American Dragon Season Three
A/N: I don't own the Wizard of Gore, which the title is a play on. Just to be safe. Nor do I own AD:JL.
Chapter/Episode 17: The Wizard of Snore
It was sunset when Jake Long, the American Dragon, and his friend Trixie Carter, exited the local skate park. Even though it had been a hot day and both were drenched with sweat, they had had a lot of fun. "Whoo, Jakie!" Trixie exclaimed. "I don't think I've ever had that much fun at the skate park before, boy!"
"I know, Trix." Jake smiled. "It's a shame that Spud couldn't be here with us."
"Yeah, Jakie…" Trixie nodded her head in agreement. "But he's at his wizard training thing. I mean c'mom! Learning magic has got to be a blast!"
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Young wizard-in-training Arthur Spudinski sat in a hard chair with his head slumped over backwards, his snoring ringing out across the room. A girl sitting next to him with dark hair in a pony-tail, the only other kid in the room, glared at him before elbowing him right in the chest.
Spud coughed suddenly and brought his head up as quickly as possible, his eyes opening. "What? What? Who?" Spud asked. "Is it time to go home? I'm starving!"
The wizard instructor, who was standing beside a chalkboard sighed as he turned around and spoke: "I can't say that I blame you, Mr. Spudinski. The Dragon Council wanted me to do two classes, one for you and one for Miss Lewis, here. But honestly, I didn't want to do two lectures. I'm glad I didn't, because then I would only be hearing your snoring for four hours. I guess that test we were going to have can be postponed until tomorrow." The teacher then magically made two large books appear in his hands before he shot them to his students. "You will both need to read that by tomorrow. Nicole, you can ho, Arthur I would like to talk to you for a moment."
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Spud stood in front of his instructor as he sighed and sat down at a desk. "Mr. Spudinski, I am quite frankly concerned with your behavior during my instructing time. At the beginning, you seemed very eager to learn magic. Your best friend is the American Dragon! You said you wanted to be like him. What happened?"
"I thought we were going to actually use magic, dude!" Spud answered after a moment. "All we do is sit and listen to your lectures; there is no fun in this class! I don't agree with that! There needs to be a balance. I don't want to be some over-worked type-A!"
"I see…" the instructor replied. "Arthur, I once had a student like you. All he wanted to do was use magic to destroy his enemies. He wanted to rule the magical world. He succeeded of course, but it soon all came crashing down. He had no self control; all he did was made enemies, even the Dragon Council."
"Did his name happen to be Eli Pandarus?" Spud asked.
"No." The instructor replied. "This was before the Wizard of Wall Street. Unfortunately, not too long before... Pandarus and my pupil finally did meet. My pupil desired to vanquish him, as did Pandarus. And do you know what happened? Pandarus won and took my pupil's wand. Without his wand, my pupil was powerless. The Councilors finally were powerful enough to try to apprehend him. My pupil was forced to flee to parts unknown."
"Bummer…" Spud replied after a short, yet awkward silence
"And I am starting to fear that you will fall down that path, Mr. Spudinski…" The instructor got up. "And I don't want to be responsible…If you go down the wrong path, I don't care, but it will not be under my guidance. As much as I would like to just kick you out of my class, the Dragon Council will not allow me to do so. So, I am telling you this. Do all your homework for the exam tomorrow. If you miss so much as one problem, you will be expelled from my class."
BLACKOUT; PLAY THEME SONG
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
The next day in the library, Jake twirled his pencil in a bored fashion as Trixie watched in awe as Spud flipped through his Wizarding book as quickly as he could.
"Whooee, Spudinski!" she was shocked. "I've never seen you this worried about a test! EVER!"
"Yeah Spud…" Jake stopped twirling his pencil and straightened himself up in his chair. "I mean, I thought you said you didn't want to become a stressed out and over-worked dude, dude. What's with the change?"
"My wizard teacher said that he will kick me out of his class if I don't get a hundred percent on this test!" Spud answered. "So, if you don't see, I really don't have that much time to talk!"
