Obsidian and Sapphire
19 years later
The sounds of wooden swords clashing filled the large garden of Edgley manor as the two young sorcerers trained. Valkyrie had to train them both away from the Sanctuary to allow Cain, now calling himself Obsidian Blackfire, could master his abilities without exposure to the rest of magic. Her daughter Samantha, mow called Sapphire Phoenix, did her best to outsmart her sword-master adoptive brother. Both wore protective jackets, tops, trousers and boots. But whilst Sapphire wore all black, skin tight clothes. Obsidian wore black baggy trousers, boots and top and a crimson jacket.
The Sanctuaries had been successful in achieving peace with the mortal world. The Sanctuaries were now able to operate in the open. However many agents still preferred the shadows. Many sorcerers were also seeking employment with their local government as well as joining the sanctuaries. Finding themselves in military or security jobs. But whilst the governments had started to accept the world of magic. The public had not. Sorcerers, wolfbloods, vampires and other supernatural being were being assaulted in the streets constantly. But Valkyrie knew that true peace will take time.
Obsidian smiled "might as well give up. I have the high ground"
"Nows not the time to quote Star Wars, Obi Wan" said Sapphire "and I think you'll find the ground over there is the same here"
"OK misery guts" Obsidian swung the wooden sword again, Sapphire blocked it to prevent it hitting her thigh, Obsidian took this opportunity to use the end of the hilt to catcher her shoulder, Sapphire stumbled back and swung for his shoulder, when it was just an inch away from his head, he vanished.
"Hey" said Sapphire "we said no magic" Valkyrie smiled, they were both nineteen, they had both gone through their Surges and they still acted like five year old, Alisha had seen sorcerers who were hundreds of years old act the same way. Obsidian teleported behind Sapphire and nudged her and teleported again. Obsidian had learnt a wide variety of magic. She and Skulduggery had him tested on occasion to see if his hybrid genetics would bring up anything that should be a problem later on. For instance after his Surge they took him to be examined, they found that his Surge had triggered more than what a Surge usually does. His magic hadn't slowed down his aging down, like his mother before him his magic had stopped it permanently. Making him immortal, something that made them all quiet worried.
Sapphire had enough of Obsidian breaking the rules. She summoned shadows from her necromancy wrist to elbow gauntlet and struck him in the chest. He went flying and hit the ground hard. But he quickly got back up.
"Bad move Phoenix" he said smiling as his black eye slowly faded "bad move"
He sent a stream of energy towards Sapphire, not strong enough to kill but enough to push her back. She responded with a second wave of shadows. But he had teleported again. But this time not behind her. This time he appeared at the top of a rock that stood near the training area and smile.
"Now I have the higher ground" he declared with a big grin on his face.
Valkyrie decided that she should intervene before it got worse "ok you two" she said "let's not go Revenge of the Sith here. The Sanctuary would not be able to turn either of you into Darth Vader"
Obsidian laughed and jumped from the rock "can't blame us for trying"
Sapphire slowly walked up to her mother "mom, I think Obsidian has been watching too many films. Are you sure you're giving him enough work"
"Ok, I'm not gonna stand here whilst you persuade Valkyrie to give me more work. I think I'll go target practice"
"Ok. Don't be long" said Valkyrie but Obsidian wasn't listening as he quickly made his way to the practice range around the corner. He clicked his fingers and summoned a black ball of fire. The same his mother wielded. It had no official name so he had quite appropriated named Black Death. He disappeared behind the bushes that hid the range.
Valkyrie and Sapphire then walked back to the house. When they entered they had to manoeuvre around the bags containing Sapphire's possessions to get to the sofa. Sapphire had decided to move to Roarhaven to be closer to work as an operative. Obsidian didn't have plans to move, well Valkyrie didn't have plans for him to move, not yet anyway. Sapphire sat on the sofa, Valkyrie wasn't far behind.
"You can't keep him here forever" she said as she tied her dirty blond hair back "demigod or not"
"I know sweetie" said Valkyrie "it's just until Skulduggery feels like he can trust Obsidian. And besides, the kid doesn't know if he wants to work for the Sanctuary or just go off on his own yet"
"Still, he needs a little freedom, people will start to suspect when they see that I've moved out and he hasn't, either that or think he's a mummy's boy"
Valkyrie laughed "and what's wrong with that?" she gently pushed Sapphire's shoulder
Sapphire smiled "nothing. It's just not very scary, but then again. When has Obsidian been scary?"
Unknown location
Fenrir Covaci walked through the dark streets of London, a hood over his face. He was in the centre of human activity. His discretion was essential. But he had to be there. The benefits outweigh the risks.
"Well" came a voice behind him. He turned to see a male, aged 19, with blonde hair and what appeared to be black veins around the collar bone. Fenrir wasn't sure if they were tattoos rather than wolfblood or remnant veins "you took your time"
"Had to smuggle myself into a city practically run by the people that want my family dead" replied Fenrir "I think I can afford to be a little late"
"True" said the boy as he walked up to Fenrir "Blake Knight" he said. Fenrir reached out and shook it "Fenrir Cova..."
"Fenrir Covaci" came a second voice. Fenrir and Blake turned to see a blond haired woman, a sword at her side. "Aged 19, son of Jana and Matei Covaci, raised with the wild pack. Went missing a year ago"
"How did you know?" Asked Fenrir
"I run the Hidden Blades. Very few things gets past me. My name is Tanith Low. You've met my son, Blake. And we have a lot to talk about"