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1 year later
Njal was in the kitchen of his house preparing breakfast for his daughters. Today was an extra special day because today they started training with weapons after school, and just the bound ones they could summon up. Njal was actually very glad he made them learn that spell first as both Annabeth and Katie had been attacked several times over the past year by monsters, and each time they dealt with said monsters with their bound weapons. Though, they weren't skilled with them to the point it rips out the souls of its victims, but it would suffice as is.
"If you wish to sneak up on someone while invisible, make sure that the person is not the same person who taught you how to do so." Njal spoke as an invisible Annabeth stopped in her tracks. She intended on trying to startle her dad but alas it seems that the mission was a failure.
"How did you know that I was here?" Annabeth questioned her dad whilst remaining invisible. What was the fun of being invisible if you get caught so easily? Life was so unfair. Her father smirked and turned away from to pan on the oven to look down at her….or at least her general area.
"I have been dealing with magical forces for almost two centuries now, you get attuned to what they feel like. That and having super hearing and smell helps." Njal spoke and placed a hand on her head and removed the Yankees cap on her head rendering her now visible. Enchanting was one of the first things she demanded to learn after their first day so she could make up for the lack of being able to naturally cast spells. An invisibility enchantment on a Yankee's baseball cap Njal had gotten her while at a game was her favorite. Though, shoes that made you walk on water was also very nice.
"Stupid werewolf powers ruining my fun." Annabeth grumbled and took her hat back from her father. She looked up at him and stared at his tattoos along his arms and face. Though she now knew the were not simply tattoos but runes carved into his skin using magical writing. From what he said it was incredibly painful, but worth it to be able to simply chanel magic to the rune and have the set spell go off.
"Why did you get those again….aside from convenience?" She asked Njal. While he was open about what things did he was rather tight lipped about the context of which he learned or obtained something, and to be honest it irked Annabeth to no end. What was so bad about knowing something like this? It couldn't be to bad, afterall her dad was a rather moral heavy guy and wouldn't actively consort with the eviler Daedra….would he?
"Long story….one you aren't old enough to hear." Njal said calmly. She really wasn't ready to hear some stories about the second Great War against the Aldmeri Dominion, to bloody for a eleven year old girl in his mind.
"But daaad!" Annabeth attempted to whine and gave puppy dog eyes, only to receive a raised eyebrow in return. It sucked now that her dad became immune to that tactic…..she would have to formulate a new plan of attack, her dad would tell her this info sooner or later.
"No buts dear. Fetch your sister and tell her breakfast is ready, after words I'll take you to school." Njal said as he watched his oldest huff and march away to fetch his youngest. His attention now being able to focus back on the bacon he was cooking and not his daughter allowed for his mind to wander. In the year he had been training them his daughters had come along way in all the schools of magic. Though Alteration and Thaumaturgy still pissed Annabeth off, apparently breaking and changing laws of physics was upsetting to children of Athena...and Athena herself for that matter, as he got quite the talking to one night after teaching Katie and Annabeth how to fly. Something about Zeus not liking the casual entrance of his realm without the proper respect yada yada. Njal really did not give a single care in Oblivion what the King of The Gods did or did not like, he was teaching his children how to fly and if Zeus tried anything well….god or not Njal would make him regret ever existing. Though apparently Apollo and Hermes found all this to be "some awesome D&D stuff" and were thoroughly amused by the Stormcrown family. If Njal was honest that fact made him amused. Having fulfilled his thought process for the moment he focused attention back onto breakfast.
"Alright I grabbed the eco-sorceress." Njal heard Annabeth yell from the other room dragging her little sister by her wrist behind her. Katie looked rather annoyed at the situation and the nickname but advanced regardless.
"Annie! I was busy practicing my Alteration! Why did you interrupt me?" Katie whined out as she was being dragged. Really now, just because Annabeth didn't like the slap in physics face that was Alteration didn't mean Katie held the same problem. In fact she rather liked that school of magic, and no it wasn't because it allowed her to control various aspects of nature like trees and plants….really it wasn't.
"Dad wanted me to get you…..and so what, that school makes no sense!" Annabeth yelled back as she dragged her sister to the kitchen….stupid physics breaking magic, Illusion was more of her speed, mind over power after all. Plus why go through the trouble of breaking the rules of reality when you could simply make your enemy think you did? Saves a lot of trouble in her mind.
"Oh yeaaa cause summoning demons and elemental creatures is totally within the realms of normality." Katie sarcastically drawled at her sister.
"Ok...fair point, that one is confusing too." Annabeth conceded the point, while both sisters may differ in opinion in regards to Alteration vs Illusion they both agreed that Conjuration was something else way above their heads at the current moment. Raising the dead, no matter how many times Njal showed it was possible (On criminals of course), was too much to grasp for them at the moment. Plus the whole summoning of dremora thing was not at the top of the to do list...so to speak.
"Hey! I'll have you know that Conjuration was the first school I mastered." Njal cried at his childrens lack of respect to his starting school. Kids these days, no respect.
"Dad…..there is just something wrong with that whole school." Annabeth said.
