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FIRE DRAGON ACADEMY

By Griffin Kutler Dodd

For Dalgo, my inspiration.

* * *

To Ima and Abba, who encouraged me to

begin writing and Zack who kept me

going!

Copyright 2012

Illustrations by: Rachel Foote

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Attic.... 4

Chapter 2: The Duels. 14

Chapter 3: Trapped..... 23

First 3 chapters preview!!

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THE ATTIC

Neo could hardly sleep. Tomorrow was hisbirthday! He was turning 10.

He was having a sleep over with his best

friend, Mel. He wondered what he was getting.

A laptop, iPod, or maybe an iPad. Neo

couldnt wait to find out! Since he couldnt

sleep, he woke Mel up and told him to follow

him to the attic. What are we looking for?

asked Mel, since they usually hunted for strange

and weird objects, which they almost always

found.

Strange things have been happening to me

since I was eight, said Neo. At 8, I could

knock people back just with my hands, and this

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year, I have been able to disarm people by

waving my hands at them. Just the other day,

my mom was wearing a shirt that said Fire

Dragon Academy, and I think that if we find a

trunk or some objects that say Fire Dragon

Academy, then we will be one step closer to

solving the case of my magic-type abilities.

Ok, lets go! said Mel. Quietly they snuck

through the house and into the garage where

they climbed the ladder into the attic. Whenthey were up in the attic, they found a wall of

crates blocking their path.

On the count of three, push. said Mel. One,

two, three!

They both dashed toward the mountain of

brown crates, but it was no use. The crates

were too heavy to push. Can you wave your

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hands at the crates and make them fly back?

asked Mel.

I think I can, replied Neo.

When Neo focused hard and waved his

hands, instead of just knocking the crates back,

they exploded and wood landed everywhere.

Watch out! shouted Mel. They both ducked,

and soon the explosion was over.

They ran past the broken slivers of wood all

over the floor (from the sharp exploded parts of

the crates), and hunted for something that said

Fire Dragon Academy. They found shrunken

heads and old clothing, but nothing that said

Fire Dragon Academy.

Then, they both saw a gleam. They saw gold.

They both ran toward the gleam. When they

found the gleam, it was only a small piece of

gold.

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They hunted for a few more minutes, and

were about to give up, but Neo saw a trunk they

missed in the corner and ran toward it. When

they got there, they saw the trunk had Fire

Dragon Academy carved on the top. They tried

to open it, but it was locked.

It had a key lock, so they couldnt open it.

Then, Mel had a brilliant idea. You can blast

the lock like you did the crates, said Mel. Neo

focused hard on the lock, waved his hands, and

then watched the lock go flying in the air and

land on one of the unbroken boards.

They both tried to lift the trunk lid again but it

was too heavy. Then, Neo waved his hands at

the trunk and focused on knocking it back.

When he closed his eyes and opened them

again, he saw the trunk lid, open. Way to go!

said Mel.

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They saw a few interesting objects, a stick

with sparks coming out of it, a broom that looked

like it could fly, and a box which Neo slowly

opened.

When he looked in the box, he saw a green

and blue spiral and got sucked in with Mel.

They landed in front of a really tall building.

When they looked up, they saw a sign that said

Fire Dragon Academy, and giant doors. They

saw handles nowhere, so Neo tried to knock the

doors open, and even tried to blow them up, but

nothing worked. I think I can blast a hole in the

wall, said Neo. So they ran to the other side of

the academy, and Neo blasted a hole in the walland they walked in.

There were jars full of what looked like blood

and eyes, and a bunch of boxes piled up on one

side of the room. Then, they both saw a flash of

red light and they were stuck to the wall.

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Who are you! shouted a man.

Neo Ryse, I shouted. And this is my friend

Mel.

Do you work for Lord Dalgo? the man asked,

Forget it, Ill use truth serum on you. And he

put this strange liquid in our mouths and asked

again Do you work for Lord Dalgo?

No! we both said. Then the man said I am so

sorry. Lord Dalgo and his men often appear atthe school causing problems and I thought you

worked for him.

My name is Reggie Faithful, said the tall

man with a scarred face said.

Who is Lord Dalgo? asked Neo.

