Demon Attack at Greenwood Magery School

"Come on Jack! We are going to be late." Fred said as Jack was frantically trying to open his locker. "I know, but all my stuff is in there." Jack replied, still trying to get it open. "Mr. Zimmerman said that if we arrive late one more time we will get an F for the day!" Fred said. Then the bell rang. "Oh great." Fred muttered under his breath. "Let's go Jack! Forget the locker!" He then said. Then he took Jack by the arm and pulled him down the hall towards their next class, Alchemy Class, in room 128.

They arrive soon after everyone else does. "Well, well, well," Mr. Zimmerman says, "Look who is here, two minutes late again!" Jack then says, "But Mr. Zimmerman, it's my locker! I just can't get it to open." Mr. Zimmerman then responded, "That's the oldest excuse in the book Mr. Jack. I'm afraid you and Fred both get an F for the day. Now take your seats." Jack and Fred sit down as quick as they can even though they are under the snickering of the other students in their class, in their usual seats, next to each other in the back of the class room.

"Okay, now back to what we were discussing before we were so rudely interrupted." Mr. Zimmerman continued. "Everyone please turn to page 256 in your Alchemy Textbooks. Today we are going to learn how to make a Strong Energy Potion.

You each have a bottle to hold your potions and some ingredients on your desks. You are to place the ingredients into the bottle and mix them well. Take 15 minutes to do that and then I will grade your work. You may begin." Mr. Zimmerman then sits down at his desk.

Fred began making his potion, which is quite easy for him, considering Alchemy is his best subject. He places the ingredients in the bottle and mixes them up. Soon the liquid inside the bottle turns a bluish color. Jack however, isn't so proficient at the task. He is immediately bewildered by the instructions. It's probably because he doesn't study; all because his books containing his notes he needed to study are in his jammed locker. He tries to look like he's working by placing ingredients into the bottle, but not mixing them. Soon the 15 minutes are up and Mr. Zimmerman rises from his chair. "Okay, class. Now it is time to grade your potions." He then walks up to the first student in the front of the class room. "Hmm, looks pretty good, you get a B+." He says. The student seems to be very pleased. Then he continues on grading the other students. Finally, he reaches Fred and Jack. "Hmm, excellent work Fred." Mr. Zimmerman says as he examines the vial, "You get an A." He then turns to Jack, "Okay Jack, let's see your potion." Jack nervously then picks up the bottle, which is empty. "Jack, have you been fooling around while working?" Mr. Z. asks. "No. That’s not true, honestly. It's just that the instructions that I need to make the potion are in my jammed locker." Jack replies Mr. Z then says, "Again with the locker tell-tale. Listen Jack, you have got to pull your act together or you may not graduate from this school." Mr. Z then says. "Yes sir." says Jack drily.

Then the bell rings. "Oh, that's the bell. See you tomorrow class!" Mr. Z says. Then all the students get's up and leaves the classroom.

"It's now time for History in room 142." says Fred. Fred and Jack then go to history class, and arrive on time. They get into their seats and their teacher, Professor Wixous, then says, "Welcome back class. Now we are going to talk about a devious creature in the history of Exile. Grah-Hoth, the haakai lord. Please turn to page 301 in your textbooks."

Everyone get's how their textbooks and opens them to the correct page. "All right, now. Grah-Hoth was an evil demonic entity from the depths below, way below. He used to rule the northwestern caverns of Exile until he was assassinated by a group of adventurers, who wielded a mighty weapon called Demonslayer. Demonslayer was a magical greatsword which does exactly what its name dictated. It was blessed so that it could do great damage to demonic beings. He was a tough and feral beast however, but we can all now live in peace for he is back where he belongs, in the underworld, deep within the bowels of the earth. If he ever comes back though, who knows what might happen. Anyway, so that's the topic of today. Please read pages 301-304 and answer questions #1-5 on page 304 for the rest of the period." Professor Wixous said. Fred and Jack then began working as well as the rest of the class. About 15 minutes later, the bell rang.

Everyone rushed out of class except Fred and Jack. They walked out of the class. Jack then turned to Fred and said, "You know about that Grah-Hoth guy?" "You mean the demon lord that we just talked about in class, the one that was loose in Exile. Sure I know about him. What about him?" Fred responded. "Well, I was wondering if that haakai can return from the netherworld and come back to the surface. You know, magically." Jack said. "Well," Fred replied, "that's impossible.

A demon can only come up to the surface if it is summoned by a wizard or priest. We learned that in our Creature class."

"Yeah, but I was just thinking, maybe Grah-Hoth or some other demon has possessed my locker." Jack said quietly."

