OKAY, SO, EXCUSES:

WRITER'S BLOCK.

I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO WRITE A DANG THING FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, aND IT WAS SO ANNOYING

IVE ACTUALLY STILL GOT WRITERS BLOCK, BUT I FORCED MYSELF TO WRITE THIS CRAPCHAPTER ANYWAYS .

AND YEAH THATS MY INADEQUATE EXCUSE FOR THE WEEKS

SORRY, GUYS! I HOPE YOU CAN EN-JUH-HOY CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE EVEN THOUGH THEYRE HORRENDOUSLY LATE. ^.^

Baiii, my be-ay-yoo-tiful Rulers!

Believe Me

Ch 5: Such Wow Many Skill So Magicking

Ty's POV

"Hey, Ty! How'd the 'screening' go?" Jason asks, raising an eyebrow and holding back a chuckle. Hmph. So much for 'holding back.'

"It went well, thank you very much," I say even though it didn't.

"So not well at all, then. What happened?"

"Nothing, it was fine," I huff, rolling my eyes. "I met with half a billion people and sent most of them away on the basis that they were insane."

He snorts. "Fair enough. Where's Sky?"

"With Tyler, they went to the movies," I reply, cringing. I can't believe I left him alone with Sky – but, really, what choice did I have? I tried indirectly leading Sky towards other activities involving more light and more people, but he was dead set on going on a 'date' with Tyler, and if I told him the real reason I didn't want him going out with the guy (besides me being in love with him, of course), Tyler would have hurt him. Nope, nope, nope, not even gonna go there.

"Who's Tyler?"

"Ah, right, sorry. One of the people who I, unfortunately, didn't deem a total mental case."

"Unfortunately?"

"Right, uh... right."

"Mm, I won't make you explain that, then," he laughs, sensing my discomfort. "Well, how do you feel about a parkour day, then, just you and me?"

I consider this for a moment before shrugging and nodding. "Sure, why not-"

"Augh- Go long, Seto!" shouts a female voice, and Jason's eyes widen with mine.

"Oh dear oh dear oh dear Notch," Seto babbles, flying at a way-too-fast speed past me and Jason. "Try to stop!"

"How!?" Brice's voice exclaims, filled with terror. Where is he-

"Make a stop motion with your hands, or- or- I don't know, it's different for different people!" Seto shrieks as Brice comes zooming into view, flying through the air in a way that he clearly cannot control.

"It isn't working! Is there a spell or something!?"

"Uh, um, desine quaeso meum gosh!" Seto replies, and then his eyes widen as he realizes his mistake and his magic drops him to the ground unceremoniously. He grunts in pain. "Ack, no!"

"What!? Uh, Daisy's Nick has a now mctosh!?" Nothing happens, but Brice squeaks as he accidentally flies in a complete circle and then two vertical loopityloops.

"Brice! Ascendam, Ascendam!" Seto shoots back into the air. "Murus!" A vertical, almost invisible six-by-six platform of blocks appears, attached to a handle, and Seto grabs it before holding it out in front of himself and trying to intercept Brice's path.

"Seto!" Brice calls out in a panic as he flies straight up.

"Cadent, cadent!" Seto shouts, ditching the shield thing. Nothing. "Prohibemus morionem!" Nothing.

"Seto!" Brice begs, and then he stops flying upwards – he's above the tallest building in the city at this point – and he falls.

"Brice! Oh, Notch, Brice!" Seto's eyes widen in fear, and he drops back down to the ground, immediately teleporting to the spot below Brice. "Tueri! Tueri! Placet, tueri!" Seto is breathing in quick, short, panicked breaths-

"Woah, calm down, you're hyperventilating," I butt in, putting a hand on Seto's shoulder. "Concetrate. Focus. Calm down."

Seto takes a deep breath, nods to himself. "Araneum!"

With a flash of purple magic, a huge patch of spiderwebs appears where Brice will land in approximately two seconds-

"Oh, my gosh," Brice pants, sinking into the spiderwebs. "Oh, ew, ew!"

