[Bashur's POV]

"Okay Bashur, seriously. Take off the stupid 3D glasses. People are looking at us like we're idiots."

"Nah. Not gonna do it Harv. You were the one who bet me ten dollars thinking I wouldn't wear these for a whole month."

"Yeah, but it was a bet. Bets are stupid. Now take them off, please! I'll even give you the money."

I tapped my chin like I was thinking. "Hm... yeah, no. Besides, I kinda like them. Maybe I'll just keep them on for the rest of my life."

Harvey facepalmed. "Please don't."

To make a long story short and save some time, the other day while looking at around in this bookstore with Harvey, we found a pair of the old red and blue 3D glasses. We both tried them on just for fun, and I ended up liking them. So I bought them and wore them as we were walking out. Harvey said I looked like an idiot. I thought I looked fabulous. Then Harvey, ever so foolishly, told me that there was no way that I was going to wear them for the rest of the day. I replied by saying that I could wear them for an entire month if I wanted to. He said that he would give me ten bucks if I did that. To put it simply; I like easy money. Who doesn't? So I took the bet then taped the glasses to my face with that super strong shipping tape. They haven't come off for three days now, and Harvey seemed to be regretting his decision just a bit.

"Please Bash! I'm begging you! Just take them off! You're embarrassing both of us!"

I gave him a sly smirk. "Correction; I'm embarrassing you. I'm completely fine with my decision. Besides, I never back out of a bet."

"I'll make a note of that for next time," he mumbled.

School and just gotten out a couple minutes ago, and we were walking to the park at the moment. That's usually where all the kids hang out on a Friday afternoon. It's the perfect spot. There's a snack bar, a skate park, a basketball court, a playground, and some nice shady trees to sit under and do your homework.

Harvey and I arrived after another five minutes of arguing about my glasses. First we stopped at the snack bar where we pooled our money to get two bags of Doritos, two Cokes, and a bag of gummy worms. Usually after that we make our way over to a tree where we just play random card games while eating, but unfortunately two dolts decided to ram Harvey and me with their skateboards accidentally on purpose. I collapsed on to the ground, Harvey falling on top of me. "Ow!"

A devious laughter came from none other than Connor and Travis. "Sorry Bash," Travis said. "You should really watch where you're going."

I rolled my eyes. "What do you guys want?"

Connor made his best innocent face. "Why, what do you mean brother dear? We were just taking a lovely stroll through this beautiful park when you two seemed to have popped out of nowhere. Terribly sorry about that by the way."

Travis nodded in agreement. "Yes, we are truly sorry. And, since you are our wonderful little brother and his best friend, we are going to make up for it." He dug around in his pocket and took out two king sized chocolate bars."Please accept these gifts if you forgive us for our little mistake."

Harvey and I each took a bar and eyed it suspiciously. "Okay, seriously," I said, "what do you want?"

Harvey slowly peeled the wrapper off. "Or what did you do to this candy bar?"

"Whatever do you mean?" Connor asked us. "Can't two boys do a nice thing for two people that they care about?"

"When it's you, no," I replied. "No you do not do a nice thing for us. Now what do you want already?"

The two of them put on a begging sort of look. "We want to know what happened in the cave when went camping," they said.

Harvey facepalmed. "Really? It's been like three years. Why do you guys still care about that? Besides, nothing happened anyways."

"Something did happen," Connor insisted, dropping to his knees. "Please tell us."

"No."

"Pwetty pwease with a cherry on top?"

"You guys could be six year olds instead of fifteen by acting this way. Sometimes I feel like I'm supposed to the older brother and not the eleven year old baby. Now for the last time, nothing happened in that cave!" I screamed.

They both stood up and glared at us. "Mark our words boys," Travis said, trying to sound intimidating but failing, "we will find out what happened in that cave."

"And we won't rest until we do!" Connor declared. Next they dashed away on their skateboards, leaving me and Harvey to go back to our regular routine.

We played a couple rounds of different card games before I brought up my brothers again. "I can't believe that they still remember that whole scenario. I mean, I would've forgotten about it by now if it hadn't involved you getting the purple gem thingy that gave you superpowers."

"I know. I just hope they finally drop the subject. They've been bugging us about it ever since it happened, and I really don't feel like trying to explain my whole sorcerer situation," Harvey said, munching on the chocolate bar.

"Speaking of which," I smiled, "when's the last time you've pulled that book out? I wanna see some cool sorcerer things!"

Harvey shuffled the cards and avoided my eyes. "I haven't even looked at the book since that first day."

"Aw...c'mon Harv!" I said. "You can't be serious! I mean, if I had powers that let me make potions and turn into animals, I would be using them constantly! Tell me you at least still have the book."

He nodded and pulled out the familiar gold and purple amulet from under his shirt. "Believe me, I've tried to get rid of it a bunch of times, but whenever I think it's finally gone, it comes back again."

