The Brother of Erza Scarlet
Chapter I
In the year of X763 in the village known as Rosemary a little boy with scarlet red hair and brown eyes was born. His name is Thoma. He lived with his parents alone until two years later Thoma's mother gave birth to a little girl and she too had scarlet red hair and brown eyes.
"Thoma. Meet your little sister, Erza." Thoma's mother said.
"Sister?" Thoma questioned as he and his father walked into the room.
"Say hi to your big brother Erza." Thoma's mother said with a happy expression on her face.
Thoma's mother showed Thoma his new born sister and Thoma said,
"I'm a big brother?"
"Yes you are Thoma. Now that you have a little sister, you have to protect her too. Think you can do that?" Thoma's mother said with a smile.
Thoma looked at his mother and nodded his head then looked back at his sleeping sister and said,
"Little sister."
For a few years Thoma grew up with his little sister and they were happy,but all that changed when bad men attacked Rosemary when Thoma was 7 years old. Thoma got separated from his family. When Thoma found Erza, she was being taken away by the people who attacked. Thoma felt an overwhelming amount of fear and he ran away crying tears of fear and sadness. Thoma ran until he could no long stand, he fell to the ground and just lied there. Thoma was tired, thirsty, hungry, and alone. He thought that this was his end, but he was found by a man who was coming home from a long trip.
"Oh my god! Are you ok? What happen to you?!" The man said running over to Thoma.
Thoma looked up reached out his hand then in a weak wispy voice he said,
"Little sister. Come back."
Thoma then passed out. When Thoma woke up he was laying in a bed in a strange house that he never seen before and he wondered how he even got here.
"Oh good. Your finally awake." A man said walking into the room with some food in his hands.
Thoma didn't say a word and hind under the cover of the bed.
"Now now, I am not going to hurt you. I promise." The man said putting the food on the night stand that was next to the bed and pulling up a chair that was from the desk at the foot of the bed then sitting down next to Thoma.
"You promise?" Thoma asked poking his head out from under the covers.
"I promise. Now can you tell me your name?" The man asked.
"My... My name is Thoma." Thoma said nervously.
"Thoma... Why were you just lying in the road?" The man asked.
"I ran away from home." Thoma said.
"Now why would run away? Aren't your mother and father worried about you?" The man asked.
"I ran away because some bad men came." Thoma said.
"Bad men?" The man questioned.
"Some bad men came and put fire to our houses. They took people with them. They took my little sister." Thoma said starting to cry.
The man didn't know what to say other than,
"I am sorry for you. It must be hard to see something like that."
"I have go find my sister. I promised mother that I would protect her, but I ran away because I was scared." Thoma said now crying.
"You can't." The man said.
"But I have to find my sister." Thoma said.
"I will not you." The man said.
"Why?! Why won't you." Thoma said then got up and walked towards the door, but felling to his knee after taking three steps.
"Because your too injured. Also you don't know where the bad men took your sister and even if you find your sister, how are going to save her?" The man asked getting up and walking over to Thoma.
Thoma looked at the floor and begun to cry harder.
"I know this must be hard on you, but you must stay here for now." The man said then picked Thoma up and put him back into bed.
Thoma stopped crying then looked at the man.
"I promise that one day you will find your sister again and I will help you do so, but for now rest." The man said.
"You promise?" Thoma asked.
"I promise." The man said.
"Thank you sir." Thoma said smiling with some tears in his eyes.
"You can call me, Tadanori Higa." Tadanori said.
Tadanori is a man who is six feet tall with black hair and blue eyes.
"Tadanori Higa, Thank you for saving me." Thoma said.
It took Thoma three days for Thoma to get better.
"I see that your all better now." Tadanori said.
"Yeah. Now that I'm better can start finding my sister." Thoma said.
"No. Your not ready to head out into the world." Tadanori said.
"But I just can't forget about my sister." Thoma said.
"I know you can't, but your still just a child. There is so much about the world that you don't know nor could understand." Tadanori said.
"Then help me find my sister. You promised." Thoma yelled.
"Listen, I did promise you and I intend to keep that promise, but you mustn't rush through things." Tadanori said.
"But I..." Thoma said submissively.
"I am going to teach you magic." Tadanori said.
"Magic?" Thoma questioned.
"Yes. I am going make you a mage, but you must be ready for this. Because once you walk down this path, there is no turning back." Tadanori said.
"Are you a mage?" Thoma asked.
"Not any more. I lost my magical abilities long ago, but that doesn't mean I can't teach you what I know. Now do you want to learn magic?" Tadanori asked.
Thoma thought for a bit then asked,
"Will this help me find my sister?"
"If you train hard enough, you will no doubt find and save your sister." Tadanori said.
"Then I want to learn magic." Thoma said.
"Now my training is not for the weak, you must be strong and overcome any that block the way. Do you still want to learn?" Tadanori asked.
"I want to learn." Thoma said,
"Then we begin right now." Tadanori said.
Tadanori took Thoma to a huge sercet room of the house Thoma didn't know was even there. It was a huge library of books. There so many books that one could say that the floor was made of books.
"What is this place?" Thoma asked.
