I'm so lucky that Angela and her family are Avi fans

CAUSE I GOING TO MIDNIGHT SHOWING PEOPLES!!! WHOOOO!

All I got.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! CELESTIA NO SUB!!!! YAAAAAAAY! AVATAR IN FOUR DAYS!!!! JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY!!!! JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY!!!!

CELESTIA COMING OUT ON TEST SOON?!?!?!

AWESOME!


Except for one tiny thing: No, make that one BIG thing....



WE HAS NO SUB ANYMORE!!!!


(Gasps)



Yup, that's right. We converted to crowns. Cody got that special 60,000 crowns for $60, it was all money from his birthday in May. He spent 15,000 for the Valkerie Set and the Cerluean Edge, countless on henchmen, and because of that we've got the following worlds:

All of Wizard City
Most of Krokotopia
None of Marleybone (But I've got a Marley house... I can practially go there)
Most of Mooshu
All of Dragonspyre
None of Grizzlehiem

And because we don't have a sub.....



NO CELESTIA!!!!


WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!


(Sniffles) Well, I guess I couldn't go there anyways, being a magus and all. Only a magus and the LOWEST LEVELED BLOGGER ON THE SPHERE! It feels AWFUL. WAAAAA!


Well, all of you have fun in Celestia when Cody and I can't go. :( :( :( :( :( :( :(


BUT


ON ZE BRIGHT SIDE......


FOUR DAYS TILL AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER MOVIE! : D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D (Notice the countdown I installed hint hint)


Well, see ya, a sad yet very happy Destiny Seagem.

This is more or less (Whichever you decide) about DA BIG TOPIC!!! (DON DON DON!!)

No, the DA BIG TOPIC isn't about the noob thing.

But still, first, a word (or two. Nah, way more then that) about the noob deal:

In Alphabetical order:

A Savior of the Spiral 
Cody the Necromancer
Pie-Loving Necromancer 
A Sorcerer of the Spiral
Wandering Conjurer 
Wizard101 Addict

Not to mention this button (One that apparently that my friend Alia made XD):

I can't believe that my post about not calling people noobs made it to SEVEN DIFFERENT BLOGS!

Then I looked through Central and some different comments on this blog, and I thought about the matter. The matter of the "Noob" word reffering to "Newb" kind of thing, a term for newbie. So I thought about it and decided this: I guess if you meant "Noob" to "Newb" all along, then I guess then its okay for us to use it. Just not too much, saying stuff like, "Oh! You're a complete noob!", that's just plain mean. I'm still with the "No More Noobs" deal, because basically, I was the one who CREATED the chain reaction.

Also, before I get to DA BIG TOPIC, there's a new blogger on the sphere! Be sure to welcome (However you spell thautamerge) The Thautamerge Wizard! 

Now, it's finally time for:



(Drumroll)





DA BIG TOPIC!!! 





And DA BIG TOPIC is:





(Drumroll again)







I discovered a new virtual world.




(Gasps)


Here's a picture of it!

Hmm.... doesn't seem to capture the picture....


(Takes many screenshots)


Um... it seems like Microsoft Paint (Yeah Paint, no Aviary or Photoshop or any fancy-dancy program. Just paint) is having some techinical difficulites.... so I just decided to get some pictures people already took that I find on websites.


(Finds pictures)


Ah, yes. Here we go. Not my screenshots, but better then nothing.

Yup. Can you believe it? An AVATAR MMO! It's excieting!

Wait... what's that?


(Finds way to take screenshots)

Ooh! Lets hope this works!

(Tries Fraps)


YAY! PICTURES!!

First, this is Alyanna, my Firebender!

Her pwning...

Now time to meet Destiny, my Earthbender! Hehe... yeah.... named her after Wizard101 Character

Destiny pwning....

 Cody also has a Firebender called... Cody.

I have a VERY high addiction to Avatar lately! There was also an Avatar Marathon this morning from 8:00-12:00! It was awesome! I beat The Burning Earth for DS! Twice! I've been researching all four nations and am earning money for the following books:

Zuko's Story
Journeys Through the Earth Kingdom
Lost Scrolls Collection

(Checks calander) OMGosh it is barely a week away! JUST A WEEK AWAY!!!! I've got an addiction SO MUCH to it lately, I've barely been on CENTRAL! That is SURPRISING! The only reason why I've BEEN on it was to see the status report of my awesomefua Avatar Fan Club! This is the logo for it!

It's Awesomesaucefulness! Awesomesaucefulness. It's a word Cody and I invented together.

Oh, that reminds me: remember this:

Yeah... I kinda messed up on the element. If you were born in FALL, you are AIR. If you were born in SPRING, you are EARTH. That stupid quiz really messed up the seasons. Tsk-tsk.

Oh, and PEOPLE BOOED AVATAR! NO ONE BOOS AVATAR ON MY WATCH! AVI IS A NO-BOOING-ZONE! I was freaking KIDDING about the booing thing!

JUST KIDDING!

But seriously, don't boo Avatar.

Da Seagem, the Wizard101 and Legends of the Arena player.

NO MORE NOOBS!!! TAKE A STAND! WHO'S WITH ME?

Okay, so today I was looking through Central and I saw this thread. Click on it. Return to the post after you've gone through it a little bit.

(People look through thread)

Now, click here and here and look through these threads.

(Wizards look through again)

Guys, calling others noobs HAS TO BE STOPPED. I'm not just saying this because I'm the lowest leveled blogger on the sphere. It's rude. It's hurtful. It's cyberbullying. I've called people noobs lots of times before, but before then I didn't realize just how hurtful it is.

Just because you're grand or have a sword or have completed Dragonspyre, it gives you no right whatsoever to pick on lower levels. They'll become grandmasters, I guarantee it!

So, I'm following Moonthorn's example and I'm gathering people for the cause to stop calling others noobs and stopping the cyberbullying. They don't deserve it! How do you think they feel? People, and I know, I did too- mindlessly call others noobs. But have you ever paused to think how it affects THEM? When one of the users absentmindedly called me a noob, I was strongly offended. I was challenging him and all that. Guys, this HAS TO BE PUT TO A STOP, and it HAS TO BE STOPPED NOW! I mean, how would YOU feel if you were called a noob? And honestly, the people who call others noobs are just trying to make themselves feel better.

WHO'S WITH ME?!?! Who'll stand with me to put an end to the name of noob? Spread the word to end offended feelings of the word noob!



It's not even a WORD!

(TV shows Avatar Last Airbender trailer, face is glued to screen)

RANDOM AVI PICTURE TIME!!!!!!!

Told ya I was a big Avatar fan. :D :D :D :D :D


I Can't WAIT for the movie! WOOT WOOT! It even moved up a day!

In honor of this, us Avatar fans me and Samantha decided to host an event celebrating the movie! Here's all the details:

Hope you can come!

(Tries to think of title) (Can't think of title) (Remembers what post was about) A few facts or two about me and Cody

Ok, I WOULD post pictures on this post and stuff, but I can't because I'm not on Dad's or Mom's account. For some reason, when I take pictures on my account, they go to Dad's folder. Why? Don't ask me! I'm the one who's trying to figure the whole danged thing out!

Ok, so I knew that this post would eventually have to come sooner or later. Basically, this is to GET THINGS STRAIGHT with you guys. Here are some questions I hear frequently:

Q: Can Cody come on?
A: No. We're on the same account.

Q: Is Cody older then you?
A: No. I'm the oldest.

So I'm typing this kind of post to get this all straightened out. Now there's basically NO EXCUSE TO ASK THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS!

Ok, Facts:

1. Cody and I come from a family of six. From oldest to youngest: Dad, Mom, Destiny Seagem (Me, a level 31 necromancer), Cody Shadowstrider, (Level 48 necromancer), Vanessa Winterblossom (A level 19 thautamerge) and another sister who's too young to be playing video games.

2. You cannot see me or Cody or Vanessa on at the same time. Why? Because all of our characters are on the same account. Why? Because back then we were such noobs at novicedom that we didn't think to create separate accounts.

3. I .... AM ..... A .... BOOKWORM!!!


You should have known that by now. If not (Gets ax), all I can say is, you better learn, and you better learn FAST!

4. My friends. I've got 5 best. I'm gonna use their Wizard name if they've got a character or account, if not, I'll just use a random name and last name that seems fitting.

Angela Lightgarden: When I was harassed around by He-who-must-not-be-named-because-I-hate-his-Argentinan-guts, Angela was the only one who stood up for me. Then I had to go to a new school (Because another one was being built closer to our house), and we were separated for a grade. Now we go to the same school now that we've risen up a school (Like elem to middle). She's really nice, loves to write, games, and is HYPER. I swear, that girl has an aura that makes you hyper. It works with me! Yes, Angela does play Wizard101. In fact, her character is on our account! She's a level 5 diviner but looks higher because Cody loaned Angela all his Dragoon Armor.

Chelsea Emeraldpetal: I made friends with her when she was having trouble with her friends and came up to me for advice because I knew a lot about that kind of thing. For some reason, she hates Angela. I've tried to get it out of her, but man, she's dang good at keeping secrets. She's still keeping a lot of secrets from me, and I know it, and she knows that I know I know it. She's really sweet, friendly, is a big animal fan, weird and random (Hmmm... I think Alia and Chelsea should go in a randomness duel, what do you think? One time she was just asking me a whole bunch of random questions like, "Have you ever kissed an octopus?", stuff like that) and like Angela and me, is writing a story to get published. No, she does not play Wizards, although I've tried to get her to. Why? I don't know. I mean, Chelsea LOVES dragons and fantasy and stuff like that. (Curse you Neopets for eluding her away!!!) If she were a wizard, I would predict her being placed in Life.

Ashley Storyweaver: Ashley I have been friends with for less then a grade. We shared homeroom (In my school there's actually a different name for homeroom, but not gonna say what) and Math together (Till I got held back... my class got mixed up and I was in a class higher then I was supposed to be! Man, its because there's this one girl in my neighborhood who has the same last name as me, and our FIRST names are almost the same! REMARKABLY close!). Then apparently something just... I don't know, clicked. She's really nice and polite, a little quiet and shy unlike Chelsea and Angela, but can be really funny and hyper and random sometimes. She ALSO likes to write! I think the thing that made us close though was the fact that... well... lets just say that Remarkable Bookworms meet Remarkable Bookworms. Yes, she is just as bookwormy as me, actually! No, she doesn't play wizards. For some reason, she thinks that if she downloads it that it'll send a virus through her laptop (...???) which I don't get. If she did play though, I predict that she'd be in.... you know what? I don't know. She can be unpredictable. Honestly, I think it'd be either Myth, Life or Ice. Also, her birthday is coming in a week!

