at Sun with insane speed, catching sun by surprise. Almost landing a strong blow. However, Sun tries to counter, barely missing. He begins to become frustrated, as he chases Gizzal all over the ring, trying to catch him.
"Ive had enough of these silly games. It is time for the predator to kill the the spider Gazelle." In that moment, Sun creates a ring of fire around Gizzals legs & hands binding him. He then creates an executioner platform out of fire, completely binding Gizzal. With force in his voice Sun yells out to the Heavens,
"This is a messenge to all of the other candidates. Your life holds no weight in my mind. Stand in the ring with me, you die."
In that moment he creates a vortex of fire around Gizzal, that completely incinerating him.
The announcer erupts, as the crowd begins to boo.
"Hes... he's.. cold. Well ladies & gents your winner is Sun Wu Kang, the prince of Xi!"
After reseting the stage, the announcer announces the names of the next two candidates.
"Let's give a big welcome to our next two candidates, Kizurra Kishar from the land of the desert, Parthia, & his opponent Siri Heinsberg, the daughter of Nathan Heisenberg the 3rd general of the Hyperion army." As the announcer signals for the match to start, Siri who begins to reveal her menacing side within mere seconds, appears behind Kizurra, holding his heart.
The announcer loses it,
"Incredible, some how this 8 year old little girl has won the match. I mean, I didn't even see her move."
The crowd goes crazy.
After clearing the ring, the announcer introduces the next two candidates, from the land of Cushiti, Shuri Tukumbi, & her opponent from the land of the rising sun, The 12th prince of Kyo-Shang, Jett Lee.
As they receive the signal to begin. The two rush towards each other, exchanging back & forth, kicks & punches. Jett leaps into the air, twisting his body, in an attempt to land a wheel kick. Shuri blocks the kick, but Is knocked backwards. Jett takes advantage of her lack of balance, by sweeping her feet. As she land on the ground, Jett leaps in the air once again, attempting another flying wheel kick. Shuri who's on the ground, blocks his kick once again, with her forearm. The impact creates both a shockwave, & a gigantic crater in the middle of the ring. Shuri struggles to get back on her feet. Immediately, Jett goes on the offensive. Landing two devastating blows, knocking Shuri unconscious. The crowed & the announcer goes balistic.
"Wow! What strength. I maybe an announcer yall, but I can see aura. And what's fascinating, is that there was no aura, in any of his attacks. What a victory! Now ladies, & gentlemen let me introduce you to our next two candidates. Hailing from the Kingdom of Titania, Star class mage, prince & heir to the throne, & the current vise General, in the Titanian army. Prince Julius Alexander. And his opponent Titus Magma, who hails from the same nation. Now let the battle begin." Without hesitation, Titus Magma forfeits the match. The crowd becomes silent, before erupting with boos. The announcer loses it.
"Are you kidding me?! Why did he forfeit, the match?"
Titus walks up to Prince Julius,
"My prince, conserve your mana, for the next round. May your glory be ever bound."
"Thank you Titus, however, I did want to test my blade against you."
"Surely you jest my prince? You are leaps, & bounds a head of me. Beside Merlin, you're pretty much the strongest candidate here. I never stood a chance against you. You are the prodigy of the century. Your potential knows no bounds."
The announcer who still in disbelief introduce the next candidates.
"I guess that's the match folks. We'll bring out our next two candidates. Lucy Frost, from the land of arctia, & Ren Kasukabe. Now let the match begin."
Lucy launches, multiple ice blasts, which Ren is barely able to dodge. Lucy then changes up her attack, shooting out ice shards from the sky. Ren who tried to dodge, was gravely injured. Lucy nails Ren down with ice Sickles. She the creates a blade made of ice molecules. As she's about to slay him through. Before she does, Ren forfeits the match.
"I can't believe it folks, the match is over. Lucy Froat advances to the next phase. Next we will bring out Lance Du'Lac of Elysium kingdom, & his opponent Enkara Blue of the Blue Tribe. Begin!"
