"Are they supposed to be helping us?" I asked.
"I doubt it, but we gotta try and survive this first," Logan suggested.
"Jinn!!" Nixon called out.
We both turned to stare at Nixon who was looking up at the ceiling. We gazed up and saw a formation of needles appear, one row at a time.
"Fuck!" Logan and I cursed together.
"WIND!"I commanded again, using my magic to pause our ascent.
Before we could take a calming breath, our bodies began to plunge to the floor as if gravity had been turned back on.
"SHIT!" We all cursed and could hear similar curses echo through the room as we all fell towards the floor that began to pool with steaming hot lava.
"ICE!"Nixon chanted.
A large magic circle formed in the middle of the room, immediately creating a layer of thick ice which did a good job at stopping the lava’s progress, but would injure all of us when we fell.
"WIND!"I tried to summon enough wind to catch all of us but it only slowed our fall.
"LEVITATION!"
Our bodies stopped inches from the ice.
I glanced over at the dark purple hair guy who had shouted. He lowered us to the ground and we quickly got up, using magic to stabilize our footing.
"Are we working together here?" I asked, staring at the three who exchanged looks.
"We might as well. I really doubt this test is about us facing each other right now," the navy blue haired guy declared.
"Fuck, BOULDERS!" the tallest male announced, pulling out his wand and pointed to the right.
We all pulled out our wands, working together to create a giant shield to protect us from the approaching onslaught of oversized rocks.
The icy surface beneath us was already beginning to melt from the intense heat below .
"We need to get back in the air," I declared, staring at the weakening ground.
The guys noticed my gaze and huddled around me.
"Plan?" Nixon asked.
"We need to be in the center of the room," Logan pointed out to the ceiling.
We looked again to see the needles were lowering.
"Alright, so we have to support ourselves in the middle of the room long enough to survive the remaining two and a half minutes. No problem,” the tall guy declared.
His brown short hair began to glow gold as he closed his eyes in concentration.
"Huddle around Maximus," Purple Hair ordered, gesturing to Maximus.
We did as he instructed, huddling around Maximus, who lifted his wand up.
"Bubble of Protection and Flight!"He cast the spell and two oversized blue magic circles materialized, one above us and the other below.
Water shot around us, circling around until it created a bubble. We were lifted into the air right as the ice began to crack; it fell into the hot lava that began to rise as we lifted upward.