Oil glanced around with a somewhat curious expression. "So this where you do Battle Training?" It was a somewhat isolated clearing surrounded by trees, about ten minutes away from the school.

"Yep." Pix said brightly. "Normally we just kind of choose who to fight with, and we do like... one fight at a time. You can go with me if you want, though- normally I go with False, Katherine or FWhip, but False is training with Lizzie, which should be interesting to see watch, Katherine's going with Joey and FWhip's fighting Joel. Although, now that there's an odd number of us, some people might have to go in a group of three... maybe Gem can go with Katherine and Joey?"

"Is it with the same person every time?" Oli asked curiously.

"Nope- apart from Scott and Jimmy, they always train together. You get to choose who to train with at the start of the day, but I think you missed that, so I'll just-" Pix produced a pen and a neatly folded piece of paper from his pocket, unfolding it and writing something quickly. "You can have a look if you want." The brunette hand the piece of paper to Oli, and his gaze flicked down the list.

Battle Training

False~Lizzie

Scott~Jimmy

Sausage~Shelby

Joey~Katherine~Gem

FWhip~Joel

Pix~ F̶a̶l̶s̶e̶  G̶e̶m̶ Oli

"I see. Are these in order, or...?" Pix nodded in response to Oli's question.

"I think False and Lizzie are starting now actually, so you can just find somewhere to sit while I go and double check the list." The brunette added.

"Why do you, like, manage everything?" Oli asked curiously.

"I'm class president. Somehow." Pix added with a laugh. "Well, have fun watching the fight- I need to go check if Gem's okay training with Joey and Katherine."

Oli waved as the brunette walked over to Gem before sitting down next to Katherine, who was talking to Shelby (a girl with brown hair who could cast spells), at the base of an oak tree as Lizzie and False (a girl with blonde hair and steampunk goggles who could manipulate metal- basically metal bending) walked into the center of the clearing.

Lizzie paused thoughtfully. "I'll be nice, you go first!" The pink haired girl declared brightly, clearly confident in her own ability.

False shrugged, stuffing her hand into her pockets and searching for a moment before producing a wrench (which the blonde had on her for some reason). She made an odd gesture with her free hand and the wrench sort of collapsed in on itself, becoming an odd metal sphere before it cracked and split into multiple arrowhead-like shards that hovered in the air.

Lizzie frowned slightly as the shards flew forwards, switching into the form of a small house cat and darting to the side before running forwards, suddenly replaced by a tiger that was longing for False. False raised one eyebrow and suddenly the metal shards joined together into a sort of clamp before falling and pinning Lizzie's wrist to the ground. The tiger was replaced by Lizzie in her somewhat-human form as the girl let out a defeated huff.

"I can't even move now! Unfair!" She complained, and False let out a laugh.

"Wow, that was quick." Oli commented, and Shelby shrugged.

"False's training sessions generally end quite quickly. Normally with her winning, unless she forgets to bring something metal with her- then her opponent normally wins." The brunette informed him as the metal clamp holding Lizzie's wrist down rearranged itself into a wrench.

The wrench hovered in the air for a moment before flying into False's outstretched hand. The blonde shoved the wrench into her pockets again before walking over and sitting down in the vacant space between Sausage and Joey. She seems cool.

Oli bit back a laugh as Lizzie got to her feet, and attempted to storm away but ended up tripping over her tail. She scrambled to her feet again, her face going red with embarrassment as she walked over and sat next to FWhip.

The training went on for about forty five minutes, and each fight was incredibly interesting (Oli also learnt that people who's powers didn't stretch to physical attacks- like Pix and Sausage, for example- got a weapon instead, although only a wooden one).

Scott and Jimmy's fight ended with Jimmy accidentally blowing up a bush, Shelby got knocked off of her feet by Sausage attempting to attack her legs with a wooden sword (odd strategy, but it worked, Oli supposed), Katherine bested Joey in her fight by temporarily blinding him with a bright burst of light hit was then defeated by Gem summoning a swarm of bees, and Joel simply flew up and sat in a tree until FWhip exhausted himself trying to get to him.

Then it was Oli and Pix's turn, and it was quite unnerving to not only have to fight in front of everyone but also having to be the last ones to finish a fight before the lesson could end.

The fight started quite simply by Pix darting forwards and attempting to land an attack in a very specific point on Oli's wooden axe, causing it to snap in half. Oli also froze up slightly and couldn't remember anything to hum, eventually settling on 'How Far We've Come' by Matchbox Twenty, unintentionally freezing everyone else there in the process. He quickly took Pix's sword off of him and walked away. The lesson was over.

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Oli glanced sideways at Pix. "Sooooo... how did you break my axe like that?" He asked curiously. "Because it, like, broke clean in half."

"Oh! That. Well, I can see when things are going to break and I can also kind of get a glimpse of how, so I used that to my advantage a little bit." The brunette explained with an awkward laugh.

"Does it work like that for the 'seeing when people die' thing?"

"Unfortunately not. Then again, maybe not that unfortunate- I don't really want to know how my friends will die. It's bad enough knowing when they will." Pix added quietly.

I'm hanging out with my girlfriend and my friend now, so byeeee :)