After spending a whole week in Mooshu, Aurora showed up battered, beaten, and grinning like a fool. She walked up to the registration table and greeted the dueling expert, Diego. "Hey, Diego, save any damsels lately?" She sounded a little funny with her swollen lip.

"Haha, no, but you seem to have been busy. I suppose you're here for the tournament?" The black horse laughed. He didn't mind her roughed up looks, having seen her in worse conditions before.

"Yep. Just sign me under my usual name and I'll hit the showers first. I've been in Mooshu all week, and you know they don't have indoor plumbing." Diego smirked at the beaten wizard's optimism. Truly she probably hadn't been defeated in combat, no matter how tired she looked. She had once come into a tournament looking like she was half dead before and had made it out with second place and grinning like a champion.

"Of course, but I do hope you have a health potion on you. The competition is going to be tough this year. I have already signed up some alumni as well."

"Oh? Who?"

"Well one in particular that you should worry about. The 'Storm Queen', Jennifer Rubywielder." Aurora's eyes widened as she heard this. It was the first time Diego had seen fear on the young Ice Wizard's face since she had been first brought to Unicorn Way to fight the undead. "What's wrong?"

"That... that would be my mother..." She muttered slightly with fear still noticable in her voice.

"Ah... do you want to stay out this time?" Diego asked, knowing full well how the young wizard felt about her mother. She loved her but at the same time wished she wasn't so ignorant and short sighted. "I can understand if you do..."

Aurora's glare turned icy as she reached into her satchel and grabbed a small bag of gold. "No, I'm not going to let her win so easily. If she wants to fight in the tournament and prove me wrong then she has to fight me to do it. I'm not going to bow down to a storm wizard who can't even see how strong a blizzard is."

"You're confident that you'll even make it to her?" Diego counted out the entry fee and handed the rest back. He was secretly glad and sure about the young wizard's powers and courage. She was quite formidable when put under pressure.

"If the Storm Queen wants to reign supreme, then she needs to fight the rest of us. I was asked to represent the School of Ice's current students, and I'm not going down without a fight." The usually blue and green eyes that were hidden behind her black glasses seemed to give off a cold grey glow. She smirked dangerously. "I've done too much to lose so easily to my mother and her friends."

"Good, I'll place my bets on you to win then, haha." This got the young girl to pale.

"Don't do something so reckless! I'm only a Magus Thaumaturge! There are more powerful students than me all over the spiral!" Diego laughed as the young wizard walked into the locker room, ready to stun Wizard City, or at least her mother.