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Chapter II
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Chapter I
Fate Is a Fickle Bitch

Calysta looked about her surroundings, it was a rather warm day. She looked around to see a million people in the coloseum all screaming for blood. This was the "Sword or Socerery Tournament" after all, and she was in the finals. Held once every hundred years, wizards and warriors from all over the realm had come to do battle here for the most sought after prize: A single wish granted.
"They'd pay good money to trade places with me right now" she thought to herself.
Then the annoucment rang out, "Next up, Witch, Calysta Paradox, against Minotaur, Kel Taros!!!!" Calysta gulped. "And remember, no magi may use anything over a level 7 spell and no warrior may use any fully-magical weapon. Potions are the exception."
Both combatants stood on the stadium floor across from each other. Calysta noticed the floor was marked with a giant magic ward that prevented her from using high level magic. (Also to keep from killing the audience like that time 300 years ago).
"Sword or Sorcery! Let the battle commence!!"
Almost immediately, the Minotaur charged, wielding a huge double-bladed axe as if it were a toothpick. He was already across the stadium when Calysta stopped marveling at his speed and realized this was a deathmatch.
"FIREBALL!" she shouted.
The fireball only managed to graze his side but Kel kept up his charge. He swung down hard nearly slicing her in half as she tumbled out of the way. Kel swung so hard that his axe was lodged in the ground. She needed to put some distance between her and that overgrown bull.
"Come forth from the earth, GROUND BREAKER!" The ground suddenly spewed forth a giant earthen barrier 10 feet high as she began to cast another spell. "Heat, rise and spin..." Kel smashed through the earthen wall, abandoning the axe in the ground. "FIRE PILLAR!"
Kel was engulfed in the flames but kept charging at Calysta. In one mighty blow, Kel delivered a backhand slap to her side, sending her flying 10 feet. The crowd cheered madly as Kel walked up to Calysta, raised up his gigantic foot, and stomped down on her stomach. Calysta let out a high pitched squeek as tears ran down her face. Kel drew his long sword spinning it around. He held the sword above Calysta as a dark priest would a human sacrifice.
"Do you concede?" he bellowed in a deep voice. He waited for her to catch her breath as the crowd fell silent.
"......ILLUMINATION!" Calysta cried out.
Immediately, a brilliant flash of light appeared in front of Kel, blinding him momentartily as the crowd cheered. Calysta manged to roll out of her impending doom. She started to cough as she got to her feet, her chest heaving profoundly. "How the hell am I going to beat this guy?" she wondered, "Maybe, if I have someone fight him for me..............."
Calysta started her spell as Kel slashed at the air with his sword.
"Though the mystic ages lost.........timeless worlds unfold............send me forth your savior........" she stopped, "ohhh shit!! I don't know the end of the spell!" thoughts race through her mind as Kel started to recover, "What ryhmes with unfold? sold, hold, gold? Shit! I HATE ryhming spells! Now I have to adlib..."
She continued, "With a heart as pure as gold........." "SUMMON HERO!" she shouted.
The sky grew dark as clouds swirled together as the wind whipped around furiously. In the center of the clouds, a bright light shot down on Calysta.
"I did it!" she cried. She couldn't wait to see her hero, but more so, she couldn't wait 'til he kicked Kel's ass.
Then she wondered why the light was shining on her.....
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" A figure screamed from the clouds.
"Oh shit." Calysta said with a blank look on her face.
A boy came crashing down on Calysta, knocking her flat on her back.
"What the hell? Where am I?..... mmmmm!!!" The boy looked up and noticed he was nestled between the legs of a very beautiful woman.
His head was proped up against her chest and could feel her heartbeat. She felt so soft.......it's about that time that he got a nosebleed. Calysta woke up and saw the boy lying on her as she blushed. The boy blushed as well as he gazed back at her. He had never seen such a beautiful girl be.....
-POW-
"AAAAAHH! PERVERT!!!!" Calysta screamed as she delivered an uppercut to the mysterious boy. "Who the hell are you?!?!"
Just then, Kel had composed himself and used his whip to lasso Calysta by the waist. With a fierce tug, Kel sent Calysta sprawling to his feet.
"Pretty useless spell I think," gloated Kel, "and a useless boy as well."
Suddenly, Kel was knocked to the ground face first by the mysterious boy, "Who are you calling useless?!?!"
Kel's eyes burned red as he let out a snort and turned his attention to the boy.
"Boy, you picked the wrong time to mess with me."
"Help...."
With that, Kel picked up the boy by his shirt and raised his sword back, ready to give the boy a deathstroke. The boy's legs were flailing as he grabbed onto Kel's powerful arms.
"STOP!" Calysta shouted extending her arm.
"Uh?" Kel looked at Calysta.
"Don't kill him, please" Calysta looked down, "I concede."
"Well in that case," Kel dropped the boy to the ground, "I accept."
The anouncement blared, "Witch Calysta has conceded to Minotaur Kel!!"

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Chapter II