Chapter 30

It was the next day as everyone was in the floating tournament arena as all four teams were all there on their side of the battle ground. Merlin was there along some of the teachers, Ms. Park, Mr. Welling and Mr. Rosenberg.

"Welcome ladies and gentlemen! To the first day of the tournament games!" Said Merlin as the people cheered.

"That's a lot of people." Said Ms. Park, looking nervous.

"Yeah, but don't try to get cold feet." Said Mr. Rosenberg.

"Would you like candy? It calms my nervous." Said Mr. Welling, holding a lollipops.

"Oh, yes! Thank you." Said Ms. Park as she took the candy.

"Now, allow me to explain how the winning school will be determined. There seven challenges and for each challenge, each school has the chance to win 1 to 4 points. The team that wins the challenge gets the most amount of points, second gets 3, third gets 2 and fourth gets 1 point. And the school with the most points in the end, wins the tournament games!" Said Merlin.

"Sounds fair." Said Zoe of Ana's team.

"From what I can assess, we don't have to win first all the time. We need to win second most of the time, while aiming for first." Said Lucy.

"Who cares about that! We'll win all of them!" Daniel responded.

"Just think about it, hot head!" Said Lucy.

"She's right. We don't know what the other students can do. They are some of their best students. So we shouldn't underestimate them. But focus on doing your best." Said Ana.

"Yes, ma'am." Said Virika.

"Mm." Emilio responded.

"That's the spirit, man!" Yuan shouted as he patted Emilio's back.

"Today's challenge will test these students knowledge of beast as well as their skills. Today is the Beast Challenge!" Said Merlin.

"Alright. Starting out with good one!" Said Aidan, of North Winchester.

"Now, listen up. Your challenge is to face and capture a beast alive. You'll be walking through a portal I will create and it will take you to a remote area that is the home to the beast. And remember, you are capturing the beast. No killing, unless we allow it." Said Merlin.

"We're looking at you, North Winchester." Said Mr. Rosenberg.

"Yeah, yeah." Said Chase, of North Winchester.

"We'll do our best." Said Oliver.

"No promises, thought." Said Aidan.

"The rules are simple. Capture the beast in any way you want. The beast cannot be fatally wounded. You may use any weapons but abide by the first rule. The beast must not be able to move at all and must be unconscious in order to win the challenge. It must be absolutely restrained. The team that captures the beast the fastest, wins the most points." Said Mr. Welling.

"For this challenge, only three members can participate. If a teammate is injured, one of you must get them away or one of you must capture the beast if you wish to finish the challenge. Mr. Welling and Rosenberg will keep the beast at bay if assistance is needed, while I will give treatment to the one who is injured." Said Ms. Park.

"Is that really a teacher? She's so young." Ava of Thunderbird asked.

"That does not exempt you from the challenge. The timer will not stop since you all should be ready for anything to happen. All good hunters and knights are already prepared. If want, you can choose to bring in another member of your team or continue without a third member. It is your choice. But if you chose to forfeit, you will be given last place. Do you all understand the rules?" Merlin asked.

"Yes, sir!" All of the students responded.

"(Snorts) Eh?" Esteban of San Teresa responded, while waking up.

"Then let us begin!" Said Merlin as he pointed his staff upwards.

He made a large magical hologram as it had two slots spinning. The first slot had the names of the schools, while the other slot had numbers.

"We'll see which school will go first as the second slot will show us which portal that school will go through. We will not tell you the beast you'll be facing today, since we want it to be a surprise." Said Merlin.

The first and second slots stopped as it was North Winchester and they had portal number 4. Merlin then opened a portal as Alistair watched alongside of the other headmasters. He looked a little concern, while Clair had a smirk on her face.

"Nervous, Alastair?" Clair asked.

"Hmph, that's not the case, Tremblay. I'm just worried that my school will be too hard for your students." Said Alastair.

"Please, don't start." Said Jorge.

"Huh? My school can take on your pompous students and wipe the floor with them." Said Clair.

"Never mind, I guess." Said Jorge.

"Now, North Winchester, who will be your participants?" Merlin asked.

