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Dusk and Dawn were frolicking around, when all of a sudden, Dusk bumped into Kayeru, letting out a startled yelp. Dawn chased after her friend, to which Thalia sighed. She got up, eyes still glowing an immense black, and went to find Dusk and Dawn. Dawn, however, seemed content with playfully snapping at Kayeru’s outfit, while Dusk was simply sitting rather dignified on a log, licking her paws, flicking her tail. “Dawn, Dusk? Where are you...Oh...hey Kayeru” Thalia mumbled, before trying to gently usher Dawn away from Kayeru. Kayeru obviously didn’t really like Thalia, so she thought it would be better to keep Dawn and Dusk away, just in case Kayeru tried to hurt them

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Luna come towards the two. "What's going on?" Suddenly, Luna fell to her knees, a sharp pain in her head, she fell and saw this; A weird relic resembling an eye falling. She gets the feeling she should tell the others, but, she can't come to her senses. The only thing she could feel was comet pawing at her.

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The black beast had steadied itself well after the first initial failure, prowling in a circle around the now aware and guarded prey. Small beaded tan-yellow eyes glared back from the depths of fur, letting loose a snarl.

Kynik kept his footing, holding sword to his front, attention turned on the creature as it suddenly sank into the ground, a shadow of what it once was quickly traveling along the ground to his backside. He turned once again as it sprang a second time, this time leaping down from a tree. Claws hit metal again, the beast emitting a yowl of frustration prompted by the glancing blade catching flesh.

The man jumped back, then parried forward thrusting towards the creature's face just as it sunk into the ground again. A miss.
The next sweep was aimed down, glancing off the ground where the shadow had intended to travel and it hisses, a seeping wound to its right shoulder appearing on the shimmering form as it stood its ground in full. Though shadowed, it must have hit proper that time to have left such a mark.

Circling around, one paw placed at a time, it leaps once again, batting the ready sword to the side. But this time Kynik was ready and jumped back before the second paw could make its mark.
Aiming for the head a second time, he thrusts foreward, hitting the target's shadow right before it could move. A loud screeching yowl of anger is heard, the shadow traveling along its path in the tall grasses while the "prey" kept a wary eye, waiting for it to pop up again.

The beast growled in challenge. "Challenge eh? I love a challenge." she says. She swings her sword upward, connecting with the beasts stomach. The beast whimpers and disappears. "Grrr, I hate those things." she muttered angrily before composing herself. Clemensia begins to make her way out of the woods, satisfied with her hunt. She heads back towards the direction of the shrine.

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when Dusk bumped into Kayeru she nearly fell down but managed to balance herself as Dawn playfully snapping her outfit “wait arent you that psycho’s familiar- oh hey” why is she here?! Kayeru casually said as the two creatures went back to Thalia, even if she hate Thalia she absolutely cant bring herself to hurt any familiars, or any non-violent creatures in general. “you better get out of here before some random beast hunts you down or something” a bird-like air beast dived down in an attempt to grab Kayeru before it got pinned down by water “and try not to get near me” Kayeru walked away, nearly forgetting the tiredness she felt walking through the forest

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Thalia let out a dark chuckle. “Darlin’ if any beast or being tried to attack me they’d be long dead.” Dawn and Dusk sat back onto her shoulders, as she viciously slashed at a water elemental porcupine, who had tried to attack her. She then pocketed the quills, and the fallen feathers from Kayeru’s slain birds, before creeping after her, occasionally hooting with maniac laughter, as she swung from tree to tree. She soon swung ahead, though only by a little, when she spotted a wolf, of the dark element. Thalia bent down, cooing softly at it, before chuckling as the dark element wolf ate the porcupine meat from her hands, and nuzzled against Thalia’s hand. The wolf then sat on it’s haunches, letting out a howl, before bending down and sniffing playfully at Dusk and Dawn, who were both ecstatic at their new friend. Thalia petted the wolf, crooning at it. “I’ll name you Midnight. Now I have Dusk, Dawn and you! This will be wonderful!” Thalia’s pitch black eyes softened somewhat. Kayeru probably heard, but she didn’t care. She left quickly, though leaving a trail behind her, and soon found the cave Tien was in. “Let’s take a rest shall we?” Midnight, Dawn and Dusk followed, though Midnight was still a little wary. The group of four sat down, Thalia occasionally slashing at those stray bats

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“is she casually taming beasts with the dark affinity?!” Kayeru thought as she mostly overheard the conversation, even noticing the wolf but decided to walk away before she get involved in something else that she clearly doesnt want to be in. Kayeru quicken her pace as she got away from that situation before deciding to rest underneath a tree, occasionally throwing burst of water and air magic at any beasts to tried to attack her, with the exception of a small water kitten whom decided to lay down on her lap

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Movement, watch for movement.

