《Draegish's Light》 Prologue Prologue Theworld of Draegish, named after the great god of war Orion. Draegish was once a war torn world, all races fought each other in hopes of gaining more territory, more place to call home. That all changed 100 years after, the orcs wiped out the giants. Giants held a special standing in this world for whenever they were truly in danger, the god Orion would come to help them. However, the god Orion was in a deep slumber, he received a great injury during a battle with his brother Nike. Knowing this was the case, Nike conspired with the orcs and gave them the power they needed to kill the giants. Killing the giants was no easy feat for they were the strongest race tall as mountains, and strength to match. The god Nike knowing this gave the orcs the one thing the gods promised never to do, he gave them magic. Magic was a sacred thing never to be given to the mortal races but, Nike in his rage did not care for the consequences. The orcs with there new found power killed the giants although they were the strongest race, they were very few in number only 10 giants were in existence. The god Nike however, did not expect what the orcs had planned, after killing the giants they moved on to the other races. Slowly killing off the demons, elfs, beastman, and humans this enraged the gods never had the world shook more in those years, It was as if the world it self was greiving for the races.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. 100 years after the giants death, the orcs had come close to wiping out the other races but, on that year Orion awoke. The other gods went to him as soon as he did telling him about what Nike had done, and asking for his head. Although they asked for permission, it was not as if they did nothing during those years. They of course helped the other races in small ways making sure of there survival. Never though would they dare interfere too much as matters that directly affect the fate of the world must be brought to Orion for a final decision. After hearing of Nike''s wrong doings Orion set off, to kill every last orc in existence he had accomplished just that however, the sadness at seeing the state of the world made his heart ache. Orion never did manage to find Nike he seemed to have dissapeared all those years ago but, even though he is gone what he did to this world will never be forgotten. Orion left the world with 2 final things 1 a speech the other a gift, he had gathered all the races far and wide bringing them out of their holes. " We are leaving this world not forever but, we may never return sadness fills me from what I have seen here today. I will leave you with these words be sure to remember them, for one day in the future this person will bring us back. A child loved by the wild, A child loved by the world, he who walks the path magic like no other before him, he who is loved by the pack one day will bring light to Draegish like no other before him. Remember those words the last thing I will give you is magic. All races will now have magic treasure it not all of your children will be able to use it however, for not all can handle its power. " Those words marked a new beginning for Draegish, that day would forever be known as the vanishing of the gods. 600 years after that day a small cat eared boy, around the age of 8 is seen running in the wild, with the wolves. Chapter 1 Chapter 1 The beating of paws was all I could hear around me. We had been running for over 20 minutes without stopping I was already nearing the end of my stamina, I spread my mind to reach out to all the wolve''s. " Brother''s I don''t think I can go any longer I feel as if I will pass out soon. " We wolve''s communicate using telepathy as we cannot actually talk, soon after I spoke to them the leader of our pack lead us to a small patch of shade under a big red wood tree. " Felix you must become stronger we have only been running for 30 minutes, and you already are tired. Remember the strong eat the weak in this world so strive to never be weak." Said a big black wolf he had a very defining feature however, he had a scar running on the right side of his neck to his hind leg. " HA Felix get stronger that¡¯s a funny joke Guntir, look at the little two legs I bet some of the cubs back at our nest could out run him. " This time the speaker was a large brown wolf, he had a small patch of red that was placed right in the middle of his eyes. " Oper be nice I remember when you were a cub, not even being able to keep up with your mother. " the pack of wolve''s started to howl at that remark all seemed to be chuckling, the white wolf that spoke came towards me and gave me a little nudge. " Come Felix we must be back by nightfall the others are waiting for us, you can ride on my back this one time." I gave her a nod and climbed on.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. " Thank you Sheila" After that all of the wolve''s got up and continued running, I don''t remember much of the ride there as I kind of blanked out here and there. Nightfall was approaching but soon our home came into view, It was a section of forest that seemed walled off by red trees bunched together. This led into a big field where all the wolve''s were seen playing some sleeping others doing there own thing. Immediately once we reached the entrance I hoped off Sheila and once again gaver her my thanks. Running as fast as I could I went over to the right side of the field and ran until a golden wolf came into view, this was my mother Nia. My mother and the other wolve''s said they found me one day I don''t know much more than that as they will not tell me but, I do know that mother cannot have cubs of her own so she took me in. Approaching her I spoke. " Mother I am back from our trip. " A sweet full of voice full of worry spoke back to me. " Felix you had me worried SICK! A full day late what is with that I''m going to give Guntir a piece of my mind later making me worry like that. " " Mother please it was my fault we we''re so late, I could not keep up with the others so we had to keep taking breaks. Maybe I shouldn''t go hunting yet I''ll just slow the others down." Sadness could be clearly seen on my face I had always wanted to go hunting with the others, they spoke of there kill''s and the thrill of the hunt and I wanted so badly to be a part of it. Mother slowly came and layed next to me giving me comfort. " Do not worry Felix do not rush things before you know it you''ll be able to hunt anything you want, these things happen at there own pace you are destined for great things my child you being with us here is proof of it. Never feel sad Felix we are always here for you. " This time I could see a bit of sadness on mother''s face it was brief but I''m sure it was there. "Mother I''ll never be sad don''t worry Sheila has taught me to be strong if I can''t do it now I just have to train harder!" I gave her my biggest smile hoping to take that sadness away from her, never had I seen my mother sad but it made me hurt when I caught it earlier. " Ha what has that wolf been teaching you maybe it''s her I need to have a talk with. Anywho the little cubs have been waiting for you they want to play better go check on them, before they play a trick on you again." At those words I immediately bolted the last time I didn¡¯t play with them they put a bissle bush on my nose while I slept I kept sneezing the entire day after that. So onwards I went in search for the little cubs. