@RomanAria @olcharlieboi "That sounds like a challenge..I'm game!" He says, grinning right back at Anna, not seeming to mind her holding his hand, lightly squeezing it in response as he picks up the pace, the two of them able to make one more lap around the canyon together until he overhears the master call them back to his side, declaring the end of today's round of physical training. "Man, time sure does fly when you're having fun." Ventus states as he slows down into a walk as he heads back with Anna to the master's location.

Cas sighed as she pressed herself at a hard sprint.

Bristlebane staggered in behind Ventus and Anna, amazed at how they were still able to break into a sprint after an hour of running. He was tempted to say something snarky like Is that all?, but from what he had seen of the Wizard there was probably more and saying that would just make things worse. Fun, Ventus said, Bristlebane shook his head, anyone who thought that doing an exercise that had a chance of death than running for more than an hour on a slope couldn't be normal.

Anna smiled at Ven, a real smile that brought out the dimples in her cheeks, as they slowed to a stop. She realized they were still holding hands and totally didn't mind it. Then she heard someone come in behind them. It was the boy whose cheek she'd healed. She beckoned to him to come up on her other side. "Hi there." She said softly. "That wasn't too bad, was it? How's your cheek?" @ShadowVentus @Eklispe

@ShadowVentus @RomanAria @Eklispe @booksmusicanime AS the apprentices arrive the nods looking at them "some of you have surprised me, others as expected from the training" he says "and you are probably questioning what this has to do with Magic..... well if your body can't take the power then you wont live.. some magics.. like the savage magic that is blowing around all of you right now within the wind of the canyon.." he reaches his hand out "this will let you see how the energy is like, but this isn't how you will learn to control it.. if you pick to learn the element of wind when we get to that point" he says as his hand gets a slight glow on it and he grabs at the wind.. then suddenly the entire wind becomes visible into a physical energy from... a raging form that is ripping and slashing at the master, as if angry that he has ahold of it, the energy being so much, having it around the apprentices puts great pressure on their bodies, he then lets the wind go and it turns back to normal wind blowing through the canyon "remember that experience... that was only a slight taste.... if your bodies can't take it, then the energy will crush you and spit you out" he states to them. "follow me" he starts walking towards a cave "this will take us back to the castle where you will work on your energy training... I want you to repeat the exercise of creating a sphere with your magic, and maintaining it for as long as possible, you'll be flexing your magic muscles so to speak" he says looking back at them "if you feel a burning sensation, deep pain in your chest, head, or sudden dizziness then disperse the sphere immediately" he states "because that means your using more than your physical limit, using up all your magic, or it's unstable, this will kill you if you don't stop before it's to late" he says.

@RomanAria Bristlebane's eyes widened when the wind turned into an angry beast whose very presence was almost to much to bear and he let out a a sigh of relief when the master dispersed it. Well that explained why they were doing physical training rather scarringly. He managed to avoid groaning when he answered Anna, "Not to bad i suppose, my cheek feels fine, thank you again for that." he replied as he slowly began heading to the cave the master had indicated. They were to practice creating more spheres hmm, perhaps this time he could surpass the pebble of energy he made earlier.

Cas's eyes widened in amazement when the wind turned into a visible fighting form. She quickly headed towards the cave that was to take her back to the castle. More spheres. Fun, fun, fun! She thought sarcastically as she walked.

Unlike the others, Anna wasn't terribly amazed by the wind. It was rather what her emotions felt like, sometimes, laid raw for the whole world to look at. She was rather horrified that the master would waste so much energy in showing that. She turned to Bristlebane. "Don't mention it. I know how much it hurts to fail at things. Oh, since I didn't introduce myself before: I'm Annalyn. Most people call me Anna." Before they could get too far into the cave, Anna spoke softly to the master. "And excuse me, for asking, sir, but would it be possible for me to maybe get my clarinet back? For our free time after dinner?" Her voice had taken on a ridiculously hopeful tone. She desperately wanted her instruments back, but mostly her clarinet. She could sing, sure, but there were things that words couldn't express that music could. And her clarinet had been her first instrument, given to her when she was three and she had still been able to play it, though now it was almost too small for her hands.

@RomanAria@olcharlieboi Seeing a true smile from Anna, caused Ventus to lightly blush. "That smile...I've got it memorized." He says, tapping his temple as he speaks. He then turns to listen to what the master has to say. When he proposes the idea of being able to someday control wind, Ven's eyes lit up with interest, the image of him applying wind to his sword or as a possible barrier now on his mind. Taking the master's words to heart regarding the well-known risk of death that would come with practicing magic, he was eager to return to his magical endurance training, hoping to become even better than he had been the first time around. He walked by Anna's side, in the meantime.

