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The Awakening
By Skysong
Chapter 7: Of Betrayal.
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*Mind Speak*
'Thoughts'[Animal Speech]
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(A/N: Guys, I'm gonna try and speed up the story from now on, this training is not supposed to take this much space, so if it seems really faced paced, yeah I know, I hate it too)
So, from that night on, Harry woke up before sunrise and in the evening after dinner to practice and learn from the Silvermist dragon, Aeolus(A/N: I found out from a website that Aeolus is the King of Winds, found it fitting, dragon and all, however, don't expect 'Aeo' to be regal, he's far from that!!) . From this training, he learned much more than he would have from in the classes, which he still faked being hopeless in. However, it was just this simple decision that lost him his group of "friends"
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Harry sighed forlornly as Lyddia proceeded yelling at him. His stallion Xyeran had caught up with is hopeless act and used this fact to "help" his "master" with his act.
[Hmm…should I start bucking for the effect?]
The stallion stared at the purple-faced Horse Mistress with distain.
[Hmm…alright, this once, not too hard, otherwise it will hurt more when I "fall"] Harry whispered.
Xyeran complied with compliments. With a fierce scream, it started bucking, giving the Horse Mistress a bruise on the side of her arm as she quickly tried to sidestep the out of control horse.
"HARRY!!" Lyddia spluttered, "4 weeks of tack cleaning duty!!!"
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Endale shuffled nervously as he and the rest of his group sidled up to Harry after class.
"I'm sorry Harry, but no offense, you're too hopeless, I mean, um…" he took a deep breath as recollected his thoughts.
"What he means is that, here in the guild of the Mages, you are affected by who you are with…sort of… We are limiting our possibilities and chances of greatness by being with you. We're sorry." Cor licked his lips nervously.
"Sorry, Harry, let's keep it short and sweet…erm…bye."
Harry watched 6 retreating backs, face a cold and expressionless mask he learned from the Dursleys.
[Guess it's just us then Xyeran?] Harry stroked his black stallion.
His horse snorted in response, showing an unexpected show of concern to his friend.
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It was twilight, the pale disc of the sun was only a sliver of light on the horizon. A lone figure, dressed in the standard clothing of an Arxarios laid carefree on a midnight black stallion, shimmering in silver.
*BOO!* A cheerful voice screamed in his mind.
*Aeo!! Don't do that!* Harry massaged his forehead groaning.
*Sorry kiddo! Soo…what shall we do today? * With a small pop and a wisp of mist, a Silver dragon appeared, it regarded the stallion lazily before poking its blue tongue out at it. Cheekily it patted the stallion's head, with more force than needed.
*Heya Xyers!! How goes my favourite equine?*
The stallion's head snaked out and teeth chomped close with a clang only a few centimeters away from a silver dragon wing.
(A/N: Oh, and guess who Aeo is based on! Yes Xiera!! Me!! Muhahahaaha!!)
*You are getting slow horse!*
[You are getting stupid LIZARD!! Wait, you were already stupid…silly me] The horse rolled its eyes sarcastically.
*I'm not a lizard! I don't do that tongue thing! * Aeo said insulted, flicking out his tongue just for the effect.
"Since when do dragons watch Mulan?" Harry said amusedly.
*Ok, you're getting cocky there! 100 pushups!! And after that, you need to work on your elements, your control over air needs polishing up …and a one…two…hey, move those muscles you limp noodle!*
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And so, the training continued. Under the tutorage of a dragon on steroids and a horse with an attitude problem, Harry had improved.
So the year progressed on, and with time, the less cheerful facts of life as a mage in training was revealed. All the teachers and mentors either showed dislike on various scales to Harry or they just ignored him and assigned him to menial labour. Mistress Tiana was the only one to show sympathy to Harry, to Harry's disapproval. Yet, Harry was glad to have someone to talk to.
The Grand Competition were coming up, and even the Royalty will be attending. It was always a grand affair with the open sections available to anyone regardless of being a mage, commoner or diabolist. It was a day when truce was called and the only competition was between two opponents fighting over for a prize. There was food, there was betting and gambling, there was "fun", there was laughter. It was that happy showy fair-y kind of day.
There was also a special category where all Arxarios must enter. It allowed Master mages and the like to examine the new generation and perhaps choose one to apprentice. You see, after passing the tests of being an Arxarios, (taken 3 weeks after the Competition), an Arxarios will either get a mage of higher ranking to study under. This however also depended on the type of mage the Arxarios wanted to be. There were millions of different specialalities. There were Earth mages, Air mages, Water mages, Fire mages, warrior mages, scholar mages, Alchemist mage, Beast mage and of course the great War mage.
So, it was this occasion that Harry at chosen to be the type of day where "Harry-Potter-the-Arxarios-kicked-ass-and-where-he-will-get-his-revenge-and-reveal-his-power-he-has-been-hiding" however, he wanted to repay the mentor that supported him where others would not.
Tentatively, he knocked on the door to the History classroom.
"Come in! " A familiar female voice drifted out.
Harry peeked inside the door.
"Mistress Tiana? Are you alright?"
The History teacher looked up, eyes red and swollen.
"Yes, I'm alright, just that…my father died…and *hiccup* you know how our family was always…short on money (A/N: Does this sound familiar? *grin*)…and well, I guess I won't get married…We have to go…and bury my father, funeral service you know…*hiccup*"
"I'm sorry."
"Don't worry, now why are you here?"
"Well, about the Grand Competition tomorrow…"
"Don't worry about that dear…"
"No, tomorrow, go to the betting booth, place a bet on me…"
"But Harry, you know I can't spare any money…and no offence."
"Trust me"
The grey cloak of an Arxarios swept out of the room.
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A/N: Well, the story had changed from what I had originally intended it. The friend's betrayal, well I just thought of that 5 minutes ago, thought it will be interesting. Personally, I really hated how I skipped a whole year in one chapter. But I wanted all his training finished by the very latest Chapter 15. I mean, the real story is when he returns from the mages. I have a LOT planned there. Oh well, to make things clear is that he trains for a year as an Arxarios, 2 years under apprenticeship and 2 more extra years if he happens to want to become an Absolute Master mage. *wink wink*
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