[Author's Note: I feel like I'm down to my last three brain cells after writing this, but I have no regrets. Feel free to flame. Your negative comments will me much appreciated.]
Chapter 7: Heaven Help Us
D'Jango didn't meet me outside the inn for my magic lessons today. Instead, Onmind came with Barleyna Marlon, who must be the Hermione Granger of their group because she's supposed to be really smart. I guess that would make Onmunind the Ron of the group, which would leave D'Jango as Harry. Even though they were nothing alike.
Onmund said that Barleyna could help me learn Conjugation magic. She was an elf, so she had pointy ears. She had bluish gray skin and red eyes like a vampire which made me super jealous because I had to wear contact lenses to make my eyes look red. She was wearing the same blue uniform and beige hood as Onion but her belt was cinched tighter which highlighted her sexy hourglass figure. She was pretty for an elf, which made me a bit jealous because I think Onion has a crush on her.
It was freezing outside like always in Winterhold, so I was wearing the black fur clock I adopted from Omnimund over some black mage robes with a skull print in the front that I bought from Brian's Oddments the other day. The robes were enchanted and Onion said it could help me cast spells easier. I kept the black mage robes open, revealing my low-cut black medevil dress and black fishnets that I wore underneath. Today, I used smeared charcoal all over my eyes for a dark eyeshadow look.
"It's nice to meet you. Onmund and J'Zhargo told me you were interested in Conjuration magic, and I thought it would be nice if we could learn about it together." Brenana Melon said to me.
I wanted to scowl and stick my middle finger up at her because she was such a prep, but Onmind was smiling dorkily at me so I acted nice to her, because I didn't want to make him upset.
"How about we start with something simple?" Brenana said as she lifted a spell textbook out of her bag. It was dark purple with weird symbol in the middle that reminded me of a portal.
"The Conjure Familiar spell is considered one of the easiest in the school of Conjuration..." Brelynana explained but I yawned. She rambled on but I wasn't paying attention.
"Did you get that?" She asked.
"What's a familiar again?" I repleid.
"Think of it like a spirit animal..." she said.
So I imagined a dark wolf with jet black fur howling in the night, because Tara said that a wolf would totally be my spirit animal. Even though I always thought pizza was my spirit animal. And then... I read the spell out loud from the Barleyna's book. Next thing I know, I had a purple light in my hand. I chucked it into a spot on the ground like Brylana told me and then a big purple spherical portal opened!
It disappeared and in its place it was replaced by a glowing purple wolf ghost howling at the moons. I did it! I conjugated my spirit animal!
I was so exited about my success that I suddenly hugged Onion, but he awkwardly pushed me away. It made me sad, but I was still happy because maybe I could pass Frerarda's exam!
"You learned it so fast! It looks like you have a talent for Conjuration, after all. This is great!" Brenana looked as exited as me.
Since one spell wasn't gonna be enough to pass the entrance exam, Brenana took out more books and taught me more spells. I learned how to summon a fire Artronich and a bonded sword within the next hour. Brenana was really happy because she wanted me to be her study buddy because conjugation was her favorite subject. However... I didn't know how to use my bonded sword even though Brenana said I could summon it well.
"Maybe I could teach you how to give it a few swings. I learned a lot about sword fighting growing up. It's kind of a Nord thing..." Onion volunteered. OMFG. My heart butterflied at the thought of it.
"I'm sorry, Damian, my gothic prince, but I'm a whole other dimension away and Onmind has eyes like Amy Lee." I thought inside my head.
"That's a great idea, Onmund! I don't know anything about sword fighting and it would be helpful if Raven could put the spell into good use." Brenana said and I noticed Onion smile wider at her.
My heart wrenched with venom and jealousy at her, which made me feel guilty because I actually liked Brenana as a friend. I didn't want to hate her, but my heart tells me otherwise.