"Why are we switching up our enchantium again?", Nosedive asked nervously.

The ducks had gathered in the dojo where Canard had Tanya set up the switch machine Charyus once used and the other ducks seemed more than a bit tense.

"In case Charyus tries to switch us up again.", Canard answered, "And that's why you and Wildwing are going to be the first two to demonstrate."

Wildwing looked confused.

"Me?", he asked, "How come?"

Canard didn't answer him cause he gave Tanya a nod and she fired up the machine. Nosedive clearly had changed his mind when he saw this.

"Um Canard, I just remembered that-"

He didn't have time to finish cause that was when he and Wildwing got zapped. It happened in a moment, but when the two drakes came to, they both looked like they just got off a fast ride at a fair.

"So what got swapped?", Mallory asked.

Nosedive tried getting on his feet when Shield formed on his arm taking him by surprise and the spell became covered in flames.

"I'm on fire!", he screamed.

Wildwing looked confused and held his arm out to try and hold Nosedive when Arrow formed in his hands and his other hand took the string and pulled back revealing a glowing arrow. Canard smiled.

"So, it begins."

Wildwing let go and the arrow flew at Nosedive only to curve and come back at him.

"Big bro, you got to aim.", Nosedive stated as Shield went from fire to a shield of ice, "Geez how do you work this thing?"

Wildwing avoided the arrow he fired only to have it graze his leg and make him fall over.

"Dive, how do you fire your spell?", he asked clearly in agony.

"Just focus on the thing you want to shoot.", Nosedive answered.

The arrow came back again, but Wildwing tried to focus and the arrow paused and hit the ground next to him and dispersed. The drake got up and saw Nosedive had a shield of electricity now and clearly not having much luck.

"Dive relax.", Wildwing said calmly, "Think like you're defending me from Charyus."

That got Nosedive to calm down and the spell became clear and then back to it's original form. Tanya fired the machine again and the spells were returned. Canard looked to the other ducks.

"Next."

/

Thrash and Mookie unloaded the latest shipment to their comic shop with Morpha helping out by cleaning up the joint.

"It was nice of Dive to let us barrow Morpha to help us clean up our shop.", Thrash said as he placed the first plastic wrapped comics into the display case behind the counter.

Mookie looked a little unsure.

"Yeah, but do you think it's okay? I mean, he's Dive's pet and all, but won't he feel left out if Morpha hangs with us more often than at the Pond?"

Morpha came over and looked equally confused, but Thrash didn't look worried.

"Hey, it's not like we're claiming him or anything. We did ask him and I'm sure he understands."

Mookie's face fell and Thrash looked confused.

"Something wrong Mook?", he asked, as he set the last comics on the counter so he could focus on her more, "You seem down."

Mookie sighed.

"My big medical exam is coming up and it's during the big game against Denmark so I might be missing the game to get my medical license."

Thrash looked concerned.

"Yep, that's a tough decision. You really want to to pass, but you don't want to let the team down at the same time. What to do? What to do?"

At that moment, the bell over the door rang and Nosedive came in with Duke and Mallory right behind him.

"Hey dudes, did the shipment come in?", Nosedive asked.

"Just this morning.", Thrash answered pointing behind him, "We finished just recently and thanks for letting us barrow Morpha to help out."

Morpha's blue color points turned orange for a moment before turning back to original light blue. Mookie tried to look unmoved, but she could tell the ducks could see through her.

"Something wrong?", Duke asked.

"It's my big medical exam.", Mookie answered, "It's this Friday during the big game against Denmark and I'm feeling conflicted."

Duke looked thoughtful.

"Well, you can't be in two places at once.", Mallory stated.

Nosedive was going through the batch when he eyed Duke's Mirror spell, but said nothing as he started picking out the comics he wanted to purchase. He had a plan.

/

"No.", Wildwing answered firmly.

The ducks had gotten into practice and were doing so when Nosedive brought up the issue he had in mind.

"How come big bro?", Nosedive asked as he passed to puck to Grin.

"What you are asking will not bring what you think.", Canard said as he stole the puck, "Besides, that spell isn't permanent."

Nosedive felt bad, but he wasn't going to give up yet.

"Hey, it would make-"

"The answer is no.", Duke answered as he got to Wildwing and tried to score, "There are ways to solve problems, but this isn't it."

Practice went on, but on the sides, Mookie was feeling down. What was she going to do? And she took some time to wash up her face in the bathroom.