Lord Dalgo is an evil wizard who wants to

take over Fire Dragon Academy, and use the

power of its students magic. answered Reggie.

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The Fire Dragon Academy can use your help to

stop him, Neo. You need training, and a wizard

duel is a good way to practice magic.

I dont know magic, said Mel.

No matter, I have trainer wands, replied

Reggie. And you will need a real wand Neo. Ihave a collection of them over by the wall. Pick

the box that stands out to you it will contain

the wand. And Mel, I have a few by the boxes.

Anyway, if you guys are confused right now, I

can explain.

Can you explain, asked Neo? Ok, let me start

at the beginning. Reggie said.

Fire Dragon Academy teaches magic to

young wizards, where they learn magical ways.

When they are 11, they leave the academy and

do magic on their own in the wizard world. The

wizard world is where you are right now. You

probably came through a magic box. Every

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wizard gets a magic box, a pilsu, when they turn

10, and they use it to travel between the two

worlds. Since you probably dont have another

pilsu, you can use mine.

Neo, cast any spell in the pilsu to make the

portal go to the right place, and jump in. The

wizard world is a world where everyone uses

magic. Mel, you get a training wand because

you arent a wizard. It has magic inside it. Neo,

you get a real wand because you have magicinside you. Lord Dalgo is the ultimate bad

wizard.

He wants the Fire Dragon Academy so he can

make it a training place for himself. And, he

wants to kill every wizard in the wizard world

and use his or her power.

Anyway, I was expecting you Neo, said

Reggie. I just didnt know when.

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How did you know I was coming? asked

Neo. I have a magic crystal ball that sees the

future, said Reggie. My crystal ball tells me

that you will have a battle with Lord Dalgo. I

suggested a wizard duel so you can practice

magic and train for the upcoming battle.

Here, let me free you both so we can have a

wizard duel. It will start when you have your

wands.

Reggie waved his wand in the air and Neo

and Mel fell from the wall. Neo went over to the

wall and chose the case that was bright yellow,

and he opened it. He saw a brown wand inside

that had squiggles all over and a carved handle.

He picked the wand up and a bright light was

emitted from it and all the other wand cases

exploded and the wands from the exploded

cases magically flew back to the wall where the

different color cases were rebuilt with different

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colors. Mel chose from the trainer wands and

selected a red one with spirals on it.

One, two, three, wizard duel, shouted

Reggie.

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! ! ! THE DUELS

The wizard duel started out with Reggieblasting a red burst of light at Mel, who launcheda force field and deflected the spell. Reggie

dived to avoid Mels force field when Neo blew

up the crates and trapped Reggie with the

shattered pieces. Reggie shot a green beam of

light at the shattered pieces making an escape

hole. Neo heard Reggie say Hocus pocus try

to focus, halt now or go pow when he froze

Mel, so Neo said the spell Reggie said under his

breath and froze Reggie. Then, Mel and Reggie

unfroze and congratulated Neo. Reggie now

explained that he fended off Mel first since hisforce field could make any spell backfire.

How did we know all those spells? Mel and

Neo asked at the same time.

I placed a charm on you when I let you off thewall. The charm that gives you the ability to cast

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hundreds of basic spells will wear off in a few

minutes.

You both did great, especially since it was your

first wizard duel. Reggie explained.

Neo, how did you know how to freeze me?

Reggie asked.I heard you mumble it when you froze Mel.

Neo said.

Oh. Reggie said.

Then, they heard something. Reggie opened

the office door to try to figure out what was

going on and Neo and Mel saw a rainbow of

colors and energy zipping through the air.

Reggies heart was racing when he steppedoutside and saw Lord Dalgo, so he quickly ran

back into the office and used a levitating charm

to move everything in front of the door and used

a spell to magically lock the door.

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Neo and Mel, you have to get out of here.

You are not ready to battle Lord Dalgo.

I want to help, said Neo. If you want to help,

you should cast a force field. Just say Hocus

pocus try to focus, seal without a delay and

throw the key away. Then, Reggie waived his

wand and everything magically moved away

from the door with a great swish and the door

unlocked and flung open.