"This is my library of magic. I have collected many books of magic throughout my life. Some of these books go way back to my great great great grandfather." Tadanori said.
Thoma was in awe of the many books. Tadanori walked to a little desk and showed Thoma a book and said,
"This book contains how to use fire magic. That over there is about lighting magic." Tadanori pointed at another book by Thoma's feet.
"Wow. So cool." Thoma said with sparkles in his eyes.
"Now what kind of magic do you want to learn?" Tadanori asked.
"Can I learn them all?" Thoma asked.
"You could, but you have to be a strong wizard. For now pick one." Tadanori said.
Thoma nodded his head and went to find a book of magic. After hours of looking Thoma found many book, but couldn't pick one then he said,
"All these look cool, I can't pick just one." Thoma groaned in angry and disappointment, "This is going to be harder then I thought."
Thoma walked then tripped over a pill of books.
"Ow. That hurt." Thoma said then looked at the books he tripped over and saw a purple and black book. This book had a lock on it. Thoma brought it back to Tadanori.
"There you are. I was about to come find you. Did you find the kind of magic you want to learn?" Tadanori asked.
Thoma showed the book to Tadanori and asked,
"Tadanori. What book is this?"
"I don't know. I don't remember this book at all." Tadanori said.
"There is a lock on this book, I can't get it open." Thoma said.
"Be careful, don't hurt yourself." Tadanori said.
Thoma tried to unlock the book, but it didn't work. Thoma then threw the book in anger.
"Thoma! If you act like that then you aren't worth teaching!" Tadanori yelled.
"I am sorry, but I got angry. I don't know why I did that." Thoma said.
Tadanori sighed then said,
"Well your still a kid, but from now on you will treat these books as if they were your sister."
"Alright." Thoma nodded.
Tadanori walked over to the book that Thoma threw and said,
"I believe you have picked a type of magic, now we just have to unlock. Come now, we can begin that tomorrow." Tadanori led Thoma out of the huge room and Tadanori begun cooking dinner.
Thoma watched Tadanori cooking then noticed a case in a cabinet.
"Tadanori. What is that there?" Thoma asked pointing at the case in the cabinet.
"Oh that. That would be my violin." Tadanori said.
"What is a violin?" Thoma asked.
"A violin is a musical instrument." Tadanori said while he cut up some potatoes.
"What's it do?" Thoma asked.
"It plays music. I can show after dinner." Tadanori said.
"Really?" Thoma asked.
"Yeah. Music is a hobby of mine. I play sad songs, love songs, songs that make you feel like dancing and even make you feel like all your trouble has melted away." Tadanori said.
"Can you teach me how to play the violin too?" Thoma asked.
"I can. I can even teach you how to cook and everything you need to know if your going out into the real world someday." Tadanori said.
Thoma smiled then cheered. Tadanori laughed. Tadanori finished cooking dinner then he and Thoma eat until they were full. Then Tadanori pulled out his violin, warmed up then played a song that made Thoma feel like he was flying through the sky without a care in the world. When Tadanori finished his song he found that Thoma had falling asleep. Tadanori smiled then carried Thoma to bed then he went to bed.
The next morning Thoma woke up and found Tadanori cooking breakfast.
"Morning Thoma. Care to help cook breakfast?" Tadanori asked.
"Sure." Thoma said.
Thoma helped Tadanori cook breakfast. When they finished cook and eating, Tadanori said,
"What you need to know about magic is this, magic is the physical embodiment of the spirit. When the physical spirit of an organism connects with the spiritual flow of nature, the spirit forms Magic as a product of the connection." Tadanori said.
Thoma looked confused.
"It takes an enormous amount of concentration and mental ability to use Magic. You must focus." Tadanori said.
"Focus on what?" Thoma questioned.
"You need to focus on your spirit. In order to learn magic you must train your intellect and spirit. All mages has a container inside their body that determines the limit of their Magic Power. Magic Power is the source of power of all mages." Tadanori said.
Thoma tried to focus his spirit, but he felt nothing.
"I can't do it." Thoma said upset and sad.
"It doesn't take a day and on your first try to learn magic Thoma. It can take years to learn magic." Tadanori said.
"But I have to learn magic if I want to find and save my sister." Thoma said.
Tadanori sighed and said,
"You can't rush magic. If you do then your going to cause harm to yourself."
"I don't want that." Thoma said.
"I know. I am going to teach how to use magic in a short time, but it will take time even so. You must be partient Thoma." Tadanori said.
"I'll try, but I just have to find her." Thoma said.
Tadanori sighed again.
"Come on. I think that is enough training on magic for today. I going to show you how to play violin now." Tadanori said.
"Ok." Thoma said.
Tadanori and Thoma went back into the house and Tadanori pulled out his voilin.
"On a violin there are four strings. Each string is a differnet note. You use the bow here to play the notes. You also use your fingers to play high or low notes." Tadanori said then showed Thoma how to hold the violin.
Thoma watched Tadanori explain how to play the violin. Tadanori then handed Thoma the violin and said,
"Show me how to hold a violin."
"Like this?" Thoma asked with the violin resting on his right shoulder.
