the challenge *to whoever got the letter*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*Christy sat somewhat near the whomping willow wearing all black it wasen't that dark out but to get past the guards of the forest it was nessesarry*

*Kayden walked to the whomping willow, she was wearing all black, and seth didn't follow her this time*where the hell is everybody?*kayden said looking around and spotting a girl in all black*that must be her*kayden said to herself, walking up to the girl*are you christy, i got this invatation and-

shhhh*christy said*sit down and lets wait for the others*christy said calmly as kayden sat down next to her*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Tyson Oichiro walked across the grounds,swathed completely in black.His red hair and eyes were all you could see of him,besides his face*Why are you following me,anyway?*He asks the blonde-haired,blue-eyed girl following closely,wearing the same black outfit as the boy she followed*

*Kiri Oichiro answers with a sigh,and a comment spoken in a tone that made it sound as if she thought the answer should've been obvious*Incase you get in trouble,of course!The whole school knows I'm at least ten times stronger than you. ...Of course,that's not saying much,is it?*The fifteen year old girl smirked,jogging to catch up with her brother as they were nearing the Whomping Willow*And,'sides,I got a letter,too.

Seriously,you're such a little pest!*Tyson snarls,moving ahead,before stopping and backing up to avoid a branch of the Whomping Willow.He moved back to where Kiri was standing,looking smug*Ah,shutup.*He snaps,and looks around.Finally,he saw two others standing nearby.Grabbing Kiri by the arm,he approaches the two girls,who were also wearing black,stopping when he reaches them.He recognized one of the girls,Kayden,from Defense Against the Dark Arts,earlier that day.However,the other girl was unfamiliar*You Christy Rae?*He asks the unfamiliar one blandly*

Who else would it be?Seriously,Ty,you're the biggest dumbass I've seen in my life.*Kiri says this with a shake of her head,as if disappointed by her brother's apparent lack of intelligence*

Shut up,before I kick your ass,Kiri!*Tyson snaps,turning to glare at her*

Ha!As if you could.*Kiri says,chuckling coldly.She then turns to look at Christy*So,you said something about a challenge in your note...?

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

yes, now please bare with me and calm down...sit please as i explain myself*chirsty said motioning them to sit*

*kayden just fell silent, which was unusual for her but, christy had a atmosphere that would make anyone calm*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Kiri nods,sitting down and pulling Tyson down,not seeming to notice when he releases a pained shout,having hit a tree root on the way down*

*Tyson grumbles,glaring at Kiri before sighing and falling silent,looking at Christy*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*christy take a deep breathe read to tell them the story*ok the reason why i have chosen is beacause i have seen you all do somthing that i have been looking for in a person, kayden, i have seen your witt in tricking people,kiri i have seen your maximum strength,and tyson i have seen you withstan pain*chisty looks at all of them*i need only one of you but first i wish to test you in various challenges, if you do except, well shall start right away, if you don't i must erase your memory of this night and you'll be sent back to your dorm, i need one of you to assist me in going to the depth of hell, to fight a monster, but first you would have to train with me*christy took in another deep breathe*so will you agree to assist me into the dark forest for your first challenge?*chisty said not moving but waiting for an answer*

ummm...*kayden said not sure what to say*sure, i guess*she said not knowing any other answer, it sounded like a great adventure*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

What?Demons?The depths of hell?!No fuckin way!*Tyson says,looking annoyed*There's no way—OW!*Tyson is cut short as Kiri punches him in the jaw,nearly knocking out one of his teeth*What the hell?!

We'll do it,too.Please disregard anything and everything my brother says.*Kiri says calmly,as if she'd never touched Tyson,who's fist was in his mouth as he wiggled the now-loose tooth*

You almost knocked out my tooth!*Tyson snaps,glaring at Kiri*And you say I don't have self restraint?Seriously!Little bitch...*This comment was "rewarded" with another punch from Kiri,which knocked out the tooth she'd loosened in her last punch*GAH!*Tyson spits out the bloody tooth onto the palm of his mouth,swallowing the salty blood and touching the place the tooth had fallen out with his tongue.He wipes off the tooth,and pockets it,receiving an odd look from Kiri*What?I can always use an extra sickle.*Tyson comments,glaring at his sister*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*christy stands*i will not tolerate you two practically killing eachother,save your energy on the first challenge*,christy walked toward the forest not paying attention to see if they followed*your first challenge will be getting past the forest guards,i asked them to be on there highest securety, so it's your strength and witt that'll get you in, if you fail you'll be sent imeadiately back to your dorm not remembering this event at all, good luck and i'll see you on the other side*christy snapped her fingers she was in the forest now*

*kayden followed and instictively multiplied herself in 10 kayden's and walked into the forset 3 actually making it in one being kayden herself*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

Oh,great!*Tyson says,grumbling as he walks into the forest,followed by Kiri*Just what I need,another migrain...

