Chapter 2:

Louie had a new wand from his father and raced to bother his friend, Ila, as he showed her his new wand. Ila shooed Louie along since she was busy with her magician studies. So Louie decided to show his companions his new wand instead. Even though his new wand looked exactly like the last wand he broke. It looked like a wooden club though the handle was a long thin stem.

He found Melissa with her three cleric apprentices as the other two companions soon made their way over to the group. They were discussing a ruin that they needed to venture so that Melissa's three apprentices could train themselves. Louie of course noticing that they were preparing to go on an adventure quickly arrived by their side. "Hey everybody, what are you all doing?" He asked.

"Oh nothing you need to concern yourself with," Melissa replied attempting to deter him from joining. "We're going to a ruin."

"Oh good, I'll come with you!" Louie said enthusiastically.

"You can't," Melissa hurried, "we have a warrior and your wand isn't created yet so we…"

"Oh yeah," Louie said pulling his wand from the loop on the back of his belt. "My wand was finished this morning. I had my old man make it for me as soon as possible so I could be ready for an adventure any minute. So I'm ready to go where we off to?"

Melissa let out a sigh as she accompanied her friends, Genie and Merrill, along with her three apprentices into the forest outside of town. "Just don't get in the way of our training." She warned him as they left Louie to pick up their belongings.

"Is that your hero Miss Melissa?" The apprentice with the red hair asked.

"He's…he's our baggage carrier!" Melissa replied as they continued on their quest.

The three girls turned to face Louie as they watched him carry all of their belongings. "Hm, he makes a good bag boy."

They continued through the forest until they finally reached the temple where the ruin was. Zombies began to spurt from ahead of them and were slowly on their way towards them. "Okay girls," Melissa began as she allowed the girls to take action.

As Melissa's apprentices huddled around her awaiting her decision, Louie raced ahead of them with his wand ready in his hand. "I'll handle them!" He said racing pass them and leaping into the air chanting words while his wand glowed a bright blue color. A blue lit circle appeared below the horde of zombies as energy erupted from beneath them. Louie landed pass them in a kneeling position with a smirk along his face.

Suddenly the zombies were walking out from the explosion making their way to the clerics. "You're a magician and you don't know to use holy magic against zombies?" Melissa said through frustrated lips. "This is against my will…okay girls remember to concentrate, you all can do it!" She finished as they all concentrated on their holy magic. Holy light spurted from them as their wind-like streaks raced through the zombies dissolving them.

"What's wrong with this bag carrier?" One of the three girls whispered amongst each other. "He's definitely confused of his duties!" Said another. Melissa then escorted her three apprentices into the ruin leaving Louie, Genie and Merrill outside waiting.

Naturally Louie couldn't wait too much longer, fearing that he may be missing out on much needed adventure. "Are you two just going to sit there and wait?" He asked Genie and Merrill as they indeed waited by a tree, relaxing in their own way.

"This adventure is training for Melissa's apprentices. You should not interfere in their training." Genie warned the ambitious Louie. Louie refused to wait and rushed inside of the ruin while Genie and Merrill rushed in after him, to prevent him from doing something stupid. Louie had caught up to Melissa and her three apprentices as they had just vanquished a few more zombies. Melissa looked at him with an annoying look but decided to say nothing as they continued forth.

They entered a large chamber as Louie stopped the party activating a spell. This caused his wand to glow, illuminating the entire chamber. "What did you just do?" Melissa asked.

"It was a spell to scan the area for traps." Louie replied putting his wand away.

"This area has already been explored," Melissa said annoyed. "There won't be any traps in here…" she let out a yell as she fell through a weak spot in the ground. "Melissa," Louie yelled after as he jumped in after her.

He hit the ground next to her, slowly rubbing his head as he examined the area. "No traps huh…" He said.

"That wasn't a trap, this ruin is old and the floor may have given out." She replied as they rose to their feet. The area was a long tunnel and was dark with gritty walls. No sooner when Louie lit the area with light from his wand, did zombies arrive before them. A horde of zombies blocked their only means for escape along the tunnel. Louie immediately dove in to fight the horde with his sword as he slashed away at the multitude of zombies until his sword broke in half. He lied there breathing hard as more zombies continued through the hall toward them.

"Oh Louie…" Melissa sighed as she cast more clerical prayer spells at the zombies. They were destroyed by her holy magic, though more were still coming through the hall. Melissa grew much too weak to continue using her holy magic as she was finally depleted. Louie tried fist fighting with the zombies next as he held his own for a bit, but in the end was still no match as he too was defeated as the zombies continued to kill them both.

Suddenly from behind the zombies came holy magic destroying the lot of them. "Come on you two, this way!" Melissa and Louie heard both Genie and Merrill shout as they appeared down the hall. They raced for them as they were rejoined with their friends and the three apprentices. The three young apprentices were still disappointed in Louie's actions as were the usual party as they made their way outside. As they began their march forth Louie had just realized that he was missing something.

"Oh no! Wait guys I left my wand in the ruin!" He shouted as he ran back inside the ruin. The three apprentices shook their heads in disbelief while Melissa muttered the same phrase she's said since she met Louie, "This is against my will!" Everyone agreed to leave him behind while they made their way back to town. Louie finally made it out of the ruin with his wand as he sat on a stump complaining to himself about his companions leaving him with all of their belongings also.