Kynik's eyes flickered, darting between the different shadows looking for the darkest one. Right... No, left.
He twists on his heels, following the subtle movement of the cat that had taken to hiding.

Now forward - The mist of shadow magic sprung from the ground, the beast once again taking a harmful form as it attempt one last pounce. He felt the stinging heat as claws met flesh, the sword in both hands being thrusted upwards as the duo landed on the ground, a darker form covering the body of the student.

He looked upwards, panting. The sharp blade had met its mark, stabbing upwards through its throat, meeting the base of the skull. Red dripped down painting his hands and shirt as the animal struggled few moments more, paralyzed. Kynik himself would take a short bit in rest, stuck under the beast, stunned into soaking up the recent situation.

"Fighting a beast... really is... different from fighting a person." He pants trying to roll the 180lb creature off of himself.

Aspen shuffled back again. The white-eyed Beast prowled closer, dangerously shaking the branch. Aspen had only drifted off for a few seconds, and all of a sudden, a raven had swooped in out of nowhere and clasped the branch with cruel talons, eyes narrowed with distrust.
"A Beast of Air?" Aspen frowned, cautiously bringing his dagger out; his too-long sword would only hinder his movements.
The raven snapped with its beak and suddenly lunged forward, generating a great gust of wind that would've slammed Aspen against the trunk had he not quickly swung to another branch, dagger out in front of him. The raven cawed and flew aloft into the air, rearing its wings and slamming them down. Aspen rolled behind a tree, avoiding a gale of monstrous power, then darted out and flicked his dagger into the air with his wrist. It spun through the air, yet only nicked the bird's wing, and the Beast screeched, an inhuman sound that thundered through the woods, jolting Aspen.
Aspen gritted his teeth, tried to ignore the sound, and reached for his second dagger. Luckily, the raven circled around once more and flew raggedly into the distance.

Earnest leaped back, heart thudding, as a huge fox stalked forward, amber eyes glowing. Wait, amber? Is that a Beast of Fire?His question was answered when the fox reared and swatted at him with fierce claws, a streak of orange fire aimed at Earnest's head. Grinning with delight at the challenge, he conjured a wall of near-white flames, then stepped through them, readying a second explosive burst.
The fox snarled again and bounded forward, leaping at Earnest, but he ducked and rolled forward, leaping up, turning around and slashing a white-hot bunch of flames, boosted with Energy, at the fox, which howled and turned into dust.
Adrenaline pumping through his veins, Earnest continued his quest, eyes wide with excitement.

Cherali woke up in the middle of a forest. She couldn't remember how she'd gotten there or what she did in the last thirty minutes. Her head hurt as she sat up. Her spellbook was still clutched against her hip, but something was different about it... It wasn't the color, nor the warmth it produced, but a piece of charred parchment laid on it. Cherali picked it up and read;

Dear, Cherali

It was really hard to get that beast off you! No worries, however, I had a ball fighting it! Just a suggestion: DO NOT run away from those beasts, they run really, really fast!!! I almost had to use actual fire in order to kill it! Just be sure to stay vigilant out here in this forest and you'll be a-okay!

Best Wishes, Mrs. Spellbook

Cherali read the message over and over, observing what she just witnessed. What beast? Did the spellbook actually fight it? One phrase enveloped Cherali, "Mrs. Spellbook"

Who in the world was Mrs. Spellbook? Was her spellbook a sentiment ... book? Could it cast its own magic? Does the book kill the beast count as her killing the beast? Cherali shook her head, stuffed the message in the folds of the book, and got fully up to the floor to continue her trout through the forest.

"I guess I misheard..." Elliot muttered, but turned around to find a flock of black crows diving down on his. Quickly drawing out his daggers, he used both hands and arms to defend himself, slashing the crows across the front as they tried to grab him with their talons.
After some fighting, the crows were gone and splattered all around on the ground. Elliot looked down and picked out some feathers that were un-damaged, and put them in a plastic bag in his pocket. Checking his watch, it was almost time for lunch. He decided to head back through the forest.

