《ImBalence》


 Prolouge+ Chapter 1

    Prologue


    On a lonesome winding forest trail. Evidence of recent carnage could be seen. Torn up bodies of two horses and two adults were littered on the ground. In the remains stood a lone boy standing over the only non mangled corpse. The corpse was grotesque and certainly not human . Its entire bodies looked like it was stitched from various clothes and skins, it had no eyes only slits for its nostrils. On its hands there were serrated 4 inch claws. The boy standing over it was panting heavily and bleeding profusely. He looked around at the remains of his family and gritted in grief his teeth while looking down, his long unkempt hair covering his face. After a minute the boy looked up with a blank expression. He started stumbling away from the carnage, not looking back.


    Chapter 1


    The heat of the twin suns was unreasonably hot this day, it bore down heavily upon the back of a middle aged traveler and his two companions. The road they travelled on was uneven and bordered a large forest with trees in the depths of it reaching the clouds. The group exuded a chilling and dangerous aura yet when looked at they seemed strangely charismatic. At the lead of the group waked a man in his late thirties, with black-silver hair and brown eyes. He was dressed in sturdy leathers, it didn''t appear that he was wearing and weapons yet he still exuded a dangerous aura. The two that followed him were twins, one male and one female, however the man leading them always promised a reward to whoever could tell, so far none had been rewarded. The twins both had long straight silver hair down to their shoulders.their eyes a distinctive purple They both carried one khopesh each(if u wanna know what they look like click Here) .


    Suddenly the man in the front held up his hand signaling the two behind him to halt. They both drew their weapons, the man motioned to look towards the forest drawing their eyes to the bushes near to them. At this moment rustling of the bushes at the edge of the forest drew their attention. Falling into an inverted wedge formation


    ¡°What is  it¡± (Twin#1)


    ¡°I know not, Yet I smell blood be on guard¡± (Twin#2)


    ¡°Be quite, something is coming¡± Whispered the man


    The rustling became more insistent and the twins prepared their weapons,they seemed to glow with a faint red light. The man raised his fists and the air around them seemed to reverberate.


    As the pressure and tension mounted a small boy tumbled out of the bush covered in small wounds and blood. Upon seeing the group he gave a faint laugh his eyes rolled up into his head and he collapsed.


    The three paused for a moment.


    ¡°Havesh check it out¡± said the man still on guard


    ¡°Yes sir¡± Said havesh (Twin #1)


    Approaching the collapsed boy Havesh extended his arm and flipped the boy over whilst pointing his blade at him. Seeing no response from the boy havesh looked back to the man, The man made made motioned to continue. Havesh put away his blade and felt for a pulse.


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    ¡°He¡¯s got a pulse but its weak¡± Havesh yelled back to the other two


    ¡°Wounds?¡± Questioned the man


    ¡° Looks like severe lacerations to his chest, arms and back¡± Responded Havesh


    Without much thought the man said.


    ¡°Bind his wounds for now, we take him with us¡±(Man)


    ¡°Are you sure sir¡± (Twin #2)


    ¡°Helion do not question me, we will discuss this later but for now do as I say¡±(Man)


    The twin seemed to shiver.


    ¡°Yes sir¡± (Helion)


    After binding the boy''s wounds havesh lifted him on his back and the group continued on their way. Looking at the boy the man had an expression of curiosity and fear, for he could see into the boy and he saw his future potential.


    Hours later the group arrived at town. The town itself was not very special or large. It had a few inns, butchers, blacksmiths and a traders square. They went to the inn first. They asked for two rooms, one for the twins and one for the man and boy. The innkeep was cautious at first seeing their group carrying a young bandaged and unconscious boy, yet was suddenly very welcoming to the idea with the exchange of a few coins.


    ¡°Get settled in your room, we may be here for a while¡± (Man)


    ¡°Yes sir¡± (Twins in unison)


    The man took the boy upstairs to the room. Upon entering he laid the boy on the bed took his pack and set it to the floor. He took a chair from the corner of the room and placed it beside the bed.


    The man sighed and reached for his bag and retrieved  a small pouch. From within the pouch he took a small arrowhead leaf with an overall dark green coloring and thin veins of vibrant green. He placed the leaf on the boy''s chest and held his hand over the leaf. The air like before when he readied his first was reverberating however now while reacting with the leaf produce a slight ringing sound accompanied by a light green aura emanating from the leaf. Teh boy began to moan and struggle, His skin was writhing his wounds bubbling. His body began to repair at inhuman speeds.


    ¡°Shh boy, I know it hurts however you will heal, pain is only temporary¡± The man whispered faintly


    The glow of the leaf slowly began to fade away and the boys breathing became even and regular unlike before when it was harsh and uneven.


    The man sat back a let out a long breath. He again reached into his bag, He pulled out and apple and took a bite. Looking at the boy ,he would now wait until he woke.


    End of chapter 1


    (Please let me know what you think, The story will have magic and special powers, MC will not have a special secret to his birth but something else.)

