Chapter Twenty (Akasha)

We were heading back to the castle when Ari walked over to me and grabbed my arm, “We need to talk.” She demanded as she steered me away from the group, letting them go on ahead of us.

“Okay, what is wrong Ari?” I asked as I watched the group in front of us getting farther away.

“What is our plan exactly? We have to prove ourselves tomorrow and from what the other guards have told me, Taoen isn’t trained at all with his abilities and is a bit of a loose cannon.”

“Good.”

“What do you mean, good?” Ari screeched.

“It means he has no control over his abilities and if they are unpredictable, us being trained is an advantage.”

“Yet he can control all the elements, so you won’t know what he is going to use against you.” Ari pointed out angrily.

“If all we have to do is prove ourselves to them, I don’t think the fight will go that far, they just want us to demonstrate our abilities once we do that, they will call the fight off.”

“Or maybe they will want to see who the winner would be,