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A/N: Sorry this chapter has taken so long, but I really haven't been able to focus on the story enough. I also want to apologize for this chapter being short and sucking so badly. I don't think I've ever had to force a chapter as much as I had to on this one. I'll definitely be coming back to rewrite this chapter at a later point in time. Other than that I really don't have too much to say this time except thanks to everyone who's supporting this story and reviewing. It means a lot to me. I hope you like this latest chapter!

Chapter 8: Wizarding Training

The next few months for Dielare were some of the most intensive that he had ever experienced in his entire life. Once Eliz got a glimpse of what he was capable of she didn't let up on him at all. From morning 'til night he was pushed to his limits then thrown past them. He was trained intensively in the Koolborm Fighting Style which was her own families Earth Elemental Fighting Style. It had been developed by her great grandfather during the Great Dielare War, which had been brought about by a minor tiff among a few Gods and Goddesses in which Earth became a pawn in the inevitable power struggle. The fighting style itself centered around defense while using strategy to attack at the best moment with the most powerful attacks that would completely level and decimate the opponent. It was a last resort style, but it was effective. Due to the strategical nature of the fighting style whenever he wasn't being trained in Elemental Magik he was studying the arts of war. He read up on the most effective strategies used and the most historic blunders in the history of warfare.

"Good Dielare, you've finished your training on Elemental Magiks, we will come back to it but from now on our main focus will be Wizarding Magic," Eliz told him when he finished his morning warm up.

"Is that good news or bad news," he asked with a cheeky grin.

"That depends on how hard you're prepared to work," Eliz respond with a malicious grin. Dielare's grin dropped and he looked about ready to run for the hills before deciding that he'd have to put up with it. Eliz saw a determined fire enter his eyes and knew that he would work his butt off to finish up the training.

"What first boss," he asked seriously.

"You'll be levitating this feather," she said after waving her hand to conjure a feather. "There is no special way to wave your hand, you just need to push your magic out through your hand like you do with Elemental Magik and say 'Wingarde Leva'. If you do it properly it should levitate neatly off the ground."

"Ok," he said before sitting himself in front of the feather and concentrating on his magic. It took a few more minutes than it would have normally if he was using his Elemental Magik. Due to the large excess he had built up inside of him it didn't take all that long for him to find it, but guiding it out of him was another matter entirely. Whereas with Elemental Magik he only needed to direct it out of any point of him, unless he was creating a weapon, Wizarding magic required it to be directed out through his hands. He could feel rivulets of sweat streaming down his face by the time he directed a small portion to his hand. "Wingard Lev!" Unfortunately, due to his mispronunciation, the feather didn't quite float. Instead of floating it exploded like a small firecracker.

"Interesting attempt Dielare," Eliz said while trying not to laugh. He just scowled at her before she conjured another feather for him to try on. "Now that you have an idea of how to bring your magic forward it should become easier to do so. After we are done with lessons each day I want you to practice the spells that you have learned so that you can get a feel for the amount of magic you need and you are able to draw it more quickly."

"Yes ma'am," he muttered before focusing his attention inward again to bring more magic forward.

"Remember, it's 'Win-gar-de Lev-a'. Make sure you pronounce it properly and it should work for you," she reminded him. He just nodded while focusing on bringing enough magic forward. This time he pronounced it correctly making the feather float a meter above the floor. He grinned widely seeing this and released the magic so it could float back down. One of the things he liked best about Eliz was that when training she could be an all business, brass-nails, drill sergeant, but the minute training was through for the day she was one of the sweetest women he knew. She didn't give him a chance to rest the remainder of the day as she drilled more spells into him. By the end of the day he was able to levitate objects, transfigure a rodent into a goblet, disarm someone, create a shield, cast a tickling charm(which he made use of on Eliz), transfigure a match into a needle, and he'd almost completed transfiguring a rug into a stool. The only reason he hadn't finished was due to the fact that they were required to show up for dinner in the royal dining hall very shortly. His homework for the evening was practicing all the spells that he had learned that day, including finishing up the final transfiguration. Due to the fact that it was one-on-one training they were able to quickly move through the spells instead of having to spend the entire day on only one or two different spells.

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"Now Dielare," Seliv began later that evening, "We're going to be teaching you the quick way we communicate. Now, while owls are generally used for packages and such, there was something that was developed roughly one hundred years ago for use by the royal family to make communications easier and faster when issuing new decrees and such amongst the higher level monarchs. It also allowed warnings to be delivered much quicker should an attack be discovered."

"Um, ok," Dielare replied confused as to what the impromptu history lesson was for.

"Bear with her Dielare, she does have a point," Eliz remarked with a smirk. Seliv just sent a mock-glare at Eliz before continuing.

"I do have a point. After 20 years this system was released to the public and was widely accepted and improved upon. It's a constantly evolving system of communication so if you ever have any suggestions on how to improve it let us know."

"Yes ma'am," he replied with a smirk.

"Say that again and you'll have to sleep with one eye open Samiz," Seliv growled. Both Dielare and Eliz just laughed at how easy it was to rile her up. "Now, the first thing we need to do is set up a mailbox for incoming messages for you. All you need to do is cast 'epistulae acra ad' onto the parchment and it will act as a homing beacon of sorts for your messages."