*In the shadows,a girl who appears to be around the age of the people who'd just entered the forest hides,her completely red eyes watching as each person passes.A few leaves on a nearby tree crystallize suddenly,and the moon,which,ironically,is full tonight,turns bloody red,the color of the strange girl's eyes.After a moment,the girl steps from the shadows,lurking behind two of the students,a red-headed boy and a blonde girl.Out of thin air,a sword crystallizes in the Creature's hand,and she steps forward quickly,swinging the sword at the boy's back*

*Kiri tugs Tyson out of the way of the crystal blade,landing in the shadows,unseen by the Creature.She glances at Tyson,who is strangely silent,and seemed to have realized what Kiri would've said if possible.The two of them start running full-out deeper into the forest,both of them stepping lightly and avoiding leaves and sticks.Within the next ten seconds,they were through,and far away from the red-eyed Creature*

*Tyson takes a deep breath,still trying to be as quiet as possible as he murmurs to Kiri,*I've heard tales about those things,but I never knew Creatures could be so creepy and stuff...*He frowns,and sighs,looking around*Where are we supposed to run into that other chick?Christy was her name?*Tyson looks around more,knowing they'd run into Christy eventually*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

stop!*christy yells suddenly*i see you all made it here*chirsty said calmly*throughout the challenages, each level will get harder, this challenge will be withstanding pain*christy turn looking at them, what looked like a tank that was covered with a black cloak*this is your next challenge*christy pulled down the cloak showing a tank full of water with a animal that didn't look familiar at all*this animal behing me is a cross between a eel,stingray,and a king crab. you will be tied to 5000 pound block and dropped into this tank, without useing magic you'll have to search for the moving key and unlock yourself,if you die or give up from the pain, you'll be sent back to your dorm not remembering anything and very much alive, kayden your first

*kayden starts to shake while being locked onto the block she suddenly found herself in the tank with the beastly animal, kayden searched for the key but had no luck, the beast took it's first whack and kayden sending an electical charge through kayden, kayden took out her wand and used a nonverbal spell to unlock it she quickly swam to the top and jumped out*i can't do it

Very well*christy said and with a snap of her finger kayden dissapeared*two left, you see kayden gave up with one hit, you'll have to do better than that...kiri your next, oh and one more thing the key will now show up after you get hit twice, and no magic*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Tyson chuckles as he watches Kiri get tied to the block and sent into the water*

*Kiri,now attatched to the block and in the water,searches for the key despite what Christy had said about it appearing only after you get hit twice.As she is searching,the first hit comes—The animal had hit her square in the back with its hammer,causing electrical jolts to run through her body.She winces,loosing a little air.She clenches her teeth then,bracing herself for the next hit,which comes almost immediately,striking her arm—Her left arm,luckily,though her arm becomes numb and nearly immovable from the shock and the strength of the hit.She sees the key appear out of the corner of her eye.The key starts to move around the tank,darting this way and that.Kiri lunges,missing the key and receiving another hit from the monster.Wincing and with barely any air left,she elbows the monster in the eye,and lunges again for the key,this time grasping it and thrusting it into the lock with her right hand,her left still numb and immovable.Wincing at another hit from the monster,she turns the key in the lock,thanking her strength,for otherwise she might've been unable to turn the key with one hand.She quickly swims to the top,jumping out of the tank and landing on the ground,stumbling slightly*Ouch...*She says,holding her left arm.By now,it'd begun unnumbing itself,so bit by bit Kiri could actually feel it*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*christy snapped her fingers and kiri was standing right by her fully healed and had a towel aroung her, christy clapped*very good, you managed to injur the creature but it it fully healed now and now, i belive it's your turn tyson, if you overcome this challenge, then the next one is just around the corner*christy smirked and she herself atched the weight to tyson, and backing off*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Tyson braces himself,curling up into a ball,kind of,in the water as the monster begins hitting him repeatedly.After the first few hits,Tyson begins to search for the key,while still balled up.The monster is hitting him repeatedly,and unweildingly,on the back.Finally,Tyson spots the key,quite near him,and flings forth an arm.He misses,and withdraws his arm quickly,just in time to avoid the monster's hammering claws,one of which had almost hit his arm.He returns to searching for the key,and finally sees it,again fairly near,and lunges,not seeming to care if the monster hit him too hard.He grasps the key,and shoves it into the lock,barely keeping hold of it.Clenching his teeth as the monster continues hitting him,Tyson turns the key,freeing himself,and swims to the top,kicking away the monster who tried to swim after him and attack again.Gasping for breath,Tyson falls out of the tank,landing on his head.Not bothering to get up,he gives Christy and Kiri a thumbsup,and then drops his arm,obviously worn out from just that task*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*chisty snaps her finger's and tyson is right next to her fully healed and a towel around him*ok on to the next level*christy walks deeper into the forest knowing that they were following*this next challenge will test your witt* christy give them each a peice of parchment,meet you on the other side*christy said snpping her fingers and she was gone*

