"Javis! How many times do I have to tell you? Don't hit that bell!
You'll put the people into a panic!" A porky man yelled at a young man near
the bell.
The man had accidentally hit the bell with a thunder spell. He actually hit the metal target below the bell tower first, but the target deflected the spell to the bell, causing it to ring. "Sorry sir! I'll stop it immediately!" He ran up the ladder and stood by the bell, his hands stretched far forward. He then concentrated his magic into a blizzard spell, crossed his hands, and then shot it at the bell. The bell froze and stopped ringing.
When he got down to where the porky man was, he was soundly yelled at, then dismissed for the day. Javis was a good black mage, though most people didn't realize it. He could cast a huge thunder spell and everyone would think it were nature, even if there was not a single cloud in then sky. He sighed as he walked down the street. No one, not even his teacher, knew how good he was.
He sighed again, then headed for the pub.
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The bartender shook his head. When rain was imminent, all the low-lives seemed to pour into his pub. However, he did have a twinge of sympathy for a few of these people, since they seemed to have no other comfort than a glass of ale.
Trangan had no real reason for coming into the pub, except that he had no desire to face Dracia, or any other guard for that matter, sober. At least Dracia would go easy on him if he were drunk.
He tipped back several drinks but he still was not drunk. He finally said screw it and decided to leave. He was so intent on becoming drunk, that he wouldn't become drunk. Luck hated him.
As he opened the door to leave a young man bumped into him. "Oh, sorry. Wasn't watching where I was going." Trangan shook his head. He couldn't get angry at a kid.
"It's ok kid. Happens all the time." He rubbed his hand into the kid's light hair.
"I'm not a kid." The young man went inside. Well, at least it wasn't raining outside.
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Dracia was glad she got inside the palace right before it started to rain. A second later and she'd be soaked. The guards saluted as she passed them. Servants bowed as she passed. A Shadow Knight was someone that should never be messed with and everyone in the palace knew that.
It took her less than ten minutes to get to the regents formal chambers. Two Shadow Knights stood outside, guarding the door. "I'm sorry, but the regent is in a meeting at this present moment, Dracia. Unless your daily report has changed, we'll tell him that everything is well."
"Everything is well. Thanks." She walked off to the regent's daughter's chambers. She figured that she would like to know that Trangan was fine.
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Felnei was reading when she heard a knock on her door. She stood up from the windowsill and went to answer the door. "Who is it?" She asked through the door.
"It is Dracia." Felnei opened the door. "So, you got Trangan in trouble again."
Felnei looked down with her dark green eyes. "I know. All he did was come in here and say hi, then the guards started chasing him. He had to jump out the window to get away. Oh, I hope he didn't hurt himself."
Dracia laughed. "Trangan was fine, or at least he ran well. I do not believe he was hurt, though he was scared to death when he saw me."
Felnei laughed too. "Well, you did hold him upside down on top of the castle, threatening to drop him and them feed him to the monsters."
"Well, he's the idiot who set fire to my room. He was so lucky that I was in a fairly good mood that day, or else, well you know what would have happened."
Felnei stopped laughing. "He likes you, you know. Whenever he saw you around, well, before the fire incident, his eyes lit up and he ran and hid from you."
"Hmph. Well he's out of luck. Besides, he was deathly afraid of me when he ran into me in town today."
Felnei laughed loudly. "Men are so weird."
Dracia looked out the window and said sadly, "Yes, they are."
The man had accidentally hit the bell with a thunder spell. He actually hit the metal target below the bell tower first, but the target deflected the spell to the bell, causing it to ring. "Sorry sir! I'll stop it immediately!" He ran up the ladder and stood by the bell, his hands stretched far forward. He then concentrated his magic into a blizzard spell, crossed his hands, and then shot it at the bell. The bell froze and stopped ringing.
When he got down to where the porky man was, he was soundly yelled at, then dismissed for the day. Javis was a good black mage, though most people didn't realize it. He could cast a huge thunder spell and everyone would think it were nature, even if there was not a single cloud in then sky. He sighed as he walked down the street. No one, not even his teacher, knew how good he was.
He sighed again, then headed for the pub.
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The bartender shook his head. When rain was imminent, all the low-lives seemed to pour into his pub. However, he did have a twinge of sympathy for a few of these people, since they seemed to have no other comfort than a glass of ale.
Trangan had no real reason for coming into the pub, except that he had no desire to face Dracia, or any other guard for that matter, sober. At least Dracia would go easy on him if he were drunk.
He tipped back several drinks but he still was not drunk. He finally said screw it and decided to leave. He was so intent on becoming drunk, that he wouldn't become drunk. Luck hated him.
As he opened the door to leave a young man bumped into him. "Oh, sorry. Wasn't watching where I was going." Trangan shook his head. He couldn't get angry at a kid.
"It's ok kid. Happens all the time." He rubbed his hand into the kid's light hair.
"I'm not a kid." The young man went inside. Well, at least it wasn't raining outside.
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Dracia was glad she got inside the palace right before it started to rain. A second later and she'd be soaked. The guards saluted as she passed them. Servants bowed as she passed. A Shadow Knight was someone that should never be messed with and everyone in the palace knew that.
It took her less than ten minutes to get to the regents formal chambers. Two Shadow Knights stood outside, guarding the door. "I'm sorry, but the regent is in a meeting at this present moment, Dracia. Unless your daily report has changed, we'll tell him that everything is well."
"Everything is well. Thanks." She walked off to the regent's daughter's chambers. She figured that she would like to know that Trangan was fine.
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Felnei was reading when she heard a knock on her door. She stood up from the windowsill and went to answer the door. "Who is it?" She asked through the door.
"It is Dracia." Felnei opened the door. "So, you got Trangan in trouble again."
Felnei looked down with her dark green eyes. "I know. All he did was come in here and say hi, then the guards started chasing him. He had to jump out the window to get away. Oh, I hope he didn't hurt himself."
Dracia laughed. "Trangan was fine, or at least he ran well. I do not believe he was hurt, though he was scared to death when he saw me."
Felnei laughed too. "Well, you did hold him upside down on top of the castle, threatening to drop him and them feed him to the monsters."
"Well, he's the idiot who set fire to my room. He was so lucky that I was in a fairly good mood that day, or else, well you know what would have happened."
Felnei stopped laughing. "He likes you, you know. Whenever he saw you around, well, before the fire incident, his eyes lit up and he ran and hid from you."
"Hmph. Well he's out of luck. Besides, he was deathly afraid of me when he ran into me in town today."
Felnei laughed loudly. "Men are so weird."
Dracia looked out the window and said sadly, "Yes, they are."