 Chapter 2

    Chapter 2


    Everything hurt, legs, arms, chest and his head. He groaned and opened his eyes. As he opened them he noticed that he didn''t recognize where he was. He was supposed to be in the carriage with his mother and father after thinking for a moment the memories hit like a tidal wave. The sounds and the beast...the monster. He remembered walking through the forest after the event and reaching a road, he then collapsed, though he thought he remembered hearing people, he wasn''t sure. Now starting to move he elevated the top half of his body and turned to look at the room. Much to his surprise not a foot away sat a man with  brown eyes who was staring at him intently. They both stared at each other. Deep blue eyes facing brown eyes that were nearly black. This continued for a few moments until the man spoke up.


    ¡°Name¡± The man said almost whispering. (Man)


    ¡°What?¡± (Boy) asked the boy in surprise.


    ¡°What is your name¡± Still almost whispering. (Man)


    ¡°Azron¡± I replied in a cautious tone. (Azron)


    ¡°Azron then, can you please tell me what happened to you¡± (Man)


    ¡°Why¡± Azron replied in scared and suspecting tone


    ¡°When I find a boy around the age of 10 collapsed outside a forest I become curious¡± (Man)


    ¡°Furthermore the wounds you had on your person where not from walking in a forest¡± (Man)


    After the man spoke a small silence grew. In his head Azron saw no reason not to tell the man as there isn''t anything that could get him in trouble. But thinking back to it I still feel so scared and angry.


    ¡°Azron, Boy, I understand it may be difficult but please I wish to know¡± (Man)


    As he said this the man''s eyes seemed to glow both black and white, it was both strange and intimidating.


    Looking into his eyes Azron decided to relent and tell him all he knew.


    ¡°My family and I¡­ We were travelling to a new home they didn''t tell me where¡± (Azron)


    The man continued to look at him.


    ¡°They said because of my essence we had to go somewhere¡±


    At this the man''s eyes glowed a slight bit more than before, a sigh also escaped his mouth.


    ¡°During the middle of our journey¡­¡±


    Speaking brought him back to the event.


    In the middle of the journey through the forest they had stopped for lunch when his father noticed that around them the voices of the birds had disappeared. My father alerted to this drew his sword and stood on guard. My mother laughed and told him it was probably nothing...Her head was pulverized in the next few seconds by a hand the size of her head. Upon seeing this my mind went blank and my father he fell on his ass scared silly. The creature that killed my mother was 3 metres tall, had limbs thin as sticks, No eyes only and mouth filled with serrated teeth along with two slitted nostrils and 4 inch serrated claws on each of its seven fingers.


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    My father was the next to go, he was spilt in half guts and blood flew everywhere then followed the horses. Then it came for me. At that point I couldn''t think, all that was in my mind was various scenarios on how to escape. Then I saw it smile, that was my breaking point. From the point from when I first saw it I thought it to be just a dumb animal like a bear. But no this, this possessed sentience and thought.


    Seeing this,some sort of dam within me broke and power gushed out of it like rushing water ,and I felt it, pure undiluted power, sweet intoxicating power. The creature sensed something in me because it''s smile disappeared. Then I attacked, I didn''t wait for it to do the same. I charged at if and delivered a straight punch to its lower abdomen, It felt like I was punching some tree yet still it seemed to hurt the beast , well at least it annoyed it. At this it growled, a low throbbing baritone growl. It swung its arm/claws at me and hit my chest and arms, I flew back at least 2-3 metres. I landed on my face, the next second it was on me again and slashed my back. At this I grew angry and felt a rise to an emotion I had never felt before, Bloodlust. Using my arms as lift I backflipped up whilst kicking the beast again this time with more power. I felt its ribs break. It started to stumble I stepped forward and used my foot to trip it   making it fall on its back, I then mounted the beast''s chest and began pummeling its face...I lost track of how long I hit it. When I finally got up the face was nothing more than a warm brain-blood soup, I left after that not looking behind me. I still don''t know why I didn''t look back.


    Back in the present while I was telling my story the man''s face never changed. However in his mind he was running the details of my story through a fine comb.


    When I described the beast he recognized it as Stick Reaver known for their signature claws and thin limbs.


    When I mentioned the power, He wasn''t surprised, After all he thought I noticed his essence manifestation when we found him, Quite a savage he thought.


    As I finished he spoke up


    ¡°How do you feel¡± With eyes and a tone that asked more than it seemed.


    I thought about his question. How did I feel. I mean my family is dead killed by a monster yet I have avenged them. Thinking back to the stories I was told as a child, When the hero¡¯s family is killed he goes and avenges them, he then continues with his life. I already knew that was what would do. So again I thought, How did I feel. I was curious about what that power was.. What it still is. But most of all there is one thing that I feel


    So I spoke up


    ¡°I''m hungry¡±


    End of Chapter 2


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    So a little afternote about the MC. He has emotions but he won''t let them rule him. The situation with his parents dying affected, he felt anger but he avenged them so now in his mind he is at peace now. He won''t dwell on things that happened in the past. Also keep in mind he is young, around the ages of 9-10.


    And once again advice will be appreciated.

