So I skipped a few chapters again, and this chapter is rather short. Basically they fight Lady Blackhope, seal the door, and the rest is the same. Didn't feel like I needed to tread the same story twice. There's not to this battle, as it is rather short. Consider this a filler chapter. Enjoy anyway...
We did stop to learn a little bit about Lady Blackhope while we were in the commons by asking Jack and Sabrina about her. Apparently, the main magic she uses is Life. That is how she is able to keep her hold on the dead, because Life magic is painful to them. It is also why she resides on Unicorn way and why they needed an unconventional Life magic to seal her in. Luckily, Genevieve and I can make our own unconventional Life magic. I was also lucky I was wearing my sturdy coat that protected against that stuff.
Entering the tower, we saw Lady Blackhope with a skeletal pirate. Lady Blackhope looked as if she was very beautiful when she was alive; then she spoke, it was with a rasp which made me understand why she was feared.
"You must be the two Wizards who fight the undead."
"Yes," I said with a twinge of fear. "That's us."
"We're here to stop you Lady Blackhope," said Gen. "We're going to lock you in your tower for good." She scoffed.
"Mere mortals should not dabble in the affairs of the Undead. Perish now, Wizards!" Gen probably shouldn't have said that, for she just made her mad. Of course, she was going to try to kill us anyway.
"Ok," said Gen. "I was going to say that you should handle the skeleton while I handle the ghost, but you're more prepared for her than me and you deserve some time outside your comfort zone."
"I get it," I said. "I'll take Lady Blackhope, you can take the pirate."
I started the battle by stepping in front of Gen, making a quick flame symbol and blasting Lady Blackhope with fire from my wand; it didn't do much damage. Meanwhile, Gen flipped through her spellbook.
"Why are you waiting for?" I said a little panicked.
"I've got an idea," she reassured me. Now it was their turn. Lady Blackhope tried to hit me with a Life spell but luckily it fizzled. She then rushed toward me in rage, I ducked out of the way leaving Genevieve exposed. The Pirate came up to her, nearly striking her with his sword. Gen blocked using her spellbook as a makeshift shield, of course then the Pirate punched her in the gut.
For my next move, I used a little more complex of magic.
"Amongst the woods and the trees, I bring a loyal elf to thee. True archer, shoot and hit your mark, and let thy fire banish the dark!" I spouted quickly, arrows of fire then materialized and shot themselves at Lady Blackhope. It wasn't enough to take her out, but it did plenty of damage. Gen readied her spell.
"Thunder and Lightning, not just that, I call forth a storm of Lightning Bats!
A cloud formed above us, filled with crackling lightning and the sound of bats. From the cloud was shot a beam of electricity that obliterated the pirate in one blast.
All that was left was Lady Blackhope. Lady Blackhope summoned a Bloodbat to attack me. It slobbered on me and bit my arm, I knocked it aside.
"I'll just let you handle the rest, Em," called Gen. Lady Blackhope was almost finished; the Fire elf arrows still burned on her and were wearing her down. I cast my spell.
"From my words I doth ignite, a cat to bring within my sight; its foes and mine: entertwined; the battle's brought, now burn through this fight!" With that, a stream of fire burst forth from me, taking on the shape of a cat as it hurtled into her, dispelling her from this plane of existence.
"Another anti-climactic battle," said Gen.
"It's not that hard with both of us fighting," I reasoned. "Let's get out of here and lock her back in again."
Once outside, we noticed the forces were starting to dwindle. The skeletal soldiers were starting to fall apart and the Halloween ghosts were free from their hold and were struggling to leave the street.
"How are we going to lock the door?" asked Gen. "They said we need unconventional Life magic to seal it, and we don't know any death magic."
"How about our Life magic?" I said. "All we need to do is combine my Fire magic with your Storm magic." I created a spark with my wand.
"I'm not sure if that theory treads water," said Gen.
"It's worth a shot," I encouraged. "We don't have any other options."
"My magic is pretty powerful," said Gen. "I don't want to blow up the door."
"It should work," I encouraged.
