Story of the Week, Contest

First off, the contest is over tomorrow. Any late entries will make your part smaller. Now one person I expect to comment but I'm gonna keep it fair. She'll be a main character but not such a big part.

Other things, I am making a new segment: Story of the Week! I make this bi-weekly and it may be like a story Sun.-Wed. then Wed.-Sat. Today's story is "Tales of the Wizarding World." by Rogan WillowBlood.

From the snowy peaks of Grizzleheim, to the developed city of Marleybone, and all the way to the lush gardens of Moo Shu, the wizards dwelled. They inhabited all six of the diverse realms and they all respected their leader, Merle Ambrose. Up until now, there had been no disturbance in all of the Wizarding World, but times have changed. A hundred years have past since the Ragnoroc warriors where defeated, and a thousand years had past since Malstaire, and order had been restored, but a young Fire wizard, by the name of Sebastian Darkflame, has left Wizard City with a strong hatred of Merle. He has terrorized Krokotopia over the past four years, enslaving the natives and herding the resisting wizards into concentration camps. His minions, also known as Gemni, have swarmed into the Temple of the Sun, ravenged the Temple of Ice, and burned down the Temple of Storm. Sebastian had destroyed Wizard City, killed Merle Ambrose, and banned Wizarding from the known Wizarding World. And now, something had to be down, no one knew what, but something had to change...

The summer month of the Gathering always made Adrian Mistyhorn smile. His pet Bloodhound, Capricorn, rolled around in the mud, happy as ever. Even if his mother was taken away from him, his father was murdered by a Gemni, and his sister was brainwashed into Sebastian’s Princess, he still couldn't help smiling. With all he new happenings like the Harvest Festival and the Night of Alignment, people couldn't help briefly forgetting their troubles, even if they where big.

The bell to symbolize the afternoon security check rang; the Gemni Security Squad would be at his house soon. Adrian grabbed Capricorn and headed back to his small rundown shack he liked to call a home. He walked down the Eastern Road feeling lucky he hadn't been put into a concentration camp…. yet. If he had, there would be a lot more serious things to worry about than security checks. As he past Nikko Salamandertongue's House he saw the grotesque Gemni shoving a grim looking Nikko out of his home. He was being arrested. These days, you can get arrested for anything. Ramona Newtfinger was taken away because they found a suspicious looking spatula in her kitchen.

After the slightly depressing walk back home, he saw that one of the security squads was at his house, waiting for him. One of the Gemni's stepped forward and stated the security law that had to be declared every security check.

"This is Security Squad Number 4423-37. We have the right to search your house for any suspicious or harmful objects or papers referring to the wizardry or Sebastian, the Insipient Ruler of the Wizarding World."

Adrian knew nothing could be done of the Squad so he unlocked his door and calmly showed them inside. Adrian knew that the more you resisted the Squads the more likely it was of them to "find" something. So he showed them all the crevices of the house and everything was fine until they got to the kitchen.

"What is this?" one of the Gemni's asked rudely.

"It's a stick I found!" Adrian replied as calmly as possible, but he knew that they had found the wand that he had accidently left out that morning. "I found it yesterday near the Oasis." When saying that, Adrian knew he had made two big mistakes. The first being, the Oasis was off limits. He should be arrested for saying just that. Secondly, when he said it, he grabbed the wand. The thing about wands is that when a Wizard touches one, it activates. So when Adrian grabbed the wand, sparks flew across the room. Straight into one of the Gemni's face.

The Gemni's brown eyes rolled to the back of its head and he fell to the ground unconscious. The other three stood still for a moment, but then realized had had happened.

"You are under arrest" the squad leader shouted as he pulled out his Anti-Wizard Stun Baton. Adrian responded quickly with one of the only two spells he knew.

"Andrius Belicarus!" he yelled instinctively. A ray of sparks hit the leader square in the face. He slammed to the floor and the Stun Baton rolled over to Adrian who grabbed it and chucked it at another Gemni. As the Baton made contact with the Gemni's chest, electricity flowed through its body and completely vaporized the creature. The third Gemni didn't know what to do so he ran. Out of the house and down the street yelling "Fugitive! Fugitive!"

Instantly, five more squads rushed out of different houses along the road. Adrian could see the run away Gemni pointing out his house. Twenty Gemni's all charged for his house, and that's when it happened. A lone arrow struck one of the Gemni's in the back of the head, sparks dashed along his armor until he was vaporized. Then a group of about ten Fugitive Warriors jumped out behind one of the sandy dunes. Three of the carried electric spears and the others had bows and arrows. They ran into the cluster of Gemni and the fight broke out. Gemni were vaporized and wizards were injured, but in the end, all twenty of the Gemni were gone, but four of the wizards were still standing, one was dead, and the others were rolling on the ground in pain.

