Tales Of Earthem: P.O.T.S

Verse 11- Thee untouchable Queen

The giant chandelier sparkled beautifully above the hall and it lit up to the sound of roars from the 100’s of students that filled it, the showcase was taken place at one of the grand halls in the academy which meant everyone was present. E and D Graders littered the stands all cheering for their desired pupil out of the 12, “ Welcomeeee to the grand showcase event “ bellowed the prefect who would act as the announcer for today’s event” you’ll all be luckily enough to see each of our 12 E graders give you a preview of what their made of , so without further ado let’s get this show on the roaddd” the moment the announcer ceased his speaking the crowd delivered a defining roar” now let’s welcome our first candidate to the stage ….. Miss Alania Kaur “meanwhile Jyro, Tristine and the other 9 students were in another room watching from a monitor. The 12 chosen were all required to wear the same clothing that was given to them, the boys wore a black vest and matching trousers whilst the girls were required to wear white vest in addition to white tights or leotard trousers. Alania Kaur was the first out of the 12 to step out onto the stage, now no one knew what they’ll have to do today so the whole room buzzed with anticipation, “seeing as this is an Academy for Elite personnel what better way for our chosen students to grace you with their skills via a MOCK BATTLE!, a mock battle?” said Jyro to Tristine , “mmmm yup I had a feeling it would turn out this way good thing I brought my bow & arrows with me” she said, “ don’t feel scared Jyro I know we haven’t been taught any combat but just do what you always do and use your instinct” said Tristine as she tried to console Jyro, but what she didn’t know was that Jyro wasn’t worried about fighting Jack had already groomed him to face demons but it was revealing to everyone else he could use Lightning brand. Now there was students about 5 or 6 all standing around nervously guarding what looked like a cage covered up in a velvet veil so no one could see what was inside, the announcer made a signal towards them all they then proceeded to remove the veil. When the veil was removed the crowd fell to silence and shock at what they saw in the cage, Jyro gasped and closely looked towards the monitor “ Tristine, what in the world is that” asked Jyro whilst his eyes stared at the creature. It had 3 horns 2 short ones and one long one in the center, its body resembled a rhino but its body was more muscular than one and its scaly skin was grey all over with dark red shadows around the head and legs, “ S..s..sir whenever you’re ready” mumbled the announcer , professor Valentine then walked forwards “Open its gates u fools and get out of here I’ll take it from here” scolded professor valentine, the gates slowly opened and the students scurried away, the creature opened its dark yellowy eyes and set his sights upon the professor “ yes yes there we go come to daddy you demon” as the professor taunted the creature it proceeded out the gate and charged towards the professor “animi imperio” whispered the professor, on the beasts head purple started to appear with the letter V in the middle of it. The beast stopped in front of the professor and bowed its head, the on looking crowd simply watched on in amazement, “ay you can stop being afraid It’s in my control now” the professor said whilst he smirked at the announcer, “... oooook thanks for that..ahem, it’s time now folks for the Mock Battle to begin, This level 1 lesser demon shall fight against our 12 chosen just for your entertainment” the crowds spirits slowly became alive again and they slowly applauded and cheered.

Meanwhile the students in the next room didn’t seem to phased by the creatures arrival well accept Jyro of course, “hahaha finally something to finally test our powers as exorcists I was beginning to get bored of this school” said Valko whist he cracked his knuckles menacingly, “so that’s how it is, the professors Brand demon control , pretty expected for a guy like him” spoke Tristine, “so he’s making sure that thing doesn’t go to wild against us” said a young dark haired boy called bobby west who was among the chosen 12,”pffft there’s no need for a mind control my mum told me lesser demons are a piece of cake” responded Madison scarlet whom was also part of the 12, Jyro was still a bit worried at the fact he’d have to fight the creature in front of everyone , still pondering on what he’s going to do, “ you’ll be fine Jyro I know you can do it” encouraged Tristine who knew anxiety was within her friend, “ Totally Jyro providing you’ve fought against one before but newbies are almost certain to lose their lives” blurted Madison scarlet who was trying to scare him “Oh Shut it Madison he’ll do just fine” said Tristine.