Savannah Storm: She is a nice girl who I was friends with since I was around 5. The sad thing is that she's two years and grades older then me. :( So, I wasn't in the same school as her this year, nor will I next, nor the next, nor the next, I think the next. Maybe not because there's a possibility of her moving. Hopefully not. Savannah's really funny, can be agressive to her siblings (And boys.... she likes to punch them. And she's good at it!), but really nice, and, like Angela, hyper. Also like Angela: she plays Wizards! :D Or, at least, she did. :( She made a necromancer called Savannah Storm, not on the account this time. For some reason her account wouldn't work on her computer. Oh well. I tried to put both her and Angela in The Necromancer's Matter, but there simply wasn't enough space. So that's why I'm hoping to put them in a new series (You may have seen the preview I deleted) after I finish up TNM. Same with Rebecca. Which brings me to my final friend:

Sophia/Rebecca: She's a really cool girl (Who's birthday is coming up in less then a week! As a matter of fact, Ashley's ONE DAY YOUNGER!) who's sweet, funny, and tends to missread or something a lot. Definately not the best at pronouncing. Can't pronounce Vladimir. Enough with that, though. Honestly, I haven't seen Sophia/Rebecca often because.......... BECAUSE WE LIVE 700 FREAKING MILES FROM EACH OTHER! Yes, I have to cross another state to get to her state! WAAAA! Because of that, I have seen her twice: The first time was when I met her in her state and met each other and exchanged phone numbers, etc. etc., and the second time was last year was when I came over to her state YET AGAIN for her birthday and I stayed with her for two weeks whereas the rest of my family stayed with relatives. Then we took her over to MY STATE, then her mom drove 700 miles, then drove 700 miles back the day before my birthday. Why? Because I had camp on my birthday! I'm really hoping we get to go to her state sometime this summer, that's what my parents keep promising. But at this rate, (sigh) we won't. Too bad I won't be there for her birthday. Anyways, Sophia/Rebecca was the one who INTRODUCED ME TO WIZARD101 and encouraged me to create an account (I make Alyssa Thunderslinger, you know the flashback... or should (Gets ax again)) Her first character was Sophia (Who I put in TNM XD), then she couldn't access her old account, so she made a new one, and created a girl called Rebecca. And now, YET AGAIN, she's forgotten her username and password! Next time she creates one, I'm gonna make sure I know it too so she won't forget.... both times she was a thautamerge.

5. My birthday. Sophia/Rebecca's (You know what? She's better well-known in this blog as Sophia, I'll just call her Sophia)-Sophia's birthday is coming in less then a week, and Ashley's the day after that, Chelsea's and Angela's not for a long time... so when's YOURS, you ask.

As a matter of fact, only about a month!

But-

I'm not gonna be there for my own birthday! Why? Here's why: I'll be happily (When I mean happily I mean negitively) spending my birthday HIKING in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE wearing a SKIRT and BONNET! YES ITS LIKE A PIONEER REENACTMENT! There's three days on the trek: Day you arrive, partially spend with family, full day on trek, and day you return, partially spend with family. Guess what day my birthday's on that timeline, COINCIDENTALLY?

TIMELINE:


Leave for Trek/Full day at Trek/Arrive from Trek

BIRTHDAY!

Whoopdeedo. And remember how I just said I had to spend my last birthday at a camp? Well, the Trek and Camp people are the same people! Man, they just LOVE setting stuff on my birthday! At least I could wear sneakers, a T-shirt and holed jeans at camp! Okay, I'll admit it. Camp was fun. WAY FUN! FUNNER THEN I EXPECTED! Definately one of the highlights of last summer. And its yearly, so I'm looking forward to it... in August. Whoopdeedo.

But the TREK:




(Gets sword, shield, rifle, wand and two pounds of bulletproof knight armor, takes deep breath, holds it in for several minutes, defying the rules of life because, well, I'm a necromancer, I can hold in my breath for extended periods of time XD)




Brace for impact.

So that's why I better do something AWESOME for my birthday! Mom wants me to pick two or three close friends and go to a spa, but this is what I want to do:

Did I mention that I am a HUGE fan of Avatar? No, I don't think I have. Well, now I have XD. I also just discovered that I'm a Firebender on the site! Click for quiz! Well not really a quiz you just enter your birth month. :P Hopefully that's not PG-13 so I can see it for me birthday. I can watch PG-13 no problem, but I don't think that I really can for my birthday... but even if that doesn't work (Which had BETTER!!!!!!!!), I've got a backup plan:

Why Sorcerer's? Because

1) Is fantasy.... (In Mort (YES FROM PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, WHAT OTHER MORT DID YOU EXPECT?!?! voice now) I LIIIIIIIKE fantasy! :D :D :D :D

2) (Not in Mort voice) Is got Nicholas Cage in it, that's promising!

3) Its been decided that its PG!

But I want Avatar. Humph.

Well, that's the post with a few random facts about meh!

EMERGENCY POST!!! EMERGENCY POST!!! THE LEGEND OF ZELDA SKYWARD SWORD FOR WII OUT IN 2011!!! (Screams freaking loud)

SKYWARD SWORD! SKYWARD SWORD! SKYWARD SWORD! IS GONNA COME OUT FOR WII IN 2011

(Breaths fast for five minutes)

SIERRA! YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!

(Screams again)

Now, is Time for....


ZELDA LINKS!


Skyward Sword News 
More LOZ Skyward Sword News
Zelda Wiki Article 
Zelda Universe
My Friend Sierra's Blog about it! Medli's Messages!

ZE TRAILER FOR IT!!!



This just PROVES I am a ZELDA fanatic.

AND I AM PROUD OF IT!!!

Bookworm schtuff as well as The Necromancer's Matter, Part 9; A Glitch in Time schtuff

Bookworm Status Report:

Wait, speaking of bookworms, well, a new trailer for a movie based off of a book is on air!



Sorry 'bout the size, but it was the smallest they and. And No, I HAVEN'T read the book yet! Shocking, isn't it? Note to self: Read Voyage of Dawn Treader soon. You see, for some reason, when it comes to Narnia, I'm too lazy! I read Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe a week before the movie came out and I finished Prince Caspian JUST IN TIME for the movie, like a DAY before. That reminds me of the time when we went to see Inkheart in theaters, I had finished Inkdeath right when we were pulling into the lot. THAT was EXTREMELY close.

Anyways, REAL Bookworm Status Report:

The Necromancer:

Done a long time ago.

Wings:

Done a week or so ago.

Golden Spiral:

Still in que for that in the library.

Also, I recently got Fang, (Maximum Ride Book 6... Already almost done with it... I DEVOUR that series like HECK) Kings of Clonmel (Rangers Apprentice Book 8: Cody introduced me to the series and together we would LITERALLY do NOTHING BUT READ that! So I'm excieted! I hope Alyss and Evanlyn are in it!), the Maze Runner (By the author of 13th Reality... Been waiting for Maze since, like, what? October? For me, that's a LONG time in Bookworm World. One Month = Three Months) and The Force Unleashed. YES OFF OF THE DANGED VIDEO GAME, WHAT ELSE? Cody just got it for PS3 and well, beat it. Oh, speaking of which, he achieved something BIG but I'll leave him to gloat about it.

I've also posted the official TNM thread on Central! PLEASE COMMENT!!! Click here to go to ze thread of awesomefulness.

Speaking of TNM, Kestrel gave me a good idea to gain more readers: To split them into different sections. So now I'm taking her advice, and I saw that, well, it was the ONLY way to do Part 9 if it were to be REALLY excieting. So here's A Glitch in Time! (The first bit, anyways XD)

The Necromancer's Matter, Part 9; A Glitch in Time

"The newspaper archives are right this way," The wizard library volunteer said. 

"Thanks," Destiny said. 

Ever since Noah had revealed that Marcus was his great-great uncle, she had been researching him, looking for any hints that could be useful. From Noah's knowledge she had learned that Marcus was an only child and had lived until he was sixteen years old. He was a very advanced student that even Dragonspyre Academy was impressed with, and she knew they were strict when it came to students. His academic level was so high that he constantly made newspapers, them saying how great and dedicated he was. She was mainly scanning for any hints of Legendary Wizards activity. 

Destiny walked through the archieves hall, scanning the newspapers that were printed when Marcus was alive. Destiny chose a few months worth of newspapers and looked until she found something:  

                                       A New Age of Wizards 

Recently, there have been some advanced students making their way towards the highest academic achievement possible. There are some very dedicated students in which have made the honor roll so many time in which they have to be reconized for their strong efforts. 

Destiny leafed through the biographies for dedicated students until she came across Marcus: 

Marcus Dawngem 

Marcus is a fellow fire student who has achieved honors since he was seven. His extrodinary ablities for Fire Magic has allowed him to rise up and up until he has gotten to where he is now: at the top of Dragonspyre Academy. "He always studies hard and tries his best," Says his sister, Cassandra Spellfountain, adept thautamerge. 

Destiny read on the biography and other newspaper articles until she came across a newspaper with an interesting header: 

                                            Dawngem Fades 

Fellow wizards, old and young, grandmaster and novice, are now saddened by the shock of the sudden death of Marcus Dawngem, at the age of sixteen. The high-achieving grandmaster fire student was found in his room, lying on the floor, stone dead. His eyes were wide open along with his mouth, but no one has any idea why this sudden tradgedy has taken its toll. "He was just fine the day before," His family claims. "Then all of a sudden, he goes into his room, and he stays there for hours. We call him to dinner, and when he didn't come, we rushed to investigate. And there he was, just dead. We have no idea why all of a sudden, this, this ordeal for us is taking place!" 

For those who don't know who Marcus is, he was a high-ranked fire student. At novice his professor could see just what Marcus held in store. "He was so bright," Professor Firestone, teacher of Fire, said. "I could instantly tell that he was so capable of many things. It is a great loss to have such a young and brilliant mind lost." 

Marcus reached apprentice soon, then became initiate in a matter of days. In just two months, at the age of nine, Marcus was a grandmaster and unbelievably, still moving. During his lifetime he has achieved countless honors since the age of eight. "I honestly think he had more then the capacity to become a future teacher of Dragonspyre Academy," Shares his friend, Patrick Thundershard, master diviner. "He even tried to create his own spells! Even though we were best buds, I always looked up to him. Even at death, I still do."

We will all mourn the loss of Marcus Dawngem. Funeral services will be conducted at the Dawngem home, next friday starting at 10:00 am. 

Destiny had never realized how much even she was saddened until now. She could tell that everyone had had high expectations of him. Then all of a sudden he was gone. Sighing heavily, she cleaned up the newspaper articles and put them back in place. Destiny picked up her Scavenger's Staff of Sagas and exited the library. She was also now level 23, wore the Initiate's Uniform, was still sticking with the Onyx Studded Boots, and was really proud of her hat, the Animated Tri-Corn. It was a rare item and was no longer sold. 

Nikki fluttered up to her. I read most of the article, She said. Until you put them away. It's kinda sad, isn't it? 

Destiny nodded. "It is indeed,"  

Well, I meant you putting away the articles, actually, Nikki admitted. 

Destiny glared at Nikki. 

Kidding, Nikki muttered. Take a joke, will you? 

"The death of someone that great isn't a joke," Destiny said as she exited the library.

I've got an unnatural addiction to Central...

Seriously. I do. Nowadays I go to Central more often then blogger or Duo of Death!

(Gasps)

I don't know why I have that addiction. Its just so... cool, I guess.

Anyways, I DID tell you to comment on Mage and Wizard, did I not?

And except for Destiny Deathgem about a meeting, I GOT NONE. I am SERIOUS, guys, I need the feedback. I've freaked out on Central once and on this blog twice about it. I need the feedback majorly. Its the fans that keeps the writer going, you know what I mean? I'm also thinking about renaming Mage and Wizard to Mage and Warlock. What do you think, huh huh? Meh, I'll just post a poll about it.

Anyways, I've finished Mage and Wizard or Mage and Warlock, and now I'm posting the FULL version. One problem before I send it in: Its OVER THE WORD LIMIT!

(Hyperventalates)

Oh, sheesh! If only they could expand it JUST A LITTLE! Its 2,081 words!

(Slaps palm on forehead)

And sorry, I don't mean to rant and stuff, I really don't. On happy note, I just met a really nice girl on Wizards from Central. She's nice, and a very good writer. Her name's Jenna Rosepetal, and she writes Heart Guardians. Oh, and, Alia, you one time asked whether or not to post TMPSOA on Central. Two words:

DO IT! 