Fred then makes a big smirk and snickered. He then said "Jack, you have been reading too many demon books, a demon cannot possibly have possessed your locker." Jack then quickly said, "Yeah, but what about that fact that I can't open my locker?!" Fred then answered, "Well, that locker obviously has some mechanical defect in it. But there is nothing demonic about it. Please get that out of your head. You are talking crazy. You may need to see a shrink." Jack then said, "No! No! No! I'm not crazy! I know what I'm talking about. In fact, when I'm near my locker, I swear I feel some malevolent presence emitting from it." Jack said. "Okay look," Fred said, "It's my lunch period now so we can go to your 'demon possessed' locker and see just what the heck is wrong with it." Jack replied, "Okay, we better be careful though." They then go down the hall over to Jack's locker. Then Fred steps up to it and suddenly he freezes in terror. "Fred, are you okay?" Jack quickly asked."

Fred then says, "Yikes! You are right! I feel some malevolence coming from your locker too. Maybe you are right. But we are too young and too unskilled to fight a demonic creature by ourselves. We better call for professional help."

Jack and Fred then go to the payphone and search through the phone book. Fred flips through the pages and says, "Let's see, Exorcism, Exorcism, Exorcism! Ah ha! Father Michael's Demonic Presence Elimination Service: 555-1850." Fred then inserts a gold piece and calls the Exorcist. "Hello?" said a shrill voice on the other line, "This is Father Michael, demon extermination specialist. How may I help you?" Fred then said, "Yes, I'm Fred Goodmann and I'm a student here at Greenwood Magery School. My friend Jack here thinks a demon possesses his locker, and when I examined it myself, I felt some evil energy emitting from it. We would like you to come check it out." Then Father Michael said, "Very well then. I'm on my way. But whatever you do, don't let that demon escape!" "He can't escape," Jack said in the background, "my locker won't open."

"Jack, shush!" said Fred, "Okay thank you." He then hung up the phone.

"The priest is on his way." Fred told Jack. After waiting about 30 minutes, he finally arrives. "Hello, I'm Father Michael, my children." He says in his shrill voice, "You called about a demon problem?" Fred then stepped up and said, "Yes sir. The demonic locker is over here. Fred and Jack take Father Michael over to Jack's locker. Then Father Michael stands by it and feels the evil presence. "Hmm, there is some kind of malevolent presence inside this locker. You children stand back, I'm going to try the Ritual of Sanctification." Father Michael said. Fred and Jack then go duck into a nearby empty classroom and peak

out at the priest doing the ritual. Father Michael raises his arms up and chants many holy words. Suddenly Jack's locker begins to glow and shake. Then as the ritual intensifies, the locker flies open and the demon himself flies out and then stands floating next to the priest. Then the demon speaks, "Mortals, you dare to attempt to repel me from my new cozy home!"

Jack then comes running out of the room, Fred then yells, "Jack! Come back!" But Jack was already standing right in front of him ready to confront him. Jack then said, "You're the demon who possessed my locker! Why did you have to possess my locker? Who are you anyway?" Jack rained on the demon with a shower of queries.

Father Michael, "Foolish boy! Get back before you get killed by this feral beast." The demon then turns to Father Michael and says, "Feral beast, you say. I’m much more than that! Take this!" Then the demon fires a white ray at the priest, he shrieks in pain. Then when the ray disappears, a stone statue is in the place of the priest. "A petrification ray; it’s a little ability I learned while down below in my original home. But this new home is much more entertaining. Ha! Ha! Oh, right, let me answer your interrogations. "The reason I possessed your locker was because it was so cozy, and my name is Grah-Hoth!" "Grah-Hoth!" The demon's voice and the name echoed through Jack and Fred's heads.

Jack then said, "You're the demon who took over part of Exile." Grah-Hoth then responds, "I see my reputation precedes me, even up here in your little realm! I could have taken over all of Exile but a group of pathetic mortal adventurers with some big fancy glowing greatsword managed to slay me and banish me back from where I once came. However, I won't be defeated twice. You and your pacifist friend are no match for me and my new and improved magic powers, and pretty soon, your whole entire world will be mine!" Grah-Hoth then lets out a big evil laugh that is followed by an evil grin.

Fred then runs out and says, "Grah-Hoth, even though we are just meager students at this mage school, we still know some magic and we will use it to the best of our abilities." Grah-Hoth's evil grin gets bigger and he says, "Ha! Like it will even scratch me! Go ahead; try to use your weak magic upon me. Trust me, it won't even hurt." Fred then casts a weak Ice Bolt spell but as it is about to hit a shield suddenly materializes around Grah-Hoth and the spell is nullified. Grah-Hoth then laughs again and says, "Fools! Don't you see what I mean! My Anti-magic Shield is also another new weapon I have to use upon you. Now get ready for the counterattack!" Grah-Hoth then suddenly glows a deep red, and launches a huge wave of fire at Fred, he manages to escape with moderate injuries. "Ah, the heat, so nice isn't it," Grah-Hoth says, "Let's make things even hotter." Grah-Hoth then slams his giant claws into the floor, and rips a huge hole into the Earth. Then he suddenly makes lava flow out of it. He surrounds himself with it. "Ha!" Grah-Hoth says, "Now my fiery fury can get even hotter. By the time I'm finished with you two, I'll have two piles of ash."

