Chapter 10: The Test of Death!
Infirmary
Evangeline walked into the room right as the school's late bells start ringing. In her hand is the test. She walked over to Vladimir and hands it to him.
"Alright, you have 3 hours to do this, although I don't really think you'll need it. I'll come back then, so you better be finished, or else!"
Evangeline pulled out a taser from her pocket, and then left the room.
"Where the hell does she get the stuff?" Vladimir asked himself as he reached for his pencil which was on the stand next to his bed. As soon as he grabbed the pencil, his arm popped.
"BLOODY HELL! Why does everything I do cause me pain!?"
Vladimir tried to bring his arm back to himself. However, his effort was futile.
"WHY DOES MY ARM HAVE TO BECOME LIMP NOW!? COULDN'T IT WAIT!? EVANGELINE! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
The pencil fell out of Vladimir's hands.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!"
Vladimir forced himself to turn in the bed and tried reaching for the pencil with his other hand. It, too, popped and went limp.
"Today is just not my day, is it?"
As soon as he said that, the test was pushed by the breeze of an open window from Vladimir's lap towards the fire place in the infirmary.
"HOLY SH…!"
The shock of what was about to happen made Vladimir jump up suddenly, which caused him to fall out of the bed and slam his head into the ground.
Vladimir started talking to himself in his frustration.
"Why put a fireplace in the infirmary, anyways!? I thought it was made to help people, not kill them! And also, who left the window open!? What if a bee or something came in and stung me? I'd sue, that I would! The school has no clue of my medical history! I mean, I could be allergic to bees. Well, I'm not, but still! THEY don't know that!"
Vladimir looked towards the fireplace from where he was on the ground. He tried judging the distance until he saw a spider trying to climb on his arm.
"SPIDER! GET IT OFF! I HATE SPIDERS!!"
Vladimir closed his eyes because he thought he was about to get bitten.
"Wait a minute… I have the power of dragons and I'm afraid of a tiny spider? Well, I'll show it whose boss!"
Vladimir opened his eyes and saw the spider standing right in front of his face just staring at him.
"IYA! The menacing spider is glaring at me! Get it away!"
Meanwhile in the Courtyard
Negi and his friends ran up to the school administrators to ask why everyone was outside. The administrators said that they had no time to talk because they were already late for the test. Negi's group had to take the test near the teachers because of their tardiness.
"Don't worry Negi, we'll be alright!" Asuna assured Negi.
Negi looked at the group and saw that they were all exhausted. His magical seal had been broken, now. He used a revitalizing spell to give them good stamina and vitality.
"That's all I can do for now. So, where's Vladimir?"
Back at the Infirmary
Vladimir had huge tears rolling down his face. More spiders crowded around him.
"It's all a bad dream. It's all a bad dream," Vladimir kept mumbling to himself.
Vladimir opened his eyes once again.
"Alright, spiders can't fly, but I can. Dragon of the air, heed my call!"
Wings sprang from Vladimir's back.
"ACK! WHY DOES THIS HURT SO MUCH!? DID MY MUSCLES REALLY GROW A LOT!? Alright! Dragon, you are dismissed. DISMISSED I SAID! NO, DON'T!"
Instead of being dismissed, the dragon decided to torture Vladimir a little more. He forced Vladimir to have dragon scales grow through his skin.
"WHY!? WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU!?"
The wings and scales finally disappeared, along with the spiders that were blown away by the gut of wind caused by Vladimir's semi-transformation.
"I never knew a dragon could disobey my orders… this requires more research."
Vladimir's eyes fell upon a clock.
"CRAP! I only have one hour left! But how can I get all the way over there… wait a minute. Where'd the test go?"
Vladimir looked into the flames of the fire and saw some paper burning in it.
"NO! I COMMAND YOU TO JUMP OUT FROM THAT FIRE RIGHT NOW!"
Vladimir started nudging his way to the fireplace using his jaws. About half-way there, his face cramped up and he was now unable to move any parts of his body.
One Hour Later…
"Oi, Vladimir! Where are you?"
Evangeline walked through the door. Vladimir was still lying on the ground, unable to move or say anything or even make a sound. From where Evangeline was standing, Vladimir was not visible because of one of the beds being in the way.
"Yes! Evangeline's here! I'm saved!" Vladimir thought.
"Hm… guess he's not here. Maybe the bathroom?" Evangeline walked out of the door and started towards the restrooms.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Vladimir thought.
Suddenly, he heard Evangeline walk by the door saying, "That's right. That idiot broke the bathroom. Then again, it IS only for girls. So maybe there's one for guys and teachers. I'll go check the office."
"COME BACK! I'm right here!" Vladimir thought.
Evangeline appeared flying through the infirmary doors.
"I forgot you can't move, Vladimir. But then again, where are you?"
She walked around the room and saw Vladimir on the floor.
"Alright, get up! And why didn't you answer me?"
Vladimir tried as hard as he could, but couldn't open his mouth.