Meanwhile at the main hall Alania slowly begun to circle the beast who huffed and puffed, she nervously watched the demons movements as slowly became agitated , “acutis Flores” said the girl and dozens of pink petals started appearing around the her, the petals span and danced around her to the appreciation of the crowd who aaahed and oooed at the spectacle, the demon suddenly charged towards her with its long horn as its spear-head “Ballo” she said next the petals begun to spin furiously before all dashing towards the oncoming beast. The dozens of petals seemed to harden like steel and with the spinning trance they were all in they ripped through the creatures body, it lost its balance and slid and tumbled straight into the wall, the crowd became quiet for a few moments waiting to see the beasts fate, moments later it’s body begun decomposing then it burned into a blue flame then turned to ash, the crowd roared in appreciation. Jyro was amazed at what he was seeing which helped settle his nerves on fighting the demon himself, “ nice and easy, Bravo” said Bobby applauding at the screen,” “oh FYI that’s what happens when you kill a demon Jyro they burn with a blue fame then vanish into ashes, that’s when you truly know their dead” bobby added. The announcer looked at his sheet again “MISS TRISTINEEEE MORROWIND!” the announcer bellowed, “right looks like I’m up, wish me luck Jyro” she said, the young blue headed girl grabbed her Arrow and pouch then proceeded to the main hall, she stretched out her arms and legs then took a deep breath, another gate was brought in again with the same creature inside and the students did what they did before as did Mr Valentine. When the beast was released The creature charged towards Tristine, upon it closing on her she quickly somersaulted over it and cheekily smiled, the demon charged again and Tristine followed suit with a second somersault, the crowd loved every minute of it and cheered and screamed for the young girl , “ ha-ha alright let’s see if I can get you in one shot” said Tristine , whilst she evaded every attack the demon through towards her she begun mumbling to herself, “Alanias petals cut him 64 times but his movements slowed at the 45th strike and his eyes whitened at the 56th … so his heart must be right….. there” she said, Tristine then drew and arrow and aligned it with her sight , she fired the arrow and watched as the arrow hit the demon right above its front left leg which sent it crashing to the ground. The vibrations from the crowds screams could be felt from the room Jyro was staying in , he looked on at the monitor and saw Tristine greeting and bowing to the crowd, he too felt to clap as he thought Tristine fought amazingly well and there wasn’t one student who didn’t applaud even the professors enjoyed her fight.

