Sorry about the delay for this chapter. I got to admit I got a little stumped here. It took me a while to figure out what they were gonna say after the duel. Also I won't lie I got Assassins Creed Revelation and couldn't stop playing. Not to worry thought has I have finished the game. Wait... OOOOOOOooooooo Multiplayer mode sweeeeeet! Hum well hu... Anyways I hope you like it and enjoy. Don't forget to
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Colbert was researching through the school's huge library. He had gone through the entire regular portion of the library without finding any clues on the Haumain's strange runes. Now he was in the restricted section of the library looking at each book desperately trying to find the answer. A book caught his attention.
"It couldn't be?" He mused. He took out a book about the founder's familiar. "Impossible!" He cried out but here was the undeniable proof as clear as day. "I have to show this to director Osmond." He decided. He took the book and immediately set off for the old man's office.
All of the second year and most of the students had come to witness the duel between Guiche and the foolish commoner who had accepted is challenge. They were all waiting in the vast green plain were the summoning had first taken place. There was just a slight problem... he wasn't here. He was at least ten minutes late. Most people thought he had just given up and were waiting for him to come give his official apologies. Guiche was already gloating saying how the familiar had lost his nerves and would never dare show up. How the familiar had simply put on a show of courage in hope that the noble would back down. He however had not fell for the oblivious ploy.
Meanwhile a certain Haumain was running through the halls of the school trying to find the damn Vestri court were the duel was supposed to take place.
"I have got to teach Siesta how to do this better." Aelfgar cried out loud. He was lost again. How is it he could find his way in the deepest part of a cave, go through a forest nobody had crossed in over a thousand years, navigate in the biggest ocean but could not for the life of him find his way in a freaking building! It was infuriating! After walking around some more he finally found the court were he was a few minutes ago with Louise. Looking around he saw two students chatting excitedly walk past him. One was a young boy with blue hair in a bowl cut and of average height with a girl who had long straight dark green hair, she was slightly taller than the boy and had a small chest. They were so caught up in their conversation that they didn't notice the Haumain until he was right behind them.
"Excuse me." Aelfgar said politely.
The two jumped a little and turned around. They were speechless at the sight that greeted them.
"Could you tell me were the Vestri court is?"He said keeping is tone polite.
Still unable to speak they only pointed him in the right direction.
"Thank you" He said before he dashed off in the direction they had pointed to him armor clinking along the way.
"Who was that?" The boy exclaimed.
"I don't know but whoever he was he looked handsome!" The young girl answered in a dreamy voice hearts in her eyes.
"Well whoever he was I already don't like him" Thought the boy jealousy shining in his eye has he looked at the retreating figure.
At the top of the tallest tower of the academy stood the director's office. Old Osmond was an old man who had hundreds of tiny wrinkles all over his face with long gray hair that seemed to merge at some point with his long smooth gray beard. He looked so old that some rumors said that he was over a hundred years old. He was bored, sitting at his big sequoia desk his elbow plopped on top of it idly scratching his beard with his left hand. He opened a drawer and took out a pipe. Miss Longueville his newly appointed secretary was a green haired woman which was tied in a ponytail. She had big green eyes that were covered by simple round glasses. She was sitting at a smaller yet similar desk. She took out her wand and without looking at the director simply twirl it once. The pipe gently floated out of Osmond's hands to come rest withing her own.
"Does it please you to take an old man's pleasure away" He asked.
"Taking care of your health is part of my job as your secretary." She answered.
"Its so peaceful it will be a problem if it stays so peaceful all the time" He said moving closer to the woman.
"Old Osmond" She said her eyes still on the paper she was writing.
"What is it miss Longueville?"
"Please take your hands off my bottom." She said in a monotone voice.
Stepping back he started a weird dance where he would raise one hand palm facing the ground while shaking his head from side to side while mumbling incoherently.
"And please stop acting senile whenever things do not go your way."
In another ploy to get out of his trouble he resorted to philosophy. He sighed deeply like a man carrying a large burden " What do you think the truth of the world is? Have you ever wondered that miss..."
"Whatever that truth may be I am most certain it is not in my bosom or underneath my skirt" She answered unaffected.
Sighing again he called out "Môtsognir."
A small gray scurried from underneath Miss Longueville's desk and climbed on top of Osmond's shoulder. He took a nut from a pocked in his robe before handing it over to the small mouse that was riding his shoulder.
