It's finally time for Marty to announce the final test. Tomorrow I'll set out on the mission to gather our allies. It's a little nerve racking, waiting here for Marty to arrive. The training grounds are quiet, the others all stand to the left of me. We're kind of just standing here waiting. Marty walks up in front of us.

  "Good morning everybody!" Marty says, "How are we all feeling?"

  Marty gives us all a smile and pulls out a paper. He hands it to Reed.

  "One of the leaders wants you. This is supposedly a new mission request." Marty tells him.

  "What about the final test?" Reed asks.

  "They said to just give you a pass. Not usually my style but this seems important." Marty says.

  Reed runs off towards the camp. I wonder what kind of mission he's going on? Also, why'd he just get a pass? Kind of not fair.

  "Today is your final test. Tomorrow I will no longer be your teacher." Marty shouts.

  "What's the test?" I ask.

  Marty smirks at me.

  "Good question Caleb!" Marty ughs, "Today, you must defeat me in a three hit dual."

  Shit... Last time I fought Marty he sughtered me! It's fine. I only needed to pass three tests to pass. Unlucky for Wick! He has to beat Marty now. Marty gives us random numbers. I get one, Ann gets two, Mark gets three, Mal gets four, and Wick gets five. He holds a five sided dice. He will use this to decide the order we have to go in. It nds on one first, then three, four, two, and finally five.

  "Looks like someone has to go first!" Ann teases.

  "Yeah well, this is gonna be easy!" I tell her.

  "Sure, sure. Yet you can't even handle one attack from me?" Ann ughs.

  Ever since she won the free for all, she's been rubbing in our faces. Mostly mine, probably just because I know about her little secret. Little does she know Mark also already knows.

  Marty puts me on the battle field. We get fifty steps back from each other. Marty then gives me a count down.

  "Three, two , one!" Marty yells.

  He runs at me so quick it looks like he teleports. He pulls his sword over his head sshes at me. I avoid his sword, before I can react he swings around and stabs his sword towards my heart. I go back a few feet. Before I can even get up, he's standing behind me. I shield myself with my barrier. I summon another one of barriers as a sphere in my hand. I look Marty in the eyes through my barrier. I grab my dagger with my other hand slowly, so he doesn't notice. I unsummon the barrier and toss the sphere. Marty moves out of the way, leaving his sword open. I grab it and slice it in half with the dagger.

  "The hell?" Marty yells.

  While he's looking down at his cut sword I kick his legs down. I put a small barrier around him to make it so he can't move.

  "We can call it here if you want." I say.

  "Okay, okay. I... Don't surrender." Marty ughs cockily.

  His body fades into smoke, I turn around to him mid punch. I duck to avoid it. I stab my sword upwards to his head, he moves back dodging the attack. I swing my sword down hitting him in the face. The summon another barrier sphere and throw it at his face. Which means... I actually won? I beat Marty!

  The others rush onto the battle field and we start cheering. Marty sits up and rubs his head with his palm. I ignore the others cheers and walk over to Marty.

  "Good match man!" I reach out my hand.

  Marty gives me a smile and grabs my hand. I pull him up onto his feet.

  "Nice job kid, you truly have grown strong." Marty says.

  We all walk off the battle field. It's Mark's turn to fight Marty. Mark has really grown stronger recently, he really might have a chance. Marty gives Mark a count down, in the blink of an eye Marty is behind Mark. He attempts to poke his back, but Mark turns around a kicks his stomach. Marty stutters from this. Mark holds his sword with both his hands and sshes towards Marty's chest. Marty is able to regain his bance and dodge this attack. Marty then counter attacks. Mark dodges this and counter attacks back. They go back and forth for awhile until Marty gets a hit. After Marty hits Mark he gets greedy and tries to attack again. Mark blocks this and tries to kick at Marty's head. Marty grabs his foot, the two of them pause. A rge amount of smoke forms around them. Before they get fully covered Marty give Mark a smile. They get consumed by the smoke and it slowly covers the whole field. I hear loud bangs, they must be trading blows.

  Marty flies into the air. Mark follow behind him. The two begin to swing rapidly, I can't tell if they're blocking each other or straight up missing. Marty starts to fall down, he tackles Mark and they both start falling towards the ground. They smash into the ground, the smoke blows everywhere. After the smoke fades, Marty stands over Mark. Making Marty the winner. Marty begins to walk over us but falls to the ground. Is this a draw or...?

