Warnings: none for this chap
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**look at that! Another chapter! Yeay!!! I'll try to make it long, but I seem to have trouble doing that, something big in my head either comes out really short when I type, or needs to be separated in two chapters. So we'll see how it goes!**
Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I'm glad to see I haven't lost everyone during my incredibly long break from writing. Which might happen again soon cause the quarter is almost over and the amount of work I have to do is frightening! But I well try to update more, I promise!
OK enough banter! On with the fic!
Chapter 6: Speculation
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After Wufei left Duo in the meeting room he headed to Trowa's tower to relay the news to him. Wufei was tired from the trip and walking to the other side of the castle up the five flights of stairs to Trowa's "study" was not helping him. By the time he reached the top of the stairs he felt like finding a nice little corner and curling up for the next week to sleep. Somehow he kept his eyes away from the floor and knocked on Trowa's door.
"Come in" he heard a voice say. He carefully pushed the door open just in case there was anything in the way of the door. For a mage who needs to get at different things, Trowa certainly kept his "Study" in a constant state of mess. Wufei couldn't remember the last time he saw any surface in the room clean and clear of junk and clutter.
"Ah, Wufei! I see you have made it back from your trip safely." Trowa said from behind a pile of books.
"Its still a mess up here I see"
"A mess? I don't see a mess, everything is placed exactly where I want it to be." He replied without even lifting his head from whatever he was doing.
"What are you doing?"
"A mysterious magic is being used on this castle. I am unable to trace it. I am looking to see if there are any records of this happening before and what was done to counteract it. What brings you up here by the way? You don't usually wander this far up."
"That's why I came up here, I found out some rather interesting information from Glembogle concerning Heero. Duo asked me to tell you what I have learned in hopes of it help you on your search for the culprit." "Alright then. What are we waiting for?" Trowa put down his pen and looked at Wufei to show he was giving his full attention to whatever it was Wufei had to say. After seeing that he had Trowa's undivided attention he began to tell of everything he had learned while away.
"Odin you say?"
"Yes, I didn't catch his last name though."
"Lowe."
"What's that?" Wufei asked not quite hearing what Trowa had said.
"His name is Odin Lowe." Wufei's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"You know him?"
"No, unfortunately I never got the chance to make his acquaintance."
"Unfortunately?"
"Yes, he is a very powerful sorcerer, much more powerful than most people think and give him credit for. He is a legend to every mage, who are the only people who know and understand his full potential.
"He use to travel the world, holding small classes on how to hone ones power. These classes were near impossible to get into. A mage had to have sufficient power to begin with to even be considered a peon! I somehow managed to make it to the second name of the waiting list for one of his classes. So close and I didn't make it. He changes how he looks every time he goes someplace new so that no one will be able to recognize him. He's a pure genius!
"However I never heard about him having a child with him. And I don't think Heero's lack of skill with magic would stop Odin from mentioning him. Heero probably never accompanied him on his journeys, instead staying at the palace doing chores and whatnot. But how is it possible that no word ever left Glembogle about Heero?"
"Maybe no one knew he was with Odin" Wufei suggested helpfully.
"No, the servants and maids of the palace would have surly known about him and Odin, and Palace staff never keep their mouth shut. There is always someone who talks."
"What if Odin had put an memory eraser thing on Heero, so that when people were getting ready to talk about him they forgot what they were going to say, therefore never getting the word out."
"Wufei, my dear friend, you read too many stories! First off, the King and Relena and probably everyone in the royal family were unaffected by this eraser spell. And secondly, those eraser spells never work out as they are supposed to. People would remember Heero, just not that he was with Odin. But there was never any talk of him, and if he had started off as a mage in training people would have known about him, and word would have gotten out."
Trowa became very quite and stared into the stack of books as if he was trying to set them of fire, which Wufei was sure, he could accomplish if he really wanted to.
"What if Heero isn't magic inept?" Wufei asked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what if Heero really was studying under Odin to be the next mage of Glembogle? If Odin is as prestigious as you say he is, they might have wanted to keep Heero's significance on the down low. They could have portrayed him as just another servant in the castle. Who would be able to counter what the King said was true?"