"You are my one true friend." He smiled. "Now tell me friend, I would like a report." The mouse chirped a few time and Osmond nodded. "White hum and a plain one at that" He said out loud.
Hearing this the secretary blushed a deep red before scrunching her legs together. She glared up at her employer. "Next time I am reporting this to the palace." She scowled
"KAA!" He yelled. " I am not scared of the palace!" He said with a scowl on his face. It looked rather impressive for someone his age. "Do not get mad just because I peaked at your underwear! This is why you will never get married!" He said in an admonishing tone.
Then he proceeded to rub her but once more. Wordlessly she got up and started kicking the old man with all her might.
"Ouch! I'm sorry! Ow! Please forgive me!" He said curled into a ball as she mercilessly kicked him again and again.
Suddenly the door opened as Colbert stepped through the door. The sight that greeted him made him momentarily forget why he came in here as he saw the secretary beating up the director who was renown has a powerful mage. Before he could even begin to speak however, she was back at her desk and so was Osmond. Preferring the option of 'I don't wanna know to the what the hell is going on' he simply ignored it and moved towards Osmond large desk.
"Mr. Osmond I have big news!" He said dramatically.
"There are no big news only a collection of small news." He answered.
"Take a look at this!" He said giving him the book.
"Research again? If you have time to spend there why don't you look for a way to make those nobles pay for the school fee. Mister... huh what was it again? "
"Its Colbert don't tell me you forgot?"
"Right its just that I never really got your name." He said. "Now for the matter at hand."
"Take a look at this." He said giving him a copy of the runes he had made.
Osmond looked at the two identical runes before facing the teacher. "Are you certain?"
"Quite." He said looking directly in Osmond's eyes.
"Miss Longueville would you be so kind as to leave us a moment alone?" The director asked. She bowed before wordlessly Leaving the room and closing the door behind her.
"Now tell me everything." He said. Colbert happily complied as he told the old man about the summoning ritual the young Valliere had performed.
Colbert had just finished telling the story to the old man.
"Should we alert the palace." The old teacher asked.
"No, we should leave them out of this for as long as possible or at the very least until we can confirm the truth." He answered
Colbert sadly nodded. After all it was his big discovery! The two man were pondering the implication and consequence if what they thought about Louise's familiar was true when they heard someone knock at the door. Miss Longueville came trough the door and bowed.
"It seems that some of the students are dueling." She said.
"Two nobles are dueling?" He asked surprised.
"No it seems that one of the student, a certain Guiche De Gramont challenged Louise's familiar to a duel." She answered.
Osmond corked an eyebrow. Well speak of the devil.
"Some of the teachers are asking to use 'the bell of sleep'." She reported.
"What? Use an artifact for a simple children quarrel? Nonsense! Leave them be." He said waving her off. She bowed and left leaving them alone again.
"Old Osmond" Colbert pleaded.
Nodding Osmond raised his staff allowing them to see what was happening in the courtyard through the mirror he had enchanted.
He was gonna be rich! Even if half of these bets won the boy would still make a fortune! By his calculation he would at least make 200 new gold! The small brown haired boy was gleefully rubbing his hands gray eyes filled with greed behind his glasses when he heard a muffled voice from behind, like someone wearing a helmet.
"Hey what are the odds for the Haumain?" It asked.
"The what now?" He answered confused still looking at the gloating Guiche.
"You know Louise's familiar." The voice said with a little frustration seeping through it.
"Ho him! One to fifty but I don't think..." His voice cut off as he finally turned around to look at the speaker.
"Perfect! Then I bet fifty gold on myself!" Said the man before reaching for his pouch and handing the money over to the youth.
The boy looked at his hand to see fifty shining gold piece in his hands. His jaw hung open the entire time.
"How the hell does a commoner have fifty gold? Or any of that gear for that matter!" He thought in disbelief. "Maybe its fake." With that he began inspecting the money. "...What the hell?" He muttered. Every gold piece was in fact gold but... Who the hell were these guys? He didn't recognize any of the figures he saw on the coins and almost everyone one of them looked different.
He looked at the Haumain but by that time he had already reached the middle of the circle. Guiche was standing near his friends still gloating. He was looking at the sky his rose in his hand in what looked like a dramatic pose saying how a cowardly familiar stood no chance against a noble of his grandeur but instead of the usual laughter he would get from such a pose all he got was a heavy silence has they stared mouth wide open at something behind him.
