Fighting on school grounds

The girl wiped her hands after sending Kurt flying like a cannonball and directed her attention to me who was still sitting on the ground looking completely lost.

"Are you hurt?" she asked while gazing at me with her bright amber eyes.

"Ah... N- No..." I managed to reply. By this point, I was almost convinced this whole thing was a dream and that I would wake up any moment now.

A weird voice in my head, a creepy guy that ga break through walls like they are made of glass, a strange girl that can just create boxes out of thin air...

While I kept lost in my own journey back to reality, she crouched in front of me and started to check if there were any serious wounds on my body. I noticed that she was carrying some kind of broom handle.

"I know what you're going to say..." she commented.

"Are you the voice in my head?" I blurted out.

She blinked for a few seconds and just stared at me like I was crazy, "Okay, I did not know you were going to say that..."

[He's not down yet!] the voice spoke again.

We both looked as the weird boy from before revealed himself from the rubble of the impact and started to walk towards us with his clothes completely trashed.

"That was unpleasant..." he stated while pulling the remains of his shirt away and revealing his naked chest covered in scales just like his arm.

"Mmm... So it's gonna take more than that apparently..." the girl noted.

I looked back and forth between her and the alligator guy and finally lost the little patience I had left.

"Can someone just tell me what's going on!!?? Who are you guys!? What do you want with me!!?? How do you know my father!!??? And how on Earth are you two doing all this crazy nonsense!!??"

The girl just stared at me with wide eyes and took a deep breath before talking, "You're being targeted, I'm your bodyguard, I used to know your father when I was young, and my parents gave me this ability when I was born. Happy?"

"... ... ... No, not really, that actually just raised even more questions!!"

"WRAAGHHH!!!" Kurt started to scream like a madman while rushing at us like a beast using his legs and his arms to run and proceeded to jump on top of us.

The girl raised her arm one more time and a new golden wall appeared to keep him away from us.

"Okay, long story short... My name is Marcia!" she started to talk again, "Your dad sent me to take care of you in case something like this might happen."

Kurt started to cover his other arm with scales and proceeded to used both claws to continuously slash the golden wall over and over again, leaving several scratches in its structure.

The girl gestured two fingers to point up and another box appeared right below Kurt and raised itself to smack him against the ceiling.

"Ughh!!"

"This lovely fella right here, is a dragon..." she continued.

"A dragon!!??" I repeated.

The golden box she created broke into several tiny pieces and Kurt revealed himself with his entire body covered in scales, but now also showing a pair of black horns above his head, a huge tails behind his back, and a massive jaw in front of is face.

All that while roaring like a creature from a horror movie.

"Yeap! A dragon!" Marcia added.

"This... This can't be real!!"

Kurt jumped from the ceiling and destroyed the wall Marcia had created by piercing it with his claws like a drill, landing right in front of us.

He raised his claws once again and prepared to slash us into pieces.

"Hold tight!" Marcia shouted before creating some sort of golden bubble around us right before his attack connected.

However, his strength proved to be superior and the bubble was sent flying all over the hallway, constantly bouncing and crashing against the walls and wrecking everything in its path.

"What does this guy want with me??" I shouted while still moving like a pinball and almost wanting to throw up.

"Not really sure" she admitted, "But as long as I'm here, I won't let him succeed!"

The two of us finally stopped bouncing and Kurt appeared right in front of us again to kick us upwards with his powerful lizard-like legs.

We continued to create several holes on every ceiling of the school until we reached the rooftop.

The golden bubble finally shattered as well and we dropped on the roof with nowhere else to go.

"This is ridiculous..." I whispered while trying to keep myself together, "He's going to kill us!!"

"I'm doing my best, okay? I would appreciate it if you helped out a little!" Marcia yelled at me.

"Me!!?? What exactly can I do??"

"Use this!!" she stated while handing over her broom handle to me.

I just stared at the piece of wood for a few seconds and looked back at her, "You want me to hit him with this??"

"What? No! You're a mage, aren't you?? Try using your magic!!"

"... ... ... Pardon...?"

Kurt showed himself from the hole on the roof and landed in front of us once again. Except this time, instead of running at us, he just placed both hands on the ground and opened his mouth wide.

"Oh, this can't be good.." Marcia commented.

Right after that, a giant wave of fire started to come out from his mouth and set the entire place ablaze.

Marcia jumped in front of me and placed the two of us into another one of her golden boxes, except this one was blinking for some reason. She also appeared to be trembling while trying to keep the flames away.

"I'm running out of power for my blessing... Hurry, use your magic!!"