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 After about 20 minutes of searching I finally found the cubs, there we''re 3 of them Hiel, Gertrid, and Siemus. There was no real way to tell them apart other than the colors of their fur, Hiel''swas a deep brown while Gertrid''s was a darker shade of grey. Siemus had deep black fur, currently they were playing in a watering hole you would think they would be in some kind of danger out here but, we''re still in wolf territory so no predators will be around here. The unspoken rule of the forest, never ever trespass another animals territory to hunt their young that¡¯s asking for a death sentence. As soon as they saw me they immediately stopped what they were doing and came to tackle me. " FELIX YOUR BACK!!! " Screamed Gertrid as she rubbed her snout on my arms. " Finally back eh a whole day late what happened did you pee yourself again like the first time hehehe. " Ah Hiel is never gonna let that go I swear it will haunt me forever. " Hiel quite don''t be so rude as I remember you also peed yourself when we all first went on a hunt together. " We all had a good laugh at Siemus''s words some more than others hehe. " Well what are you guys doing out here at the watering hole " Siemus was the only one to respond. " These two idiots ended up with honey all over there fur they won''t tell me how it happened, but I can imagine how that went down. " " I thought we had agreed no more honey for you guys, always getting too excited and fighting over the stuff." " Well I was but uh it was Hiel''s idea not mine I swear he said we could go in and out without anyone knowing. " We all gave Hiel a stare Gertrid is too nice sometimes she''ll follow the others as long as there''s gain somewhere. " Well im just glad you two didn''t get stung by all the bees be more careful next time. " " Fine " they both said in unison. We spent a good 10 minutes washing the honey out of their fur, it went by faster as I don¡¯t have paws so I did all the washing really. After we were done we took a bit to dry before heading back to the fields. While we were laying there Siemus said something quite intresting. " Hey Felix have you heard Guntir is bringing in one of those two legs like you for some kind of meeting, we heard the news while you were gone his mate couldn''t shut up about it." This interested me more than anything else I had heard in a while, I don¡¯t think I''ve been this excited since mother taught me how to howl. " Really!? Did she say when this was happening." " She said it was going to happen around 2 full moons from now so not for a while. " " Did she say what it was about? " " No she didn''t know Guntir never spoke about it. " My excitement died down a little once he said that maybe one of the two legs just came into wolf territory and he wanted to talk about it. Well no use in thinking too hard about it right now. " You guys are dry lets head back to the field." With those words we got up and started our walk back. The whole way back I couldn''t stop thinking about what Siemus said and my mother''swords, its probably nothing though maybe I''m just over thinking things mother did always say I thought things through too much. Once the entrance for the field came into view we all started running as we heard the howls, we knew what that ment it was time to eat what we had hunted on our trip!Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. Soon after we finished our meal of deer''s and boar''s the cubs saidgoodbye to me and went on their way home, as I was also leaving I spotted Sheila and went to ask her something. Running up to her and tapping her on the side I spoke. " Sheila do you have a moment theiris something I must ask. " " Little one you just asked me something, I am a bit tired and would like to rest so hurry it up. " " I want to know how I can get faster, so I can keep up with you guys when you go hunting. " " Hmm little one I know of a way it is the same way me and Guntir trained, believe it or not he was once just like you couldn''t keep up with the pack." " Guntir? No way I don¡¯t believe it." " Haha little one here is what you must do it wont be easy but you must do it everyday never taking a day off. Run from the entrance of the fields to the edge of our territory everyday, there and back three times in a row never taking breaks. Do this little one and I''m sure you will find yourself a pretty mate haha. Now I must go I am very tired." With those words Sheila left me, from the fields to the edge of the territory that seems impossible and not just once but three times. Just imagining it is making me shiver, but I promised my mother that one day I would be a great wolf that would make her proud, if I must do this I''ll do it with everything I have. With that I ran back to my mothers side and immediately went to sleep I was determined to start the next day Sheila gave me a path and now I am going to take it. That night I slept the best I had in quite a while, waking up the next day I felt refreshed and eagerto start running. Getting up from next to my mother I gave her a quick hug, she opened her eyes slightly and spoke to me. " Felix where are you going? It is still quite early none of the others are up yet." " Mother I am going to train I''m going to become a strong wolf just like Guntir." All she could think was Sheila again huh sheesh that wolf. " Don''t push yourself too hard and be careful. " " I will mother well then I am going. " As I got to the entrance of the fields I started to stretch, and once I was ready I took off. There was a path that led to the edge of our territory it was there for visitors, but no one ever came here so I don''t really know why we have it. One time I had asked Guntir about it and he just told me '' There was once a time when all came for our help, sadly those times have passed us. '' I never really got the meaning of it but, nevertheless I am thankful for this path. Running, running, and more running it seemed like I would never see the edge of our territory I was exhausted. The edge of wolf territory came into view, you could clearly tell because the change of the leaf''s on the trees they went from a red to a deep green. In front of me was Dryad territory, the only thing I know of them is they are creatures who live in trees it is all mother would tell me. As I was about to turn around and hope I could make it back I heard a voice calling to me. " You there child cat child." I almost screamed at whoever it was I hated when people called me a cat, Guntir once told me what I was a Saber. He had told me they were once proud people of the forest that lived along side the wolves. " I am no cat I am a saber who is speaking to me." " A saber well my apologies I have not seen one of your kind for a long time. Come here young one come to me you seem tired let me give you something for your journey." " I am on no journey I am training to become stronger." This voice was starting to get me quite angry the more and more we talked. I looked around till I