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First Entry is by Leila! Remember that you are all gonna vote on whose is the best! Enjoy Leila's story!
Cami stormed in in all her angry red-headed glory. She threw a patched and mud-stained robe onto Kent's head. "Put your dirty robes somewhere other than my dragon-riding trophies," she said angrily.
"You're too hung up over that stupid game!" Kent cried, annoyed.
"You don't have enough sense to like it," Cami stated haughtily, turning around to march out of the room. "Put your laundry somewhere else or I'll clobber you."
Kent threw a clod of dirt that he caused to materialize in his hand at Cami's back. "Ooh, don't you dare put that dirty robe on my precious trophy!" he cried in a mock-girly voice. "I won't get a single boy to like me if they see how messy I keep my room, so I'll blame it on poor, unsuspecting Kent!"
"Stop mocking her," Averett said, standing up and knocking his chair to the ground, his dark blue eyes flashing murderously. The murky black ink spilled all over his freshly completed essay, but he took no notice of it.
Cami gave him an annoyed look. "Get off my back, Iyer," she grumbled. "I can fight my own battles."
"And lose at them, eh?" Kent put in cheerfully.
"One more word and you're fried, Ala," Cami threatened, pointing a finger at him warningly.
"You wouldn't hurt me," he sneered. "You aren't allowed to use your powers outside of practices, are you? They say you're dangerous, but I think you're just a loose cannon."
Cami trembled with anger, her red hair crackling with energy as it did when she got angry, a warning sign for the others to buzz off or else. "Let's see just how much I care about the Homan's punishments," she said, referring to the leader of the school. "You're dead, Ala. I'm a thousand times more powerful than you, and you know it."
"I'm so scared."
"You should be," Averett said, glaring at Kent.
"Yeah, suck up to her," Kent shot back. A fissure opened up at Averett's feet, causing him to leap back while Kent smiled smugly. "We all know you have the biggest crush of all time on that girl. Weakness needs strength, eh?"
Averett shot over the quickly widening crack, knocking Kent to the floor. A blast of water that Averett was trying to shoot into Kent's ear flew out of control, hitting Cami's cheek and leaving a red welt with the force of its power.
"That's it!" she yelled, diving into the fray. Her body tingled with electricity, and when she touched the boys, they flew back instantly, hitting the wall. Averett was covered in mud and Kent was drenched from head to toe, and now they had matching bruises on the backs of their heads.
But Cami wasn't done, and she certainly had no interest in acting the peacemaker. She snapped her fingers and they flew into the air, shaking like rag dolls. "Little boys," she cooed, "why don't you come down and have a snack?"
Kent grinned and he quickly freed himself of Cami's invisible grip, flying to the floor like a magnet. "Do you have cookies?" he asked cockily. Dramatically, he waved his hand, causing a wave of earth to overpower her, knocking her to the ground and burying her from head to toe. "That's it, baby!" he crowed. "Don't mess with a-" A tidal wave came out of nowhere and drenched him from head to toe as he whipped to face his attacker.
Panting from the energy it had required, Averett regarded him with satisfaction. "Want to go jump in a lake?" he whispered, eyes narrowed. "There's a nice deep one out back."
Kent took a step back, but Averett just stepped forward, saying in a whisper that would send chills down anyone's spine, "Don't touch her again or I swear I'll drown you."
His snarl sounded like an animal's. "You wouldn't dare."
Averett's eyes flashed. "Try me." He raised his hand and Kent flew into the air, riding on another tidal wave.
The door flung open. Quela's blond hair was stuck to her forehead and her eyes were crazily wild as she regarded the scene. "Stop it."
Averett obeyed, dropping Kent to the floor, where he landed on his head. He sat up and looked at Quela, who looked as if she had come from an insane asylum.
"I'm sorry, Q-" Averett began, but she shook her head and, paler than ever, walked over to Cami and started digging her out. Gasping and choking, Cami emerged from the dirt, brown all over.
"Look who finally got a tan," Kent whispered, chuckling with mischievous glee.
Quela flashed him a look of utter contempt and Kent hung his head, embarrassed. "I'm sorry," he said quietly.
"You should be sorry," Quela said fiercely. Her eyes looked so broken, which made the threesome feel worse than ever. She looked as if she were struggling to hold back tears.
Kent walked over and wrapped his cousin up in a hug. "I really am sorry. We all are," he added, glaring pointedly at Cami and Averett, who were quick to murmur their agreement.
She pulled away from him and shook her head. "Don't." She shook her head, apparently at a loss for words. "We've been through so much together... But you're just ruining it all by fighting!" She swallowed painfully and shook her head, pressing her hands to her cheeks.
Cami looked to the other girl, biting her lip. "We shouldn't have, Q, you're right." She glared at Kent. "Maybe if he hadn't put his robes all over-"
"Maybe if you weren't so darned stuck up!" Kent yelled.
"She is not stuck up!" Averett cried indignantly.
"STOP IT!" Quela yelled, trembling with anger. The three quieted instantly, staring at her as if she had come from another planet, indeed, they had never heard her be so loud. "Stop," she said in a quieter tone. "You've got to understand. I've seen so many people fight... I saw so many awful visions of fighting... You don't know how awful it is! Apologize!"
The boys looked at each other and grudgingly shook hands, muttering their apologies. Kent turned to Cami and gave a formal apology, looking as if he sincerely regretted having to do so. Cami repeated it, eyes slightly narrowed, but mainly cowed by the sound of near-tears in Quela's voice when she had yelled. Averett and Cami did the same.
Quela nodded at them all and left the room, but something was changed. The memory of Quela's sudden anger and near-breaking was impressed among them all and none of them wanted to be the one who pushed her over the tipping point.
