Truvius and Ronan eventually returned to the room to get their combat suits, but stopped outside their door when they heard the caterwauling cries of the dragon. They both exchanged a knowing nod.It was a trap.Definitely a trap.Ronan quietly unlocked the door, then whipped it open as fast as he could, getting ready to dodge any obstacle the dragon had ready for him. It was sitting out of reach of the door, its mouth hanging open from the caterwaul he'd interrupted. The dragon looked silently at him, then it's ears perked up and with one swift jump it latched onto his leg like a clawed koala."It's hugging you!" Phantom cooed.A happy hug was the last thing on his mind while the dragon dug its claws into his leg to seal its position. All he could do was scream ow a number of times, and try to shake the attachment off of his captured leg, while Truvius cringed away, valuing his fingers over rescuing his friend.When the dragon was done hugging his leg, it jumped off and bounded onto

The class went on, the types of attacks changing every few minutes, yet still sticking to the fairly harmless theme. Talli managed to give Ronan a couple good whacks, and almost decapitated him with a stick, but he was forced to remain her partner. She'd apologized past the point of sincerity, and was intent on telling Ronan it wasn't her intention to give him a near death experiences every five minutes, but her reassurance, paired with Mr. Mudelin's lack overall lack of care, completely failed to comfort Ronan.Phantom mainly amused himself through irritating the dragon, but whenever Ronan messed up a word he was saying, he would correct him without fail, and of course let loose an ageless cackle at Ronan's mortified facial expressions when a stick got a little too close to his vitals. The end of class eventually came after an eternity of glancing at the clock, and he hadn't done a single spell perfectly, or passably.He could feel his chances of expulsion growing with each scribble

The dragon snorted at Red, his wrinkled snout softening as he sniffed the air with growing curiosity. He found the source of the mysterious scent on Veronica, pressing his nose against the small bump under the shoulder fabric of her jacket. Veronica quickly shifted away, but the dragon simply stretched his neck out in response and let out a low purr-like warble at the bump on her shoulder.The bump responded with a small chirp, and a bright yellow beak popped out from the collar of her jacket, followed by the feathery head of a cute bird with big fiery eyes. It chirped again at the dragon, and pulled the rest of its tiny body out of Veronica's jacket to show off its glowing red feathers with blue and green highlights.The Phoenix hopped along Veronica's arm and jumped onto the dragon's head without any protest, allowing its long feathery tail to droop over the dragon's nose as it sang a small song."I swear dragon, if you try to eat Cinder she'll roast you like Summer Snapperfish." Ve

Ronan stormed over to the loose piece of the wall and jammed his fingers into the grooves. The piece shifted, but he couldn't get enough grip on it to pull it out."I need something pointy..." He stared at Phantom and quickly dropped his flat lips to a frown at the idiocy in his words. Reaching into his shirt, he pulled out his necklace, pried at the piece of wall until he heard a pop, and the piece of loose stone swung open like a bank vault, releasing a thick cloud of white dust that blasted his ebony bangs.As Ronan coughed and shook the dust off his face, Phantom formed an orb of light in his hand, holding it up to the small, dark vault to illuminate a polished white rock. It was sitting snugly at the back of the dusty opening, and held a smaller-in-size resemblance to the white, path opening rocks peppering the forest."There's a Ceptrum controlling it? You don't happen to have one do you?"Ronan stared at the glossy object with a confused frown. "A Ceptrum?""That white stone. I

The shadow lifted its head to show off its spine chilling face, and slowly crawled towards Ronan. Although his heart was racing out of pure dread, he continued to point at the thing with a shaky arm, while constantly looking at Red, and wondering what the heck he was trying to do. The shadow got so close he was forced to back up, but as he was doing so he stepped on a smooth sheet of metal that didn't feel attracted to his foot, ripping his balance away so he fell against a bookshelf and sent hoards of dust flying everywhere with the impact.His necklace had become unbearably hot, and with his free hand he tore it off and threw it to his side. The shadow stopped for an eternity filled second and looked at where the necklace had fallen, then turned its attention back to him, its tendrilly mass pulling forwards with a wispy sigh. Puff leapt in its path, his soft white fur hardened into a coat of shimmering scales as he gave the creature a yipping growl, letting loose a bubble of a fireb