"Interesting. However, if what you say is true, why would the King just banish Heero? Heero knows too much about the kingdom, and would obviously be pretty powerful if he was going to be the next Odin."
"Well, then maybe they erased Heero's memory....is that possible to do?"
"Yes, that is possible, only really powerful mages can accomplish such a feet where it does not affect the receiver. Heero doesn't have any traces of magic on him, nor does he have any traces of any spells being cast over him. Which either means we are completely wrong, or the same person doing all the weird things around here has done something to him as well."
Just then a knock was herd on the door, throwing Trowa out of this concentration and nearly making him fall off his chair. "Come in!" Trowa called, a little hoarse, after somewhat recovering from his momentary loss of composure. Duo pushed the door open and stepped into the room, closing the door behind him.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you guys up here, but you have been here for awhile, which to me means you have either found something out or think you may have found something out. Either way something has happened up here, and I couldn't wait any longer."
"Its perfectly all right your majesty. We believe Odin does have something to do with all the weird things happening around here. We also believe that Heero might have actually been studying to be the next mage in Glembogle." Trowa informed Duo.
"But Wufei said that Odin told him that Heero had no magic talent." Duo stated with confusion.
"Yes, that's what he told me, however, Trowa has informed me that Odin is a very powerful sorcerer, which would therefore prompt Glembogle to keep Heero's status unknown. They probably portrayed him as Odin's personal servant to explain all the time they spent together."
"Can you sense any magic on Heero, Trowa?" Duo asked, turning to look at Trowa, his head slightly tilted to the side.
"No, I can't, which also leads us to believe that Odin put a memory spell on Heero. Since we can't trace his magic usage no one would sense that Heero has been magically tampered with."
"Well, what do you proposed we do about this then? I can't have a rogue mage interfering with plans and my palace."
"We have to keep Heero under constant watch. Odin might try to make contact with him, but we don't know what Odin looks like, so anyone that approaches him must be questioned."
"Wait, what do you mean we don't know what Odin looks like? Wufei saw him."
"No, Odin changes his appearance where ever he goes so that no one will be able to recognize him."
"Great! Just great! He could come here looking like me! For all you know I could be him!" Duo yelled.
"Yes, that's true, you could be him. But if you are it's to late for us now, you would already know everything, therefore we wouldn't still be having this conversation."
"Well we can't just watch Heero, that might not work, and might be more trouble then one can manage!"
"I will also set magic traps, security spells, that will pick up traces of magic use and hopefully lead us to the user."
"Good, good, I like that." Said Duo, calming down a bit. "Alright, I need to see if the doors have come back to the west wing yet. I need to make sure Heero is still there."
"I'll get right to putting the security spells up, then I'll come down and try and reverse the disappearing door spell if they have not returned by the time I'm done."
"Thank you Trowa, Wufei" Duo said, as he turned to the door, opening it with a slight pull and walking through it.
"I shall be going as well. I need some rest after the trip, my ass is killing me!"
"Yes, sorry to have kept you so long."
"Oh, its quite all right, I wanted to be here for this, besides we may now be one step closer to figuring out what's been going on here." Wufei walked to the door and opened it, but before he walked out he turned back to Trowa and asked, "Do you think its possible for Heero to have done all this by himself?"
"No, he's to young to have that much power, and it doesn't make sense. If he did it to himself why would Glembogle have gotten rid of him?"
"Good point. I don't know. Well I'll talk to you later Trowa, if you find out anything new, I'll like to know."
"Alright"
Wufei walked out of Trowa's study, quietly shutting the door behind him as my made his way slowly to his nice, big, warm, soft bed.
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yeay! I updated again!!!! And this was a longer chapter. I think one of the longest ive ever written! There was a lot of info in it to amazingly enough! Though how much of it is true and how much of it is false? I donno, you'll just have to keep reading! I hope the chapter made sence. I just typed it out cause it was on my mind and sent it in. I didn't really proof read it. Sorry, I'll try to do it later and if ther mistakes are bad enough I'll go back and fix it! Alrighty I hope u liked that chapter!
