A Butterfly will Fly

"Now Yuven Surana"

Yuven turned his head away from the Senior Enchanter Mage, she was pretty and nice but Yuven did not want to face her.

"Can you explain to me what happened today in the classroom while break was on?"

The Senior Enchanter, Saralan Lyones, a woman who was tall, sweet and beautiful to all the younger mages, her hair was long and chestnut brown, her skin was a dark tan and her lips were smothered in red lipstick.

"Why did you freeze your fellow classmates' feet to the floor?"

Yuven did not meet her in the eye at first "I understand that you're a bit scared since First Enchanter Irving is attending business at Redcliffe but you must tell me now before he comes back, he might get angry"

Saralan knelt down to his level and smiled sweetly "And no one likes it when Irving is angry"

"T-They…" Yuven began but then he stopped looking the other way

"Were they bulling you Yuven?" Saralan asked to which Yuven nodded lightly

"But it was me who made the first move" Yuven said, looking down to the floor "They were making fun of my hair and they badmouthed my Hahren and Mamae" the young elf began to shake and tremble, tears erupting on his face as he sobbed.

"I-I want to go home" Yuven cried "I-I want to see Hahren and Mamae again" Yuven cried as he sobbed

Saralan sighed as she wrapped her arms around the small child "You know I can't see my parents either"

Yuven looked up at Saralan his green eyes still overflowing with tears "R-Really?"

"Yes, I miss them everyday; they died when a mob of people tried to kill us, until Irving saved me"

Saralan wiped Yuven's tears away as she kissed him on the cheek, causing the boy to blush uncontrollably. "And you see those bullies, their going to be punished, I swear to you"

After that Yuven went back out in the hallway, he looked as many other mages, ones that were much more older than him walked by, some with books, some wearing red robes like Senior Enchanter Saralan Lyones, others wearing yellow and royal blue robes and ones like himself wearing dark blue.

He still couldn't understand the way of this weird building; he was not yet old enough to understand what kind of place this is.

It was still a bit scary though with all the men in metal around him, they looked like the ones in Denerim if not a bit scarier.

Yuven walked round the hallway, trying to find his room, even though he's been here a month now he still got lost.

He got in trouble with that creepy guy called Greagoir last week; Yuven only accidentally spilled some Lyrium that an older mage was using and how fast was the old Templar on his tail?

He would've hit him if Irving hadn't interfered and helped him.

Yuven was defiantly in Greagoir's bad books right about now, probably for life.

Yuven looked round the place until he crashed into a person and fell back to the ground.

"Oh sorry" Yuven looked up to see a girl, older than him with long red hair and green eyes like him but she was a Shemlen, that's what Mamae and Hahren told him about beings like Irving, Greagoir, Saralan and everyone else that weren't like them.

The girl knelt down and grabbed the boy until he was back on his feet.

"Ma serannas" Yuven replied in a whisper

The girl looked down at him sort of puzzled "That's a weird thank you" Yuven blinked his eyes a few times. Wondering what she was on about…

"Huh?"

The girl looked at Yuven, tracing out the tattoos that were on his face with her finer and then tilted her head to one side "Are you speaking Elvin?" the Shemlen spoke

Yuven blinked his eyes a few more times until the girl knelt down and looked at him straight in the face "You mustn't know much about human language…"

"H-Human?" Yuven asked, the girl nodded

"Yeah, human, you know…now what was it that elves call us um…"

"Shemlen" Yuven replied, the girl clicked her fingers as she smiled

"Yeah that's it Shemlen, in our language it means Quick children"

Yuven was still confused "Q-Quick children?"

The girl nodded "Yeah, so I'm guessing Ma serannas is thank you in elvin isn't it?"

Yuven looked on as his eyes blinked one more "T-Thank you?"

"Yeah, that's it" she patted the boy on the back "If you are going to be a mage in the tower you have to learn the language" the girl scrounged through her bag that held her resources "Your lucky I have a Elvin to English book here" she noted, handing the boy the book

"Veness are you coming or not?"

The girl nodded as she rose to her feet "Now you read that book and you'll be alright okay kid?"

The girl wondered off leaving Yuven holding the book in his hands, he looked at it bewildered wondering if it was going to help him understand anything.

He wondered what kid meant?

He knew what child and all meant but maybe this book would be useful for him…

Yuven, once able to find his room, opened the book upon his desk and started to read. All of it seemed pretty complicated and hard to read, he wondered if First Enchanter Irving would read it with him once he gets back?

Then again maybe he should get Senior Enchanter Saralan to help him…

But then he didn't know where her room was.

Yuven got off his chair with the book and made his way out the door of his room, it was after hours and he was told by the First Enchanter many times that it was dangerous especially when the Templars are around, whoever they are.

But he needed help and fast…

Yuven wondered the hallways endlessly; his small hands wrapped round the book until he came to a set of stairs and walked up them.

He made it to another floor, pushing a heavy door open before closing it, making a loud clank.

"Hey!" Yuven jumped when he saw one of those scary people in amour running towards them it was later that he realized that it was Greagoir

"You? What are you doing out here in the middle of night?"

Yuven stood there with a blank expression, he was use to this Shemlen and his constant roaring, Yuven held up the book to Greagoir's eyes

The Templar narrowed his gaze, taking the book off his hand and read the title of the book "Elvin to English" he frowned "Why are you carrying a book like this in the middle of the night?"

Yuven tilted his head to one side as he replied "B-Because I need help" Yuven replied

Greagoir sighed "Fine" he said as he opened the book "Since Irving isn't here I'll teach you"

Yuven's eyes lit up, even though it was Greagoir of all people at least now he'll be able to know the language of these Shemlen!

When they got back to Yuven's room, Greagoir opened the book and settled it on Yuven's desk "Right you see…" he looked at the book for a while until he froze at all of the words that were within the pages. "What kind of book is this for children?"

Actually this may take a bit longer than Yuven actually thought…

To Be Continued

Authors Note

Man finding anything to do with the Elvin language is hard, and I think some people might be confused in thinking 'How can Yuven not know the word thank you but can speak English pretty well?' He's four! Of course there are going to be some things that he doesn't know about!

So if anyone has anything to do with the Elvin Language I would be very happy if you can help