"Fine," said Gen caving. "Thunder and lightning-not just that-I call forth the lightning bat." A ball of electricity appeared within her hands, squeaking like a bat. "Make the flame, Em." I waved my wand creating the magic fire. Gen released her ball of sparks into the flames I was producing. The electricity and flame collided, and in that collision the magic turned green. We had to will the magic to turn into a seal on the tower. It encompassed the tower, and a symbol of the combined images of storm and fire glimmered on the door briefly before the magic faded.
"Did it work," asked Gen.
"It worked," I said confidently. You're probably wondering how we knew how to do that. If you go back a few weeks, you will find that we learned about defensive spells like that. After sealing the tower, the ghosts were finally free and went flying back to their streets; also the skeletal soldiers completely fell to bits. I guess it was her magic that brought them there and kept them around, and now without it they were going back.
"Let's go tell the others," said Gen, whose lightning bat had already left.
Things were less chaotic now; the ghosts and skeletons stayed on the road. Everyone was delighted to see this development; everyone cheered as we came by. We approached Ceren and Delia.
"The Heroes of Unicorn Way have saved us yet again," said Ceren happily.
"It should be easier for us now," said Delia. "We can get back to work at clearing the streets. Hopefully we will be done by Halloween this time."
"We should report to Sergeant Muldoon that we've done the deed," I said.
"I'm sure everyone else will want to know about this," said Ceren.
"I'm sure we can tell them soon enough," added Delia.
"Wait, what time is it?" I asked.
"Classes just let out," said Delia.
"Great, we don't have to go back to class," said Gen.
"We do have to check on homework though," I said.
"Aw," said Genevieve. "Just when I thought we were in the clear."
Along the way to Olde town, we saw that things were back to normal: the ghosts were back on the streets and people could enjoy the Halloween festivities again. One kid we saw had turned herself into a horde of bats. Jack meanwhile thanked us in rhyme.
"Thank the young wizards who are brave of heart; you've saved the ghosts and have done your
part!"
"You're welcome, Jack," I said as we passed.
"Now the ghosts are here to stay, that is at least until Halloween day. With the ghosts, everyone
can have their fun, not be chased and on the run."
"Well, we'd love to stay," I told him. "Of course we need to tell Sergeant Muldoon everything is taken care of."
"Off you go then, until I see you again."
We made it into Olde town and we were surprised to not see ghosts there.
"This town is home to the infantry," I said. "Maybe they're too paranoid to let in ghosts."
"Speaking of, there's Sergeant Muldoon," said Gen. We approached him and told him of what we accomplished.
"So you beat the ghost, did you? Very impressive! None of the guards were brave enough to face her."
"That's probably because they don't know magic," I said.
"Well, with Olde Town secure, I feel better about letting you through to the other streets. But be careful, understand? Something's going on…this place is not as safe as it seems!"
"We know," we both said at the same time. We were called to Wizard City for a reason.
"Well, I'm hearing fearful rumors about a big, nasty Wraith named Lord Nightshade roaming around. My guess is that he's responsible for much of the trouble Wizard City now faces."
"Are you saying that he has a magic stronger than Lady Blackhope?" I questioned.
"You think maybe he let her out of her tower?" questioned Gen.
"Of course he's probably having help," I said. "I mean, Malistere was behind the Fairy plot of Rattlebones."
"Lord Nightshade is probably his number two then," reasoned Gen. We turned back to the Sergeant.
"Don't worry Sergeant," I said. "We're not planning on visiting the other streets yet."
"Yeah," said Gen, "We're going to see everything Olde Town has to offer first."
"I believe that is a wise move," said the Sergeant, straightening up.
"Just tell us if any of the other streets are facing any trouble, and we'll help out," I reassured him.
"Will do, miss," said Muldoon. Next up was for us was a grueling task, which was our homework assignment.
And that's that, as I said nothing much. It mimics the battle with just a bit more action, but it doesn't help that the battle was short. Anyways, stay tuned for when things get more exciting, with the Kraken fight and the harvest lord!
-Admiringroseblossom11