Juzi was stroking Ezria when suddenly she sensed something that wasn't right. She hopped off the tree and casted a spell to show whoever was in the meadow with her. It worked after a moment, revealing a porcupine with long quills that had a fiery aura around them.
'Oh..a fire type beast I see..' Juzi thought as she got ready to fight.
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A few moments later, the porcupine was lying dead on the ground, and Juzi had not gotten a single scratch on her. She pocketed some of the meat into a container for later use and began to head back, Ezria following close behind.

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A rustle from the bushes Gekko stop sniffing the ground and Eclipse stop walking, both looked at the bush, a wild fire beast came out of it. Tho, it doesn't seem calm, the fire beast seems very angry and attacked Gekko and Eclipse, they dodge with ease. Eclipse signal Gekko to distract the fire beast while she attack from behind. Gekko distract the fire beast by running in circles around it, while Eclipse was in the shadows for a surprise attack. Eclipse jumped out of the shadows and use her dark magic on the fire beast and then stop. Eclipse try to calm the fire beast down and did it successfully, she examined the beast carefully and she spotted something poking the beast's foot it was a fireproof vine. "No wonder it attacked us". She pulled out the vine and continue going.

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Earnest strode forward, leaving footprints of smouldering grass in his wake. He had heard a magnificent caw of rage from this direction and had discerned that it could only be a Beast of Air using “Sound”. Eager to hunt down more Beasts, he had started to move towards the voice. Yet Earnest only found a slim-looking Knight sitting below a tree, two bloody daggers in front of him.
“Oi,” Earnest growled. “What happened here?”
The boy looked up with wide blue eyes, piercing into Earnest’s soul. “A raven of Air came by, but I managed to force it away.”
“Then the hell are you doing?” Earnest snapped, roughly forcing the boy to his feet. “Get up. Unless you plan on failing your second day here.”
Blinking, the boy nodded, retrieved his daggers and immediately tore through the grass, legs pumping up the hill.
Earnest widened his eyes in surprise at the sudden speed from the petite-looking boy, then immediately snarled and charged up his fire, clearing the trees in one huge burst and racing towards the shrine in explosions of bright white.
He really is a Fire mage, Aspen thought.

Rolling the now dead beast to the side, Kynik sits up, pulling the blade from the death blow of a stab wound. He gives it a flick, flinching at the stinging pain in his right shoulder now coming to notice after the adrenaline had run its course. "...If every exam is going to be like this, I'm going to need a lot more practice against non-humans." He hisses wiping the remaining stain from the metal on some nearby grasses before depositing it back into its sheath.

He approaches a lift, stabling himself on all fours before pulling into a stand and grunts looking down at the beast whos dark affinity had given it the advantage of surprise. "I suppose we might need proof so..." He brushes a nose to his sleeve, trying to wipe off some of the ichor that had dripped down on him and makes a few repeated attempts to deadlift the beast.

The scratch in his shoulder however was hinderance enough that carrying this thing, as heavy as it was for any long length of time would probably prove to be a problem. The swordsman would end up settling, dragging the body by its scruff a few minutes at a time towards the direction of the shrine.

He would pause, surveying the direction he was walking, hoping not to run into anything else just as troublesome but the trees were at least starting the thin out.

Elliot got back to the tables of where they started their hike, and flopped down against a tree. He winced as he moved his left arm. Looking down at it, he saw multiple deep scratches on his arm. He finally realized that he must have gotten scratched by some of the crows' ​sharp talons. "If everyday training is like this, then father didn't prepare me enough.." He muttered, ripping off the bottom of his shirt and bandaging his arm. He leaned back against the tree, waiting for the others to get back.
His eyes felt droopy, and a few moments later, he passed out. Head against the tree, daggers beside him.

Juzi arrived at the tables, picked a tree and sat on a tall branch. She stroked Ezria as she wondered when the others would arrive.

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Samton picked up the fangs of the black serpent, the only bit of it still left behind, and went forward. Going on further deep, he saw a little girl, about 5 or so, crying on the forest floor.

"What brings you here, young one? It's dangerous." 'Oh crap I sound like a grandpa'
"Mama... papa... goan.... Rororo scared... Rororo mish em... bery mushh..."
After saying this much, she once again began crying. Tears rolled down her cheeks. No person with a heart would be able to leave such a child behind.

"I'll help you find them, don't worry." Samton smiled. He reached for her hand, intending to help her up.

