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Chapter 11: Destructo

Ibisan

I grinned at the smoke rising from the stone I just hit with my offensive spell. The 'Bear's King Claw', as I liked to call it, left a dark mark on the big rock and it was oh so satisfying.

It was the first time since I entered the school I had made my homework without copying others. I really did this all on my own, and I never felt more proud.

I even had my defensive spell, which was born with the name 'Turtle's Fury', mastered already. I was starting to think Gajeel might be right about us. We do have talent, although he didn't use that exact word, he basically said we all had it. Wait, what was it again? He said we all had 'it', or something. No, that's not it.

Potential! That was the word! He said we had potential. I was sure I had it.

With a grin on my lips I sat down in the grass, a little further away from the scarred rock. I still had to fill in the form, which was a bummer. Three pages of questions and assignments, blergh.

Someone behind me cleared his throat, in the way that tell you that person wants to tell you something. A little anxious I glanced over my shoulder.

There stood professor Brodan, our 'Myths and Sages'- teacher. He had his arms folded and his chin up, as if he was a real big deal. The funny this is that he was a very tiny person. The fact that I was sitting on the ground probably gave him a boost in his confidence or his feeling of authority, maybe both.

He narrowed his eyes and stared through his thick glasses. "What are you doing, mister Almond?"

I grinned again. "It might surprise you, professor, but I'm doing homework."

He stared at me for a while, no change in his expression. His eyes moved towards the black mark on the rock, and slightly lifted an eyebrow. "Then what's the meaning of this?"

I let an overdramatic sigh be heard. "I just told you, sir; homework!"

There was a grumbling coming from the small man. "If you try to be funny….well, you're not! Brining any sort of weapon into the school is illegal and you will be punished severely if caught-"

I snorted. "Sir, it's just a rock. And besides; it's homework. I'm not telling lies. Not this time."

With that said I turned back to my paper, because I really wanted to finish it. Professor Brodan walked over to the rock which he felt so sorry for and inspected it, as if a murder had been committed. I knew he was weird, but this weird…

"For which class is the homework?" he asked after a while. I shrugged.

"Magic Practice."

He nodded. "I see. The new teacher, eh? The young man, with those awful atrocities in his face."

"His name is Gajeel, sir" I mumbled, but he didn't seem to listen. He stepped away from the rock, and nodded, as if he'd decided what had to be done.

"I'll go have a chat with this… 'Gazille', or whatever he calls himself" he stated, walking away in high spirits. "I'll let him know this is not the proper way of education, and I'll even inform Headmaster Kubo, and I will…"

He walked away, spurting out things like this. The thing with professor Brodan was that he was big in words but not in action. Great plans stayed plans and never became reality. The poor bastard.

But it seemed I'd gotten Gajeel in quite some trouble. If professor Brodan for once decided to turn his ideas into actions, he'll have the headmaster at his throat. As Brodan had interpreted it, Gajeel made us practice with some kind of weapons. Which is kind of ironic if you think about it, since we're all basically weapons that simply just haven't been turned on yet. Especially me. The times someone did turn the switch were no pleasant ones.

But back to the Brodan-situation. If he believed we had weapons, we might be in trouble as well. I might only have hurt a rock, but what if someone actually damages some serious school property?

The thoughts hadn't even left my mind yet, or a huge beacon of light erupted from deep within the forest. What followed was a shock wave which blew me over, my written papers slapping me in the face. It lasted for only a second, but that was enough to tell me one of my classmates really screwed up back there.

I crawled up, scratching the papers from my face. Glancing over my shoulder, I could see the lower classes run towards the windows of the school building, curious eyes pushed against the glass. I searched the horizon myself, but the light had gone just as fast as it appeared.

"I wonder who" I mumbled to myself. I went with my fingers through my messed up hair, and focused on the task at hand.

The tip of my pencil was about to hit the paper, when something else happened. Again, it had to do with Gajeel's homework.

The ground was shaking, as in earthquake-like shaking. I immediately lay flat down on my back, since running away wouldn't help. It didn't feel like a normal earthquake. It was more like something really heavy slammed down into the earth.

I heard screams and cries coming from inside the school building. Loose bricks fell down because of the shocks, windows shattered. It lasted for about thirty seconds.

In the aftermath, I just lay there, listening to the students evacuating the building and the teachers desperately trying to control them. In the situation, all I could really do was laugh.

I laughed my ass off, to say the least. Gajeel really knew what he was doing. And at the same time he had no idea.

I kinda hoped no one got hurt, and that no one hurt themselves. Those light beams and shock waves just know can be really dangerous when you're close to the source.

But my classmates weren't done destroying, because suddenly the gym exploded.

Caroline

The first thing that came to mind was to run over to the destruction side. I'd just finished evacuating the girls' dorm, just in case more gas pipes would explode. Miss Lampion stated that was the cause of the explosion, but I felt differently.

For some reason, I could tell that there was magic involved. A lot of magic.

I crossed the courtyard and arrived at the scene in shock. It was a disaster.

The entire gym lay in pieces in front of my feet, dust rising from the old stone. Here and there stuck gym equipment its head up, almost human.

