Laurence leads me to a light blue tent. Inside it I see 2 bunk beds on opposite ends. They look unsafe, then I realized that there's a total of 4 beds in the tent.

“ Is there anyone living in this tent here, if you guys even live in these things,” I say,

“ Yeah, one more person. He’s also fairly new, but I have no idea where he’s at, “ Laurence replies.

He goes out of tent, I follow close behind him. He starts heading into the forest. A part of me doesn't want to go, the forest looks like if I take one step in it i’ll be consumed by the trees. I fight back my fear and trail him.

Laurence goes through the forest expertly dodging looming branches and bushes. I myself am not as lucky, I might have a better chance of fighting Kai’s army than going through this forest. After minutes of me being swat at by branches we arrive at a clearing. I spot a boy their. He was kicking and punching the air. He was amazing, he was so graceful with his hits. Fast, but still looked like it would send a man flying if hit by him. Sweat pouring down  his face.

“ Rigo, hey,” Laurence shouts to him as he walks towards him.

The boy was fairly short. He looked at me and gave me a grin. I gave him a smile back.

“ A new recruit? I haven’t seem him anywhere in camp,” he says.

“ Yep, I was thinking we could spar so maybe he could learn some spells, “ Laurence states.

A fight, huh. I’m not gonna lie, it sounds exciting to watch. I guess when they mean spells they mean magic. Maybe I should try to enjoy myself like Kia, but still. My family is probably worried about me.

“ Ok, don’t think i’ll be so easy this time, “ Rigo excitingly said.

They both look at each other. A smile on both of their faces. I back up a little, I don’t know what to expect. How does a battle work out in this weird world.

“ Tidal Wave appear, “ Laurence says as a long dark blue spear appeares in his hand.

“ Vortex Gauntlets appear, “ Rigo says as his hands are covered with 2 gloves. Each glove has 3 sharp points on it brimming with electricity.

It stays silent for a while. Rigo makes one step and then suddenly appears next to Laurence. I didn’t even see him move, amazing. He launches a punch as Laurence ducks by bending backwards. He brings his feet up as he flips back to his original stance. Rigo sidesteps the kick.

“ Electric shock, “ Rigo shouts. Right when Laurence lands his backflip. A lighting strike shoots towards him from Rigo’s gauntlets.

“ Aqua Prison, “ Laurence says as a watery shield appears around him.

He used the prison on himself to absorb the attack. Laurence still has a smirk even when he was almost electrocuted. The aqua prison leaves him.

“ Electric Cannon, “ Rigo says as he electricity flows around him. He sticks his two hands out. He sits there for a while, more electricity flowing in the air around him as every moment passes.

Laurence smiles and just stands their.. What is he doing? Shouldn’t he be taking over the time Rigo wasting on charging this ability?

Suddenly a thick cannon of lightning shoots from Rigo’s hands. The shot made the earth rumble below my feet as it hurled at Laurence.

“ Ancient Mirror, “ Laurence shouts as a mirror appeared in front of him.

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Once the lightning shot hit the mirror it went into it. Then after a few moments shot right back at Rigo.

“ Aqua Prison, “ Laurence yells.

The same prison that went over Laurence just a few moments ago goes over Rigo.

“ Ground Shackles, “ Laurence says.

The earth below Rigo leaps out and binds his legs. Rigo just smirks. A huge explosion appears as the shot hits Rigo. Rigo stands there unscathed. His arms were held out. What just happened, shouldn’t he be done after that.

“ Your Gauntlets absorb electricity now, “ Laurence says with a smile.

“ Yeah, I would of went for a counter attack, but I have to ask. Are we teaching this kid combat or magic, “ Rigo says.

“ If its combat maybe you should teach him some moves and not make him watch us fight, “ Rigo says with a smirk.

“ Probably,” Laurence replies.

“ Follow me, “ Laurence says to me as he enters into the forest.

I sigh. Is he even training me at this point.

“ Don’t worry, he’s a little forgetful. Don’t be too hard on him, he's a good guy, “ Rigo grins.

“ The fight was interesting, it’s fine, “ I say as I trail Laurence back into the forest.

That fight was amazing. Rigo was new too, and he was able to move that fast and cast such a powerful spell.

Laurence goes into another clearing not that far from the one Rigo was in. He turns around to me, suddenly I was on the floor. I get up and dust off the dirt clinging to my clothes.

“ The first thing in combat is good reaction, be able to block or counter any type of attack that is thrown towards you, “ he says.

He backed away from me on the opposite side of the clearing.

“ Pebble Pummel, “ he says.

Suddenly pebbles appeared out of nowhere floating around him. A pebble shoot out at me and hits me in the arm. He shoots those things fast, you could hear the whsssss through the air.

“ Try to dodge them, we’ll try catching later,” he says.

Another pebble flew at me, I try to sidestep like I saw Rigo, but I still got hit square in the chest. Those things hurt.

“ Calm down. Just try to keep your eye on the thing coming at you. It may be coming fast but if you focus on it, you can dodge it, “ he says.

Another pebble was about to come, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I was calm, but now I need to keep my eye on the pebble. Whsss the pebble came towards me I tried to keep my eye on it, but it was too fast.I still got struck. I had one more idea, but I doubted it. Another pebble came soaring at me, I closed my eyes. Then easily moved to the side and dodged it. Two pebbles came after, I keep my eyes closed. I  ducked the first one and rolled to the right for the second one. My ears seem to be better then my eyes, I can hear the pebbles and dodge them.

“ Well done, but don’t get your guard down, “ he says.

He launches three pebbles at me. I did the same thing for the ones I dodged before. I sidestepped the first two then easily caught the third.

“ Is that all you have, “ I say as I smile towards him.