saw a figure coming out of a tree in the dryads territory. " You are a dryad? I cannot go to you mother told me never to enter dryad territory that you eat children. " A woman soon stepped out of the tree she was tall quite tall actually almost twice my height, she seemed beautiful but honestly I could not say. Never had I seen another two legs like me, she soon spoke again. " Eat children? HAHAHAHA. What kind of nonsense arethe wolves teaching you young one. I do not eat children and I imagine you would taste horrible. Now come eat this before I change my mind you seem tired this will help. " She held out a bright red object in front of her it seemed like food but I have never seen anything like it. Slowly walking over to her I took it from her hand and observed it. " It is an apple young one it is special only growing on us dryads be grateful we don''t give out apples to just anyone. It will give you energy and your exhaustion will vanish." I looked at her wide eye''d " Why are you giving something so precious to me I just met you. " She smiled. " My tree speaks to me telling me to help you I do not know why but I will not argue with the forest. Now go young one finish your training everyday come by here I will give you an apple for it is the will of my tree. " I could only look at her in surprise not just one but one everyday, this will be a great help in completing the task Sheila has given me. Before I left I gave her a big hug running away afterwards. " Thank you miss dryad I won''t forget this my name is Felix I will see you tomorrow." " Sheesh my name is Junpir remember it brat! " With those words Felix faded into wolf territory once again going back to his training with more energy than ever before. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 A month had gone by in a flash Felix had kept his word everyday he ran to the edge of the territory and back, he had become able to run without the use of Junpir''s apple but he still ate it whenever he could. After all the apple was delicious, currently Felix was sitting under the tree Junpir was currently inside of he had learned so much more about Dryad''s than when he first met her. Junpir had told him that all Dryad''s can inhabit any tree they are not bound to it however, they use the tree to feed off its life force, in return the dryads make the trees roots grow even stronger and allowing them to go with no water. Right now the two were talking of silly things such as why the seasons change and what the world is like until Felix had gotten up. " Well then Junpir I must go now my mother told me to be back earlier than before this time so I assume it is something of importance I will be on my way. " He could feel Junpir''s warm essence is what he calls it he does not really know what it is but it fills him inside, it''s as if he could feel her smiling at him. " Go then no need to keep your mother waiting I will always be here be sure to visit soon. " The two had become quite close over the past month Junpir had become more gentle with him since the first time they had met. Felix just gave the tree a big hug and said. " I''ll be back soon. " He had ran for a good 20 minutes before the fields came into view, something seemed different about the atmosphere everyone seemed curious of something but Felix had no idea what. Running over to his mother on the right side of the field she slowly came into view. " Mother I''m back, whats going on why is everyone looking towards Guntir''s cave." Guntir lived in a cave near the back of the fields it was the home of the Alpha wolf of the pack. " Felix put on this pelt Guntir brought it for you use it to cover your lower area, you must go to his cave I cannot come with you my child but, be safe. " He looked at the strange thing Guntir had given him It looked like two rabbit pelts put together with some kind of string he had no idea what it was. He slowly put his legs through it and used it to cover his lower area like his mother asked. " Now go my child. " She nudged my shoulder with her snout sending me off towards Guntir''s cave. It took a good 5 minutes before I arrived, when I did I heard Guntir call towards me.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. " Felix come there are two people here I would like you to meet." People I have never heard Guntir use this word, walking over to him I sat down and faced toward the direction he was looking and when I did it surprised me. Honestly I thought I would pass out. " Felix this is a noble of the feline tribe and his daughter they are both beastmen like you although you are not exactly the same. " I thought over his words for a second before going over and touching my head to their''s, beastman huh I have never seen another two legs like me. The man accepted my head touch but the girl jumped back in fright when I did it. This puzzled me as this was a standard greeting for wolves, I soon heard the man speak on behalf of his daughter. " Excuse Melony please she does not know the customs of the wolves, my name is Fredrick Von Heister a noble of the feline tribe and an old friend of the wolves." " Hello Fredrick I am Felix of the wolves." I could see Guntir give me a nod of approval so I backed off from the two, soon after Guntir spoke again. " Felix in 1 moons time you will go with Fredrickback to the feline tribe you must go to a school in the human kingdom Felix, we have taught you all we can to hunt, to run, and to sneak. However, Felix we cannot teach you magic, you have a path that we cannot guide you on hopefully you going to the human school will teach you more. In 1 moons time when you go with Fredrick he will teach you to speak the languages as talking with your mind is rude among other races, as most people cannot do it only those that the forest deems worthy can speak with the animals. Fredrick here will teach many things that are necessary for you to live in with the two legs, you can trust him he had been a friend of the wolves since I was just a cub. " This was too much for me to take in I was so confused I gave him a questioning look before asking. " Must I go Guntirstaying here with the wolves is what I want." " You must go young one we cannot help you any longer the path you walk is one of great trials and this will be your first step, do not worry however we will always be here right in this forest. You can return one day when you finish your task young one." " Guntir but what are these task you speak of." " That is for you to find out I cannot tell you, all will be answered with time." I felt anger looking at the two legs in front of me but, I did not scream at them for I knew Guntir never did anything without reason. He had once told me that whatever decision he makes he will never make it unless he is sure this is the way. I sighed then spoke once more. " Okay in 1 moons time I will go with you Fredrick hopefully you will accept me." " Why of course I will accept you Felix and one last thing before we wrap things up. My daughter here will be staying with you for 1 moons time she will come with you when I come back in 1 moon." Not just me but Guntir and the girl Melony were surprised at his words as well. " You Fredrick are you sure she will be fine here she does not seem like she has it in her to live with wolves." " Guntir old friend do not worry I''m sure she can handle it" The girl looked a little afraid and worried but she did not object to her fathers idea. " Okay I will allow it Felix she will stay with you and your mother guide her as I think you are the best to her to be with, as the only other two leg here. " I gave Guntir a nod. " I''ll do my best Guntir." I got up slowly and gave her my hand, it took her a bit but she accepted and followed me out towards the right side of the field where my mother was. " Are you sure this is gonna be ok Fredrick what are you planning." " Do not worry about a thing old friend it will all turn out okay at least I think." " Hmph you two legs always up to something never speaking whats on your mind." Fredrick laughed at his words while watching the two leave the cave and walk towards wherever they were going all he could think was. '' Ahh I remember my youth.'' Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Two weeks had gone by since Melony first started staying with us, it was a bit awkward at first she can''t seem to hear the voices of the wolves. Slowly she has become able to speak with my mother though, Melony spends most of her time with her or with me. What I found odd is that she can seem to be able to hear me, but she can''t hear the other wolves, I had asked Guntir about it but all he had to say on the matter was. " One day if the forest finds her worthy she will speak with us, either that or the one she wants to speak with her trust her enough to open their mind to her." Not really understanding what he meant by the forest finding her worthy I forgot about most of the conversation. Really though I would say the strangest thing is Melony eats everyday and she cooks the food in a fire, I have been catching small animals that roam into our territory for her to cook and eat. She had come to eat with the other wolves and me when we came back from hunting, but she threw up after taking a bite and immediately went to bed after. The food that she ate smelled weird to my nose I never actually smelled something that made my mouth water, I asked her for a bite once and to be honest it was pretty good. However, I enjoy my time eating with the wolves so I catch the food for her and haven''t eaten with her since. Melony is a strange girl nothing like the other wolves or even Gertrid for that matter, she is around the same height as me so I am guessing we are the same age I asked her how many cycles she had been alive she told me 10. That surprised me as I have only been alive for 9 cycles according to Sheila, another thing is I finally had someone to compare Junpir too. Melony was pretty I knew that while not as bueatiful as Junpir she definetly was pretty. She stood 4 and ? heads tall like me her hair was a fierce yellow, her skin was tanned as if she had been in the sun everyday like mine, but her most striking feature was her eyes they were slit and a bright yellow. Every time I looked into them I felt as if she was looking past me, she also had the same thing as me 2 cat like ears and a tail to match her tail however was not as long as mine. She also told me a bit about where we were going the feline country, apparently it is a place where all felines are welcome there were other races of beastman there, but one thing she told me was concrete never ever were the elf races welcome. She also told me about the school I am to go to she is also to attend at the same time as me, it is in the human lands but it is not just a human school. The official name is World Alliance for Magical Advancement, it was the most prestigious magical school one could go to every race attended elfs, demons, beastman, and humans. Never was there to be a fight between races at this school, it is placed in the human kingdom simply because they are the most neutral race in this fight between the races. Humans are an odd race they care for nothing but the advancement of their magic like they are searching so hard for an answer that will never come.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Along with all this new knowledge I learned a bit about felines, the tail of a feline determines how much mana one has this is a secret between the feline races and is never to be told to the other races. My tail is pretty big according to Melony however, I couldn''t help but sigh at that sometimes it ends up messing up my balance my tail is 2 and ? heads long in comparison Melony''s is 1 head long. Melony also told me what kind of feline she is, I ended up making her angry and she gave me a whole rant after I called her a cat. She is a lion you can tell from her eyes, explaining to me what was the difference between all the felines was a waste I ended up forgetting after we got to cats. Melony had also ended up accompanying me on my training, after the first week she was curious as to where I was going every morning watching her trying to keep up gave me a good laugh. She seemed to be trying so hard to keep up with me as if she had something to prove, but she always got exhausted after we reached the edge of the territory and were entering dryad land. When she first met Junpir she was afraid I didn¡¯t understand why until she explained to me, dryads don¡¯t show themselves to anyone other than those they are going to eat. That made me question her sanity a bit Junpir was one of the nicest animals I had ever met, but I didn¡¯t question her more maybe there is something Junpir doesn''t want to tell me and I don¡¯t want to upset her. When she first saw me receiving an apple from Junpir she almost fainted, learning some more from her I found out dryads only give apples to those they want to marry and have as their mate. Later learning this was true when I tried to give Melony a bite of the apple having Junpir scream in my ear was not fun. " FELIX YOU JERK DO NOT GIVE HER THAT APPLE OR I WILL PERSONALLY FIND YOU WHEREVER YOU RUN TO AND BITE YOUR HEAD OFF YOU HEAR ME!" And as one could guess I ran away with Melony on my back remembering to never anger Junpir again, she seemed pretty sad she couldn¡¯t eat some of the apple but, I will keep my word to Junpir and not give her a bite. Things continued like this everyday running to the edge talking with Junpir and running back with Melony on my back when it was hunting day Melony came along sometimes but, most of the time she stayed with mother. Slowly the weeks past by and I could feel myself grow sadder and sadder with the coming days, knowing that I would leave this place that I would leave my home. Sitting next to the watering hole stared into the water for hours it felt like. Finally what broke my trance was a hand touching my shoulder and a voice that was familiar to me. " Why are you crying Felix." Crying what was she talking about, then it hit me I felt the tears streaming down my face and could do nothing to stop them. " I don¡¯t want to leave this place Melony I know I must but this is my home it is where my family is." She sat down next to me before speaking again. " I know it must not be easy I won''t even try to say I understand but, it will get easier I''m sure one day in the future you will be able to return to all this, but right now you must go with us we only want to help you Felix. " This only made my tears run down my face at a faster pace. " I know that but what if one day when I want to return this place I call home is no longer here, what will I do then." I felt her hands wrap around me giving me a hug her hands tighting more and more around me. " Don''t ever speak like that this place will be here I''m sure of it, I''ll be right there with you Felix right by your side and when you want to return your mother will be here waiting for you with a smile on her face." This made me smile a bit. " Silly wolves can''t smile we howl." The two laughed at this for a bit before the sad atmosphere slowly started to go away. " Melony I''m taking you up on that never leave my side." He could not see it but this visibly made her blush not knowing what to do she hugged him tighter. " I promise" And like that the days slowly numbered down and the time they were to leave this forest was slowly approaching. Determined to move on through this challenge Felix steeled himself as he found a friend to walk this path with him. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Three days were left before Melony and I were to leave with Fredrick, from what I understand it is a 5 days ride in a carriage which is what they arrived on when they first came. Currently I was just reaching Junpir''s tree today I would tell her that I was leaving, I didn''t know if she would be angry at me. Well all I can do is hope, walking towards her tree I lightly knocked on it before saying. " Junpir it''s me Felix." It took a while for her to respond but she gave me the same greeting as always. " I know who it is you idiot who else prances right into dryad land with a dumb smile on their face." My smile grew even wider at her words. " Well sorry for having a dumb smile at least I don¡¯t smell of bark!" " Ugh no you smell of wolves which smells even worse." We both started to laugh after that interaction everyday we had started to poke at each other more and more, its become something of a ritual. " Junpir I am leaving this forest in three days, I am going to the feline country." She could see the worry in my face hoping she wasn''t angry. " Idiot I already know that the forest has told me, it weeps for the loss of you but wishes you luck and has faith in your return." I could only smile at her words. " You know Junpir you always say forest this, forest that but why can''t I hear the forest." She gave me a light smack on the back of my head. " Once again an idiot the forest already speaks to you, the only thing you are lacking is strength and control of your mana. Once you have that you will be able to hear the words of the forest." I gave her a questioning look. " Does that mean your stronger than me Junpir?" A big smile was plastered on her face. " You have no idea, well then Felix I guess it''s time to give this to you, it is a gift from the forest in hopes it will help you walk your path." She went over to her tree and gave it a 3 light taps, some form of energy seemed to flow from the tips of her fingers. Never have I seen this energy before but I could feel it, life flowed through this energy as if it was alive just like anything else in this world. Slowly an apple shaped fruit started to come out of the tree bark, Junpir continued to pour the energy into the tree. Strain could be seen clearly on her face, this continued for a solid 30 minutes until finally a golden apple emerged from the tree. Junpir exhausted looked my way and pushed the apple my way. " Take it a gift from the forest you have no right to refuse it, this is an apple of life a forest can grow one apple ever this is the first and last apple to come from this forest." Reaching out I took the apple from her and slowly bit into it, I felt the energy flow into me.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. " This apple will increase your mana pool, some other changes will come but that is just to your body, another thing do not tell anyone of this. The apple of life existing is more than enough for those greedy elves to come scavenging the land burning down forest to find one. We cannot have that the forest and I wish you luck on your journey Felix we hope for the best, please return to us in the future. Sadly I cannot go with you I am bound to the forest, hopefully one day we can enjoy ourselves again maybe I''ll even let you have another one of my apples." I had finished eating the apple when I asked her a question I wanted to know the answer of quite badly. " Junpir why does everyone hate the elves." I could see anger clearly flash on her face just for a brief moment before she spoke. " Felix the elves were once people of the forest, caring for it loving it and in return the forest cared for them. This however, did not last long after they received magic, slowly they became more and more corrupt however the forest always stayed on there side hoping they would not dig their hole deeper. The elf king burned down the elder forest which their home was built in, this angered the forest slowly the it stopped giving the elves its protection. After they lost the protection of the forest, they declared war on all races in their race to become the most magically advanced race. After the old king died from magic of his own creation the war died down, now it is almost all but gone. However, the forest and the other races will never forget what the elves did, never will they be forgiven. That is why they are treated as such." This information was shocking I was still processing it when I felt a cramp in my stomach, slowly the pain grew and grew until it felt like a fire was burning inside of me. I could only let a scream as the pain felt unbearable I caught a glimpse of Junpir she did not look surprised. " Try to fight the pain Felix the apple of life is forcefully increasing your mana and changing your body it will be painful, but I am here for you fight it do not give in." Junpir say my head on her lap and proceeded to sing a sweet melody that filled me with a gentle warmth, but that was soon overtaken by the burning pain I felt inside of me. The pain kept coming I don''t know how long it has been but I clearly saw the worry on Junpir''s face, I saw the moon come and go twice slowly the pain was dying down. Finally what felt like ages later the pain had faded and I felt terrible, Junpir layed me down on the floor and proceeded to make an apple for me putting it near my mouth as if telling me to eat. I took a bite and soon the energy started to flow through me once more, giving her a big smile I spoke to her. " That was all I feel like I could do that another 10 times." She gave me a gentle smile back while saying " You really are an idiot but now that you are ok, it is time for you to go it seems someone is here for you." Confusion struck me for a bit before I heard an angry voice come from behind me, fear slowly creeped up I knew exactly who this was and I was sure she would not be happy. " FELIX WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN I WAS WORRIED SICK DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUR DOING TO YOUR MOTHER, AND YOU JUNPIR IF HE WAS WITH YOU AT LEAST SEND ME A MESSAGE, THE THINGS I''M GOING TO DO TO YOU COME IT IS TIME FOR US TO GO HOME." I turned around slowly