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Tzekel Kan looked up slowly when he heard movement in the shadows of the cave that served as his prison. Many said that Chief Tani was too kind to kill the dark priest, but he knew the real reason, it was because the Chief was frightened of him and was afraid of what might happened if his soul was released from his body. Kan gave a dark smile at the thought. Then turned his attention to whoever was in his cave, the intruder he realized was rather small, he could guess their size from the amount of sound they were making. He would wait until they got closer to see what they would do.
Harry gave a sigh of relief as he finally found one place in El Dorado where he wasn't being worshiped, his 'father's Tulio and Miguel had it much easier than the young Savior, while they could act and be human because of the 'cost of birthing him' he had to act Godly or else the people would look at him with such disappointment. His father's tried to cover for him by saying he was just developing as a God, but it didn't ease the guilt when they sacrificed animals for him or when dying people came to him begging for a longer life. He found a cool wall and sat down against it, closing his eyes and for a brief moment he wondered if he would ever leave this place of solitude.
Over time spent in the cage Kan's eyes had adjusted to the dark and he could see the form easily even in this almost complete darkness. He was interested when he realized the intruder was none other than the young God who was the reason for him being here. He smiled darkly and was about to say something when he noticed how very tired the young boy was. His eyes took on a calculating look and he said smoothly "Hello little God."
Harry sat up too fast, causing him to bang his head against the Stone, he gave a small wince in pain, but being around those in El Dorado had trained him not to show extreme emotions or pain, since as a God he would not experience them. He looked around slowly in the darkness and said softly "Hello?" He hadn't thought anyone else was in here, he had thought the guards were guarding another stash of gold, which he wasn't interested in since he had plenty of it. He tried to look around and see who was talking to him, but the effort was wasted as his eyes were used to the sunshine of El Dorado.
Kan had been watching the young God's reactions very closely he leaned in to the corner of his Cage, speaking through the bars as close as he could get to the young God. "Tiresome creatures aren't they? Those…pathetic mortals…have they been languishing to you about their existence, how terrible it is to be mortal…" Kan felt pity for the young God, if he was free he would have ensured that the people treated the God as he deserved. He heard the boy shuffling closely, his curiosity piqued. He smiled; maybe he could get his Dark God after all.
Harry had never had a sympathetic ear to listen to him about his problems before, Tulio and Miguel were always too busy to be with the boy for long and even Chel would only spend a few minutes with him at a time. He came closer to the sound of the voice and said softly "It's not that I mind hearing their problems, but they expect so much from me…"
Kan nodded sagely "It's because they deserve their suffering, they have brought their fates upon themselves and then when they see one such as you they feel as if they should be forgiven when instead they should be punished for such insolence. He leaned close his curiosity about the young God blooming "What are your abilities my lord?"
Harry smiled, he wasn't sure what the voice meant about punishing people and that sort of thing, however it was nice to meet someone who wanted to talk to him and didn't want anything from him "Well…I can talk to snakes, when I get mad things happen…explosions…things disappear, and one time I teleported but I was too young to remember."
Kan nodded "Yes…it has all the signs." He pulled out his book and traced his finger delicately over the pages that he had long ago memorized "Yes…being around all these mortals has tainted you my Lord, your powers speak of destruction and chaos…yet the mortal's have confused you by their notion of kindness." He shook his head and turned his dark eyes to the young form outlined just outside of the bars "I will teach you all you need to know my young lord; I will show you how to become true to your nature."
Harry thought this over slowly before asking "Who are you?" He knew that if the man was locked up that he had most likely committed a crime in this Eden but then he remembered what the voice had said about how the others needed to be punished as well and thought that if they deserved punishment than they didn't have the authority to punish others.
"I am the Dark Priest Tzekel Kan, your humble servant my Lord." Kan was watching seeing what the young God would do, he could see he was considering the offer, but he wasn't sure it would be accepted. He leaned in and said "Those mortals only burden you…I will relieve you of the painful burden my Lord."
Harry had of course recognized the Dark Priest's name, however he found that he didn't care about his past misdeeds, he was the only one to ever pay attention to him as more than an infallible God, it was attention that Harry craved, his green eyes looked up with somber determination and he said slowly "Tell me what I need to do." This earned him a slow dark smile as Tzekel Kan began his first lesson.
Harry crept home late that night, the darkness shrouding him and giving him the confidence to think that he had returned undetected. He was therefore surprised when he was stopped by Miguel "And what were you doing out so late? We were worried about you!"
Harry thought over his afternoon lesson quickly and put his face in what he thought was a frightful expression "How dare you question me vermin!" He said in a mock deep voice.
Miguel looked at him blankly for a moment before bursting out in laughter and ushering Harry along to his bed "Time for young Gods to be in bed." He said softly, shaking his head in mirth. He was curious where Harry had been, but so far the boy seemed to be able to take care of himself so Miguel was happy to let him do what he liked. He tucked in Harry and petted his hair goodnight before going to join Tulio for an evening drink and tell him the funny stuff Harry was saying.
