Chapter 5: Make Me Your Apprentice!
Arthur Kirkland stared at the young woman and man that were crouched
before him. Arthur sighed and pulled down the hood of his cloak
revealing his short spiky blond hair, he was now twenty-four years old
and stood at five eight and a half. He stared at the two with his leaf
green eyes. "Bloody hell I messed up!" he said loudly with a thick
British accent. The woman and her brother looked up at him, "Where are
we? Who are you?" she asks trying to get to her feet. "Ah my back!"
She cries out "Sis don't move! E-Excuse me but can you help us?" asks
Matthew Arthur frowned he laid his eyes on the woman. He sighed before
nodding; he walked over and picked the woman up bridal style. He
looked into her unusual colored blue eyes. "T-Thanks, I'm Alicia Jones
that's my brother Matthew." She said softly, he couldn't help but stare
into her blue eyes. "I'm Arthur Kirkland." he replied before taking
her upstairs to the living room, he placed her down on the couch.
"Where are we?" she inquires, looking around the nice well-furnished
living room. Arthur ran his hand through his blond hair. "You're in
London, Britain. I apologize for accidently summoning you." he says
with annoyed sigh. Alicia turned and looked at Arthur with interest.
"Summon? So you're a sorcerer?" she asked "So you were trying summon else someone?" Matthew inquired Arthur
groaned and leaned against the wall crossing his arms over his chest.
"I was trying to summon the Snyra, a legendary Sorceress who was said
to be reincarnated. So I was trying to summon her reincarnation
thinking she'll take me on as apprentice." he replies looking at
Alicia and Matthew. "You think my sister is this Snyra?" Matthew asks
Arthur snorted at this. "I highly doubt it. The Snyra was said to be
both beautiful and intelligent." he retorts Matthew frowns while Alicia
ignores him. "My sister is both beautiful and smart!" Matthew says
defensively, his attention is taken away by the smell of cigarette
smoke filling the air. Arthur grimaces and turns to see his eldest
brother Craig entering the room. Both he and Craig used a spell to
make them forever young looking but when they die their bodies will
wither away to dust. That was the cost they were going to pay.
Although Arthur did to stop his eyebrows from getting any thicker.
Craig appeared to be twenty-five when in truth he was thirty-seven. He
ran his gloved hand through his red spiky hair as pale green eyes
studied Matthew and Alicia. He wore a blue Scottish military uniform.
He then put out his cigarette and headed over to Alicia, she glanced
up at him innocently. He did a bow and placed his left gloved hand
over his chest. "I am Craig Kirkland and you my dear?" he asked
grinning at her. "I'm Alicia Jones." she replied extending her hand to
shake it. Craig grabbed it and kissed the top of it. Alicia's brow raised she
wasn't use to this kind of treatment. "Why do you want to learn from
this Snyra?" she asks "Because it's a dream of mine to learn the Dark
Arts from her not Craig" he says Alicia looked to Craig with interest. "You know the Dark Arts." she
said sweetly. He nodded and grinned at her. "I am the best." he said
with a chuckle. "Hey Arthur, I have an idea if you teach the Dark
Arts, I'll use my military training to help you locate this Snyra."
She exclaims with a smile Arthur stared at her contemplating the offer, "I think about it. Why
don't you and your brother spend the night and I'll give you my
decision sometime tonight." he replies, Craig turns to her he leans in
brushing past her face. "And if he doesn't teach you I will." he
whispers before leaving the room. "I'll take you to your rooms."
Arthur said Alicia got to her feet and trailed after Arthur.
Alicia stares at Arthur's back as she walks behind him carefully
walking behind him. "Um Arthur, your brother seems really nice." she
says Arthur glances over his shoulder, he glares at her darkly.
"Unless you want your heart broken I'd suggest you stay away from
him." he says Alicia blinks innocently. "And you? Should I stay away
from you?" she asks stopping at the bedroom door she stood closely. "I
am a British Gentleman. Well here's your room." he says Alicia smiled at him she opened the door. "Thank you for letting us stay here. I really appreciate it." she says sweetly, he nods to her silently before walking off down the halls.
