Snippet #6631

Gabriella was still confused about her meeting with the elf, but she put it behind her and made her way to the arena. Before she stepped on to the field she made sure that her mask was on tight and her hair was pitch black. As she heard the words, Katrina Yuned, Brina Callon prepare for battle!, her stomach turned. It wasnt that she was scared she would loose the battle, she had never been the center of so many people in a disguise. She walked out in her red leather armor and lifted her hands up in the air, the crown cheered loudly.

Her opponent appeared atop one of the large boulders in a puff of black smoke. She stood arms crossed with her hair in a tight bun, a smile crossed over her face as she saw that Gabriella was not carrying any weapons. Gabby grinned back at her knowing that most people would underestimate an opponent with out a weapon, but she had no need for one.

Brina eyed Gabriella for a few moments before disappearing in a cloud of black smoke, suddenly the similar clouds appeared around Gabriella sporadically in no specific pattern. Finally a final cloud of smoke appeared directly behind Gabriella and this time Brina was inside it and quickly lunged aiming her katana for the mage's back. As the smoke clouds started appearing Gabby quickly put a two inch wall of ice completely around herself, and turned in time to watch as Brina's katana got stuck in the ice wall. She then let all the wall melt except for where the sword was stuck. Gabriella stepped back and used the melted water to send a large wave at Brina.

The wall of water violently slammed Brina in to the sandy floor of the arena. As she began to stand back up she vanished once more reappearing on a large boulder in front of Gabriella. Suddenly a second Brina appeared on a boulder to Gabriella's right and a third one to her left. Of course only one was the real Brina but Gabriella didn't know which one. All three jumped down from the rocks and charged Gabriella. One aimed a high kick to her face, another a low sweep to her legs and the third a straight kick to her chest.

Gabby quickly formed a ice shield on her arm and ducked down low. The one that had kicked at her face went completely over top of her and the one that was aimed at her chest was deflected by the shield. Gabriella then sent a ice bolt at the leg that was attempting to sweep out her own legs but when it hit the fighter disappeared. Gabriella stood up and was face to face with the remaining two, she kept the shield on her arm and sent an ice bolt at each of them.

One of the ice bolts seemingly connected with Brina, but it was one of the illusions. As the ice bolt zoomed towards the real one she did a back flip kicking the ice bolt upwards. As she landed on her feet she caught the ice bolt in her hands and twirled it between her fingers for a moment before crushing it in her palm. Smoke enveloped Brina and she disappeared. There was no sign of her for a solid three minutes and the announcer had actually stood up to declare Gabriella the winner. However in that final moment she appeared directly behind Gabriella and grabbed her from behind holding a dagger to her throat and prepared to cut it open.

Brina smiled thinking that the victory was hers, but the smile soon turned in to a look of fear as her whole body became frozen in place. Because Brina had been so close, Gabby had been able to encase her body completely in ice. She easily slipped out of Brina's now frozen grasp, and took a bow as the crowd cheered on and she was announced as the winner. She lightly touched her face to make sure the mask was still there, and once she was assured that it was she defrosted Brina and made her out of the arena quickly.