"Silence, eh? I guess I'll just force the answers from you!"
The vampire put on some brass knuckles and slugged Vladimir.
"OW! That punch was twice as hard as Jack Bauer's, that's half as hard as Chuck Norris!1 Wait a minute… I can speak again!"
Vladimir suddenly regained control of his entire body.
"Hey! I can move again!"
"Hold it, Vladi-kun! You mean to tell me that you were incapable of speaking? Never mind. Where's your test."
"Um… about 6 feet behind you and your height straight down."
Evangeline turned around and saw the fireplace.
"You've gotta be frickin' kidding me! I told you to finish it, not destroy it! PUNISHMENT!"
Evangeline whipped out her taser and jabbed Vladimir with it, causing him to fall unconscious.
The Next Morning…
Vladimir woke up.
"Oh my goodness. It was just a dream."
"What was?" Evangeline said.
"I dreamt that we had the test, and you left the window open, so a gust of wind blew the test into the fire. And I was afraid of spiders! SPIDERS! Tell me, why would I be afraid of spiders!?"
"Just to tell you, that was not a dream. And did you say you were afraid of spiders?"
Evangeline reached in her pocket and threw a glass vile on him. The vile shattered and hundreds of small spiders flew out of it.
"IYAA!!" Vladimir screamed as if he were a little girl.
"My image of you is so screwed up right now," Evangeline said as she killed all of the spiders that were apparently wrapping Vladimir in a web.
"Thank you so much. By the way, what happened yesterday?"
"Well, I shocked you with this taser, which caused your heart to stop beating, so I shocked you again. Somehow, that healed you. And the principal found out what happened here and decided since you already graduated from college that there really is no need for you to be a student here. You are now Negi's assistant teacher."
"NOOOOOOOOO!!"
"You done with your death screams, yet? By the way, Negi is looking for you. He has something from your brother to give you."
"Okay. Thanks, Eva-chama."
Evangeline left the room and went to class. Vladimir soon followed.
After School on the Rooftops
"So that's what this is about?" Negi asked.
Vladimir had just finished explaining about the dragon knights in the same way he did with Evangeline.
"Didn't you have something for me, Negi?" Vladimir asked.
"Oh, yeah! This came from a guy who said he was your brother. He was kind of creepy, especially how he climbed out of my shadow. But since our class got the highest scores, I can now help you find your brother."
Vladimir took the paper from Negi. On the page, there was a picture of 8 dragons. One made of fire, one of water, one of rock, one of clouds, one was seen on a meteor, on was coming out of the sky with the sun radiating on it, one was seen laying on a pendulum, and the last one was shown eating a heart. The back of the page had the following written on it:
The dragons were the first existences. They gave birth to the elements of our universe. Without even one of them, the balance of the worlds would be messed up and everything will cease to exist. The four basic elements are what most people hear about, so the others are normally forgotten. The basic elements are earth, wind, fire, and water. Most mages use spells of these elements. However, some powerful mages can use the power of the other four dragons. The lesser of those four are the Dragon Lord of Time and the Dragon Lord of Space. The remaining two dragons have equal power, but if one were to utilize its full strength, the galaxy would be destroyed. These dragons lords are the Dragon Lord of Darkness and the Dragon Lord of Light. Having said that, even though some of these dragon lords are stronger than the others, they all have unmatched power. They all share the same lineage. They were born of the Goddess of Dragons that was sealed along with the Dragon Lord of Darkness after the great war between the mages and the commoners.
That was all that was written.
"Hmm… that's interesting. Even I didn't know about that. But what does my brother want? If it's power, then he'll just die anyways. According to this, the dragons are more powerful than any others… unless… NO WAY! THAT CAVERN THAT HE WENT TO COULD'VE BEEN THE PLACE WHERE THE SHADOW DRAGON WAS SEALED! Negi, I know you guys are planning a trip to Kyoto, but I'll be in Russia for that period of time. I'll try to come back as soon as I can!"
"Wait! I can't keep so many girls in order by myself!"
"Don't worry. You do fine when I'm asleep in class. Besides, I won't be long."
"Um… Vladimir? Why DO you sleep so much in my class?" Negi asked.
"Dragon knights can speak with their dragons in their sleep. Or if they really concentrate, then they can do it when they are awake, too. Which reminds me, I need to try to confirm this data with my dragons. They might not be able to remember all those millennia ago, but they may know something."
"Yeah… um… you go do that… I'm gonna go plan the trip."
"Okay, see you later!"
Vladimir fell asleep and entered his mind to where the dragons lived.
"Hello! I'm back. I needed to ask you guys a few questions!"
"Vladimir," One of the colossal dragons said, "we know why you have come. We can confirm that that is the truth. And if your brother does have the power of the Dragon Lord of Darkness, then we all may be doomed. You must hurry Russia!"
Vladimir woke and decided that it was about time he headed home. To his original home, that is.
1- I think that came from a video about abridged series. I can't remember exactly what it was, but please tell me if you know and I'll cite it.