"What seem to be the problem?" He asked confusion clear on his face. The only answer he got was them pointing behind him and a muffled voice calling.
"Sorry about been late, its just been so long since I put this on and I had to ask somebody for help and they didn't know how to put it on so I had to explain it to them step by step!" He said.
"Well you have gu-" Guiche answered while turning only to stop and stare at his soon-to-be opponent.
Was that really Louise's familiar? His entire outfit looked like it had been enchanted by at least a square level mage! How was this possible? Aelfgar was now entirely encased in a strange shiny red armor. The metal it was made from looked like nothing Guiche had ever seen and he was an earth mage! He should have known what the metal was. He wore thin leather gloves with a ring on each hand. One was made from platinum and the other was made out of gold and both had strange runes engraved on them. On his neck was a golden medallion with a bear adorning it but the chain was covered by a strange scarf with runes running along each side. He also wore a large studded leather belt with a silver buckle that represented a hammer and an anvil. Hung along the belt were the Haumain's black scimitar, a sickle, two wands and his ever present pouches and on his back was his big black wooden shield and a longbow made out of what looked like horns and animal bones. His face was covered by a red helmet with two bat wing on the side has a sort of decoration.
Guiche blinked quite a few time astonished at the deadly looking warrior in front of him. He cried out in disbelief "You can't be Louise's familiar!" He turned around to stare at Louise. "So you hired some guard to do his battle" But the look of shock and the anger that accompanied his accusation told him otherwise. But before she could answer the Haumain cut her off.
"What?" He said taking off his helm to have a better look. "What do you mean I can't be me?" He asked confused.
It was indeed the familiar but "How could a commoner have so much armor or equipment for that matter!" He exclaimed!
"Well when, like me, you ventured into forgotten catacombs, underground dungeons or other stuff like that you can get a lot of gold. Of course its dangerous but you can make quick easy money and merchant aren't too picky about where the money comes from as long as you can pay." He said a grin on his face.
"You mean you looted this money from the tomb of old nobles!" He said with disgust.
The glare he got was not worth the taunt "HOW DARE YOU!" He yelled out in fury "We have fought waves of undead, hordes of orcs, goblins and giants, demons devils and event things far worse than what your worse nightmare could even begin to form! And now you call me a thief!" He snarled the shear anger making the young noble back away. Aelfgar took a deep breath to calm himself before he looked at the noble again. "Now draw your weapon and get ready." He said with barely suppressed anger.
Guiche mentally shook himself to snap out of his fear. "He is just a commoner! How could he possibly have done any of what he said! He must be bluffing!" He flipped his hair in a seductive manner sparkles flying everywhere from god knows where. "Very well familiar, but I am a mage and has such I shall fight using magic!" He announced whipping his rose in front of him from which a single petal fell out.
Suddenly a bronze figure emerged from the ground in a flash of blue light. "I am known has Guiche the Bronze! Therefore this bronze golem shall be your opponent!" He said solemnly. "Lets see him fight his way out of this!" He thought with a smirk. The golem looked like an armor made for a Valkyrie with oversized metal shoulder pads and a metal skirt. The helmet was decorated with two bird like wings on each sides.
Aelfgar grunted when he heard Guiche's announcement. "Dammit! A golem? Goodbye magic." He thought chagrined that he wouldn't get to use his magic. After all golems were immune to most magic (AN in dungeon and dragons golems are magical living construct that are immune to most magic and only specific spells will work on specific kinds of golem.) and he couldn't very well cast a tower of flames at the boy as it would likely result in the boy's death. In the blink of an eye he pulled out his shield and sickle annoyed by the boys magically resistant golem. He let go of the sickle just as the Valkyrie started moving towards him.
"Whats wrong? Giving up already?" Guiche taunted.
The Haumain simply smiled before saying the words to activate his sickle's magic "Vaeri mrith ve! (translation: Dance with me!)" Right before it hit the ground it started floating before settling in a rhythmic ballet around its owner. But then the golem was upon him. With lighting fast reflex he deflected the blow with his shield and then to everyone's astonishment the shield started glowing with a blue aura that seemed to enlarge the shield to twice its actual size before he bashed the construct with it sending the golem to the floor before he walked towards the young fool while his sickle tore through the golem with ease before catching up with the Haumain. He pulled out his scimitar nobody noticing the glowing runes hidden by the gloves. He flashed a smile at Guiche steadily advancing on his position.