Now, I'm gonna post Mage and Wizard/Warlock again. This time, I NEED FEEDBACK. I need to know which 81 words to take out or simply to take out the last section.

Anyways.

"Come on, Tara," Marissa Stone yelled from behind the door. "You'll be late!" 

"Can't Mom," Tara Stone replied with what she hoped was a hoarse voice. "I'm sick." 

That was a lie. Tara didn't want to go to school today. Her older brother, Connor, was an expert of faking sick so today Tara was mimicking his actions. It was probably why he was dubbed "Most likely to get sick" in the Stone household. It was also probably why his grades were dropping at an increasing rate. 

Marissa opened the door to check in on her daughter. She felt Tara's forehead with her palm and shook her head. "Tara, you're not sick," She scolded. "Now get ready." Marissa exited the room, nimbly cascading down the stairs. 

Tara groaned as she unfurled the blankets and stuffed on a few clothes. "I hate tan," She grumbled as she carelessly stuffed her feet into tan and white shoes. "It's a boring color," Tara added as she slammed her pointed cap on her head. 

Tara tromped down the stairs where her mom was passing oatmeal to Jenna and Connor. Marissa looked over to Tara, who joined her siblings. "Aren't you excieted for your first day at Ravenwood?" Her mom asked Tara. 

Tara shook her head.

"Oh, don't worry Tara," Jenna Stone, a sixteen-year-old grandmaster thautamerge said. "Its really fun." 

"Yeah, you get to pwn people in a dang classroom," Connor Stone, an adept-going-on-magus necromancer said with his mouth full of food. 

"Manners, Connor," Marissa warned. 

"Sorry, Connor replied after he swallowed. "I mean, just be glad you aren't one of those noobs from Earth." 

"Maybe I do," Tara said, already scraping the bowl clean of oatmeal. 

Connor shook his head. "You don't," He said. "Those weaklings don't know magic if it was sitting on them!" 

"There are some people on Earth who can practice magic," Jenna objected. "Amanda was from Earth." Amanda was Jenna's best friend. 

"One person," Connor muttered. 

When Connor and Jenna had left the room, Marissa patted Tara on the back. "Come on, lighten up!" Her mom encouraged. "Sorcery will be fun. Your dad was one." 

"Yeah, but I can't cast spells," Tara protested. 

"Of course," Marissa assured. "You're a novice." She left. 

Tara shook her head wearily. No one would understand. 

Because Tara couldn't practice magic altogether. 

"And to the south of Minnesota we've got an unexpected storm front heading our way," The weatherman reported. "It doesn't seem as if its gonna fade for the next few days. High chance of lightning and thunder. Be prepared, guys. It looks like a big one." 

That's what Blaze heard from his TV when he got home. 

"Hey Blaze," His dad greeted. "Care to show me your report card?" 

"Sure," Blaze responded, getting a manila envelope from his backpack, handing it to his dad, Stuart

Stuart unsealed the envelope and studied Blaze's grades. Slowly a widespread smile came across his face. "Blaze, I'm truly impressed," Stewart said, looking up. "Straight As." 

"Thanks," Blaze said, taking a seat next to Stewart. "How were Calamity's grades?" Blaze already knew the answer. 

Stuart sighed. "Her best grade was a C+," He admitted. "A C+, two C-s, three Ds and an F-." 

Blaze shook his head. His sister was a slacker, as always. She used to be high-achieving like him. Then her friends drowned and took Calamity down with them. 

Blaze sat up straight. "Dad, can I talk to you about something?" 

"Sure." 

Blaze took a deep breath. He was sure-no, positive- that his dad wouldn't believe him, but he had to explain the situation to someone. "You know Seth?" 

Stuart nodded. "The kid who bullies you." 

"Well, I got really mad at him today at school," Blaze started. "And as we fought, the sky turned from bright blue to an indigo kind of color. Then lightning flashed and thunder was brought down." 

Stuart nodded again. "I remember. That was a big storm." 

"Yeah, but for some reason I think... I think I brought the storm." 

Tara breathed deeply as she looked down from the boat to Krokosphinx. Tara wasn't cut out to be a sorcerer. She wasn't cut out to anything. 

Tara stepped off the boat and was soon on her way to the ladder. But before she went into  the school she noticed someone out of place. She couldn't make out the eyes or the hair. She could tell it was a man, maybe around thrity? Thirty five? The man was clad completely in white and had a hood pulled over his hair. He was as solid as a statue, not moving. 

Tara's long blonde hair was getting carried away in the wind as she observed the white guy. Shrugging him off, she climbed into the Balance school, her blue eyes observing the tan walls around her. How she hated that color! 

The lesson was just an introductory kind of thing to Balance, and Tara came out relieved that she didn't embarrass herself due to not being to use magic. She knew the day would soon come, though. 

But then Tara noticed that the man in white was still there. 

All of a sudden, Tara's head was throbbing. Soon Tara gave way to unconsciousness. 

Her last thought before she knocked out was that somehow, she knew the man in white was causing this.

Outside, thunder roared.

"Man, how much worse can this possibly get?" Calamity complained at dinner, tying her red hair into a ponytail. 

Unlike Calamity, Blaze had strange purple hair. Long, too. He remained silent about the storm. 

The news turned to a section about a bank robbery. "I didn't know there were crimes in Kennington," Blaze admitted. 

Stuart nodded. "Its rare, but it happens." He said. "One time a guy in our neighborhood disappeared." 

"What was his name?" Blaze asked. 

"Kane, I think," Stuart said. "Kane Legend." 

"Kane Legend?" Calamity tried not to laugh. "Who goes by the last name Legend?" 

"Apparently Kane did," Blaze pointed out. Blaze turned back to his dad. "What happened?" 

"Kane was your average kind of guy," His dad began. "He worked as a simple garbageman. He never married, although he hung out with a woman called Iridian. Don't know what Iridian's last name was. One day Iridian goes to Kane's house. They've never been seen since. Officials have investigated the house many times. No trace of Kane or Iridian. Kane was twenty-two, Iridian twenty." 

The rest of the dinner was eaten in silence. Finally Blaze broke it. "Dad, can I have a sleepover at Ryan's house?" 

Stuart nodded. "Sure." 

Blaze took out his cell phone and called Ryan. "Hey Ryan," Blaze greeted. 

"Hey dude," Ryan said. "What's up?" 

"You think I can come over for a sleepover?" Blaze asked. 

"Hold on, lemme ask my parents," Ryan said. There was a minute-long silence when Ryan said, "Its fine. When are you gonna be over?" 

Blaze calculated the time he'd arrive. "About ten minutes," He said. 

"Great. See you then." 

"Okay, bye."

Blaze hung up and packed. As he packed, Blaze looked out the window. The storm seemed to be settling down. That's good, Blaze thought. I can walk over to Ryan's without much difficulty. 

Blaze zipped the black sports bag and slung it over his right shoulder. "See ya," He called as he exited the house. 

Not very far from his home, Blaze saw a thin and tall woman in a purple snowsuit and a purple hood with a ski mask on. 

"um, excuse me," Blaze called out to the woman. "But you may want to get out of the ski wear." 

Blaze tried to proceed to his destination when his head started to throb. Blaze tried to ignore the pain but it only increased. 

Blaze actually screamed as he fell to the gravel road, unconsciousness overcoming him. 

The man in white looked around Krokosphinx. When he was sure that there were no witnesses, he activated a BlueTooth in his ear. Normally technology like this brought to Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, Mooshu, Grizzlehiem, Dragonspyre or Celestia would automatically run out of service. But his power as a Mage allowed him to use it. 

"Do you have the Earth boy?" The man in white questioned. "The one called Blaze?" 

"I do," His comrade answered. "I trust you have Tara?" 

The man in white nodded. "Affirmative," He cleared. "Go to the spiral chamber that lies in my former home at Kennington. Bring Blaze to Nightside. Both Tara and Blaze must realize what they have to do there." 

"Why Nightside?" His associate asked, her voice questioning. "And are you sure that they can carry out the task? They're both only twelve years old." 

"As for your first question," The man in white said. "Almost no one knows of Nightside. For your second question, I'm sure they can. Their potentials are almost limitless. In Nightside, they will be given their task: to defeat my old apprentice." 

Blaze opened his eyes. 

He rose from the ground and brushed his T-shirt and jeans off. He found his sports bag laying not too far from him. As he grabbed it, Blaze took notice of his surroundings. Blaze was in a black, dreary and gloomy place. There was a tower to his left and a building to his right and they were both made of black bricks and looked as if they had fallen from the sky. There was a skull insignia on both of them. 

What Blaze saw next gave him a shock. It appeared to be a decaying tree- with eyes and a mouth. Blaze barely stiffled a scream. The tree noticed him and smiled. "Hello," The tree said. "I am Mortis. What's your name?" 

"I-I'm Bl-b-Blaze," He stuttered. Then Blaze spotted someone. "Who's she?" 

Mortis had barely noticed her. A girl wearing strange tan and white robes, boots and a pointed cap was lying on the ground She had long blonde hair. She stirred, moaning. The girl stood up, rubbing her head. "Where am I?" 

"You tell me," Blaze responded. 

The girl jumped, startled. "Who're you?" She asked. 

"Blaze. You?" 

"Tara. Tara Stone." 

Tara looked around, then approached the building. "The Death School," Tara breathed. 

"Huh?" Blaze asked. 

"The Death School," Tara repeated. "Torn from the Ravenwood Cycle. And here it is." 

"Ravenwood?" 

Tara turned around immediately, studied him, then "Oh"ed. "You're from Earth, aren't you?" 

"You make it sound otherworldly." 

"It is." 

"Welcome to Nightside," A new voice interrupted.

Tara and Blaze were startled. Tara reconized the man in white while Blaze saw the woman in purple. 

"YOU!" Both of them cried at the same time. 

"Take it easy, guys," The woman in purple said. They heard an Spanish accent. "Trust us." 

"Why should we?" Tara challenged. 

"We'll tell you who we are and why you are here," The man in white said. He took off his hood to reveal short frizzy white hair and green eyes. His next words shocked Blaze. 

"My name is Kane," The man in white said. "Kane Legend." 

"You're the guy who disappeared!" Blaze realized. 

The woman in purple nodded. "Indeed we are," She said. Then she took off the ski mast to reveal brown skin, pink hair and purple eyes. "Iridian Dragonblood, at your service," 

"Now Kane and Iridian," Tara pressed. "I want some answers." 

Kane looked from Tara to Blaze then switched. "You two, you two alone, have the combined strength to defeat my old apprentice before he gets out of control." 

Tara laughed. "Okay, now I'm actually relieved  that my powers as a Wizard are useless." 

"As a Wizard, yes," Kane agreed. "But as a mage, false." Kane then turned to Blaze. "And you, my friend, are a Warlock." 

"Mage, Warlock, Wizard, aren't they all the same thing?" Blaze asked. 

Iridian shook her head. "Wizards use spells that make things pop out of nowhere. Mages draw the four elements, Water, Fire, Air and Earth, to their advantage. Warlocks are more similar to Wizards then Mages, but they tend to use charms and potions more often then spells. Kane is a Mage, I here am a Warlock. How we knocked you out? Knockout Charms. Warlock specialty." 

"Tara," Kane said. "Wizards go through a process called Awakening to use magic. It normally happens at birth. For some reason, you weren't. But I know someone who can Awaken you." 

Silence. "Will you Awaken me if I agree to go through with this?" She broke. 