 Chapter 3

    Chapter 3


    The man chuckled. Azron took this to mean he had responded to the question in the right way. Thinking about the man for the first time since meeting him azron really looked at him. His face was smooth apart a scar starting from the bridge of the nose to his left cheekbone. His hair was pulled back and tied into a small bun at the back of his head (Think ronin style not man-bun) His eyes were a warm brown with two rings on the outside of his irises one white one black. After analyzing all this azron had a question for the man.


    ¡°Sir if I may ask what is your name¡± (Azron)


    The man looked at him with a bemused expression


    ¡°Boy, no Azron, i''m surprised you hadn''t asked sooner¡± (Man)


    ¡°The name is Tenelux¡± (Tenelux)


    ¡°Well thank you mister Tenelux¡± (Azron)


    ¡°Why?¡± the man asked slightly confused


    ¡°Why wouldn''t I, I have no doubt that if you didn''t save me I would be dead¡± (Azron)


    ¡°Ahh I see, well you''re welcome¡± said Tenelux looking slightly perturbed.


    Ha it looks like Tenelux isn''t the greatest at accepting thanks.


    ¡°Any way Azron shall we get some food¡± (Tenelux)


    After saying this tenelux got up and grabbed his bag.


    Getting out of the bed Azron noticed something.


    ¡°Sir, would you happen to have some clothes?¡± (Azron)


    ¡°Ah yes¡¯ (Tenelux)


    Reaching into his bag Tenelux brought out some cotton slacks and shirt. Mentioning that they may be a bit large. Putting the clothes on they were inside large. Azron had to fold up the sleeves multiple times and tie a short rope around his waist. After this the two went down the restaurant part of the inn. The innkeep looked slightly surprised upon seeing me, I wonder why. Anyway we got a table for four, seeing this I assume that there are two more to Tenelux group. I ask and he confirms my assumption, there are two more to his group named Helion and Havesh. He says he¡¯ll give me some silvers if I can guess which of the two are female or male respectively. I think there must be some trick to it so I let it slide by saying that i''ll try. At that he reveals a sly grin. After ordering food I ask a question that has bugged me since my journey with my parents.


    ¡°Sir, Do you know what this essence thing my parents mentioned was¡± (Azron)


    Tenelux stops eating and with some food still in his mouths looks at me with an expression as if he was saying finally.


    ¡°Finally you ask, I was wondering when you would get to that¡± (Azron)


    Predictable I thought.


    ¡°Azron are you familiar with magic?¡± (Tenelux)


    Of course I am who wouldn''t, Magic is the weaponry of this country, every one as a child hears of it and its casters. However instead of being sarcastic I reply modestly.


    ¡°Yes sir I am¡± (Azron)


    ¡°Good well according to your earlier story you used it¡±


    Excuse me? Magic is shooting fire from your hand and controlling the raw elements of the world. Not being suddenly physically strong.


    ¡°Excuse me sir but that''s not what magic is¡± (Azron)


    ¡°Oh¡± Tenelux said looking slightly amused (Tenelux)


    ¡°Well please enlighten me¡±  (Tenelux)


    ¡° Magic is the power to use the raw element to do your will¡± (Azron)


    ¡°And is that it?¡± (Tenelux)


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    I could tell he was laughing at me, On the inside his face remained impassive.


    ¡°Well I know now that isn''t everything¡± (Azron)


    ¡°Oh¡± (Tenlux)


    ¡°Don''t oh me just explain¡± (Azron)


    Now that he knows that I know that I was wrong he¡¯s teasing me. Dammit.


    So he went into explanation. First he started with what I experienced called the awakening. The awakening can happen at anytime and with any circumstance. In short I was lucky. When one awakens naturally they can perform magic, however the raw energy of magic is straining on a person''s body so in turn your body becomes stronger.


    ¡°So that''s how I became stronger earlier¡± (Azron)


    ¡°Yes, now shut up i''m not finished¡± (Tenelux)


    Jeez alright. He continues.


    Naturally when we awaken we have specific essences which dictate what kind of magic we can use. Now of course this doesn''t mean someone born of fire can never use water. It just means it takes more effort and time to learn. He then moves on the explaining essences.


    Essences are essentially our souls as he called them. They are usually in the shape of a weapons or a beast. At this point he said we would take a look at mine later. These shapes usually dictate how we can fight or use our power. For example a strictly landlocked shape can never fly without outside assistance. Like a mammoth or other large shapes. Animal such as cat types have no such restrictions.


    Next is the elemental types. These appear as little balls of the element above the essence shape. When you awaken you awaken one of the big six elements : Fire, Water, Wind , Earth , light and dark. Although some call them the big two seeing as there is light and dark variations of every element. Such as hellfire of holy flame. Variations tend to have special effects.


    The Fire, Water , Wind and earth elements all have sub elemental routes in them respectively.


    He starts to mention the two way to use magic, something about physical and external when two silver haired guys sat down at our table.


    Tenelux started to chuckle. I then realized these were the two he mentioned.


    ¡°So Azron do I owe you a silver?¡± Questioned Tenelux (Tenelux)


    ¡°I can''t believe one or either of them are girls¡± I say out loud (Azron)


    That earned me a glare from the scary one. When I say one I mean both because there is no way to tell them apart.


