A/N: Jestro doesn't get cursed here, but this chapter might be a bit upsetting.

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For the next few months, Jestro kept having lessons with Monstrox. Lavaria and Whiparella calmed down as they realised that Jestro was completely fine. And with his eighth birthday(or founding day) around the corner, there was no time for worrying. Jestro was actually enjoying his magic lessons with Monstrox. Even though he was actually fine, Whiparella and Lavaria had to make sure by using the mirror to watch what was happening. The pair were relieved that nothing terrible was happening; through they did get a bit irritated when Monstrox made rude and crude remarks about certain things in front of Jestro. Jestro learned how to mix potions, make objects disappear and reappear, conjuring up animals out of nowhere(Jestro could only conjure up bunnies), and even teleporting from one place to another. Monstrox had something big planned for today's lesson. But Roberto knew it was going to be bad for Jestro. Very bad.

Whiparella watched Jestro as he finished eating his breakfast. A nice bowl of coca crunch with chopped up strawberries. Lavaria walked in and sat beside Whiparella; smiling as she took her hand to hold it. Jestro wiped his mouth with a napkin as he finished his cereal; jumping out of his chair and smiling at the pair.

"Thanks for the breakfast." The boy thanked kindly.

"Glad you liked it, little jokester." Lavaria smiled back at him. "Do you know what master is teaching you today?"

"No. But he said it's really going to test my skills in magic."

Lavaria and Whiparella looked at each other with questionable looks.

"He's going to give test you?" Whiparella asked, sounding a bit concerned.

"I think so." Jestro shrugged; unaware of his carers concern.

Before the pair could ask any more questions, Roberto entered the dining room. Everyone knew what he was here for. Jestro ran up to Lavaria and Whiparella; pulling them into a hug with his little arms.

"See you later." He smiled before leaving with Roberto.

Whiparella and Lavaria watched as Jestro left the room. But noticed that Roberto looked a bit worried and tired. The whip wielding woman turned to her partner and gave her a knowing but stern look. Lavaria nodded before she got out of her seat and walked to the cupboard. She opened the drawer; reaching in and taking out the enchanted mirror. Whiparella watched anxiously as Lavaria sat back down at the table. Before they could say the words to activate it, the men walked in.

"Whatcha you two doing?" Flama asked.

Whiparella and Lavaria looked up to see Moltor and Flama smiling at them. Magmar, Burnzie, Sparkks, Beast Master, his two dogs and Book keeper followed in to see what was happening.

"We're going to spy on the boss." Lavaria admitted in a straight forward explanation.

Burnzie and Sparkks stared before giving each other nervous looks.

"That doesn't sound safe or loyal." Sparkks spoke with uncertainty.

"But it sounds like fun." Flama politely disagreed with a grin.

"Can we watch too?" Beast Master asked.

Lavaria was not sure about it, but Whiparella welcomed it.

"Just try to be quiet though." She advised.

Book keeper gave Whiparella and Lavaria thumbs up while everyone else nodded a yes. Everyone huddled around the pair as Lavaria looked into the mirror and spoke the words.

"Show us Jestro."

As everyone watched the mirror as it showed them the youngest member of their family, Roberto looked towards the office of his master while Jestro innocently followed him like a puppy. Roberto had a rather nervous look on his face that Jestro or his peers could not see. The sculptor hesitated as he opened the door to Monstroxs' office; letting the boy go past through. Jestro stopped and stood as Monstrox turned from his desk and looked at him with an eager smile.

"Looking forward to today's lesson, Joke boy?" The necromancer asked as he leaned down to the boys' level.

"Yeah yeah!" Jestro jumped up and down excitedly.

Roberto quickly went back to his work as his insides turned cold; knowing something heart wrenching was going to happen. The gang watched the mirror as they Monstrox chuckling rather devilishly.

"Well, you should be." Monstrox replied back. "Because today I'm going to teach you how to do something that is quite difficult to do."

Jestro jumped up and down as he quietly squealed with excitement.

"Are you going to teach me how to turn water into chocolate milk?" The boy asked with a big grin.

"Oh no no; we're doing something a little harder than that." Monstrox answered, as he walked over to his desk. "And it involves using these."

