[center]It was silent at the grove, only the eventual chirp of a bird and the calm flowing of the river was heard. The grove was located just outside the academy, in the giant forest surrounding the building. In the center of the grove was standing a rather big tree, it was also separated from the other trees, bathing in the warm sunlight. The peace was suddenly broken when a massive ball of fire flew toward the tree, hitting it with explosive power which was heard all over the grove. The bark around the center of the tree, where the fireball hit, was completely destroyed and so was most of the inner layer of the tree. But it was still standing. 


[color=a0410d][b]"It was supposed to fall over!"[/b][/color] yelled the red-haired wizard, [b][color=a0410d]"Did I miscalculate the amount of fire?"[/color][/b]. Vlad was visibly frustrated at his failure, he was sure it was just enough to destroy the center of the tree, toppling the massive tree down. Smoke was still forming around his left hand, especially his palm. His hands were covered in scars. 


[b][color=a0410d]"What do you think Torchy?"[/color][/b] Vlad looked up this familiar, which was sitting on his right shoulder. It was about the size of a small cat and looked at Vlad with it's big eyes, admiring his master. The frustration he felt before almost melted instantly after seeing his companion's cute face and he took a deep breath before focusing on the still standing tree again. [color=a0410d][b]"I'll get you down this time you shitty mass of low quality toothpicks"[/b] [/color]. Vlad lifted his left hand, half open, to shoulder heights in front of him. Fire started to form in his palm into a small ball, which was slowly spiraling. The ball became bigger and bigger until it was the size of a baseball and barely fitting Vlad's hand. He then closed his hand as hard as he could, crushing the ball of fire and bursting the energy he had amassed open, making it unstable. The moment he closed his hand he quickly pointed it forward, at the tree, and put his other hand on his left arm, like a cannon. And then, with his focus fully on the tree, he shot that fiery energy forward, which was getting bigger the more it flew, at high speed. The shockwave of the shot pushed Vlad a few steps behind.


The even bigger ball of fire hit the tree with full force, resulting in a considerably loud explosion obliterating the center and sending the top of the tree away, into the river. Only the tree stump was left with it's top completely black. [color=a0410d][b]"Yes!!"[/b][/color] Vlad yelled, exciting about the destructive force he was able to produce and made a small jump of victory. But his breathing was much heavier then before and he had visible sweat drops around his face. Producing this much destructive power in such a short amount of time was really energy consuming and Vlad could feel the toll on his body. But the excitement overshadowed the exhaustion and he proudly walked toward the tree stump to admire his work. Torchy excitingly jumped from his shoulder onto the stump and was chirping. [color=a0410d][b]"Yes, beautiful isn't it? I can't even see the top of the tree"[/b][/color] [/center]