[glow=red,2,300]Are you ready?...go to the tree with a hedge in the way, there will be things to slow you down, get ready, this challenge will test you on witt, not strength, so be careful[/glow]

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

What the hell does that mean?*Tyson asks,as he starts walking*

No idea,but you're on your own for this one.I already got you through the first challenge,and no matter how stupid you are,I'm not helping you with this one.*Kiri starts walking ahead quickly*

Wha—HEY!I resent that comment!*Tyson shouts,but doesn't bother catching up with Kiri.Instead,he finds himself stopping short as two red-eyed girls step from the shadows.One had auburn hair,the other had hair the color of the moon,with streaks that looked like blue crystals more than it did hair*Who the hell...?*Tyson stares at them both,scowling even though he was having trouble hiding the fact that he thought they were both cute—Typical boy,eh?*

*The auburn-haired girl takes a step forward,her completely red eyes glinting in the pale moonlight—After the first challenge,the moon had returned to its milky,off-white color*Hello there,boy.This is your first obstacle.

*The second girl steps forward,the moonlight reflecting off pale skin*You are to choose which of us is real,and which is fake.*The girl stares blankly at the boy with red eyes identical to the auburn-haired girl's eyes*

One of us is a fake,made using the powers of the real one...

...And the real one is a Creature,who made the other with her powers.

You must choose which of us is real,and which isn't.

If you choose wrongly,you will be disqualified from Miss Rae's challenge.

And remember this,boy...

...Pay attention to your surroundings.

Remember the first challenge,and decide.

*The two girls stand back,still side by side as they stare at Tyson,waiting for him to decide*

The first...?*Tyson blinks once,and remembers how Kiri had barely yanked him out of the way,narrowly avoiding getting hit in the back by a crystal sword,weilded by a girl with red eyes*I knew you two looked familiar...*He mumbles,and glances back and forth between the two.He remembers looking back to the path,seeing the girl with red eyes,holding a dissolving crystal sword...The girl had had auburn hair.Making his decision,Tyson points at the girl with moon-colored hair*That one is the fake.*He points at the auburn-haired one*You're the real one.

*The auburn-haired Creature nods in confirmation,as the fake dissolves into nothing but floating "sparkles" in the air,and suddenly the path seems a little brighter,as if the fake had captured half the moonlight coming into the area*You may pass.*The Creature says,sinking back into the shadows as silently as she and the fake had come*

*Tyson stares after the Creature-girl,and shrugs,before continuing down the path*That was weird...*He murmurs to himself*But gotta admit,she was pretty hot for a Creature...So was the fake...*Tyson chuckles to himself,putting his hands behind his head as he continues on*Wonder what's next...

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*A tall muscular guy with no shirt stops kiri in her tracks his scale like tattu's where mostly all you could see*to get past me, you must solve this riddle, the guy looks into kiri's eye's*i am nearly blind,i hear with vibrations,i have no leg's but i am deadly, what am i?

*A, young girl stopped tyson in his tracks her mousey brown hair flowing in the moonlight*to get past me, you must solve this riddle, I can fit though many holes, i creep in the night making no sound, i am harmless*the girl touched tyson's face trying to distract him*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Kiri stares at the man,her eyes drifting over his strange tattoos*Lets see...Nearly blind,and no ears...Sounds like some sort of reptile...No legs and very deadly...*Kiri lifts her gaze quickly to the man's face,as the image of a snake popped into her head,and she realizes why his tattoos look like scales*You're a snake.*Kiri says firmly,and watches the man suddenly become a snake,just as Kiri had said he was.Sighing,Kiri leaps over the large snake,and hurries down the path again*

*Tyson shivers,stumbling slightly.The girl was pretty,and easily distracted him.He closes his eyes tight,knowing if he failed the challenge,it would give Kiri grounds to mock him for the rest of his life,even if he couldn't remember it*Uh...Lets see...Harmless...Small...Lets see...Quiet as...What was that stupid phrase again?Quiet as a rat?No...Close...Quiet as a mouse!*Tyson opens his eyes,staring at the girl*Lets see...Small,harmless,and quiet as a mouse...You're a rat!...No,that's not right...You're a...You're a mouse!Haha!*Tyson leaps lightly,closing his eyes and thrusting a fist into the air,before opening his eyes again*Am I ri—Hey,where'd she go?*Tyson blinks once,watching a brown mouse scurry past*Okay,that was creepy.*He shrugs and turns,still faintly red from when the mouse-girl had been attempting to distract him,and walks away*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*Yet another guys stopped kiri in her tracks, looking for tyson who came a couple of minnutes later*this is your last challenge before you get to the tree*the guy pointed behind him!to get there you must fight temtation*the guy dissappeared and another guy showed up trying to talk kiri into going the other way*I could teach you to become stronger*the guy said, and told her a lot of things that kiri would like, i seemed as though the guy knew her since she was little, and the guy looked like kiri's dream guy*