By then the noble was panicking and he waved his rose two time. Five petals fell from the flower each summoning its own golem and exhausting the rest of the youth's willpower. This time, however, each of them were armed with a weapon. Two of them had swords and shields while another bore a mace and another had a hammer. The last one held a long spear.
"Get him!" The blonde cried out.
As one the golem went flying towards the Haumain. He wasn't about to let them have the initiative! He immediately went for the one that was a biggest threat to him, the one with the spear. Moving like a blur even with the armor he slammed his sword in the Valkyrie's belly before twisting the blade to have the cutting surface facing up and cutting it in half. But the attack had cost him has the Valkyrie who were armed with the mace and hammer now had a clear shot at his back. Without hesitation they slammed their weapons onto him only to have them bounce back on the weird armor. Turning around he bashed the Valkyrie's mace away before he decapitated her while his sickle viciously slashed at the hammer user's abdomen until it broke in half.
The two remaining golem tried to use their number to their advantage by having one of them attacking his back while another would attack from the front. It did not go well. While the one in the front seemed to be able to fend off the attacks for now the same could not be said about the one behind Aelfgar. The moment it raised its arm to slash the Haumain the floating sickle, who had just finished its opponent off, hovered back at its master in time to block the attack. Then it went on the offensive. The weapon glided off the sword of the bronze armor before it used its curved shape to hook onto one of the armor's arm decoration and tore it off. The golem tried to back away only to have the sickle behead it.
Aelfgar had gotten tired of playing with his opponent he decided to use a safe method, after all even if those blunt blows had been warded by his armor they still hurt! Using his shield he bashed the sword user's guard open and cut off her shield hand. Another bash and this time a piece of the Valkyrie's stomach came off. He kept using this method until the Valkyrie simply could take no more and crumbled to the ground where he finally delivered the killing blow on the poor golem.
Throughout the one sided massacre Guiche could only watch in horror as his prized golem were torn apart one by one. The Haumain having finished off the last living armor looked at the young mage before he charged him.
"I I yie-.." Guiche tried to cry out.
But before he could finish his plea Aelfgar was upon him. With the back of the blade he hit the boy in his stomach. Every student present at the duel winced when they heard the sharp snap of breaking bones. The poor boy was sent tumbling a few feet away breathless. As he tried to find his breath to have the Haumain spare his live the tip of the scimitar came to rest on his neck.
With a broad smile he simply announced "With this I win don't I?" he then proceeded to put away his weapons.
"GUICHE!" A feminine voice cried out. The curly haired blonde who had slapped the boy not too long ago shoved her way through the crow before she came kneeling down next to the injured boy. "Guiche are you alright? Speak to me!" She cried tears welling up in her eyes. But all the poor boy could answer was a cough filled with blood that came out of his mouth.
Nobody was cheering and everybody was deadly silent as they watched. This wasn't a clean victory to them. Sure they had expected somebody to be beaten up black and blue but they had expected it to be the commoner not their friend and now he was coughing up blood! Was their flashy friend going to die?
Montmonrency wasn't really paying attention to her surrounding. The only thing on her mind was the thought of finding water or a healing potion or possibly both to help her wounded love.
"Water I need water!" She screeched.
Meanwhile Guiche's world was going black. He felt the blood coming out his mouth by his cough but as soon as he managed to get the blood out of his lung new blood filled it as the blood kept pouring in from the few ribs that had punctured his innards. He felt his body becoming increasingly heavier as his strength seeped trough his wounds "Is this how I am to die?" He thought as shadows kept creeping towards his consciousness. He could see his love weeping besides him "I am sorry Monmon but it seems this is as far as I go. I hope that you will forgive me and I love you."
"STAY WITH ME GUICHE! DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME!" She yelled panicked when she saw the boy's eye starting to close and his cough becoming increasingly rare while she continued shedding tears.
"SOMEONE SAVE HIM" She rasped barely coherent.
"Oh man I didn't think I hit him that hard!" The Haumain said starting to feel bad. "Even thought I was holding back I guess it was a bit too much for him" He mumbled. He sat down next to the boy.
"What are you doing!" Asked the heartbroken Montmorency "Are you going to finish him? I won't let you!"
