Tales of Legendia - A New Generation
Lesson One: Iron Ere
It had been years after their son's birth, and now the couple had been frisky again to make another child. Yes, Jay and Shirley were as bliss as ever. Soon, they were the parents of a 10 year old boy, and a 7 year old girl. Both expected that the son will have Jay's Iron Eren gifts of wielding a knife, while the daughter will have the gifts of wielding the magical pencils with Crystal Eres from Shirley.
Both never knew that what they expected had been vice versa.
The son, Jay Jr., or Juni for short, was showing signs of shyness, hesitation and stubborness. The daughter, Shiela, was showing signs of maturness and had a very sharp tongue. The parents didn't noticed at all, what they wish is not for their personality, but their talent. Jay had bought a pair of new kunais for Juni and Shirley bought a Quail's Feather for Shiela. That was a few days ago, and were still keen on teaching their kids.
"I can imagine Shiela making her first Teriques," giggled Shirley.
"Yes, that would be very cute." Jay responsed.
Meanwhile..
"Yaaah!!"
Twoing
In another room, brother and sister can be seen... squabbling. Jay Jr. (We'll call him Juni) was squatting at the center of the play-rug, hugging his knees with his face hidden while Shiela was at the other side of the room, armed with plastic knives. Rather sharp plastic knives.
"What did you do that for?!" cried out Juni, who was actually under attack from his little sister, Sheila.
"You ate my red bean bun!!" fumed the sister, and got ready to throw another knife. "You will pay!!!"
Juni stared at her. "How much gald?" he asked blankly.
Twoing
Shiela threw another knife, this time it landed near Juni's feet, who fled for his life under the bed. "Baka!" Shiela screamed, "You know what I mean, you coward!" As she marched to the bed, Juni recalled being called a 'coward' in school. Many called him 'sissy' and 'newb' because of many reasons. One, he's too scared to participate in games, for fear of being hurt (He sprained his ankle last year during the Beacon Sports). Two, he is incredibly shy and three, all he wants is to stay at home and play with the Oresoren. Juni sighed, all he wanted was peace and quiet.
"Come out of there right now and fight like a man!" Shiela warned and took out another plastic knife.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
"Owie!!" Juni whined and blew at his bleeding scratch on his arm. He fought back the tears as he used his Eres to heal the wound. "Th-That hurt, sis!" he whimpered.
There was a knock on the door and the two froze. "What's going on there?" said a voice.
"MOMMY!!"
Both shot to the door and both started to blame on the other for their wrong doings.
"He ate my Red Bean Bun!"
"She threw knives at me!" (Points at the knives all over the floor)
"He owes me last week's lunch money!"
"She scratched me right here!" (Points at the scratch at his arm which stopped bleeding due to his spell)
Shirley, shook her head and smiled. "Come on you two," she calmly said. "It's time for your lessons."
The siblings looked at each other and then to their mom.
"But mom, didn't we already talked about this?" asked Shiela with her usual hardyness in her voice.
"Yes mother, we already told you.." added Juni. "I don't have a good hand with a knife."
"Neither I with a feather." added Shiela. "Feathers aren't good weapons yow know. They're so harmless."
"It's a Quill." corrected Juni, with determination in his voice. "They're actually good weapons if you knew how to--"
"Who asked you?!" shot back Shiela, with this menacing glare in her eyes. Juni just backed off and whined. He just want to make her sister happy.
Shirley can't help but smile. She hadn't the heart to spank them.
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"Alright Jr," said Jay in his usual quiet, yet zesty voice. He tossed Juni a knife, a real one this time. Juni caught it, and jumped at the sight of the blade. He didn't liked holding sharp objects and hoped that his father didn't saw him flinch.
"Remember last week's lesson?" asked Jay and Juni nodded, remembering the lesson about running. although he ran like a duck, Jay managed to get him to be fast on his feet. "Just copy me, okay?"