Neo said Hocus pocus try to focus, seal

without a delay and throw the key away and a

powerful force field came out of Neos wand and

flooded out the door. With a flick of his wand,

Reggie closed the door, and all the furniture flew

back in front of the door and the force field

stopped.

Explosions could be heard followed by

screams. They knew instantly that Lord Dalgo

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was ready to pounce on them like a cat hunting

a mouse. They didnt dare open the door. What

do we do now? Neo asked as he quivered in

pure shock and fear.

I really dont know what you can do here, but

you might want to go back home so yourparents dont worry. Five minutes in the wizard

world is an hour in the real world. You left last

night, and so in the real world it is 7 A.M. What

time are you supposed to leave your room?

7:15. said Neo.

Then you two better go, now.

Ok! Neo and Mel both shouted because they

were already across the room.

Wait! shouted Reggie. It was too late

though, because they had already jumped into

the portal.

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Reggie was going to remind Neo to cast a

spell into the pilsu, but they had jumped in.

They would end up in the Alchemy for Wizards

and Witches class that he sometimes taught.

Reggie ran over to the pilsuand leaped in after

them. They couldnt be seen by anyone, so he

had to be quick to get them home. When

Reggie landed in the Alchemy class, he saw the

classroom destroyed, with Neo and Mel

standing at the head of the room.

Instantly, he knew during the class, Lord

Dalgo must have attacked the classroom

because of the broken glass on the floor, the

same glass they stored potions in. The class

must have tried to fend off Lord Dalgo and his

followers with potions. Neo and Mel, you are

lucky that no one saw you. You would have

been toast. Everyone would have attacked you

with potions.

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How come potions, and how come we are

here? asked Neo.

This is Alchemy class, and you are here

because you forgot to cast a spell into the pilsu.

This is where I set it to go because I sometimes

teach this class when the regular teacher is ill.

Sorry, I forgot to cast a spell into the pilsu.

Neo said.

Its ok; just hop back in and make sure to

cast your spell so you two can go home! You

have to go right now. It is 7:10. I will stay tomake sure that everyone from the Alchemy

class is safe.

So they ran to the pilsu and Neo cast the

freezing spell in the box, which then made the

box start spinning faster and Neo and Mel were

sucked in, in the nick of time. It was 7:14.

They climbed down the attic ladder and ran

back to Neos room to change into pajamas.

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They headed to the living room, where they sat

on the brown leather couch and watched

cartoons until it was 8:30. Then, with Neos

parents, they opened his birthday presents. The

first present was from Mel and it was a lego set,

which he loved. The second gift was from Neos

grandparents; an iPad. Neo was so excited he

almost passed out. He had always wanted an

iPad! He was confused because he didnt get a

present from his parents; instead they said it

was breakfast time.

After breakfast, Neos mom and dad took Neo

and Mel to the attic to get his gift. Neos mom

and dad were shocked when they saw all of the

exploded boxes.

Neo shouted, I have a mission to do, and I

will stop at nothing to do it.

He carefully ran over to the trunk and with his

mind, knocked it open. Neo and Mel jumped in

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and closed the box top behind them,

accidentally snagging an old t-shirt pulling the

key to the lock with it.

Back through the portal, they raced back to

Fire Dragon Academy and entered through the

big hole they had made earlier. Reggie waswaiting for them.

Guys, time to learn some important spells.

First is the blackout spell. Just say Hocus

pocus try to focus, dont fight me with all your

might or go out like a light. Next is the drowning

spell, which creates a massive amount of water.

Just say Hocus pocus try to focus, go to the

deep sea or look at me. Last spell I will teachyou is the fire spell. Just say Hocus pocus try to

focus, play this game or be surrounded by

flame.

We should have another wizard duel. I will

Reggie didnt get to finish because the door to

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his office burst open and one of Lord Dalgos

followers came in. They all ran for cover, and

Neo cast the full body bind spell, which he cast

because he was scared, at the follower, and it

worked. Reggie stepped in and cast the fire

spell at the follower who instantly burnt up while

Mel cast the water spell, also freaking out, and

put out the fire quickly and covered the entrance

with water.

