down, down we go | custom ability one shot

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luke raised his wand as he deflected the spell that had been flung at him by his opponent. he could almost feel the eyes of his fellow trainee's boring into his back as they practised their duelling skills. he heard their trainer tell them to cast faster, to defend quicker after a few close calls but so far luke didn't think either of them were doing horribly. they hadn't been hit by the others spells but it didn't seem to be enough. with a sharp word from the sidelines they both did their best to kick it up a notch. today's training? endurance. staying alive until back up could arrive or being able to outlast any wizard they might come face to face with. it was exhausting and he could feel his energy starting to wain.

he couldn't tell how long they'd been at it, the back and forth lasting much longer than it normally did and he could see his opponent starting to wain too, the force of their spells lessening, the seconds between each shot grew longer and longer. suddenly he felt a pulling sensation, something that felt like it was dragging him inward and downward at the same time. the weight caused him to stagger a little and he did his best to keep his feet, hearing the hiss of wind rushing in his ears but feeling breeze past him. he couldn't stay on his feet any longer. there was nothing left in him, nothing left in his tank to hold him up and he fell to his knee, looking up to see his opponent hitting the ground at the same time, their wand clattering to the floor as they fell to the ground. luke dropped his hand to the floor, almost ending up on all fours as he tried to compose himself as their trainer rushed across the space to check on the trainee that was out cold on the floor.

what had happened? had he done that? ... something had just happened and he wasn't exactly sure what it was.

yet.