Then suddenly Professor Wixous comes walking down the hallway and sees Grah-Hoth hovering over the two boys around the lava. "A haakai! What's going on here?" Jack turns around and sees Professor Wixous. Jack then says, "Professor Wixous, this haakai is Grah-Hoth!" "Grah-Hoth?!" the professor looks at Grah-Hoth, that's impossible he was banished a long time ago." "Well, it's true! I am Grah-Hoth," Grah-Hoth yells out in a booming voice, "and now I'm more powerful than ever." The professor then says, "Well, you might say that, but good thing I know your kinds one true weakness!" Grah-Hoth says, "No, you’re not talking about-"

"Yes, Grah-Hoth, the spell Ravage Spirit." says the professor. Grah-Hoth says, "Oh no," "Oh, yes, Grah-Hoth. Now prepare to be banished!" the professor says. Then the professor shouts out some prayer, and a glowing ball of holy energy begins to form in his hands. "No! I won't be defeated twice!" Grah-Hoth shouts. Grah-Hoth then uses his new petrification ray on the professor. "Professor, watch out for his petrification ray!" Fred yells. "Not to worry, pupils. I have a Crystal Shield."

"No!" Grah-Hoth yells as the petrification ray fails to work on the professor. The professor finishes the prayer and launches the ball of holy energy straight at Grah-Hoth. "Ahhhh!" Grah-Hoth screeches with pain as he tries to resist it, but the holy energy is just too strong for him! He lands on the ground with a thud. "Yikes!" Grah-Hoth says. "There's a lot more where that came from." Professor Wixous says. Then he begins the incantation again, and the same ball of holy energy forms in his hand. He launches it at Grah-Hoth and Grah-Hoth lets out another shriek of pain. "No! This can't be!" Grah-Hoth shouts out in panic. He then throws the same fire attack at the Professor that he used on Fred earlier. "Nice try Grah-Hoth, but I'm wearing my Ring of Fire Resistance." the professor says.

"What? No! Suddenly I'm powerless before this puny mortal!" Grah-Hoth yells out in fury. "Yes, and now for the finishing blow!" the professor yells. He then chants another prayer, which makes two balls of energy appear, one in each of his hands.

He launches them both at Grah-Hoth, and then Grah-Hoth comes crashing to the ground with a big thud. "Nooooo! I've been defeated!" Grah-Hoth yells in agony. Then the professor begins to shout another incantation, and as he does it Grah-Hoth disappears! "Nooo!" Grah-Hoth shouts as the ritual banishes him to where he belongs. "Whew!" The professor says, as Fred and Jack run up to him. Fred then says, "Wow, Professor Wixous, I never knew you knew such magic. You were amazing!" "Oh, it's just something I know just in case." the professor responds.

Jack then taps Fred on the shoulder, "What?" Fred asked. "Um, should we try to revive the petrified Father Michael?" Fred said, "Oh right." The professor says, "Don't worry about that, I can do it." Then the professor shouts out another holy spell and the stone statue of Father Michael suddenly turns into the true form of Father Michael. Father Michael says, "Oh, what happened?" Fred ran up to him and said, "We defeated Grah-Hoth." "Grah-Hoth, who's Grah-Hoth?" he says in a confused sort of way. Jack said, "The demon that possessed my locker." Then Father Michael suddenly got up and said, "You defeated the mighty Grah-Hoth? Wow, not bad. But anyway, since the demon has been banished you owe me 7,500 gold pieces for my services." Then the professor walked up to Father Michaels and said, "But you didn’t do a thing, you were turned to stone throughout most of the battle." "Well, I still came here to help. I need my payment." Father Michaels said.

Jack whispered in Fred's ear, "I think we were going to be better off leaving him turned to stone." Fred giggled a little bit. Then Jack walked over to his locker and began to clean up the mess Grah-Hoth made inside and out, and pretty soon it was back to normal. Jack could even open it and close it normally. Now he will be doing well in his classes.

Father Michael then tapped the professor on his shoulder and said, "Um, my payment?" The professor than said, "Oh, just go away! Don't you have some other demon to banish?" Then Father Michael said, "I guess that means no tip?" "Beat it!" The professor said as he launched a Fireball at Father Michaels. "Ouch!" Father Michael said, "Okay, I'm going, this one is on the house!" Father Michael then left the school. Then the professor walked up to Jack who was standing next to his locker. "Well Jack, I suppose that should be the end of your jammed locker problem." He said. "It certainly is." said Fred, "It certainly is." Then Fred walked up to Jack and said,

"Sorry I didn't believe you at first about a demon possessing your locker, Jack. I just couldn't believe it myself when Grah-Hoth was the one who took it over." "It's okay Fred. At least now my locker is finally fixed, and Grah-Hoth is back where he belongs, in the underworld." Jack said. "You can say that again boys." the professor said. Then they all went to the cafeteria to finally eat their lunch, even though they only had about 10 minutes left to eat.

The End