Kane nodded. "Certainly." He turned to Blaze. "You?" 

"Magic? Charms? Dude, I'm so in."

Mistblood and Mage and Wizard Part 1

Good things happen today! 

1) I'm in Mistblood! Yay! Click here and here for the two pages I'm in! I guess the three hours of shooting paid off! Thanks Kevin! And if you didn't know what the comic was till now, click on the Mistblood word thingy.

2) I'm entering a contest on Central, and I've decided to post what I have done. And guys, please read it. It should only be like, 5 or 10 minutes long to read. Basically, its about two people. One of them is a sorcerer who doesn't have the sole ability to cast magic. She can't cast a single spell. The other character is a boy residing on Earth who, for some reason, possesses the ability to call storms when he's angry. They're brought together in Nightside and learn that they're supposed to defeat someone. 

Well, here goes. Please respond on whether or not its good. I know most of you don't like to read stories and stuff, but, at least skim through it, just this once. This one time is all I'm asking of you. If you reply and read, you don't have to read TNM. I'm just anxious for feedback. 

Mage and Wizard, Part 1 

"Come on, Tara," Marissa Stone yelled from behind the door. "You'll be late!" 

"Can't Mom," Tara Stone replied with what she hoped was a hoarse voice. "I'm sick." 

That was a lie. Tara didn't want to go to school today. Her older brother, Connor, was an expert of faking sick so today Tara was mimicking his actions. It was probably why he was dubbed "Most likely to get sick" in the Stone household. It was also probably why his grades were dropping at an increasing rate. 

Marissa opened the door to check in on her daughter. She felt Tara's forehead with her palm and shook her head. "Tara, you're not sick," She scolded. "Now get ready." Marissa exited the room, nimbly cascading down the stairs. 

Tara groaned as she unfurled the blankets and stuffed on a few clothes. "I hate tan," She grumbled as she carelessly stuffed her feet into tan and white shoes. "It's a boring color," Tara added as she slammed her pointed cap on her head. 

Tara tromped down the stairs where her mom was passing oatmeal to Jenna and Connor. Marissa looked over to Tara, who joined her siblings. "Aren't you excieted for your first day at Ravenwood?" Her mom asked Tara. 

Tara shook her head.

"Oh, don't worry Tara," Jenna Stone, a sixteen-year-old grandmaster thautamerge said. "Its really fun." 

"Yeah, you get to pwn people in a dang classroom," Connor Stone, an adept-going-on-magus necromancer said with his mouth full of food. 

"Manners, Connor," Marissa warned. 

"Sorry, Connor replied after he swallowed. "I mean, just be glad you aren't one of those noobs from Earth." 

"Maybe I do," Tara said, already scraping the bowl clean of oatmeal. 

Connor shook his head. "You don't," He said. "Those weaklings don't know magic if it was sitting on them!" 

"There are some people on Earth who can practice magic," Jenna objected. "Amanda was from Earth." Amanda was Jenna's best friend. 

"One person," Connor muttered. 

When Connor and Jenna had left the room, Marissa patted Tara on the back. "Come on, lighten up!" Her mom encouraged. "Sorcery will be fun. Your dad was one." 

"Yeah, but I can't cast spells," Tara protested. 

"Of course," Marissa assured. "You're a novice." She left. 

Tara shook her head wearily. No one would understand. 

Because she couldn't cast a single spell. 

Tara couldn't practice magic altogether. 

"And to the south of Minnesota we've got an unexpected storm front heading our way," The weatherman reported. "It doesn't seem as if its gonna fade for the next few days. High chance of lightning and thunder. Be prepared, guys. It looks like a big one." 

That's what Blaze heard from his TV when he got home. 

"Hey Blaze," His dad greeted. "Care to show me your report card?" 

"Sure," Blaze responded, getting a manila envelope from his backpack, handing it to his dad, Stewart. 

Stewart unsealed the envelope and studied Blaze's grades. Slowly a widespread smile came across his face. "Blaze, I'm truly impressed," Stewart said, looking up. "Straight As." 

"Thanks," Blaze said, taking a seat next to Stewart. "How were Calamity's grades?" Blaze already knew the answer. 

Stewart sighed. "Her best grade was a C+," He admitted. "A C+, two C-s, three Ds and an F-." 

Blaze shook his head. His sister was a slacker, as always. She used to be high-achieving like him. Then her friends drowned and took Calamity down with them. 

Blaze sat up straight. "Dad, can I talk to you about something?" 

"Sure." 

Blaze took a deep breath. He was sure-no, positive- that his dad wouldn't believe him, but he had to explain the situation to someone. "You know Seth?" 

Stewart nodded. "The kid who bullies you." 

"Well, I got really mad at him today at school," Blaze started. "And as we fought, the sky turned from bright blue to an indigo kind of color. Then lightning flashed and thunder was brought down." 

Stewart nodded. "I remember. That was a big storm." 

"Yeah, but for some reason I think... I think I brought the storm." 

Tara breathed deeply as she looked down from the boat to Krokosphinx. Tara wasn't cut out to be a sorcerer. She wasn't cut out to anything. 

Tara stepped off the boat and was soon on her way to the ladder. But before she went into  the school she noticed someone out of place. She couldn't make out the eyes or the hair. She could tell it was a man, maybe around thrity? Thirty five? The man was clad completely in white and had a hood pulled over his hair. He was as solid as a statue, not moving. 

Tara's long blonde hair was getting carried away in the wind as she observed the white guy. Shrugging him off, she climbed into the Balance school, her blue eyes observing the tan walls around her. How she hated that color! 

The lesson was just an introductory kind of thing to Balance, and Tara came out relieved that she didn't embarrass herself due to not being to use magic. She knew the day would soon come, though. 

But then Tara noticed that the man in white was still there. 

All of a sudden, Tara's head was throbbing. Soon Tara gave way to unconciousness. 

Her last thought before she knocked out was that somehow, she knew the man in white was causing this.

A post including an obnoxious player, Part 8, and the Fourth Interview of the Week!

Directory:
1. Inside scoop about TNM
2. WINGS!!
3. How to look for me on Central
4. And WHY is the letter M important? (Revised)
5. What to do with my gold?
6. REDSINGER (One of the most annoying players around)
7. The 4th IOTW!
8. The Necromancer's Matter, Part 8; Sophia's Shard

1. STORY TIME!!!

 If you look hard, you'll actually find a preview of part 9 within this post! You're gonna have to look though, and you's have to look HARD. (Hint: Look to the PICTURES). At the end you'll also be able to read Part 8, Sophia's Shard. As a bonus, I'm providing THIS below. Its a diagram of the titles of the parts I've got planned for the rest of the series. 

Part                            Title 

1                                Orientation 

2                                The Duel 

3                                Sands of Balance 

4                                The Legend Reborn 

5                                Bones of the Enemy 

6                                Valley of Peace 

7                                The Blade of Seven 

8                                Sophia's Shard 

9                                A Glitch in Time 

10                              Dawngem 

11                              The Beginning of the End, Part 1, ? 

12                              The Beginning of the End, Part 2, ? 

13                              The Beginning of the End, Part 3, ? 

14                              The Beginning of the End, Part 4, ? 

15                              The Beginning of the End, Part 5, ? 

Those are the titles I have planned. Yuppers, a 5-Part series finale, starting at 11. And the question marks DON'T mean I don't have the title after that planned, it means I don't want to give the titles away fearing that it'll give away the summery of the part. 8 is out on this post, and I'm beginning to get through 9. (Remember the preview of 9 somewhere!!!)

2.  

I'VE GOT WINGS!!!! 

Thanks so much Donna Spellthorn! Me swiftshadow wings are so awesome!!! Unfortunately I couldn't recieve them meself because... well... lets just say... oh nevermind. Anyways...

3. I'm on Central now! I think I'm also gonna form a 39 Clues Guild! The 39 Clues Guild of the Spiral! That's what I'm gonna call it! And I'm gonna make it an official guild, too, after I get positions settled (You'll see) My username is writingnecromancer, so if you see that username anywhere, that's meh, Destiny Seagem. I've posted parts 1 and 2 of TNM on Stories and Poetry. Its doing pretty good, better then it was when it started. And on part 2 I ACTUALLY GOT A REPLY!!!! So if you see a post by writingnecromancer, I'm there. I'm in the clubs Camp Half-Blood, Girls of Wizard101, The Tale of Sierra Winterbreeze Fans, Heart Guardians Club, Maximum Ride Fan Club, and Charlie the Unicorn Lovers (And I've been thinking about joining Justin Bieber Haters... WHAT? He's at my age and he's already singing love songs!!! Him and that freaking high-pitched voice...). 

4. And WHY is the Letter M important? (Revised) 

On my most recent post I was gonna thank those who helped me get through Katz, Counterweights and Big Ben. But I had to go to this Camp prep thing (That's why I missed the Bloggers Club party, sorry). So I'm gonna thank them all now. 

For Katz: Thanks to Isaac Mistheart, Jessica, and Amy Pixieflame for trying to help while she could. 

For Counterweight East: Thanks to Donna Spellthorn (partally), Isaac Mistheart and Destiny Deathflame (Partally) 

For Counterweight West: Thanks to John Lifeglen, Destiny Deathflame (Partally) and Isaac Mistheart. 

Big Ben: Thanks to Keira Lionheart, (Mostly) Isaac Mistheart, John Lifeglen and Ronan Ravenshard (Ronan for telling me how to fight Spike the Crusher) 

And the VERY BIG THANKS GOES TO.... 

THAT PYROMANCER, ISAAC MISTHEART!!!! 

Why Isaac, you might say. Well, in case you didn't notice, he helped me from Katz all the way to Big Ben. VERY BIG THANKS GOES TO HIM!!! He over deserves it for his help! 

5.  I've got a lot of gold: 15, 309, to be exact. And I'm having a REALLY tough time deciding what to do with it: either get a Mooshu house or get this robe called Smokey's Genteel Vest that's REALLY good but is just so dang PRICEY!!! 

See? Look at that house! I can PERFECTLY imagine my living space right there! The only thing, and I mean ONLY thing keeping me back from that is THIS: 

Dang, they don't have it at the Bazaar, but knowing them, they'll have it soon. Anyways, it looks pretty cool, and these are its stats: 

+132 Max Health 

+ 6% Death Damage 

+ 10% Death Resist 

+ 4% Power Pip Chance 

Only its around 9500 gold MINIMUM! To have it the colors I want it, its at LEAST 15000! True... I CAN just farm Old Smokey for it... But you have to GET to him and getting to him is hard in Counterweight East! Ugh! I'm just gonna post a poll about this, okay?

6. REDSINGER! 

Yesterday a guy called Joseph Redsinger was ticking me and a whole bunch of other bloggers off! He was INCREDIBLY rude to the following people: 

Me 

Cody Shadowstrider

Alia Lotuspetal

Kestrel Shadowthistle

Ronan Ravenshard

Samantha Drake 

Amber Rosepetal

In turn for his nosturus deeds, I made a Wanted Poster for him! Take a look: 

Yes. PWN HIM indeed. 

What did he do to you guys? You may ask. Let me tell you a story: 

I log on. I rejoice at being Magus, in Mooshu, and having Wings. I tell Joseph Redsinger, because he wasn't on a long time. You know his response? Boo I have all those things. 

"Maybe wings, but NOT magus and Mooshu," was my thought along with, "HOW DARE YOU!" 

