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A Fairy Tale

Home Away From Home

Yami sighed and rubbed his temples. "Well… What ever. Help me stand up. I'm tired of laying down." He slowly moved his body to a regular sitting position, with his legs hanging from the bed. Yugi reached out to help Yami, but he held up a hand. "Wait. Let me see if I can stand on my own first…"

Yugi nodded and moved back, but stayed close enough to catch Yami if he fell.

Yami took a deep breath and grabbed onto the bedside table for support as he slowly stood. His legs wobbled beneath him and refused to hold his weight. Yami sat back down. What was wrong with him? He tried again, with the same results.

"Would you like some help now?"

"No."

Yugi sighed and grabbed a hold of Yamis arm anyway and flung it over his neck. "Well to bad."

The human struggled at first, he wasn't very used to this kind of thing, but he soon just relaxed and allowed Yugi to guide him out of the room and down the stairs to the first floor.

Once down stairs, Yami quickly noticed that Solomon wasn't there and he faintly wondered where the old man had run off to. Yugi led him over to the table that was now piled with books and set him down. " Grandpa left you some reading material. I assume it has something to do with what he wants to teach you…"

Yami nodded and looked over the large, leather-bound tomes. He secretly hoped that Yugi's grandfather wasn't expecting him to read all of this in one sitting. Yami frowned and glanced a Yugi, who was now making something in a pot over a fire. "Yugi?"

The smaller boy didn't look up. "Yeah?"

"Why can I not stand up or walk?"

Yugi frowned. "Actually, I'm surprised that you can move at all."

Yami scowled. "Ok, but WHY?"

The fairy smiled. "Well, you tapped into the forests power yesterday."

"What does that have to do with anything? Isn't that what Solomon wanted me to do?"

Yugi scrunched up his face. "Yes and no. You see, Grandpa wasn't expecting you to get that far in your meditation and when mages, especially humans, tap into strong power before they are ready, it messes with the way their body works."

Yami's eyes grew wide. "Don't tell me I'm going to be stuck like this!"

Yugi laughed. "No, silly. Your body just needs to rest and you will be back to normal."

"And how long will this 'rest' take? I have school tomorrow, and speaking of school, how am I supposed to get home?"

"Well usually you need to rest for a few days…"

"WHAT!"

"Calm down, I wasn't finished. Since you are able to move most of your body now, I would assume you will be back to normal by the end of the day, but you will have to ask grandpa about getting home."

Yami groaned and slumped over the table. What in the world did he get himself into? He glanced at the books once more and grabbed the first one he saw. The front was covered in strange, glowing symbols. "Yugi, I can't. HOLY SHIT!" He yelped and dropped the book on the floor as the symbols started rearranging themselves all on their own.

Yugi rushed to Yami's side. "What happened? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. But what the hell was that!"

They both looked up at the sound of laughter coming from somewhere nearby. Solomon was standing in the doorway. "Surprised?" He asked.

Yami glared at him. "Did you do that!" He snapped and pointed at the book on the ground.

The old fairy shook his head and grinned at Yami. "No. That book is infused with magic to detect and change itself to the language that the reader is most comfortable with. All but the oldest magic books do the same."

Yami stared, dumfounded, at Solomon as the old fairy picked up the book. "I'm never going to get use to this magic stuff."

The old fairy ruffed his hair. "Sure you will. It will just take time." He set the book down. "Now how are you feeling?"

"Oh, um. Fine really. It's hard to walk though…"

"Yes, well, you shouldn't be moving ANYTHING right now, let alone walking. You, young man, are an enigma the likes I have never seen before."

"Well I have always healed quickly…"

Solomon shook his head and took a seat. "This has nothing to do with physical healing. Although you recovery is remarkable, it, coupled with you being able to perform magic on your own, would lead me to assume that you have magical lineage."

Yami's eyes widened. "I do?"

The fairy shrugged. "I don't know for sure and it is very unlikely, but that is the only explanation that would even come close to making sense. I just don't know how you could possibly be descended from the magicians of old."

"Why not?"

"Well, we have kept a close eye their descendants, and they live in close-nit communities, and none of your other relatives have shown any signs of magic. It is quite the puzzle that could be revolutionary if it was solved."

"Oh. So, what's with all the books?"

"Homework."

"WHAT!"

Solomon laughed. "Calm yourself." He lifted a random tome from the many piles. "I just want you to read the first ten pages of this one by next week. I understand that you have a human school that you attend and that you can't be here all the time, so you will do reading assignments for me during the week and learn magic while you are here."

Yami relaxed. "So you DO have a plan to send me home."

"Of course! Although, if you had become an apprentice before the great war, you would have had to leave your family and live with your teacher for the first ten years of your training. You would also have started your apprenticeship around the age of eight or so. Obviously the circumstances are very different now."

"Wow. This magic thing really takes up your life, huh?

The old fairy chuckled. "It is a life long occupation, Yami."

"So… If I'm your 'apprentice', am I supposed to call you master or something?"

"What? Heavens, no! Solomon, or Grandpa is fine. I want you to feel at home here. Besides, I'm already thinking of you as a second grandson, and I'm sure Yugi would like the extra help with his chores."

Yami groaned inwardly. He had never had to do real chores before. 'What have a gotten myself into?'

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Well I got the 'unlucky' chapter 13 out of the way! I had major writers block on this chapter, but now it will be smooth sailing for a while!