Before Enkara could make a move, he's sent flying by a aura attack by Lance. The attack was so quick, that it happened before Enkara could even blink.
The announcer loses it. "It's all over folks. Enkara has been thrown out of the ring. Let's bring out the final candidates. From the Red Tribe, Octavius Red. And his opponent Kayn Alabaster. Let the match begin!"
Octavius Red who's holding a fire staff in his hand, launches it at Kayn. Kayn dodges, as the staff bursts into flames. Octavius jumps into the air landing onto the staff, levitating in the air. He then dives down throwing his staff downwards at Kayn, who barely dodges. The impact of the staff created a crater in the ground where it landed. Kayn freezes in terror. Octavius smacks him with his staff, sending him flying. Octavius walks up to him.
"Pitty, your weak. That must mean your heritage is weak. So it is not your fault. The strong survive., while the weak die."
Kayn stands back up.
"Weak huh? Maybe your right. Maybe I am weak. But I can't give up. George, wouldn't give up."
In that moment, Kayn fires off a combination of dark bolt projectiles. Using the projectiles as cover, he is able to rush octavious. Kayn knocks octavious to the ground. He then stand over him with hands ready to blast bolt projectiles at close range. In disgust, & in knowing he was beaten, Octavius yields the match.
The announcer shouts "And that's the match folks! What a crazy turn of events. We are truly witnessing the future. 16 candidates have won, & 16 candidates have lost. Don't worry though. Everyone here has shown to us. Victor or not, they have proven themselves. Now, let prepare for the next round of the tournament of Recognition. In this round we will be pairing up the 16 remaining candidates. There will be 2 teams of 8. The 2 teams will chosen at random. The two teams will face off against each other in a capture the flag event. Each cabdidate will be given a flag which is worth 5 points. However, 2 of the 16 flags will be worth 15 points, which wont be revealed until the end. There will be a 1 hour time limit. Which ever team is able to collect the most points within the time limit wins. Now that the stage has been reset, let's begin! Team A will be comprised of the candidates George Lydia, Arthur Pendragon, Flynn Nightwing, Julius Alexander, Nana Ravenspear, Jett Lee, Sun Wu Kang, & Kayn Alabaster. Team B will be comprised of Siri Heisenberg, Davina Petrova, Merlin Emrys, Onyx Lovell, Nora Silverstone, Jamil Nikolett, Lucy Frost, & Lance Du'Lac! Here's the thing folks. This trial will be conducted in a location calles the Jaws of Fate. The jaws of Fate is one of the most dangerous locations in the entire world. You see, this place is a necropolise. Not only will the candidates have to fight the other team. They have to fight against their shadows. Many people who have entered this necropilis have either died, or returned as shell of there former selves. Now lets watch how these incredible candidates fare in this next challenge. The two teams walk into Harvester Pods as they're teleported to the Jaws of Fate. Team A finds themselves at the center of the necropolise. Arthur asks the group-
"So what's the plan? Before we do anything else, we need a leader, & we need a plan."
Sun Wu Kang replies with salt in his voice. " It's obvious that I should be the leader. I am the strongest here."
Julius responds, "And what makes you, so sure, that your the strongest? It's my estimation, that I am the strongest, & the most experienced in battle."
Nana shouts at the both of them, "None of you should be the leader. If anyone should lead it should be George."
The group pauses for a moment, before erupting into a frenzy of arguments on who should be the leader. Sun without uttering a word, walks off.
"I don't need help from these weakling. I can destroy the enemy all by myself."
Julius notices Sun leaving, he decides to also go out on his own. The group tries to stop the two of them but to no avail. Group A decides to device a plan to defeat group B.
"We need to find a way to separate Merlin from the rest of his team", exclaimed Flynn.
"I agree, he's by far the best candidate in this whole tournament," replies Kayn.
"Even Sun, Julius, & Arthur together would struggle to win against him," says Jett.
George walks over to Nana, who's ruminating deeply. He ask "Nana, what are you thinking?"