"Just like that. I feel you'll be playing wounderful music in no time." Tadanori said.
"Did you play the violin while you were a mage?" Thoma asked.
"I did. At the guild I was apart of, the guild members would brust out fighting each other often. I would simply pick up my violin and play. That eventually got everyone to stop fighting, they would listen to me play and I would not stop until everyone was listening. They enjoyed me playing and I enjoyed them listening." Tadanori said.
"If you liked there so much then why did you leave?" Thoma asked.
"Well... I don't really know why. I just decided to leave one day and never went back." Tadanori said.
"You can go back now right?" Thoma asked.
"Not any more. I lost my magical abilities one day and they never went back. Besides, that part of my life is over." Tadanori said.
Thoma didn't say a word.
"Well its getting late. We should go to bed." Tadanori said.
"Alright." Thoma said then went off to bed.
During the night Thoma tried to unlock the book once again.
"Come on, why won't you open?" Thoma asked the book.
Thoma continued to try to open the book, but nothing he tried worked. After a few attempets Thoma gave up and put the book down then fell asleep.
'I actually know all about that book. There is a magical seal on the book created by my great great great grandfather. Thoma the seal will break through the force of will and determienation to find and save your sister. There is little I can do to help you, you alone must break the seal and learn what that book holds.' Tadanori thought to himself as he spied on Thoma.
Days passed, mounths passed, Thoma knew how to play the violin, how to cook, the fundamentals of magic, and about the world away from his new home. Unfortunately Thoma couldn't preform magic.
"Your so close Thoma, just a little more and you'll be able to preform magic." Tadanori said.
"It's no use... Its been almost a year since you first started to teach me, but I am no closer then I was then in the begining." Thoma said.
"So your just going to give up?" Tadanori asked.
"Yes. Magic is too hard. I give up." Thoma said.
"If you give up then you are not welcome here." Tadanori said in a disappointed tone.
"What?" Thoma asked.
"You heard me. If you give up then your not welcome here. Gather your things then leave my home." Tadanori said.
"I don't want to leave." Thoma said starting to cry.
"Do you give up on finding and saving your sister too!?" Tadanori said.
Thoma gasped then said,
"No. I am giving up on that."
"I don't believe you. If you give on magic then you also give up on your dream to find your sister!" Tadanori yelled.
"No! I will find my sister." Thoma shouted.
"How do you even know if your sister is still alive?" Tadanori asked.
Thoma's face begun to turn red then he bursted out crying and fell to his knees.
"How can you be sure that your sister is still alive out there. Even if she is still alive and still being held by the bad men who took her away, how do you plan on saving her from that? I bet the people who took her know how to preform strong magic, how do plan on saving her if you just end up dead?" Tadanori continued to yell at Thoma.
"Your wrong! My sister is still out there some where, waiting for me. I just know it." Thoma cryed.
"How can you be sure! Your sister is dead and has been dead for a while!" Tadanori shouted.
"No. I don't believe that. I refuse to believe that. I promised mother that I would protect my sister." Thoma said.
"But you failed. When the bad men attacked you village, they took your sister and what did you do? You ran away leaving her behind. I bet at first she cryed out for you to save her and when you failed to do so, she crused your name and hates you." Tadanori said.
"No. My sister would never hate me. I..." Thoma said with tears felling from his face.
"You failed to save your sister. You given up on learning magic. You given up on finding your sister." Tadanori said.
"No! I will never give up on my sister! I will find her and save her! Even if I die doing so, all I really want to see her smiling face once again. I promise that I will never give on finding my sister!" Thoma shouting while crying.
There was slince in the air for a moment, then the book that Thoma tryed to open many times begun to glow. Thoma and Tadanori looked at the book. Tadanori was in awe while Thoma didn't know what was going on.
"What's happening?" Thoma asked.
"You did it Thoma. You finally managed to unlock the book." Tadanori said.
"I did what?" Thoma said shocked.
The lock that was on the book vanished and the book opened. Thoma and Tadanori walked over to the book and Thoma read the what was on the page,
"The Sercets of Gravity Magic. What's that?"
"Powerful magic. My great great great grandfather was a Gravity Magic user. He wrote what he learned about it in this book, before he died he put a seal on it that would only open to those had the will and determination of purist heart. That is you Thoma, your determination to find your sister and your will to never give up until you find her. I am proud of you." Tadanori said.
"I opened the book with will and determination?" Thoma asked.
"Yes you did. Now you can learn the sercets that great great great grandfather had and you go find your sister." Tadanori said.
Thoma's face begun to light up and he cryed tears of joy.
"Before you read this. Thoma, I need you promise me one thing." Tadanori said.
"What's that Tadanori?" Thoma asked.
"Never let this book fell into the wrong hands and use this magic for the good everyone in the world and not for yourself."Tadanori said.
"I promise to use this magic for the good of the world and to never let this book fell into the wrong hands." Thoma said.
"Thank you. Now we will continue tomorrow. I'll go make dinner then I will play a song for you before bed." Tadanori smiled.
Thoma nodded and the two headed into the house.
'I finally can find my sister.' Thoma thought to himself determinated to never give up again.