"It's a sign!" I declared. "A sign from the sorcerer people that you're supposed to be using those awesome powers with your best friend!"

"Okay, cool. Maybe I'll use them to melt those stupid glasses," he commented.

"That's not what I meant! I mean go out and mess with some people! Troll a bit. Please?"

"I don't know Bash..."

"C'mon Seto. Just one little troll. If you aren't having any fun, then we can go back to playing cards or something."

"Fine. Just one." He turned the amulet into the old leather bound book and flipped through the pages. "Telekinesis. That sounds innocent enough."

I clapped my hands like an excited kindergartner. "And I know just who to use it on, too!"

We walked over to the playground where on a bench were the trio, Allie, Veronica, and of course Tiffany. We sneaked behind a piece of playground equipment where we could still see them, but they would have a hard time seeing us. I rubbed my hands together all evil scientist like. "This is going to be gold! We're finally gonna get revenge on the people who take my lunch all the time!"

"This isn't revenge Bashur," Harvey reminded me. "It's just a friendly little prank."

"You call it what you want, and I'll call it what I want. Just don't ruin the moment. Now, fire!"

He rolled his eyes. "I can't believe I'm doing this." He glanced around the corner at the trio, who were eating vanilla ice cream cones. He stared at Tiffany's cone, then lifted his hand slightly. The cone soared into the air then when Harvey brought his hand back down, it landed with a splat on Tiffany's head.

She screamed at the top of her lungs as white ice cream drizzled down her hair and face. "My hair! My new shirt! Ugh, it's all gooey!" The other two girls looked at her in shock. I covered my mouth to suppress laughter. This was the greatest thing ever!

Harvey seemed to think so too, because soon after Allie and Veronica were also doused in white ice cream. The three girls shrieked in harmony, then ran off whining about their ruined clothes and hair. Harvey and I fell in the wood chips laughing. "Best revenge ever!" I said in between laughs.

"I gotta admit," Harvey sighed happily once we had calmed down, "that was pretty fun."

"Sooo you gonna do another one?" I asked, poking his arm to emphasize my statement.

He shook his head. "No way Bash. I'm not letting you drag me into this. I need to get home anyways." He started walking down the dirt path that led to the exit.

I groaned and followed him out of the park on to the street. "Why do you have to go home? We always hang out at the park for, like, three hours everyday. What suddenly changed?"

"If I had stayed there any longer, I would've pulled out the book again and pranked everybody there."

"Would that have been a bad thing?"

"Uh, yeah. It would've been a very bad thing. People aren't stupid, Bash. They would figured out something weird was up. Besides, your brothers are already suspicious. I don't need them to get any more hints."

"Fine, fine. Fair argument. If we're not going to hang out at the park, do you mind if I come to your place and play videogames or something?"

"Sure. My parents shouldn't have a problem with it." He replied.

Harvey's house was about ten blocks away from the park, so we had a pretty decent walk ahead of us. We were about three minutes away from the house when I looked up in the sky and noticed the huge dark grey cloud that interrupted the pretty blue sky. It seemed to be coming from the ground. Uh oh. I tapped Harvey on the shoulder and pointed at the cloud. "Uh...please tell me that there is a chance of thunderstorms today."

He glanced up at the sky, a look of panic crossing his face. "Nope. It's supposed to be clear all day."

I gulped. "So...fire then?"

"Most likely."

"Should we go see what's going on?"

"Let's go."

We sprinted down the road until we came to a house that was doused in flames, smoke billowing out of it like black cotton, sirens blaring and people running around trying to help the people who were coughing. Two EMTs were physically dragging one young woman away from the burning building. "Please!" She shrieked. "My little boy is in there! You have to let me save him!"

"Ma'am, please calm down," one of the EMTs said to her. "The fire department is trying their best to get to him, but I'm afraid he's nowhere to be found. Now, you have to come with us. We have to make sure that you're okay." So they dragged the woman kicking and screaming into an ambulance, yelling for her little kid.

I looked at Harvey. "We have to help."

He looked at me like I had just turned into a walking watermelon. "Are you nuts?! If the firemen can't get this kid out, what makes you think that two fifth graders can?"

"Seriously? You're a freaking sorcerer man! How do you keep forgetting that? Make a potion or something!"

"Even if I did, they're not gonna let us in," he said sadly.

"You can go invisible."

"But-"

"Do you really want to stand here and argue with me while a kid is dying in there?"

"Fine!" He snapped. He pulled out his sorcerer book and flipped the pages like a madman. "Potion of fire resistance. That should work." He pulled a brewing stand from out of nowhere then started to make the potions.

Seconds ticked by like hours. "Can this thing go any faster?!" I screamed.

"I don't know Bashur! I've never made a potion before and I'm stressed! Just give it a second!"

Soon we had three potions: one for Harvey, one for me, and one for the kid in the burning house. The potions were in glass bottles and were glowing orange with bubbles floating out of it. Harvey handed me a bottle. "From what the book says, this is either gonna taste like you're drinking snake's venom or orange soda," he told me, making his brewing stand disappear.

