Hello everyone, I know this fic has been a little too fast for many peoples tastes, this chapter will hopefully explain some of the things that are going on, we will learn why Tsukune was chosen for lordship and many other things... Enjoy--
Chapter 3
The Origins
The very next day Tsukune was escorted to Ogaion's study where his lessons would begin. The room at one time would've been pretty large but now it was cramped with bookshelves crammed to the brim of books, scrolls, tablets with bizzare writing on them, and in the middle of it all sat Ogaion at a desk piled high with books and upon one thick volume labeled Legendary Norse Artifacts and their Alleged Powers sat a pure white falcon who fixed Tsukune with a piercing gaze. "Ah, Tsukune, glad you could be here, come and sit, we have much to talk over," said Ogaion with a feeble smile.
Tsukune sat on the stool on the other side of the desk that Ogaion had gestured to. "So, Lord Ogaion, where do we start?" he asked
Ogaion chuckled "where to start indeed, for magick is a subject so vast, so wonderful, and yet so dangerous that someone can get overwhelmed and lost in it, I believe it is best that we start with the beginning." Said Ogaion nodding
"The Beginning?" asked Tsukune
Ogaion nodded and stood up from his desk and took his staff and turned to face him. "Yes, I am to tell you the origins of magick and what started the problems you might face down the road." Said Ogaion. He raised his hand and there was a flash of light. Tsukune was drifting through clouds until he was now floating upon a grass land at night. Tsukune drifted to this one point where a lone hunter that was dressed as such of the Stone Age, he seemed to be shivering as if it was a cold night, though Tsukune didn't feel a thing. Suddenly a man dressed in a cloak emerged from the tall grass and stepped up to the hunter. The Hunter noticed this and raised his spear as if in defense, the Cloaked man didn't flinch or show any sign of being a threat.
"You have no reason to fear," said the cloaked man "I am here to help you."
"I need no help unless you can chase away this cold." Said the hunter
The cloaked man smiled "As a matter of fact I am here to help you and all of your race chase away cold and keep it away for millennia to come." Said the man raising his hands to the heavens.
"How so?" asked the hunter
The cloaked man reached into his cloak and pulled out a small glowing ember and placed it before the hunter. Upon seeing this the hunter scrambled a safe distance from it. The man in the cloak chuckled "I know of human's fear of fire, but know this: I am here to teach you how to tame it, for I have chosen you, the greatest warrior of your tribe how to harness fire and to bring this knowledge back to your people, you will be honored beyond that of people for thousands of years to come as the hunter who tamed fire!" said the cloaked man as he sat down next to the hunter and showed him how to fuel the fire with sticks and wood but also explained how dried animal droppings. As Tsukune watched this, Ogaion appeared at his side Tsukune looked up into the face of the old wizard.
"This is how magick started? With the taming of fire?" asked Tsukune
"Yes it did, around fire, shamans related stories, performed the earliest rituals and much more, the one who taught humans how to do this was known by many names over the millennia: Loki to the Norse, Vulcan to the Romans, Manco Capac to the Incans, and many more and countless others that have been buried by time." Explained Ogaion, "But Now I must show you something that happened thousands of years later and is of much importance to you." He said as the vision of the Hunter and the fire man dissolved into blackness now revealing the snow country but it was in chaos now. The Ice people were seemingly at war with what seemed like human and Vampires, Tsukune had to blink because he saw an aura around the humans that seemed to reveal that they were wizards. Ogaion noticed this, "So, you've unlocked the ability to tell a wizard from a human." He said
"There is a way?" asked Tsukune and Ogaion nodded
"Physically to the untrained eye a wizard has no difference than to humans, however to a Wizard, the way to tell the difference is the aura around the person, Wizards see it all the time, however normal people cannot." Said Ogaion "However what I am here to show you is what caused the feud between Moka's Family and the snow people, Look there." Said Ogaion pointing to a point high upon a cliff to show a man in White robes with a crimson tunic underneath and was holding the same staff Ogaoion was holding, but that was not what Tsukune was looking at, his eyes were upon the wizard's face, He looked almost Identical to Tsukune himself
"W…Who is he?" asked Tsukune
"He is one in a long line of your ancestors, for you see… You are descended from the bloodline of the royal Mages of Arcania." Said Ogaion
Tsukune just stared at the wizard "Okay, Joke's over, where's the hidden Camera?" said Tsukune with a grin on his face
Ogaion raised an eyebrow "Why would I joke about such a powerful lineage?" he asked
"I mean no, if I am descended from one of the most powerful wizards, that would mean I have that same kind of power in my blood!" Ogaion looked at him, smiling. Tsukune's jaw dropped "I do don't I?" he asked and the wizard nodded
"Yes you do, now back to what you are about to see." Said Ogaion as a gigantic castle made of Black Ice started to rise from the snow, it had a wicked look to it as if itself was evil and on a balcony atop the central spire stood a woman dressed in armor made of ice and a scepter also made of Ice as black as the castle.