"Spudinski, that's whack!" Trixie replied. "What did you do to deserve that messed up treatment?"
"I kind of fell asleep during his classes…" Spud answered. "I mean, he's just so boring. Remember when Jake skipped dragon training before we even knew he was a dragon? It's kind of like that."
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Much later in the day, Eli Pandarus sat in a comfy chair at Pandarus Towers, fuming in front of a roaring fire; enraged over his failure to use Pandora's Box. However, he soon exited his state of rage when he jumped up in surprise after hearing a noise. "Who's there?" Pandarus demanded, getting out of his chair.
Perhaps it was that pesky American Dragon and his friends? Hoping silently for this, Pandarus' scowl turned into an evil grin as he reached over to the table and grabbed his wand.
Pandarus turned around and walked through the door, leading him to a long and dark hall. Pandarus chanted as a green light came from the wand, making it so that he could see properly. "You're not going to get away from me, you pesky enemies!"
However, he soon gasped as he saw that a safe was open. After rushing over to it and after poking his head in, his worst fears were realized. What was once inside was now gone; a wand that he had taken from a rival wizard that he had defeated! This was clearly not the work of the American Dragon and his friends.
Snarling, Pandarus turned around to face the thief. "Alright, you little bugger! Do you honestly believe that you can steal what I have already rightfully stolen? Come down and face me!"
There was a thud on the ground, and Pandarus raised his wand to see a person, completely dressed in black, complete with a hood covering the face and a cape. "Hello, Pandarus…You have something that my master wants…" the person spoke with a mechanical voice; it was obviously a voice-changer.
"Your master wants it, huh?" Pandarus scowled. "Well, you'll have to face me for it!"
"You'd like that, wouldn't you, you cowardly excuse for a wizard?" the mechanical voice belonging to this person spoke as the person pulled out their own wand. Before Pandarus even knew it, all the paintings from the wall and the furniture were hovering over the person. With a flick of the wand, the items flew at Pandarus. Grinning, Pandarus held up his own wand, holding the items at bay.
"Did you honestly believe that you could outsmart the Wizard of Wall Street?" Pandarus asked rhetorically. "You failed! I'd like it if you could go crying back to your master, but I'm afraid it's time that you died…"
Pandarus' grin grew wider as the items went back at the original caster. The thief looked up at all the items hovering above her. The items then came crashing down on her. Pandarus could have sworn that he heard a mechanical scream as the items crushed the thief.
Laughing madly, Pandarus walked over to the pile. Just as he reached it, the thief shot up from the pile that should have crushed them. Pandarus could only stare up in shock as the person pulled out their wand as they continued to shoot into the air. A green blast came from the wand and hit Pandarus.
The thief hit the ground as Pandarus howled in pain, the green energy consuming his body. The green energy soon turned red as Pandarus' green suit and cape fell to the ground, smoking. The Wizard of Wall Street had vanished.
A mechanical laugh rang out as the thief bent over and picked up Pandarus' own wand. "My master will like this as well…"
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In a dark shack, there was a bright red flash of magic as a now fully clothed Pandarus appeared. The Wizard of Wall Street frantically looked around the dark room, as two pairs of shackles came down from above. The shackles snagged both of his wrists before pulling the shouting Pandarus into the air and leaving him dangling.
Pandarus soon gasped in shock as he heard a loud cackle vibrate across the halls. Lights suddenly switched on as a man dressed all in black, complete with a black fedora hat covering his face in dark shadows walked in.
"Aw, Pandarus…" the man said in a deep voice. "How the tables have turned…You ruined my life and banished to a life out here. Now I am returning the favor…"
"Master…" the man turned around as the thief walked up, holding out their hand, revealing both wands. The mechanical voice continued: "I have returned your wand to you. I have also brought you the wand of our new prisoner."
"You don't have to do this, W!" Pandarus called from above. "If you haven't noticed, I'm rich! I'll give you whatever you want!"
