Daniel suppressed a groan when Ronnie and Reggie Cray stepped out of the shadows up ahead of them on the walkway. Jasmine took a step toward them and in front of Daniel. Daniel activated his pocket pussy and Jasmine's pussy ball.
“What do you two asshats want?" demanded Jasmine, her voice low and vibrating. Her ass cheeks clenched when the ball in her pussy started vibrating like crazy.
"We want you out of the Academy! Witches should never be suffered!
You are all evil!"
Daniel snorted; he couldn't help himself. These two idiot brothers were beyond stupid to him. He couldn't understand their hatred. And he still didn't know who kept siccing them on him and the ladies.
"Listen, guys. It's late. We've been through this before. Just leave us alone, okay?”
Ronnie and Reggie exchanged a glance and then their expressions hardened. "Not gonna happen," sneered Ronnie.
"Did you just sneer?" asked an incredulous Jasmine.
"One trumped up spell caster, one evil witch. No circle this time, assholes. This time we take you down. Permanently."
Daniel eyed the two of them carefully. He didn't know what spells they knew and even less about how to counter magic. “Who are you guys working for? Gwydion is gone from the school, now. Sent to evil witch prison or something."
“That bitch? She fled. Left the school. Headed to the Wilds. We would never work for a witch, you fucktard. No one works for witches.
People who do die badly." Ronnie grinned at his last words, trying for something dark and sinister, but only achieving an idiotic look instead.
Daniel sighed and cast the shield spell. It appeared as strong as ever, and the two spell casters looked surprised. Amber had once told them they needed at least three witches of a circle to cast spells at strength. With it only being Jasmine and him, Daniel had not expected the full shield appearing. He knew without looking that Amy and, through Amy, Amber, were still feeding him and Jasmine, despite not being present. That was surprising. Daniel grinned.
They growled and starting casting. Daniel grabbed Jasmine, lifted her, and placed her behind him. She cursed and danced away and took a position behind him and to the right.
Ronnie and Reggie both cast fireballs. Their spheres were small, blazing balls of fire, swirling and spinning, poised above their hands. Then they threw them at Daniel, the fire flickering and exposing the sweat beading on their faces and painting them in reds and oranges.
Daniel felt no fear from the fire. Strangely, he felt a resonance.
The fire called to him. He watched as the balls expanded rapidly and flew unerringly toward him. When they struck the shield, it sizzled and sparked, and then the fireballs careened wildly away to the side of the Courtyard.
Daniel watched the balls of fire expand as they crossed twenty feet of lawn and then strike a small grove of trees. The fire instantly turned the sap into steam and the trees exploded, sending huge shards of splintered wood over the area. Several shards flew toward them, and Jasmine muttered something, and a white wall of energy appeared inside their shield but between the explosion and Daniel and her.
Daniel felt a small tug on his magic when Jasmine cast her spell.
The splinters penetrated Daniel's shield with ease, and he braced for the pain, but, as he watched, they bounced harmlessly off Jasmine's shield. He felt more energy flow from him to Jasmine.
Daniel heard the spell casters cry out and saw they had been pierced by a few splinters. They tore at what was embedded in their faces and bodies. They had stopped paying attention to Daniel.
He smiled and thought about sending a cone of ice at them. He still remembered the spell. The words were right at the tip of his tongue.
He opened his mouth to cast the spell when an immense pressure fell on the area. It felt like a massive weight was pressing down on him, and Daniel was bent over by the strain. Jasmine gasped and fell beside him to the ground. Their shield sputtered when Daniel could no longer focus on it.
It disappeared with a pop of displaced air.