Wizards... Will They Ever Learn?

Chapter Three: In Which There Is An Unexpected Surprise and the Quest Begins

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All three of them jumped. The wizard cackled again and pointed his staff at Kashana.

"Let's just get rid of the source of information first, shall we?" he said in a voice full of malice.

"Oh, no you don't!" exclaimed another voice from outside as everyone, including the wizard jumped again.

A young woman with long blonde hair stepped into the cave. She was very beautiful, but she was wearing wizards robes (though tighter as to show off her figure), and carrying a staff! She looked from the wizard to Kazul, to Shiara, then to Kashana, who was still being pointed at by the wizard's staff. They were all not moving, as if becoming frozen by the woman's gaze. Then the wizard put his surprise aside.

"Attora!" he glared at the woman. "What are you doing here?"

"I was sent here, Imastron" said the woman, glaring back. "Talerage seemed to think you couldn't do this yourself, so he sent me to help you. But I'm really not here to help you. I'm here to take over this mission."

"Why, YOU!!!" yelled Imastron, outraged. He pulled his staff up to aim at Attora, but she was quicker. She raised her own staff, and blasted Imastron out of the cave.

"Well," she remarked causally. "That's taken care of."

Kazul, Shiara and Kashana were still frozen in place by surprise.

"What do we have here?" said Attora. "The King of Dragons and, my my, two princesses. So which one of you found out about our plan."

Shiara was shocked out of her surprised reaction. "Our plan? You mean you're a wizard?"

"Of course I'm a wizard," Attora replied nastily. "I am the first female wizard in over three thousand years, but I am a wizard."

"But, I thought they didn't accept females for wizards," said Kashana, who was also now in shock instead of surprise. "They say that women aren't up to they're difficult way of life. You know, staying in hiding and keeping secrets. Not to mention using staffs for magic, which from my understanding is very hard to do."

"Well, for a princess you sure do know a lot," Attora said, as though it was regrettable. "They didn't want me at first, but I did it. I persuaded them to teach me, and if I didn't come up to their standard, they could sent me away. But I passed all right! They were so embarrassed that I was the only one who passed this years' test! There had to be at least fifteen other men who wanted to be wizards! I showed them, I did."

"Congratulations on your astounding achievement," said Kashana as Shiara and Kazul stared at her. "But I'm afraid that you cannot stop my friends and me. Your plan will not succeed. Now, get out."

It was Attora's turn to be shocked, but she got over it quickly and gracefully. "What can you do, princess?" she sneered.

Kashana stared muttering under her breath and the air filled with magic as it had done outside Kazul's cave before, though everyone had been to busy to notice before. Everyone noticed it now. Kashana's magic was very powerful. Kashana started to perform complicated hand motions along with muttering, and all of a sudden, she stopped. She raised her hands and lowered them, extended in front of her face. Then she uttered one word, "kaze." |A/N- In Japanese, kaze means wind.|

Purple tinted air exploded out of her hands, and Attora was stunned. She tried to bring up her staff, but she wasn't quick enough. The purple colored wind lifted Attora roughly, and she was surrounded by a purple whirlwind.

Kazul and Shiara couldn't believe their eyes. Kashana smiled at them, then turned to the wind imprisoned Attora, her face stern.

"I am sending you back to your headquarters now. I don't expect to see you for a very long time. I bid you farewell," and with a wave of her hand, Kashana sent the whirlwind away, with Attora struggling.

"Wow," said Shiara. "That was amazing!"

"I agree," said Kazul.

"Oh, well," said Kashana, blushing. "I did what I had to do. Anyway, shouldn't we get going?"

"Oh! Yes, we should!" exclaimed Shiara. "Just give us a few minutes to get ready" She walked away, murmuring, "I have got to get out of this dress."

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As they walked along the path outside of the cave, they were silent. Now, Shiara and Kazul could get a good look at their companion. Princess Kashana was short, around 5' 2". Most princesses had long, golden, wavy hair, but Kashana didn't. Her shoulder length, curly hair was dark brown, with just the tiniest tint of red. Her eyes were brown, too. A deep mahogany type of brown, and they were kind. Kashana's skin was not ivory white, as most princesses strive for, but slightly tan. It seemed that she went outside for sun occasionally. She was not wearing a gown, but a simple purple walking dress that was slightly ragged at the bottom. Obviously, she had hurried to Kazul's cave. The dress only came a little past her ankles, so they could see that she was wearing soft soled leather boots that came up to her ankle. All in all, Kashana didn't look much like a princess, but she felt like one. She had the presence of a princess.

Kashana broke the silence. "So Shiara, you're not a princess?"

Shiara looked at Kazul and smiled. "Yeah, I'm not."

So, Shiara explained as they made they're way to the Enchanted Forest.

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A/N- I have defeated the evil writers' block! MWAHAHAHA!!! Anyway, sorry this took so long -_-'. Not too much of a cliffie this time! Thanks again to all my reviewers! Reviews make me happy! *happiness* If any of you would like to know when I update, I'll e-mail you! Just put your e-mail in a review! C ya! ^_^
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