"You're not rich anymore, Pandarus!" W growled. "If you haven't noticed, your wealth should have belonged to me! Now, I could just leave you up there to starve, but I am too merciful to do that. Give me my wand, my young apprentice…"
"Yes master…" The thief handed her master the wand. Chanting, W shot a blue beam at Pandarus. The beam hit the Wizard, lighting him up. When the light faded, Pandarus was merely a stone statue. The shackles broke from the weight and Pandarus crashed to the stone floor.
W grinned. "My apprentice…" he said. "Go put him with the statues of those two women you found in the Hudson River…"
"Yes master…" The thief lifted the stone statue of the former wizard up and started to cart it off. As his apprentice left, W laughed and turned around. "Soon Magical World…" he laughed. "Soon, you will pay for the life you took from me…"
BLACKOUT; CUT TO COMMERCIAL
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
The instructor paced around his class as just Spud sat in his chair, still flipping through the book. "You are just lucky that Miss Lewis is not here yet, Mr. Spudinski…" the instructor sighed. "It is so unlike her, though…"
Both then heard panting, as Nicole Lewis jogged into the room. "I am so sorry, I am late, sir!" she apologized as she sat down. "My parents wouldn't let me leave until I did my chores, which ran a little late…"
"It is okay, Miss Lewis…Since it wasn't for a selfish reason." the instructor said as he made two pieces of paper appear in his hands before he magically sent them flying to his students. "I assume you both studied…" Spud put the book away as his instructor spoke. "You will both have one hour to finish the test…Begin!"
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Jake burst in through the doors of Canal Street Electronics as quickly as he could. Tired, Jake bent over and started to pant. As soon as he had caught his breath, Jake looked up to see Fu Dog and his grandfather sat on the couch. "You called for the Am Drag, Gramps?" Jake asked.
"Yes…" Lao-Shi answered. "According to the Dragon Council, there has been a problem at Pandarus Towers."
"Pandarus Towers?" Jake asked. "Didn't we take care of Pandarus already?"
"Relax, kid." Fu jumped down from the couch. "Pandarus isn't the problem; it's what happened to Pandarus."
"Say what?" Jake asked, shocked.
"It looks like the Wizard of Wall Street was whacked." Fu answered.
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Spud could feel his heart pounding throughout the whole test. By the time he finished, he was sweating as if it was over a hundred degrees. Setting the pencil down, Spud got up from his chair with a sigh of relief before walking over to his instructor.
"Um, sir…" Spud handed him the paper.
"Let's see how you did…" The instructor said casually as he held the paper close to him. "Let's see…Good. Good. Good. Good."
For about another ten minutes, the instructor simply said "Good" repeatedly. Spud's spirits started to lift. Perhaps he was going to get all the questions correct, after all!
"Good. Good. Good…" the instructor continued, as Spud looked over to see that his instructor had reached the last five questions. "Good. Good. Good. Good. Go—oh dear, I am sorry, Mr. Spudinski. I am afraid that you got the last question wrong."
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Jake, Lao-Shi and Fu Dog walked through the doors that led to the hall where Councilor Andam, Councilor Kulde and Councilor Omina all stood over the empty clothes of Eli Pandarus. "Aw, Dragon Long…" Andam spoke. "We are glad you are here."
"So, is this all that is left of him?" Jake asked, looking down at the clothes.
"It appears so…" Kulde replied.
"We don't have ant leads, though." Andam added. "That is what we would like you to do, Dragon Long."
"You want me to look for the punk that did this?" Jake asked. "Oh, it's on!"
"Pandarus had a lot of enemies, Jake." Lao-Shi reminded his grandson. "You will not have to figure this out all by yourself. Fu Dog and I will assist you."
"What?" Fu asked. "I didn't ask to get involved in this! I have a date with Veronica tonight!"
"Well guess what, Fu…" Jake scowled as he transformed into a dragon, picking him up in his claws. "You don't have a choice."
"Be careful on your mission, Dragon Long…" Andam said. "Even though you have your grandfather with you, you will be going amongst some dangerous magical creatures…"
"That will want to do you harm…" Kulde finished. "We all wish you luck…"
"We have a feeling you will need it, dragons…" Omina finished.