Jyro was anxiously waiting for his name to be called out but it didn’t come and by now the 12 where down to 4, Jyro, Leo Blackstom, Isis Gates and Valko Tius. The crowds noise seem to become louder when they realised who was left, everyone was awaiting the name call of Isis Gates. “ Leo Blackstorm “ bellowed the announcer , the crowd begun murmuring and chattering when they heard the name Jyro looked around the room when a tall broad shouldered boy got up and proceeded to the main hall, Jyro couldn’t help but feel like he’s met him somewhere but couldn’t figure out where meanwhile Tristine after finishing her fight went and took a seat next to Johnny in the stands, “Jyro still not on then” said Tristine “ no not yet but doesn’t that big guy seems familiar” asked Johnny,” oh that’s Leo I tend to bump into him at Mongoleys” Tristine casually replied “ Mongoleys??? Thought Johnny when he then remembered the evening he went there and bumped into that tall fellow with the hood, “NO WAY, IT’S HIM it’s that big guy from before the one I bumped into” he exclaimed. Leo made his way to the front hall carrying a big object on his back which was covered up, the girls from the crowd whistled and cheered his name but the boy had no response, he simply gazed into the eyes of the demon ahead of him. The moment the gates opened he removed the wrappings from the object he was carrying and out immerged a ridiculously huge long sword, the crowd gasped in shock at seeing it, “what in heavens is he gunna do with that” Johnny asked, Tristine squinted her eyes and analysed Leos arm muscles “he’s trained his body to use that weapon, this should be over in a few seconds” she replied. Professor Valentine looked intrigued when Leo stood before him, he looked up and down at the boy then smirked menacingly, and he lifted up his palm and muttered to himself ,the markings on the beast glowed then turned from purple to red and the demon immediately became enraged. The enraged demon roared and gored through the air, the shockwaves resonated through the halls shaking the chandeliers, when Mr Valentine took his seat Mr Kobi immediately questioned him on what he did “ I simply made it a bit more interesting headmaster considering the remaining 4 are quite interesting now don’t you think” Mr valentine Smirked at Headmaster Kobi who was only thinking about Jyro. The beast charged with bloodlust at Leo, its speed and power had notably increased with the floor tiles flying off the ground as it ran, “ Come Let’s Play puppy” said Leo whilst gripping his long sword with two hands, just as the creature was about to maul him down he disappeared, the crowd gasped in shock and looked around the hall, Leo was all the way across the room taunting the beast the crowd then screamed with excitement, “ whoa what was that “ Johnny asked “I haven’t the slightest of clue but what’s even more scary is that I don’t think he used a Brand” Tristine said worryingly . When the demon realised Leo was behind it, it huffed and puffed then charged again at him in the same way , Leo slowly lifted his gigantic steel sword and positioned himself, he positioned himself the same way a Baseball player stands when he’s about to hit a ball, the creature approached into Leos range and with one big swoop !SWOOOSH! He sliced the creature in half. Everyone present had their mouths open, where did he come from?, who is he? The crowd fell into questioning one another before giving Leo a standing ovation, the head teachers applauded and talked amongst one another “ so the rumours were true the Archanine clan of swords sent their heir here” stated Mr Valentine “ so he’s from a long line of sword masters is he, ho-oh this year’s kids are quite a frightening bunch probably the best crop we’ve had in years… don’t you think so headmaster” one of the professors stated, but the headmaster didn’t reply he just sat down patiently waiting .Back in the other room the remaining contestants looked on “ergh what a show off” stated Valko , now Jyro too was in shock at how strong Leo was but what shocked him the most is that he actually saw what happened to Leo when he disappeared ,Leo spun at a tremendous speed almost like a cyclone he then jumped across to the other side of the room but how Jyro could of seen that he didn’t understand himself but he knew the majority of the crowd probably couldn’t. Valkos name was called up next which left Jyro in the room alone with Isis the one who’s said to be the strongest in the year.

Valko arrogantly walked out of the waiting room clutching hold of his crossbow, the crowd lightly applauded him, the crowd watched on as the new lesser demon was released from the gates. Jyro didn’t know whether or not to talk to her but he felt the silence in the room was too much to bare so he turned towards Isis and noticed up close just how beautiful she actually was, her long curly hair was tied up with a ribbon, whilst Jyro admired the girl Isis gazed blankly at the monitor Jyro thought she almost looked bored. “Oh err looks like it’s finally our turn soon” Jyro muttered nervously, Isis turned towards him and stared at the boy, Jyro felt even more nervous than before as her cold stare pierced through him, “humph why are you so nervous, could it be you’re afraid of the demon or afraid of yourself? She asked, Jyro wasn’t expecting such a reply and sat there speechless,“ anyway looks like I’m up” Isis said, but as Jyro turned to the monitor Valko hadn’t even left the battle hall so how could she have known she was next, “ ISIS GATESS” the announcer screamed which sent the whole crowd to roars and cheers.

Isis walked into the main hall the moment the crowd saw her they all fell silent, she was dressed in the white leotard trousers with a white vest, her blue eyes sparkled at the on looking crowd who whistled and lightly cheered for her. The new creature was released soon after her arrival but this time it did something different for all the other 10 participants that fought It, the beast would always charge in the first few seconds of spotting them even so since Professor valentine increased the Demons bloodlusts it became even more direct when attacking but this time it didn’t charge, it simply growled and puffed and circled the girl. The crowd didn’t understand it and neither did most of the professors “why does the demon not attack” said one of them “has your brand wore off Valentine” Mr Kobi adjusted his glasses then proceeded to answer it himself “the brand is still present and nothing’s wrong with the demon it’s simply just scared” the headmaster said and one by one the professors and all of the on watching students slowly begun to realise this. “so even her presence is enough to scare demons, cor blimey” Said Johnny, “her power is even more frightening I’ve heard, her family all share a unique brand which is said to be of the sacred five elements of the world” explained Tristine, Johnny scratched his ruffled brown hair and looked at Tristine aimlessly” what’s the sacred five elements” he asked, “aren’t you studying to be a ducem? And you don’t even know what that is …. Basically the sacred five elements were the first elemental Brands to ever exist they are Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Lightning but the Air Brand was so unique that it remained only within the Gates family” explained Tristine. Johnny took himself a few moments to digest the information but seemed to understand it eventually, “whoa whoa so you’re telling me our academy has one of the five first brands in the world studying here? That’s bloody amazing “he said, “Well I think there might be a second… but I’m not sure if we’ll be seeing it today” said Tristine whilst she daydreamed about something else, “huh two? What, who?” blurted Johnny “never mind just watch, look something’s about to happen”.