"I can help child."

Mookie froze and looked around.

"Who's there?", she asked.

"I am."

Mookie turned to see Charyus' astral form materialize nearby smiling.

"What do you want?", she asked.

Charyus' smile didn't flinch.

"I couldn't help but overhear that you're conflicted over whether to cheer the team on Friday or ditch them for a medical exam?"

Mookie raised an eyebrow, but didn't let her guard down.

"And how can you help?"

"I can make it so you get your license and not miss the game.", Charyus answered.

"The catch?", she asked.

"I just want you to deliver Wildwing's mask to me."

Mookie frowned.

"You're telling me that I should betray my friend just to avoid a tough decision?"

Charyus shrugged, but his smile remained.

"Well if you're that intent than I guess being a doctor isn't really all that any-"

"I deliver it to you after the game on Friday.", Mookie stated cutting him off.

"Deal.", Charyus said placing a hand forward.

Mookie was tense, but she shook it. The deal was sealed.

/

A while later, the ducks had finished practice and Thrash and Morpha were getting ready to practice the cheer routine when Mookie came back out already dressed for the occasion.

"So, you guys ready?", she asked sounding more confident.

Thrash and Morpha said nothing, but they could feel a vibe in the air and it didn't feel right. After a while, Nosedive came out just as they did the last bit of the routine.

"Hey dudes, keep it up and we'll win on Friday for sure.", he said cheerfully.

Canard came out with Wildwing and then tensed.

"What's wrong?", Wildwing asked.

Canard looked Mookie's way.

"Something's looming around her and I have a good idea what that is."

He came over with Wildwing following and Mookie looked a little confused.

"What's with you?", she asked.

Canard took her arm and pulled the sleeve back to reveal a dark mark of flowing waves and runes that made the other ducks jump before he looked alarmed.

"You made a pact with Charyus?!", he stated in a shocked tone, "What were you thinking?!"

Mookie got angry as she pulled her arm back.

"I was thinking about the hassle I was going to have and how my "friends" weren't doing anything about it!", she stated firmly.

She turned and walked off leaving the other ducks speechless. Thrash sighed.

"She's right you know. This past week we've done nothing to help her out when we should've."

Canard shook his head looking disappointed, but Wildwing looked concerned.

"What matters now is that we cancel the deal, but how?"

Nosedive's face brightened.

"The exam big bro. If she completes it before Friday-"

"That breaks the deal.", Canard finished brightening up also.

Thrash didn't look so sure.

"How do we make that happen? Friday is the day after tomorrow and all the medical school exams are booked tomorrow."

Nosedive's face grew a mischievous smile.

"Not the one I have in mind."

Wildwing smiled and shook his head.

"Dive, what would we do without you?"

/

Back on Sauria, Servain was more than a bit distraught as he slumped into a mountain range which swayed under his weight, but held up.

"So much for getting help with planet restoration.", he muttered.

Varc materialized nearby and looked a bit worried.

"I know.", he said calmly, "The other members of the pantheon can be hard to get along with and don't feel as strongly about Sauria as they should, but behind all that, they didn't mean it."

Servain sighed. He knew Varc had a point, but he was still feeling down about how the gathering went down.

"Cerox won't help unless he's released from his prison of stone pillars, and as soon as he said that, the others got the exact same idea and it all went downhill from there."

He ran one of his feet across the barren landscape and the ground became dark brown and sprang a field of wild flowers that withered away leaving the area exactly as it was before Servain did anything.

"Sauria mourns her life may be over soon.", Varc stated, "And our mortal children are lost into the great void."

"And all cause one oracle wanted more than what he should've been content with.", Servain said harshly causing the mountains he was sitting on to rumble and spew smoke.

Varc could see Servain was having a moment so he took a step back in case things got ugly.

"What happens now?", Varc answered.

Servain sighed releasing his negative feelings harmlessly and the mountains stopped smoking.

"We'll do what we can to help Sauria.", he said in a much calmer tone, "No matter how long it takes."

Varc smiled.

"Besides, we deities have eternity."

At that moment, a spark appeared beside the two and another saurian came out wearing silver armor, gold plated boots and a helmet of bronze which bowed before Servain.

"High father, we've detected a divine vibe in the void."

Servain looked curious.

"One of our fellow deities?"

Varc looked sure.

"It's on a planet of ice and feathers high father."

Servain's expression grew more curious.