**look at that! Another chapter! Yeay!!! I'll try to make it long, but I seem to have trouble doing that, something big in my head either comes out really short when I type, or needs to be separated in two chapters. So we'll see how it goes!**
Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I'm glad to see I haven't lost everyone during my incredibly long break from writing. Which might happen again soon cause the quarter is almost over and the amount of work I have to do is frightening! But I well try to update more, I promise!
OK enough banter! On with the fic!
Chapter 6: Speculation
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After Wufei left Duo in the meeting room he headed to Trowa's tower to relay the news to him. Wufei was tired from the trip and walking to the other side of the castle up the five flights of stairs to Trowa's "study" was not helping him. By the time he reached the top of the stairs he felt like finding a nice little corner and curling up for the next week to sleep. Somehow he kept his eyes away from the floor and knocked on Trowa's door.
"Come in" he heard a voice say. He carefully pushed the door open just in case there was anything in the way of the door. For a mage who needs to get at different things, Trowa certainly kept his "Study" in a constant state of mess. Wufei couldn't remember the last time he saw any surface in the room clean and clear of junk and clutter.
"Ah, Wufei! I see you have made it back from your trip safely." Trowa said from behind a pile of books.
"Its still a mess up here I see"
"A mess? I don't see a mess, everything is placed exactly where I want it to be." He replied without even lifting his head from whatever he was doing.
"What are you doing?"
"A mysterious magic is being used on this castle. I am unable to trace it. I am looking to see if there are any records of this happening before and what was done to counteract it. What brings you up here by the way? You don't usually wander this far up."
"That's why I came up here, I found out some rather interesting information from Glembogle concerning Heero. Duo asked me to tell you what I have learned in hopes of it help you on your search for the culprit." "Alright then. What are we waiting for?" Trowa put down his pen and looked at Wufei to show he was giving his full attention to whatever it was Wufei had to say. After seeing that he had Trowa's undivided attention he began to tell of everything he had learned while away.
"Odin you say?"
"Yes, I didn't catch his last name though."
"Lowe."
"What's that?" Wufei asked not quite hearing what Trowa had said.
"His name is Odin Lowe." Wufei's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"You know him?"
"No, unfortunately I never got the chance to make his acquaintance."
"Unfortunately?"
"Yes, he is a very powerful sorcerer, much more powerful than most people think and give him credit for. He is a legend to every mage, who are the only people who know and understand his full potential.
"He use to travel the world, holding small classes on how to hone ones power. These classes were near impossible to get into. A mage had to have sufficient power to begin with to even be considered a peon! I somehow managed to make it to the second name of the waiting list for one of his classes. So close and I didn't make it. He changes how he looks every time he goes someplace new so that no one will be able to recognize him. He's a pure genius!
"However I never heard about him having a child with him. And I don't think Heero's lack of skill with magic would stop Odin from mentioning him. Heero probably never accompanied him on his journeys, instead staying at the palace doing chores and whatnot. But how is it possible that no word ever left Glembogle about Heero?"
"Maybe no one knew he was with Odin" Wufei suggested helpfully.
"No, the servants and maids of the palace would have surly known about him and Odin, and Palace staff never keep their mouth shut. There is always someone who talks."
"What if Odin had put an memory eraser thing on Heero, so that when people were getting ready to talk about him they forgot what they were going to say, therefore never getting the word out."
"Wufei, my dear friend, you read too many stories! First off, the King and Relena and probably everyone in the royal family were unaffected by this eraser spell. And secondly, those eraser spells never work out as they are supposed to. People would remember Heero, just not that he was with Odin. But there was never any talk of him, and if he had started off as a mage in training people would have known about him, and word would have gotten out."
Trowa became very quite and stared into the stack of books as if he was trying to set them of fire, which Wufei was sure, he could accomplish if he really wanted to.
"What if Heero isn't magic inept?" Wufei asked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what if Heero really was studying under Odin to be the next mage of Glembogle? If Odin is as prestigious as you say he is, they might have wanted to keep Heero's significance on the down low. They could have portrayed him as just another servant in the castle. Who would be able to counter what the King said was true?"