"Well I have an idea, but it's not going to be easy to execute."
Deep into the necropolise Sun finds himself engaged in a battle with Onyx Lovell & Jamil Nikolett. The two fighters are struggling to keep up with Suns insane speed. He thrashes & pumbles the two easily dispensing with them. As he's walking up to pick up their flags, Merlin arrives Confronting him.
"You must be Merlin?"
"And you must be Sun Wu Kang? Your pretty strong."
"Im glad we finally got to meet. Now we can see who's the strongest between us."
Sun fires off a flurry of fire ball attacks. Merlin is able to dodge them with ease. Sun shoots a giant fire ball, Merlin grabs the fireball with his hand twisting around launching it back at Sun, who enhales the fire ball into his mouth. He then breathes out the fire from his mouth like a dragon. Merlin raises a giant shield wall from the ground. Sun runs toward him punching through the wall. He's surprised as Merlin had vanished. He looks around frantically, wondering where Merlin disappeared too. Merlin who's in the air above him dives down with blinding speed. Sun realizes where Merlin is, before he's struck, Sun perform a summersault into kick, Merlins able to block his kick but is sent flying. Merlin lands on his feet shrugging off the kick.
"Wow, what a kick. I knew you were strong but I didn't know you were this strong."
Sun who doesn't say a word, just angrily looks at him, begins to infuses a large amount of dense aura into his hand. The heat emminating from his hand is so hot that his clothes begins to evaporate. He launches the intense fireball at Merlin who isn't able to dodge it in time. He's struck by the attack, completely incinerating him into ashes. As Sun is walking towards the pile of ashes, he finds himself trapped in a vortex barrier of water. In his confusion, Sun witnesses a human figure appear out of the water vortex.
"You.. you.. survived? How?"
Merlin who's standing in front of Sun who's trapped in the water vortex, grins & replies "a Magician never reveals his tricks. As he proceeds to completely freeze the vortex of water. "Now, wait here until the end of the tournament." Merlin pulls out Suns flag from the ice, proceeds to pick up his teammates and begins to walk towards his teams base. On the other side of the necropolise Lance Du'Lac is engaged in a heated battle with Julius Alexander. The two are exchanging blows, neither gaining the upper hand. Lance Du'Lac forms a lance comprised of wind. He launches a flurry of wind slashes with every swipe of the lance. Julius is able to dodge his attacks. Julius then proceeds to create a sword made of light. The two begin to fight using their elemental weapons. Both slashing, jabbing, & dodging. Their intense battle lasting for hours neither combatant is able to gain the upper hand. As the battles end nears, both combatants run out of aura. They continue there battle with habd to hand combat. Julius Alexander is barely able to gain the upper hand narrowly defeating Lance before he himself passes out from exhaustion. On the other side of the necropolise where team B is located, team A arrives Confronting team B. Siri, Nora, & Lucy are blocking team A's path with Davina standing behind them. As team A steps forward Davina creates a barrier that completely surrounds team A & the other three remaining memebers of team B.
Flynn yells to the team "it's a trap, she's trapped us inside the barrier."
Lucy glances over at Siri, cracks a smile and nods. Siri nods back at Lucy, then proceeds to blitz Jett kicking him so hard he is sent flying. Without giving him a chance to recover Siri continues to blitz him. Nora uses his her string ability wrapping it around kayn dragging him off to a far off section within the barrier, as they begin to do battle. Davina then creates a second barrier within the first barrier trapping George & Nana within it. As George and Nana desperately try to look for a way out of the barriers. Lucy begins an assault on both Arthur, and Flynn using her ice powers to keep them at bay. She launches multiple ice shards at them. Flynn pulls out all the knives he has hidden in his uniform. He throws them into the air using his aura to control & augment the power of the knives. Though his control is impeccable, Lucy is able to simultaneously create an ice shield to defend, while continuing her assault using ice shards.
"Arthur, how are we going to defeat her?"