    ¡°So since you obviously lost the silver, wanna know the trick?¡± (Tenelux)


    ¡°Sure¡± I say looking between the two.


    He looks at the two of them and starts talking, they respond and I understand immediately. One speaks it''s as if the most beautiful music is being played, and then the other well let''s just say some things are not meant to be heard.


    Seeing my expression tenelux grins and the twin with the voice that will forever be known as rock voice grimaces.


    ¡°Sir, the reason we are here I hope you have not forgotten¡± (Angel Voice)


    ¡°I know disrupt the balance, our duty as hunters¡± (Tenelux)


    ¡°Eh?¡± (Azron)


    End of chapter 3


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    So next chapter we find out about avrins power and world structure.


    I''m just now seeing how hard it is to actually write and plan things out.


    Again advice is very welcome.

 Chapter 4

    Hey so i''m really trying to include and incorporate the advice i''ve been given in this chapter. Let me know how I do.


    For example.


    Editing


    Story flow and and POV


    Ill try a letting the readers know if there is going to be a POV shift\


    EX


    Tenelux POV


    Hevash POV


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    Chapter 4


    ¡°Hunters?¡± I asked


    ¡°What are hunters?¡±


    Tenelux gives looks at me and responds.


    ¡°Can you guess¡±


    I sigh


    ¡°Well i''m guessing you don''t mean you hunt animals¡± I say sarcastically.


    The twins laugh at me saying that. I guess i''m right.


    ¡°You would be correct in saying that, Tell me are you familiar with the two church factions¡± Tenelux asks


    ¡°No, what factions, The only church that I know of is the church of the holy tree¡± I say


    It''s the only one I know because that''s where we were heading.


    ¡°Then I will guess that was where you were heading with your parents?¡±


    I nod, of course.


    One the twins whispers to him, I can''t make out what he says. He says something back. Something about me not being a follower. The twin accepts whatever he said.


    He questions me again


    ¡°Were your parents taking you to the church for your essence¡± Tenelux asked


    I squint my eyes, not sure why this is important. I still nod, I knew we were moving to a new home because the church wanted my essence, that''s all my parents told me.


    So I nodded yet again, Im curious to see where this is heading.


    ¡°Since you don''t know I will educate you on the current status of our world''s powers¡±


    He launched into a long winded explanation. It seemed he had a personal standpoint on the matter that he would get to. The general synopsis of of it was:


    There are two large factions that hold the most power in this world at the current moment.


    The first faction were the various churches of light and holiness. They were zealots for all things pure and good, he spoke this line with a hint of sarcasm. They accepted all neutrally aligned elemental and light aligned elemental talents.


    The second faction is that of the dark churches that worship chaos and destruction, yet still gain fervent followers. The are the polar opposite of the churches of light and only accept the neutral and darkness aligned elemental talents.


    As for the gods they worship, they are without a doubt real. Granting divine miracles, items with immense power and sending divine quests for their followers to accomplish.


    I nodded, everyone knew of the gods.


    He then asked me


    ¡°Boy do you know the one thing these two factions share¡± Asked Tenelux


    ¡°No ¡° I responded, although in a tone that suggested that I wished to know more.


    ¡°They both hide their cruel fanatic secrets¡± he says in a tone that hides many feelings and secrets in itself.


    ¡°Whether it is the blinding light of purity or the unseeable void of darkness they both bury these acts of cruel zealotry deep¡±


    I''m unclear what cruel zealotry.


    So I ask.


    ¡°Most likely the same cruelty you were to be shown¡± He says


    ¡°They most likely would''ve taken you in, and wiped your mind clean to make you a drone to carry out their missions¡±


    ¡°Or they would sacrifice  you to the gods in hope of a boon granted to them, Often times more painfully than they might need because of their sadistic tendencies¡± He says


    This revelation pours on my mind like a bucket of ice cold water. I feel numb.


    ¡°And my family?¡± I ask


    ¡°Pardon¡± He seems confused by the question.


    ¡°If they were making me into a mindless drone or a sacrifice, what would''ve happened to my parents¡± I ask


    ¡°Ah, well they would either be imprisoned or killed¡± he responds, honestly not holding anything back.


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    ¡°Why do you ask¡± He inquires.


    ¡°Simply curiosity¡± I say back to him


    I pause and then continue.


    ¡°It''s strange, before my awakening as you called it I would get emotional at this new, but now I feel as if it is simply the way the world works,¡± I say.


    I laugh and say.


    ¡°It all seems logical¡±


    He looks slightly perturbed by this, looks to the twins as if he was asking for their thoughts, they merely shrugged. He comes up and tells me that some unique elemental properties can sometimes influence the person, this only inspires me further to find out my essences shape and properties. So I can know more about myself and what I can do.


    Tenelux POV


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    This has bugged me for a while now, the kid showed no real response to his parents dying. I could chalk that up to post traumatic stress for the little guy, but now he comes out and says ¡®it''s simply the way the world works¡¯ and ¡®It all seems logical¡¯. Im curious and a little afraid of this kid, I can tell the twins feel the same.


    Azron POV


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    We finished eating and tenelux told me to get back to the room and rest up, we would see my essence later he said. Im impatient.


