"Well, what does the book say?" Terra asked.
"What, you can't read it? It's so simple! It says…" I started.
"Well! HA! I KNEW IT! YOU CAN'T READ IT!" She said.
"Woah! Hold on a sec! I can read it!" I said.
"So then what does it say?" She asked.
I shrugged. "Aras" Then I heard a noise behind me. The girl who was supposed to be unconscious was standing up; arms held out in front of her, shooting wind blasts from her hands. "TAKE COVER!" I yelled. My cousin and I scattered behind whatever cover we could find. When the bolts stopped, I checked before revealing my hiding spot.
"Hello? Who… Who are you? Where am I?" The girl said.
"You don't remember anything? Like… Wind bolts?" Terra asked.
"Nope." The young girl said, "Nothing. All I remember is a single word… Aura."
"That must be her name. Ya know, she only went crazy when you read that word out of the book. Like, a spell or something." Terra said, "We should get expert help."
"Who can help us with this kid? Our teacher?" I said, "Oh yeah. SCHOOL'S OUT!"
"Teacher? What's that?" Aura asked.
I shook my head. "Hold on, I read something about this before. Something about this…"
"Well… What was it?" Terra asked.
"Some article by a Dr. Takamine in London. The article talked about some battle every 1000 years. What's the word… Mamodo children come from their world here to battle for the title of king. There are a hundred of the kids, runnin' around trying to find their book's owner." I explained, "But, there's a problem."
"What's that?" Terra asked, looking back at Aura, who was playing with two rocks.
I watched her too, nearly mesmerized by her game. "If there are one-hundred Mumodo, all wanting to be king, they have to burn each other's book. That's what the article said. The only problem is, the battle can't take much longer than a year, maybe a year and a half, because there are one-hundred fighting at least twice a week. That means, that there has to be a reason for Aura to be here." I said.
She looked up at us, almost wanting to join in the conversation. Then she finally spoke, "I'm not here to be king. That battle's already won. I'm here because of the festival."