"Im not sure, replies Arthur. I'm just glad we aren't surrounded by snow. Otherwise she'd be unstoppable."
Everything they try to rush her, she pushes them back with her attack. On the other side kayn and Nora are engaged in an intense battle with Nora slightly gaining the upper hand. On the other side Siri and Jett are battling it out intensely, with jet barely gaining edge only due to his insane speed & hand to hand combat skill.
"For a little girl your incredibly strong."
With anger in her voice Siri explodes, replying, "Little girl? I'm six and a half!!!" She begins to obliterate the surrounding area, firing a volley of powerful water blasts. Her attacks are so powerful they create craters all around the necropolise.
Jett thinks to himself, "i have to be careful, if anyone of these attacks hit me, I'm done for."
"Hey little girl."
"Stop... Calling... me... a.. little.. girl!!"
"Ok little girl, I won't call you a little girl."
Siri who's so enraged goes into a berserk state. Firing a volley of water blast in every direction completely changing the landscape.
Jett who's smiling laments "wow, what devastating power... for a little girl."
At this point siri is beyond enraged. She places both her hands into the air, as she begins to conjure a comet sized water ball.
Jett, who's now beginning to regret angering her says, "shit, I might have over done it." He then begins to infuses and incredible amount of aura in his feet. Siri launches this enormous attack, which completely drains her of her aura. Jett vanishes before the attack can connect. Siri who is confused looks around.
"Huh? Where did he go?"
Jett, who appears behind Siri says, "wow, if that would have connected i would have been dead." He then knocks her out by hitting multiple chakra points, ending the fight. As the battle continues between Kayn and Nora, we see Nora's wind strings slicing through rocks, pillars, & abandoned buildings. Kayn who's in hiding thinks to himself "damn.. I need to do something. I'm running out of places to hide." In that moment he's struck with a genius idea. He creates a wall of shadows around Nora obscuring her view of her surroundings. This cause her to go on the defensive, retracting her wind strings and creating a shield of wind. This provides Kayn the opportunity he needs to rush Nora. However, Nora is able to use her wind magic to push away the wall of shadows. She spots Kayn who's running towards her. She then traps him using her wind strings, essentially grabbing a hold of his both his right arm, left arm, and both his legs.
"Nice try, but someone like you could never defeat a person of my stature."
Kayn smiles replying, "a friend of mine once said that we gwt to make our own destinies." Kayns body then turns into a shadow as it disappears.
"What? Where did he go?"
Kayn takes advantage of the confusion, sneaking up behind Nora, striking her with a devastating shadow ball from up close instantly knocking her out. On the other side of the battle field, Flynn and Arthur continue to struggle to find a way through Lucy's defensive and offensive attacks.
"Flynn, we have to defeat her quickly. The longer this battle drags on the more likely she'll defeat us."
"Yeah, i know."
"So what do we do?"
"I have an idea, but your not going to like it."
" Ok, what's your idea?"
"Ive noticed that since she's been using a lot of aura. She's no longer able to both defend & attack simultaneously."
"Yeah, i noticed that too."
"I have a special attack i was saving for later, but I think if I don't use it now we'll definitely lose."
"A special attack? Why didn't you use it before?"
"Well, it's still incomplete, plus it uses up a lot of my aura, and I can't really defend when I use it. So I'm pretty much an open target."
"So what's the plan?"
"Im going to attack with everything I've got. While she defends with her ice shield, you'll charge in with your most powerful attack."
"Ok, got it."
Flynn begins to infuse a large amount of aura into his knives. The knives begin to duplicate themselves. They then begin to launch at Lucy with furious speed. She creates multiple ice shileds to help defend against her attack. Taking advantage of this weakness. Arthur charges, he landing a powerful punch made of pure light. This completely shatters Lucy's Shileds, sending her flying across the battlefield, instantly knocking her out. Before he could celebrate, he turns around to find flynn completely unconscious.
"Flynn must have expended all of his aura."