fearing what I would see, and fear was the right choice here I saw an angry looking wolf and a worried looking girl standing next to her. Oh man I really don''t want to be punished after what I just went through, hopefully it does not come to that. " I''m sorry mother I was in a bit of a situation, please don''t be mad it''s just that I won''t be seeing Junpir again and I wanted to spend time with her." I was not lying I really did want to spend time with her but, I cannot tell her about the apple I made a promise to the forest. The first one to speak surprisingly was Melony. " You Felix what happened to you, your eyes and tail also your ears they''ve changed." I gave her a puzzling look before she spoke again. " Your eyes they were blue before now they are purple, and your tail seems to have grown a full head also the color of your tail and ears are now purple as well. What happened I have never seen a purple colored feline." I looked back at Junpir with a look of worry until my mother spoke. " It does not matter what happened as long as you are ok, you don¡¯t have to tell us but you Junpir if I find out you hurt him in anyway I''m coming back here with the whole pack." " Yes yes calm down you wolves always too ready to jump into things, I did not hurt the boy calm yourself. He is going to be just fine, maybe even better than fine." I couldn''t help but laugh at the whole situation I had never seen my mother so confused in my life, it just made me laugh for some reason soon we said our goodbyes and started walking back to the fields. This whole situation was ridiculous but I couldn''t help my smile, I felt my sadness disappear completely when I was with Junpir now I will always have a piece of the forest with me. Never again will I feel like I am without this place, and like this the last day I was to spend in this forest came to a close and slowly the new day approaching I prepared myself to leave. Chapter 6 Chapter 6 The day of our departure had come, currently we were waiting for Fredrick to arrive. All day since I had awoken I had been saying my goodbyes to the wolves, they all wished me well wich only made me sad that I was leaving this place. Right now I was saying my goodbyes with my mother, this was something I was not looking forward too as I knew it would be heartbreaking. " Felix please remember what we have taught you, also remember to not do anything stupid my child. Also don''t forget to continue your training, and always remember to eat well don''t starve yourself." I had to cut her off as I felt she was going to keep listing things forever. " Mother don''t be so sad, I promise I will do all the things you have asked. Also never would I forget what the wolves have taught me, you know that." She walked over towards me and put her snout to my head. " My child I know but I fear letting you go, what if you are not ready and something happens to you. Never would I be able to forgive myself for not being there to protect you." I wrapped my arms around her neck and gave her a hug. " Mother don''t worry remember Melony will be there to watch over me in your stead, so do not be sad I will be safe I promise." Our conversation continued with us talking of little things that happened here and there, like when I first learned how to howl or when I first tried eating meat. However, shortly after our conversation came to a close with a the voice of Melony interupting us. " Felix my father is here he is ready to take us." Slowly standing up from next to my mother I prepped myself for the moment I had been dreading. " Well then let us go, I will see you in the future mother I promise." She gave me a slight nod which prompted me to turn around and walk towards Melony. We walked towards the entrance of the fields arriving shortly after we had left my mother, there standing next to Guntir I saw Fredrick still standing as proudly as ever. " Felix I see you are doing well, it seems my daughter''s mood has improved quite a bit as well." Melony flinched at his words, but they left me puzzled what mood I don''t quite understand his words. " Father lets not speak of this and just go already I think Felix is eagre to leave as well." He gave a nod and looked towards Guntir. " Well then old friend it seems it''s time for me to go, I will be seeing you in the future." " In the future then Fredrick don''t get Felix killed or I''ll be coming after you." The two laughed at those words leaving me puzzled, I didn¡¯t see anything funny about my death. Fredrick started walking towards the exit of the field and motined for us to follow. Once we were almost out of the fields I heard the wolves start to howl this brought me to tears as we started walking further and further away.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. Moving at a rythmic pace we continued our walk towards the fox territory, we were walking for quite a while so I decided to ask Fredrick a few questions. " Fredrick where is the place we are going too in the feline country." He looked at me and gave me a smile before turning his head around again and continuing his walk. " Ah my dear Felix that would be Aistibal the capital of the felines, its quite a beautiful place I''m sure you''ll love it there is much to do." Aistibal huh what a strange name I gave him another question while I thought about his last words. " Will I be going to the school in the human lands once I arrive." Fredrick started laughing at my words. " Hahaha my dear boy you cannot even speak yet, and already you want to go towards the human lands. Quite audacious but no my dear boy you are not old enough to enter the school yet, you are only 9 one must be 12 to enter the school and must also be able to channel there magic into a visible form." Thinking about what he said I asked him something else that was bugging me. " Everyone speaks of this magic, but what is it exactly I don¡¯t understand." He looked back giving me yet another smile. " Well by looking at your tail you should be able to use it so I guess I''ll tell you. Magic is all around you it is always there, the old gods just gave us the power to use mana to channel its power. Magic is alive my dear boy remember that it lives and breaths as we do, if you nurture it take care of it in return magic will give you power. However, if you are to rash and try to rush your advancement you will only hurt yourself in the end. That is all I can teach you the rest you must learn on your own, magic is a path one must walk alone I will teach you a way to feel your mana once we are at the manor but after that it is up to you." Taking in his words I gave him a questioning look until I heard him say. " Let it out boy don¡¯t hurt yourself." I felt myself go a little red at his words. " If magic is a path one must walk alone what is this school for." He once again gave me a smile but this time it felt like he was praising me. " Good observation boy the school if for young mages to challenge each other compete, to give them motivation to strive for further reaches of magic they also teach ways to use mana other than just for magic. Mana is much more than it seems after all it was a gift from the gods remember that as well boy." The rest of the walk was done in silence, I was too busy thinking about