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"You mean…" Spud stuttered. "You mean I…I…that I?" He was in shock. He had studied more than he had for any other test. He had actually tried on this one as well. This couldn't be right.
"You got the last one wrong, Mr. Spudinski…" The instructor continued. "You put 'D' when the answer was 'A'."
"No, I put 'A'!" Spud replied. "I know I put 'A'!"
"Are you trying to say that you think that there is some force on this planet that could magically change your answer?"
"Aw, I'm so sorry, Arthur…" Nicole suddenly walked past him and placed her paper in front of her teacher. The instructor looked at her paper and smiled. "One hundred percent; Arthur, why couldn't you have been more like Nicole?"
"But…" Spud started.
"I don't want to hear any more." The instructor said firmly. "You are officially out of this class."
BLACKOUT; CUT TO COMMERCIAL
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Meanwhile, Jake and Fu Dog were sitting in the office of Big Ernie. The goblin crime boss frowned as he shook his head. "Why are you here?"
"Because, we were curious if you knew anything about the slaying of Eli Pandarus…" Jake asked, careful to obey Fu's instructions to not anger Big Ernie. "Have you heard anything about it?"
"No…"
"Are you sure?" Jake asked.
"No, I didn't hear anything about it…" Ernie gritted his teeth. "In fact, I am quite displeased. That wizard owed me money, just like you!" He pointed at Fu.
"Whoa, what do you know, kid?" Fu hopped from his chair and tried to force Jake out of the room. "I think it's time to go!"
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The doors to Big Ernie's lair opened as the shouting forms of Jake and Fu were thrown out by the guards. Both flew quite high in the air before they came crashing down on the hard ground, both groaning in pain.
"Jake!" Lao-Shi rushed up to them. "Did Big Ernie know anything?"
"No, but we sure learned something…" Fu groaned.
"Yeah…" Jake added. "Never anger a goblin crime boss with pesky questions. G, can you do us a favor and call an ambulance?"
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By the time Nicole exited the classroom, Spud was sitting forlornly on the grass.
"Hey…" Spud looked up in surprise as he saw Nicole walk over to him. "Listen, I'm sorry about what happened. I feel really bad about it. I'd like to help you find a new teacher, if that's okay with you."
"You can do that?" Spud asked, getting up.
"Of course!" Nicole smiled. "You can do just about anything on the internet, can't you? I think that we can find a teacher that can suit your personality a bit more."
"Thanks…" Spud stood up and walked over to her. "That's totally awesome of you!"
"Well come on…" Nicole started walking away. "We'll go to my house."
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"The Oracle Twins…?" Jake asked his grandfather, as he, his grandfather and Fu Dog watched Sara and Kara standing among the crowd. Sara was eating ice cream while Kara looked bored. "Are they really our last hope?"
"We can not find any other leads, Jake." Lao-Shi replied.
"Fine…" Jake groaned. "But if they try to tell me the day that I'm going to die again, I'm out."
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The door to Nicole's bedroom opened as the two stepped in. Closing the door, Nicole walked over to her desk and opened her laptop. "Okay, Arthur." She said. "Why don't you just pull up a seat and we'll see if we can find you a new teacher."
Spud nodded as he pulled up a chair and sat down, watching as Nicole logged onto some website. "What kind of site is that?" Spud asked. "I've never seen it before."
"Because you have to be magical to join…" Nicole answered in a bored tone. To prove her point, she typed in what type of magical being she was as she finished logging in. "Now…" she opened up another window that asked for personal information; Nicole typed in Spud's name. "Perhaps you should put in all your personal information…" Nicole got up and handed the computer to Spud.
Within a minute or two, Spud had completed the survey and he handed the laptop back to Nicole.
"Okay Arthur…" Nicole went to the next page. "How would you describe yourself?"
"Why does it want to know that?" Spud asked.
"Because…" Nicole seemed to be becoming impatient. "If a wizarding instructor likes your personality, he may want to teach you. Okay, so, care to tell me more about yourself?"