  The four of us grab their unconscious bodies over to the doctors office. He examines them and gives us good news, they both just passed out from exhaustion. We can still continue our testing. Marty wakes up before Mark. The other three go with him to the training grounds. I stay by to make sure Mark is safe.

  Mark wakes up quickly after they leave.

  "Hey man! You feeling alright?" I ask.

  "Yeah... What happened?" He asks me.

  I give him a small smile.

  "You got a draw." I tell him.

  Mark looks up at me, his eyes filled with joy.

  "Really! How?"

  I help Mark off of the bed he was ying on.

  "You both passed out. You should be proud of yourself." I tell him.

  We walk back to the training grounds. We arrive in the middle of Ann's battle. She flies around in the air. Firing rge water balls at Marty. Marty moves around them. He has a rge smile on his face, he's clearly enjoying himself. We walk over and sit next to the others. I look back at the fight. Marty jumped all the way to where Ann was in the air.

  "Come on Ann! You've got this!" Mark cheers loudly.

  Instead of encouraging Ann this flusters her. Allowing Marty to get a hit off. Ann starts falling out of the air. Marty follows close behind her. She nearly reaches the ground but she pushes herself to the side with wind magic. She throws three balls of water at where she just was. Marty falls into the water balls and sms into the ground. Winning Ann her match.

  "Let's go Ann!" Mark shouts.

  She walks back with a flustered look on her face. Once she reaches us she sits next to Mark.

  "Thanks for cheering Mark." Ann whispers.

  Mark smiles at her.

  "Anytime." Mark tells her.

  Now it's time for Mal's fight. She gets onto the field.

  "Okay, before we start I just want to say I'm very tired!" Marty says as an excuse.

  "Shut up old man! You're just scared I'll beat you." Mal rebukes.

  The match starts. Once again Marty gets behind her quickly. Mal tosses a rge amount of her explosives around her. Marty tries to swing at her but hits some of the explosives. Marty flies back. The area starts to smell like a fire started nearby. Mal walks over to Marty. She tosses her knife at him, he grabs it and tosses it to the side. Mal tosses even more explosives. Marty doesn't swing at her until it nds on the ground. She ducks under his swing and starts spping the little devices all around the ground. This causes a massive explosion and fills their area with smoke. Mal runs over to her dagger and turns to where Marty is. Except he seemingly disappeared. She gets hit from behind and falls the the ground. She gets up to her feet but Marty still isn't there. She looks around her but he's just not there. A hand grabs her foot lifting her off the ground. The hand looks like it's floating. She swings her dagger in random directions. But nothing hits. She gets a small sp on the face. A smoke comes from the hand and Marty slowly becomes revealed. He smile and pokes Mal with his sword, giving Marty another win.

  Mal walks back over to us.

  "Good job Mal! You got him pretty good at the start." Mark says.

  "How'd you not get hit by the explosions?" Ann asks her.

  "It's a type of magic Marty taught me. It makes it so I have a stronger resistance against explosives." She tells them.

  "You have to teach me it sometime." Mark replies.

  "What? So you can beat me! Not happening man!" Mal responds.

  The score is two to two. Wick has to win this match, other wise Marty may beat us. It's not really a competition on who wins more matches, I kind of just made this game up in my head. Not to mention how Wick didn't pass the second test. This could end badly for him if he doesn't win. But I'm confident in his abilities.

  Wick walks out onto the battle field. He's tense, we don't actually know what happens if we don't pass.

  "Wick. I want you to know this isn't personal!" Marty says cockily.

  "I could say the same thing!" Wick replies.

  Marty flies at Wick. Wick fires lightning at him as he rushes in. Marty reaches Wick and sshes at his head. Wick jumps over Marty and fires lightning at him. Marty gets hit in the back, he turns around. Wick is upside down in the air, giving Marty a chance to kick Wick. This sends Wick a few feet to the left, Marty goes invisible again. Wick stands still. He looks content, he knows what he's doing. A small light comes from Wick's feet. He ducks down and fires lightning into the sky. Marty appears from thin air and stumbles back. Wick spins his spear around, making Marty fall to the ground. He steps towards Marty and thrusts into Marty's face. Meaning Mark won. Everybody passed the tests.

  After the matches Marty gathers us all.

  "Nice job everybody! I'm really proud of you all. Everybody's grown far more than I ever thought." Marty says, "I'll be around camp but you'll have a new trainer. Just know, you're no longer my students. You are now my peers."

  It feels sad. After this we may barely see Marty. I won't even be here to celebrate.