Annoyed the normally calm and goofy Haumain finally snapped "SHUT UP! I AM GOING TO SAVE THE BOY! NOW SHUT UP AND WATCH!" He yelled at her before he took Guiche's body away from the broken girl. He laid his hands on the body before muttering a short incantation. A warm light came out of his hands and entered the mage's body. Once again the sickening sound of bones was heard as the bones inside the blond settled back into their rightful place before being fixed. The holes these same bones has caused were now closing up as the light flooded the entire body. It then proceeded to purify the body as the light sought out any sickness or lumps of blood that might clod up the veins.
Guiche awoke feeling better than ever. That slight cold he had felt coming on was healed as were his ribs and punctured lungs. He felt strength return to his once lifeless limbs as he sat down.
"I am alive?" He mused out loud.
"Guiche." Montmorency whispered in a relieved voice. "You idiot! Don't ever do that to me again!" She cried out before bursting into tears as she leaned on his chest soaking his shirt with tears.
"Of course you're alive! Its not like I was trying to kill you or anything!" Aelfgar said "Or was I supposed to? Was this a duel to the death?" He asked confused.
"NO NO! Of course not" He answered, scared that the Haumain would kill him here and there.
"Oh good!" He said with a smile "I would hate to have to kill you. After all if I can avoid it I prefer not to kill humans." He said.
Then the crowd exploded with cheers as they watched the scene. Not only had the commoner managed to beat the noble he had also healed him! But was he really a commoner?
"But are you a noble?" Guiche asked. After all by all rights he should either be dead or at least writing in pain and here he was perfectly fine after Aelfgar had casted a spell on him.
"By the gods, no!" He cried out backing away and flailing his harms in front of him.
"Then how did you cast a spell? Only nobles can use magic therefore you must be a noble!" Guiche said frowning.
"Is that how it works here? Anyway, I'm no noble! I'm a druid, a servant of nature. Nature rewards my devotion by gifting me with magic and abilities."
"Then you are an elf! Only an elf could have power over such powerful magic like that!" Said the now frightened Guiche desperately crawling away from Aelfgar.
"FOR THE LAST TIME I. AM. NOT. AN. ELF!" He yelled rubbing his helmet with both hands. He took it off before pointing his long ears staring hard at his audience. "ITS THE EARS ISN'T IT?" He continued yelling now annoyed that the people kept calling him an elf. He was an Haumain for crying out loud! Was an orc despite its pointy ears an elf? Was a goblin an elf? NO! They were completely different things! "Well if that's the problem, then there! No more ears!" He said as his ears seemed to melt until they were the size of normal human ears.
Everyone was astonished this guy could change the size of his ears? How had the Zero gotten such an extraordinary familiar that could not only fight but use magic and even change his shape? What the hell was he?
In the meantime someone was looking at the Haumain with a blush and a deep interest. "Mmmm sexy,check, strong, check and nice! He has to be mine" A certain red haired busty tanned girl though.
Tabitha was also looking at the man but with different thoughts in mind. " He is strong but will he be an obstacle or an asset?" She asked herself weary of this new variable.
"So you are really not an elf" Asked Guiche.
"No." Came the reply. Aelfgar looked at the boy still a little peeved that everybody couldn't accept that he was anything else then an elf. "I am an Haumain druid!" He said with pride puffing up his chest.
"Ok ok!" He quickly answered not wanting to be skewered by the strange familiar. "But what is a druid" He asked curious.
The druid seemed to deflate as he looked wide eyed at the boy in front of him his helmet dropping to the ground. "What?" He asked in a monotone voice.
"What is a druid?" He asked again.
Panicking he suddenly grabbed another student "You know whats a druid right" Too scared to talk he simply shook his head. Dropping him Aelfgar simply went to another student "You! You know whats a druid!" He asked desperate for a nod but, like the one before she shook her head. Dropping her his face became devoid of emotions has he started swaying left to right muttering the same thing over and over. "They don't know, they don't know..."
Meanwhile Louise was trying to reach him but unlike for the Haumain whose path the students didn't want to cross. They didn't really care for Louise as they got into a compact group to chat about this unexpected turn of events. She wanted answer dammit! So she had to force her way through. She wanted to know where her familiar had gotten his stuff, how was he this strong with a blade and most of all what was that magic he had used and could she learn it? When she finally made it through the crowd he had disappeared.
Back in his casual furred clothes Aelfgar had gone to find the familiars. He was sitting with them wondering what the fact that they didn't know what a druid was meant. Did that mean that one had never come here? Could it be that they went extinct? Could they be hiding? Maybe they never even existed in this dimension!
