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Nicolas arrived at the arena. "Let's see what I can do... I guess all I have to do is wait for my opponent now..." He continues to sit idly in the chair in the shadows behind the gates. His weapon, the spear that was passed down from to him by his masters at the place where he used to study. The smooth flexible hollow steel staff with a sharp tip crafted by the local blacksmith at his hometown.

His heart started to beat at a slowly increasing rate. Life around him started to seem to get tuned down. It was tuned down so much till the only thing he could hear was the sound of his breath, heart, and the small almost unnoticeable sounds of wings flapping.

Nicolas suddenly breaks out of his trance. He looks around and he sees a little light floating around him. He turns to look at the fairy. "Lilly... my little guardian angel has protected me this far... I can't let her down now!" Lilly was a fairy who one day mysteriously appeared in Nicolas's life. Her story was still unknown. Where she came from was a mystery. All he knew was that she gave him magical powers. Nicolas remembered that the reason he set out on his quest was because of her. "Now I fight for you Lilly... and you fight with me by my side".

He continues to wait for his call for the arena. He sits there silently waiting for his opponent. "Hmm... I wonder who it will be..." He said quietly under his voice.

The gentle little fairy flies down and sits upon Nicolas's shoulder. She tried to calm him down and it does sooth him a bit. She places her tiny hands close to his warm neck. She then decided to fly up to his ear and whisper words of encouragement into his ear which was almost the of her whole body. The little fairy was was small, but her magical powers were strong, although not as strong has her older sister's. The gentle fairy's name was Lilly.

"Tsk... Did he say ladies...?" Nicolas frowns in disapointment. Lilly hovers lightly over Nicolas's shoulder. Nicolas turns to look at Lilly. "I hate fighting women, but it doesn't look like I have much of a choice..." He slowly stands up from the chair and walks over to the wall where his spear rested against. He started to equip himself. He slide on armor and picked up his spear and preparing himself for battle.

Nicolas looked around the dark room. His eyes wandered all the corners where the light didn't shine well. "Rosetta!" He yelled. "Where are you?" A small squeek the side and he saw a dark violet light shine. Rosetta, the dark fairy floated onto teh scene. "I am going to need you for this one Rosetta... you and Lilly", Nicolas whispered to them. The two fairies fluttered around Nicolas with excitement. Nicolas took a deep breathe and tried to calm himself down. This was to be one of his first fights.

"Can I get someone to open this gate please?" Nicolas yelled. The dark room that they were in went silent. Shortly after, the creaks started to get louder and the gates were slowly opening. The daylight started to break though the openings of the gate.



Nicolas took a step outside into the light. He rose his arm to cover his eyes from the harsh light. He waited for a moment to wait for his eyes to adjust from the dark room to the lighted arena. He stood in front of the gate, with spear in hand. Nicolas took his final deep breathe and shouted thoguh the arena. "My name is Nicolas Valentine. I shall be your opponent today! I shall now choose my opponent." He slowly gazes over at them and looks for an opponent. 'I can't underestimate my opponent... Women or not.' Nicolas thought.

Nicolas raised his hand and decided to use the old random picking technique. He closed his eyes and let his arm fall into place. He pointed and then he started to open his eyes. "I choose you! Fight me!" When his eyes were opened, he was pointing at one of the women ((Raya)). "Are you ready to fight?"

((I picked Raya. Also, sorry... I got bored and went photoshop crazy on my guy's picture. o_o))

I shiver spiked thought Nicolas's body. "What the hell just happened...? Is that women that dragon?" His voice cracked a little. Nicolas has not spent much time on the outside world that much and where he came from, everything was new to him. He stood there and staggered a few steps back before regaining balance. It first scared him, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"I thought dragons were a myth... but I have recently been seeing a lot of odd things lately... First the fairies and now a dragon...?" Nicolas slowly tried to force himself to smile. 'I must stay strong...' he thought to himself.

Nicolas grins slightly. "This armor isn't any normal armor. It has been enchanted by magic." Nicolas thinks to himself... 'The armor also changes colors depending on what element it is trying to act as. A weak point of the armor is that physical attacks will still do damage like any other armor... It only protects me from some magic moves. Another is that it can only protect me from one element at a time... I can not take a heavy hit from that thing... It seems very monstrous. I must be light on my feet.'

He hastily steps into position. Rosetta started to cast her magic to enchant Nicolas's weapon with icy razor sharp talons making the spear almost unbreakable. "With my spear... I shall vanquish you, monster!" He rose the spear into position, ready to go on the offense.

He charges forward the dragon and start off with flurries of thrusts and slashes. 'I have to watch my back!'