Chapter 10 time to take things to the next step.

Hunter knew it was now time for them to stop Professor Spark; all things seemed to have pointed to him. Spark walked with a limb, assuming he had a run in with cuddles. Second when there was an ogre in the school he went out another door. And didn't followed Taker Darcodorf as ordered too. It was even concluded by Stephoine, they decided today would be the day they would stop Professor Spark. They were outside asking Showgrid about Cuddles and the man who gave him the dragon egg. "We talked about Cuddles… why do you ask?" he questioned them.

"We think the one who gave you the egg is after the champion stone! What did you tell him about Cuddles?" Hunter demanded.

"Nothing really. Besides Cuddles is a deep sleeper and you got to have something to wake him up, that's all. Catnip gets him to move any time…. I don't think I should have told him that," Showgrid stated.

"He knows then! Come on!" Hunter called. They ran back inside. Only to be stopped by Johna Cennon.

"Look my friends, I know what you are up to. And I cannot let you pass through. My mind is made. My feet are planted. Stay here before you get you're asses suspended!" he pleaded. Stephoine knew they had no time for this.

"Sorry Cennon. Freeze breeze" she called. A cold breeze hit Johna. He stood there frozen. "He will be ok. Come on!" Hunter ran to his room and got his invisibility robe, he covered Stephoine, Chris and himself as they ran to the basement of the school. There was a large door and it was unlocked. Someone had already been here. Walking in, much to their surprise they see the three-headed cat… asleep on the way in.

"Damn that is one large pussy" Hunter smirked, only to have Stephoine slap him hard in the arm. "A pussy cat! Get your mind out of the gutter!" Hunter smirked. There was a problem. How do they get the cat to move?" he asked them. Chris thought of something. He pulled out his wand and carefully walked up to the cat. He placed the wand under it's nose, when it breathed the one head woke up screeching. Waking the other 2 heads, the cat bolted to the corner hissing. Chris smiled to the others.

"I still didn't get the stench out" he grinned. They went into the trap door, but only to notice there was no stairs. All three fell in, only to land in quick sand!

"AAAHHH! We're going to die!" Chris screamed.

"NO! This is dark sand! Sink and you'll see!" Stephoine stood still and sunk into the sand.

"STEPH!" Hunter called.

"I'm ok!" She called back. "Just sink! It will take you though!" Hunter remained still and sunk through. Chris struggled.

"No way! I ain't doing this!" Chris called.

Stephoine knew they couldn't wait. She took out her wand. "Gavitius pulleo!" she called. Chris dropped through like a bag of rocks. He had trouble getting up.

"What the hell did you do!" he demanded.

Stephoine smirked. "Increased your gravity so you would just fall though" she laughed. She undid her spell and Chris got up. "You're welcome" Stephoine grinned. Chris rolled his eyes; they walked through the door to the next room. There they saw nothing but a sledgehammer. Chris looked up seeing a bunch of keys just floating in the air.

"Uh… ok… so what now?" he asked Hunter. Hunter picked up the sledgehammer and he looked about ready to mound it. However a grin came across his face, with one swift movement he took out the door that led to the next room. Hunter turned to the others with a grin on his face. "That works for me!" Chris stated.

"No argument here" Stephoine replied. They just walked through without a key. The next room was a complex room; there was a checkerboard with pieces.

"Damn we got to play this dumb game?" Hunter demanded.

Chris rolled his eyes. "Is nothing easy here anymore?" he asked. Hunter looked at the sledgehammer and just bashed the pieces. He looked to the others.

"Screw this I'm going ahead" he called. No matter what pieces came to him he would take them out with the sledgehammer. He made it to the other side of the room; again with the sledgehammer he bashed in the door and walked through. There he saw the mirror that showed his parents, and someone looking into it. Much to his surprise it was Professor Stevely! "Whoa…. Where's Spark?" Hunter asked.

"What? You didn't think Professor Spark was behind this? What? I said you didn't think he was behind this?" Stevely shot back.

"Why the hell do you say what all the time? It gets on my nerves" Hunter shot back.

Stevely stared at him oddly. "Get on your nerves? You have been on mine ever since we met! You know how many times I have tried to kill you! Damn you keep living!" Stevely confessed.

"Whoa… at the fidget match… Spark was cursing me!" Hunter explained.

"No! He was saving your backside as I was cursing you, you bas$rd!" Stevely stated. "That dumbass was saving your life!"

Hunter was taken back. He always thought Spark hated him. "Wait… so it was you who let in the Ogre!" Hunter concluded.

"By golly he has a brain and he can use it! You're damn right I let in that ogre. Spark cut me off when I was trying to sneak out to destroy you. He never trusted me again and he kept an eye on me, so I had to be more careful around you. So I decided to do the next best thing… get the champion stone and destroy you…" Stevely looked at the mirror. "But the damn thing is broken! How do I use it? I know what I want…" Stevely started at the mirror. Seeing him self-holding the stone.

"Get the boy…" came a creepy voice. Stevely turned to Hunter.

"Come here now!" he ordered. Hunter didn't know what to do; he didn't know where the other voice came from. Hunter went down to the mirror and looked in.

"What do you see?" Stevely asked. Hunter watched as his reflection held out the stone, and it was dropped into his pocket in his pants.

"I have just become the world's highest paid Fidget player… I'm claiming I'm that damn good" Hunter lied.

"HE HAS IT!" came the voice again. Hunter back away. From Stevely, Stevely reached out to grab him. "No, let me talk to him"

"But… you're weak!" Stevely protested, however he took off the hat he wore and turned around. Hunter was sick to see a face in the back of Austin's head! The face was oddly farmiller to him.

"Hunter Potter… listen to me" the voice creped. "The power of the stone in your hand will grant be a body once more, and allow your parents to come back. You will be together again. And I will no longer have to live off of dragon's blood. Just give us the stone!" he ordered. Hunter looked at the stone.

"Why are you so farmiller to me?" Hunter asked. He could feel his scar become warm and hurt him.

The face smiled. "I gave you that scar Hunter…"

Hunter knew then and there who it was. "You killed my parents! If it weren't for you, I would have a family, I wouldn't need this damn stone!" Hunter shouted back.

"GET HIM!" Stevely quickly turned and tried to attack Hunter. Hunter wasn't afraid to fight back. However just laying his hands on Stevely burned him Stevely wailed about being burned that he didn't see Hunter grab the sledgehammer. With a swift motion, Stevely exploded into dust on impact! Hunter watched as a figure emerged from the ashes and go right through him knocking him out, however he still had the stone in his pocket…