I Am Totally a Real-Life Wizard (Not Clickbait, I Swear!)

"Are all of your arrows named after shades of purple?" Vendetta laughed as Lavender sped past their ear and back into their quiver.

Dusk blushed a dark wine. "Maybe. Anyways, next up is Mulberry!"

"Muuuuulllllberrrrry!"

A reddish-purple arrow whizzed past the group and back again, zooming so quickly it was just a mulberry blur.

Dusk hummed. "Mulberry, our little daredevil. They're the fighter of the quiver."

"Oh, yes." Dawn hummed.

"Next up, we've got Indigo!"

"Iiiiinnnndigooooo!!" Dawn glowed yellow as a bluish-purple arrow floated out of the quiver.

The arrow wobbled in the air for a moment, and Valeri frowned. "Can arrows get drunk?"

Dusk laughed. "No, but Indigo's power is making people feel clumsy and off-balance! It's quite useful in battle."

"Next up is Heather!"

"Hhhheeaatherrr!"

Another arrow shot out of the quiver, bouncing merrily around the room.

"Heather can control water."

Heather pointed in the air, shooting a small stream of water from their arrowhead.

"Ooh, that's actually pretty cool." Valeri watched as Heather bounced back to its quiver.

Dusk bobbed in the air and said, "And then, last and least, we have Grape."

"...Grape!" Dawn flickered halfheartedly, but no arrow appeared.

Dusk hummed. "Come on, Grape, show these humans what you can do." Dusk's quiver trembled slightly. "Oh, it's fine, they won't make fun of you!"

Slowly, a grape-purple arrow floated out of the quiver. "This is Grape," Dusk announced. "They... don't really have special powers." Grape wobbled sadly.

"I-it's okay though! Grape's still a very nice arrow." Dawn glowed a comforting orange.

Vendetta hummed sympathetically. “Grape’s not least, Dusk. Don’t be mean. They don’t need special powers to be useful.” They held out their hands. “Come here.”

Grape floated towards Vendetta and gently settled on their hands.

Vendetta smiled. “I think you’re a very special arrow.”

Grape vibrated happily and glowed a deeper purple.

"That's right! Grape's still a wonderful floating, glowing arrow, even if they don't have additional powers." Dawn hummed.

"Speaking of additional powers... do Vendetta and I get anything special?"

Dusk hummed. “Well, magic users have a special signature which allows them to unlock a special ability unique to them.”

Vendetta grinned. “That would be so cool!”

"What kinds of abilities are there?"

"Well, there's the typical elemental ones like fire or wind... But most times, these abilities are more unique. For example, changing your age, or being able to sing so badly it makes people around you go deaf..."

Vendetta cringed. “I really hope I don’t have that last one.”

Dusk patted them affectionately. “Don’t worry. We won’t love you any less if you do.”

"Yep... Though I'd probably wear earplugs anytime I'm around you." Valeri laughed and elbowed Vendetta playfully. "Okay, but how do we unlock these abilities?"

“I think I can help with that.”

Khalil leaned against the doorway, a slight smile on his face.

Vendetta flinched. “Oh, uh, Mr. Khalil-“

He laughed. “Relax. I knew you weren’t going to read much of the tomes. You’re not in trouble.”

"Haha, phew." Valeri pushed the blue book back onto the stack with a sigh of relief.

"But as for the special abilities... well, Cody and I were talking, and we thought it'd be good to travel a bit."

"Why?"

Khalil sighed. "Well, this area's becoming rather unsafe for Cody as Josephinzo's lies spread."

Cody entered the room as well and grimaced. "I'm not a fan of having to clean rotten fruit off my clothes every time I go to the grocery store."

Vendetta frowned. “That’s awful! How could he-“ They groaned.

Khalil nodded. “I know, I’d love to hit him with a car myself. But, it’s good to take a step back. It’ll give you the focus you need to unlock your signature.”

Suddenly Cody grinned. "That's why it's... road trip time!" He flashed a thumbs-up at the siblings.

"Road... trip...? To where?"

Dusk gasped. “Can we go to the beach?”

Khalil smiled. “Yeah, of course. We wanted you all to pick where to go. This is your opportunity to find yourself. What would be best for you?”