As they start to make their way to the door, the old man who led Mike into the stable originally walked in through the back door, clapping.
"Bravo, Bravo, you handled those men well, but I will not be such an easy kill." Brian strung another arrow while Christine thought up a good magic attack. The old man yelled, "Stop" directing it toward Brian, who, arrow strung, was now unable to move or release the arrow. Christine yelled, "Fuegum" and a fireball flew out toward the man, he caught it and it instantly turned blue and flew back toward Christine, catching her square in the chest, she was engulfed in the ball and found herself unable to move or cast spells. Mike, not knowing what to do, just screamed at the top of his lungs, "JOE!"
Joe heard the scream and, anxious for something to do, ran straight through the side of the stable wall into the center of the building, right between the old man and the others, Joe acted on instinct rather than human thought and let out a massive cone of fire towards the old man, who tried to block with a magic shield, but it soon collapsed under the barrage, leaving behind a pile of ashes once Joe stopped throwing out fire. He turned to look at his friends, who started to recover, as the source of their curses was now gone, Brian and Christine were both able to move again, and Mike began to regain his centaur form. Ty was impressed that that they had handled his first test and decided to reward them, but how?