Author's Note: So… I have gotten several reviews and PMs stating that they wish to see more Vivi and Gale interactions! Your wishes have been granted! Enjoy!

Chapter 7: Fluke in Magic

The weather was cooperating for once on that fall afternoon. Gale stepped out of the classroom building and walked through the courtyard. He breathed in the fresh, crisp air and let out a heavy sigh. It had been several months since Charles took him in as an apprentice, and there has never been one moment of complaint.

"HEY WIZZY!" A loud, obnoxious voice broke the peaceful silence.

Except for her… Gale groaned and rolled his eye. "Shouldn't you be in class, Vivian?"

The peppy girl stomped and complained, "It's Vivi, you overgrown baboon!" She stuck her tongue out at him and made a funny, immature noise.

"Whatever…" Gale's content mood was now ruined by the naïve witch.

"Where ya heading, Wizzy?" Vivi ran up beside him and walked in step with the vexed teenager.

"None of your business." Gale retorted. Gale walked faster, but Vivi kept up with him.

"You know, Wizzy," Vivi blatantly admitted, "You're boring."

Gale rolled his eye again and as they walked by the fountain that was in the center of the courtyard, Gale shoved Vivi into it.

"HEY!" She screamed and fell into the water.

"You're so loud…" Gale mumbled. He did not have time for Vivi, nor did he want to spend time with her.

Vivi pulled Gale back with an orange rope and she yelled, "LISTEN TO ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!"

Gale stopped and turned to face her. His face was emotionless, and his voice was expressionless when he called back, "You're a waste of time." Vivi froze in shock. She had lowered her aura just enough for Gale to pull out of the magical rope. He continued to walk in the direction with no plan of where he was walking.

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"Watch 'er step, sire!" A child shouted behind Gale.

Gale stopped and took a moment to realize his location. A town...? Gale stopped right before a large, boiling pot of rubbish poured in front of him from overhead. Gale immediately covered his mouth. That vile smell... His stomach lurched and he backed away from the now feces filled street.

"'Ey! Watch it there, lad!" Gale bumped into a burly man.

"My apologies..." Gale cringed. Gale noticed the man's grotesque figure and felt a cold sweat drip down the back of his neck. The man's eyes were pinked, swollen,and deeply scarred. His neck was bruised and his arms were deformed. The man was a hideous sight.

"Umm... excuse me..." Gale stammered, "Do you mind... telling me.. what town this is...?"

"Y'ere in Farlin, lad." The man smirked and revealed three chipped teeth, one rotted out tooth, and a maggot that crawled in between the holes within this mouth.

Gale stuttered, "T-t-th-thank you s-s-sir." He backed away from the spine-chilling man. Gale turned and continued to walk down a darkened alley way. There has to be an end to this madness. Gale jumped when a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"Let go!" He panicked. He faced the person behind the mysterious hand and saw an old hag dressed all in black.

"Y'ere a wizard, eh?" The old woman's voice shrilled, "Ye best be running from here... de men will get ye..." The woman looked up at Gale and smiled demonically at the young apprentice.

Gale paled, "W-w-wh-what... m-m-men?" Her eyes... are onyx...

The woman continued her satanic tone, "De men... they'll kill ye... if they knew ye..."

Gale gulped, "H-h-how... d-d-do I get out of here...?"

The hag cackled, "You..." She dropped her head suddenly and her voice became cold and deep, "Find her... save him... find her... save him..."

Gale turned and sprinted away from the woman. How did she know about that!? Gale sprinted in the same direction that he was originally heading towards. He silently prayed that no one would stop him again, but he also prayed that someone would find him and rescue him from this madness.

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"WIZZY! WAKE UP!" A bucket of icy, cold water covered Gale.

He sat straight up and gasped for air. He frantically looked around him and noticed that Vivi held a large, gray bucket in her hands.

"Gale," Gale looked to see a worried master, "Are you all right?"

Gale placed his hand to his head and pushed his hair out of his bandaged eye, "What... happened... to me?"

"You walked through this weird looking portal thing!" Vivi blurted out. She then changed her composure to resemble an angelic princess, "And I, being the good student..." Vivi cleared her throat, "Immediately informed master."

Gale glanced at Vivi and grunted, "You're such a kiss-ass."

Charles glared at Gale and slapped him upside the back of his head, "Mind your tongue Gale."

"What happened to me?" Gale asked Charles while rubbing the back of his head and glowered at Vivi.

"You teleported to another dimension," Charles chose his next words carefully, "I think you teleported to Vivian's world..."

"WHAT!?" Vivi gaped and then slapped Gale in the same spot where Charles had slapped him, "HOW COULD YOU!?"

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Gale shouted and rubbed the back of his head harder. Damn... that hurt...

"Vivian," Charles scowled, "You know he did not do it intentionally."

"Still..." Vivi turned away from Gale and Charles, and with her head down, she walked back towards the classrooms.

"What's her problem?" Gale growled.

"In her town..." Charles sighed, "They would kill anyone who was considered of being a witch."

"How did I get there though?" Gale asked.

"In all honesty, Gale," Charles sighed again and then pulled the young man off of the ground, "I have the faintest idea."

"So," Gale walked alongside of Charles towards the classrooms, "You're telling me that I have this weird, unknown, special power that you cannot identify." Gale sarcastically said "special power".

"Yes." Charles admitted.

Gale stopped and he was partially in shock. I didn't think he was serious...

"Come on, Gale," Charles kept walking, "Do not dwell on the issue of too long. It was probably just a fluke in your magical abilities."

Gale nodded without another word and obediently followed his master.

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"Hey..." Gale walked into Vivi's room that evening.

"GEEZ!" Vivi jumped and spilled her concoction on the floor. "Knock first, you dimwit!"

There was a small explosion on Vivi's floor and Gale rolled his eyes when a small green fire erupted on the fabric. He flicked his wrist and allowed the water to flow through his finger tips and towards the flame. Once it was submerged, Gale sauntered towards Vivi.

"What... do you want...?" Vivi stammered and blushed slightly.

Gale stood directly in front of her and looked down at her, "Was your town full of strange people?"

"Excuse me?" Vivi's one eyebrow rose.

Gale continued, "Was there a crazy old hag that badgered out non-sense?"

Vivi snickered, "You mean like you?" Her blush faded and once again she held a "cool" attitude.

"Answer the question, Vivian." Gale growled. Why am I wasting my time?

"Why should I?" Vivi huffed and turned her back towards Gale. "You're so mean to me. Give me a reason of why I should help you?"

Gale rolled his eye and replied, "Because if you don't I will turn you into a frog."

Vivi laughed and challenged, "I'd like to see you try!"

"As you wish.." Gale smirked and pointed at the witch, "Logs and bogs is where they live; flies and magpies is all I'll give."

Vivi's eyes grew wide as her body morphed into a warty, slimy pink toad.

"RIBBIT!" She ribbit-ed very loudly.

Gale laughed lightly, "Wow... that was fun..." He knelt to the witch's new level, "Too bad the curse won't last long..." He pouted slightly.

"RIBBIT!" She ribbet-ed again.

Gale got up and walked back towards her door with a happy step, he smirked to himself, "I guess I spoke to soon, Vivi, you're not a waste of time." He stopped before the door and placed his hand to his chin and thought, "Actually, you're more of a form of entertainment for me." He turned around to face the frog witch one last time before he left and said in a unnaturally cheerful, teasing tone, "Bye-bye now, witchy."

"RIBBIT!"

Author's Note: I hope that you all liked this chapter! I really need to think about what to add for next chapter. This one was kind of spur of the moment! I apologize if it was crappy... anyway, please continue to read and review!