    I make my way back to the room. Thinking back to what I said about seeing my parents death ¡®the way the world works¡¯ it was just logical reasoning yet why do I feel so strange about it. Anyway I arrive back at the room and realize something, Tenelux never said who he and the ¡®hunters¡¯ were. I decide to question him when he gets back from whatever''s he is doing with the silver twins. Speaking of the twins I wonder what they really are, definitely not human not with their hair and eyes. Sighing I feel tired, so I climb into the bed and sleep.


    Hours later I woke up. I got up and looked around, I made a brief foray down the the lobby of the inn to check if Tenelux was back yet. He wasn''t, I made my way back to the room. Thinking to myself of what to do.


    After arriving I decide to explore the energy I felt when I killed the beast. I still felt it, however unlike before when it was a like a dam bursting it was now a tranquil sea of energy. This feeling was located in my mind, thinking of Tenelux explanation i guessed that this was my soul and I was seeing into it. Tenelux¡¯s explanation also said that to be able to use magic the body would need to be strong. I was in a rush to use magic, it felt like a primal desire. However i''m not sure if my body can take it. Tenelux mentioned little details throughout his explanation about magic, mentioning most beginner would need to strengthen their bodies for an extended amount of time before using magic.


    I wondered, if i began strengthening my body now i''ll be able to practice magic sooner. I wasn''t dumb enough to think that push ups and other physical exercises would be of use in this aspect. I knew it had to be something in relation to the sea of energy in his soul.


    So I lay down, closed my eyes and delved into the sea of energy. For a time I merely observed it. Over the course of time I derived that the sea was growing larger, seemingly being feed from an outside source. I plan to ask Tenelux later about this.


    After watching for a while I began to try to manipulate the sea of energy, I find that it moves to my will. I began to siphon the energy towards my physical body, of which was an apparition above the sea. As it came into contact with my body''s skins I could feel the energy dispersing into my muscles, it was like a warm fluid running through my body. I continued this for a time before I began to think about this process. Can I only do this to my muscles?


    Upon thinking this he took control of the energy in his body and directed it towards his bones. They also began to strengthen from what I can tell. Seeing success from this I took the energy and separated it into different streams. I directed them to my muscles, bones, skin and organs.


    It was a new feeling, one I could get used to. It was a feeling of strength and that I enjoyed.


    Hours passed as I lay there, in this time Tenelux returned.


    Tenelux POV


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    As I returned from scouting and finding information about the church here I headed directly to my room. I had suspected the boy to perhaps be snooping around, after all I had been gone for hours leaving him nothing to do. However what I found was much more shocking.


    He was lying down on the bed, if one did not practice magic they would assume him sleeping. However I could tell that he was enhancing his body with his soul energy, an act which takes much skill. The average newly awakened person would usually have to practice controlling the rampant energy for months before beginning the first stage of body refinement. However the boy seems to already be in the second stage, Not only strengthening his muscle groups but also his skin, bones and organs. It was simply astonishing.


    I chuckle, it seems he figured out that to practice magic one must have a strong body. He must have deduced this from my earlier explanation. Grimacing now I think that we must definitely take him with us and train him, as he could turn out to be the strongest of allies or our reckoning.


    Thinking all this I go and wake the boy up, There was a conversation to be had.


    End of chapter 4


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 Chapter 5

    Chapter 5


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    I don''t know how long i''ve been feeding the energy to my body, it could be hours, minutes or even days, i''ve lost track. However i started to notice something nudging my physical body. I stopped  feeding energy and returned my consciousness to my body.


    I open my eyes to see Tenelux standing above me poking me with a stick.


    ¡°Good you''re awake, we must speak¡± He said in a neutral tone.


    ¡°Did you have to use a stick to wake me up?¡± My voice full of indignation


    He smiles


    ¡°No, merely personal preference¡±


    At this I narrow my eyes and get out of the bed, I notice immediately that my movements have become smoother, almost graceful. Tenelux also notices and smiles. He motions for me to sit in a chair, I do and he sits in the one across from it. He looks at me shakes his head, i''m puzzled he looks like he doesn''t know what to say


    ¡°I see you were excited to start using magic¡± He says


    ¡°How can you tell¡± I ask


    ¡°I can tell because of how your refining your body, Frankly i''m jealous that your body does it naturally at this age¡±


    ¡°Naturally¡± I question


    ¡°Yes haven''t you notice how much stronger your body is since sleeping, Your inner soul must have noticed your desire to practice magic and refined your body¡±


    ¡°What are you talking about, I wasn''t sleeping I was directing the energy from the sea into my body¡±


    As I say this he goes slack jawed and asks for clarification. I repeat that I moved my consciousness to my soul and controlled the energy. Apparently this is a strange occurrence.Maybe I am genius, who knows.


    ¡°Is there a small island in your sea?¡± Tenelux asked quietly


    ¡°Ill need to check, what would it mean¡± I respond


    ¡°To tell the truth before seeing your essences shape and attributes you would need to strengthen your body, once your body is minimally strong enough an island would appear and upon it would be your shape and essence.¡±


    Upon hearing this I return to the sea to check, I see no island. However upon closer inspection I see evidence of an island a few feet from the surface of the sea. I relay this information to Tenelux. He is impressed, he instructs me to continue refining my body as to raise the island. He also advises me direct energy towards my senses.


