The Summoner's Stone
Chapter: 1
Realization
This is something oddball that shot out of my head on a 13 hour plane ride back to the states. Hope you all enjoy.
She toiled over her work as the sun began to set behind the mountains. The light was leaving the land but that was no excuse to stop working. The masters would want as much work done as possible before the day was done. She sighed as she placed another gem in the setting she had been working on all day. Before finishing the setting she wiped the sweat from her brow as the heat of the day was finally going away. Her red hair was dirty and slightly matted down from the dirt and sweat. Her red eyes seemed dull as she looked at her work. Her commoner's clothing was worn and tattered as she sat at her work bench. Lina Inverse had been born a commoner and her family was held as property of the local baron. How she had the nobility and those that had caused so much pain for her and her family. 'Well, I guess it's just me now,' she thought as the memories of her family being sold to another noble family.
She gritted her teeth as the memory would not go away, 'I would've been sold along with them but they couldn't give up there best jeweler could they?'
If there was any way she would make the nobility pay for the sins they had committed against her. As he anger was building there came a knock at the door. She looked up to see one of the bosses standing in the doorway with a bejeweled box under his arm. He snorted slightly before saying, "Serf! This is your next project. The baron wants this stone set in an amulet before the end of tomorrow."
Lina nodded and put on her best smile before accepting the box for the man. She waited until he had left before she set the box down on her desk. Lina could not hold back anymore and laid her head down on the desk and began to weep as she felt sleep beginning to take her.
Lina awoke in the middle of the night as she felt something warm next to her. She opened her groggy eyes to see a pale blue light seeping through her crossed arms. She moved to sit up as her eyes tried to adjust to the light. Her red, matted hair hung over into her eyes and blocked some of her view. She moved the rough hair out of the way to see the pale blue was coming from inside the bejeweled box she was given. She reached forward and grabbed the box before pulling it closer to her. She flipped the clasp and opened the box to be met with a large, oval sapphire. She marveled at the craftsmanship of the stone as it was perfectly rounded. She quickly struck a match and lit a new candle as she looked for a setting. She found a perfect setting for the stone and began her work. 'This will be a great piece of jewelry,' she thought as her love for jewelry took over her mind.
Lina began to work and before she knew it an hour had pass and she had the sapphire set in a amulet to be worn around the neck. Lina brought the stone up to her before clutching it to her chest. 'If only I could sell my own work...I wouldn't be anyone's slave if I could make money,' she thought before the gem started glowing again.
Lina pulled the gem away and looked as the glow became brighter. The glow was so bright that Lina moved away and fell off of her stool and dropped the stone. After she landed hard on her rear Lina looked up to see the jewel floating in mid air before it pulsed and gave off a blinding flash. After Lina recovered from the flash she looked up to see the stone being held in the hand of a man dressed in ivory. She stared at him before her wits came back to her and she jumped to her feet before saying, "Who the hell are you and what are you doing here?"
The man was dressed head to toe in ivory and the darkness masked his features from Lina. He was a least a foot taller than her and what looked like blue hair came out from under the deep hood that hid his face. After her demand the man opened his eyes to reveal two sapphire blue, silted eyes. Lina's eyes went wide at his eyes before backing up before asking, "What...what kind of demon are you?"
The man looked down at Lina before moving forward. He stopped right in front of her before kneeling and holding the stone out to Lina before asking, "Why do you fear your servant?"
"What," was all Lina could ask as she looked back at this mysterious man.
The man pulled his hood back to reveal his face. His hair was sliver and looked like wire. His face was a deep blue and had botches on it that looked like stones. His radiant sapphire eyes looked into Lina's before saying, "I'm Zelgadis. Spirit of earth and the spirit locked into this stone until I was found by a summoner."
Lina's eyes grew wide before her mind began to race, 'The summoners are just a legend though...no one has heard of one in ages...I can't be one can I?'
Zelgadis nodded before saying, "Yes, you are a natural born summoner. It is only because of that that I am able to manifest. Now, what is your command master?"
Lina stood before patting herself off. She smiled as this is what she had wished for. This was the way to free herself from the nobility. "Come with me Zelgadis," Lina replied as she walked out of her small hut of a home.
Lina finished sneaking up to the baron's castle before finding a spot on the wall that she wanted. She pointed at the wall before saying, "This is the west wall of the treasury. If you can get me inside you will have served me well."
Zelgadis nodded before placing his hand on the wall. The wall gave off a blue glow before a doorway formed out of the wall and opened. Lina smiled as she entered the castle and it grew as all the gold and jewels kept there met her eyes. Lina jumped onto a pile of coins before rolling and saying, "This is what I want."
"So did I just open a door for you to wallow around in the treasure or are you going to take some. Lina stuck her tongue out at him before saying, "Let me enjoy my victory."
Lina found a bad and began to pile coins and jewels into the bag. After she had filled the moderate sized bag she walked back outside and commanded Zelgadis to repair the wall. Lina then began to walk down the road. Zelgadis floated next to her before saying, "You might want to wear this."
Lina looked at the necklace and smiled. She lowered her head and let Zelgadis put it on her. Lina continued to walk while Zelgadis said, "If you need me just summon me and I will answer my master."
Lina watched as Zelgadis disappeared before she clutched the stone and thought, 'This is wonderful. Now I can take my revenge and live the life I want. Zelgadis...I think this is the start of a beautiful and bountiful friendship.'
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