*** Mr. Chaney, the dorm head had come to his bunk side in the early hours of the morning and woke him up, and Lance was startled, thinking it was Jodge come to fight him again. When was he ever going to rid himself of the nightmare that Jodge was proving to be, or the images of last night that played on in his dreams. "Lance, wake up" Mr. Chaney said in his black night robe. He had probably decided Lance was still sleepy-headed and needed another nudging. "Lance?""I'm awake..I'm awake" "Good get up..the Professor is asking for you" Lance woke up fully then, his eyes widening and the environment becoming clearer. ".Lance couldn't shake the feeling of dread that had settled in his stomach when he heard the news.He sprang upright from his bed. "Why..why is he asking for me?" "Ask him when you meet him now will you..and be quick, don't keep him waiting" He got out of his bed and out of the dorm then walked quickly along the hallway taking the road that led to Professor Trevor's

Lance took a deep breath and began to speak, his voice trembling with emotion. "Jodge and I...we umm.. have not been in good terms, we've fought a lot lately. But it doesn' mean I harmed him, I'd never do that" He lied, petrified of the alarming probability that he was going to be in deep trouble if Jodge didn't wake up. They had to take Jodge to the Apothecary, that was the solution. But he had only cast a fire spell, how could this be so? He'd only take full responsibility for his actions if it turned out it was a result of a spell that was cast. "To be honest Mr. Chaney, I think there's something wrong with Jodge...I mean we've been friends for quite some time..good friends at that and we didn't quarrel, Liam can testify to that...then all of a sudden he changed and started behaving irrationally, he'd want to harm everyone and take risks that'd bring danger to the people around him.""That's a lie Sir, Jodge would never do that, he was a good guy. Lance had kicked him out of his

Jodge's eyes snapped open as he suddenly awoke from his unconscious state. He looked around and saw shelves of potions, salves and Vials and realized that he was lying in the medic ward of the Apothecary, and that he was alone. He sat up in bed and felt a sharp pain in his head, his fever had deteriorated but it still left it's remnant ache in his head. He tried to stand up, but he felt weak and dizzy. The room was dimly lit because the curtains had been closed, and that the only light came from rays seeping in through the main building of the Apothecary. He sat up, trying to gather his thoughts and recall the things that had happened, but they were fuzzy, distant and stubborn, unwilling to come to him now that he needed them. He suddenly heard a voice in his head. It was the voice of the Eskern demon that had possessed him. The demon snarled, "You fool! Let me out now" Jodge held the totem out of his robe pocket. Luckily, no one had searched him and found it. "I call you fort

He concentrated again and the flames grew, and turned to the animal of his choosing just like he'd done before, nothing had changed. So what had changed? Lance immediately began to try out other spells. The Portal spell, and the time spell he knew and found that he could still wield them too."This is amazing," he said, a smile spreading across his face. "I thought I had lost my magic forever.""I'm glad that's the case..and we were able to figure this out," Glenda said, her own smile matching his. "We'll have to work on figuring out what caused your magic to go and how to fix it permanently."Liam nodded in agreement. "We'll figure it out together," he said. "But for now, let's focus on getting you back to full strength."As they talked, Frank and Mara were astonished as they looked on. "there is something I haven't told any of you specifically, except for Glenda and Liam.,""Why do those two have to be the first to know your secrets, feels more like you three are the team and we

"Get out of my way Allan" Glenda screamed and shot forward towards the next Beeny. But Liam was unto it as well and shot it down, then he waved at Glenda as they Level two's cheered. "Allan's a jerk, just like Jodge, let him be" He shouted before zooming off. The Noises from the students weren't reducing, especially from the Level Threes, mostly because they were the ones who were winning. The competition was fierce with teams jockeying for position and trying to outmaneuver each other. The Beenys were fast and elusive, but the students were determined to catch as many as they could. Glenda knocked in another arrow and targeted the Beeny she had spotted running close to a row of mahogany trees. She hadn't shot down any Beeny and this was going to be her first shot. But Allan took it again, the arrow going straight through the Beeny and dropping it. Glenda groaned at him, gritting her teeth and fiercely and at that moment, Lance could see the warrior she could become, the fierce