    I lay back down and enter my soul, the sea seems larger than before, I plan to ask where the energy comes from.


    Adding another stream of energy towards my head I split the stream and direct it towards my eyes, ears and mouth. Continuing like this I slip into a trance like state. Hours pass while I continue on the task at hand. I awake from this state when I feel a rumbling.


    Observing my soul''s¡¯ sea I see small waves appearing and the island rising. I feel my excitement rising. It took some time for the island to fully rise. When it was finally surfaced like a mirage my shape appeared as well as three orbs above the shape.


    I drew closer to the island and observed the shape first. It was identical to me except for a few crucial aspects. First and foremost where the wings on its back. They were black and feathered. To me they looked magnificent, moving on my eyes were glowing a vibrant celestial blue and silver. My body was naked yet not, it was covered in what seemed like black carapace armour, it was a matte black color. The style wasn''t exuberant, it was functional. I wondered what this shape allowed me to do, questions for later.


    Moving on to the orbs. There were three in total. I chose one to look at first, it was pitch dark, there was nothing and there would never be anything, inside it was a total void. I tried to see into its depths, I just got a headache for my troubles.


    Moving on to the next one, it looked like a storm in a perfect sphere. Clods were whipping about in a savage manner and and dark royal blue lighting could be seen quite frequently. I probe towards this one with my mind and it gave the feeling of explosive power and speed. I smile it seems useful.


    The third and final one was different. It was crimson red and silver. The two colours were like liquids and never fully mixed. I probed this one, I felt the same emotion I felt when I killed the monster, Bloodlust.


    After observing the orbs and my shape, I exit my soul sea and open my eyes. I see Tenelux nearby fiddling with some weird metallic box.


    He notices me waking up and chuckles.


    ¡°Gotten tired for the day?¡± he asks


    ¡°No I feel quite energized¡±


    ¡°Oh really, How much closer is the island to the surface¡± Ha asks.


    Ah I see he underestimates me again. He obviously thinks it will take much longer. I think I will toy with him.


    ¡°How much do you think¡± I ask with a innocent voice


    ¡°I expect a couple of inches at the most, Ha worry not boy within a month we should be able to see your magic¡± He says


    he seems quite excited. I grin.


    ¡°Wrong¡±


    ¡°What boy¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re wrong it wasn''t a few inches¡±


    By my tone of voice he seems to have guessed that it has exceeded his expectations. I decide to go easy on him and tell him.


    ¡°The island has fully risen and my shape and essences are there¡±


    His face momentarily goes blank he then asks for confirmation. I repeat what I said.


    A few minutes pass and i''ve survived a barrage of questions. From his initial disbelief he seems to have settled into a state of grudging acceptance. From there we collapse into a discussion about my essence and shape.


    Apparently human shaped shapes were not unheard of especially ones that resembled yourself and had some additions. I asked what a shaped really represented. He says that they represent how we can use our power. My shape seems to be a rather good all rounder.


    With my essences he vaguely recognized two of them. One he called storm essence, with it I could use variations of wind and lightning magic. The crimson red and silver one took a while to recognize. However he came to the conclusion it was battle sense. He attributed this to my calm and savage demeanor after my awakening. Battle sense makes one adept at weapons and most forms of combat.


    However the final one he couldn''t figure out. He said I must figure out what it does.Speaking of this he moved on to how to use my essences. Essentially I must make my essence a physical form in my body. Much like directing energy in my consciousness he had to direct the spheres essence towards his body to establish a  connection. I began with the storm essence.


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    Making a stream of energy like I did before with the seas energy I connected. The feeling this time was sudden brief sparks of heat and some strange energy rapidly rotating through my body.


    I open my eyes and immediately notice differences. I feel an energy at my finger tips and I can see floating wisps of white and green in the air. I didn''t really know what to do. I asked Tenelux and he told me to experiment. Apparently no one person can tell you how to use your magic, you must learn yourself while being taught guidelines.


    So I did just that, Experiment. To begin with I started off with the floating wisps, the energy feels more...volatile. Reaching out with his mind I tried to influence the wisps, I found it easy to do. However I couldn''t make them do much. I couldn''t make them do anything note worthy. I made the wisps drift and pass by Tenelux, He noticed my disappointed expression. And laughed, apparently he noticed what I was doing. It was to be expected at my current level of power that I can only summon a breeze. I would have to increase my essences power to be able to use more of the power of wind.


    I moved on the the energy in my body. I willed it out of my hands and lightning haphazardly started to flay about. Not hurting me in anyway but when it hit the wooden chairs and table it left small scorch marks. This was a combat ability no other way to look at it. Seeing it Tenelux nodded, in a storm there was always lightning.


    Finishing with that sphere I made a mental note to practice with the wind later, it really was too weak.


    Moving on the the second orb, battle sense. I used the same process as I did when connecting myself to the storm sphere. The feeling this time was calm and methodical the way it traveled through my body, it seemed everything slowed down. That seemed the current limit to it. Increasing my perception of the world around me. Useful though for many things.