Everette Black, Faye Morgan and Patricia Irons stepped as they all looked confident.

"These three will be, sir." Said Chase.

"Good luck, you three!" Said Oliver.

"Yea, show that beast what the knights can do!" Said Aidan.

"And don't screw up!" Said Robin.

"Thanks for the support, Robin." Said Faye.

"You girls, ready?" Everette asked.

"Absolute! Let's do this!" Patricia shouted as she ran already ran into the portal.

"Uh, g-good luck." Said Merlin.

Faye and Everette walked through the portal, but soon found themselves falling downwards into the sea. They saw Patricia slash into the water, until Faye quickly pulled out an orb and used gravity magic to stop Everette and herself from falling into the water. They slowly descended to the water as Patricia popped her head out of the water and spat out water from her mouth.

"I think I should've waited for you, Faye." Said Patricia.

"You think?" Said Faye.

Faye then quickly cast a spell on their bodies as Everette and her could walk on the water. Everette helped Patricia up as she stood with them but was drenched in sea water. She then shook herself like a dog as Everette got wet, but Faye put up a magic barrier.

"Whoops, sorry." Said Patricia.

"It's just water. No harm." Said Everette as he looked around.

Meanwhile, in the others were acting as security and Garry was in the mascot suit. Isaac was with Felicity and her friends as they were watching the whole thing in the arena seats. Felicity had popcorn and a drink as Brooke, Sabrina and Julia were next to her.

"The sea? That's one way to start." Said Isaac.

"Yeah." Said Felicity.

"I can't believe we're sitting next to Isaac Atwood! He's so cool!" Brooke whispered happily.

"Can you chill? He can hear us." Said Julia.

But Isaac looked at Everette as he looked familiar to him. But back to the participants, they suddenly, heard the water move as the current messed with their balance. Suddenly, something burst out of the water, startling them. They all looked as water rained on them as the beast towered over them. They all saw that it was a giant sea serpent as it screeched loudly at them.

"That's huge snake!" Said Yuan.

"Sea serpent. But can they handle that thing?" Virika asked.

Faye and Everette stood ready, while Patricia started to giggle with joy and had starry eyes.

"It's a dragon!" Patricia shouted in joy.

"I thought it was snake." Said Everette.

"Sea serpent! Can't you both tell!?" Faye yelled.

"Semitics! But come here, little fella! C'mon!" Said Patricia as if she was talking to a dog.

"That's little to you?" Everette asked.

The serpent quickly made its way to her as it opened its mouth wide open to swallow them. But Patricia quickly bolted to the serpent as she was under its jaw. She then kicked upwards, hitting its jaw and knocking its head up in the air. Everyone in the crowd were shocked and surprised, while Isaac and Iris was surprised as well. We then see Chase, North Winchester's leader, smirk with confidence.

"It's good thing we sent Patricia, North Winchesters dragon expert. As well as…the Dragon Tamer." Said Chase.

The serpent crashed on the water but used this chance to swing underwater. The others ran to Patricia as she was looking around.

"I think you angered it." Said Everette.

"You think?" Said Faye, sarcastically.

"Don't worry. I only hurt it's pride. Dragons are very proudful creatures." Said Patricia.

"It's a sea serpent! Can't you get it right?" Said Faye.

"Ah, but what is a sea serpent if not a wingless and limbless dragon that lives in the ocean." Patricia.

"That's still a serpent! Whatever! Do you know how to take care of this beast?" Faye asked.

"Well, it's going to be difficult. It's snake body gives it the advantage of slithering around. Faye, do you know any restraint magic?" Patricia asked.

"As if you need to ask." Faye replied.

"Everette, can you distract it?" Patricia asked.

"Yes, I can do that." Said Everette.

Suddenly, the serpent burst out of the water in front of them as they all flew away.

"Now's your chance!" Patricia shouted.