"Um, I'm, um…hoping for a good instructor…" Spud was afraid to admit that he wasn't very willing to work hard at this new task.
"I think I understand, Arthur…" Nicole's expression softened. "You don't want to become an overworked Type-A that has no fun. You think there should be a balance, huh?"
Spud's eyes widened. He was completely surprised at her understanding. "Yeah…" Spud was at a loss for words. "You're completely right, actually…"
"You don't have to worry about that…" Nicole typed something into the box. "You'll find a new instructor. Now, what do you want in an instructor?"
"Well, I guess someone who can have a little fun every one in a while…" Spud answered. "Someone who doesn't lecture all the time…"
"I think that can be done…" Nicole typed what Spud told her before posting it. "Now all we have to do is wait for someone who is willing to teach you."
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"Hey Jake!" Sara called out happily as Jake, Fu and his grandfather approached her and her sister. "Ooh! It's been so long since we've seen each other!"
"Yeah, I guess it has…" Jake replied.
"We are afraid that we need your services…" Lao-Shi replied. "Eli Pandarus has gone missing. We were wondering if you could help us out. You are our last chance."
"I had a vision, alright!" Sara's smile widened. "Ooh, it looks like you're too late to save him! Isn't that a bummer?"
"But did you see anything about who did whatever happened to him is?" Jake asked.
"Ooh, you'd have to ask my sister about that one!" Sara smiled.
"Well, what do you see, yo?" Jake asked.
Kara sighed. "Okay, I didn't see who captured him, but I had a vision…that whoever did it will go down tonight."
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There was a quick and rather quiet pinging noise in the computer as a message popped up. "Oh, it looks like you already got a response." Nicole got over and walked over to the computer. "Oh, I'll think you'll like this."
"Really?" Spud got up from his chair as he walked over to the computer and read the response:
RE: New Wizard Teacher
Mr. Spudinski:
From what I have read about you, you seem like a very interesting person, and I think you have the potential to become a powerful wizard. I would very much be interested in having you as my student. How about we meet at the docks tonight?
Sincerely,
WizardMaster666
"Awesome!" Spud shouted, not being able to contain his excitement. "I'm getting a new and more exciting wizard teacher!"
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Meanwhile, back at the Draco Island Wizard classroom, Spud's ex-instructor placed his things in a bag and slugged it over his shoulder, preparing to go home. However, just as he reached the exit, he was greeted a green dragon.
"Aw, Mr. Jennings…" the instructor greeted them. "I was just on my way out. What can I help you with?
"The councilors have given me the task of confronting you." TJ replied. "They would like to know how your new classmate is handling your class. As a friend of the American Drago…"
"Mr. Spudinski is no longer in my class…" the instructor tried to get past him.
"What?" TJ seemed shocked. "But the councilors specifically made sure that he would be studying under your teachings. What happened?"
"Mr. Spudinski did not appreciate what I had to offer." The instructor explained. "I gave him one last chance, and he did not come through. If he truly wants to become a sorcerer, then he will find a new instructor—one that can give him what he desires. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going home."
"You don't get it!" TJ called him back. "The council wanted him to be taught by you. They feared that your old apprentice could try to get to him."
"My old apprentice is gone!"
"That's what you believe…" TJ replied. "Eli Pandarus has gone missing. The council is positive that your old apprentice is the one behind it. Your old apprentice has returned, and Mr. Spudinski is in danger."
The instructors' eyes widened. "Are you certain?"
"Yes…"
"Then I have to do something about it…"
"We have alerted the American Dragon…" TJ replied. "As Mr. Spudinski is his friend, he will certainly want to help."
"No." The instructor replied firmly. "This is my mistake. I have to fix this all by myself. Call Lao-Shi and tell him that I will handle this."
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At that same time, Spud and Nicole arrived at the very same docks where the battle with the cheerleaders several months earlier had begun. As Spud stepped onto the wooden boards, they creaked, and as it was after midnight and it was misty, Spud had to admit that it was quite spooky.
"Okay, we're here…" Spud said. "There is just one thing I don't get: why are you here?"