    Finally I reached the final and slightly mysterious sphere. I connected to the sphere the same way as before. The feeling was like a seperation of my physical body and my mind, around me a circular net of matte black lines appeared. Judging from Teneluxs expression he could not see the net. The net seemed to stretch 5 meters away from him as well as above and below, when he moved the net moved with him. I wondered what the net did, i tried moving and shrinking it like an actual net that didn''t work. I notice there''s another energy much like the lightning except it feels more¡­ thick. I bring out the power and incorporate it into my body. As if a new instinct appeared I knew how to use this sphere. Tenelux was inside the circle with me, I smile and he tilts his head confused. As he opens his mouth to ask a question I disappear in front of his eyes and materialize behind him. I chuckle audibly and he turns around his mouth gaping, it''s obvious he is in shock. I laugh it seems that I can teleport to any location and change my orientation at will while in the net. I explain this to tenelux and he is shocked, it appears this is a unheard of ability.


    After performing the ability a few more times, he has calmed down enough for me to ask questions, Such as where does the energy in my soul come from. He responded saying that energy was slowly collected from the air around them. Interesting I thought. He then mentioned something that peaked my interest, From now on my body can absorb more essence however to increase my magical power I must also feed energy into the spheres, apparently I will run out of energy as there is a limited amount in the sea at one time. However there were techniques in which one can increase their absorption from the environment, I would learn these methods later.


    He tells me to sleep now and not practice, Too much is bad. So I follow his advice and sleep.


    Tenelux POV


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    The boy has shocked me yet again, His third sphere has the ability of instantaneous movement. An ability most only dream of, I will tell the twins about it on our mission tonight we will go when the boy sleeps. I must say if there is one problem with the boy it''s the amount of questions he has, I almost can''t keep up.


    I walk to the lobby of the inn and meet the twins I inform them of the boys developments, they don''t seem surprised to be expected considering their race.


    We depart on our mission, To destroy the local light church of this area. We leave the inn and traverse the streets, As we near the church we change our location from the road to the room tops. We arrive near the church. It''s a large marble made circular building that surrounds a large tree. The church of the Holy tree, the name makes more sense now.


    We infiltrate the churches ground killing any acolytes we see, it seems this is a weak church. They progress to the large tree at the centre, their target is their ritual area most likly within the roots of the tree.


    We enter the tree, this is where things go wrong. We enter the trees roots its a trap. They incapacitate and subdue the twins and face me. I know we can get out of the situation intact however they inform me of something I didn''t expect. They sent men for the fourth in our group. They sent people to Azron.


    Azron POV


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    I wake to the sounds of conflict and shouting underneath me. A voice I don''t recognize is asking where someone is the inn owner is telling them where, I pay more attention when i learn that the inn owner gave my location. I hear people running up the stairs so I hide, under the bed. Three men enter the room.


    ¡°Check everything, find the fourth member¡± (Deadman walking#1)


    Deadman 2-3 nod.


    They go through everything including the floorboards and closet. I wait till one approaches the bed to look under while the other looks in the closet. The first guy is still standing at the entrance. As the man checking the bed bends over I teleport directly behind the first guy at the door and enter battle sense. Immediately I notice a knife attached to his leg, I grab it and slit his throat in seconds. He drops to his knees with blood gushing from his neck. It seems like some got on my face, oh well.


    The two remaining, after seeing their comrade die attack me with no second thought. One attacks with a straight punch directed at my face, it seems slow, I take the knife and stab his side under his arm the one that is trying to hit me, I pierce his heart. He gets a vacant look and starts collapsing, the one behind me attacks with a sword, he was the only one to get it out in time. He swings it down on me, I can''t block i¡¯m recovering from extending my arm for the strike earlier, so I teleport to his left side which he has left open to attack with his downward swing of the sword, I stab into his ribcage and pierce the lung, again another body hits the floor this time emanating breaths that sound as if he is drowning, He is I suppose, drowning in his own blood.


    The fight has ended and I am left standing in the middle of three corpses breathing heavily. I didn''t notice it at the time but using these powers, especially teleporting is tiring. I stumble to the bed and sit. I wait there for a few minutes before I hear another commotion downstairs, it''s Tenelux. He seems to be asking why there is blood, it appears it''s dripped through the floorboards. I hear him running up the stairs and then he stands in the doorway observing the scene before him.


    I grin with a face that somehow has been smeared with blood, I can''t remember when that got their. He looks back in shock, when the twins arrive they have the same expression.


    ¡°I take this as a sign we are leaving soon then¡± I say acting as if nothing has happened.


    End of chapter 5


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 Chapter 6

    Chapter 6


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    Days have passed since the incident at the inn, We have since then left apparently heading back to Teneluxs main group, this reminds me I still didn''t know to which faction he belonged.


    When we left the small city where they originally stayed there wasn''t much commotion,  all of what happened had somehow been kept quite. We just walked out of the city.


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    So far we had travelled for a few days, mostly in silence. I think the three are still digesting the fact I killed those men who came for me. I suppose it would be a shock, I had killed three men in cold blood.