DIE
A feeling of unease swept through Samton as he got closer. He felt as though his mind was letting out a blood curdling scream. He hesitated for a moment. Looking there once again, on the spot were the young child was, now stood a 6 ft tall humanoid blob. It seemed as though it was a mountain of poison which came alive. It reached for Samton, ready to swallow him whole. Its creepy smile from ear to ear paralyzed Samton, who fell to the ground. Its grabbed Samton's hand, opening it's mouth wide enough to swallow Samton whole. A huge bolt of extreme pain made Samton feel like his hands were being dissolved by acid. Samton fainted.

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When he woke up, Principal Sparmi and Tien Sebas were standing by his side. Sparmi looked at Samton kindly and asked, "Are you alright?"

"Principal, there was this girl... but she became a thing... I have never seen anything like it... I nearly died, sir... my hands- they felt like they were gone, sir..." Samton was barely able to speak. His voice was shaky and he had terror in his eyes.

"You're fine now Samton. Nothing happened to you. Take rest for the day." Sparmi said kindly, put Samton back in bed, and went for the Staff of the Academy.
"Call all the students back. There have been far too many terrible things happening lately. We must no longer take chances."

"But still, how did a mimic...? How here...? Thank you, Spirit Spirimine, for protecting this boy of yours."

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Quick reminder that if a whole quote is italicized, then it's not speech but thought

Spirimine is the name of the butterfly spirit of light. (Name origin: Spirtus Lumine (lit. light spirit)

Thalia heard the signal, and threw her head back in laughter, a evil cackle that resonated through the woods. No one knew that it was her, though. She sounded so inhumane. She, alongside Midnight, Dusk and Dawn left the woods, but not before Midnight setting off a flurry of howls and barks and god knows what else, by starting off with a devastating sounding howl. Thalia chuckled; throwing a ignited stick into the woods. All this she did in stealth, before changing her composure completely. “What happened? Sir, is everything alright?” She asked worriedly, glancing at the sort of mentor for the Mages, and Knights

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The shrine was just ahead, he could see it through the trees in the distance. Kynik bent down changing his grasp on the beast from its nape to trying to once again deadlift it. Maybe he wanted to seem like a hotshot or maybe he was confident he wouldn't need a free hand as there shouldn't be anything this close to the shrine that would put himself in danger. Either way after a couple of attempts to get it into the air, Kynik lifted the large black cat over his shoulders, confidently walking forwards. It was a little lighter now, maybe by only a few pounds but it had helped that any excess fluids had drained from the magical animal on the drag here.

The student emerges from the bushes, large beast as a makeshift shawl, stepping into the clearing where the shrine was. He'd look around. Surely he'd taken more time than this, it had felt like it had taken forever to lug this thing all the way back. There didn't seem to be many students who'd made it back yet though. He'd glance at the sky with this thought as the signal rang out for students to return. Wait what? Was it over? Or were they canceling early?

The brown haired man really had no idea unless more information was given. He'd need to check a clock at the academy to be certain if nobody confirmed it on the way back. He makes his way closer to the shrine itself before lugging the puma off his shoulders, dropping it on the ground and sits next to it, waiting for more students to return.

Well? Kynik could certainly take a break now. They did say they'd be getting breakfast after all this.
He sits waiting, waving to any other students that pass nearby enough to get his attention.

Upon hearing the signal, Kayeru immediately yelled “AFTER ALL THAT YOU SUDDENLY TOLD US ITS OVER?!”, startling the small water kitten who she immediately calmed it down by petting it “alright, fricc this, first they let a psycho lady into the academy and now this, great” she said in a sarcastic tone. Kayeru then got up and created some water underneath her as she casually used a blade of wind to cut down some wood from the tree behind her, she then grabbed that wood and threw it on the ground to ride it through the water she created, and she continued to create more water on the path after that to let it slid down properly without causing an accident, not the best way of transportation but she’s tired and just wants to sleep and that small break wasn’t enough for her. that was before she immediately flew headfirst in another tree 1/4 of the way through the forest in which she decided it would probably be better to just walk back

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Xavier finished up the big group of small bird air beasts as he heard the signal 'I guess it's over now..' Xavier sighs as he looks at himself after the fight. He was covered in scratches and a few parts of his clothes has small cuts. 'That fight took longer than expected.. and it didn't help that they continued to screeching through out it all..'

Xavier touched his ear and noticed some liquid, he quickly moved his hand in front of him to see what it was 'It's just a little blood. It must be from the continuous screeching the air beasts made, it's not a lot of blood so my ears haven't been damaged that much' Xavier started to make his way to the shrine trying to clean himself up

He has a few feathers all over him he decided he wouldn't take off all of them as they would need proof right? Though he didn't notice that there were a few feathers in his hair so he left that area untouched

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