On the other side, Nana is able to free herself and George by punching through the first barrier surrounding them.
"Nana, you did it!"
"Davinas used most her her aura so her barriers have weakend."
"We should go check up on everyone."
"Agreed, except Dabinas still dangerous. I'm going to go make sure she doesn't create more barriers."
"Wait you think she can create more barriers?"
"There's no doubt about it George. She's one of the strongest candidates here. You should go help the others, I'll deal with Davina."
The two nod at each other, then proceeds to go there opposite ways. While George searches for his friends, Nana makes her way towards Davina. When she arrives she completely obliterates the main barrier with her monstrous punch.
Nana who stands in front of an exhausted Davina says, "it's over Davina, both your barriers are completely destroyed."
Davina cracks a smile replying, "you still don't get it do you?"
"Get what?"
"I didn't create those barriers to trap you. I created them to stall you."
"What do you mean to stall us?"
"By now your friends have defeated my teammates... well maybe not all of them. Merlin.. he should be arriving anytime soon."
"I guess we'll just have to defeat him, like we did your teammates." Nana then proceeds to knock Davina out with a punch to the face. The remaining memebers of team A regroup.
George who's excited yells out to the group, "Nana, Arthur, Kayn we did it!"
"Yeah we absolutely did george," replies kayn.
Arthur smiles and says "it wasn't easy but I think we just won."
George looks over at Nana, "Nana, what's wrong?"
With a heavy look on her face Nana replies "Merlin."
"What do you mean, merlin?", replies George?
"Davina, she told me their strategy wasn't to stop us, but to prolong the battle until Merlin arrived."
George notices a scared look on Arthur's face, "Arthur, why do you look so scared."
"Because Merlin is the youngest Mage in my country of Elysium to join the Round Table of Knights."
"Round Table of Knights? What's that?"
"They are the most elite Magicians in our country. Merlin is considered a mage prodigy. His abilities is on par with that of a star Mage."
"Star Mage?"
Kayn interrupts "George, there are several classification of mages. The first classification is an academy level. This is the lowest tier a mage can be. Then there's a second class mage, the second tier. Then there's a first class mage, Julius & Sun are first tier mages. Next is a starting mage, which is the fourth tier."
Arthur interrupts, "exactly! There are only two other tiers above a Star Mage. There's a Magician or Sorcerer, & GrandMaster."
Yes, says Kayn "Star Mage is equivalent to a second luteniant. You, me, & Nana are second class mages."
"Wait, so what is Arthur?"
"Even though I'm the son of the king, I'm only a first class mage. If what Davina said is true, we're in deep trouble."
In that moment the air became thick, Merlin appears in front of them.
"So you guys managed to defeat my teammates, & look at all those flags you've collected. You might as well hand them over to me now, and save yourselves the trouble of getting embarrassed by me in front of all the spectators watching."
George steps forward with strength in his eyes, "I'll never give up, I never quit."
"I guess I'll have to take it from you by forced then." Merlin rushes team A. First he thrashes a nearly exhausted Arthur into the ground, knocking him out with a powerful water blast from upclose. He picks up Arthur's flag. "Would you look at that, the 15 point flag. Now it seems our teams are even. All I need to do now is take one of your flags and I win."
George steps up, "you can try but you won't succeed."
Merlin smile, right before he rushes George, who manages to dodge Merlins attack. He trys to counter with a swipe of his sword. Merlin easily dodges, and counters with a kick to George's sternum. Nana jumps in nearly landing a devastating punch. Kayn tries to land a punch of his own, but once again Merlin is able to dodge it. Kayn quickly creates a wall of shadow blocking Merlins vision. Nana is then able to use the distraction to connect with a powerful punch sending Merlin flying. As Merlin gets back up, a gong sound rings throughout the battle field. "Dear candidates, there is five minutes left." A five minute countdown appears in the sky. Merlin in dispersion begins to fire off a volley of water blasts, while simultaneously rushing the remaining memebrs of team A. The remaining combats fight until the very last second.