He sighed. Was he really that far from the material planes? He had gone through different realms but he had never been so far has to make a return to the material plane hard. What kind of power did is little master have to be able to bring him in his god forsaken realm?
"GAAAHH! Too many questions, not enough answers! You know what? Screw this! Ill just live the way I always do! Day by day and if a problem arises deal with it then!" Satisfied with his decision he instantly felt better. Now to find something to eat.
"Familiar." The small pink haired noble called out. She had found him due to his ranting. "We need to talk!" She said to him.
"Sure! What is it?" He asked tilting his head to the side.
"How did you do that?" She demanded
"Do what?"
She took a deep breath. "How did you manage to defeat Guiche with only a sword and a shield, how did your weapon float and attack, how did you get your ears to shrink and finally how did you manage to heal Guiche?" She asked eagerly.
"Cause I'm a druid!" He answered calmly.
"Then what is a druid?" She stared at him.
"You really don't know?" She shook her head. "How did I end up in a world so far from home!" He asked.
"What do you mean?" She said curiously.
He huffed. "I come from a different plane Louise that much I can tell from the difference in the plants, animals and the fact that there is two freaking moon! Last time I checked there was only one where I came from."
"You are lying!" She yelled "Its impossible to have another world! There is no such thing."
"Well then miss know-it-all tell me what kind of magic I'm using, what type of creature I am, where do I come from in this world?" He asked looking intently at the pink mage certain she wouldn't be able to answer
He was right, as Louise opened and closed her mouth several times without being able to answer.
Picking up a stick he drew a small circle. " This is the material plane." He said pointing the circle. He drew two half moons into the circle. "These are the ethereal plane and the shadow plane. These two planes coexist with one another. Those who reside in the ethereal plane can see into the material plane but those in the material plane cannot see those in the ethereal plane except for a few medium and such. It is there that ghost and other beings like that live most of the time except when they come out to kill you. The shadow plane unlike the ethereal is not like the material but more the reflection in a mirror. Its basically the opposite of the material plane." He explained.
"What does this have to do with anything? Whether you came from the Ethereal plane or the shadow plane what does it matter?" She asked confused by the sudden lesson in multiverse.
"I'm getting to that" He answered. "But let me finish this first." He then drew six small circles around the first one and a bigger one that encompassed every one of the circles. "These are the elemental planes. There is fire, water, earth, air, positive and negative." He said before he was interrupted by the small girl in front of him.
"There is no such element as positive and negative!" She huffed crossing he arms in front of her.
"Well you're pretty much right they're not elements but they are energies of some sort and where I come from people can wield this just like I did through the power of nature to heal Guiche." He told her. "The inside of the circle is the astral plane which acts kind of like a buffer between the elemental plane and the material plane." He drew another circle around the whole thing and in the inner ring formed by the two large circles he divided it into multiple rectangles. "And finally these are the outer planes, they include the nine hells, pandemonium, the celestial and all sorts of other planes. It is also believed that the gods live in place beyond those planes in pocket dimensions they made for themselves."
"THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD!" She cried out offended by his lack of faith in the god she was taught to believe in since she was young.
He raised an eyebrow. "Is that right? Well where I come from we have multiple gods and each god has his own domain and powers. Priest who call on them get different powers depending on the god they pray." He explained.
She was perplexed. Not only did he talk about heresy but it seemed to work!
"Now what I want to know is what are you? How could a girl like you have the power to pierce through the multiverse to get to me? What kind of powers do you have Louise?" He asked looking intently at his master.
"I don't know." She answered truthfully. "I am only Louise the Zero, I have no power" She said sadness clear in her voice.
Seeing her pain he gently smiled at her. "Louise, you are not powerless proof his you summoned me and had the power to bind me through the familiar contract. Different people have different ways of using their powers you just haven't found your way yet. Until you do I will stay by your side and protect you, I will give you my support and help you in the best way possible. So do not worry my little master I will be here to protect you." He said looking straight in her eyes
Blushing she turned around so he could not see the blush. "Of course, you are my familiar it is your duty!" She stuttered.
Still smiling he said "Well I'm tired, why don't we have a nap." With that he hugged Louise from behind wrapping his arms around her slender waist before pulling her down to the ground with him. He laid her down on him with her back and head resting on his broad chest.
