Disclamer:
By now you should already know what a disclaimer is, and original characters and setting sbelong to me.
X: The First Spark
The white-haired boy crouched behind the giant roots of a tree, his target sighted. He picked up a stone, whistle and quickly threw it towards his oponent's back. Takeshi turned to the direction of the sound, noticing the fast coming rock. He tried to dodge it only to receive the impact on his right shoulder.
"Hey! No fair!" He complained.
"Why are you saying 'no fair'? The Shadows don't play fair! Besides, you should be able to at least turn on a little spark in the air!" Fitz pointed.
"I should! But not with flint!" Takeshi replied, throwing two small rocks. The boy froze the rocks in a wall of ice, quickly melting it aside.
"But it's the same thing!"
"How the same thing!"
"He means the same energy, concentration and determination." Wyka said to an unsuspecting Takeshi. He just stood there staring at her for a moment, and then sat on the ground.
"The small girl went away to a place called 'gummi ship'."
"( Oh great! She's gonna leave us stranded here.) What about the other one?"
"She left without a word."
"And you?"
"I'm the sorceress; and I'll evaluate your progress…if you have done any."
Takeshi blinked and the turned to face the boy, who was standing in front of him.
"I'll teach you the boring way." Fitz said
TTR
Alexa was walking alongside the small river, making her way through the dark, deep forest. She found a place with a large clearing on the canopy. Walking a few paces, she stopped near the center of the clearing.
"I have a question for you." Alexa said to the thin air.
A dark door appeared, revealing a man dressed in red attire.
TTR
"How the hell do I do this!" Takeshi screamed.
"You're even worse than my father!" Fitz laughed, receiving a knuckle on the head.
"Look kid, just try one more time and we'll prove if I'm really that bad!"
"OK…but you've already proven." The small boy smiled.
"What'd you say!"
"I said nothin'! Now try catching this!" Fitz quickly threw two more rocks.
With a swift move, Takeshi took out both of them with his weapon. Fitz then threw a third one, going straight fir Takeshi's face; He tried to concentrate to bring himself to use magic.
"(C'mon Takeshi! Think of something, fire or anything!)" The rock caught fire in mid air, surprising both Fitz and Wyka.
"No way!" Fitz exclaimed. "Stupid! It's gonna hit you!" The flaming rock stopped a few centimeters from Takeshi's face, then fell cold on the ground.
"Good." Wyka said. "Now do it again; without the rock."
With its renewed hope, Takeshi concentrated as before, this time with the idea clear in his mind. Nothing happened. "(Why isn't it happening again?)"
Wyka waited a few seconds for something. "Fitz, you can leave now." The boy obeyed, leaving the two of them alone. Wyka stood in front of Takeshi. "You can stop pretending now. Answer me the truth: neither you nor your companions are from this world, are you?"
"How'd you know!" Takeshi said alarmed.
"Look around. They're Stones set in a magic circle, beneath the roots. It enhances the chances of magic to anyone of this world."
Takeshi took a moment to think. "Are you saying there's no way for me to learn magic?"
"Exactly; you cannot learn it. You must obtain it." Wyka smiled to the boy.
TTR
"You know of the 13 Organization. What is their role with the Heartless?"
"For someone like you, the answer may very well lead you to oblivion. You'll discover it along your path, along with that other. But you seem to have another problem; you can no longer travel."
"Know of any solution?" Alexa said emotionless.
"…none. I cannot help you in that need. I bid you farewell." The red-cloaked figure disappeared from the clearing.
Alexa contemplated the sky, as the stars shone from above. She saw one of them blink away, leaving an empty space where it once occupied a bright spot.
"Everything is being thrown into chaos."
TTR
"So where can I get that 'magic'?" Takeshi asked sitting outside the hut. Fitz was picking up water from the river.
"I don't know. I kept asking mom how'd she get so powerful that fast."
"And what did she say?"
"She said by doing chores everyday." He passed a bucket of water to Takeshi. "But I don't believe her. I've been to every major city in this country and there's no wizard, or sorcerers as powerful as she is!" Fitz exclaimed as he sat on the opposite trunk.
Takeshi drank a bit of the water, and to his surprise, it was the purest water he ever tasted. "If she's so powerful, why's she living in the middle of the forest?"
"Because no one comes bothering me here." Wyka said, startling them both. "I'll be taking you somewhere else tomorrow. Go get some rest, you'll need it."
"Are you gonna show me too, mom!"
"No. Go get inside now, show him his room." Wyka commanded her son. As they got inside, she looked to her right and saw Alexa. Wyka took a few moments before asking.
"You seem to need some help."
"I don't need any help…for now."
"…will you be coming inside?"
"I'll stay here for a while longer…thanks."
Wyka closed the door behind. Alexa sat on the nearby bench, staring again at the stars. "(Maybe I do need some help.)"
Well, this is the end of the long boring chapter, now in the next things begin to get a little interesting; and sorry it took so long, many interesting things are taking much of my free time