7 The Finals

They stood together as the two opponents prepared themselves. They were John Highlot and Cayle Victor, both were runner up in the last competition and both had dangerous tomes, but nothing that fazed Simeon. The bell rang, "Pain Tome, Unbroken Spirit."

"Malicious Tome, Hail of Blades!" Three blades swirled behind John before firing at Julia. Simeon caught them and they faded, his magic was strong against their tomes, "Malicious Tome, Death from Above, Malicious Tome, Death from Below."

"Blade Tome, Blade Storm," Two x's formed above and below Julia. Simeon ran towards her and leapt at her and grabbed her from the floor as two creatures lunged from the crosses, biting at the air.

"Pain Tome, Spirit Break," He turned and caught the ball that contained the Blade Storm, "No one touches my partner!"

"Air Tome, Razor Wind," Julia fired loads of tiny, see through boomerangs around the arena, "Simeon, distract them, I'll deal with myself."

"You sure?"

"Yes, Air Tome, Air Guardian," He had never heard that spell before. A large angel-like creature appeared in the arena and lifted Julia onto it's arm and lifted from the ground, "Air Tome, Ultimate Bolt," The spear formed in the hand of the large creature and was hurled at the two mages who dodged it, mostly, only getting clipped by it. Simeon rolled his eyes and began moving towards the two mages, drawing their attention as the disruptor in the fight. He caught another spell, a magic blade that was throw at him. He noticed John forget about him and focus on Julia as Cayle was left to fight him, "Pain Tome, Unforgiving Rage," He grit his teeth as another blade hit him, but this time it slipped through his hands only to ting against his stomach as his Unbroken Will blocked it. The force of the spell made him slide back in the sand, "Pain Tome, Split-Pain," He looked at Cayle. He fell to his knees, but wasn't in the same pain as Roger had been in. Simeon turned to John as Julia and him duked it out. He charged into John and held him as Julia had launched her Ultimate Storm, gripping John with his Spirit Break, "Surprise," The spell hit, sending both of them crashing to the ground. Simeon got up quickly as the bell rang. Cayle was still slowly getting up as was John. Simeon helped them up and walked to his side with Julia as the creature she summoned vanished, "Julia, what was that?"

"Another ultimate spell."

"Lucky you, I only, don't have one."

"You ready for the second round?"

"Yeah, um, should we split up again?"

"No, I like it when you defend me."

"Then I will."

He slammed a spell against the ground as he barely stopped it from hitting. He looked up as a black figure flew over the arena. He looked back at John and Cayle just in time to stop a large twisted blade that came crashing down towards Julia. He kept getting distracted by the figure that would come and go over the arena as if unnoticed by the rest of the people here. He dived in front of a spell that detonated away from Julia. The figure disappeared and he turned back to the fight, "Julia, do you want to see something impressive?"

"Of course I do, Simeon, I want to win with you."

"Okay, Pain Tome, Arcane Shield," Energy swirled around him as the armor and shield formed on him and the blade rose from the ground. John and Cayle looked on lost as he swung the blade in his hand. He spun as he swung the blade creating the massive energy wave that he had tried the night before. It cancelled spells and seemed unblocked by any of their attempts to stop it. It hit them and simply passed right through them, leaving them frozen and unconscious, barely standing. His steps towards them made them not even react and their bodies fell with a small push, to the ground. He sheathed his blade and the armor and shield disappeared, his blade returned to the earth, "Game over," He turned his back on them as the countdown began. Julia looked at him dumbstruck as she couldn't have imagined that he possessed that power. He smiled at her as the countdown hit zero. The crowd cheered as medics rushed to John and Roger, who hadn't moved at all. She hugged him.