One of the uninjured wizards, a girl, was helping a few of the injured warriors on the ground. Her brown hair covered a grim face. Adrian jogged over and waited for a few seconds as she bandaged one of the warrior’s arms. The girl glared at him and started to walk away.

“Hey!” Adrian yelled after her. The girl turned back and scowled. “Uhh thanks for um saving me… I guess.”

“I don’t know who you think you are, but for some reason Kyran thinks you’re important, but to me you’re dirt. One of my men died because we had to come rescue you. I mean, what’s so special about you?” the girl raged.

“I’m…. I’m a wizard.”

Adrian knew that would do it, ever since Wizarding was banned from the known world, the Wizards had been hunted down one by one. The world was becoming dependent on Sebastian and his technology. Sebastian had been sure that he hadn’t tracked down all of the Wizards from the Merle’s School, but just in case he was sending out the security checks. Everyone knew that was the real reason fro him do send out about a thousand Gemni a day.

The girl examined him for a second. “All right, prove it!” she laughed.

“Andrius Belicarus!” Adrian chanted, as he whipped out his oak wand. Sparks flew as a ray shot from the wand and hit a rock which sizzled, but didn’t do anything big like blow. The girl smirked.

“Unimpressive, but at least I know I can trust you. I’m Sarah Frostcatcher, leader of Rebel Base Alpha. I’m in charge of taking back this section of Krokotopia.” The girl smiled. “It looks like you have no where to turn, the Gemni are after you. Soon, even Sabastian will know about you…… I suggest you follow me.


The desert wind whipped around Adrian Mistyhorn as he trailed behind the girl. Capricorn, his pet bloodhound, dragged behind slowly. His red fur glinting in the late afternoon light. The precession of the ten tired people trudged on through the Krokotopian sand. Some of the warriors sported bandages and slung arms from the recently fought battle, but they all knew it was worth it. Adrian was one of the last remaining free wizards in the Wizarding World. Ever since Sebastian Darkflame had taken over Krokotopia, murdered Merle Ambrose, destroyed Wizard City, and put the remaining wizard population in concentration camps, a man named Kyral had been gathering the remaining free people into a rebellion.

“When are we going to get there?” Adrian moaned. The group had been trudging through the hot sand. As he said that, a small makeshift camp came into view. Several people dotted the camp, cleaning weapons, stocking supplies, and quietly chatting.

The girl led Adrian to a large building in the center of the camp. An old man waited by the building. As they approached the man, he smiled” And who might this be Sarah? Could it be Adrian?" the old man's eyes light up. “Yes of course it is. Good work Sarah, can you tell Brenda to come to me please." Sarah left the two to go get whoever this Brenda is. "Now, where were we? Oh yes! My name is Kyral, and I lead this resistance. I know who you are Adrian; I know what you are, where you came from, and where you would've gone if I hadn't stepped in. You are a wizard, just like me, one of the last remaining alive!"

"Alive? I thought the others were just put into concentration camps." Adrian replied. This man made him slightly uneasy.

"Oh no," the man looked grim. "They've been killing them, not just holding them, but killing them to! Sebastian tries to hide the fact, but my spies see all, hear all, and unfortunately, smell all!" Kyral laughed at his own joke. The man's smile wrinkles made Adrian feel a little steadier about him. As they talked, a short woman approached. He wizards hat slumped over sideways on her round, pudgy head. She smiled as she approached. Adrian could sense a warm, magical glow resonating from her heart, a spell no doubt. Another surviving wizard no doubt.

"Hello little one!" Adrian smiled at the irony. “My name is Brenda, and I am the camps tailor, I'll be outfitting you for some new wizard’s cloths!" the woman giggled.

"Wizards cloths? Why do I need them?"

"Because I'll be training you!" said Kyral. "Another wizard is always good, but without the proper training, you're not much use!"

About a half hour later.

Adrian shifted uncomfortably in the overheated room that was the Wizardry Class. Kyral had started the class awhile ago and was now explaining a Blood Bat Spell in unnecessarily high detail. Brenda stood in the corner watching Adrian. The room was empty except for the three of them, no other wizards apparently. Adrian started to drift off when Kyral's statement broke through to him.