Before Spud could get an answer from his fellow wizard, Spud could hear malevolent chuckling, and out of the midst, a man with a black fedora hat and a black overcoat stepped onto the docks, followed closely by another person dressed all in black, with a black cape and hood covering their face.
"Well done, Nicole…" the hooded person spoke, and Spud could tell that they spoke through a voice changer.
"Hello, Mr. Spudinski…" the man with the fedora hat spoke. "I am your new teacher. You can call me W. I see my old instructor did little to teach you the way of magic. But that is okay, I will fix that in time."
"You're his old apprentice?" Spud was shocked. "But aren't you evil?"
"Good and evil is all a perspective, Mr. Spudinski…" W grinned. "My associate here…" he pointed to the hooded person beside him. "…After many lectures and 'activities', he failed to see what was so evil about what I want to accomplish. Don't worry, in due time you will be just like him…"
"I don't think so, you punk!" Spud declared. He attempted to turn around and make a break for it, only to come face to face with Nicole's glowing wand. "Why are you doing this, Nicole?"
"He's my father…" Nicole replied. "Do you think I actually liked that schmuck of a teacher's lessons and hard tests? No! My father taught me all I know in being a powerful sorceress. It was my mission in our quest to get revenge on Eli Pandarus and my father's master! While I entered the class to get you to this point, my father's apprentice got rid of Eli Pandarus and reclaimed my father's wand. It was all a trap, Arthur. Why do you think you felt like one of your answers changed?"
"You did that?" Spud was shocked.
"And now that I have my old wand back…" Spud turned to see W holding up his newly reclaimed wand. "I have all the power I need. With you on my side, I will destroy my old instructor! Now my daughter, bring Mr. Spudinski over to me…"
"Yes father…" Nicole pressed the tip of the wand into Spud's back. "Walk…" she ordered.
As he felt the glowing magic sting his skin, Spud felt that he had no choice. However, he had taken only two steps when his wizard instructor appeared out of thin air with his wand. As soon as Spud saw that his old teacher was about to point his wand at him, Spud ducked, and in the process, he unintentionally flipped Nicole over to him and onto her back.
"Mr. Spudinski, take her wand!" his ex-instructor called out as he turned and shot a spell at W. However, W waved his wand and disappeared. Growling, W's hooded apprentice tried to attack, but the instructor simply waved his wand and disappeared.
Looking down, Spud could see that Nicole was about to reach for her wand. Gaping, Spud quickly bent over and snatched the wand before she could. As Nicole's wand touched Spud's skin, the wand began to glow green and the magic started to flow down Spud's arm before it started to reach out before it shot into Spud's chest. Gaping, Spud was lifted off of his feet and a couple of inches off the ground. As Spud left the ground, the green magic suddenly turned blue.
As the blue magic faded and Spud touched the ground once more, Nicole gasped in horror. Before Spud could react, Nicole scrambled to her feet and sprinted off, disappearing into the mist. Spud would have chased after her, but he stopped dead in his tracks as a spell hit the wooden boards behind him, making it splinter into several pieces.
Spud turned to face the growling hooded wizard, who had his wand pointed directly at Spud's head. "Your instructor has abandoned you!" he growled in his robotic voice.
Spud grinned as he raised his new wand up at his foe. "No he didn't…If I know my teacher, he has my back."
"He never had your back!" the hooded wizard shot a spell at Spud, which he dodged. "He kicked you out of his class, and straight to us!"
"Well maybe if I had paid more attention, then he wouldn't have kicked me out!" Spud raised his wand, and with a blue flash of light, hoped that it incapacitate his enemy. However, the result was not expected, and instead, a cruise liner magically appeared.
The hooded wizard chuckled. "And what is that supposed to do to me?"
Spud panicked at first, as his attempt to defeat his enemy didn't work, and now his foe was starting to chant some spell on him. Suddenly, an idea suddenly clicked in his head.
Okay, come on Spud! Focus! You can do this!
