For those of you who are wondering what this final test was, here it comes.

The Test (Spirit POV)

Day 306

Temple of Fire/ Unknown Location

5:00 A.M

I was sleeping in my room when the first lays of sunlight entered my vision. I slowly opened my eyes and took a moment to bask in the sunlight.

"Today is the day." I thought as I stretched to get the bones in place.

I then made my way to the kitchen and started to empty out the fridge except for today breakfast. I then notice that Rayde made her way into the room. She was still a little dazed until she notices that I was throwing food out. She then asked "why are you doing that?"

"Because, we are done staying here"

"So does that mean my training is complete." She asked in a hopeful tone. I then replied "Sit down and I will explain."

She got to her seat and I served her a plate of lamb and sheep. I then took my spot opposite from her and we started to eat our food. When we finished, Rayde started to look at me with a curious gaze as I tried to figure out how to explain this to her.

"Okay" I said "for starters, we are done living at the Temple of Fire and will make our trip in 50 days."

"Why are we leaving so early?"

"You need all of this time to pass your final test."

"What test?"

I let out a quick breath and thought "Here goes nothing". I then said "the test is simple enough; all you have to do is to catch me three times in 50 days."

"What do you mean 'catch you'?"

"Before the test starts, I will coat your paws with a special mixture that will leave a mark on me when you touch me. I will be doing everything in my power to try and prevent that from happening." I explained

"Everything?" she asked with a hint of nervousness that I quickly realized was that it was the fact that she would face me in all my power.

"Just all the power I have in strength and my fire abilities. I won't use any other elements."

She let out a breath of relieve and I continued "you need to come at me with the intent to kill if you are ever going to tag me. You can use anything that you can get your hands on."

"I understand."

"Good. I will then put the mixture on and give you a five minute head start."

"Okay" Rayde replied as she made her way outside. However, before she got to the door to the dojo, I said "For the record, if you fail, we will spend another year here."

I heard a gulp from her but she replied "I understand Master."

I then got up from my seat and went to my room to get the mixture I was working on two nights ago. The mixture was a yellowish red and was in a pail.

Rayde then rolled to her back and I used my ice powers to take the mixture and put it on her paws. We remained completely professional throughout the whole event.

When it was done, I just stood there like a statue while Richard started to time for five minutes. At first Rayde was confused but she realized that it was her head start and made off to the woods.

4 minutes left

I watched as she disappeared in the trees

3 minutes left

I could hear the rustling of leaves and the sound of broken branches.

2 minutes left

The sound started to get softer and softer

60 seconds

Then I heard no more

10-9-8-7-6-5 I got into my ready stance 4-3-2-1 and GO.

I leaped up into the air and started the final test for Rayde to become a fire guardian.

The next chapter will be divided into three days, each day representing the day Rayde made a tag on Spirit.

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