Chapter 8: Master Duelist

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"Edwin what are you wearing, just look at you. These clothes don't look good on you at all, they are double your size. We need to go shopping tomorrow". I shuddered at that thought, last time we went shopping she spent half the day buying clothes. I will surely die if I go with her shopping next time.

I went upstairs and got dressed into a black leathered duster coat with a white shirt and black pants and boots, aunt had an approving look on her face after seeing me. We were going to floo to my aunt's brother's house and then leave for the competition after picking up aunt's sister-in-law, I am eagerly waiting for the matches. I can't wait to see the action, apparently, the dueling competition is going to be international, so I expect there are going to be a lot of foreign strong wizards. The competition is going to be tough from what I can hear, there are going to be 4 players in each bracket, only 1 player is going to advance. A total of 8 players are going to fight for the cup.

"Edwin listen carefully, take the floo, and throw it in the chimney. Also, remember to pronounce 'Akello residence' properly, otherwise, your body parts might not reach with you or you might end up in a forest ALONE", ok, I definitely did not think this would be dangerous, as I was rethinking whether I should floo their or not aunt smacked uncles head and said, "Shut up, dear. Edwin no such thing will happen to you. Your uncle is just messing with you. All you need to do is say the name clearly and throw the powder in the flame that's it". "Pffft, ha ha ha, you should have seen your face Ed, it looked hilarious it was like you were imagining what it would be like to have misplaced body parts". "HONEY, I THINK YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR MOUTH UNLESS YOU WANT TO SLEEP ON THE COUCH TONIGHT", said aunt in the coldest voice I have ever heard her say. It ran a chill down our spine, uncle soon apologized profusely so that he does not have to sleep on the couch tonight. Aunt soon left leaving a greaving uncle in front of him. I smirked at him and said, "Akello residence" and threw the floo in the fire.

It is a strange feeling, even though I have flooed a couple of times, I still can't get used to the feeling. It's like my whole body is being pulled abruptly and thrown without a warning. Uncle arrived shortly after I arrived, he looked depressed, heh nice he deserves it for scaring me. I ignored him and went to greet my 'new' aunt. "Edwin come here, come and meet your aunt", I went to where the sound was probably coming from and saw aunt standing with a woman. "Afia meet my cute nephew, Edwin. He is a genius and he recently unlocked.....", boy this is so embarrassing, she kept talking about me for some time and finally decided to stop. I just wanted to hide under a rock. "hello there Edwin, nice to meet you. I am your aunt Afia", "hello aunt Afia. Thank you for inviting us today", "You can just call me Afia, Edwin. No need for formalities", I just nodded and decided to follow them. They went into the dining room and started serving tea. "What would you like to drink Edwin?", I thought for a moment and asked for a cup of coffee.

"Adroa, come downstairs. How long does it take to dress up, we are running late". "Coming mom", I heard a voice coming from the stairs. As I turned my head I saw a boy with a similar height to mine with dark black hair and light brown skin. He looked lean and kind of looked more like a girl. "Hello, I am Adroa Sanyu, nice to meet ya", well he seems friendly that's a good start. "Um, hello I am Edwin Ashborn, just call me Edwin". He suddenly came towards me and put one of his hands on my shoulders and said," So Edwin ready to go see my dad win the championship", he is way too friendly I thought. "Yeah, I am excited to see the matches ", god, why is he starring at me like that, is it because of "*cough* *cough* ...and see your father win the championship". that did the trick as he smiled at me and we all proceeded towards the living room.

"Edwin you are going to come with me", said my uncle. He asked me to hold his hand and I did and suddenly my vision blurred and I felt like I vanished into nothingness and suddenly reappeared into a different place. "What was that?", I was trying not to fall off, it gave me a nauseating feeling. "it's called apparate, its an advanced movement spell that lets you travel long distances", that was a nauseating but very handy spell I told myself. I didn't get a look at my surroundings due to the weird experience that I had to go through, this place is crowded with people, holy shit. It's like a festival in here. "where are we uncle?", "we are in Kampala, it's the venue of the competition". This place looked packed with people, there were 8 dueling rings located in each bracket with a space for contestants to rest. Afia, Aunt, and Adroa arrived shortly after us and told us to go to bracket 5, where his father is going to compete.

On bracket 5 there were 2 contestants from Uganda and 2 from France. Adroa's father Abraham Sanyu was going to duel first with a guy from France. Adroas' father came towards us after he saw us arrive, he was tall and had nice facial features. He had light brown skin and had brown hair. He wore a long coat with patterns on the side of the shoulders. "What took you guys so long, I was about to go and get my awards ef you came a second late", he joked. "We are here right, that's what matters. So who are you going to duel with dad?", "I have to duel a french guy, he has good experience I fought him once, he did great. But I am confident I can win. All of you take a seat and relax, the competition is going to start soon.

We all sat at our designated place after Abraham left, the place was filled with people from different places. I saw a lot of wizards from different countries, they all looked so different yet so familiar for some reason. Suddenly the crowd went quiet and the people seem to have silenced in awe and fear. I looked around and saw everyone looking at a woman walking from the furthest corner of the venue. She leaked tremendous power and authority with every step she took, it was like she owned this place, no, it was like she ruled it. "Uncle, who is she?", I ask uncle. "She is Diana Dominique, a master duelist".