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'Fly Like an Eagle' belongs to the Steve Miller Band
"Lucy Heartfilia!" a voice half-screamed and half-sang. She flinched at how loud he was in her ear.
"Vander? You're naked. Why are you naked in public?" She squeaked when Vander suddenly draped himself across her lap.
It was a beautiful day and she'd decided to study outside. And now she was being distracted by high-as-a-kite Vander. Somebody in the universe was having an inordinate amount of fun shoving the Pradesh men in her face.
"Let's go fly. 'Fly like an eagle. Let my spirit carry me.' C'mon," Vander announced and jumped up. Even if she thought he could fly, she would have let him in his condition.
"Hey," she said, easing some of her dragon tamer magic into her voice. "I have a friend who I'm gonna call and he's gonna play with us. But you've gotta stay on the ground until he gets here, okay?"
"Is he cute?"
"Yes."
"Okay." Vander dropped to the ground and followed her with his eyes as she called Erik. She'd forgotten how that magic reacted in people that weren't dragon slayers.
"Hey, Erik. I need a favor."
"This better be good," he said crankily.
"Oops. Sorry. Hi, Kinana!" She heard Kinana greet her as well. "I need you come to Hyde Park. I have a friend who got into something…"
"Yeah. I'll be there in a sec."
She wasn't sure where the Pradesh men lived, but she knew that Erik lived in the dorms on the other side of the park.
"Is he coming?" he asked from his knees while still giving her that wide-eyed look.
"Yeah. Why don't you play for a bit while I call your brothers?" Her first call to Cris went to voicemail. The second, to Zen, answered. "I have Van."
"Thank the gods. He Void jumped before we could stop him. I'm on the other side of the island so it'll take a few minutes."
"That's fine," she said, seeing Erik. "Help just arrived."
Seeing Erik approaching, Vander ran to him. "Lucy said you were going to play. Come play!"
Erik gave her a deer in the headlights look.
"Van, Erik and I need to talk for a bit so why don't you keep playing."
"Okay."
"What the fuck is he on? 'Shrooms?"
"Unless they're from Wonderland, I've got nothing. Go find out what's wrong with him."
"You're giving me permission to sink my teeth into Vander Pradesh?"
"Keep it PG-13."
"Hmph. Either way, Tink, you are my favorite person right now."
Kaleb and Zen both arrived as Erik was catching Vander and biting him.
"Stop!" she said as they both prepared to attack.
They joined Erik as he eased Vander down. "He'll sleep for a bit. It was amalagathium."
"Explains the symptoms but everyone knows those mushrooms are toxic. The only other thing would be a mix of herbs but-" She noticed Zen and Kaleb's sheepish expressions. "What did you do?"
"We were just practicing," Zen said.
"What were you making?" When neither of them would answer, she asked, "What was in it?"
Zen answered first, listing off the herbs. Nothing stood out especially which didn't surprise her since she knew that he had to take the four levels of Potion-Making for Healers. Then Kaleb. Halfway through, she stopped him.
"First off, never use rosemary and dragon's blood together. Secondly, cardamom, damiana, dragon's blood, and saffron each release chemicals that when combined can create amalagathium so it's kinda both of your faults. And lastly, seventy percent of the student body wants to bed you, so why were you two, of all people, making lust potions?"
PSA: While yes, most of those herbs would be used in lust spells, not all of them are edible so don't try this at home. And 'amalagathium' is a made-up word.