I lecture him about respect when Alia teleports to me and tells me something about Rachel. Then Joseph teleports. Then Kestrel teleports. As me, Alia and Kestrel talk about Rachel's situation, here's what he says: 

"Boys rule and girls smell" 

"Boys are smart and girls are dumb" 

"Boys rule and girls drool" 

That set me off! I threaten to remove him. He challenges me to a race. Angered, I accept. But guess what THEN? He starts without me! I hadn't known it started, and he knew that I didn't know, and WHAT did he do about it? NOTHING! He just brags after a while, "I win haha!" 

I click remove and say, "I AM ON THE VERGE OF CLICKING YES!" 

"Of what?" Joseph asks. 

"OF REMOVING YOU!" I yell. 

He reports me. 

That did it. I clicked yes. 

"You'll never have a girlfriend," Kestrel teases. 

Joseph reports Kestrel. Kestrel protests about that. 

I threaten to put him on my ignore list. He keeps being rude. 

I put him on ignore. 

But for some reason, I could see what he said. "Come get me!" He taunts. 

I put him on Don't ignore so I can say this: "If you do anything more I will put you in my story as a bad guy and then kill you off!" Then I state that a lot of people read my story (Hopefully :P) 

He keeps being rude. I was just plain SICK of him, so I ported to Kestrel, who was at her house. Alia follows, and we leave Joseph behind. 

Joseph asks to be my friend. I click NO.  

Kestrel logs off. Alia gets in her cheese clothes. Amber, Ronan and Samantha port. I decide then, I want to hear what Joseph had to say, so I clicked add to friends. 

He accepted. 

"SORRY SORRY SORRY!" Joseph says. 

"Tell that to my FACE!" I snarl. "And Alia's and Kestrel's!" 

"Please help me!" Joseph pleads. "I'm trapped in the air and I can't get out!" 

"I'll help you," I said. "To show that I'm not the kind of rude person you are!" 

I port to him. I help him get out. "Now you port to me and say sorry to Alia!" I say, porting to her. 

Joseph ports to me. Soon Kestrel gets on. "What's HE doing in MY house?" Kestrel yells. 

"He's come to say sorry," I said. 

"Whatever," Said Kestrel. "Can't hear what he says anyways."

Then Joseph REFUSES to say sorry! Cody watches over my shoulder, and asks to get on, angry. I tell Joseph that Cody will get on if he didn't act up. (And you should know that when Cody gets mad, well, he's MAD) 

He didn't. 

Cody gets on. 

Alia logs off. Kestrel does too. 

Cody invites Joseph to his house, scheming to trap him in his dragon army. 

He traps Joseph. 

Cody tricks Joseph again, saying that it was an accident. He invites Joseph to his Dragonspyre house. Joseph falls for it again, the result being that Joseph gets trapped in a cell. 

Joseph invites Cody to his house to make up. Joseph traps Cody. Cody gets out by porting to Joseph. 

I didn't watch what happened after that. 

So if you see Joseph Redsinger, PWN him! 

Wait, how many reports do you need to get to be suspended or banned? Cause I'm pretty sure that Joseph was reported at LEAST five times.

7. The Fourth Interview of the Week! 

She's a grandmaster. 

She's a theurgist, 

She's addicted to Wizard101, 

Please Welcome Alia Lotuspetal of the Wizard101 Addict! 

Destiny Seagem: What do you think convinced you to give your blog the name the Wizard101 Addict? 

Alia Lotuspetal: Well, I've been addicted to Wizard101 since I've started playing, and that seemed like the perfect title. 

DS: What do you expect of Celestia? 

AL: I expect to swim, for there to be new houses, and maybe a fish mount. 

DS: You said that your first wizard was Storm. Do you have any intentions of bringing her back or whatnot? 

AL: Actually, my first wizard wasn't a diviner.

DS: Oh. 

AL: My first wizard was Alia Lotuspetal, yet I am considering making a Storm twin. Her name will be Alia Stormpetal if I ever do that. 

DS: You're a featured author on Creative Writing. What do you think got you there?-

AL: I had been sending stories in for a long time and I worked hard, so I think that's what got me there. 

DS: What inspired The Most Powerful Spells of All? (Click here to go to her page) 

AL: One time my cousin and I were playing Wizard101 irl, and I got this idea that there could be a school under the shopping district. So that pretty much inspired me to make a secret school. 

DS: How do you feel about the pets upgrade? 

AL: I think its pretty cool. I love how the pets can dance in different ways :D 

DS: Who was your first blogging friend (I think I know the answer) 

AL: Hmmm... I think it was you! 

DS: Besides me? 

AL: The first blogger friend I made besides you... if it has to be besides your brother Cody, I would say Jessica Fairyheart. 

DS: Do you have hopes that the Wizard101 Addict will become an official fansite? 

AL: Yes, I do hope that someday it will. 

DS: What do you like BEST about wizards? 

AL: Hmmm... I'd say the graphics. They look awesome. 

DS: Thank you for your time.

And that, peoples, is Alia Lotuspetal! Be sure to read The Most Powerful Spells of All and her other creative stories!

8. Finally... for the grand finale.... THE NECROMANCER'S MATTER PART 8 SOPHIA'S SHARD!!! And Yes, I DID post that hidden preview of 9 I promised! You'd better look for it!!! Well, after you read this, I suppose. 

Enjoy! 

The Necromancer's Matter, Part 8; Sophia's Shard

 

In the Royal Hall, the nirini crumbled to the thautamerge.

She smiled in triumph. The nirini had put up quite a fight! Then, she unexpectedly felt a new power surge through her. She was now level eighteen, just one level behind her friend!

What was more, the thautamerge found a drop. It appeared to be a pendant, square shaped with an aythemist in the middle. Apparently it gave Kracken.

The thautamerge's hands scrambled to her neck and undid the clasp that held her necklace that gave her Blizzard. She looked down at the amulet-correction, locket- with the sapphire in the middle, adorning the rest of the silver oval. True, this had remained faithful and by her side for a long time, and as pretty as it was, it would have to go. Sure, it gave her Blizzard, but she soon would learn it and add it to her deck. She couldn't do that with Kracken. It would be practically useless.

Sophia sighed as she put the locket in her pouch and headed to sell it.

 

 

"What is WRONG with you?" Noah yelled at his cousin, Antonio, when they arrived at the Krokotopian house. As Noah slammed the door, he ran after Antonio, who began running, too.

Antonio grinned wickedly as Noah chased the theurgist. To Noah, Antonio was a diabolical prankster, loving to tease and humiliate Noah with his pranks and his friends: Anthony Spiritwalker, Adam Soulcrafter and Jose Breeze. There had been too many fights between Noah and Antonio to name, both mentally and physically. Same with his pranks. Noah hated his cousin with all he had. He hated the fights and pranks Antonio set. Antonio made his life meserable. Barely a second could he get away from him, because he had to live with Antonio as well.

Noah grittted his teeth as he ran. Antonio might be three years older then him, but he was also quicker, despite his build. Noah gave his legs all he had, because Antonio had gone too far this time! One time Antonio had masterly forged a letter from the headmaster claiming it was dress-up-like-a-tree day. Noah, loving to participate in Ravenwood activities, had made a tree costume that had looked so real. The result for Noah were many gawks, stares and laughter. Worst of all, humiliation. Another time was when Noah had desperately needed a new robe. Antonio had given him a fake gift card for the Krokotopian robe shop. Noah had, again, fallen for it completely, presented it, and the result had been being suspended from the shop for a year. But his latest was out of control.

Noah finally caught up to Anotonio and yanked the collar of his green robe. Noah had a firm grip on Antonio, strong enough to make sure he wouldn't get away. Antonio's tan skin, long brown hair, and mischevous green eyes looked to Noah. Antonio put his hands in the air, then let them fall to his sides as he said, "All right, all right. You caught me. What now?"

"Why?!" Noah yelled. "Sure, the dress-up-day jokes were tolerateable, but framing me for thievery?! Do you even realize how long it took for me to convince them that I didn't do anything? Not even funny! I don't get why the stupid Book of Secrets placed you in Life!"

"But I see why the Book of Secrets placed you in Fire," Antonio mused. "Angry, hotheaded-"

"HOTHEADED?" Noah yelled. "I'm calm most of the time! I'm angry only because you set me off!"

"Which is pretty much-"

"SHUT UP, LIFESPEAR!" Noah snarled.

"Or what, Firewielder?" Antonio snarled back. "Gonna cry to mommy?"

That did it.

Noah screamed in fury and punched Antonio in the face. Hot with anger, Antonio clenched his hands into fists, and punched Noah back, but in the stomach. Noah didn't have air for a second and Antonio seized that oppritunity to kick him. Before Noah could react, Antonio teleported away.

Noah gritted his teeth as he recovered from the blows Antonio had served him. When would Antonio grow up? Noah teleported to him.

Antonio was laughing with his friends in Olde Town. Noah breathed heavly. Then he turned to Antonio's friends. "Why are you guys even with him?" Noah had the nerve to ask.

"We've been friends since who knows," Jose Breeze said, a master diviner in purple Mooshu clothes with purple eyes, pale skin and short brown hair.

"Antonio's cool," Anthony Spiritwalker added, a master pyromancer in red and white Mooshu robes and long red hair and yellow eyes.

"That, and we'd do basically anything or side with anyone if they paid us right," Adam Soulcrafter added, a grandmaster conjurer in yellow dragonspyre robes with long blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Even if it was wrong?" Noah asked. "Even if it would mean destruction?"

Adam shrugged. "Pretty much, if we were able to live."

Jose sighed. "I agree with Adam, mostly." He said. "I wouldn't do it if it meant the end of the spiral as we know it." Jose turned to Noah and snickered. "Like it would actually happen, though!"

Anthony joined Jose by tsk-tsking Noah. "Twelve-year-olds," He said. "When you actually grow up like us, you'll understand that if it benifits you, you do it. There's all that there is to it."

"Aw, don't make fun of him, Anthony," Antonio pretended to sympathize for Noah. "The poor kid's mommy and daddy died."

Anger set Noah off once more, and he swung a fist at Antonio, who in turn quickly ducked, with Noah's fist going by above his head. When anyone talked of his parents that way, Noah got really upset and it always resulted in a physical fight. He knew it was just Antonio trying to set him off, but he couldn't help it.

Antonio quickly rose up, grinning, and rammed his side into Noah, knocking him down into the ground. Antonio, Anthony, Jose and Adam all teleported away with a recovering Noah getting up and calling after them, "Who runs home NOW?"

Gritting his teeth and breathing hard, Noah looked all around him. For some reason, the sight that seemed to have stood out most was a girl in her early teens, either Noah's age or slightly older, with black hair wrapped into a ponytail and pale skin. She was wearing a black and red bandit cap, and another Marleybonian carnival dress the same colors. She held in her hand a sword with a black blade. It was apparent that she was a necromancer. Noah had a feeling that she had witnessed everything. The girl turned around and ran away.

Little did Noah know, she would grow to become a worse enemy then Antonio.

 

 

Sophia exited Ravenwood, into the Commons, out from the Commons and into the Shopping District, then out of the Shopping District and to Olde Town, and Olde Town was where the Bazaar was. For some reason, the Bazaar always had the best deals.

Sophia entered the Bazaar and walked over to the merchant. She pulled out the locket. "How much will this be worth?" She inquired.

"Around two hundred ten gold," The merchant replied.

Sophia nodded as she handed the merchant the locket. "Done," She said as she did so. In turn, he handed her the amount of gold. Sophia made sure it was the correct amount of gold, then nodded her approval. Sophia walked out of the Bazaar.

She had sold the amulet.