Isis begun to walk towards the cautious beast who still continued to diligently watch her, “ I’m becoming bored now” she said to herself, Isis begun to increase her pace towards the beast almost powerwalking towards it, the demon huffed and grunted then eventually charged at her whilst roaring, Isis held out her hand” prohibere” she spoke the demon immediately stopped in its tracks, whilst Isis kept her hand stretched out the demon could not move, its yellow eyes rolled about in panic but its body was as still as a statue. The professors were all on their feet in amazement , “so this is one of the 5 elements” said Professor Dhanoa, “ yes… she holds the Brand of Air” Mr Kobi said , he then turned his attention towards the headmistress “ are you all set in case this gets out of hand “ he asked her the headmistress nodded in response ,”huh how could this get out of hand she’s completely controlling the demon now headmaster” spoke one of the other professors, but what they didn’t know was that Mr Kobi was referring to taking measures upon stopping Isis.

Jyro sat alone in the room and stared at the monitor intensely concentrating on what was going on, Isis then spoke again “detorqueo” the demons legs slowly begun to pull away from one another, the demon groaned and tried to resist but its limbs continued to stretch whilst it wailed in agony, the crowd looked on in horror and watched on as Isis tortured the demon. By now the demons limps were as far as they could go and begun stretching even further, sounds of the joints dislocating and skin tears could be heard, the hall filled with silence and groans of disgust, Isis then spoke again “ recline” the demons body slowly started to bend awkwardly and almost instantly Headmaster Kobi slammed his foot down and stood up, “ ISIS THAT’S ENOUGH” he shouted, Isis looked back at him her cold eyes stared at the headmaster who to bore down her with a menacing look “Finish it…..Now” the headmaster said, Isis sighed to herself then reluctantly agreed “ fine…. Displodo!” the girl muttered, instantly afterwards the demon exploded. The crowd of students were baffled by what they had just witnessed, as fear filled their hearts not one person cheered or applauded for the girl they all just sat there and looked on, almost feeling sorry for the demon.