The master would be leading them back to the castle, he would look at Anna "most of your possessions are in your rooms when you find them" he says "well besides your original clothes, they wont return to you until you finish training here, they will interfere with magic to much" he says. "also I didn't waste energy by showing you all what I did... Magic is a infinite substance.. we simply change it over and over to suit our needs" he states "I didn't use any of the wind's energy to show you it's physical form as energy... and I didn't waste any of my own for I just recalled it into my body, in other words I absorbed it back inside before it could disperse therefore recovering any I used" he states "Also don't think I don't know what you think or feel... this goes to all of you.. because I can read your emotions, and your minds without even having to look at you" he says. "so don't trying to get any funny business with your fellow apprentices.. Ventus" he grin and chuckles.

It was then Anna's turn to blush as Ven commented on her smile. She head-butted him in the upper arm lightly. "I should hope not; that's an awful thing to have imprinted in your mind!" She giggled when she heard that their possessions would be by their beds. "Yay! I get my clarinets back! Oh, dear, if it's been five months then I'll probably have forgotten my festival pieces! Oh well. I have my music in the box with them anyway." She did a happy dance even as they went into the cave. She very nearly swallowed her tongue when the master answered her thoughts, and even more so when he called Ven out on "funny business." It took her a minute to realize that the "funny business" was referring to... the two of them? Herself and Ventus? and... Funny business? Oh dear... Wait. What?! She rose up on tiptoe and whispered very quietly to Ventus "I can understand having your friends speak to the girls you have crushes on, but having your master tell them is almost creepy?" But she was smiling at him, a sparkle in her eyes that for once didn't come from tears. "And the feeling's mutual, you know."

@RomanAria "Nonsense! I don't think I could picture anything nicer." Ventus smiles at seeing Anna so happy to have her clarinet back, rather eager to not only see her instruments, but also hear her play someday. He's happy to as well to know about this, for this would most likely mean he would get his sword back and even a locket he had kept in the pocket of his old attire. However, Ven blinked in surprise at what the master said next regarding his emotions and thoughts, and became a bit embarrassed by the sudden revelation of how he felt towards Anna, rubbing the back of his head. However, his embarrassment quickly vanished as Anna approached him once more and confessed her mutual feelings toward him, now feeling happier than he had ever been before. "Really? No way!" He said, joyfully hugging her. "Well, it looks like I've got one more reason for fighting." He stated, smiling at Anna warmly, his cheeks flushed red.

-as jack begin's walking down the path he is shy as he is the new kid here- -jack seeks help from someone of who can guide him and tell him about this place-

@warlord297 Bristlebane looked away from the what appeared to be couple somewhat nervously. He never really understood that love stuff, he was lucky if his parents showed something more than reluctant affection. Of course neither did he understand what felt like a little worm going through his heart, it was really strange and he didn't like the feeling at all. As he looked away he noticed someone he must've not seen before and waved at him, "Hey, come on over we're about to work on more sphere training." he said to the new shy looking kid.

"O ok"-as Jack walks over the the nice person jack asks- "what is your name"-he says shyly-

@ShadowVentus @RomanAria The master would flick his hand and they would be pushed apart "like I said don't try any funny business" he says "...this is one of my main rules... Apprentices shouldn't get all close, close to each other... sure having friends is fine but starting to like each other more than that will cause trouble for your training" he states "Because your emotions will get the better of you and cause your magic to go astray" he says. @Eklispe @Warlord297 @booksmusicanime The master would then lead all the apprentices back into the courtyard where they first meet him and went through the ritual, they'd see the chimera still In it's tiny cute form, running around playing in the grass. "you'll practice your magic here, open area that's protected by my magic so you wont damage anything... besides yourselves" he tells them.

Jack says"Yes master"

"Yes Master." Cas said with a small nod.

Bristlebane grinned, somehow that little chimera puppy just made his whole day that much better. That and knowing they would get their stuff back, some of that stuff was really important to him. Now he could concentrate at the troublesome task at hand, working with his magic. During his run he had practiced only making the conduits for his magic and not actually using it. He could finally make the conduit almost effortlessly, now to test his hopefully somewhat improved skills. To his surprise he found that he replicated his earlier attempt at making a pebble sized ball of energy without very much trouble at all. Of course doing the same thing over and over again didn't really matter, doing it better did. Instead of attempting to use more magic instead he made multiple pebbles of deep purple shaped energy and "poured" them into the same space. To his delight they melded together perfectly- and then after letting it go they immediately split apart. Bristlebane experimented with this trying to figure out a way to make them stay together. Of course he could've just made a bigger sphere but at this point it was a matter of whether he could combine them or not, rather then could he get the end result.

Solomon finished his exercise - withe extreme difficulty. He slogged back, panting heavily, and looked around for The Wizard. "I . . . Ugh, have finished the . . . reccomended exercise!" he declared, before hurling all over the floor. "Apologies . . . I -pant- don't appear to be feeling so well . . ."