Amara's POV
It's been Three weeks after the encounter with Lilith , A lot of things had happened since then, first of i had covered a big part in the stabilization of my powers and so had Sophia and Lu, but we still had a long way to go if we were going to beat any demons at all. My aunt had explained to me that she had defeated Legion and that it was a relatively "simple task" for her, i found that difficult to believe and still do by the way, but there's a ray of truth to this considering how powerful my aunt was, the first woman in her generation to channel the power of multiple Gods at the same time, and the witch who almost beat my mom to the throne, I thin that's a plus and considering how weak Legion is said to be, I think it wasn't far fetched. Besides the teachers had confirmed it when i had a meeting with them, that's right; I now have meetings with the teachers along with the other two, seems like we were now getting acknowledged in the staff circle as the most powerful students currently, we were grouped up with a few powerful individuals too, including three Celestial witches,( i noticed that two were our classmates too), my cousin who i believed was just there for the plot, An Eldritch witch from final year (i found this super awesome because Eldritch magic was one of the four lost arts of magic in the mystic world) and i had never met one until now. We were a special force known as the "pillars" and were tasked with protecting the school against harm...now what were the teachers roles again?. Dad had rushed home( right after i tore myself out of air in the hall) because apparently, he had a severe concussion from the way my aunt yanked him off the hall, he wasn't used to teleportation not yet, even after 17 years of marrying my mom.
Anyways, Lu had been sourcing different ways of defeating the dark spirit of the forest and Sophia had began to visit the counsellor's office three days a week, we were all walking towards a goal of being powerful, i received a message from Mom earlier it just simply said "Find it" , find what? But she never answered, she knew how to always do that, always giving you crumbs to nibble on, until you found a whole, that was her personal way of teaching me i guess, it was quirky and discomforting, but that's mom for you i guess .... .
Today we students were meant to spar with each other for recess, it was year ones against year two and year three against year four, quite uneven if you asked me, how will an inexperienced witch defeat a witch who have most likely surpassed their level of power?, obviously the higher class had the advantage but i saw something to learn, it pushed students to try harder, The year ones were livid about this but not me though, i was confident that i could wipe the floor with any second year that was my sparring partner, little did i know that it was going to be harder than i thought it would, much much harder. We assembled at the great hall, the same hall that we were attacked in not too long ago, i found this repelling why were we even there?? And i guess the others did too by the way they were squeezing thier faces. The hall had completely changed, it had become bigger in space and the seating rolls were pushed far back, the podium had magically(ironically) disspeard, a large circle was engraved on the grounds of the hall and more lightings were provided so that it wasn't gloomy anymore, it had more life now. Lu, Sophia and I gently went and sat at the space provided for year one students.
Within a short time , the hall was filled students from all classes and works of life stationed everywhere and for the first time since i came here i acknowledged the diversity present in the school, there was a fair representation of races. A clutter sound, minimized the noise emitting from the audience station, it was the sound of an active microphone which meant that the exercise was about to begin.
'Hello everyone' said a very familiar thin voice, it was our professor Mr. Thristle, i notice that he tends to be the MC in these kind of events, or any event at all, i don't know whether this was a deliberate act by the staff or just a harmless duty given to him but i saw this as a shady arrangement. Nonetheless he was actually a good speaker, regardless of his voice.
'We are about to begin, Ten years ago a program was created in this prestigious school by our amiable principal , Lady Amaya also known as the queen of drayds. It was a inter-student sport, designed to connect students and help them learn from one another and thier selves too, Ladies, gentle men, creatures, monsters welcome to the Student Brawl.' just then a round of applause ensued from the older classes, we first years followed suit when we took the hint, and when the kiing and chatters died down, mr thristle continued..
'You know how the procedures go, but for the dake of the first years i will repeat the rules to both welcome them and to refresh our memories for those who have Un retentive memories ( this caused laughter in the hall, i couldn't quite understand what the Punch line was), rules for the student brawl
1. You do not under any circumstances use forbidden spells, general or indigenous to your coven or your magic practice, remember all spells are taken account for and violating rules will lead to expulsion.
2. Semi lethal spells are allowed as there are healing stations around the hall with the best healers our school have to offer and students are permitted to go all out.
3. Buffing of powers and using of special spells or tricks are allowed as this adds to your points however they are only permitted for three times per match, that means anything over three times will lead to instant disqualification and punishment.
4. The staff are watching, take this seriously as this is also a grading test.
5. Special magic spaces were created for this task, after my presentation walk into your space where you will meet your rival.
6. Do your best out there....And the match starts....Now!' with this he fluttered off, another applause ensued from the Audience. Things were starting to get interesting, i thought. Just then portals opened in front of everyone present including me, Sophia and Lu, i realized that we didn't talk much during this but i guess that's a plus on our side, we were able to control our selves for once, we formed a circle and hugged passionately.
'Group hug' i heard lu mutter.
'Students walk into the portals in front of you please' it was thristle speaking again, we exchanged good lucks and pleasantries and when we were ready we stepped into the portals to brawl...