"Harvest candidates, stop!" Sudenly, a group of marked robbed mages appear. They puck up and grab every candidate who was unconscious. One of the blacked robed mages ask the remaining candidates to hand over their flags. He then proceeds to counts the points on each flag.
"Team A, 55 points. Team B, 45 points. Team A is the winner."
Completely shocked by the outcome Merlin shouts, "how, we were tied 50 50?"
Kayn replies, "When I placed up that wall of shadows, I had shrouded the area where you had the flags hidden."
Nana interjects "we knew you'd be distracted by the shadow, so right before I landed my attack, I managed to grab a five point flag."
"And I was unaware because simultaneously you landed a punch. How clever of you."
George steps forward, "wow Merlin, Arthur wasn't joking. You really are strong." George then extends his hand out to Merlin. "I hope we can be friends after this."
Merlin smiles extending his hand, shaking George's hand. "It's would be an honor to be your friend George. But just know this, next time we face each other, I will defeat you."
George starts laughing, "you can definitely try."
The remaining candidates walk into Harvester Pods and are then transported back to the the Plant. There they are treated by Grand Magi Gold-crest.
"Congratulations candidates, today you have proven yourselves to be worth mages. Please make tour way back to the lounge. You have three days to rest, train, heal, and recuperate. Prepare yourselves, for your next test awaits."
The remaining candidates make there way to lounge there they recuperate their strengths. George who's relaxing at sona thinks to himself, "man I forgot how awesome and big the lounge is. We even have healers who help use healing magic to heal our wounds. I feel good as new." After three days have passed the candidates are called back to the arena. There they are told to stand on the stage in front of all the spectators. Grand Magi Gold-crest begins to speak. "Congratulations final candidates. Out of the original thirty thousand candidates, you eight have survived. So far you have proven your worth as mages and you will have yet another chance to show the world your futures. This next test is a simple one. We have designed an obstacle course that is specifically designed to test your abilitys. Essentially, the eight of you will race from start to finish. The first four candidates to reach the finish line and complete the race will advance to the next phase of the Harvest Festivals. Once again, it is time for you to prove to the world, and yourselves whome among you, is the best of the best. May lady luck be ever on your side, may the progenitor of faith smile upon those whome he deems worthy. Now please make your way to the course area." The candidates make there way to the Harvester Pod area where the race will take place. Each candidate nervouse, anxiously awaiting the signal to start, so that they may go through the Harvester Pod . The signal goes off. None of the eight candidates waste any time, they all take off. The eight candidates first make their way through a fields of miniature volcanic geysers. That release a poisonous fume that paralyzes & slowly kills anyone who inhales it. They then proceeds to make there way through a jungle filled with dangerous Wooly mammoth gorrillas. After fighting through, they narrowly make it to the next loction. They reach a giant palace called the upside down palace. Once inside the candidates discover why it's called the upside down palace. The palace is a magical building where there is no sense of direction. There is no up, down, left, right, north, south, east, or west. Every few minutes the rooms rearranges it's self. The palace is designed to not only rearrange itself, but to separate each candidate from the rest. After hours of making their way through the Upside Down Palace, the final candidates reaches the finishline. The final bell rings. The candidates are welcomed back to the staging area by GrandMaster Gold-crest.
"Congratulations candidates, you have made it to through the obstacle course. You have survived this far on skill, wit, perseverance, and instinct. You have proven to everyone watching, an more importantly to yourselves that you have what it takes to be a true mage. Unfortunately, only four of you will be able to pass through to the next phase of the Harvest Festival. So when your name is called please step forward. Julius Alexander, Flynn Nightwing, Jett Lee, and last but not least George Lydia. You four have made it on to the next phase. To the other candidates who have made it this far. Do not be dismayed! Your efforts were not in vein. You have shown to us all, that your futures are illuminated by the passion and the desire to be great mages. Your story will not end today. No no no, your story is only beginning. For the final four candidates in the next phase you will compete in one on one battles until one of you is crowned the champion of this year's harvest festivals. Please make your way to the resting area until you are called back to the arena. After a few days of recovery, George and Flynn are called up to the arena. The arena is filled with excitement, the smell of victory is in the air. The announcer with vigor in his voice begins to shout, "Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the battles to commence. Our first two candidates will be between Flynn Nightwin and George Lydia. I hope you're ready folks as the battle is about to begin." As the battle begins George swings his sword, Flynn blocks it with his knife blades. The two exchange attacks back and forth. George once again swings his sword, Flynn jumps into the air using the the momentum of George's sword to fly backwards. He then proceeds to use his multiple flying blade attack. George is struggling to defend against it. With each moment Flynns blades connect wounding George.