"Wh-what are you doing!"She exclaimed struggling to get out. It was no use however as his arms held her down like steel bars. "Hey let me go!" She said turning her head around to look at his face. She noted that he was already fast asleep. She sighed. "Well I guess I can let it go for now. Think of it has your reward for beating Guiche." She said with pride. She was happy. He was the first that despite her lack of powers had neither mocked nor chided her. He had only encouraged her. She snuggled into his comforting embrace before drifting peacefully into sleep. After all she had woken up so early this morning!
"Now this is interesting." Old Osmond said.
Nodding Colbert said "You are right! Not only has he defeated a mage with ease he even used strange magic to heal him!" Colbert started wondering if the stranger would be willing to share his knowledge of the strange magic he used.
"But what confuses me is that even though he could use magic he decided to fight Guiche without using it. Does it mean he knew he had gandalf's power or did he not see the boy as a treat? Either way we can't be sure if he really had the power of the mythical familiar." Osmond said out loud to no one in particular.
"What? How could you doubt my word!" Exclaimed Colbert visibly hurt from the lack of faith.
"I do not doubt your word Colby. I prefer not to jump to conclusion concerning this matter." Osmond answered. Colbert was relieved to hear that. At least the headmaster did not outright scoff at his theory.
"Should we tell Miss Valliere?" He asked.
"No, to keep a secret it is better to have the least amount of people know it. Besides if it turns out we were wrong I would not want to break her heart." The old man told him.
Colbert nodded. He had seen the effort the young lady had put into her magical study. He was more than happy to oblige as he wouldn't want to be the one to tell her that they had been wrong and that she had no talent for magic whatsoever. He was sure the expression she would make would break his heart.
Tabitha, a small blue haired girl, was looking for her familiar a young wind dragon. She finally spotted it around an open field near the water tower with some of the other familiars and Louise who was with her own familiar. Both of them were peacefully sleeping on the dragon's belly siting on the grass. He still had a firm hold on his master and Louise's own head was resting in the crook of his shoulder. Tabitha slowly approached Sylphid the dragon when suddenly a loud crash was heard just a few step behind her. A scimitar thrown by Aelfgar was firmly imbedded in the ground as it had passed a few inch of Tabitha's face. The girl didn't even flinch when the blade passed so near her. One groggy eye stared at her insure of what to do. He was used to being attacked during the night so when Sylphid had moved to see her approaching master he had thought they were under attack again. His students had taken to waking him up with a very long stick that got shorter every time has he either bit it or cut it.
"I'm sorry." He said yawning loudly. "Its just I'm used to being attacked all the time so I thought you might be another attacker so that's why I sent that sword as a sort of warning." He explained hoping he hadn't scared her too badly. She simply nodded. After a small uncomfortable silence he asked her " Hum can I help you?" Unsure of what to do. She pointed to her dragon. He looked at her still not sure of what she wanted. It took a while before his brain finally registered that she wanted her familiar. "HO! Ok you want her is that it?" He said rubbing a particular spot on the dragon's back sending small shivers of delight down its back. Again she nodded.
Picking Louise up in his arms he got up. Syphild went with Tabitha to what he assumed would either be a snack or flight practice. Aelfgar went to the near by wall setting down Louise gently her back to it in the shade. He took off his fur shirt and used it as a sort of blanket for his master. It wasn't particularly cold but it was better to be safe than sorry. Well his master was asleep and he had a lot of time before sundown. Time to do something he had meant to do ever since he got stuck in here. He turned into a brown hawk and quickly took to the sky. He flapped his wing to get higher and higher until the academy looked like a small gray doth beneath him. With his sharp vision he easily spotted what he was looking for. In the distance he saw a forest not too far away with a small lake in the middle. With a cry he flied towards his new objective.
I would like to take a moment to tell you that the next chapter will not be a chapter at all. It will be a chapter to explain what his a Haumain. I'm pretty sure a lot of you have been scouring the internet wondering what kind of power they had and what were they like. Sorry to disappoint you but you probably won't find it on the net as it is a race I created myself ( along with several others). So ill be explaining how they live what they typically look like and how they act. And for those who would like to try them out ill also be posting the stats to use them in a dungeons and dragons game version 3.5. No I did not buy version 4 seeing as I had a lot of the 3.5 version books and they cost a lot of money.
Also for those of you who are wondering I used the model in the dungeon master guide for the plan of the different planes.
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