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! ! ! ! TRAPPED

! Once the follower was dead, theydecided they had to take action. They almost

didnt make it, so they decided they had to helpReggie protect his office. They first all cast the

force field spell, together they chanted Hocus

pocus try to focus, seal without a delay and

throw the key away - the three force fields

joined to create a giant protection field thatspread to every corner of the office.

What do we do now? asked Neo.

Jump in the pilsu again, no need to cast a

spell, the portal is already open. Reggie said.

Neo and Mel jumped into the box. They thought

they would land home, but they didnt. They hit

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the closed trunk top and got pushed back into

Reggies office.

Why are you still here? Reggie asked.

We hit the closed trunk top and got pushed

back to your office. Neo said.

Did you close the trunk top when you jumped in

the portal at home, because it would be closed

forever. asked Reggie.

Yes, we did. Neo answered.

Well, the only way to get home is to use Lord

Dalgos wand to open a portal because it is a

more powerful portal since he is a dark wizard

which makes his wand stronger. You need to

find his pilsuand cast a spell in it.

Then, using Lord Dalgos wand, blast the

trunk lid open. You have to find Lord Dalgos

pilsu because that is the only portal his wand

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will work in. The only way to get Lord Dalgos

wand is to steal it or defeat him. Reggie said.

And if you are going to fight Lord Dalgo, you

will need even more training. I have a training

room I can take you to. We should spend time

in the training room in order to practice the

spells, make potions, and come up with

weapons combining all of magics power in

order to defeat Lord Dalgo.

Reggie waved his wand and then tapped it on

the floor and a secret passageway opened up.

They all stepped inside. The room was very

dark, and using all the dim light that filtered into

the room, they looked around. They saw a ton

off glass containers with all sorts of things in

them, and there was a glass door to the left with

a bunch of crates. That room to the left is the

training room. The crates are to explode, burn,

and just plain destroy in every way. Reggieexplained. The jars contain potion ingredients.

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Ahead is the enchanting chamber. It has many

books with magic spells, and enchanting wands

and objects that will make your enchantments

stronger. We will go to the potion lab first, which

is just past the potion ingredients.

Reggie led them to the potion lab, where hepulled a sheet of paper out of a blue folder

hiding under the potion lab table. When Neo

read the paper, he looked confused.

It said The Exploding Potion. Ingredients: 5

eyes of newts, 2 hairs of a Choctowian, 15

bones of a skeleton, and 2 hairs of a unicorn.

What is a Choctowian? Neo asked at the

same time as Mel.

A Choctowian is a type of wizard world

chicken that has hair instead of feathers. It has

3 eyes and triangle feet. It is super vicious and

fast. Good thing I have a ton of Choctowian

hairs. You just need to find the bottles as part of

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your training. To make it harder, each bottle

only contains one of the object. Reggie said.

Neo and Mel started immediately, not wasting

any time.

The 5 eyes of newts were easy to find, they

found all 5 within a minute. They were so easyto find because there was bright yellow labels

on them, so all they had to do was run to a

yellow label and it was an eye of newt.

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The other ingredients were very hard to find.

The unicorn hairs were behind countless bottles,

and so were the bones. The hardest to find

were the hairs of a Choctowian, and they almost

gave up. They started heading towards Reggie

to tell him that they gave up finding the hairs of

a Choctowian, when Mel tripped on something.

What was that? asked Mel.

You tripped on a glass bottle, answered Neo.

When they looked at the label, they jumped with

joy. It was a hair of a Choctowian. They looked

around where Mel tripped and saw another

glass bottle. It was another hair of a

Choctowian! They ran over to Reggie andhanded him all of the bottles.

Good job guys! said Reggie. Now, it is time

to mix the potion. Come with me over to the

cauldron, and I will show you how to mix this

potion.

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Reggie led them over by the wall and he

snapped his fingers. A table with a cauldron

appeared out of nowhere. Now, open all the

bottles and set them on the table. So, Neo and

Mel opened all of the bottles and set them on

the table. First, put in 1 bone, crushed up.Crush it up by hand. So with a lot of

squeezing, they crushed the bone and put it in

the cauldron. Next, put in all the eyes of the

newts and the rest of the bones, whole. So

Neo and Mel dumped all of the eyes and bones

into the cauldron. Now, put the unicorn hairs in

the cauldron and mix. After they dumped the

hairs in, they mixed it with a spoon sitting on the

table also. Last, put the Choctowian hairs and

some water and mix.

