Chapter 5 Teaser


Lucca's limbs throbbed as each shallow breath barely kept her upright. Mounting waves of nausea threatened to topple her, and she teetered precariously on her unsteady feet. All she could find was a bit of tonic, and it had about enough strength to heal a ladybug.

Forty feet before her, the famous wizard was sitting back on his haunches. Heaving breaths rasped from him, getting shallower and shallower. He steadied himself with one arm on the snowy ground, and managed to stand.

He said nothing.

Hope blossomed in her chest, and she drew a long steadying breath. He wasn't immortal.

With renewed strength, she cast a weak Flare and watched as he convulsed in the red glow. Towards the end of the spell, the glow faded to a light green before it dispersed into the chilled air. Puzzlement scrunched her features until Magus fell gasping onto his hands and knees.

The weary pyro sent fireball after fireball at the weakened mage, each diminishing in size and strength. Within moments, a completely blackened Magus fell face-forward into the snow, shuddering violently. Lucca closed her eyes and concentrated intensely on her innate element. She sent the last of her magic in one potent fireball, and held her breath as it collided.

He lay unmoving.

Minutes turned to hours, as her wide-eyed gaze searched him for any signs of life.

He lay unmoving.

Everything began to spin as she expelled a sigh of relief. Gravity crashed her down onto her knees and her lungs finally awoke, air gushing into them like mad to fill them. Shock and relief rocked her body from each breath right down to her toenails. Her vision began dancing. She closed her eyes.

I won… I won…

Goosebumps suddenly rose in a wave down her neck and back, and her eyes snapped open.

And time stopped.

AN: And the authoress suddenly awakens from her 8 month and 11 day hibernation to update.

I must apologize for my falling off the face of the Earth. I had an alternate Chapter 5 completely written on paper back in April, but I decided to chunk it in favor of something a little more spiced. This is only a teaser of the new chapter 5, mainly to let you know the story is still alive and kickin... and feel free to send a kick or two my way.

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