what Fredrick had told me and Melony seemed to be having a private conversation with her father that I was not welcome in. Soon the outer reaches of the forest started coming into view and what I saw amazed me, land spread out as far as the eye could see I saw hills and endless fields of flowers. Never had I been outside of the forest this was a first for me noticing my face Melony let out a snicker. " Close your mouth Felix a bug might fly in." I gave her a smile. " If it does I''ll eat it." We both had a good laugh before Fredrick called for us to hurry up, we slowly were approaching a red circular shaped thing it had doors and wheels at the bottom. Looking closer I could see there was someone in front, it was also being pulled by some great deer I had seen some time to time in the forest but we never hunted them. Getting closer to it I heard Fredricksay something outloud to the person in the front. "***********" I Could not understand what he was saying. Never had I heard something as strange as this, soon the person in the front got out panicking and gave me a quick glance before bowing to Fredrick and speaking. "***************" Fredrick again responded. "******" The stranger grabbed the door and opened it then motioned us inside, once all of us were in he closed the door and I felt the carriage start to move shortly after. " Fredrick what was that weird howling you were doing is it how you guys communicate?" Both he and Melony had a good laugh at my words. " No no my dear boy that was Felician the laungauge of the felines you will learn soon enough my boy do not worry, also remember to not try speaking to people in there head it is quite rude to try to speak to someone that way for all races." I gave him a nod before slowly thinking of the wolves I had started to miss them already, noticing my face Melony spoke to me blocking her father out. " Remember Felix I will always be here." I gave her a smile and nodded her way Fredrick gave her a questioning gaze before brushing it off, this was how the my last days in the forest had ended slowly we made our way towards Aistibal Capitol of the Felines. Chapter 7 Chapter 7 A small 9 year old boy with purple ears, and a tail was seen running through the halls of a large manor. Following, the boy was a girl that could only be described as cat like. She had two black ears that popped out from under her white hair, and a tail that was about 1 head long. Currently, she was chasing Felix as she had done for the past week since they had arrived in Aistibal. '' FELIX PLEASE LET ME DO MY JOB WHY DO YOU ALWAYS RUN FROM ME.'' '' The clothes they itch, everyday you put them on me and it just makes me feel weird.'' If one were to see the two a vein could be seen appearing on the girls head. '' Felix if you don¡¯t stop this second I''m going to get lady Melony to come and help me.'' This made Felix gulp. She had called Melony the second day they had arrived when the girl was first assigned as his maid. He still had bad memories of that day, Melony hit him on the head with some kind of stick everytime he tried running away. '' F-fine just don¡¯t call Melony please Shilandra I''ll stop.'' Coming to a stop he turned around to see Shilandra looking at him with a beaming smile of victory. Shilandra was the maid assigned to him, she was to be with him at all times and help him throughout the day. She was also the one teaching him felician although he is still having trouble with it. She stopped in front of him and started to put on his clothes, it was a simple white with black pants to follow. After she was through she looked towards him and spoke to him out loud. " So Felix what would you like to do today, we still have another week before Sir Von Heister comes back from his meeting and teaches you to meditate." I tried making out her words and got most of it at least I thought. " Go town explore want to have fun." Expecting this answer Shilandra let out a sigh and went to grab the coin purse Sir Von Heister left for him. Honestly she had no idea why a Duke like Sir Heister took in this boy, but she did not question it and truthfully he was starting to grow on her. " Well then Felix lets go there should be a carriage out front we can take." " Let go" He responded excitedly. Running after Shilandra he followed her to the front of the manor where a red carriage was waiting for them. She gave the driver some instructions and soon both boarded, after they had gotten on it only took a few moments before they were off. They were riding for approximately 10 minutes before the city came into view, he could see the tall buildings here and there they amazed him when he first arrived. They still do just not to the same extent, he spotted the area they were going too and it made him smile it was the market. They stopped in front of the market that was busy with people, getting off the carriage Shilandra had to immediately hold Felix''s hand so he wouldn''t bolt off without her. Felix had come here 3 times before already, but this place was great always new things to see and purchase. After Shilandra was done giving instructions to the driver they started walking towards the market. '' Felix calm yourself you look like a rabid cat looking for prey.'' '' Shilandra look do you see it, the shop over there selling weapons. Look there''s one selling hides there. Amazing isn''t it.'' She couldn''t help but smile at this, he was like a child seeing the world for the first time everytime they came here. Shilandra followed Felix towards a stall that had caught his eye, they were selling accessory''s. She could hear the rugged voice of the man in charge of the stall. " Get yer accessory''s here we got it all, necklaces, rings, and even braclets. Come get yer accessory''s." Walking up to the stall Felix was amazed at all the jewels and different designs he could see. Soon enough the stall owner looked there way and started trying to sell them something. " Oh those are lovers rings, you have a good eye there boy how about it their only 20 gold." Felix heard lovers rings and 20 gold he immediately turned to Shilandra and gave her a big smile, she could only sigh inwardly she knew what that ment. Taking out 20 gold she handed it to the stall owner, 5gold ridiculous honestly 100 copper is 1 silver 50 silver is 1 gold and 25 gold is 1 platinum. Most people would never make over 1 gold in their lifetime but, this shameless man selling rings for 5 gold ugh but I could not argue, after all Sir Heister told her to buy Felix what he wanted. After all that¡¯s why he left the boy 20 platinum to spend, currently there was 19 platinum and 5 gold left on the first 2 days Felix had bought 15 gold''s worth of food. Itwas amazing how he put the food down I kept wondering where it went in that stomach of his. "Take care of those rings boy, there magic rings. Once you put it on and your lover puts it on, you''ll be bound forever body and soul." I repeated what the shopkeeper said to Felix through his mind as some of the words the shopkeeper used I had not taught Felix yet. Once he learned that again a beaming smile appeared on his face, magic was a mystery to this boy he wanted to learn so badly but, I cannot teach him Sir Heister specifically told me no matter how badly he ask do not teach him. From what I understood Sir Heister wanted to teach Felix himself although I do not quite understand the reason behind that.