Jestro watched curiously as Monstrox picked something up from his desk. The gang all watched in suspense as well. Monstrox turned around with something in his hands. Jestro gasped and covered his mouth when he saw the necromancer holding two fluffy white bunnies. The boy smiled at the small creatures.

"They're so cute." He whispered as he reached out to pat one of them.

Monstrox took one bunny away from Jestros' reach; making him look up with a confused face.

"You wanna see something cool?" The necromancer asked with a grin.

Jestro nodded in response. The gang watched the mirror and Roberto watched from his work in progress as Monstrox picked up his staff. The necromancer placed the bunny in a basket on the floor and pointed his staff at it. Jestro watched in confusion as Monstrox began to say some strange words.

"Usque ad annum deinde creatura maledic!"

The gang watched with wide eyes as a black aura emulated from Monstroxs' staff. Jestro took a step back with his eyes going wide while Roberto hid behind his work in progress. Everyone covered their eyes as a sudden burst of grey light exploded in the room; making the bunny make a distressed sound. When the light disappeared, everyone opened their eyes again. But the gang and Roberto gasped in shock when they saw what happened.

Jestro stared with wide eyes at the bunny. But it was no longer a bunny. Jestro was staring at some small wing lizard creature. The white fluffy fur turned into rough green scales and the cute cotton tail turned into a spiked dagger like tail. The cute little eyes tuned into big yellow monster eyes. Jestro looked up in shook as Monstrox grinned and chuckled.

"What did you do?" He questioned; stepping back in fear.

"I used my specialty on it." Monstrox smiled at the monster he made. "I cursed it."

Roberto listened to the noise in the room; turning to tune out the horror that was about to take place. Jestro looked on in fear as Monstrox took his star staff and handed it to him. Monstrox held out his left arm and lifted the sleeve of his robe. He was wearing a weird looking bracelet that had several charms attached to it; all of them having odd and frightening markings on them.

"My staff amplifies my power, but this is the source of it."

The necromancer took the bracelet off and looked down at Jestro.

"Put it on."

The gang and Roberto felt their insides go numb as Jestro backed away from Monstrox. The boy shook his head no as the necromancer walked him into a corner.

"No, I can't." Jestro objected. "I can't do that! It's not right!"

"But if you want to be a powerful magic user, you need to be able to inflect curses." Monstrox remained calm as he spoke.

"But the bunny didn't do anything wrong!"

"Right and wrong doesn't really matter, kid."

Jestro looked up at Monstrox as tears started to emerge. The boy continued to object.

"No, I won't! I won't!" Jestro shouted tearfully.

Roberto tugged the fabric against his chest as he heard Jestro cry out against his master. The gang all watched with wide and fearful eyes as Monstrox shook his head and sighed.

"I really didn't want it to come to this." Monstrox put the bracelet back on his wrist.

The gang watched in horror as Monstrox grabbed Jestro by his wrist. Roberto closed his eyes as Jestro begged the necromancer to let him go. But the boy went still and watched with wide teary eyes when he saw the skin of his hand changing colour. The gang all watched in horror until Moltor banged his fist against the dining room table.

"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" He shouted before running out the room.

Everyone chased after Moltor as he made his way up the stairs to Monstroxs' chambers while Jestro started to panic as he felt a zapping sensation in his left hand; watching it turn blue.

"I don't wanna hurt you, kid. But I won't hesitate to take action when you disobey me." Monstrox warned. "If I don't let go of you in the next two minutes and thirty seconds, you will be turned into a monster for the rest of your life. If you do as I say, I will let you go. So what's it gonna be?"

Monstrox and Roberto looked up when they heard a loud bang against the door; the sound of his disciples shouting to open the door. Roberto hesitantly looked from his statue when he heard Jestro cry some more. Jestro tried to break away from Monstroxs' grip. But the necromancer was not going to let go. Jestro heard Moltor punch the door. But he knew he was not going to break it down in time. Jestro looked up at the stern necromancer as tears poured down.

"I'll do what you want, please let me go!" The boy begged with a sob.

Within a few seconds, Monstrox let go of Jestros' wrist. The boy held his wrist as his skin changed back to its normal tone. Roberto still tugged at his chest as the banging on the door grew louder. He watched Jestro cry out more quiet sobs as Monstrox took his bracelet off and put it on Jestros' wrist with a rather blank stare.

