This was inspired by the Og Grey mage story.


Two weeks later!

"Is this it?" Lily held in her hand a necklace, made of Silver, with a tear drop-shaped piece of amber in the center. Inside of the amber was a piece of Pyrite, magically infused into it with potent power. "It is so simple..."

"That is true, "Dante started. "But it is powerful. If you hadn't given me those supplies, I'd have never cast the spell. The amber held the spell well, very well, silver channels the magic and the Pyrite generates a potent field of energy. Combined they give me the means to cast such a vast spell or well spells... there are about fifty spells woven into that talisman, it was a very hard piece of magic to create. I had to make six new potions to make it, use most of my fairy dust supplies, all of my wings. Still, it was worth it. I actually learned a bit on healing magic, it has to invoke emotion for it to work, to channel that type of magic. I am aching to study under a Medic demon, to see how Evil uses potions to heal, but that is neither here nor there."

She smiled at him, radiant as the sun. "Does it do all I asked?"

"Yup. The magic will mask you entirely, change your appearance, get rid of your scars and I even added protection from cursing."

She threw her arms around him. "You are amazing... thank you." She put in on her neck and in an instant he felt the magic warp her entirely. Her hair turned from red to auburn, her eyes to blue, her skin a few shades darker. The scars slowly melted away into nothing, leaving her looking less like a victim of war. " How'd you do this, I thought you needed my magic to finish it?"

"That blood sample you sent last week was enough to get it started, but for a lasting impression yes I need a spell with your help. Grab my hands and focus." They grabbed hands and together they cast a simple but powerful spell.

"Cast her face away, cast her old name aside

A new identity so she might hide.

From all others, so she might be free

Grant this witch a new identity."

White Wiccan lights mixed with blue wizard magic, dancing around the girl, shimmering until finally, they fell away binding her new face entire;y.

She sniffled, looking at a pocket mirror she pulled from her pocket. "I look so different... what's my name?"

"Jasmine Ross, you are the daughter of Devon and Daphne Ross. You are attending Buffalo State College, the Nursing program."

She threw herself into his arms. "Thank you, deeply and utterly, you... you saved more than just my body, but my very soul." She pulled away and smirked at him. "Time for your reward. " She took in a deep breath and pulled out a bottle from her pocket, a potion. She drank it in one swig, grabbed a crystal of her own from her pocket, then uttered a spell that would change his life entirely.

"Accept the gift, I give to thee

You who set me free

Take my magic, take my might

Accept it all, fight the good fight."

A potent white light shot from her, merging into the crystal, her powers and magic blending into it for him for the taking. She smiled, light and happy for the first time since he had met her. "I am tired of magic, and this prevents my family from doing a witch locator spell. I am free from them. All of my powers are yours, even my basic witch powers, once you extract them from the talisman, bit by bit. I am okay with this. You deserve it, Dante, you may be morally grey but you did well saving me. I love you for that, now and forever. You set me free and now you can do so much more with my powers... speaking off, I wanted to let you know what I can do. I was capable of energy balls and apporation, I was the weakest of my family but I was a Mid to Upper-tier witch. A class six out of ten. It should be enough to strengthen you entirely." She pulled a book out of her bag. "This book is my personal grimoire, it contains curses, hexes, tricks to mastering my magic, family spells and a host of over sixty potions including healing potions. It is a lifetime of work and it is yours. Thank you... so much. Oh, it also includes a bit on Astral projection, I never mastered it but my family used to use it to spy on the Montanas until they spelled their house against that kind of magic."

Grabbing the book, he smiled brightly. "You really are an amazing customer, my fourth completed task and I adore you for this gift. The best so far... now... let's get you home, to your new school. It is time you start your new life." Grabbing onto the talisman, he drew on it for power to complete his spell.

Do not wander far, be free

Go to your dorm and let your life be

I will see you soon, my lovely friend.

It is time for one life to begin, as the other ends.

Once more, magic swirled around her, the girl smiled one last time, and then she vanished entirely, off to better and bigger things... and for the first time in years, Dante felt a weight lift from his shoulders. He felt like finally, he made a difference... and that was worth everything.

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"When will you drain her witch magic?" Kyra asked, looking at his the Talisman that contained Lily's powers.

"I will take apporation today, it is too useful a power to not have. If I am really lucky it will turn into conjuration as I get stronger, even if it does not it will make combat easier if I can summon objects to myself. My potions from home, enchanted objects and so on... it is far too useful to not have. Energy balls will be harder since my powers typically require a medium to use. I might sell it for another power... It is such a common power though, I likely won't get much for it. If I do keep it, I might be able to work it into a last minute attack, or it might change form with my Wizard magic infecting it... who knows really..."

Kyra frowned and he saw her looking into the future. "You can technically do magic without a medium, like a staff, it's just harder for your type of magic. I would work on modifying your staff, so you can use offensive magic better. I know some wizards have telekinesis, so you might develop that power one day."

"I'll keep that in mind... time for another mission, anything fun for me?"

She nodded, excited. "Well, there is a Gyspy that is willing to teach you the basics of their magic for a set of wards on their compound. Interested?"

"Sounds lovely."


Chapter end, tell me what you think in the review.

This was a blast to write.

Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika,