The Great

Evay Maver: All of us walked as a group to our V.I.P box to watch the match. The huge lines of people shocked me as we got to get seated early. As expected Fellen, Cain, Ally, Doner, and even Mia were all there as well. We greeted each other and sat down to watch the games. We saw all the people slowly flood in and get seated before the match started. There were snacks and water for us in the box, and the dim lighting made the room feel very relaxed. I overheard Geon and Lila talking to Mia. “All the teams are required to stay even after elimination. It’s a tradition for all teams to stay and show support for the finals—it is a tradition of respect. Sometimes it doesn’t go well, but hopefully the countries can swallow their pride this year.” I looked around and made my way to Aurora. “So, excited?”. She gave me a smile and nodded.

“Whoever wins this one will face Mevilime. The winner of that match will face us in the semis when we win.” I laughed.

“Wow, confident.” She smiled and raised her eyebrows.

“Of course, you do think we’re going to win right?”. I nodded and she looked satisfied.

I looked over at Geon and Lila. “Hey, um…..what were those two doing all this time?” Aurora widened her eyes and looked at me.

“I don’t know…..why do you ask?” I gulped.

“Well, from what I could hear….they were together alone in one room for an hour….You don’t think..” Aurora covered my mouth and my eyes widened a little.

“Woah, woah, woah ... .Let's not start exposing them now.” She let out a small, nervous laugh. “I mean, hopefully not but if they did do what I think they did…Oh well, right?” She let go of me and I nodded. Geon….never seemed like the slow type to be fair… I smiled and looked out the window. The crowd was filled with excited murmurs and whispers. All of the spectators were in their seats and I heard a loud gong go off.

The announcer’s voice boomed into our ears. “Good evening ladies and gentlemen! For our matchup tonight we have Volimen and their fighters! Please give it up for Meno, Geler, Maris, Hun, and Lyen!”. The crowd erupted and a couple of flags with a blue background and a wolf’s head on it waved high in the sky.

“Weird names,” Geon muttered as he threw some grapes into his mouth.

“Your name is Geon, dude.”

“Shut up Evay.”

“And for Betezar we have Tolli, Hellen, Vice, Remy, and Alek! A flag with white, yellow, and orange stripes flew high in the air as the crowd erupted again”.

“Now without further ado, may the match…..begin!”

I saw a huge flash of orange light that made me cover my eyes.

An insanely loud blast echoed through the stadium and nearly shattered my eardrums. The debris hit the reinforced glass at blinding speeds and I heard shrieks from the crowd. Did a volcano explode? I looked on as the ashes and smoke cleared away. Standing in the middle of the stadium was a boy with orange hair. He was small but was well built and muscular. His hair was singed with fire and all of the opposing team, as well as his own team, were lying unconscious on the floor. He friendly-fired his own team….Can you do that? Does he get the kill credits? Is that a viable strategy? How did he do that? Could he do that before? How do you counter that? The announcer could barely string his words together. “With—with that we have the results…In one attack Volimen has secured its victory! They advance to the next round!” A giant roar echoed through the stadium and the still standing fans waved their Volimen flags. I looked at the orange haired boy helping his teammates up. A girl on his team gave him a flick on the forehead and he sheepishly smiled, putting his hands up and shrugging. So that’s Lyen….The guy that Aurora had talked about. He looked young, and was apparently the main reason why Volimen had got here at all. I hadn’t ever heard of him using that attack though….Maybe he was saving it. Wouldn’t that be something for the finals though?

I could feel the questions swarming around inside my head. I turned to Aurora and gave her a shrug. “Well, short match.” She nodded in shock and Lila, Geon, and Savian also wore surprised expressions on their faces.

“I really hope we don’t have to face that.” Geon spoke casually as we said goodbye to all the others in the box and headed back to our rooms.

Geon kicked a rock down the road and talked out loud. “I wonder if one of us can do something like that–and not kill each other.”

I walked silently when I remembered something….something the guy in my dream had said… An idea flashed inside my head. “Yeah, I wonder too.”