"What're you waiting for?" Monstrox asked rhetorically; holding the unchanged bunny in front of Jestro.

Jestro watched as Monstrox put the bunny in the basket after the lizard creature flew out the window. The necromancer stepped aside as he waited for the boy to act. The tears continued to fall out of Jestros eyes as he still heard the gang banging on the door; hearing Burnzie saying he was going to break it down. Roberto quickly went back behind his statue as Jestro hesitantly pointed his staff at the basket. Monstrox went wide eyed as a dark red and purple aura formed around the boys' staff and the bracelet. The gang finally broke down the door, but it was too late.

Everyone covered their eyes as a massive light blinded them. When the light faded away, everyone looked forward to see what happened. Lavaria, Whiparella and the gang all stared with shocked faces of horror when they saw the lizard creature crawl out of the basket. Monstrox had a proud but sadistic look in his eyes while Roberto watched with his fear growing immensely. But Jestro...

Jestro threw his staff and the bracelet to the floor before he let out a horrified and tearful scream; crying as he ran past the grownups and out of the room. When Jestro was out of their sights, the gang turned their attention to Monstrox with mixed emotions.

"Flama, go find Jestro and make sure he's alright." Magmar ordered; Flama nodding and running off to find the traumatised boy.

Lavaria and Whiparella stepped forward as they both gave Monstrox looks that could kill.

"What did you do!?" Lavaria got straight to business.

Monstrox just stared and smiled at them like nothing happened.

"I just witnessed my apprentice use the most powerful form of necromancy." He sat down in his chair with his staff in his hand.

"You scared him for life is what you did!" Beast master shouted out in response; getting agreements from everyone.

Monstrox stopped smiling and raised a brow at his disciples.

"Are you all going to against me just because I taught the boy a lesson?" He stood up; towering over half the group.

Roberto watched with wide eyes as Moltor growled and clutched his fists.

"BECAUSE YOU'RE A SCUMBAG!" Moltor shouted with an enraged roar.

Everyone watched as Moltor charged at Monstrox with his fists held high. But Monstrox was having none of it.

"Shocking scare!"

Moltor could not stop as Monstrox pointed his staff and blasted a spell at him. Everyone gasped as Moltor froze with wide eyes. The tough man looked up at Monstrox and started screaming. He pushed everyone out of his way as he ran out of the room; blinded by fear. Everyone looked at the necromancer with expressions of angry and fear.

"You all better watch what you say to me." Monstrox warned. "If you really care about Jestro, you'll stay out of our business. Or else I'll use all my forbidden powers on him. Got it?"

Roberto looked away in shame as everyone just stared at Monstrox with killer stares. The necromancer stared back before he had enough.

"The kid can have a break for the next three weeks." He spoke unemotionally before raising his voice. "Now get out of here!"

Whiparella and Lavaria turned around to leave, Beast master and his two dogs growled at Monstrox while Book Keeper gave him a rude hand gesture. Magmar, Burnzie and Sparkks just stared at him as they left to go find Jestro and Moltor. The gang went back down stairs to find Flama, Jestro and Moltor in the living room. Moltor was rubbing his head with a dull groan while Flama held a sobbing Jestro close to him against his shirt. Whiparella quickly ran over to check on him while everyone else followed.

"Is he ok?" Lavaria questioned in worry.

"Boss must've scared him out of his wits. He can't stop crying." Flama informed as Jestro continued to sob.

Magmar looked towards Moltor.

"You really need to look before you punch, Moltor." The general remarked.

"What was I supposed to do; the kid was screaming for help." Moltor argued; cured of the influence of Monstroxs' attack.

Everyone turned their attention back to Jestro when they heard him quiet down. The boy slowly turned his head out of the comfort of Flamas' shirt; showing his face red and wet with tears. Everyone felt their heart sink as he looked up at them and sniffed.

"The bunny didn't do anything wrong." He said as he held in more sobs.

Everyone watched as Jestro turned back to crying in Flamas' shirt as he kept repeating those words.

"The bunny didn't do anything wrong."

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A/N: I promise the next chapter will be happier. And a certain someone is going to make his appearance.