Of Flame and Light: Same Drum
By: M14Mouse
Summary: Nick and Leanbow have that talk.
Disclaimer: Don't own them.
Nick sighed as he watched his friends leave. He really wished that Catalina and Chip didn't do that. Although, he wasn't really surprised either, Chip seemed to pick up some of his teacher's bad habits. Not that he would tell her that or Chip for that matter.
"What do you want to talk about, son?" His father said.
"A lot of things but I think that the most important is…I decided to become a knight," He said.
His father's face broke out into a smile. It almost surprised him on how young his dad's face looked when he smiled. It was a good look on him.
'That is…"
"And I want Daggeron to finish it," He said as he cut his father off.
His father blinked at him in surprise.
"Bowen…"
"I am sure that you want to ask why. I love you, dad. I do but I don't always agree with you. I don't agree how you train me or Chip," He said.
He watched his father's face harden slightly.
"How I trained you was because of the Master," His dad said.
"I get that. I do but…I have a choice in the matter now."
"Why not Snow Prince?"
He ran his hand through his hair. He thought about him but he figured that Snow Prince was busy…being well…the Snow Prince.
"Don't let Catalina's opinion of Snow Prince cloud your judgment as well. The prince is a fine teacher," His dad added.
"He is. Catalina already told me that Snow Prince would be a good teacher for me."
His dad blinked in surprise. He wasn't the only one surprised. He was surprised when she said that as well. Catalina was a bag of surprises that he didn't want to touch that bag with a ten foot pole.
"Then why Daggeron?"
"I feel comfortable with him. Just as Chip feels comfortable with Catalina. I'm not kicking you out of my training either. I thought this whole knight training thing was a group effort."
His dad nodded his head.
"It is."
"So, that goes down to my second thing. Stop isolating Chip. I can't figure out why you and Snow Prince hate him so," He said.
"We don't hate him. We thought that the boy was too lax in his training. We were wrong as Catalina liked to point out to us. But at this point of the training, it doesn't matter as much now," His father said.
He blinked in confusion.
"Huh?"
"At this point of your training, we act mostly as guides. During this period, it is time to find your path and if you want to become a knight," His dad said.
"Really? Why didn't Chip or I know about it? Wait…is that why Catalina sent Chip off to see the Huntsmen?"
"We don't talk about it for a simple reason that we don't want to influence our students. That is quite possible. Catalina has her reasons. I know that she sent Zaria to a ninja school for time. We spend a great deal of time trying to talk Catalina out of that."
HE laughed.
"That didn't work, huh?" He said.
His father chuckled.
"No," his father said.
"Another thing is that you and mom and my adopted parents are going to talk even if I have to spell the room."
"We tried…"
"Yes, we tried. It is time again. Once we get done with this shadow business, I am going to go up and talk to my parents one more time. If it doesn't work, I tried. I can't let it eat me up inside. I have to move past it."
His father nodded his head.
"It won't be easy," His dad said.
"Nothing ever is," He replied.
End of New Drum
Next Chapter; Spell work
A/N: Now, you know why the knights haven't been as part of their training as much. I probably should write a chapter where Catalina and Leanbow have a conversation. It would be interesting…probably in the sequel. Read and Review if you wish.