Jay got the 'dummy' ready and concentrated. Juni watched as his father's fingernails started to glow in a shade of deep purple. Iron Ere.. Juni immediately thought. Instantly, his father zipped away and in a split second, reached the straw dummy and made two slashes. They waited. 2 seconds later, an 'X' was seen. Straw and sand came pouring out like water in a bag. Juni just stared, for he knew he couldn't possibly do that.
"Now you try," said Jay, backing off a few steps.
Juni gulped and looked at the blade in his hand. As said, he wasn't very good at knives, but what the heck? It's better to learn than to humiliate your own father. He took a deep breath and concentrate on the second dummy that Jay had placed. He could feel his own Ere coming to his finger and soon he saw a distant light blue glow. Then he ran.
It was an exciting event for Juni because he never ran this fast, but unfortunately, it was destiny for our little Juni to trip and fall.
Plop! Thud!
Juni was very near the dummy, and he HAD to trip in front of it. He could feel his father's embarrassed eyes on him, he just knew it! He stood up carefully, doing his best not to sob and looked at his fingers. They stopped glowing. Well, it does stop glowing if his Ere was suddenly interupted. i I wonder why Shiela's Ere doesn't get interupted whenever something hits her.. /i he thought. He gripped his hands and glared at the mocking scarecrow dummy. Better just try attacking it than just standing there like an idiot.
He slashed two times, but it looked pathetic because nothing happened. The bag was made of thick animal's pelt and can be slashed by Iron Ere.
"Use your Ere, Jr." said his father's voice behind him.
"I-I'll try.." stammered Juni and concentrated on his fingers. The soft light blue glow appeared again and he smiled with hope.
With all his might, he slashed two more times and was happy to see the slashmarks this time. He watched the bag, hoping it would burst out sand just like what his dad did.
But nothing.
The slashmarks faded away like nothing happened. All he had done was a scratch and nothing more.
"I can't believe how newbie you are!"
Jay turned around, hoping that it wasn't his dad talking to him. He sighed in relief as he saw Shiela coming to the field.
"Shiela! That's not a very nice thing to say to your own brother!" scolded Jay, waving a finger at her.
"Hmph! Let me show you, squeaky." She ignored her father and snatched the blade from Juni. Juni ran to his father, but he didn't looked at him. Not now. It was too embarrasing.
"Shiela, it could be dangerous.." Jay warned to his daughter.
Shiela waved her hand, showing that everything's fine and walked a few feet away from the dummy. When she was satisfied at the distance, she started her attack pose. I know this pose.. thought Juni and remembered how Shiela defended herself from the bullies at school, just by using plastic forks. Juni blinked and noticed he was watching thin air, for his sister had already dashed to her lifeless victim. Neither Juni or Jay could see the image, because the girl was fast as lightning! She was already a blur to them!
She suddenly stopped by the scarecrow and it became a tornado. Shiela was running around the scarecrow, but Juni didn't know what she was doing. Only his father, Jay knew and according to his face,he was stunned.
Shiela abruptly stopped and stood by a short distance from the scarecrow. She stared at Juni and Juni stared back. Then Shiela raised a hand and snapped her fingers. They were glowing a strong magenta.
Pow
Iron Ere.. Juni thought to himself. The scarecrow exploded from Iron Eren Slash marks and the sand was blowing away from the wind, as well as the straw. Bit of animal pelt scattered on the grassy plain and father and son watched in awe. The Scarecrow dummy, was not slashed two times.. This was like massacre.
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At the end of the day, Shirley and Jay discussed some things together about their children.
"It seems that we were wrong," Jay said. "Shiela hasn't any Crystal Eres, but she has Iron Eres."
Shirley looked at the table, a little disappointed. "Do you think she may be still able to use a Quill?"
Jay sat down next to Shirley and embraced her. "I'm not really sure, Shirl." he answered. "Why not you try tomorrow?"
Shirley thought about it, then did her petite smile. "Alright."
To be continued..