"Damn, I can't keep this up. I need to do something quick, or I'm going to lose this battle" George thinks to himself.
George is then struck with a brilliant idea. He prepares himself in a wide stance, gripping his sword with vice like grip. His saints sword begins to illuminate. Flynn and the crowd are blinded by the light eminating from his sword. "Saint slash tornado!" George swings his sword while spinning. This creates a vortex of wind, blowing away not only Flynns blades; but Flynn himself. Flynn is sent flying towards the crowd. He throws another blade he had hidden, backwards, using it to push off of it, forward. He narrowly escapes being pushed out of the arena. George not giving him a chance to land on the stage launches another saints slashes this one even strong then the last, completey obliterating the stage sending Flynn flying out of the ring. The crowd in absolute shock and disbelief. The entire arena is as quite as night. A pin drop could be heard throughout the entire arena. The announcer breaks the silence.
"Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner!" As the crowd erupts in a frenzy. George who's standing in the middle of the decimated ring, faints from pure exhaustion. He's then carried away to the recovery station. The announcer begins to announce the next match.
"For our second match we have Julius Alexander the prince and future king of Titania, and his opponent The fifth prince of Kyo-Shang Jett Lee. The battle between Julius and Jett is intense. Each exchanging and defending against each other's attacks. As the battle rages, Jett begins to unravel his hand wrapping. A piece of the wrap falls baby on the ground creating a small craterous dent on the ground. The crowd is in shock. The announcer rages "wha.. what did we just see? There's a dent on the ground from where the hand wrapping landed." Jett beings to explain to Julius how his hand wraps are made from a special material that infuses and stores aura. It also allows him to augment both his quickness and his strength. In an instance he disappears.
"Hes fast! I can barely see him" Julis thinks to himself."
The announcers shouting in the background "where did he go? Jett Lee just vanished."
Jett reappears behind Julius striking him with a devastating blow sending him flying. Julius tries t recover, Jett isn't giving him any chance to do so, he continues with a flurry of powerful attacks. Julius is unable to defend even with his light aura. After multiple combinations of attacks Jett strikes Julius with a powerful final punch that knocks Julius unconscious.
The announcer screaming "that the match folks, we have a winner. I don't think any of us thought Julius would be the loser of the match."
Grandmaster Gold-Crest walks up to the stage " what a wonderful exhibition, these young mages are proving to us why they are the future. All of mages watching today should be filled with nothing but absolute pride. To our two remaining candidates, get your rest. In two days you will compete in the final challenge. A challenge that will not only test your physical abilities, but your inner strength as well. You will face the strongest opponent you will ever face. May you rise above the challenges of tomorrow and forever."
After a few days of rest and relaxation, George and Jett are called to the arena stage, as they are paraded through the arena. The announcer with excitement in his voice begins to hype up the up coming match between the two candidates. He introduces each both candidates. The two candidates step forward as the match begins. They rush each other, exchanging punches. Jett takes a step back unwrapping his arm wrap. His speed and attack exponentially increase, as he rushes George. George is unable to defend against Jett, who lands multiple combinations. George finds himself disadvantaged. George tries to counter swinging his sword. Jett easily dodges, grabbing the sword out of George's hand, while kicking him a cross the arena stage. Jett throws George's sword out of the ring, leaving George weaponless.
