The week after we figure out the is and outs of gaborudo something odd happened on my way home from school. I normally get off the bus at a stop about five blocks away from my house, it's not the closest stop but with the route the bus takes I end up at my house about ten to fifteen minutes earlier.

So I get off the bus, and I was the only one getting off at that stop, with me I had my spellbook in my backpack, a large zip-up binder in my left hand and a novel that was reading to ignore the world with, in the other, since I was reading I didn't notice an unusual figure until it the bus left.

On the route to my house, was a man. This man is tall with long gray hair, he wore a fancy suit a tall hat with a question mark on it, on his shoulder rested what looked like a ventriloquist dummy. But most importantly in his hand was a gray spellbook. He introduces himself as Dr. Riddles "the one who knows all," whatever that means, and that the dummy was his demon and his name was Kiddo. So naturally, I went to walk across the street and pretended to ignore him by pretending to read. Then he called my bluff. "Alex, I know that you're not actually reading," I froze how did he know my name. "I won't fight you now if it's not convenient for you, you can choose the time and place."

Left with no choice, I decided to acknowledge his presence, "Fine, tonight, 7:30, at the bomb range a train ride north of here." I continued walking toward my house, only crossing the road once I was well past the strange man.

"We've got a battle tonight!" I announce as I enter the house.

"Tonight, as in we're not fighting now?" asked Siona, thus far all our opponents, yup, all two of them, wanted to fight immediately.

"Yea, this guy was different, he seems nice. He even let me choose the time and place for the fight."

"I take it you are going to the bomb range," piped up my mom from the other room.

"Yes, mom,"

"What time are you leaving? and do you have any homework?" my mom asked.

"We need to be there by seven-thirty, and not that much," I responded. I brought my binder to the kitchen and made myself a cup of tea to help my ADHD mind focus on my boring homework. Doing so the twins came up wanting to know about this pair. I told them all that I knew, which wasn't much. Then it occurred to me that I should contact Astrid, to see if she and Luna could join us for the battle, five against two makes for better odds than three against two. I picked up my phone and started typing

"Hey," "Astrid"
"You busy tonight" yes I double text especially with her she doesn't always notice when he phone vibrates

"No, why?" she questioned

"Wrong"
"Or well you are now! We have a battle, at the bomb range, 7:30." I informed her

"You got to choose where and when!? What is this black magic?!'" I smiled for she's so overly dramatic.

"Yea this guy seemed nice"
"Anyways so you coming?" I texted back.

"Yea, I'll come is your mom driving or we taking the train?" that was a valid question.

"Mom!" I called out to her in the other room. "Can you drive me, the twins, Astrid, and Luna to the battle tonight?"

"Only if you get all of your homework done, before then!" she responded, I figured that she would say something like that, mom will always be mom.

"Oh, can they come over for dinner too?" I asked one last question.

"Once again, honey, only if your homework is done. but we're out of juice boxes, we have juice, but not in boxes," her answer was both good and bad, well just about all good. It was only Kinda bad for Astrid. That girl is addicted to apple juice boxes, I wish I was making up how much she liked them but somethings just can't be made up.

"yea she'll drive us come over for dinner bring Luna"
"one problem we're out of juice boxes" I told her.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I smiled and shook my head at my girlfriend's childish antics.

"So you coming or no," I asked

"Yes, I'll bring my own juice!" I could almost her huffing like a small child, why am I attracted to her?

Like I said I didn't have much homework I was able to finish everything well before dinner, allowing Astrid and Luna to join us and securing us a rid to our battle

With the impending battle, our meal had a bit of a somber undertone, no matter how many times someone tried to lighten it, something about knowing that you're going to be in a battle is way worse than being forced into a battle unprepared because now we had time to think. Now we had time to process fear.

After dinner, around seven, we all piled into my mom's minivan, in the usual arrangements for us: mom was diving, of course, I had shotgun, the twins were sitting in the two middle seats. with Luna's standing in between them, and Astrid was in the back.

Eventually, the time for battle was upon us as we drove up to the range. Once there we got out of the car and walked towards the center of the bomb range and found not only dr. Riddles and kiddo, but twelve shadowy figures as well.

AN

First time meeting a cannon character! I said this would mix with cannon!
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