That was, except for one piece.

 

 

Destiny was running so fast up the slope that Nikki actually had to fly fast in order to catch up.

Nikki breathed hard as she kept up with Destiny. Well, where's the Ice shard, then? Nikki questioned.

Breathing hard, Destiny replied, "Well, before I came to Grizzlehiem, The Order of the Spiral traveled to Krokotopia in search of an artifact. It was before Neela had revealed herself as a traitor. Anyways, my best friend Sophia arrived to tell me she had recieved a necklace. Secretly, it was a locket. And in the locket was a fragment of something. Apparently, a fragment of the Blade of Seven!"

Oh, gosh.

Destiny nodded. "I know! And it seems frightening that my best friend unknowingly holds a key component to the most powerful, legendary, and dominating weapon in the history of the spiral!"

Um, yeah, that's bad.

"Hey! Wait up!"

Destiny turned around to see Jessica, descendant of Death, to come up behind her. "I didn't know that you were a fast runner!" She exclaimed.

"And I didn't know that my friend unknowingly holds a fragment to the most powerful weapon ever to name!" Destiny yelled.

"Uh oh," Jessica said.

I know, huh sunshine?

"Nikki! That's only making things worse!" Destiny snapped.

Things can't really be worse!

Destiny sighed. Then she squinted as she saw daylight ahead of her. They were almost out. Yes! Destiny thought. As soon as I get out of the cavern, the sooner I can teleport to Sophia, and the sooner we can aquire the shard!

She finished the thought as she ran out of the inside of the huge tree and teleported to Sophia.

Destiny was panting as she came to Sophia, now panting, and Nikki and Sophia just looking at her, especially Sophia. "Um, hi." Sophia said.

"No time," Destiny said. "Quick, where's that locket?"

"What locket?" Sophia asked.

"THE LOCKET YOU SHOWED ME IN KROKOTOPIA! NOW! AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM NOT THE MOST PATIENT PERSON IN THE SPIRAL RIGHT NOW!" Destiny yelled.

Sophia "Oh"ed quietly. "That locket," She said. "Um, I sorta sold it."

"YOU WHAT?!"

"Hey, hey, don't get all worked up on me, please." Sophia said. "I just found another amulet that gives me Kracken as a drop, the amulet was usless, what did you expect me to do?"

We expected you to kinda give it to us! Nikki clarified.

"Oh!" Sophia said. "Wow, that is one weird looking sprite. I didn't notice it till now. What do you call her?"

WEIRD LOOKING? Nikki yelled. She turned to Destiny. HOW ARE YOU FRIENDS WITH HER? DIDN'T NOTICE ME! I'll show the little brat...

"Nikki!" Destiny scolded.

"What's she saying?" Sophia asked. "It seems like you can understand her. I thought they only taught sprite to master theurgists."

"She's saying that its nice to meet you," Destiny replied.

My my my my, you are a bad interpreter, Nikki scolded.

"SHUT UP!" Destiny said. She turned to Sophia. "Where'd you sell the locket to?"

"I sold it to the Bazaar," Sophia said. "Geez, if you just wanted the amulet, then why did you just tell me?"

"Hard to explain!" Destiny said, already rushing off to the Bazaar. But Destiny and Nikki had ran too far to hear Sophia cry to them:

"Wait, is it the thingy inside you needed?"

 

 

Cause it had sure seemed like it.

Sophia opened her pouch and looked at the shard. What could possibly be so special about it? In Krokotopia she had asked Destiny if it had any value. She said no. Now a month later she was after it!

What wasn't she telling her? 

Sophia sighed. Something was wrong. But she soon forgot about it, seeing as how a voice cry, "UGH!" 

She turned around to see a boy about twelve years old with short blonde hair and blue eyes. He had pale skin and appeared to look twelve years old, not much older then Sophia and Destiny. He was banging his head against the wall of the Wizard City Athame Shop. Sophia walked over to him. "What's the matter?" Sophia consoled. 

The boy stopped banging his head and turned to look at her, gritting his teeth. "Lets just say cousins can be a pain," He finally gritted. 

Sophia laughed silently. "Why's that?" She asked. "I have a friend who adores her cousin." 

"Lucky friend, then," The boy envied. "She doesn't know that she has it good. Mine is a pain. Constantly harasses and torments me. I can't get away from him because I have to live with him!" 

Sophia tilted her head in sympathy. "I'm sorry," She said. "Who's your necromancer cousin?" 

The boy stared at Sophia as if she had just grown a million extra arms. "Necromancer?" He questioned. Then he laughed. "Oh, my cousin is no Death wizard," He finally said. "He's a theurgist, believe it or not." 

"If he's a tormentor, then how did he get into the Life school?" 

The boy shrugged. "I have no clue," He said. "You're right, he does deserve to be in Death. Sometimes the Book of Secrets can take wrong turns, huh?" 

"I don't know," Sophia said. "My friend was really anticipating to be in Fire, you have no dang idea. She was placed in Death. And from what I've seen, it appears to have been her calling all along." 

"But Antonio isn't worthy of a novice theurgist personality," The boy smirked. "I guess they can sometimes." Then he looked shock. "I'm sorry, I believe I've forgotten to introduce myself," He apologized. "I'm Noah Firewielder." Noah offered his hand. 

Sophia accepted it. "I'm Sophia," She said. She stopped shaking. "I'm a thautamerge." 

"As if that's hard to believe," Noah said. "Pyromancer." 

Sophia nodded. "As if that's hard to believe," She countered. 

Noah grinned. "You catch on pretty fast," He complimented. 

Sophia blushed. "Not really, actually," She admitted. 

"Oh, don't be modest," Noah persisted. 

"I'm not!" Sophia said. "I'm just known to be a good counterer." 

Noah grinned. Then his face lit up. "Um, hey, wanna duel? Just to pass time." 

"Sure," Sophia accepted. "What kind?" 

"2v2?" 

Sophia grinned. "Sounds perfect." 

Breathing heavely, Destiny ran into the Bazaar. She ran up to the merchant. "Have- did you see a girl thautamerge just come in and sell a locket that gave Blizard?" She asked, panting. 

The merchant eyed her, and with that Destiny could tell that he was suspisious. "Why?" He questioned. 

"She's my friend," Destiny explained. "I wanted her locket so bad, and she might have forgot that I wanted it. Can I have the same locket she just sold?" 

"Sure, if you have around two thousand gold," The merchant said simply. 

Destiny looked in her pouch, examining her gold. A little over two thousand. It brought her back to when she was in Mooshu, where she had been barely five minutes ago. She had wanted a ninja pig pet, but didn't have enough gold. A girl had volunteered to help her, and that girl had just happened to be Jessica, descendant of Death. As she paid, she just realized an incredible fact. 

We have all descendants but Balance! 

The merchant handed her the locket. Eagerly Destiny opened it and looked inside. She was incredibly disappointed when she found that there was no shard within. 

She was on the verge of crying. All that gold for nothing! And if it wasn't in the amulet, where was it now? Could it be lost? Could Sophia misplaced it? Could it have been dropped? 

Or could Sophia still have it? 

An eager rush of excietment exited her brain and flowed through her veins as she realized not all hope was all lost. Destiny knew that if she were looking in a mirror, that her eyes would be sparkling. She handed the merchant the amulet and said, "Never mind, I was thinking about a different amulet. Sorry." She handed the amulet back, and the merchant gave her around two thousand gold. Destiny slipped them into her pouch and immediately felt the weight on her hip. Then death logos filled the air. Destiny turned around to see Jessica standing behind her. 

"Sophia has it!" Destiny said, as she began to run out of the Bazaar. 

"Wait," Jessica stopped. "Who's Sophia?" 

"My best friend," Destiny replied. 

"Oh," Jessica lowered her head. She seemed stricken. 

Destiny walked from the doorway and to Jessica. "What is it?" She asked. 

"Well," Jessica said. "I was hoping-What school is your friend?" 

She was about to say something else, Destiny noted. "Primary school Ice and secondary Life." 

Jessica groaned. "Ice and Life?" She whined. "Those are the two worst schools in the whole dang cycle! The only WORSE combanation of schools is primary school Life and secondary Ice!" 

"You take Esmee and Alexis well," Destiny pointed out. "If you can take them, you can handle meeting Sophia." 

Jessica sighed. "I guess you're right," She finally admitted. "I'll meet her."

"And be a good sport," Destiny reminded her, slapping her on the arm gently.

"Watch it," Jessica said. But then before she could speak, Destiny said, "Wait, have you noticed that the only descendant we're missing is Balance?"

Jessica nodded. "That's what I was about to say."

"Right," Destiny replied sarcastically.

"It's true!" Jessica persisted. "Do you think we've come across the descendant?" Then Jessica paled. "Wait," She added. "What about you?"

"What about me?" Destiny inquired.

"I'm a descendant of Death," Jessica started. "And apparently so is this Cody Shadowstrider. Jason's the descendant of Fire. Chris is the descendant of Myth. Alexis is Life, and Esmee's Ice. Ryan and Natalie are both Storm. Who is your lineage?"

Destiny was too stunned to speak. Her? A descendant? She was too busy helping the Order of the Spiral and fighting Vladimir that she had never really taken it into consideration. Sure, she had wondered here and there, but she had never tried to track it down or anything of the sort. "I- I don't know," was all she was able to say.

Jessica thought. "Maybe you could be a descendant of Death," She suggested.

Destiny smirked. "Well, as finding you and Cody, if I were, I think I would have realized that by now."

"A descendant of Balance?" Jessica continued.

"I'm no sorcerer, in case you haven't noticed," Destiny pointed out.

Jessica held her hands in the air innocently. "Hey, just a thought," She said, allowing her arms to drop.

Destiny sighed. "I suppose you're right," She said. "What if I'm of powerful lineage too?"

"I bet you are," Jessica said. "Otherwise, how else would you be caught up in this business?"

Destiny shrugged. "I guess a normal girl stumbles in the paranormal kind of plot," She guessed. 

Jessica shook her head. "I don't think so." 

In the Krokotopian Arena, Noah could tell that his new friend Sophia was exhausted after the duel. She walked up to him, and he noticed sweat was beading her forehead. "You're good," She said. "How do you get this talent of magic?" 

He shrugged. "My dad had always said I got it from a great-great uncle of mine," Noah said. 

Sophia tilted her head to the right in confusion. "Had always?" She inquired. 

"He died of a fever," Noah explained. "And then shortly he brought my mom down with him." 

Sophia was speechless. Noah could tell she hadn't been expecting that. "Sorry," She finally managed. 

Noah nodded, then their conversation was cut short, someone had just teleported to him. He turned around to find Antonio. Before his cousin could say anything Noah said, "Save it for later, Antonio!" 

Antonio shook his head. "It's not what you think," He said. "A rich Marleybonian miser's son called a meeting with Anthony, Adam, Jose, you and me. We're to come now." 

"What's it for?" Noah inquired. Then he squinted his eyes. "Wait, how do I know this isn't a trick of yours?" 

"You just have to trust me," Antonio persisted. 

"Since when am I supposed to trust you?" Noah countered. 

Antonio was speechless. Finally he just said, "Fine, I give up. Not my fault if you miss it." 

"Not my fault if you get in trouble," 

Then suddenly myth marks appeared behind Antonio. Someone teleported to him. Adam came from behind. "Hurry," He said. "You don't want to miss it! Jose and Anthony are already there, I'll bet they're wondering where we are!" 

If Adam was speaking about it, it might be true, Noah thought. Antonio shot Noah a "Take it or leave it" look. Noah sighed. "Alright, I'll come." 

