Aptitude Test Part 2

Lance grips his sword firmly as he stares down the Massive Brock, prepared for battle. Brock laughs, and it was a long, hardy laugh. "I remember you, you're the lad with the power to control the dark. Please try your best to at least amuse me this time" Brock jokes as he gets into a battle stance, wielding a massive sword.

Lance was afraid of Brock, in fact everyone was. He was so large and his sword was so big, that one would think that he was raised by giants.

Lance attacks first, swinging his tiny sword like an amateur. While Brock dodges with ease and then he counterattacks. With one swing of his massive sword Brock disarms Lance, his sword flies towards a spectator narrowly missing his head.

Lance tries to apologize to the individual, but receives a punch to the gut that sends him soaring and joining his sword on the cold floor. Brock laughs once again and yells. "You're going to have to do better than that if you want to pass boy!".

Lance gets back up and tries using his bare hands to fight, but still ends up on the floor after a punch to the face.

Brock is now bored and declared the test over, Lance has failed once again. He thinks back to the day Lora passed her test, she never gave up and with pure determination and a fiery outburst, she passed this test.

Lance refuses to give up and stands up yelling. "It's not over yet! I can still beat you!" He yells while gathering all of his magic power, though he can only create a fog with it, he'll use that to his advantage.

Lance releases all this energy and a Dark Cloud engulfs the room, Brock raises his sword ready to attack but he sees nothing but total darkness all around him. The darkness is so dense that he can't even make out his surroundings. But Lance can and grabs his sword, he can see perfectly in his cloud even when no one else can.

He attacks the the blinded Brock and disarms him. Once his large sword hit the floor Lance quickly tries to attack again, but Brock's skill is decisive. He is able pinpoint Lance's location from his previous attack and tackles him, with a mighty slam to the ground the fight is over once more.

Lance lays on the floor beaten, but not defeated. He smiles for he has pulled off a great feat by just disarming the legendary Brock. He could only hope that it was enough.

Brock laughs as he picks Lance up from the ground. "Well you amused me alright, that magic of yours is something else, I couldn't see nothing! You're going to become a great Mage one day, with more training of course... Welcome Lance Grey, to the Heart Kingdom's Mage Academy". Brock said with a big smile.

And with tears in his eyes, Lance tells him "Thanks".

Next: An Old Friend