The next morning, the mysterious storm was the talk of the school. That saved Horus from humiliation, at least for now. As the three Slifers walked into class, murmurs could be heard. "Lightning almost stuck the Obelisk dorms." "Wow, really?" "Scary." "Do think that there might be more of those storms coming?" "I hope not."
Horus leaned in towards Cady. "What are they talking about?"
"Apparently, that storm last night. Something must have happened to spook them. Dunno, and quite frankly, don't care. I happen to love storms. They're probably just being wusses," she shrugged, yawning. The duel that they watched last night was a record-breaking (at least for Cady, Horus, and Randy) three hours long. Horus wanted to know how they could manage to stand for three hours on end. He hated standing for five minutes.
So, naturally, by the time the duel was over, it was late. Ish. Actually, it wouldn't have been bad if Randy didn't want to duel Horus to see if he could figure out the older kid's problem. That turned into a competition between the three that lasted until about one in the morning. Cady had to drag herself back to her room, and Horus just fell asleep on the floor. Randy face-planted on his bunk before being completely knocked out cold.
All conversations ended when Mr. Warner entered the room and started his lecture on trap cards. Cady, Horus, and Randy all promptly fell asleep, later earning them a detention. Again.