"George, we may be friend, we maybe allies, this is still a competition. I can't afford to lose to you today."
George spits out blood, "Yeah, i know, that's why I can't lose to you either. I'm going to become a legendary hero one day. I can't lose today."
"Legendary hero huh? My father, the ruler of my country of Kyo-Shang has 12 wives from 12 different clans. Each of my fathers wife, including my mother has bore the emperor my father children. In Kyo-Shang culture the children from each tribe must prove to be supreme. Most princes and princesses are killed off, as there is a secret succession war that goes on."
"Succession war? Killed off? What do you mean?"
"There's are only three ways to become the emperor of Kyo-Shang. The first is to be have all the other children crown you the Emporor. I'm the 10th prince of Kyo-Shang, a memeber of the Lee clan. Usually inorder to get all the princes to vote for you, youd need to be the oldest. The second is to have all the other children assassinated. And thirdly is to distinguish yourself as the strongest and most capable by the reigning emperor. The easiest way is to assassinate your siblings. However, I find this kind of thing barbaric. I refuse to kill my siblings. That's why I must win today to distinguish myself."
Before George could reply, Jett once again rushes George. Jett once again kicks George across the arena.
"Im telling you this as a friend. Give up or die."
George slowly gets back up laughing up blood. "Giving up is not an option. You have something to prove, so do I. I promised my grandpa that I would one day become a legendary hero." In that moment George put out his hand. The Saints Sword which was thrown out the ring begins to glow a blinding light. The sword Ascalon then flies towards George who grabs it mid-air. Great power emirates from it. "Saints... Slash!" In one swing George sends an enormously big and powerful aura infused wind slashes at Jett who is unable to dodge the powerful attack. In order to protect the crowd GrandMaster Gold-crest creates a forcefield of barriers around the crowd behind Jett. George's attack is so powerful i completely shatters the barrier injuring the crowd. As the dust clears, Jett is on the ground unconscious. The crowd who's in utter silence erupts as the announcer announces George the winner of the match. "I can't believe this ladies and gentlemen. George who's was seen as the underdog of this match is final candidate standing. No one at the beginning of the harvest festival had though that an unknown commoner third year student would be the winner." Once the crowd had settled down and the arena was cleaned up. All the remaining candidates had returned to the stage. Grandmaster Gold-Crest standing in the middle projecting himself onto the sky.
"Dear candidates, you are the remaining light that has survived the test of darkness. Yesterday's struggles, is tomorrow's triumph. Today you stand infront of the world as champions. Champions of yesterday, champions of today, & champions of tomorrow. You are the light that will illuminate the future. Today is a day for celebration, for each of you have completed the magi ritual that is the harvest festival. As you step forward into your futures, i hope you shape your destinies into one that lights the way for many generations. And as for our champion George Lydia. Today you have proven to not only yourself but to the world that destiny has chosen you to be the champion of Fate. Young mage, I wish for you to step forward into your new destiny, as a beacon of inspiration to the next generation. You are the champion of the day. Take up your mantle and rise to become the champion of tomorrow. All of you must now step forward into tomorrow with a sense of renewed faith. You are the future. You are worthy of taking up the the mantle of Magi."
The crowd erupts into a frenzy. As the candidates bow and accept their Congratulations. As the candidates walk off stage headed to the back. Nana and Kayn rush over to meet up with George.
"George! I can't believe we made it passed the entire ritual. Even more i can't believe you won."
"Yeah, I can't believe it either Nana. It was only because of our friendship. All three of us did amazing."
Kayn steps up, "Yeah, now we get to join one of the major houses.
"I wonder what Order we'll become a part of."
"Yeah, same here. I'm excited to get access to the mages library. Now I can begin my search to learn about my dad."
George wraps his arms around both nana and Kayn, "yeah Nana, and hopefully find him. And Kayn, after today people should have more respect for your family now. Today is the beginning of our destinies. "
The three friends smile as they walk off into the distance.