"What!??" I gasped while seeing her box slowly fading away, "Magic?? Blessing?"

"You don't know what a blessing is?? The hell have you been doing these last eight years??"

Kurt stopped his fire breath and instead began to charge a lot of energy inside of his mouth. It seemed like he was preparing to finish it with one move.

"Lance, listen to me!! This thing in your hand is not a broom, it's a staff!" she said.

"A staff...?" I repeated while giving another look at the object in my hands. It really didn't look like a broom. It actually looked like a wooden Japanese sword.

"A mage's staff!! You're a mage! And this is your staff!! Now, if you don't want us to die, use it to do some magic!!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!!"

"Just do something!!!"

Kurt finally finished charging his attack and released a massive fireball of the size of a car. Marcia tried to put up another wall to block that but it seemed like she was much weaker right now as the thing barely managed to contain the flames.

An explosion took place and both of us almost were sent flying out of the rooftop by the impact as the fire and the shattered pieces of the golden wall continued to fly all over the place.

Kurt simply stood up and gazed at her, "So much for being his bodyguard..."

Even with that crocodile-like head, his voice was still the same, much to my surprise.

Ugh... My entire body was hurting...

I looked at the sword she gave me trying to figure out what exactly I was even supposed to do with it.

Magic? Me? A mage?

It really was feeling more and more that this whole thing was just some crazy dream.

[It's not a dream!]

Oh, cool!! Miss Random-voice-inside-my-head is back! You sure got a lot quieter while I was being smacked around.

"Last chance, boy... Are you coming with me or not??" Kurt asked one more time.

I had no idea of what to do anymore. Maybe I should just do what he says? t least then he might stop attacking us.

[I can help you...]

Eh...?

[If you deposit your trust in me... I can help you get out of here alive...]

Oh! Can you now?? Where was that option before when my life was being threatened??

[You didn't have the proper tool before...]

Proper tool...?

"Seems like you're still having trouble deciding..." Kurt shouted while sharpening his claws and walking towards Marcia, "Maybe this will speed up the process."

[He's going to kill her!! Lance!!]

The proper tool... My staff... Was this really a magic staff?? Could it really be that I was a mage??

[Lance, please! Hurry!!]

I gazed at the object in my hands and began to wonder if there might be hope after all. Ever since I started hearing this voice, everything she said has always been with the intent of helping me out and keeping me safe. Even If I knew I couldn't listen to Kurt, I just felt it was okay to listen to her!

"What do I do!!??"

[Do you trust me!!??]

"Yes!!"

[Then try to feel the energy inside of you, and channel it through your staff!]

The energy in me?

Kurt reached Marcia and began to lift her by the neck followed by raising his free claw to stab her stomach.

[Just let it all out, Lance!!]

I finally felt it! There was indeed something inside of me. This whole time it was in there, but its been there for so long that I almost forgot about it.

I tried to focus, trying my best to make the energy move from me to my sword. I aimed it at the weird dragon-person that has been stalking me the whole day and did everything I could to unleash the power on him.

"Hey, Kurt!! I'm finally ready to give my answer!!" I screamed to draw his attention away from Marcia and released the power once and for all.

And... Right when I assumed things could not get any weirder, an insane amount of black smoke started to come out from my sword and gather on its tip until it took the shape of some kind of circle.

"What the..." I mumbled.

I looked closer and realized that it wasn't a circle, it was a portal! Something was trying to come out from inside of it.

"Summoning magic..." Kurt mumbled.

"Attaboy!" Marcia laughed.

Some kind of creature bursted out of the black portal. A strange lion made entirely of shadows with blood-red eyes and roaring as if to announce the whole world of its arrival.

And for some strange reason... I felt like I recognized that beast. Like he was an old friend that I hadn't seen in a long time.

"Eclipse..." I whispered.

The lion continued to exit the portal until its entire body could be revealed, all while looking like his fur was made of dark flames, and the moment he spotted Kurt, he just dashed to sink its jaws on his skin.

"Guaaaahhhh!!!" Kurt shrieked in extreme agony while being chewed by the creature I had summoned.

The beast grabbed the dragon and leaped it to the sky with it in its mouth as high as it could, and once it reached the limit, began to drop like a rock.

"Oh, shoot!!" Marcia gasped.

I was so dazzled by everything that I didn't even notice her rushing towards me and putting the two of us on top of some kind of golden platform.

"Let's just hope everyone evacuated safely..." she commented while staying close to me.

And before I could even respond, the lion collapsed on top of the school with Kurt right under it, and making the entire building to crumble from the impact.