"I really hope it's the latter," I mumbled, then chugged the orange liquid. Unfortunately, it did not taste like orange soda.

I gagged a bit and Harvey smirked. "Great. I did it right. Let's go."

"Wait, what kind of potion is supposed to taste like venom? Why not delicious orange soda?"

"I don't know! Let's just go save that little kid, alright? We'll worry about the flavor of potions later." He grabbed onto my shoulder and faded away. "Did it work? I can't see you." his voice asked.

"Yeah. I can't see you either." I replied.

"Great. Move out!"

We ran into the yard, dashing past panicking people and firefighters with huge hoses trying to put out the fire. Harvey guided me through the chaos into the house, which despite the firefighters best efforts, was still very much on fire. When we entered the doorway, I expected the flames to burn me, or at least cause a decent amount of pain. Instead, it just felt like It was a warm summer day.

"The kid's probably upstairs," Harvey said to me. I felt something smooth being put in my hand then Harvey let go of me. "Go and find him. I'll be waiting right here."

I looked at myself, noticing that I was visible when Harvey was still nowhere to be seen. "Why do I have to do it?" I whined to the fire.

"Because I don't know if I could reactivate the spell after we find the kid, now go!"

"Fiiiine." I raced up the charred stairs, and slid under and over piles of rubble, until I came to a room at the far end of the hallway from behind a door, where a faint cry could be heard over the roar of the flames. I pushed open the door and looked around. No one seemed to be in there. "Hello? Anyone here?"

I small hand poked out from under a metal bed. I ducked down and saw a small blonde boy no more than five, his face black with char, tears streaming down his face, and a few burns on him. He launched into a coughing fit. "W-who are y-you?"

I handed him the potion. "Look kid, I don't have time to explain. I'm here to get you out, so just drink this for me. It tastes like orange soda." The kid hesitantly drank the potion, then gagged. "I know, I know," I said. "It tastes terrible. Sorry. I didn't know how else to get you to drink it. Now, let's go before the effects wear off."

I yanked him out from under the bed then we ran out into the hallway, dodging the now crumbling roof as we ran down the stairs. The kid stayed clutched to my arm. We got back out into the foyer, and I called for Harvey. "Harv! Let's go!"

I felt his grip on my arm, then me and the little boy were invisible again. He guided us out of the back door then out into the yard, where Harvey dispelled his invisibility power. The little boy suddenly hugged both of us. "Thank you for saving my life. I'm Eli."

I smiled at him. "No problem kid. I'm Bashur, and this is Harvey." Harvey gave a small wave. "Now we gotta get going. Go run out to your family, Eli." I looked at Harvey, who got the hint and made us both invisible again. We ran off down the street before Eli could ask any questions.

When we were far enough from the fire scene to catch our breath, we collapsed on the sidewalk. "Dude, that was insane!" I cried.

"I know," Harvey said with a smile. "I can hardly believe it happened."

"And we found another excuse to use your powers," I told him with a sly smirk.

He shook his head. "Nope. Sorry to burst your bubble Bash, but I don't think I want to be a superhero just yet."

I punched him in the arm. "C'mon Mister Setosorcerer! You know you you like the feeling."

Before he could respond, a voice shouted from down the street, "I knew it!" Crap. Connor and Travis came running down the street after us, huge smirks on their faces. "We saw the whole thing!" Connor said gleefully. "The potion, the invisibility, you guys saving the little boy, everything!"

"So that's what happened in the cave!" Travis deduced. "You two became sorcerers!"

"What?" Harvey tried to act confused. "You two must have hit your heads or something."

"Don't even try to hide it Harvey," Connor said. "We know what we saw. Now, explain."

Harvey looked at me and sighed. We both know we've been defeated. "Fine. Here's what happened."

We explained the whole story, from being trapped in the cave to experimenting with Harvey's powers today. Connor and Travis looked dumbfounded. "That. Is. Awesome!" Connor squealed.

"You guys can't tell anybody, okay?" I said like a parent. "We don't need anyone finding out."

The two of them put up their left hands and their right over their heart. "We swear on the River Styx we won't tell anyone."

"What's the River Styx?" I asked.

They smirked. "Nothing. Just an inside joke with a couple friends. But don't worry. Your secret is safe with us." Then they dashed away from us giggling.

"Great," Harvey mumbled. "Now my secret's out."

"Hey, don't worry about it man. They may be knuckleheads, but you can trust Connor and Travis. They've never broken a promise to me before."

"Sure. Whatever. Can we go back to my place now and eat something? Playing hero leaves a guy hungry."

"I call the pudding!" I declared as Harvey and I walked back to his house like nothing weird happened today. "Oh, and by the way, my new favorite glasses didn't even melt!" I said, waving my 3D glasses in his face.

"Stop it, will you? I was trying to ignore that fact!"