"Yes, but now it seems only a little has been taken. As he gets older even if he never uses magic he will be able to handle it better. The magic will be unconsciously released through other ways."

Krystyn glared at Yami and said, "The reason I said you stopped looking at him is because well…Mokuba hadn't been with you long before you started to really train in magic, then by the time he came back to you, you were forced to come and train with grandfather. You weren't happy about having to leave him. But a small part of you felt that perhaps this training will help you. You started training and remembering that Mokuba could also use magic, you started dreaming of the day you would return home and could start teaching him things you learned. But when he lost that power to Pandora you felt your dream shatter. You came back but then realized that training would only help you. You thought you couldn't connect with the boy through magic anymore and so you left depressed. Then you ran across the girl and even though you knew she didn't have magic for some reason you chose to start focusing more on her. Though her magical ability is extremely low, that may be what attracted you to her."

"Maura can do magic?"

"Yes, but her ability is the lowest it can be. Simple spells like levitation of books and other minor things and spells of that level will probably be the most she can ever do. Even those simple things might be a strain due to how low her ability is." Dartz said.

"But Krystyn is having her help Mokuba."

"Yes, she can assist with higher levels of magic if someone helps. In this case the boy is doing most of the work and Krystyn is helping to boost the girl's ability." Then Dartz noticed that Maura seemed to be ready to pass out without Krystyn helping to boost her magic. Though he detested helping, he owed Yami for stealing his power so he snapped his pinky over his ring finger and pointed it in Maura's direction. To anyone looking it would just look like he was stretching his fingers. But in reality he was sending a blast of power at Maura to boost her magic up to about Mokuba's level for a short time. He felt confident that this small burst would sustain her long enough to complete their project. Though it will probably keep her unconscious for quite a while longer than without the boost but since Yami's ability to detect magic sucks he'll never notice that he gave her the power boost. Krystyn probably would, but he'd deal with her later.

Krystyn noticed Maura's sudden power boost and was shocked. She couldn't understand it. Why? Why would he help? She was grateful as she only now realizes that she'd forgotten that she had only given Maura a short boost and had planned to go right back to helping but forgot. Now it seemed that she wouldn't need to help as she now had as much if not more than Mokuba at the moment. She also knew it wouldn't last and eventually the girl would collapse and most likely be out the rest of the night. Though since Mokuba wasn't used to using his magic and it hadn't been that long since it had been drained he most likely will be out the rest of the night as well. As much as she detested it she'd have to find a way to thank her grandfather for this later.

Seto didn't notice Dartz stretching his fingers but he did notice that Maura suddenly started glowing then faded away. He noticed Dartz looking at her and figured he must have done something to her. He almost had a guilty look on his face when Krystyn looked at him.

Dartz looked over to confirm that Yami didn't sense anything and he was right; though he couldn't totally be sure if this was due to lack of skill or if because he was still recovering from losing so much power. What shocked him though, was that he could clearly read it on Seto's face that he either sensed it or he saw what he did. He was shocked to say the least.

'Well, well that's quite a shock. I guess his powers too have returned and by not using them it made his senses sharper than before. Shame if he was only into magic he could be a truly powerful magician, more powerful than even his brother.' He expected and feared Seto would yell at him demanding to know what he did to Maura.

Since Maura didn't seem any worse for wear, Seto chose not to say anything, "So you're positive that even without training Mokuba can live happily without using magic, it won't hurt him? And what do you mean by the magic will be released in other ways?"

Dartz was startled for a moment wondering why he didn't say anything about what he did to Maura. "Ah, no even if he's not trained in magic then if not taken from him as in the past it will only activate in case of real danger as it did in the battle against Pandora. When we got on the scene I read the battle lines to see what had happened. The boy's powers activated when he and his friends were cornered and in serious danger it teleported them to a safer location. But other than that it will be much like you yourself. It will only serve to make him more aware of his surroundings and things of that nature."

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Mokuba and Maura looked around surprised to see that they looked and appeared real and could even touch each other and the snow and the rocks in the bags they were holding.

"Wow, this is cool! I don't feel cold at all and yet I can still feel the snow." Maura said holding up some snow and making a snowball and throwing it at the castle wall.

Mokuba too thought it strange. They couldn't see where they were in the castle but they were suddenly outside and yet it didn't feel like it at all. It also wasn't dark anymore. It was like they were surrounded by light.

"Okay, I'll go to the left and you go to the right." Maura said.

Mokuba nodded and waited to see how far apart Maura was placing the rocks before he started placing his.

A little less than halfway around, Maura started to feel weak for some reason. Then just as suddenly as this weakness came did she suddenly get a super burst of energy. She didn't understand it but wasn't going to argue. She felt majorly energized!