Seto lets out a grateful sigh and sinks back against me while Jason pulls Brice out of the spiderwebs. "All right, there, Brice?" Jason asks.

"Mm, thanks to Seto," he breathes, glancing towards the sorcerer will a thankful smile. Seto nods at him and closes his eyes. "Sorry about that, by the way."

"Not a problem." Seto frowns, still not opening his eyes. "Not your fault," he corrects himself. "Definitely a problem."

"Are you okay?" I ask, shifting my arms slightly to remind him that I'm basically supporting all of his weight right now. Which, granted, isn't that much, but- still.

"Hmm? Oh, yes. Fine." The pressure lifts off my arms as he crosses his legs and lifts into the air, hovering in a meditative position. "Fine. Tired."

"Ah. So, care to explain what all... that was about?"

"Brice retained some of the magic that was stored in him while he held my lifesource. And... uh, he doesn't know how to use it."

"Y-You guys- Did you-" Annie skids to a halt in front of us, leaning over and resting her hands on her knees as she gasps for air. "Wow, you guys are fast – flying is a lot faster than, uh, than running. Oh, geez." She swallows and stands up straight. "Sorry, I'm good. And I see you guys are, too."

"Well."

"What?"

"Well. Not good. You are well. We are also well."

Annie hits the palm of her hand against her forehead. "You are ridiculous."

"Wait, so- so Brice has magic now?" Jason asks, eyes wide. Brice is still brushing cobwebs off himself.

"Yes. And it is obviously way out of control. I'll be trying to teach him how to use it until we can get rid of it, but..." Seto looks doubtful of any success.

"Sorry," Brice says meekly, wincing.

"No, no, it's fine, Brice," Seto says quickly, eyes finally flying open. "Don't worry, none of this is your fault. You certainly shouldn't be blaming yourself for any of this." Brice bites his lip guilitily. "Seriously, don't worry about it. We'll fix it." Seto smiles gently, which helps Brice to relax a bit. Then Seto falls out of the air, eyes going wide. "Crap! One of the medics in the city called me before the whole magic incident, some of the citizens were dying-"

"Dying? Like, dying, dying?" I ask.

"Yes," Seto says, flinching back slightly. "I'm working on it, though. Something about poison, I think they said..."

"Eternal pain poison?" Jason asks.

"I don't think so? But we're not entirely sure."

"Crap-"

My phone starts ringing obnoxiously in my pocket, and I wrinkle my nose as I pull it out. "Hello?"

"Ty! Hey, so-"

"Oh, Sky! Hi, how's the thing with Tyler going?" I ask, walking a short distance away from the group. Jason snickers, and I glare at him as I leave.

"It's going great! We're actually about to leave the theater though so we can go on a hike outside the city-"

"Woah, alone?"

"Well, yeah, Ty. We're grown men-"

"Uh, no, I think not. That's dangerous, Sky."

"But the Respawn Machine is fine, and-"

"No. Definitely not."

"Oh, come on! Tyler will protect me if any dumb squids try to attack us."

No, no, no, he cannot go out of the city alone except for Tyler, Tyler of all people! Alone with Tyler in the woods? No, no way, certainly not. "Sky, please, trust me on this one?"

"Can't you trust me?"

"Of course I can! I just- Sky, I really think you should stay in the city. Maybe go to the arcade or something? Or I could go with you on the hike-"

"Not much of a date if you come with us," Sky says in monotone. "Seriously, what's your problem?"

"Nothing! I'm just looking out for your safety-"

"Why- Oh. You think I can't handle myself since I've almost gotten myself killed so many times in the past. Or maybe you don't think I can deal with a simple date, after all my failed previous ones?" He chuckles mirthlessly. "Listen, Ty, I don't need you to babysit me. I'm fine."

"Please, Sky, that's not what I meant, you know that's not what I meant-"

"Ty."

"Sky, if you'll just listen to me this one time-"

"No, thank you. Tyler and I will have our phones off so we can get closer to nature and crap, so don't bother calling. Bye, Ty."

"Sky, wait, please-"

He hangs up, and when I try to call again, I get nothing.