By the time Isis decided to walk away feint applauds begun to occur whilst she exited, but the young girls barbaric display wasn’t done by enjoyment she simply wanted the message to be clear, everyone in her eyes is an ant and if she so pleased she could squash them without hesitation, and for Jyro this message was received loud and clear. The announcer made his way to the front tiresome it’s no surprise though considering the way the event has turned out,” and finally we come to our last Contestant out of the chosen 12 let’s hope we end this show with a great performance .. Now give a round of applause for Mr Jyroooo THOMASSS!” the call of Jyros name was received well amongst the hall, Jyro heard the cheers and whistles which relaxed his nerves a bit more, he’d already been planning on how he was going to approach the battle so his mind was already in fight mode. He slowly walked to the door where he could feel the vibrations just by holding the doorknob, he took a deep breath then proceeded out, the hall erupted with a roar, Jyro was stunned as he looked around the hall where the on looking students were screaming his name, “GIVE EM HELL MATE” screamed Johnny with Jyro responding to his friend with a thumbs up, “give them hell? What does that even mean? Sighhh it pains my heart to know I share education with such barbarians” said Tristine whilst Johnny simply ignored the girl refusing to get into another argument about Grammar with her. Jyro stepped up and waited for the Demon to be released from its cage, as professor Valentine approached the beast to mark it with his brand he glanced towards Jyro and seemed to mutter something which Jyro couldn’t make out, now Jyros habit of observing his surroundings very sharply occurred he was so focused on the crowd that their noise drowned out the sound of the demons cage being unlocked, he begun to embrace the cheers waving his arms and smiling at everyone in his sights. Jyros eyes eventually met Tristines who two begun wording something to him, she then started pointing and as the crowds cheers settled her words could be made out “Pay Attention you Moron The demons been released” she bellowed, Jyros senses suddenly became apparent to the situation but by the time he turned his head towards the creature it had already closed in on him preparing to maul him down. Jyro desperately dived out of the way with the horn of the demon just about missing him, ooohs and aaahs could be heard from the crowd Jyro slowly got up and backed away from the demon he looked around the hall trying to find something he could use to fight it with when his eyes sighted a golden candle stand across the room, Jyro quickly sprinted to the opposite direction in an attempt to lure the demon who charged towards the boy in blood lust, the moment the demon pounced on him Jyro quickly changed direction and dashed the other way leaving the demon to lose footing and tumble over. The crowd begun applauding Jyros performance, Mr Kobi too looked on with a smile on his face. Jyro grabbed the golden candle stand with both of his hands and approached the beast, the beast slowly got up and turned around it huffed whilst huffing and roaring in frustration and anger, it suddenly charged at the boy at a frightening level of speed Jyro was caught wrong-footed and was tossed aside by the demon. He bounced on the floor with a loud thud and slid across the hall, “Oh Gosh what is he doing” Tristine moaned whilst putting her hands over her eyes, Jyro got up and gripped the half broken candle stand tightly, the demon charged at him again but this time the moment it did Jyro also charged at it and jammed the stick forwards Jamming it into the demons mouth. The beast’s movements stopped as it thrashed about violently trying to cut loose, Jyro gripped as tightly as he could before the demons power finally overwhelmed him and sent him crashing down to the ground, the crowd gasped in fear as Jyro was now pinned down with the beast on top breathing down on him, “Headmaster shouldn’t we stop this That boy may lose his life” spoke one of the professors but Headmaster Kobi kept quiet and watched on. Tristine and Johnny looked distressed in their seats whilst they watched on, “Trish... shouldn’t we do something?” Johnny worryingly said but just as he turned towards her Johnny saw a fury in Tristines eyes that he had never seen before, clenching her fist tightly and biting hold of her lip eagerly watching the fight. Jyros time was running out, the half broken candle stick was the only thing between the demons mouth and his head and it looked like it was about to break as well, Jyro begun to quickly see if there was anything he could do in this situation but whilst he looked around his eyes fell on the stands where the Professors were seated, he looked at professor Dhanoa who for some reason smiled at him even though he was in a dire situation , then he looked at professor valentine who was laughing hysterically, then finally Mr Kobi who looked on at him with a serious face and nodded at him. Jyro started replaying the words from all those who gave him advice he then remembered Jack,……” alright kid listen up, there’s going come a time when you’ll have to make an important choice…well there’s going to be a few times when you’re going to make important choices , now as long as that choice is what your heart wants don’t regret it and bear the consequences like a man you hear me , because that’s the only way you’ll survive in this world”… the words he remembered from Jack suddenly made all his inhibitions go away.

Jyro slowly reached for his Zooz stick and placed it into the demons mouth “Fuliminis Pulsus” he spoke and a ball of lighting formed inside the demons mouth followed by a shockwave that blew the demon off Jyro and sent it spiralling through the air. Jyro slowly got up and looked at the beast who lay on the ground still stunned from the attack, as the demon slowly regained its senses and sluggishly got up, Jyro gripped his weapon and dashed forwards at the beast pointed the weapon towards the demon and screamed “ignis erupit!”(Lightning bolt) the small sceptre on the end of his stick sparked with bluish white coloured electricity, then a huge stream of lightning shot out of the end and electrocuted the demon to death. The crowd screeched from the blinding flash and covered their eyes, they slowly opened their eyes to see the blue flame burning from the demons body which incinerating into ash, silence filled the hall as Jyro stood and looked around the shocked faces of the spectators, “Wait… was that ,was that just..” mumbled Johnny, Tristine immediately stood up and begun applauding, the headmaster Mr Kobi too then got up and started applauding moments later everyone got up and clapped and cheered for Jyro.