"Oh my god, oh my god" was all I could say, stepping back. What if there were people inside when it happened? Then they're…they're…

"Caroline! Are you alright?"

Ibisan and Layton came running onto the scene, both looking startled. Ibisan's eyes widened at the mess.

"Damn…what the hell happened here?"

I stared at the mess, closed my eyes for a bit, took a deep breath, and opened again. I'd sharpened my vision in order to see through the rubbish. All I could see where layers and layers of bricks, but I had to mentally push them away in order to see. My sight finally hit the ground, so I could see what was at the bottom of the piles. Almost immediately I hit a human hand.

I jumped up, screaming, immediately losing the moment. My eyes returned to their normal levels, but the image of the hand wouldn't go away.

"What? What did you see?" Ibisan grabbed my shoulders. I pointed at the pile, my hand trembling.

"Is someone trapped underneath?" Layton asked. Breathing heavily, I nodded. Layton's eyes widened and he froze for a second, before diving onto the mountains of stones, digging through.

"Caroline" Ibisan said, looking me in the eyes. "I know you're scared, but you have to use that power again. You have to tell us where that person is exactly, ok?"

I accomplished to hold down a sob as I quickly nodded. Ibisan let go of me, giving me a last supporting, yet stupid, grin.

I opened up my special vision again, breathing slowly. I searched the area again, and this time I came across a pair of feet. Two pair of feet, actually.

"There" I pointed. "There's two of them."

"Bear King's Claw" I heard Ibisan say, and next thing I know a gigantic grizzly was standing next to me, digging through the mess. Layton wiped sweat from his forehead, and took a deep breath before releasing his power ; "Hercules."

His entire body seemed to swell up, his muscles grew in just a few seconds. The two boys had turned into a giant and a bear, stumping into stone. Crumbles and dust flew around as they worked, listening to my directions of where to hit.

"Caroline!" I heard someone call my name. I didn't turn around, I couldn't. We had to get those people out, now. From the light footsteps on the pavement I could hear it was our smallest classmate, Ary.

"What's going on here? Is that…"

"Ibisan and Layton" I said briefly. "There's people underneath there. We're getting them out. Little to the left, Ibisan!"

"Roger that" he growled with a low voice.

"I understand" Ary said, as she sat down. She prepared to go into meditation, it seemed.

"What are you doing?" I still asked.

"I'm the only one here that specialized in healing magic" she explained. "Those people must be severely wounded and need immediate medical attention."

"Of course" I replied softly, staring at the two bodies. I hadn't perfected my technique yet, but I'd tried to see if I would be able to spot weaknesses in someone's body with my vision. Using Lily as a test subject, I was able to see her heart beating.

I tried out his new trick, squinting my eyes at the two bodies. My own heart almost dropped. One of them had stopped.

"What the hell is this?" A new voice appeared. I immediately knew it was Gajeel. I tried not to panic about the dead person and opened my mouth to explain, but he already walked past me. "Don't say. I smell people underneath."

What happened next was something I knew I'd never forget. Gajeel shouted a few words, and his right arm transformed into a massive iron sword. I gasped as I could see the insides of the weapon, which was overflowing with arteries of living magic, pulsing through from his own body.

"Get back, boys" he grumbled, lifting the sword above his head. He let it come down onto the pile of stones, immediately destroying the first four layers. He'd basically kill the two people if he wasn't careful enough.

Bits and pieces flew around our ears, and I covered my face with my arms, afraid I might get hurt.

When the dust cleared up, most of the pile had been destroyed. Gajeel panted, as if the amount of magic had been a bit too hard on his body. We hadn't seen him use his magic to this extend before, probably because of the lack of sources around here. Seeing him this burned out was an experience on its own.

I quickly rushed forward towards where I'd seen the two bodies. I almost stumbled over them, and swiftly jumped back. My eyes locked at the faces, and I suddenly felt really cold.

"Ary! ARY! Come quick!" I screamed, falling to my knees. The small girl appeared at the other side, her eyes widening for a minute. Then, as if she regained consciousness, she dashed towards the two, holding her hands in front of her.

"Oh shit" Ibisan's voice sounded from behind me. Ary's hands started glowing as she whispered words I didn't understand. Gajeel appeared behind her, his arms folded. His eyes squinted slightly at the scene, and that was it. No emotion whatsoever. No comforting words, no mental breakdown. No guilt, nothing, while I was sobbing my eyes out.

"You!" I screamed, feeling a huge lump in my throat. Gajeel didn't respond. "You did this! You caused this! You…you…you're a monster!"

"Caroline, stop" Ibisan softly said, his voice sounding thick. I turned around to look at him.

"Stop? He killed them! He…he…"

"They're not dead" Ary said, holding her hands above Sasha's chest. "Unconscious. One of them must've used a shield to prevent them from getting crushed."

"Not…dead?" I stuttered, blinking.

"Aw yes!" Ibisan shouted, tears sounding through his voice. He kneeled beside Samdy, who had both his arms put around Sasha, as if he wanted to shield her before the building collapsed. I smiled. I wonder if she knew she lay in this position. If not, I wondered what her face would look like once I told her.

Bowing my head, I started sobbing.