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A/N: And now, on to life. Please review. And I want to personally thank GoddessofMusic95, Maira der Panda, TTCyclone, JayJay133, Analinda, Kaytori, AuthorSquared, kenobigirlliz for reviewing so far. You have no idea how much your reviews mean to me. Thank you very much. This one is dedicated to all of you.
Sorcerers' Tales
Chapter 4: Life
If someone had told Balthazar and hour ago, that he was going to be alive to see the sunrise, he would have laughed in their face. If someone had told him 100 years ago that he would be holding Veronica in his arms right then, he would have punched them. And if someone had told him one thousand years ago that he would one day be indebted for the rest of his life to a twenty year old college kid who had been having problems firing off plasma bolts a few days ago he would have regarded them as a mad man.
Simply living life is enough to harden a soul, but when a person has to endure life enough for fifteen lifetimes or more, it is enough to turn that person into a shell of themselves. Balthazar Blake was a shell of his former self. When he had been studying under Merlin, he had a best friend in Horvath and a lover in Veronica. But now Horvath and he had been fighting each other for over a thousand years and Veronica had been locked away in a prison that he had placed her in. There was no chance that things would ever be the way they had been before, but maybe there was a chance that things could be close.
For the first time in 1300 years, Balthazar felt something different. He didn't need to look for the Prime Merlinian anymore. At last, his life was once again his to live. And he would live it. He still planned on teaching Dave, and of course he would hunt down Morganians from time to time, but the necessity was not quite as dire anymore. And now, he had Veronica.
Looking down at the woman in his arms, Balthazar couldn't help but smile when her gaze rose to meet his. He wanted to marry her, he wanted to live his life with her, maybe even have a child with her.
In the few days since he had found Dave, it had been business as usual for Balthazar Blake, teach magic, fight evil, avoid detection, except it had been dire because he was not only protecting himself but also the Prime Merlinian. But when he had felt the life leave him, only to be pulled back from the ether by his student…it had opened his eyes. Business as usual wasn't going to cut it anymore.
"What are we going to do about Horvath?" Veronica asked after a little bit.
"We'll worry about Horvath in the morning. For now, I want to introduce you to a foot long hot dog with everything. Come on Veronica, let's go…"
Without another word, Balthazar wrapped an arm around Veronica's waist and led her out of the park and off into a new world…a new life…for both of them.