This is the first chapter of a seven part story about a group of four black mage brothers on
their quest to find their long lost father in Cleyra. Here are the characters:
Nano - The youngest of the group. He specializes in Thunder attacks.
Forni - Although he isn't the oldest, he is the leader of the group. He is very clever, with a
certain grudge with Zorn and Thorn.
Grynite - The oldest of the four brothers. He has a nice balance between all of the types, but
he likes to use Blizzard attacks
Jomki - Jomki's not too bright. He follows in Forni's tracks, and has a giant magic advantage.
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Chapter 1: The Past
Jomki woke up to Forni's bell. He had woken up an hour early, as always, and the rest of
the mages depended on him to wake them up. They had to go to school so early! After they got up
and dressed, they had to go off to school. Forni, Grynite, and Jomki had to walk to Lindblum
High, while Nano took the airbus to Gizamulke Elementary.
Nano had been through the most boring day in history known to magekind when his Social
Studies teacher gave them an assignment that brought him to tears. It was to fill out a
questionaire about his family. Just looking at the paper made him remember back to that day.
Alexandria was at war with Lindblum again. After years of dodging it, his dad was
enrolled into the war. He pleaded to Regent Cid, but there was no way to get out of it. Because
their mother died at the hands of Amarant Coral and Freya Crescent, the brothers had to live
alone.
Their father was trying to say goodbye to his children, but he was being carried away by
the crowd.
"Dad!!"
"Nano!"
"Where are you going?"
"Cleyra!"
"I don't want you to leave!"
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!"
"Nano? Nano? NANO?" Nano snapped back into reality. His teacher looked dissapointed while
the other kids were laughing at him. Nano raised his hand.
"What if you don't have a family?"
More kids laughed.
"Excuse me?" The teacher looked puzzled.
"I....I mean.....that....I don't have a family."
"What do you mean by 'I don't have a family?'"
"My...." Nano wiped a tear from his eye. "My mother's dead....and....my father's in
Cleyra. Actually...I have no idea where he is. I.....don't even know.....if he's alive."
Nano started bawling and ran out of the room. He ran down the hall into the bathroom. He
crammed into a stall and slammed the door. There were other kids staring at the stall.
"Are you okay?"
"Leave......Leave me alone!"
The door oponed as somebody walked in.
"Nano, Mr. Jinkre told me to get you."
"Tell him that I'm not coming out."
After what seemed like an hour of negotiating, Nano finally came out of the stall. When
he walked into the classroom, kids were staring at him. His teacher said, "Are you okay, Nano?"
"Y.....Yes..." Nano spoke through his tears.
Later, back home, Nano was thinking.
"I was thinking... why don't we travel to Cleyra to look for dad? I mean, he's been gone
a long time, and I could do my project on him if we find him."
Forni seemed against the idea. "It'll take a long time walking, and we don't have the
kind of money to take an aircab. He might not even be there for all we know. He could have been drafted to Burmecia, Lindblum, or even Alexandria."
"Yeah," Jomki followed.
Grinite said, "I think that Nano has a good idea. We could leave at the beginning of
winter vacation, and enroll into a school in Cleyra when we get there."
It was an argument between Nano & Grinite and Jomki & Forni, and since Jomki didn't say
anything but "yeah," they decided to go and search.
their quest to find their long lost father in Cleyra. Here are the characters:
Nano - The youngest of the group. He specializes in Thunder attacks.
Forni - Although he isn't the oldest, he is the leader of the group. He is very clever, with a
certain grudge with Zorn and Thorn.
Grynite - The oldest of the four brothers. He has a nice balance between all of the types, but
he likes to use Blizzard attacks
Jomki - Jomki's not too bright. He follows in Forni's tracks, and has a giant magic advantage.
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Chapter 1: The Past
Jomki woke up to Forni's bell. He had woken up an hour early, as always, and the rest of
the mages depended on him to wake them up. They had to go to school so early! After they got up
and dressed, they had to go off to school. Forni, Grynite, and Jomki had to walk to Lindblum
High, while Nano took the airbus to Gizamulke Elementary.
Nano had been through the most boring day in history known to magekind when his Social
Studies teacher gave them an assignment that brought him to tears. It was to fill out a
questionaire about his family. Just looking at the paper made him remember back to that day.
Alexandria was at war with Lindblum again. After years of dodging it, his dad was
enrolled into the war. He pleaded to Regent Cid, but there was no way to get out of it. Because
their mother died at the hands of Amarant Coral and Freya Crescent, the brothers had to live
alone.
Their father was trying to say goodbye to his children, but he was being carried away by
the crowd.
"Dad!!"
"Nano!"
"Where are you going?"
"Cleyra!"
"I don't want you to leave!"
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!"
"Nano? Nano? NANO?" Nano snapped back into reality. His teacher looked dissapointed while
the other kids were laughing at him. Nano raised his hand.
"What if you don't have a family?"
More kids laughed.
"Excuse me?" The teacher looked puzzled.
"I....I mean.....that....I don't have a family."
"What do you mean by 'I don't have a family?'"
"My...." Nano wiped a tear from his eye. "My mother's dead....and....my father's in
Cleyra. Actually...I have no idea where he is. I.....don't even know.....if he's alive."
Nano started bawling and ran out of the room. He ran down the hall into the bathroom. He
crammed into a stall and slammed the door. There were other kids staring at the stall.
"Are you okay?"
"Leave......Leave me alone!"
The door oponed as somebody walked in.
"Nano, Mr. Jinkre told me to get you."
"Tell him that I'm not coming out."
After what seemed like an hour of negotiating, Nano finally came out of the stall. When
he walked into the classroom, kids were staring at him. His teacher said, "Are you okay, Nano?"
"Y.....Yes..." Nano spoke through his tears.
Later, back home, Nano was thinking.
"I was thinking... why don't we travel to Cleyra to look for dad? I mean, he's been gone
a long time, and I could do my project on him if we find him."
Forni seemed against the idea. "It'll take a long time walking, and we don't have the
kind of money to take an aircab. He might not even be there for all we know. He could have been drafted to Burmecia, Lindblum, or even Alexandria."
"Yeah," Jomki followed.
Grinite said, "I think that Nano has a good idea. We could leave at the beginning of
winter vacation, and enroll into a school in Cleyra when we get there."
It was an argument between Nano & Grinite and Jomki & Forni, and since Jomki didn't say
anything but "yeah," they decided to go and search.