Harry snuck quietly back down into the cage, smiling at how lax the guards were. He shook his head and continued down into the darkness. He didn't even have to give a greeting as he heard Kan sit up in the cage and said "Good afternoon my Lord, ready for your next lesson?"
Kan watched as the boy came into his line of vision, he could see that these 'lessons' were already having the desired effect, Harry had an aloof look on his face, his nose slightly tilted upward and his back straight . "Of course." Was Harry's response, it was then that Kan noticed something that he didn't like and motioned for the boy to come closer.
Harry's eyes had adjusted to the darkness and so he came forward "Yes?" he asked curious why Kan wasn't saying anything, he was surprised when the man reached out with impressive speed and grabbed him firmly by his left wrist. Harry gave a slight wince of pain and wondered what Kan would have to say about what he was going to find there.
Kan remained silent as he turned the arm in his grasp gently over so that he could study it closely, he had hoped that the darkness was merely playing tricks on his eyes, but as he ran his finger along the wrist he felt the thin lines beneath his finger. He looked up at Harry with dark burning eyes "And what is the meaning of this my lord?"
Harry looked down as he felt Kan's finger brush against his wrist and knew immediately that he was in trouble, as he looked up into dark burning eyes and Kan asked the question he had been expecting Harry concentrated on making his voice level as he said "In our last lesson you said that Gods were immune to pain and injury…but since I bleed that means I'm not a God…" He looked back down thinking that Kan would be done with him now that he knew he wasn't a true God.
Kan shook his head slowly and smiled as he concentrated on his magic and healed the injuries on his Lord's wrist. "You bleed because you are still growing, you have not had a human sacrifice so you do not have other blood to keep you alive, and it is because you are still developing as a God my Lord…." He stroked the soft skin beneath his fingers slowly surprised at how pleased he was to see that it was bare again.
Harry thought over Kan's words and while at first he doubted him when he saw the look on Kan's face as he touched his now healed wrist Harry knew that he put his whole trust in this man, this man that allowed him to make mistakes and who was teaching him how to deal with the stress of being so young with large responsibilities on his shoulders.
It was then that Harry realized how powerful Kan was he looked around and saw that the cage that held his teacher was made of simple hard stone with a door cut into it which was of course locked. "Kan?" Harry asked not knowing how this question would be received. "Why haven't you escaped, I bet that you could with your powers."
Kan looked up at the unexpected question from his lord and smiled darkly as he said "The guards are frightened of me as well, there were supposed to be more but only two were brave enough to stay on duty…as for the cage I could of course escape but then what would I do? Be entrapped again somewhere worse?" Kan shrugged and looked up at Harry
Harry seemed to think but then smiled slightly "But…If I'm a God can't I just order your freedom?" He looked at Kan and said "Someone like you shouldn't be trapped in a place like this…" Also Harry was dying to know what his teacher looked like he could only see his eyes at certain times, his own eyes weren't very good in the darkness and he wanted to see the face of this person very badly.
Kan smirked at Harry's words and said "We'll give you a few more lessons first so that they will not refuse you." Harry's smile brightened at this "So I'm going to learn more magic?" Kan nodded but said firmly "When it's yours it's not magic it's your abilities when I use magic I use the magic that exists around us, your powers come from somewhere inside of you. Now get into meditation position and let's try to levitate a rock."
Two months passed in the same way, every day Harry would spend the morning amongst the people of El Dorado, then shortly after lunch, he would vanish into the darkness of the caves for his lessons from Kan. Over time the lessons began to take root in him, it happened so slowly that the people of El Dorado, Tulio, and Miguel, did not notice it happening until it was too late.
One day there was an explosion from the cave where Kan was kept, Chief Tani ordered his warriors to go there at once so as to capture the Dark Priest, whom he was sure was responsible for the explosion, and lock him up again. They were all surprised when they went there and instead found Harry standing by Tzekel Kan's side, both wore small dark smiles as Harry motioned for Kan to speak for him.
"My Lord Harry as seen fit in his wisdom to grant me freedom from my imprisonment…further more he has called for the punishment of the one responsible for putting me there…Chief Tani!" Kan smiled slowly as the Chief grew wary "My Lord Harry has decided you will be the first sacrifice."
During this whole event Harry remained at Kan's side, his face impassive and his eyes emotionless as he looked over the people of El Dorado, for the first time he saw the fear that they held for him and Kan, and he was disgusted by it. He looked at Kan out of the corner of his eyes and sneered, his Dark Priest was right, these people had slipped and become lax in their worship and devotion, they were spineless creatures that only existed to serve him. He gave a small smile as Kan bowed to him and ushered the five year old Harry up to the throne. As the guards, frightened into loyalty to the young God and his Priest quickly captured Chief Tani, Tulio looked on in shock and Miguel tried to stop them but the effort was wasted as the guards ignored him. Miguel and Tulio looked up at the young boy who now sat in a golden throne, Tzekel Kan at his side, and knew that they had done something horribly wrong.
The age of the Jaguar had begun.
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