Chapter 4

Ruben shut the doors of the gym after me.

"Come on!" Ruben barked at me. I followed only because he had a dagger that was poking my back.

"Where are we going? Why do you have a dagger pointing at my back?" I asked slapping his hand away.

"To the forest where I'll transport you to my master." he said digging the dagger a little deeper than before. I looked to my side and saw a patch of blood seeping through my dress. I stopped moving.

"Follow me now!" He yelled. I couldn't move. I just stared at nothing numb from the sight of my own blood.

I looked at Ruben and the dagger then ran down the hall. Ruben yelled and ran off after me. I took and few turns and double backs trying to shake him off.

Soon I ended up back at the gym doors. I tried to open them but they wouldn't budge. Panic filled my chest. I ran to the other gym doors on the other side. They wouldn't open either.

A blow to the head knocked me down to the ground. I cried out in pain. Tears streamed down my face.

"Next time you try something like that, I'll knock you out."Ruben said. He roughly pulled me on to my feet. I screamed hoping someone would hear.

Ruben punched me in the stomach knocking the air out of me lungs. I doubled over, gasping for air. Ruben didn't wait for me to regain my breath before he started dragging me again. I yanked my hand out of his.

"Follow me now!" He yelled taking a threating step towards me. Instinctively I took a step backwards.

"NOW!" He yelled again grabbing my hand. He pulled on my arm so fast I landed on my face. My arm was bent in a funny angle so I couldn't get up. Ruben crouched down a raised his fist and...

"STOP RIGHT THERE! Stási̱!" someone yelled. Instantly Ruben's hand froze in mid-air. I wasn't sure if I was more shocked that I could understand Greek or that Ruben's hand froze at those words.

Ruben got up slowly putting his hands in surrender. I turned my head slowly only to see Padmé and Adam running up the corridor towards us...what the heck!

Padmé was holding a black stick and Adam was holding reed pipes...this day keeps getting weirder. First-Ruben's trying to kill me, second-I can understand Greek,

third-Padmé and Adam running to the rescue like heroes holding nothing more than a stick and reed pipes.

"Did you figure it out or have you known all along." Ruben said angrily.

"Known what? That you're a no-good traitor?" Padmé replied innocently. Ruben glared at Padmé.

"Yeah." Adam added.

"Shut-up goat boy." Ruben yelled. Adam made a sound that sounded like a goat's bleat.

"Leave him alone." Padmé said coldly coming closer. Ruben started to pace in a circle... Padmé did the same thing.

"I thought you learned your lesson by now." Padmé said raising her stick.

"Well I'm a slow learner." Ruben said pulling out a solid black sword. I had no idea how a stick would match to a sword

"Págo̱ma!" Padmé yelled. A burst of blue light came from the tip of the stick...so that's what it was...a wand. Ruben slashed with his sword knocking the spell into a wall.

Slowly the wall where the spell hit started turning to ice and breaking into shards.

"Really Padmé...You're so predictable." Ruben said laughing. Padmé frowned.

"Katastrépsei!" she yelled. Ruben dodged to the right but got caught with a counter-spell. Ruben flew backward into a show case full of school trophies.

His sword fell out his hand spun down the hall. He covered his eye with his bleeding hands. Padmé took a step backwards, shocked. I saw a tear form in her eye.

"Ruben." She gasped. Ruben looked up. A shard of glass from the case was in his eye. Ruben's face went from shocked to angry.

I saw him pull out a second the dagger. Padmé didn't see. Ruben got up and lunged. Padmé leapt out of the way but not fast enough.

The blade of the dagger sank into her arm. She cried out in pain and kicked him back. I got to my feet.

Shaking uncontrollably I glared at Ruben. I yelled and a nearby water fountain exploded, sending a huge jet of water at Ruben.

He sprawled out on the ground but before he could get up, I jumped on him punching him in the face so hard he banged his head on the ground. Ruben went limp.

I raised my fist again and was about to punch him again when someone touched me softly on the shoulder. I turned to see that it was Padmé.

"It's alright. He won't get up in a while." She said then sat down and pulled out the dagger from her arm.

Adam rushed over to her with some sort of brownie looking thing, and gauzes. Me...I puked...all over Ruben.

"Are you alright?" Padmé asked looking up." That's an odd question, seeing that I'm not the one getting my arm wrapped up.

"Me? I should be asking you. Not you asking me." I said "But yes, I'm okay. Are you?"

"It's just a scratch." She said. "One sec. I'll clean up the mess. Then we're taking you to camp." she got up, said a few spells and the glass pieced together perfectly in the case.

Even the shard in Ruben's eye came out and joined the rest. Minutes later it didn't even look like it broke in the first place. Padmé turned to us and said we better get going.

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