"Daar los faal nax do bormah." Njal mumbled under his breath. At both of his daughters looks of confusion he smirked. Turns out having a mind wired for ancient greek did not help in trying to learn a different ;language. Let alone one only one person on the planet can speak. Now while Katie shrugged it off and was more concerned with the flora of Mundus, Annabeth, who had a desire to learn everything she possibly could, took this as a challenge. Needless to say it was a challenge that she would not be winning any time soon.
"What?" Was the intelligent response from both his children. Njal let out a laugh and motioned for them to take a seat at the table, where he was setting down their breakfast. As both of them took their respective spots Njal looked down at them and began to relay the plan for later today.
"Listen girls….I have decided that today is when we shall begin your martial training." Njal said to his daughters. Both Katie and Annabeth had both visibly paled when they heard that. During their magic training they had gotten really roughed, though their dad said it was only light wounds that occur naturally. There was nothing natural about using a ward spell to deflect lightning, that and since Njal wanted to push them to be better, they received essentially hell for training. Now granted, it did work phenomenally in terms of what they could do with magic, they were not excited for a more….physical version of that. Especially since Njal had superhuman strength...though Katie being a Nord by blood also was way stronger than a girl her age…..or an adult for that matter. Though while initially upset at this discovery, Annabeth got over it when her father told her that she inherited both his and her mothers intelligence, something that serves both very well.
"Oh don't give me that look! It is important that you two learn how to defend yourselves physically. After all neither of you currently have the magical reserves to have a prolonged fight." Njal explained to both of them. Both Katie and Annabeth shared a look with one another. Neither sister wanted to admit it but the times they had killed monsters they had a jump on them, if that wasn't the case they had very little martial training to fall back upon. After a bit of what appeared to be sibling telepathy Katie spoke.
"Uhh….alright, but please dad, do tone it down from the magic training." She spoke staring up at Njal.
"Oh come now, you learn best from first hand experience. How do you expect to be able to punch a pack of Minotaurs to death without the proper practice?" Njal asked slash persuaded, after all doing that was one of his favorite things to do in Cyrodiil when he would venture there. Though from Annabeth's twitching eye he guessed they didn't share his sentiment.
"We don't! For one there is only one minotaur here, and secondly me and Katie are good with just knowing how to sword fight. No punching to death mystical beings, no beating a giant to death with its own club, and no diving into the ocean to fight a massive sea serpent!" Annabeth ranted at her most likely insane father. Really, their dad, while being a good teacher, did not really know….restraint. Now while yes due to being demigods they were stronger than normal people, their dad came from a race of people that thrive off of war and fighting and that had attributes, like incredibly strength and durability that put her and Katie's to shame, or being very resistant if not immune to the cold and last but not least the absolutely terrifying war cry. That last one though was actually something he taught them to do so…...that will be fun latter down the road.
"In my defense…..that last one is actually incredibly fun to do." Njal stated with a smile that only widened when he saw both girls give him looks of annoyance. It was just like Lydia used to...only much smaller and hopefully less prone to being ripped apart by vampires. It was such a shame she died….welp no sense dwelling in the past. Njal looked back to Annabeth who was in lecture mode, something inherited from her mother most likely, and as such he promptly entered every males secret mode. Auto-answer mode! Where no matter what details they pour out, you simply reply one of five things: yes, no, uh, maybe, and got ya. In Njals experience with Athena, it never failed. This process continued for about 20 minutes until finally Katie interrupted.
"Uh…..as much fun as this little talk was, we are gonna be late for school if we don't go now." Katie informed her family as Njal looked at the clock and let out a curse. Before either her or Annabeth could reprimand him though Njal had grabbed both of them and their backpacks by the door. Faster than either Katie or Annabeth could comprehend Njal then proceeded outside and placed both of them in his 2004 Chevy Avalanche. While despite not really needing the truck Njal kept it to help put a sense of normality around the otherwise strange Stormcrown family. Plus it helps get the kids to school in the most normal of way possible….though he sometimes wondered how the other people at the school would react if he teleported them there. While an amusing thought he had promptly decided to ignore doing that….for now.
"Buckle up." Njal calmly stated as he got in the driver seat. Both Katie and Annabeth however looked incredibly dazed by what just happened. While yes the could use magic to fortify their physical abilities, they had not yet gotten anywhere close to that yet.
"Ugh, I think I just saw my life flash before my eyes." Katie said blinking widely. That was not something she wished to do again.
"Lucky, I feel like I'm gonna hurl." Annabeth started looking rather queasy. Apparently super speed did not agree with her. Seriously was a 'oh lets go' too much to ask?
"Everyone's a critic." Njal mumbled. Try to help your kids and this what you get. Though today with how much complaining he has done about his kids lack of appreciation he felt like an old man. Or….well an older man.
The drive to the school was rather uneventful as both girls were trying to regain their bearings and Njal was thinking about the training regiment he was gonna put them through. After 20 minutes they arrived at Park Place Community Middle School and pulled up to the drop off zone for students.
"Have a nice day you two." Njal said to his daughters as they both hopped out of the truck and waved good bye. After watching them enter the school Njal pulled away and began to head home.