*a girl appeared in front of tyson, also trying to guide him in the other direction, the girl grabbed tyson hands and spun him slightly, the girl kissed him on the cheek*i would never leave you*the girl said to tyson, it also seemed as though the girl knew him since he was little, plus the girl also looked like tyson dream girl*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

Er...*Tyson blinks,blushing*I want to go with you,but do you think you can wait two seconds?*He doesn't seem to realize that the girl is just another challenge*I need to finish this really quick...Then I can get back to you!*Tyson smiles,still blushing*

Oh,that sounds nice...*Kiri says,blinking twice and staring up at the boy.He was really handsome...*I've always wanted to be stronger...But I'm afraid I can't,at least,not right now...*Kiri orders her legs to move,to step past the boy,but she seems to be frozen to the spot*I need to do something really quick...

You're really pretty...*Tyson says,staring at the girl with a dreamy look*I'd really like to go with you...*Tyson says,and allows the girl to turn him and begin to lead the way.But as the girl moves past him to lead him away,he blinks,realizing what's going on.He slams his eyes shut and dashes in the opposite direction,towards the tree,trying to tell himself repeatedly that it's just a trick.Finally,he crashes face-first into the tree,falling onto his butt.He opens his eyes and looks around.He couldn't see his dream girl anywhere near*

Listen...*Kiri says,turning her gaze from the boy*I really like you and all,but I have something I have to do right now...It's really important...I'm sorry...Maybe we'll really meet one day?*Kiri smiles,and walks away.The boy doesn't try to stop her miraculously,but instead stares after her with a sad,heart-broken expression.Kiri reaches the tree,looking down at Tyson who's still sitting at it's base*You got through?Wow,didn't expect that.*Kiri smirks,and leans against the tree*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*christy popped out in front of them*ok! your half way there, right now i'm just a hologram, now you must go through the trail and you'll meet your next challenge*kiri your first

*down the path Kyle sat down in a japanese position wearing a samuri outfit, he had two long sticks in front of them, they would have to fight, and kyle would determine if kiri could past or not, in the previous year he was their dark art teacher but he had to leave for a reason he told nobody, he had known christy for a long time and this task was fufulling a favor he owed her.*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Kiri walks down the path,stopping infront of Kyle*Don't I know you?*She asks,staring at him.She knew he was the challenge,and was trying to relax.One of the things about fighting she'd learned when she was younger was to always stay relaxed*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*kye stood up slowly throwing one of the sticks to kiri*i was your dark arts teacher last year*he said plainly, now i'm not going to go easy on you*kyle snapped his finger's and kiri was wearing a samuri outfit too*this is a challenge for balence mostly*kyle snapped his fingers again and they were standing on tops of a whole bunch of long sticks*if you fall between the sticks you'll return to your dormatory and you wont remember a thing of what happened tonight*kyle got in a fighting position*i have trained in this style of fighting for 10 years so be careful, once you get me in a position where i could fall and die you may leave

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Kiri nods,showing that she understands what to do.With that,she starts leaping from stick to stick,having to pause occasionally to prevent herself from falling.She begins attempting to back Kyle into a corner,her staff held out like a lance*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*kayle spins and jumps over kiri*nice try now our in my position*kyle said making kiri back up dodging any and stoping and attack that was thrown at him, ready for if kiri jump over him so he cound grap her foot, but he wasen't sure if kiri was that stable yet*

[_—×Lady Wolf×—_]

*Kiri looks for a way to escape,but doesn't see any.The only way to get out of her position was to jump,and if she did that,he would grab her foot,make her fall.She clenches her teeth,praying she doesn't fall,and leaps,turning upside down as she passes Kyle,and pushing off his back with her hands,holding the stick horizontally,to go more towards the middle of the sea of sticks,until she lands,barely managing to catch her balance as she looks to see if Kyle had lost balance or not when she'd pushed him*

[§-Lady.Dragon-§]

*kyle had just stumble but he had managed to grab her hair and pulling out a fair amount, he just dropped it and thrusted his stick to her chin, then he block another swing of the stick, kyle jumpped off to her side, stepping on a stick that sunk, and he was caught off balence*