"The planet where our children's mad conquest ended? I should see this for myself.", he said before looking to his messenger, "And who is the one you detected?"

"Harjuk.", the messenger stated.

Varc shook his head smiling.

"Leave it to the Lord of Trickery to play something like this."

/

Back on Earth, the sun began to rise on Thursday morning and he abandoned building next to the Pond had been fixed up to look like a medical school. Inside Wildwing, Canard, Duke and Tanya sported doctor's coats and clipboards as Nosedive got into his and Morpha carried the screen displaying Quasleet's face.

"Okay, we all know the drill?", Quasleet asked.

Wildwing nodded.

"Doc, you sure you're certified to pass students in medical fields?"

Quasleet smiled and held up a certificate.

"Got issued just last week of twelve years ago.", he stated proudly, "Before-"

"Yeah, we get it.", Duke stated cutting him off.

At that moment, Thrash pulled up with Mookie alongside him.

"Okay ducks, it's showtime.", Nosedive said whipping out Create.

In less than a minute, several pairs of glasses came out and once the ducks put them on, their outward appearance became that off ordinary people while Quasleet altered his image so he looked the same. Morpha shifted into a version of an exam giver leaving his eyes the color blue as Thrash and Mookie came in.

"Hi and welcome to the Quackerton Medical School.", Quasleet said cheerfully, "Are you Miss Mookie Stormfeather?"

Mookie looked a little surprised, but she shook it off.

"Yeah. I thought that all exams were booked."

"We got an opening just today.", Nosedive answered trying not to sound like himself, "If you'd follow Dr. Winston here, he'll take you to your exam room."

He mentioned to Wildwing who took his turn.

"Um...okay, I'll escort you there with Dr. Thaddeus and Nurse Valor."

At that moment, Morpha rang a phone nearby and Tanya answered it.

"Oh sorry, Dr. Thaddeus needs to preform surgery next door.", she said, "Lucky for you, Dr. Quentin here can give you the exam."

Wildwing carried Quasleet's screen as he and Mookie walked down the hall into a room in the back, he had just set the screen on the desk in front of the room as a crash came from outside.

"I'll be right back.", Wildwing said, "Quentin here will be giving you your exam."

And he left right away.

/

I'll spare you the details about the exam, cause it's not pretty, but long story sort: Mookie passed.

"On behalf of myself and the medical university, I now preset you with your official license.", Quasleet stated as Mookie came up to gt a paper printing out of the screen. The moment she took it, the place rocked and Quasleet's image shifted to his real one. Mookie jumped.

"Quasleet?!", she asked in surprise.

Outside, more fighting and bangs went off and Mookie dashed out carrying Quasleet's screen just to see the ducks(in their true forms) fighting of the saurians who had just about warped away leaving the parking lot a real mess.

"Guys?!", she asked coming over looking annoyed, "What's going on here?"

Wildwing and Canard looked her way followed by the rest all looking apologetic.

"Sorry Mook.", Thrash said, "We felt really bad about not taking you seriously and we wanted to make it up to you. So we thought we'd give you your exam ourselves since nobody wanted to today."

Mookie's expression softened into confusion.

"You guys did all this for me?", she asked.

"Yeah and we're sorry we deceived you.", Wildwing said.

Mookie smiled.

"Nah, you were just trying to help. I'm the one who should be apologizing for making that deal with Charyus."

Canard shrugged.

"We all make mistakes.", he said placing a hand on her's, "I've made some bad deals myself so don't feel like you're the only one who did so."

"Um, don't you guys have a game tomorrow night?", Quasleet asked.

"Oh yeah we do.", Mookie stated.

Morpha shifted into it's dog form and since the Pond wasn't far off, Nosedive used Create to fix up the parking lot before the ducks headed back.

"So where are you getting set up since you're a doctor now?", Wildwing asked.

Mookie looked thoughtful.

"You guys mind if Thrash and I made the upper floor of our comic shop a clinic in case you guys get hurt and can't make it back to the Pond?"

Wildwing smiled.

"I think that sounds like a great idea Dr. Stormfeather."

Mookie blushed.

"Hey, just because I'm a doctor doesn't mean you can call me that all the time okay?"

And the ducks laughed out loud as they went inside the Pond eager to get practice done and spend the rest of the day doing what they liked in their past time. Quasleet hung up as they came into the HQ with Mallory and Grin waiting.

"So, how did the exam go?", Mallory asked.

Mookie smiled and held up the certificate.

"I passed."