"Okay, with the movement of your wand in the Dominic Von Tralio Hand Flick, please cast the spell.

“Blugarious Mythicos!” yelled Adrian. A blood bat shimmered into the air and immediately proceeded to destroy the room.

The Blood Bat instantly disintegrated as Kyral cast a Disintagralus Mythicos spell.

"Well, Myth obviously isn't the school for you, let's try storm," Kyral shrugged. A boy ran into the room yelling "Attack! We are under attack!"

Kyral looked up from his massive spell book with a look of terror on his face. "Gemni?"

The boy shook his head "A whole legion! They somehow arrived at the eastern gate undetected!" the boy, of about twelve, was also a wizard. Adrian could see the wand tucked into his belt. Brenda had left the classroom and with her, the warm, friendly presence that emanated from her. Adrian started to zone out when Kyral grabbed him and lead him out the room.

"It must be Jiloo!" Kyral was explaining to the other wizard boy on the way out. "He is the only Gemni to ever possess any magical powers."

The three of them swiftly walked to a defense tower where Sarah was waiting with a group of about fifty other non-magical folk. Her hair was tied up in the back and she was gripping two electrified katanas.

"The Gemni have overwhelmed our Eastern front, my battalion will head in to intercept them." Sarah looked quite afraid as she gave the report.

"Take Timothy with you, any life wizard as good as him can help a lot," Kyral ordered. Sarah nodded, and she along with the fifty warriors and the boy, whose name was apparently Timothy left. Kyral and Adrian stood by the tower watching them depart as Brenda approached them.

"I have your battle armor, Kyral." the Brenda stated. She was holding the most elegant wizard's robe Adrian had ever seen. It was green and black with a purple trim. Kyral noticed Adrian admiring it.

"It's an original battle cloak from Grizzleheim, one of the last in fact. Ever since Grizzleheim cut of their connection with the other worlds, there have only been a few here and there." Kyral took pride in his armor as he put it on. "The cloak amplifies life and death spells. Quite a match if you ask me."

Kyral, Benda, and Adrian ascended the ladder to the top of the defense tower. A magical ballista was perched on the western side. Adrian could see the whole camp from up there. In the west, there was a battle raging. He could hear the clink of metal against metal and the buzz of electricity running through the air. A massive green light flashed as a green sphere of energy enveloped the battlefield.

“I better go help Sarah with Jiloo, no offense to Timothy, but a life wizard is the most useful in one of these situations.” laughed Kyral.

With that, Kyral jumped out of the defense tower and flew of towards the battlefield.

“You better go help dear, I’m sure they’ll need it.” ordered Brenda. As Adrian slid down the ladder, Brenda took over the ballista and fired away.

Adrian ran, hard. The first Gemni he saw, he quickly plowed down with an Andrius Belicarus spell. Eventually, he saw more people on his side. They fought along side him, defending their freedom. Then he saw it, a massive mechanical bull. On top of it was a single Gemni, he held a wand that glinted against his blood red, glass eye. The Gemni wore battle armor, and also besides the wand, held a mace. Adrian knew who this was, it was Jiloo.

Jiloo trampled a whole squad of warriors, and with the flick of his wand, sent masses of warriors flying through the air. He noticed Adrian and smirked, his laugh bringing pain to Adrian's ears.

"Icicon Blizario!" Jiloo shouted and out of nowhere, massive icy rocks started hurtling through the air towards Adrian. He easily dodged one and blasted another. And as the third came rushing towards him, Adrian saw Kyral with Sarah and Timothy running toward Jiloo.

Timothy casted a life shield on Adrian and the ice rock blew up as it came into contact with him. Jiloo hopped off his bull and ran towards Kyral. The two enemy wizards clashed into battle and all Adrian could do was watch as they cast magnificent spells of all sorts that he had never seen before. It looked like Sarah and Timothy were having the same problem. The helped out when they could but for the most part, they were just watching in awe.

When it looked like Kyral was finally getting the upper hand, Jiloo would get creative and strike with a weird move. The fight went on until Brenda noticed the sparks flying in the distance. From her watchtower, she new what to do. She aimed the ballista and fired.

Adrian saw the electricity coming. A bolt of lightning blasting through the air until it collided with its target. The shock wave sent Kyral flying, but the bolt had done its job. Jiloo crumpled to the ground.

"I will kill you all!" laughed Jiloo as he started to get up. But before he could get to his full height, a look of shock spread on his face. He groaned and as a sword dug its way out of his chest. Adrian pulled his sword out as the Gemni dissolved into nothing...