"Interesting. However, if what you say is true, why would the King just banish Heero? Heero knows too much about the kingdom, and would obviously be pretty powerful if he was going to be the next Odin."
"Well, then maybe they erased Heero's memory....is that possible to do?"
"Yes, that is possible, only really powerful mages can accomplish such a feet where it does not affect the receiver. Heero doesn't have any traces of magic on him, nor does he have any traces of any spells being cast over him. Which either means we are completely wrong, or the same person doing all the weird things around here has done something to him as well."
Just then a knock was herd on the door, throwing Trowa out of this concentration and nearly making him fall off his chair. "Come in!" Trowa called, a little hoarse, after somewhat recovering from his momentary loss of composure. Duo pushed the door open and stepped into the room, closing the door behind him.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you guys up here, but you have been here for awhile, which to me means you have either found something out or think you may have found something out. Either way something has happened up here, and I couldn't wait any longer."
"Its perfectly all right your majesty. We believe Odin does have something to do with all the weird things happening around here. We also believe that Heero might have actually been studying to be the next mage in Glembogle." Trowa informed Duo.
"But Wufei said that Odin told him that Heero had no magic talent." Duo stated with confusion.
"Yes, that's what he told me, however, Trowa has informed me that Odin is a very powerful sorcerer, which would therefore prompt Glembogle to keep Heero's status unknown. They probably portrayed him as Odin's personal servant to explain all the time they spent together."
"Can you sense any magic on Heero, Trowa?" Duo asked, turning to look at Trowa, his head slightly tilted to the side.
"No, I can't, which also leads us to believe that Odin put a memory spell on Heero. Since we can't trace his magic usage no one would sense that Heero has been magically tampered with."
"Well, what do you proposed we do about this then? I can't have a rogue mage interfering with plans and my palace."
"We have to keep Heero under constant watch. Odin might try to make contact with him, but we don't know what Odin looks like, so anyone that approaches him must be questioned."
"Wait, what do you mean we don't know what Odin looks like? Wufei saw him."
"No, Odin changes his appearance where ever he goes so that no one will be able to recognize him."
"Great! Just great! He could come here looking like me! For all you know I could be him!" Duo yelled.
"Yes, that's true, you could be him. But if you are it's to late for us now, you would already know everything, therefore we wouldn't still be having this conversation."
"Well we can't just watch Heero, that might not work, and might be more trouble then one can manage!"
"I will also set magic traps, security spells, that will pick up traces of magic use and hopefully lead us to the user."
"Good, good, I like that." Said Duo, calming down a bit. "Alright, I need to see if the doors have come back to the west wing yet. I need to make sure Heero is still there."
"I'll get right to putting the security spells up, then I'll come down and try and reverse the disappearing door spell if they have not returned by the time I'm done."
"Thank you Trowa, Wufei" Duo said, as he turned to the door, opening it with a slight pull and walking through it.
"I shall be going as well. I need some rest after the trip, my ass is killing me!"
"Yes, sorry to have kept you so long."
"Oh, its quite all right, I wanted to be here for this, besides we may now be one step closer to figuring out what's been going on here." Wufei walked to the door and opened it, but before he walked out he turned back to Trowa and asked, "Do you think its possible for Heero to have done all this by himself?"
"No, he's to young to have that much power, and it doesn't make sense. If he did it to himself why would Glembogle have gotten rid of him?"
"Good point. I don't know. Well I'll talk to you later Trowa, if you find out anything new, I'll like to know."
"Alright"
Wufei walked out of Trowa's study, quietly shutting the door behind him as my made his way slowly to his nice, big, warm, soft bed.
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yeay! I updated again!!!! And this was a longer chapter. I think one of the longest ive ever written! There was a lot of info in it to amazingly enough! Though how much of it is true and how much of it is false? I donno, you'll just have to keep reading! I hope the chapter made sence. I just typed it out cause it was on my mind and sent it in. I didn't really proof read it. Sorry, I'll try to do it later and if ther mistakes are bad enough I'll go back and fix it! Alrighty I hope u liked that chapter!