Faye and Patricia landed on the water, while Everette recovered on his feet and was closest to the serpent. It was glaring at Patricia as she waved at it with a nervous smile and chuckle, until a blast of green flame like energy hit the serpent on the side of its face. It turned towards Everette as he was the one who shot at it. The serpent quickly swam towards him within seconds as it had its mouth wide open to swallow him whole. Everette braced himself with his hands out and grabbed the serpents teeth his has bare hands. He was struggling as the serpent was pushing him back, until it closed its mouth. The crowd thought it ate him, but we then see an entity over Everette as it was the upper body of knight in black armor and had a green aura covering it. It has stopped the roof of the serpents mouth from eating him.

"Whoa! That's so cool! He has a stand power!" Said Brooke.

"What is that?" Felicity asked.

"I don't know." Said Sabrina.

"But you know everything!" Said Brooke.

"Isaac?" Felicity asked as she turned towards him.

"I don't know. But if I were to guess…" Said Isaac.

"Everette Black, one of our rising students and a first year. They call him the Black Knight because, well, he has the soul and power of the Black Knight at his disposal." Said Alastair.

Everette continued to fend against the serpent as it tried to swing its tail at Everette, but it felt something grab its tail as we see Patricia holding onto the serpents tail with her bare hands. The cameras were on her as they showed that her arms and legs were dragon like as parts of her skin had scale like patterns. She smiled had a smirk on her face as her teeth were sharp and she had horns.

"Now, now, play fair! Faye, how's it going?" Patricia asked.

Faye was quickly brewing a sleeping potion as she had a black pot in front of her. She was stirring it around as it was a large amount of liquid.

"Just a minute! I need to make sure it's a large amount. This serpent is bloody huge." Said Faye.

"Ha, that's what she said!" Said Patricia.

"Stop being childish, you idiot!" Faye yelled.

"I hate to butt in, but this thing is really strong." Said the Black Knight.

"Hurry, Faye! This serpent hasn't stopped giving up!" Everette shouted.

The serpent then started to move its tail as Patricia tried keeping it down. But it gave it all it had as it launched Patricia flying off into the sky. Everette and Faye were shocked, until the serpent started to quickly coil itself around Everette. But the Black Knight protected him as his large hands kept the serpents body at away. Everette was about to jump up, but the serpent head was about him, ready to eat him. But Everette then saw something in the sky heading down towards them. The cameras looked up as they zoomed in and saw that it was Patricia falling towards them. She spat out fire to align her trajectory to the serpent head.

"I've decided that I'm going to keep you! You're going to part of my dragon family if you like it or not!" Patricia shouted.

The serpent heard her as it looked up to her. She then flew into the serpents face, striking it like a meteor and discombobulating it. Everyone was amazed, even the headmasters. Patricia tried landed epically but ended up messing up and rolled away comedically.

"Nailed it!" Patricia shouted, rolling away.

"Faye?" Everette shouted.

"Here, throw it into its mouth!" Faye shouted.

She threw an orb of the sleep liquid at Everette as he caught it. Everette jumped high at the serpents mouth as the Black Knight appeared and opened up the serpents mouth for him. Everette hurled the orb into the mouth. Everette jumped back to Faye as they kept their distance as the serpent regained conscious. It hissed at them, furiously as it made its way to them. Until it started to hiccup and burped loudly. Faye and Everette were hit by it's horrible breath as Faye gagged and Everette tried dealing with it. But it started to doze off as he slithered towards the, but then stopped as it floated on the water. Their school cheered loudly for them as the timer stopped as they clocked in at 5 minutes and 41 seconds. The serpent was floating in the water, passed out as it looked happy drunk as Patricia arrived and smiled with confidence.

"Just as plan!" Said Patricia.

"What was that liquid you gave me to use? It's smells like death!" Said Faye.

"Ah, a concoction that made that makes any dragon pass out from being super drunk. A drop of this will kill a man. It also makes cars explode. Don't ask how I know." Said Patricia as she reverted back to normal.

"I don't want to know. That was the most unorthodox thing I've ever done." Said Faye.

"But it worked. That's what's important." Said Everette.

"That I won't argue with." Said Faye.

"Oh, could you both help me, Faye? I'm taking it with me." Said Patricia, standing by the serpent.

"What!? Why!?" Faye yelled.

"I want it." Patricia replied, like a little child.