Adam teleported away, with Antonio following him. Noah turned to look at Sophia, waved goodbye, and teleported to Antonio. 

Apparently they were all inside a Marleybonian mansion. Noah looked around. The walls, ceilings and floors were completely draped in black, with some bits of blood red here and there. Noah looked to Antonio. "This is where we're meeting the guy?" 

Antonio nodded. "I think they call this Thorn Manor," Anthony said before Antonio could say further more. 

Then suddenly huge metal doors painted red opened up. Out came three necromancers, two boys and a girl. One boy appeared to have grandmaster clothing on, with long black hair and blue eyes. To his left was the other boy in a black robe with Storm markings, a black Mooshu hat, and a Grizzlehiem staff. It was then when Noah noticed a sprite next to him. Then his attention diverted to the girl on the grandmaster's right. He reconized her as the girl he saw in Olde Town. 

The grandmaster grinned. "Thank you for coming," He greeted. He looked around the five. "I see you may be wondering who I am," 

"Very true," Jose pointed out. 

The grandmaster looked at Jose for a couple of seconds, then shrugged and continued. "Anyways, my name is Vladimir Thorn Jr., son of the Marleybonian ambassador Vladimir Thorn Sr. These," He said, guestering to the black-haired girl and blue-haired boy, "Are Neela Waterpetal and Cody Shadowstrider, my friends." 

"What about the sprite over there?" Anthony asked. 

The sprite chirped something ununderstandable. 

"This is Lily, or so I am told," Vladimir said. "Cody claims to have found her along Unicorn Way and says that she said that one of her bitter rivals are part of a group of enemies. And that's where I am getting to. 

"You see," Vladimir continued. "Cody, Neela and myself are trying to achieve a certain goal. But, however, there is a band of nine people trying to stop us. They call themselves the Order of the Spiral." 

"So what does this have to do with us?" Antonio questioned. 

"I would hope that you might join us in this cause," Vladimir said. "To support us and to help us defeat the Order of the Spiral. We will also pay you." 

This got everyone but Noah interested. "How much?" Adam asked. 

"10,000 gold now, each, and for every month you stay by us it is another 10,000." Vladimir said. 

"How can you give away that much?" Jose asked, dumbfounded. 

Vladimir shrugged. "My dad's rich," He said. 

"Lucky," Jose whined. 

"So are you in or are you out?" Vladimir persisted. 

"In!" Adam said. 

"For this amount of gold?" Anthony asked. "Definitately!"

"Sure," Jose said. 

"Sounds good," Antonio replied. 

Vladimir grinned wickedly. He turned to Noah. "You?" He asked.

Noah was about to say he was in for it, but then hesitated. Sure, the pay was good, excellent, in fact. But there was something about the three of them that just didn't seem right. Noah finally said, "You mentioned that there are people in which you are working against. Who are they?"

"You don't trust me," Vladimir reasoned.

"I just need to confirm who is good and who is bad," Noah said. "You can't fight if you don't know who your enemy is."

Vladimir considered this. "Very good," He said. "That is another option we need to consider."

"And what if this other team is good?" Noah questioned.

"To confirm your alligences," Vladimir offered. "How about I give a description of these opponents."

"That would make me trust you a lot more," Noah accepted.

"There are seven people to the organization of the Order of the Spiral," Vladimir said. "First off, the leader is Jason Stormflame. He is a master pyromancer, he is very near grandmaster. He has blue eyes, long brown hair, kind of tan skin. He used to be one of my best friends, till he turned on me. The second-in-command is the nuisance Ryan Stormcaster. He is an adept diviner, and sister of another member called Natalie Goldenflame, another diviner, magus. They both have colored skin, and Ryan has purple hair and eyes. Natalie has long white hair and gray eyes. Alone, which they rarely are, these two can be dealt with, but together, they are almost undefeatable. 

"And the luitenant," Vladimir was shaking his head. "Destiny Seagem. She's a journeyman necromancer very close to adeptdom. She would have been very useful on our side. But no. She is not to be messed with at all. She may be only third in command, and lowest in rank, but she's most promising out of all of them. She look a lot like Neela over here, black hair usually in a ponytail, green eyes, pale skin. She has a realivite on their side, Esmee Lionblood. Esmee is an adept thautamerge. She has blue eyes and long auburn hair. She may seem like a weakling, being Ice, but don't underestimate her. I'm sure she can beat most of you no sweat.

"Next," Vladimir vontinued. "Is a magus conjurer called Chris Soulhunter. Like Jason, he used to be a dear friend of mine, until he turned. He has short blonde hair and a combo of gray and black for his eyes, like Cody. There's also Alexis Lifestone, an adept theurgist. She can be double dangerous because she can heal herself. She has kind of tan skin, green eyes, and green hair usually wrapped into a ponytail. You can't really tell her hair because she keeps it shrouded in a Grizzleheim hood. She also wears Grizzleheim themed apparel. She is usually sweet and gentle, but don't be fooled.

"The last two," Vladimir said. "One of those is a girl necromancer in which I have barely seen and do not really know about. I think I heard Destiny call her Jessica. Don't know her last name, if she has one. She has blue eyes and long dark brown hair, and wears black and red Mooshu attire. She looked to be in late magusdom. Don't know her characteristics, but if she's on the Order, then she's dangerous. The last one you'd totally underestimate for size. The last member is a sprite. A more- deformed- sprite. Black hair, pale skin, red eyes, purple dress and books, I think her name was Nikki or something."

Noah heard the sprite chirp something ununderstandable.

"Anyways," Vladimir said. "You can never understand sprites, so I never know what she's saying. I'm sure that its not very good. She usually uses Destiny as some sort of shield. Nikki just seems to hang with her. Wherever Destiny goes, Nikki comes, it seems." Vladimir turned to Noah. "Now have you made up your mind?"

Before Noah could say anything, Antonio said, "Really? They're mostly adepts! We can take them down, I'm sure of it!"

Vladimir shook his head. "You don't understand," He said. "They may come in small ranks, without the strongest spells, but their tactics, cunning, and courage is equal to or over a grandmasters!"

Antonio didn't seem convinced. "They don't seem hard at all!" He persisted. "Why, I think they're just as easy to take down as that eleven-year-old over there!" He reffered to the necromancer called Cody.

"Shut up," Cody threatened calmly.

"Make me," Antonio challenged.

Cody grinned. "All right, I've got no problem with that," He said. Cody took out of what Noah reconized as Ashitaka's Staff of Intent, and used Super Nova on Antonio, an Ice type attack.

Antonio smirked. "Is that all you got?" He scoffed.

"I've got a lot more," Cody dramatically walked to Antonio.

"Cody, don't-" Vladimir tried to warn.

But it was too late. Cody had already used wraith on Antonio, who tried to meekly defend himself with a death shield. The wraith already turned back to Cody to grant him health. Cody quickly used Stormzilla before Antonio could finish his spell, who tried to run from the dinosaur. Antonio quickly attempted a seraph, but because he was concentrating on the heat of the moment instead of the spell, it fizzled. After the stormzilla was done with Antonio, Cody himself charged Antonio and kicked him in the stomach, causing Antonio to fall to the floor.

Antonio's friends tried to help him, but Cody swiftly turned around and casted a spell unreconizable to Noah. It seemed to be a mutated form of meteor strike, only the meteors and everything that was supposed to be a firey red was pitch black. It affected Adam, Anthony and Jose so they wouldn't try to help Antonio anymore.

Noah, however, had a different point of view of the fight. Noah was laughing so hard he could barely breathe. After all this time of Antonio beating him up, accusing him of various things, everything he did, it seemed to be coming back to get the theurgist. He could definately use this against Antonio whenever he tried to do something to him! Through it all, Antonio was glaring at him as Noah laughed.

Cody continued to beat up Antonio. He punched Antonio in the face, kicked him in the shin, then used the end of his staff to knock the air out of Antonio. Then Cody pinned Antonio's arms and legs to the ground. Before Cody could make it for the kill, Neela finally took action and rushed to the fight. At first, she tried to separate them using her hands, then unsceathed her sword and poked Cody back with the hilt. As she did, Neela yelled, "STOP!"

Cody was still breathing heavily and tried to charge Antonio once more, but Neela stopped him. Breathing hard, Neela said, "You can't beat up Antonio, Cody!"

"Oh yeah?" Cody challenged. "I just did!"

"But not anymore!" Neela scolded. Then she seemed to relax a little. "Look, Antonio accepted our offer, so apparently you're going to have to learn to live with him. And that doesn't include beating him up!"

Cody grunted and turned away. But before he turned away, he quickly rushed to Antonio and grabbed the front of his robe, leaning his face in close to Antonio's so their noses were touching. "Listen up, and listen up fast," Cody said. "You call me eleven-year-old, weak, or anything whatsoever of the sort ever again I will pwn you triple of the helping you just got!" Cody leaned his face ever so closer, which had kind of seemed impossible to Noah, considering the fact that they were already practically touching. "Is that clear?"

Antonio hurridly nodded.

Cody forcefully let go of his robe, gritting his teeth as he joined Vladimir and Neela once again. Vladimir dismissed the fight and turned to Noah. "So," He said. "Are you in or are you out?"

 

 

A thautamerge strolled down Ravenwood, returning home from his Ice lesson. Then he spotted two boys looking suspisious. One appeared to be a diviner in purple and white Mooshu clothing, with short brown hair. The thautamerge couldn't see his eyes. To the diviner's left was a conjurer in Dragonspyre robes with long yellow hair.

"What do you think of the deal?" A voice said. It seemed to be coming from the conjurer.

"I like the fact that he's gonna give us 10,000 gold each month!" The diviner said. As he said it, something seemed to drop from his pouch. The duo didn't seem to notice that it had dropped.

"Still," The conjurer said. "I can't believe that Noah passed Vladimir up! I had always known that he was an idiot, but not that idiotic!"

"He didn't really pass him up," The diviner corrected. "He just said he needed to speak with the Order of the Spiral whatchamacallit."

"Which is kind of passing him up," The conjurer supported.

"Actually Adam," The diviner said. "I do kind of have a bad feeling. But I don't care, the gold is worth it!"

They seemed to be walking away now, considering the fact that they were now harder to hear. The thautamerge rushed to the item they dropped. He observed it carefully. It was a tiny thing- like a shard to something. It was around two inches long but not very wide. It was purple and seemed to be charging with energy, and the energy appeared to be lightning. The thautamerge yelled after them, "Hey! You dropped this!"

But the duo didn't seem to hear. They were either too far away to hear or too absorbed in their conversation.

I guess I'll keep it, Chris Mythflame thought.

 

After Noah teleported away from her, Sophia thought long and hard about the affairs Destiny was having with her shard. Still in the arena, she looked at it again, it was two inches tall in length and another inch in width. It was an ice blue color and there seemed to be little snow falling. She was caught up in observing it until Sophia noticed that someone had teleported to her.

It was Destiny.

She was about to say something until she noticed the shard Sophia had. Then Destiny said, "Yes! You have it!"

"You want this, don't you?" Sophia challenged.

"Not just want it," Destiny corrected. "I need it! You don't know what's at stake!"

"Give me one good reason why I should give this to you," Sophia said.

"It's a long story," Destiny defended.

Sophia was getting ticked off. For the past month or two, Destiny had been hiding something from her, something big. She had to find that out now! "I'm sorry Destiny, but the only way your getting this is if you explain everything to me! And I mean everything!"

Destiny opened her mouth to protest, but then closed it again. Then Sophia saw that she had given in. "Fine, I guess its time you know anyways."

