Chapter 5 – Rush
Into your head, into your mind
out of your soul, race through your veins
You can't escape, you can't escape.
Into your life, into your dreams,
Out of the dark, sunlight again.
You can't explain, you can't explain.
Can You feel it, can you feel it,
Rushin' through your hair,
Rushin' through your head,
Can you feel it, can you feel it,
Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try.
Pulling you in, spinning you 'round,
Lifting your feet right off the ground,
You can't believe it's happening now.
Can You feel it, can you feel it,
Rushin' through your hair,
Rushin' through your head,
Can you feel it, can you feel it,
Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try.
It takes you to another place,
imagine everything you can.
All the colors start to blend,
Your system overloads again.
Can You feel it?
Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try.
Don't let nobody tell you,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't let nobody tell you,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try
['Rush' by Aly & AJ]
Clap. Clap. Clap.
Alex looked around for the source of the clapping, wondering where it could have come from. This place was truly confusing.
Suddenly the whole building disintegrated, leaving Alex hopelessly confused as the adrenaline and anger she was experiencing faded away. And in the building's place was a large arena full of people. Or were they wizards? Either way they were cheering and applauding. Some of them held banners and signs with her face on them. Were they actually cheering for her?
"Alex Russo! A voice bellowed throughout the whole arena. "You are the newest Chosen one of the Wizard World! You have passed the first 3 tests but now; the real test begins!"
"Are you ready Miss Russo?"
Alex turned around to face Professor Crumbs and the Council of Elders. "Why am I doing another test," she asked. "You've already seen that I am a Chosen one."
"I can answer that," a strange man answered. Alex looked towards him as he approached from her right. She looked him up and down; he was dressed in extravagant robes, but was really different about him was the kindness and wisdom present in his eyes and face, in his ancient looking eyes and face.
"Master Eraqus," gasped the Council before bowing down, Professor Crumbs included. She looked around as the arena went silent, even her parents, Max and Harper. However that could be because they were just following everyone else's example.
"Who are you," I asked this Eraqus guy. The Elders gasped and a few of them glared at Alex.
"I am Eraqus, both oldest living wizard and Chosen one," he replied kindly. My eyes widened, this man was a Chosen one? Would I ever be like him? He radiated an aura of wisdom and knowledge; kindness and goodness; purity and benevolence.
"Um," she stuttered, awed by his presence. "It's an honour to meet you."
"It's an honour to you too," he replied. "Anyhow, it's time for your fourth and final test; 'The battle with the armed creature'. The purpose of this test is to determine if you are worthy of the title and to test for any new powers."
Alex smiled, nodded and, after a pointed look from Professor Crumbs, bowed to show her respect.
She looked back towards her family and saw them give her a thumbs-up each. She mock saluted them then walked confidently to the middle of the arena.
"Are you ready?" boomed the voice.
"You bet," Alex whispered to herself. Alex quickly got into a fighting stance. Or as much of as a fighting stance as you could expect from Alex.
Looking back at herself a few days, Alex couldn't believe she changed so much in only a few days. She'd grown from having the mind frame of a 16 year old to a more mature, less rebellious young woman. She shook her head in amusement as she murmured to herself; "I really need to pull a prank on someone, or at least go on a shopping spree."
All of a sudden, a white flash appeared and a gargantuan white armoured creature appeared. It was incredibly intimidating and it almost made Alex want to pee her pants.
It had rather thick, short legs with spikes on its hips and long, pointed feet. Its waist was quite thin and had dark grey sides. Its shoulders each sported a gigantic, diamond-shaped spike and its arms were very long, and could easily reach the floor when fully extended down.
At the sidelines Professor Crumbs watched in horror. "How is this possible?" he asked his fellow council members. They only shook their heads in confusion and broke out in whispers.
"It's huge, much bigger than it's ever been. And stronger too, so I ask again; how is this possible? The magical energy radiating from it is immense."
"Should we help her?" one of the council members asked.
"No," Master Eraqus said, interrupting the yes about to come from Crumbs. "I want to see what she's capable of."
Meanwhile, the beast started to advance on Alex, who in her panic tried to freeze it. It didn't work however. It then attacked her; stretching its claws towards her, beyond natural capability.
'Great,' Alex thought. 'I'm up against elastic-man."
She quickly put up a force field to protect her, but it was so small it barely stopped it. Alex tried to blow him up but that didn't work either. She tried to dodge its next attack, as she was so scared that she couldn't concentrate. Where was that courage she showed earlier? However she failed, and ended up being knocked off of her feet.
