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Kassandra was a little surprised as their sparring partners were announced for them. The others had gotten to choose, so why not them? Oh well. It’s not like there was any point in speaking out about it.

[color=orange]“Very well.”[/color] She would battle Zach, but she didn’t have to like it. As the other teen approached, she waved him over. [color=orange]“We’re supposed to fight.” [/color] 

Black Canary had chosen their sparring partners for them, and Zach was up against Kassandra. Well, it could be worse. He might have been paired up against someone like Aleen’a, or even the Canary herself. He sighed.  [color=darkviolet]“Well, let’s get this over with I suppose.”[/color] He approached the fighting arena, and tapped his head with his wand.  [color=darkviolet]”etativel!”[/color] He floated a few feet off the ground. [color=darkviolet]“Your move Little Mermaid.”[/color]

Kassandra readied her staff, and frowned slightly at the nickname.[color=orange] “Not a mermaid.”[/color] Without much other warning, she channeled her will through the staff. The eyes of the octopus figure started to glow a very soft pale blue, and a burst of air came through the top. She aimed it right at Zach’s feet, starting to twist it into a miniature tornado. 

Zach shrugged. [color=darkviolet]“Could’ve fooled me.”[/color] Suddenly, Zach felt a breeze, that got progressively stronger, and there was a small tornado forming beneath his feet, that pulled him to the ground, and he fell on his face. [color=darkviolet]“Clever…”[/color] He stood up, and aimed his wand. [color=darkviolet]“But you're going to have to do better than that! tlob enacra!”[/color] A purple ball of magic flew from the tip of Zach’s wand, and aimed at his rival magic user.

Kassandra was pleasantly surprised at Zach’s recovery speed. For all his complaining about not wanting to physically fight, he’d gotten up quick. [color=orange]“You haven’t seen anything yet.” [/color] She murmured as the purple bolt flew near. And then she simply disappeared. The bolt soared over empty air, and for a moment there was silence.

[color=orange]“In fact, you can’t see anything at all, can you?” [/color] Her voice seemed to echo from a dozen different directions. Being invisible was the first illusion that Kassy had learned, years ago. It came in handy for sneaking around the house. Multiple sound illusions were a little trickier, but it helped to have a good focal point. In this case, Zachary himself. [color=orange]“Catch me if you can!” [/color]

The bolt flew right by Kassy, and she vanished. Her voice echoed from multiple directions.[color=darkviolet]“Interesting…”[/color] Zach mumbled. As far as he knew, Kassy couldn’t teleport. She couldn’t have gone too far. [color=darkviolet] “Oh dear… Where did you go?”[/color] He turned his head in all directions, acting like he was searching. Then he took off his jacket, and rolled up his sleeves. sleeves.[color=darkviolet]“skcor fo mrots!”[/color] Suddenly, a bunch of stones and rocks that were laying around the clearing, staring flying around wildy. One of these rocks was bound to hit her.

[color=orange]“Oof!”  [/color]There was a grunt from a few feet behind Zach. Indeed, one of the rocks had hit home. Kassy popped back into view, rubbing her leg where she had been struck. That was going to be a bruise later. [color=orange] “Not bad… but you just messed up.”[/color] She raised her staff high and suffused her will. The octopus’ eyes lit yellow, and all of the rocks stopped in midair. Then she spun the staff hard, the rocks following the movement and heading for Zach like a stream of earth. 

One of the rocks hit her, revealing his opponent, but then she turned the rocks back on him.[color=darkviolet]“reirrab”[/color] A purple barrier of magic appeared in front of Zach, and blocked the stream of rocks. But… Zach fell to his knees and started panting. He had used a lot of magic, and was starting to get winded.

Kassandra was sweating as well. Using so many different things in such a short timespan was a definite drain on her resources. But - it looked like Zach was running out faster. [color=orange] “Sorry, Zach.” [/color] She darted forward, and reeled back, punching him right in the mouth. He wouldn’t be speaking spells after that. So much for not running out of magic. Maybe he’d take the physical stuff more seriously next time.

As Zach was catching his breath, Kassy came in and punched him in his mouth, knocking him to the floor. He got up, and tried to say something, but no words would come out. He felt as helpless as he did in his high school days. He could hear the laughter and name calling of everyone watching, whether they were actually laughing or not. So he lowered his head, and ran away. Tears streaming down his face, and sobbing softly. He didn’t want to hear what Black Canary, or any of these other idiots had to say. It was over.