"Um, yeah, it is," Sophia agreeed.

But before Destiny could begin, someone else had teleported to Sophia. He appeared to be a pyromancer, in his late adept. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. "What's up?" Noah asked Sophia.

"One of my other friends is explaining something to me, so I guess you should get out, sorry." Sophia said. Then she leaned her body to face Destiny. "Wait, is it okay if he sticks around?"

"Probably not," Destiny admitted.

"Oh well," Sophia gave in. But before Noah could teleport away, Sophia said, "Wait, Noah, I'd like you to meet one of my friends. Destiny, this is Noah Firewielder. Noah, this is Destiny Seagem."

Noah seemed to freeze. He slowly turned around and gaped at Destiny in awe. "You... you're... you're one of them!" He stammered.

"One of what?" Destiny seemed confused.

"You know what I'm talking about!" Noah persisted. "You fit Vladimir's description! You're a part of the Order of the Spiral!"

"You KNOW?" Sophia yelled at Noah. "Both of you seem to know what's going on, know its time I'm a part of that! You tell me now or else-"

"Honestly, Sophia," Noah interupted. "I don't know either." Noah turned to Destiny. "That's why I was trying to find you guys, the members of the Order of the Spiral thing that Vladimir talked about. I had a feeling that he wasn't telling me everything, even though he gave clear discriptions of you guys. I have a feeling that you guys will explain." 

"Explaining sounds good," Sophia pointed out.

Destiny sighed. Now it was double the excietment. Finally, she said to Sophia, "Do you remember the incident on the day of our orientation? When the necromancer gave the wedgie to the diviner? And I pushed the necromancer down?" 

Sophia nodded. "Yeah." Then she put something together. "Wait... Oh yeah! That's the Vladimir guy you're talking of, isn't it?" 

Destiny nodded. "Well, it has something to do with him..." 

 

 

Adam Soulcrafter and Jose Breeze finally returned to Thorn Manor. It had been a nice walk down Ravenwood, but they were both now anxious to see if Vladimir would now explain things to them as promised. They both had wondered what the little purple piece that Vladimir had given them was. He had left them to guard it, but he didn't tell them what it was.

"What do you suppose it is?" Adam asked.

Jose shrugged. "I don't know. Here, let me get it out..." He looked through his pouch. After five minutes of looking, he said, "Uh-oh."

Adam tilted his head in curiosity. "What's wrong?" Adam asked.

"I can't find the dang thing!"  Jose said.

"What're you going to tell Vladimir?" Adam asked, hoping he didn't sound like he was worrying. Worrying was for weaklings, he had always said. Adam had to remain true to his quote.

"Well, he is paying us for our alligences," Jose reasoned. "I guess its best to tell him."

Adam nodded. "You're right." He said. "I bet he'll forgive us."

It was anything but.

"HOW'D YOU LOOSE IT?" Vladimir screamed.

"We don't know!" Jose defended. "We just strolled down Ravenwood and all of a sudden its gone! I'm sorry!"

"No time for sorry!" Vladimir snapped. "Go back to Ravenwood, see if it's there!"

"Actually," Adam stepped in. "I remember overhearing a boy yelling, 'Is this yours?' We thought it was someone elses."

Vladimir seemed to cool down a little. A little. "Who'd you loose the piece to?" He questioned.

"It looked like an adept thautamerge," Adam said. "But it wasn't this Esmee you spoke of. It was a male." Then he grinned smugly. "And, I remember someone teleporting to him. I think he's called Chris Mythflame."

Vladimir nodded. Then he thought something over. "Wait... why does the name sound familier?"

Then he remembered his first duel with Destiny, he was against her, Natalie, and another thautamerge...

Named Chris.

"Oh no," Vladimir muttered. "Congradulations, thanks to your foolhardyness, we've lost the Storm Shard to the Order of the Spiral!" Then he realized the mistake he made.

"Storm Shard?" Jose asked.

"It's nothing," Vladimir said.

"If its nothing," Jose countered. "Then why are you so upset about it?"

"Based on the performance you just gave," Vladimir said. "It doesn't seem like you or Adam deserve an explaination. The best thing you guys can do is get Anthony and Antonio."

"Why?" Adam asked.

"I need a small, elite team now to track Chris down and steal the shard back. I need those two to prove their worth and loyalty. You've already given a good demonsration."

 

 

It had taken at least a full hour of explaination, telling the story of the First Wizards, the past events, the Blade of Seven story, the questions, it had been hard for Destiny to explain. Finally, all she could say was, "See now why I need that sliver so much?"

Sophia nodded. She held the Ice Shard to Destiny. "Here you go."

Destiny accepted, slipping the shard into her pouch. "Thank you."

"Hey, I have to do it if the chance of the spiral being led by that mad necromancer is weighing down on it." Sophia pointed out. 

Destiny smiled. Then she turned to Noah. "Now is the time you need to confirm your side," She pressed onto Noah. 

"I think the Order of the Spiral," Noah said. "Mainly because you explained almost everything to me and Vladimir didn't." 

Destiny nodded. "Thanks." She now looked back and forth from Sophia to Noah. "So, the time has come for me to ask the both of you, will you become members of the Order of the Spiral?" 

Sophia shook her head. "I believe you and all of that, and I know for sure that what you're doing is better then Vladimir, but, I don't want to be caught up in this. I just want to go to school, quest, rise up ranks, just lead a normal life. If you're in a troubling situation, you can definately call me for backup, and I'm on your side. But I want to be a normal person." 

Destiny nodded. "I understand. And you're lucky you had a choice to become involved! Natalie, Ryan, Jason and Chris didn't really give me that option, honestly. Well, I guess they did, but it seemed like I was already in it." Destiny turned back to Noah. "Now, what about you? Are you going to try to lead a normal life like Sophia or are you going to join us?" 

Before Noah could respond, Destiny sensed that someone teleported to her. She spun around to see who it was.

It was Chris Mythflame.

Destiny smiled. "Hey!" She greeted. "Haven't seen you in a while!"

"Nevermind that," Chris said. "There are these three people who're after me!"

"What three people?" Destiny asked.

"A pyromancer, a theurgist and the necromancer we fought!" Chris said. "They're after this!" He pulled out a sleek purple piece that seemed to be trying to contain lightning in it. Then Destiny heard a faint humming noise coming from two different sources; the Ice Shard and what Chris now held in his hand.

Destiny gasped at what Chris held up; she could tell at once that it was the Storm Shard.

"Oh, gosh Chris, I need that!" Destiny begged.

"Oh, helephant!" Chris said. "Why is everyone after it?"

Sophia gasped. "Is that the Storm Shard?"

Destiny nodded. "Indeed."

"Okay, what's the big deal with these Shards?" Chris questioned.

Before Destiny could explain, Vladimir and two other boys she couldn't recongnize arrived. One of the boys had green eyes, long brown hair and tan skin, wearing green robes. He also appeared to have a black eye. The other had long red hair and amber eyes, with pale skin in red Mooshu robes.

Vladimir looked from Chris, to Noah, to Destiny. "Well well," He said. "I see you've met Destiny, Noah." He said.

Noah nodded. "Have you chosen sides yet?" Vladimir questioned.

Noah didn't say anything.

"Do I take that as a yes or a no?" Vladimir asked.

"Take that as 'I'm still thinking over it.'" Noah responded.

Vladimir nodded. He turned to Sophia. "Who do we have here?" He asked, guestering to Sophia.

"No one," Destiny said. "She's no threat."

But before Destiny could finish, Vladimir said, "Ah, I remember you." He grinned. "You're Destiny's friend."

Sophia nodded. "You're the guy who bullied the diviner."

"Hey, he was annoying me." Vladimir defended.

"More like you were annoying him," Sophia countered.

"He was rebelling," Vladimir pointed out.

"You seem pretty peaceful right now, Vladimir," Destiny interupted. "What's the catch?"

Vladimir grinned. "I need to talk to Chris," He said.

"He knows," Destiny said. "Like you're going to get it from him!"

Vladimir ignored Destiny and turned to Chris. "I need the thing you picked up," He explained.

"Oh, so NOW you're handleing this peacefully?" Chris questioned. "You could have done that long ago before you started attacking me for it!"

"Well, I guess if you're not going to give it to me voluntarily," Vladimir began. "I guess I need to take it from you forcefully."

With that, Vladimir casted a scarecrow at Destiny, Sophia and Chris. Chris and Sophia both countered with Ice Wyvern while Destiny attempted a vampire. Unfortunately, the vampire fizzled. The redhead Destiny didn't reconize casted a phoenix at Sophia, whereas the theurgist with the black eye summoned a minion, then seraph at Destiny. Destiny used a Fire Dragon treaure card, having a pretty good effect on the trio, except the pyromancer, who had a heavy resistance. Sophia made up for that using seraph, and Chris used Sandstorm. Either it was a treasure card, or his secondary was Balance. Then Destiny noticed that Noah was just standing by watching, apparently not knowing who to side with. She could see the sweat heating up on his forehead through the decision. Vladimir used a skeletal pirate on Sophia.

She was out.

Chris rummaged through Life treasure cards, then found a fairy, healing her a little bit. Sophia immediately used Evil Snowman on Vladimir.

Destiny sighed. They weren't getting anywhere with this. They needed the same tactics as she and Esmee had used in Grizzleheim; flee. The Order of the Spiral needed the Storm Shard, she could't risk Vladimir taking it back. She guestered to Chris, Sophia and Noah to flee. They all did, leaving Vladimir, the theurgist, the pyromancer and the Krokotopian Arena behind.

Breathless, Destiny guestered to Chris for the Storm Shard. He hurridly gave it to her. "I don't know what's happening, but you having it seems better then Vladimir," Chris said. He looked around anxiously. "I need to go, I just don't want those three finding me again!" Chris teleported somewhere.

"Well," Sophia said. "He kinda rushed through it, you know what I mean?"

Destiny nodded. "I guess I see his point."

Sophia shrugged. Then she turned to Noah. "Why didn't you help us?" Sophia questioned.

"I was stuck!" Noah defended.

"Wait," Destiny started. "What do you mean, stuck? Did you know the pyromancer and the theurgist?"

Noah nodded. "The theurgist is my cousin, Antonio Lifespear. The pyromancer is his friend, Anthony Spiritwalker."

"But didn't they bully you?" Sophia questioned.

"The offer to join them is still up in the air," Noah said. "They need a confirmation soon."

Then Destiny got an idea. "Hey!" She said. "I know what you should do?"

Right after that, Destiny pulled out her Communication Stone. You got any more of the stones? She wrote.

Yeah, why? Jason wrote.

I have an idea, Destiny began. But for it I need another one.

Sure, I'll get one over to you. Jason immediately teleported. He handed a stone and stick to Destiny. "Why do you need it?" He asked.

"I'm getting to that," Destiny said. She handed the stone and stick to Noah. "Accept Vladimir's offer," Destiny said. "You're going to spy on them, like Neela did with us!"

"How do I contact you?" Noah asked. "I'll get busted for sure!"

"Not with this," Destiny replied. "Use the stick to write on the stone whatever you need to report, and it'll get to me and Jason. The signal that you get the message is if its burning hot."

Noah nodded. "I understand." He started to teleport away before Sophia stopped him. "Wait, just out of curiosity," Sophia began. "You said you inhereted your fire powers from a great-great uncle. Do you know who he was?"

Noah nodded again. "Yeah, dad told me." He said. "I think his name was Marcus Dawngem." 

DON DON DON CLIFFHANGER!!!