"Well that was a nice sight." A mysterious voice stated in the passenger seat. Wasting no time in dealing with the intruder Njal reached over and slammed the culprits head against the dashboard. After repeating that about four times he then threw in an elbow to the side of the now recognized as a mans head. Njal was about to continue until he spoke up.
"Ow! Shit, calm down, I mean you no harm dude." The man looked like a stereotypical Californian surfer with tan skin and blonde hair. He was wearing a red AC DC shirt and black skinny jeans. Though the one thing that caught Njal's eye was a necklace with the symbol of Olympus on it.
"Ok jeesh mo sneaking up on a viking for me anytime soon. Oh, by the way is that your knee jerk reaction to startlement? Beating the hell out of it? Cause damn that was unnecessary." The man continued.
"Yes that is my reaction to startlement, however do you wish to see my reaction to an unwanted visitor?" Njal hostile questioned the guy. If he was to take a guess he would assume due to the look this man was Apollo. If so then whatever, if not well…..he would be introduced to the feeling of being thrown from a car in high speed traffic. Though that might happen anyway.
"Nah I'm good but you need some lessons in manners. Though I guess I haven't given you any myself huh? Well I digress the names Apollo!" The now confirmed Apollo said while extending his hand out with a smile...that was missing some teeth.
"Njal. And why are you in my car?" Njal replied and took the hand out of courtesy. Apollo smiled even more, which gave off an annoyingly bright shimmer, much to Njal's displeasure.
"Cease smiling or you will lose more teeth." Njal told Apollo. Though content to still smile, Apollo did stop when he did hear he was missing teeth. He quickly looked in the window at his reflection to confirm it and freaked out a bit at the sight of his missing front teeth. Though a snap of the fingers later they were back in their place.
"Ya know that most gods don't take to kindly to being assaulted." Apollo began to mutter.
"And you know that I couldn't care less what you take kindly to, you break into my car you are gonna get your face smashed." Njal replied back shooting the sun god an incredulous look that the man who broke into his car had expected it to go over well.
"Eh, fair point though most of my other family would smite you if you had done the same…...except maybe Ares he would probably just bring it into a full blown fist fight." Apollo said while checking out his reflection.
"Right then, why are you here?" Njal wasted no time in getting right to the point. The sun god better have a good reason for this otherwise Zeus may end up short a son.
"Zeesh aren't you mister grouchy. Well if you must know I am here for two reasons, one being I wanted to ask if you can control sunlight as well cause me and Hermes have a bet on what you can do. The second is a more….serious matter that needs to be discussed in private, I know a place coming up on the left that serves good pizza, pull in there." Apollo stated. While his first question in Njal's opinion was one he expected given the stories Athena and Demeter had told him while they dated, under the guise of an Annoying brother/ nephew. The second was a far more serious tone than the first. It made him wonder what the sun god wanted, so he decided to indulge him and pulled into the parking lot of an interestingly named pizza place called "Not a Mob Front….It's a Pizza Place...Yea Pizza Place."
"I don't imagine that they get much business here." Njal said as he got out of the truck.
"Eh, yes but not for the reason you expect." Apollo said rather cryptically as he walked towards the entrance. Njal raised an eyebrow but followed, as he approached the entrance he stopped and sniffed the air. There was a large amount of monsters nearby, like very nearby. Njal stared at the direction of the sent and saw that it was coming from the pizza place. Apollo and sense stopped at the door and was staring at him.
"I take it you brought me here to see me kill the creatures inside." Njal did not ask that, he knew that was the reason and Apollo's sheepish smile gave it away.
"Oh just indulge me then we can talk, I really want to see you go all Sorcerer Supreme on them." Apollo stated with a wide smile. Oh he wanted magic? Njal could certainly give him that., though while also scaring him a bit. So with that goal in mind Njal walked to the building and cast a detect life spell for any mortals in it. Seeing that there were none Njal adopted operation: fireball. Njal opened his palms and created two fireball spells and promptly kicked the door down.
Franco was having a good day so far. Not a lot of customers at the place meant that he and his buds could simply go about their more shady business operations ie drug trafficking and hits. To be honest ever since him and his fellow monsters took over this mob family things had been going pretty well for them. Oh yeah Franco was a monster. As was every other employee in the restaurant that served as cover for both mortals and demigods, which were frequently dined upon. Tough right now he felt something off right now. He picked up the scent of two very powerful people outside and did not like it one bit.
"Hey yo Jimmy see whats goin on out there but be careful man." Franco said to his little brother Jimmy, though both were rouge cyclopes and could handle themselves Franco still worried for his little bro. Though that all changed when the door was kicked and the room exploded in such a violent detonation that it leveled and burned the entire building.
"Is that what you meant?" Njal asked Apollo as he turned away from the now destroyed building as sirens could be heard coming. The look on the sun gods face made the extra attention entirely worth it.
"No but….that works two." Was Apollo's answer as he looked at the Nord and back at the destruction and back again. After a bit of back and forth of that Apollo burst into laughter. This prophecy just got way more fun in his mind.