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Chapter 5:
"To what do I owe the pleasure your majesty," Eliz asked with a trace of amusement in her voice. Eliz was the best magical and muggle trainer that Atlantis had seen in quite a few years, and the fact that she was only 23 made her one of the most sought out trainers. She had flaming red hair and bright emerald eyes which corresponded with her elements. Normally an Elemental would only have power over one element and it would be shown through their eye color. If they were able to use more than one their hair color would be thus affected. She had a slim, athletic build, and wore loose black pants and boots along with a red shirt.
"Well, I was going to tell you about your new student, but if you're going to act like that I think I'll have to ask my father to find a different teacher," Seliv said mischievously as she turned around acting as if she were heading out the door.
"What do you mean 'new student'," Eliz asked confused, "I thought I was going to be running the review for all the soldiers in the coming month."
"Tell me Eliz, does the name Dielare Samiz sound familiar," Seliv asked schooling her features into a cool mask.
"Of course, I doubt there's anyone who hasn't heard that name. He's the prophesized one," she exclaimed, "What are you getting at?"
"A man appeared in the Forbidden Meadows earlier today, and when Roselaray spoke with him she told him that he would have to choose a new name. The name he chose is Dielare Samiz," Seliv explained. Eliz paled for a minute before realizing where this was going.
"You mean that you want me to train the man that will save Atlantis!"
"That's about the size of it," Seliv replied smugly, happy to have gotten one over on Eliz.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go Seliv," she replied grabbing said woman's arm and dragging her out of the room.
"Ah good, you found her then," Leos said coming up on the pair.
"Yes she did, and she was about to take me to my newest apprentice," Eliz said impatiently. She had almost a familial relationship with both the princess and the king so what others viewed as her being rude and impertinent was actually her interacting as she was expected.
"Why don't we all go? I just finished with the council and we'll need to show Dielare where he is staying," Leos remarked happily.
"How did the meeting go," Seliv asked.
"Cornil was dead set against it as before, but since he knew he wouldn't get any support he didn't argue too badly," Leos replied, "I still wish I could remove him somehow. You'll have to be careful Eliz, I doubt he'll take this lying down."
"Of course Leos," Eliz told him seriously, "I'll use one of the lesser used training areas to teach him so we have less a chance of being spied on. Thankfully Cornil isn't powerful magically."
"I agree, otherwise I would have so many more problems," Leos agreed wholeheartedly. They began to chat amiably as they made their way towards the Hospital Wing.
There's supposed to be stars here but is stupid
Meanwhile in the Hospital Wing
Dielare woke up panting heavily due to the nightmare he had just woken up from, and he was covered in cold sweat. He had been remembering all the instances of abuse he had endured at the hands of his relatives throughout the years, and it was not pleasant. The memories made him once again draw into himself, and he berated himself for trusting the people here so blindly. Drawing his knees up to his chest he lowered his head and began rocking himself back and forth as he used to do when he was younger to try and calm himself down. He didn't know how long he stayed that way but he heard voices coming down the hallway towards where he was. He couldn't understand a word they were saying as the translation charm had worn off while he was sleeping, but he recognized the voices of Leos and Seliv. He remained quiet and unmoving until he could tell they were next to the bed and watching him.
"Pilaret conne garnija titarmin," was all Dielare said. Seliv renewed the charm on him immediately so he could understand what they were saying.
"How are you feeling Dielare," she asked concerned. She didn't like the position he was currently in as it screamed 'stay away'. She became even more worried when he didn't answer her, because she had felt that they had become friends, if somewhat tentative.
"Dielare, are you alright," Leos asked, also getting worried. He also did not receive an answer. The three Atlantians shared a troubled look before Eliz decided to give it a try.
"Dielare, my name is Eliz, I will be your trainer while you are here. I need you to get up so we can show you to your dormitory," she told him firmly leaving no room for argument. The only reply she got from him was him standing up, but his face remained looking downward refusing to meet anyone's eyes. Deciding to give him time they begin to silently walk towards the rooms that Dielare will be given during his stay in the castle. As they continued down the twisting hallways they continued to try and get Dielare to open up to any of them, but his eyes stayed downcast and only came up enough to learn the route they were taking so he would be able to find his own room. In his mind he kept fighting with his feelings, because Leos and Seliv seemed to care about him, but he was always taught that nobody would care. For that matter Mark and Josh seemed to care about him, but he could not figure it out for the life of him. He had spent the vast majority of his childhood being despised by his only living relatives so it seemed strange to him that someone who wasn't related to him would care at all about him. After a few more minutes they reached a corridor that contained several ornate doors, on each side, with one door sticking out like a sore thumb with it's rather plain appearance.
"This will be your dormitory," Leos told him kindly, "Once you have decorated it to suit yourself the door will change itself to reflect the personality of the rooms within."