Raising his wand once more, there was yet another flash of blue, and when Spud opened his eyes, he got his desired result: his enemy's clothes and shoes were now made of metal. The hooded wizard looked down in surprise as he was lifted off of feet and thrown back so that he slammed into the cruise ship, trapped.
"Let me go!" the hooded wizard roared, even with the voice changer, Spud could tell that his defeated enemy was scared; the hooded wizard became even more scared when he saw that Spud was raising his wand again. "What are you doi…no! Don't you dare!"
However, it was too late. The blue magic appeared, and the cruise ship disappeared, sent back to the open ocean. "Now to help my master!" Spud raised his wand and used his to disappear in a flash of blue light.
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In a flash of magic, Spud's ex-teacher appeared in the dark shack. "Where are you, W?" the instructor demanded as he slowly walked around in the dark room. The instructor's eyes suddenly widened as he heard an evil cackle. Following the cackle was a giant green hand coming down and smashing column that was right behind the instructor. The instructor was able to roll out of the way as the column collapsed in pieces. Pulling out his wand, the instructor looked up to see that W was standing on an above column, directly above him.
"My old instructor…" W growled with glee. "You fell right into my trap. And now you will be destroyed!"
The giant green hand once again came down, but the instructor jumped backwards and avoided the hit as the floor below crumbled, leading to a watery grave. The instructor pointed his wand at his foe, but before he could fire, Spud appeared right behind him in a flash of blue.
Surprised, W turned around as Spud tried to make a grab for the wand. Startled, W backed up, losing his footing and falling backwards. The glowing green hand coming out of the wand fell as well, smashing away more of the floor, falling down accompanied by its screaming owner. A splash occurred seconds later, and the instructor knew that there was no way his old apprentice could have survived.
"Mr. Spudinski…" his ex-teacher was in shock. "That was…amazing!"
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Spud currently was seated in the hall at Draco Island, watching from his seat as his ex-instructor was berated by the councilors and TJ. "That was the most reckless decision we have ever seen!" Councilor Kulde was easily the most angered. "Do you have anything to say to defend yourself?"
"No, councilors…" the instructor replied slowly. "I am completely to blame…"
"It was very careless…" Andam was a bit calmer. "Your mistake almost resulted in the fall of Mr. Spudinski to a life of crime. Sir, I am afraid that even with the defeat of your old apprentice, we can not overlook what could have happened. We are afraid that we will have to relieve you of your post here."
"No!" Spud shot up and ran over to the council. "You can't do that! My instructor is not to blame. I am. I was so careless and lazy that he had had enough. I have learned from my mistake, but if someone is to be punished, it should be me."
"Councilors…" TJ spoke up. "I am not one to question your judgment, but perhaps Mr. Spudinski is right. Perhaps he deserves a second chance…After all; he seemed to some good for Mr. Spudinski. According to his instructor, he took all three of his opponents down all on his own."
Kulde and Andam seemed to consider this. "Very well…" Andam spoke after a moment. "We will not fire him, if he allows Mr. Spudinski back into his class."
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After agreeing to the terms, Spud and his instructor walked out of the temple. "You have greatly impressed me, Arthur." The instructor said. "You have truly earned your wand.
"Yeah, but I'm still mad that Nicole got away." Spud replied.
"Arthur…" his instructor told him. "Nicole followed in her father's footsteps in more than one way. She doesn't have her wand and because of that, she is harmless. I think that it is for the best that she wasn't captured. She has nowhere to go."
"But she could come back for revenge…"
"No, she couldn't. She is completely harmless without her father. Without her father to guide her, she doesn't have the cleverness to come up with a plan. I am certain that the Magical World has truly seen the last of her." His instructor smiled at him. "You on the other hand, are a truly talented wizard. You will accomplish great things, just like your friend, the American Dragon."
Hearing this praise, Spud couldn't help but smile. This is exactly what he had wanted ever since he found out that his friend was a dragon.
BLACKOUT
END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE
A/N: So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Yeah, in case you were wondering about what the instructor and the hooded wizard's names were, I don't know. I never gave them names.
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