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. Soon we heard a horn play and my face went pale immediately I knew that horn, and it wasn''t good for Felix. The horn played every month on the 14thday it was the announcement of sorts that the slave market would be starting its auction. The slave market I did not want to expose Felix to this I knew he had seen slaves and wondered why they were slaves, I had told him that much most were sold by their families some criminals others prisoners of war. However, he had only seen the slaves at the manor they were treated extremely well, after all Sir Heister believed even if they were slaves they were to be treated humanely. Not everyone thought that way though. After the horn had played I saw Felix run towards the direction of the it I inwardly cursed to myself, I knew I wouldn''t be able to catch him so I started screaming at him in his mind. '' FELIX GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW DO NOT GO OVER THERE.'' He only laughed at me seeing my frustration. '' Hehehe I won''t fall for the Melony trick this time I am going it seems there is something happening.'' Bolting through the market as fast as I could possibly go, I finally caught up to Felix but it was too late he was already staring at the people lined up for auction. Cursing once again I could only try to mend the situation by telling him what was happening. '' Felix those people are slaves we cannot help them, please come with me we must leave this place this is not a good place to be.'' He ignored my words and kept looking towards the stage the slaves were displayed on, it took a while before he responded to me. '' Shilandra why are all of them treated better than her the small one in the middle.'' I looked towards where he was pointing and I saw something extremely surprising it was an elf, a freaking elf in Aistibal. A look of horror spread through my face this was beyond crazy elves were said to spread bad luck and this one seemed to be even worse. From the stories I had heard from people that traveled to the elf country to sell things, they always said the same thing never talk to an elf with black hair. Just talking to an elf was said to bring bad luck but, an elf with black hair not even there own family would speak to them. The elf in front of us was small she seemed to be around 8 to 9 years old, she had dark black hair with hazel eyes, her chin was a bit pointed but that was natural for elves. Along with all that she was thin extremely thin as if she had not been fed in weeks, which honestly was not too surprising after all she was an elf. Her eyes however, looked dead like she had seen hell and come back from its depths, this made me feel a little bad for her no child this young should have eyes like that. Soon the auctioneer came to her and started speaking. " Well folks we''ve got quite a catch here, an elf right out of elf country very rare specimen with black hair a once in a lifetime catch step right up and make your bids. This girl is a virgin as well so she''d make a fine sex slave for all you intrested buyers out there, well start the bidding at 10 gold." After he had spoken many others started raising their hands, and yelling out bids. " 15 Gold!" "20 Gold" " 2 Platinum" Most of the bidders sighed at that 2 Platinum was too expensive for most here. "5 Platinum" Everyone looked towards the bidder that said those words and was surprised at who they saw, the son of Viscount Gueriter he was from the tiger clan that stayed in the east side of the city. They are known for being quite cruel to there slaves and housekeepers, although people know this no one dares argue with them Viscount Gueriter is one of the best mages of this city no one would willingly incur his wrath. However, something I did not plan for happened that changed all of this Felix yelled a price outloud that shocked even me. "19 Platinum" Everyone at the slave market turned around shocked, they wanted to see the person who bid this ridiculous amount. Most of them nodded seeing the color of Felix''s tail and ears others were curious but most just turned away immediately. The auctioneer spoke once more. " 19 Platinum going once, Twice, Sold to the boy in the back come to the back to collect you''reproduct." We arrived at the back of the stage shortly, looking at the girl up close she really was thin. She slowly walked towards them then the slave keeper spoke. " Would you like this girl branded with the slave mark?" I was about to say yes before Felix spoke. "No" After saying that he did something crazier than all of this combined, he placed the 2ndhalf of the ring that he purchased on the elf, this ment these two were now bound basically marriage. The slave keeper looked at this and sighed inwardly. '' Nobles I''llnever understand these crazy idiots.'' Felix spoke to the girl. '' What is your name'' She was surprised at first for being spoken too. '' I have none I never received one, from birth I was destined to be thrown away so my family did not see it fit for me to have one.'' Felix inspected her quite a bit before saying. '' You shall be Sira'' With these words you could visibly see some of the shine start to comeback to her eyes, that immediately went away however. '' Come let us go Sira.'' The girl simply nodded and followed closely behind him. Once they were out front again they got quite a few stares, after all the elf they had just seen now had a lovers ring on her it was quite the sight. Once they were getting closer to they carriage a scream was heard behind them. " YOU, YOU PIECE OF FILTH WHO IS IT THAT DARES INTERRUPT MY BUISNESS I THE SON OF VISCOUNT GUERITER DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH." Shilandra could be seen visibly gulping at this. Sheturned around to respond to the boy. " Your honor we had no intention to intterupt your buisness we have to be going however." " DON''T THINK YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM ME WHORE." The son of the Viscount grabbed Shilandra by the hair and started pulling her towards the ground, Felix could no longer watch and grabbed the him by the throat. " STOP HURTING SHILANDRA OR I KILL YOU." He went visibly pale at these words someone actually dared stand up to him, the Viscounts son. Shilandra let this continue for a minute you could clearly see hate on her face now after she was done cleaning herself she spoke. " You have just attacked a member of Duke Fredrick Von Heisters household I hope you are ready for the consequences I will be telling the duke of this once he returns from his trip." The son of the Viscount went pale at these words, Fredrick had put him down finally and once he did the Viscounts son bowed and scattered away like a rat. A laugh could be heard but, it wasn''t from Shilandra or Felix it was from Sira she seemed to have enjoyed that encounter. The three of them finally got on there carriage Shilandra cursed a few more times here and there but, they had finally started going back home to the Manor. Felix could only sigh he felt the hard part was starting now but, he had no idea how hard it would be.