Alicia glanced around the bedroom, before laying the down on the bed. She stared up at the canopy, she let out a sigh. 'Well we got away... but at what cost?' she thought pulling her knees close to her chest. "Alicia! Alicia are you in here?"Matthew called knocking on the door. Alicia looked up to the door. "Yeah, I'm here. Come on in." she replied, the door opened as Matthew entered the bedroom. He walked over to her and climbed onto the bed. "How's your back?" he asked looking at her back, Alicia shrugged and took of her blouse. "How bad is it?" she asked Matthew studied her injured back. You have bruises forming and cuts from the lamp. Do you want me to go get a wash cloth and clean the cuts before with some bandages on?" he asks Alicia smiled at his words. "That would be most appreciated, thank you Matthew." she replied.
While Matthew tended to his sister, Arthur sat on the couch thinking
about Alicia's offer. "Hot huh?" Craig said entering the living room.
Arthur looked up at him and glared at him. "Alicia, I mean she is a
total hottie. I told her if you don't agree to her offer, I'll teach
her how to perform magic." Craig said chuckling Arthur shook his head and got to his feet. "Craig, leave her alone. "She's probably not interested." he says lowly walking past his brother and headed down the hall. Arthur entered his bedroom; he lay down on his bed his eyes looked up at the ceiling. "Bloody hell, I do not know if I should take the offer... But what if she doesn't keep her word. How would we know if we find the Snyra..." he whispered trying to really consider this proposal. He glanced around his bedroom. He sighed before falling asleep on his bed, a few hours later he woke to see Alicia sitting on the edge of the bed. He was a light sleeper. "W-What the hell?" he groaned sitting up, Alicia stared at him she brushed back some strands of runaway hair. "Hey." she says looking at him with a light smile. He sits up and runs
his right hand through his blond spiky hair. "What do you want Miss
Jones?" he asks tiredly staring at her eyes. "Have you decided yet? If
you'll accept my offer?" she asks softly, he sighs at her. "No I have
not, Why?" he questions; Alicia sighs and lies down beside him. "I would really appreciate it
if you agreed to it. I really want to learn magic, so I can protect my
brother." she says looking up at the canopy. Arthur groaned placing the palm of his hand on his face. "Why don't you ask my brother, he's much more powerful when it comes to the magic" he says getting annoyed as he started to glare at her. 'I want to sleep.' he thought Alicia tilted her head and looked at him
seriously. "Because I want to learn from you, and my brother Matthew
for some reason doesn't trust him. So will you do it? Will you teach
me if I help you track down the Snyra?" she says to him, he scowls at
her and sighs once more. "Fine, fine I'll teach you...Now can I get
some sleep please?" he says irate, a smile came to her lips she kissed
his cheek and hops off the bed. "Thank you so much! I promise I won't
disappoint you!" she says he motions her to leave with his hands and
she does. "What a strange girl." he says to himself.
Alicia lays fast asleep in the bed of the guestroom, she begins to
dream about something unusual but it feel so real like she in her own
dream. "My king we must hurry!" screams a woman with long blond hair, with
unusual blue eyes very much similar to Alicia's. Her hair reaches to
her mid back length; everything about her appearance is almost
identical to Alicia's. She wears a medieval looking dress, it is pale blue and laces down the
middle as well ties in the back but it parts at the waist. "My king!"
She calls rushing up steps that lead to a tower. She pushes open the tower door, her eyes fall on the king who resembles Arthur. "Alicia." he says Alicia opens her eyes to see her brother. "Matthew? W-What's wrong?" Alicia asks sitting up in the bed, "Are you sure we're safe here? What if father finds us?" Matthew asks with a
tone of fear in his voice as he sat down on the bed beside her. Alicia
frown art his words, she shook head and placed her hands on his
shoulders drawing him into a hug. "Don't think like that of course
we're safe. I promise you no harm will come to us." she says with a
smile soothingly whispering her name. Alicia was determined to hold true to her words.