"Would you like to see your rooms Dielare," Seliv asked cheerfully, he only nodded his head in response. Leos opened the door for them, as he was closest, and ushered them in. Dielare had his breath taken away when he saw his dormitory, which was a virtual house in itself! They walked into a living room area which had a staircase off to the side that went up to the top floor of the flat. He walked around taking in everything and while it was rather Spartan surroundings he knew that he would be changing things once he was able to. On the bottom floor there was a guest suite which had a large four-poster bed and a huge bathroom off to the side of it. There was also a kitchen area, which he found out he wouldn't be using too much as there was a royal dining area which he was expected to eat in along with his trainer Eliz. There was also a parlor area off to the side of the kitchen were he would be able to entertain any more personal guests. On the top floor there was two master suites, which each had a humongous bed which was adorned with white silk sheets. Each had a bathroom that was nearly twice the size of the one in the guest suite. The bathtub alone was half the size of the pool in Stonewall! It had 20 different taps on it, which he figured he would be able to try out later, and a shower that had 5 shower heads at various heights, but big enough to fit four people comfortably. There was also a linen closet along the entrance wall where some of the softest towels Dielare had ever come in contact with were stored for his use. He was overwhelmed by the 'dormitory' that he had been given.
"Why don't we leave you alone to get to know Eliz a little better," Leos suggested, "As she will be your trainer until you have mastered all the magiks you are able to use you will need to get to know her well." With that Seliv and Leos left the pair in the entrance hall/living room.
"Well Dielare, can you tell me about yourself," she asked as nicely as possible. He just looked at her for a moment before looking towards the floor again. "I don't know what happened, but you're going to have to speak eventually. I need to know your background to be able to train you efficiently," she tried in hopes that he would speak. Once again he looked at her, but this time she saw a pleading in his eyes to just be left alone. It nearly broke her heart at the amount of pain and mistrust she saw in his eyes. "Why don't you tell me later, for now I'll show you where we'll be training and I can also test you to see what training you'll need."
Dielare looked a little relieved that he wouldn't need to talk to her yet, and obligingly followed her out of his flat into the main part of the castle. She kept quiet letting him process everything he needed and also get a good look at his surroundings. He got a curious look on his face when they got to a part of the castle that appeared to be disused. It wasn't easy to tell, but he could. While everything was more or less clean, there was a feeling to it that nobody had entered these corridors in quite some time. After a few more minutes they arrived at a large set of double doors and she led him inside. What he saw was something that made him quite nervous. On all of the walls there were various weapons that he had only read about in books and had never seen. There were various broadswords, katanas, spears, sai's, staffs, and every other weapon imaginable. He gave Eliz a nervous look to see what she was doing and saw that she was only looking at him thoughtfully.
"There is no need to be nervous Dielare, I am not going to hurt you. I am your trainer after all, it would look bad upon me if you were injured before you even began training," she told him with a small chuckle. He relaxed slightly but came to attention as he had seen soldiers do in some war movies. She just looked at him like he had grown a second head before bursting out laughing. "Relax! Now, I need to test you to see what kind of magic you are able to use. There is a fairly simple test that we use to discern this, all I need you to do is place your hand on this stone," she explained drawing the stone out of her pocket, "And your aura will flare around you in the visible spectrum, but it will also have a color added to it in respect to the type of magic that you are able to use. I will explain the colors to you after you have done so."
Dielare tentatively reached out and placed his hand on the stone while she cast the spell to reveal his aura 'Revelasca'. All around him in a 3 meter area his aura flared in three distinct colors. One portion was a bright golden color, while another was a green that rivaled the healthiest of grass, and the third was a white so bright they couldn't look directly at it.
"Well, two of them I can tell you, but the white I don't know about. We've never had someone with white in their aura before," she mused, "From what you just showed me it appears that you are a Elemental Mage and a Wizarding Mage, meaning you can use both magiks at a rather high level, luckily I'm a mage in both so I will be able to train you correctly in them. The golden color corresponded to the Wizarding magic while the green corresponded to your abilities in Elemental magiks. Now, we're not going to do much today, but I do want to get a start so we'll begin on your physical training and finish off with some Elemental magik so you can use up some of that power so you don't hurt yourself." She looked at him critically for a moment, before making a decision. "Right now I want you to do some stretches, any that you know, and go for a slow jog around the room. I will tell you when to stop." Dielare just nodded before doing some basic stretches that he had learned in high school before setting out at a slow pace around the training room.
He continued his slow jog in autopilot while lost in the thoughts running through his mind. Why are they all being so nice to me? I suppose I have no choice but to at least talk to Seliv and I believe they said her name was Eliz? If she's my trainer she'll need me to at least talk to her, but I will have to keep some things hidden. I don't think she needs to know how I grew up to train me. Hopefully Seliv will continue my language lessons because otherwise I'll need to talk to Eliz a lot more, though she isn't bad looking. She has more of a rugged quality than Seliv does, but she is still beautiful. I guess I'll wait until we get to the actual training part before I speak to her, put it off as long as I possibly can. That way I'm only delaying the inevitable where they all leave me to rot. Dielare continued his musings as he jogged around the rather large room until Eliz told him to stop and come over. He hadn't even noticed how hard he had been breathing until he was ordered to stop, when he began walking over he was gasping for breath trying to fill his lungs and slow down his heart rate which was going rather quick. Eliz cast a calming charm on him to help him get himself under control as she normally would have had him stop much sooner, but she hadn't noticed him having any difficulties.
"Ok Dielare, since we know that you're an elemental we will start with that portion of your training. Something that you need to know up front is that every elemental has a way of showing which element they have control over. More times than not an elemental can only control one element, as is your case, so you show it through your eye color. The green of your eyes, while an odd and rare color, shows that you are an earth elemental," she explained. "We'll work on your wizarding magic later because if you can master Elemental magik then you will have no problem casting wizarding magic wandlessly." He just nodded in understanding when she told him this.