Go over to the potion ingredients and look for

blue labels. That is water. Neo and Mel ran

over to the potion ingredients and got a bottle of

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water and ran back. They then added the hairs

then the water and mixed. The potion turned

green and red and started bubbling. Then, it

made exploding noises. Use some of your

glass bottles and bottle the potion. Be careful, if

it touches you, you can say goodbye to skin.

Use the spoon. When Mel picked up the

spoon, it immediately disappeared. Was that

part of the training too? asked Mel in an

annoyed tone. Yes, it was, answered Reggie.

Spoons are in the training room. Go get one.Fine! answered Neo.

Mel and Neo sprinted to the training lab.

When they opened the glass door, they heard

explosions. Duck! shouted Neo, but it was too

late. Part of the ceiling exploded, separating

Neo and Mel.

As Neo was digging his way towards Mel,

someone attacked him. Neo didnt know what

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to do. He shouted Hocus pocus try to focus,

halt now or go pow and froze the enemy. Neo

ran over to the enemy and examined him. It

was another of Lord Dalgos followers. Neo

could tell because he was dressed in black with

a long flowing robe. Help! Mel shouted. Mel

was being attacked by the same person who

had attacked Neo minutes earlier. He must of

unfroze, thought Neo.

Hocus pocus try to focus, play this game or

be surrounded by flame shouted Neo. The fire

did the trick. The follower burned up, then Neo

shouted Hocus pocus try to focus, go to the

deep sea or look at me and put out the fire.

Thanks a lot! said Mel. No problem.

replied Neo. Now, time to find those spoons.

After a few minutes of searching, they found the

spoons, hiding under some crates. They ran

back to Reggie and told him that they had killed

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one of Lord Dalgos followers. Great job!

Reggie said. Did you get a spoon? Yes, we

got a spoon, answered Mel. Now, bottle the

potion very carefully and it will be almost

complete. Said Reggie. Almost complete?

asked Neo. What do you mean? I mean that

after you bottle the potion, you will have to cast

a magic spell. Neo and Mel bottled without

getting potion on them and capped the bottles.

Here is the spell. Reggie said.

Say: Hocus pocus try to focus mix this right or

youll feel the bite!

Hocus pocus try to focus mix this NOW or youll

feel the bite!

Repeated Neo and Mel.

Guys, you said it wrong.

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Shouted Reggie, but it was too late. The

potions exploded and everyone took cover.

Once they were a safe distance away from the

potions, Reggie said You said now, that meant

explode as soon as you were done. Oh. said

Neo. That is why they exploded. Thankfully,

you didnt bottle all of it, so you still have more.

Bottle the rest and then cast the spell again.

Just dont say now. Reggie said. Mel bottled it

while Neo mumbled the spell.

Complete. said Neo and Mel at the same time.

Now, go to the training lab and try one out

each. After all, you have 50 of them. You use

them by opening the top and tossing a little bit ofthe liquid. For much more powerful results,

throw the potion at your target and the whole

glass bottle will smash, taking out more potion

and creating a super powerful explosions. This

method is good for long range and short range

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because it can go farther and is more accurate

and can be used in rapid fire.

Neo went first and Mel after Neo into the

training lab. Lets go to opposite sides of the

crate volcano and smash our potion on top of

the crates to practice aim and see how much ofit explodes. Neo shouted over the noise of

Reggie repairing over in the potion lab.

One, two, shoot! shouted Mel.

They both react within a second, throwing

their potions to the top of the crates, where they

exploded with such force that all of the crates

exploded and so did the ceiling, making it rain

crate and ceiling pieces. Wow! shouted Neo.

We will have to get Reggie to repair this mess.

They ran to Reggie at lightning speed.

Reggie! said Neo after he got his breath back.

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Can you repair the training room? Everything

kind of fell apart. Sure! replied Reggie. I

was kind of expecting you to ask that. As you

can see, the Exploding Potion is super strong. It

is so strong because you added Eyes of Newts,

which will make any potions effects 50X

stronger.