Minutes later Alex was left bruised and battered a few feet away from the beast.
'Mason,' she thought as she fell unconscious.
"Wow, don't you look hot today?" Alex jokingly asked her boyfriend as he approached her locker. He, of course, was dressed normally and didn't look any different than everyday.
"Only the best for you, love," he teased playfully, and Alex swore she could have melted right there and then. She leaned closer and wrapped her arms around her beau, who gladly returned the affectionate embrace.
Mason smiled in admiration at the beauty he had in his arms. He still couldn't believe that someone as exquisite and wonderful as her was able to love him; to care for him; and to return his feelings.
It hadn't been long since he confessed his feelings to Alex and found out that they were reciprocated. Everyday since then has been absolutely blissful.
He could feel the warmth radiating from Alex. Who knew? Tribeca Prep's stone cold girl actually had a heart of gold. Something that only he, and occasionally her friends and family, got to see. As Alex pulled away he pulled her back in and leaned in to kiss her.
She gladly returned the kiss and pressed herself closer, not that he minded; in fact he relished the closeness.
"I love you," he whispered as the both pulled away. She smiled and pecked his lips lovingly. "I love you too Mason. You are my world."
"And you mine. You make me feel like I've never felt before."
'Where am I?' Alex thought as she opened her eyes, waking up from the dream. 'Oh yeah, at the arena, getting my ass kicked.'
'But not for long,' she thought as an image of Mason came to mind. 'I'm not letting him down. No way in hell!'
"Ready yourselves," Professor Crumbs told the rest of the council. "We will have to take down this terrible creature!"
The rest of the council nodded and got their staffs and wands out.
"Wait," commanded Eraqus. "She's getting up."
Surely enough Alex was lifting herself, slowly but surely, off the ground.
Alex wearily took a few steps forward before standing still with her head down low. She let out a low growl before lifting her head and arms up. With her head thrown back and hair flying as her telekinetic powers surged through her body Alex looked like the embodiment of power. "Die," she cried out before attempting to send the creature flying. Her magic however was blocked by something. 'Could it be the armour?' she wondered. If it was then it had to have weak spot. And right on cue the creature started moving around, twisting its body and stretching it; it was moving around the arena swiftly and almost instantaneously. In doing so it revealed that its back was unprotected by armour and must have been its weak spot.
The only problem was that it was being careful not to expose its back to her and this left all her abilities useless. 'I wish I could be in 2 places at once,' Alex thought sullenly.
And there she was, behind the creature who for some reason didn't turn around. And she saw why. There, in front of her and the creature was, well, her. There was a copy of her right ahead, but it was looking limp.
Without taking the time look things through, Alex whistled, drawing attention to herself. The creature turned around and faced her, as did the eyes of everyone else in the arena. It seemed that they hadn't noticed her earlier. She actually found it amusing how their heads flicked back and forth between her and the other her in confusion.
"Hey buddy," Alex yelled. "Come and get me!"
And as the white beast lunged towards her, Alex felt herself fade quickly. Before she knew it she was where she started. Quickly taking action Alex blasted the exposed back of the creature. Then, before it could react, she froze it. After seeing that her blast had only wounded it slightly Alex was stumped on how to defeat it.
'Come on, come on! What can I do? Move it into a volcano? Too bad there is no volcano here. Cast a spe- That's it! I'll cast a spell! Thank God poetry's the only thing besides art that I'm good at!'
Alex could hear the whispers of the crowd as they waited for her to do something, especially with her enhanced hearing. She could even hear the Council of Elders.
"It's hopeless, there's nothing she can do," some of them were saying.
Alex smirked. 'You just wait.'
"Is that so?" she asked. Her voice magnified again, so they could all hear her. "I think there is something I can do."
"Powers of light,
Magic of right,
Cast this blight,
Into forever's night!" She chanted.
Subsequently, the beast unfroze and started spinning and a mist surrounded it before it burst into flames and exploded with a bang.
At the sidelines Master Eraqus stood there with wide eyes and a pale face. "Such power…such strength," he muttered in disbelief. "The rest may not realise this but that girl holds power than any magical being, past and future, could hope to have. It will be an honour to watch over her and see how things will turn out for her. I sense that she is searching. But for what, pray tell?"
Well that's it for now, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I certainly have because I think I've finally figured out where I'm going with the main plot of the story.
I would have had this up by Friday but it was too late too post it and I was stuck at the dentist for most of yesterday. Don't ask how.
Anyway, please review!