"Impressive offensive maneuver, Lord Sakuyo, Lord of Arcania, But I, Shalendra the Black Ice queen shall rule over all!"
"Not if I can help it, Why don't you spare the lives of thousands and face me one on one!" called out Tsukune's alleged ancestor
"Hmm… Interesting." Said Shalendra "I accept your challenge." Above the landscape of the battlefield a platform of Ice materialized and both Wizard and Ice queen teleported to the battlefield. The moment they locked eye contact the battle began. Sakuyo charged foreword and launched fireballs from his hand at the Black Ice Queen. From that point on, the battle swayed in advantage between the Lord of Arcania and the Black Ice queen. Overall they seemed to be evenly matched, until Sakuyo held his staff high above his head and started chanting in an ancient tongue words of power and a circular symbol appeared beneath their feet, runes around the edge and three intersecting triangles in the center.
"SEAL OF ODIN SEAL US BOTH TO SAVE THEM ALL!" called Lord Sakuyo and with the Blinding flash of light they, and the Black Ice Castle vanished into the high mountains. With that the snow people retreated, and the vampires and wizards bowed their heads for the memory of their lord and friend but one vampire woman was on her knees with uncontrollable sobs.
From there the vision faded back into Ogaion's study "So I am descended from the old lords of Arcania." Said Tsukune
"Yes indeed you are." Said Ogaion
"But How? Didn't he sacrifice himself to defeat that Black Ice Queen Person? He wouldn't have had time to have a child." asked Tsukune
"Oh he did have a child to a woman who he cared about however that marrige was forced upon him by the high council." Replied Ogaion mournfully
"An arranged marriage?!" exclaimed Tsukune
"It was quite common in those days for one of his and now your stature, but those days have long since passed, however the woman he married did grant him a child, a daughter who was raised by the vampire you saw Mourning over the loss of his Lordship."
Why her?" asked Tsukune
"Lord Sakuyo's wife died in giving birth to the girl, even though it was an arranged marriage, Lord Sakuyo did care for her, and was very depressed when she passed, it was her: Karua Suzen, Later to be half sister to your lover Moka Akiyasha that would raise the child, for you see, Karua saved Lord Sakuyo from sadness and he was able to love again, when Sakuyo sacrificed himself to stop the Black Ice Queen, she blamed the Ice people for the chaos she caused and with that began the feud between the Akiyasha family and the ice people that still goes to this day." Said Ogaion "However when the Vampires hear of one of the Ice people killing one of their own, they will mostly sound a cry for war and regrettably due to the Alliance between the vampire clans and Arcania, we would have no choice but to heed their call." Said Ogiaon sadly
"What?! Go to war because of one killing?!" exclaimed Tsukune
"It is what started World War I in the human world." Replied Ogaion
"True, but rather than that, isn't there a court that Mizore can be tried upon?" asked a stressed out Tsukune
Ogaion sighed, "I knew we would get onto the subject of the Youkai legal system when I brought this up, for you see, when a crime is committed from one Youkai race to another, the accused is tried by the same species that the crime was committed against, so in other words, Mizore would be tried against a court of vampires." Explained Ogaion
"But knowing what I do about Vampires, Mizore would be tried before the judge sits down!" said Tsukune in shock
"You are talking as though you don't believe she killed Moka." Said Ogaion "You know she killed the one you love so why do you defend her right to a fair trial?" asked the wizard simply.
"I'm not defending her, she deserves to be punished but bringing the subject back to a potential war, the Village had nothing to do with what Mizore did, the whole village shouldn't suffer for what ONE of their kind caused." Said Tsukune
Ogaion smiled "A wise answer, a fine wizard you will be, for an important part of being a wizard in battle is knowing when it is right to go into battle and when it is just taking lives needlessly, you seem to know the difference very well, I believe that is all for today, I will call you when it is time for your next lessons, then we will begin the search for your true name." said Ogaion
Tsukune stood up and was about to head out the door to be with Moka but he stopped "Lord Ogaion, could I ask you something?" he asked
"Of course, a wizard must always be ready for knowledge." Said Ogaion
"How did you know I was in the village of the snow people." Asked Tsukune
"Well, part of it was from the chairman and two, I've had some of my contacts keeping an eye on your family for a long time, but that story is for another time, you are dismissed." Said Ogaion
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Maybe this chapter was still a bit short, Those of you who were yelling at me for writing Mizore out of the fic too abruptly, I should have you know that the next chapter will be a short one however we will see mizore again next chapter (in fact the chapter will focus around Mizore) Lord of the Land of Fire, if you are reading this, I hope I answered some of your questions and desire YOUR feedback above all others Until then may you blessed be