Reggie then waved his wand in the air and

they all teleported into the training lab. How did

you teleport us here? asked Mel as Reggie was

repairing the training lab. As soon as Reggie

finished repairing, he explained. I used a

complex teleporting spell that only works short

range. I didnt want to tire you two out again, so

as a special treat I thought I would teleport us

here. Now, the only thing left to do in the

training lab is to enchant your wands.

Every wizard has a strong suit in magic, and

that is what you will enchant your wand with. I

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need to find out what Neos strong suit is and tell

you what you have to say to enchant your wand.

Mel, since you are not a wizard and are only

using a training wand you will have to sit this

one out! I will use all of my magic, and what you

defeat me with is your special strength.

The wizard duel began with Neo knocking

Reggie up against the wall with a beam of white

light. Next, with a flash, Reggie was stunned.

Neo had cast a spell that froze him. In a few

minutes the spell wore off. Wow! Reggie

commented. You have very strong battle

spells! That is your strong suit. Cool! said

Neo. That is really epic. What is your strong

suit Reggie? asked Neo. My strong suit is

elemental spells, answered Reggie.

Neo, follow me. We are going to the

enchanting chamber. I will take Mel with us.

The enchanting chamber was a huge, red

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chamber with a bookshelf smack in the middle.

The room was warm and humid. When they

approached the bookshelf, the books fluttered in

the air and the bookshelf transformed into a

table. In the middle of the table, a slot about the

size of their wands appeared. Neo and Mel,

this is the enchanting chamber. Another part of

the training for Neo will be to find a book with his

strong suit in it, find the correct spell, and put

your wand in the slot and chant the magic words

you find in the book. This is going to takeforever! groaned Mel. Your hint is: Look where

it started and where it ended. whispered

Reggie. What does that mean? started to ask

Mel, but Reggie was already gone.

I think I know what it means. Neo said. We

started at the potion lab and our last stop was

here. I am thinking we only have to look at the

books in the enchanting chamber and potion labsections. We can eliminate looking at the

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training lab books. Mel, you find all of the potion

books and I will find all of the training lab

books. Ok, replied Mel. After Mel agreed,

they split up.

I found something! Shouted Neo. They both

ran to the table, where Neo presented the book.Neos book titled Battleus Contratus flipped

open and all the words on that page

disappeared except for two. It read;

PAGE 219

So Neo flipped to page 219 and it read

PAGE 9

When Neo got to page 9, the enchanting

spelled appeared. Neo took out his wand and

placed it into the slot in the table. Nervously he

chanted at the top of his lungs;

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Hocus Pocus try to foucs, Neo look here or

youll disappear. Thatll battle for your life!

All of a sudden, Neos wand began to glow.

Wow! said Neo. Suddenly, the air began to

move and a dark figure appeared. Neos wand

tip lit up and he was pulled toward the figure.The figure started flying, and so did Neo and

Mel.

After a few minutes, the mysterious figure

stopped flying, and quickly Neo and Mel fell to

the ground. The figure came blasting towards

Neo and Mel. They quickly took action, Mel

made a huge force field while Neo froze the

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mysterious figure mid-air. The figure fell right

onto Mels force field and got shocked! Luckily

Mels force field wasnt very strong and the

figure was only temporarily shocked.

MORE TO COME SHORTLY!!!

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APPENDIX of SPELLS

Force Field - Hocus pocus try to focus,seal without a delay and throw the key away.

Freeze - Hocus pocus try to focus, halt now

or go pow

Blackout - Hocus pocus try to focus, dontfight me with all your might or go out like a light

Drowning - Hocus pocus try to focus, go tothe deep sea or look at me

Fire - Hocus pocus try to focus, play this gameor be surrounded by flame

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About the Author

Fire Dragon Academy is Griffin Kutler

Dodd's first novel. He

wrote it during

NaNoWriMo 2012

when he was eight-

years-old.

Griffin is home

schooled and during his free time likes to

rock climb, play Magic the Gathering, and

Skype with friends. He also loves to

program on his laptop and read magic

and fantasy books.

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