"In a handicap match"

"Uh-oh," Jessica gulped.

"Straight from the famed Falconer's Academy of Adventuring...the Rowley Sisters!"

Jessica was confused, and continued talking to herself under her breath. "I never heard of them, but I've heard good things about that academy. If there's as good as people say it is there, I'm in for a rough ride."

The voice boomed out: "Robyn, the Ranger, star Archer, acrobat, and winner of the inter-Academy melee!"

"Damn," was all Jessica could get out, as a lithe, ponytailed archer capered and somersaulted into the arena from her entry door.

"And Madyson, the Magic User, Straight-A student, graduated with highest honors, and the president of the Falconer's Campus Casting Club."

"Teacher's pet...." Jessica judged, still mumbling to herself.

Madyson's entry couldn't have been more different from Robyn's. While Robyn was a paragon of athletic energy and she had wowed the crowd, Madyson trudged in, spellbook under her arm, and looking down at the sand around her feet. Only when she reached her sister's side did she look up to evaluate her opponent.

"OK, sis, this one's a pyromancer, so watch for fire. I've met people from that academy before, in the Magickal Spelling Bee championships, and fire is all they cast. They think the other elements are beneath them. You give her a moving target and keep her off balance with arrows, and I'll conjure something to cool her jets."

Robyn nodded, "Let's strip this bitch, I hate mages." Madyson frowned. "Um, except for my sister, of course. Now let's do this!"