Zayddret lifted his arm, Durly still in hand, "right, and you will promise not to skip class from now on?" Zayddret said to him, Durly flung up his hands, "no!, I hate class" Zayddret extended his arm and threw Durly, Durly let out a ripped scream, he was soaring through the sky, "help help!" But it was to late, Durly clashed though one of the castles windows, Durly groaned, "I hate Zayddret" he said sitting up slowly, his pressed a hand to his head, he looked at his hand, there was a little bit of blood Durly shrugged, "could of been worse", he said, Durly trotted around trying to find his dorm

Andi heard a crash and looked around not seeing anything. So she shrugged it off thinking maybe it was from the battle arena. -Oh yeah the battle arena...- It was her next class and she was super excited for it. Hopefully it would be an actually exciting instead of all the boring lecturs from the other classes. She zoned out again thinking about what the battle arena might be like

Durly stumbled around his thought he found his dorm and knocked on it, he heard clicking of somebody texting another person, "hello? Tyler?"

Ally looked up, was someone at her door? Maybe it's my roommate! I thought I'd be with a girl though? andd... I swear I've heard the voice before! Are they looking for someone? She set her phone on her bed and went to the door, twisting the knob and opening it, To think I had my hopes up, I knew I heard that voice from somewhere. "Hello?"

(Hopefully you were talking to me xd)

Andi came back to her sense just in time to hear that the teacher was dismissing class. She smiled and strode over to Death's stable "Okay rat you ready for a battle?" She opened the stall gate so that he could follow her to get his saddle. Death slithered out right next to her "Always ready" He said with a hiss. She gently threw the saddle onto him and got it secure, Death dipped his head down letting Andi hop onto the saddle. She leaned back into the saddle basically laying flat on it as they both made their way to the battle arena

Martin glanced up as Tyler came near. "No, I'm no thanks okay. I don't think I'll EVER be okay again! Nothing can ever go right, I need a job because my brain cannot do nothing... but none of the jobs seem to be working! I got kicked out of the army for being too old, these kids hate me, and I'm getting too thin and weak I feel like a toddler!" Before Martin realized it he was spewing out everything that had been angering him. He immediately felt bad... but he couldn't get rid of the anger. His head snapped up as he heard a crash. He looked up just in time to see Durly disappearing through a castle window... and his dragon looking angry. "Darn. It. All." Martin muttered, staggering to his feet and racing inside.

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Tyler sat silently as Martin just about yelled at him. -Poor Martin...- Tyler thought, then glanced over in time to see Durly flying through a window. "Uh oh..." Tyler muttered. Durly hated Martin. Martin was going to see Durly. Martin was in a bad mood. This may not end well. Tyler ran after Martin, not even able to keep up... Martin was fast!

As soon as Andi got to the battle arena she entered into the ring. She sat up in the saddle listening to what the two coachs had to say. Appearently it was going to be a clean fight with no flying, all yo uhad to do was get your opponent of their dragon -that's easy..- She snorted to herself and patted Death "Don't tell me your getting nervous" He teased as he exited the arena. Andi rolled her eyes "I never get nervous unlike you rat" she chuckled before climbing a bit further and onto Deaths head to get a good view of the battles. Finally it was her turn Death slithered into the arena swiftly and silently, Death knew where he was going to get ready and that allowed Andi to have time to stufy her opponent

Martin stopped halfway there. He heard Ally... and Durly. He didn't really know if he should go in there or not... but someone would inform him if Durly was hurt. He needed to watch the battle. Martin turned on his heel and jogged back out, ignoring the sting in his stomach. He reached the battle arena in time to see Andi and Death getting ready. Martin was pleased to see that the teachers listened to what he told them to do... people didn't normally do that unless he forced them to. Martin sat down and took a deep breath, hoping that this battle would help him focus and calm down.

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Tyler would have loved to stay and watch Andi... but he was missing his History of Dragons class. He ran in there, panting, just as the teacher started. Tyler sat down in a hurry and tried to listen, but all he could think about was Martin, Andi, and Durlan. How Durlan really didn't like Martin... how much Martin was going through... how surprised Tyler was that Andi didn't reject him right away... but mostly about Martin. Tyler was worried the man couldn't deal with the strain right now...

Andi sank back into her saddle, the coachs were re-explaining the rules but she wasn't listening she leaned over whispering in Death's ear "the boy looks a bit hot headed he might make a dramatic move so let's watch out for that..." She eyed his dragon up and down, he had a normal sized western dragon. It looked like it had fast reflexes but she knew Death was faster, she gave a pat on Deaths neck and as soon as the coach said 'begin' Death stood there still.

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The boy and his dragon both seemed confused for a second before he ordered his dragon to blast at Death to startle him. As soon as that dragon did that Death quickly shot underneath the dragon going behind it. It looked like Death was doing all the work at the moment but in reality anybody with a trained eye could see that Andi was calling the shots. She just swiftly did them and was less dramaric with her movements like a slight nudge or pulling on the horn of the saddle, all the commands Death knew that she used.

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When the smoke cleared from the blast his dragon looked confused as it spun around quickly ready to fire another blast. But before his dragon could Death zoomed around the dragon hitting it with his tail to give it a zap. The dragon groaned a bit from the zap but didn't seem phased. Death finally coiled himself up like a spring, the dragon swiftly turned looking at him "Come on just knock the girl off already" The rider ordered his dragon, it snorted in reply as it stomped closer to Death swinging a wing at him. Before the wing reached him, Death was launching himself into the air like how a snake lunges. Andi let out a laugh as Death came back down and glided along the dragons back. Before he got completely off he wrapped his tail around the rider snatching him out of the saddle and gently putting him on the ground.

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The boy basically through a temper tantrum "Hey! That's not fair, he FLEW into the air!" Andi rolled her eyes as she feed Death a mouse that was nearby as treats for the dragon "Correction he jumped into the air, maybe you could've beat me if you worked together with your dragon instead of your lazy bum yelling at her to do things" Death huffed in agreement and slithered out of the arena

Martin observed the fight, and slowly his eyes started twinkling again. Yes... this did make him feel better. That he had at least two students that could fight. That was good. Martin tipped his head and waited to see was Andi would do at the fireball blast. Martin very much approved of her technique... Death and Andi must've worked together a lot before. They were usuing advanced maneuvers. They reminded Martin of Tyler and Fury. They actually used the same method of getting the rider off... use the dragons tail. Tyler just went about it a different way then Andi. Martin stifled a laugh at the students furious look. "Nice job Andi, I like the way you handled that." Martin nodded at the girl, looking to the boy. "Don't get your hair in a knot, she Won fair and square." Martin told the boy, walking into the arena and helping him get up... because the boy was obviously in half shock half anger mode.

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Tyler just about fell asleep through the class... he knew most of this, and he desperately needed to see if Martin was okay. Finally the class ended and he darted outside to see Martin practically dragging a boy back to the sidelines, and to see Andi sitting triumphantly on Death. Tyler strode over and studied Martin... the man didn't look as mad. That was very good. He did look like he was thinking, though. Martin never thought... so that was a bad sign. Usually when Martin thought he was thinking about the absolute best way to prank someone. Even with that it was almost muscle memory.