"Epistulae arca ad," he intoned once he had called the magic to his hand. The parchment glowed green and gold for a moment before looking exactly the same as it had before he cast the spell.

"Good, now any messages you receive will end up here. All you will have to do to read them is call your magic to a finger and point to the message you want to read. When you've finished reading the message just flip the parchment over and the message will close," Seliv would've continued explaining except for the fact that Dielare was no longer paying attention.

"Just…like…an…etch…a…sketch," he said between laughs. They just looked at him like he was crazy.

"A what," Eliz asked.

"A toy from where I come from," he answered when he had calmed down. "How do I erase messages I don't need to keep?"

"Oookay, to erase a message all you have to do is bring magic forward like you're going to open a message, but say 'deletius' when you touch your finger to the message," Seliv explained still looking at him as if he should be committed to the mental ward. "We'll go over that again in a minute, first we need to show you how to send messages."

"Why don't you write one out to yourself first and we'll show you. On a regular piece of parchment just write To: then your name, From: then your name, Subject: put anything, and then just a quick message," Eliz explained.

"Alright," he responded before jotting something down quick not letting them see it. "Now what?"

"Now cast 'copius magicus' on the parchment, then cast 'magicus epistulae' to send the message," Seliv replied. He looked at both of them for a minute before getting a grin that looked as if he was about to prank them. "What are you planning?"

"Oh nothing, nothing at all. Copius magicus epistulae," Dielare remarked before combining both spells into one and sending the message off. Not a moment later an indicator showed up on his parchment saying he had one new message along with Eliz and Seliv's parchments which they kept with them. They both looked at him oddly before opening the message to see what he had written.

To: Princess Seliv, Mage Eliz, and Trainee Dielare

From: Trainee Dielare

Subject: Test, this is only a test

I'm a little teapot short and stout, here is my handle, here is my spout!

Both Seliv and Eliz cracked up laughing when they read the message completely forgetting about Dielare's ability to combine the charms to copy and send the message out in one spell instead of two separate spells.

"I have a few ideas that might bring a little progress into this system. Is there a library I can use to look up some things," Dielare asked once everyone had calmed down.

"I'll show it to you after training tomorrow, for now, you need to practice what you learned today. We'll leave you alone for the night," Eliz said in her trainer persona.

"Yes ma'am," he replied with a smirk. After they had left he pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote down everything he could remember about E-mail from back home to see if he could advance the messaging system at all. Once he had finished that he walked into the library that he had in what used to be a guest bedroom, but it was just as he thought. All the books that were in there were about the customs and society of Atlantis. None of them held any charms or transfiguration spells. Luckily, part of his elemental training included morphing objects, which was almost the same as transfiguration, but could only be done on inanimate objects.

Walking into his room he pictured what he wanted to create while he collected the needed materials. All he really needed was a few pieces of string that he was morphing into a leather wristband. The leather was shiny black with a three centimeter length of continuous leather while on either side of that it was braided to the ends. He tied it onto his left wrist before setting himself down to create the gem that he would stick on the section of continuous leather. This was something that Eliz had trained him in after he had formed his first elemental weapon. Since his Earth Mage staff was made out of a type of emerald she ventured that he could use his elemental abilities to create other such gems. Once he connected with his magik he summoned up the needed energy to form the gem the way he wanted it along with the shape, colors, and design. When he finished nearly thirty minutes later he had a small dark green emerald that would fit perfectly onto his wristband. What made it look so amazing was the fact that his symbol was engrained into the stone itself. On the top of the stone in a brighter green was a phoenix rising from the ashes with a lightning bolt on it's chest. They had discovered that when he created gems he could either choose to include his symbol or not. For his own personal gems he usually chose to. Now that that was done and he was exhausted, he got himself ready for bed ready to do some heavy research the next day.

(Quick Author babble. From here on out I'm not really going to be focusing much on his training. Things are going to start picking up and the war is going to be starting soon. I may highlight some things he's learned but that's it.)

The next day was even more intensive then the previous one. It seemed that since Dielare showed that he was capable of learning new charms quickly Eliz wasn't going to be letting him off learning only a few each day. By the end of the day he had learned the Atlantian equivalent of the first three years of Hogwarts in Transfiguration and Charms, and he was into fifth year for Defense Against the Dark Arts which he seemed to have a particular knack for. Later that night, after he had been shown the way to the library, he looked up permanent sticking charms so that he would be able to attach the gem to his wrist band. Once that was taken care of he began his research into what would be needed for the ideas he had for the Atlantian messaging system. It took until nearly closing time of the library, but he eventually found all the charms that would be needed for what he had in mind. He wanted to create an address book so he wouldn't have to write out titles for his friends all the time, as well as connect his inbox to his wristband so he wouldn't need to carry the parchment around with him. The latter was easy, because he only needed to cast the same charm on the wristband that he had on the parchment, but he wanted to filter it so only important messages or messages from his friends would go straight to his wristband while all other messages would go to the parchment to be collected at a later time. Given the fact that he didn't need to come up with any wand waving the spell creation was quite easy.

A/N: Well, that's it for now. I really just wanted to get this chapter done and posted. I'll probably come back later and make this chapter better as well as longer. Sorry it sucks so much! The next chapter will be the beginning of the war so hopefully things will start picking up and improving. I have a few surprises left before Harry gets home.

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