Chapter seven
Taking an Interest of Mugix
A week had passed since Takinom found Nivenna at the orphanage and Nivenna thought that she would loose her mind. All the reading and writing that Takinom was making her do was driving her nuts. A week ago she was not even able to read and write let alone understand what this book was talking about. She thought that Takinom was going to train her to fight not teach her about history, mugic, and all other things that she didn't care about.
She was at Takinom's house, which was now her house too in a small library. Takinom was sitting next to her trying to explain what the book was saying. Something about how a mugic works and the different types of music it makes. Nivenna was not really paying that much attention to what she was saying instead she was thinking about her friends that she calls her brothers and sisters. It had been a few days since she had seen them. The last one she saw was Ladro'n and they didn't leave on good terms. She had no idea how the others thought of her leaving and being Takinom's apprentice. They might be happy, sad or like Ladro'n angry at her for leaving their small gang. If she somehow gets a break from all this studying then she will have to go to their gang's and see what they have to say.
"Nivenna! Nivenna!" shouted Takinom. Nivenna snapped out of her thoughts and saw that Takinom had her arms crossed and was staring at her with an angry expression. Nivenna mentally cursed herself for not listening.
"Yes?" she said trying to play innocent. Takinom was not buying it for one secont.
"Stop day dreaming and pay attention. This information can come in handy one day. It may even save your life." Takinom lectured her. Nivenna didn't see how this useless information could possibly come in handy.
"How could what is written in this book help me in any way?" she asked. Takinom smirked, which surprised Nivenna. She thought Takinom would be a little mad at her, because the way she asked was a little bratish like.
"If only Kopond could have heard you say that; he would have given you a three-hour long lecture about the importance of mugic." she said, putting her hand on her cheek and her elbow on the table to support her head.
Nivenna thought about who Kopond was, the name sounded familiar. Then it hit her, Kopond was the High Muge of the Underworld. Before she could think about him further, Takinom stood up from her chair.
"Come on get up. I have to show you something to teach you just how important it is to know how a mugic works." she told her. Nivenna stood up and walked out the door with Takinom.
Takinom had led Nivenna just outside of Underworld City. Nivenna was happy to be outside, not like Takinom had locked her inside her mansion during the week, but because of all the studying she had to do it left no time for her to be outside.
On the way there, Takinom had stopped at what she said was Kopond's home. She told Nivenna to stay outside until she came back. Nivenna obeyed and a second later Takinom came out holding a brown sachel.
Now that they were far enough away from the city, Takinom took out two red mugix from the sachel.
"One of these mugix can heal a creature. The other one can destroy its energy. Which one is which and what are they called?" Takinom asked. She gave them to Nivenna to study. Nivenna had no idea what to look at to tell what they were. She thought back at what Takinom said earlier. She really should have paid attention; she literally remembered nothing. Suddenly she remembered something in a book that Takinom made her read today. It said that all mugix have seven mugic notes engraved on them and that was how you could find out what they were.
She instantly saw the mugic notes on them; she was surprised that they were the same. Every note was in the same order, so that means two things; one is that she was wrong of how to tell them apart or two that they were the same type of mugic and Takinom had lied to her. Thinking that the latter was the more likely she told her about what she fond out.
"You lied to me. These mugix are the same. " she told her. Takinom smirked at her apprentices' discovery.
"You are correct, but you still need to tell me what their power is and what their name is." said Takinom knowing that Nivenna couldn't tell her either one.
"Uuum, I have no clue." she said looking at the mugix.
"Thought so. Give them back." Takinom ordered. Nivenna obeyed and handed them to her. Takinom put one back in her sachel, but kept one out. "This is the Song of Treachory it not only takes a creatures power away it also takes some of their courage, speed and wisdom as well."Takinom told her.
"Okay, but why are we out here if you were just going to ask me what mugic it was?" Nivenna asked.
"What for it." Takinom looked over at a dirt road. A second later, they began to hear the sound of an engine. Suddenly, a Levitaar like a bolt of lightning shot across the road. Nivenna didn't see much of the driver, but she saw enough to know it was an Overworlder behind the wheel.
Takinom went into action, the mugic flew out of her and into the air and a red muge came out of her body into the mugic.
" Song of Treachory, take that Overworlder spy down!" she ordered the mugic. It obeyed and its song sounded load and clear as its rays of red energy hit the Overworld spy. Nivenna stared in amazement, never had she seen a mugic being used before. The spy lost control of his levitaar and crashed into a rock wall. Takinom flew over to the wreckage and pulled the Overworlder out; he was unconscious, but still alive, which surprised Nivenna.
Nivenna ran over to Takinom, who was dragging the Overworlder on the ground and walking back to Underworld City.
"So do you now know the importance of reading and studying?" Takinom asked her.
"How did you know that the spy would be coming this way?" Nivenna asked in astonishment not bothering to answer Takinom.
"Oh, I known that he was in Underworld City gathering information for days. So, me and some other Underworlders came up with a plan to capture him. First we let him easedrop on some guards saying that we know there was a spy somewhere and that we were close to finding him. So naturally he would try to escape back to the Overworld. We had our own spies watching his every move and they were able to intersept most of his messages to his Overworld buddies. One of those messages, which we got yesterday contained how and when he would leave. Of course I wasn't going to be the one to capture him, but if it could teach you the importance of learing about mugix then I didn't mind getting my hands dirty." she explained.
Nivenna thought about what she saw and what Takinom said. Before she only liked mugix because of their value and on a lesser note she thought they looked pretty like a large diamond had been cut into a hexagon. Now she thought of them as a powerful item that can come in handy.
"I see what you were saying earlier, I will pay more attention in my lessons." she humbly said with her head lowered. Takinom was hoping Nivenna would say that.
"Good, well I have to take this piece of scum to the Underworld prison and explain to them why I captured him. Your lesson is done for today, you may go and do whatever kids do." she said before she flow away carrying the spy to the prison leaving Nivenna alone.
She thought about what she should do now. This was the first time since becoming Takinom's apprentice that she had time to herself. Thinking about her gang, she thought now would be a good time to drop by their hangout and pay them a visit.
Author's Note
I really didn't like writing this chapter, but I made it to show when Nivenna began to take interest in mugix. I also just learned that the plural of mugic is mugix. Sorry about not showing what they will do to Sam in this chapter, I just wanted show a flashback and chapter eight will also be a flashback.
Chapter eight: Gang of Seven
P.S. I need a OC for Nivenna's gang. He or she can be from any tribe, I need to know how he or she became an Underworld orphane in Sazo's house or I could make that part up for you. If nobody will give me an OC than I think of something. I'll wait for a few days before before I start on chapter eight to give people time. Hope someone will give me their idea. Thanks for reading!