    Secondly  judging by the shock tenelux has had at my progress I would assume it takes longer for most to be able to control and use their power. So far we had travelled for two days, the second day was coming to an end. We make camp that night. Through the journey the twins have been whispering between themselves and often gesturing towards me obviously making me the topic in their conversation. Tonight however they include Tenelux in their talk, I see him nod and give some sort of confirmation of something.


    They come to me know and speak.


    ¡°We will help you train¡± said Helion.


    I tilt my head confused.


    ¡°The way you cut the men back at the inn, Good on vital points however you were messy, too messy¡± She says


    ¡°And if you were against another with power, you would die¡± Added Havesh


    I nod and agree, after all any type of teaching is good.I also had no idea about this power, at least not in detail.  However their style of teaching does not involve any fighting at the current moment. I nod and agree.


    They begin immediately.Much to my annoyance Havesh decides to explain at first. He likes to speak in riddles.After spending hours he and I were at each other''s throats, Me for my annoyance at his riddles and him for his annoyance that I didn''t understand them. At this point Helion interveined. She explained what to do in simmpler terms, also while glaring at havesh she said it was what beginners need to know, He walks away mumbling.


    It seems that pouring essence into my body only increases my body''s natural physical limits. Putting it into visual terms. A man who had poured essence into his body and strengthens himself through weights and other physical exercises yet looks thin and frail can beat a man who is a hulking monster with little effort. Due to the concentrated power of his body.


    The act of pouring essence into one''s body is merely compounding the power that can be stored within. This also improves the amount of magic power one can use without passing out or becoming too tired to continue. She  also gives me a warning, pouring in too much essence before the body can handle it  Is dangerous and has caused deaths in the past.


    Helion gives me a training regime to improve my basic physical standing. Although I believe half of the regime is just grunt work for me to do as they are lazy. The regime includes push ups, core body work, carrying all of our packs and gear and pull ups. Often times when doing pullups the branches were on average 20 metres off the ground we couldn''t find any that were lower, naturally I couldn''t reach them, realizing this Helion and Havesh grab and throw me at a branch. Once im done im usually in pain, mostly from the drop. Whilst doing these exercises I was also told to cycle my power of lightning through my body. Apparently this increases the rate on which my body improves.


    We continue on our journey, I still don''t know where we are headed. I continue with my regime and throughout the course of around two weeks I now longer looked my age (9) I look like a boy reaching his teens. Rapidly cycling my lightning through my body had influenced my bones to grow and toughen as well as my body structure had become more refined. Speaking with tenelux about my body''s growth he said this wasn''t strange for lightning users and my rapidly enhancing body strength was most likely largely influenced by the silver and red sphere.


    The days passed like nothing at all. We reached a mountain. It wasn''t very big, i''d grown up seeing bigger ones. However looking at the attitude of the three around me the seemed like they had returned home, My suspicions were confirmed when we left the path into the forest surrounding the mountain. We enter a small cave, of which there  was nothing noticeable or strange about it, if anything it was boring and simple enough just ignore.


    Tenelux nods and we continue forwards, we reach the back of the cave however the three keep moving as if nothing is there. Then when they reach the rock its surface seems to ripple like water in a small pond when something moves on its surface. I walk up to the wall and put my hands on it and push, nothing happens I dont phase through like the others. I look at the wall up and down and frown, I know tenelux wouldn''t just leave me from what I know of him he isn''t that type of person, at the most he could have...forgotten. That is most likely the reason. Over our journey I had spoken with Tenelux over the different uses of magic, a fake wall/ door was among them.The wall probably had a cooldown of some sort and tenelux forgot to tell me to come with them at the correct time.


    I am not a patient person, So after waiting a total of 3 minutes I expand my net. It''s the name I have given the black sphere. Over the course of our journey I had explored how to use this power in particular. I discovered that when moving and then teleporting my velocity resets. I discovered that when falling from one of the 30 metre pullups, I landed very lightly that time and from then on. Furthermore the net will shade things in different shades of black. When an object is very dense is has pitch overcoat, when something is hollow or less dense there is almost no overcoat. The rockwall in this case has no overcoat, so i directly teleport in, right into the middle of a verbal fight.


    On one side was tenelux trying to convince the other man to open the door again. The man had a condescending tone and expression, he was stating something about the rules of once per day. His expression went slack jawed as I appeared in front of him.


    I turn and look at tenelux and narrow my eyes, he averts his gaze obviously guilty.


    I turn to the man tenelux was talking to.


    ¡°Hello my name is Azron¡± I say greeting the man.


    My voice is still high because of my age. With the high squeaky voice and adolescent body the man is thoroughly confused.


    He coughs and then responds.


    ¡°Hello, Young man I must ask how did you come through the door¡± He asks obviously very startled.


    Before I can say anything Tenelux responds for me.


    ¡°You want him to spill his secrets when you wished to lock him outside for the night, shame on you Charles, shame¡±


    It was apparent that Tenelux was now enjoying himself with this turn of events. The two start arguing again and I walk to the twins. I ask why the door wouldn''t open for me.


    The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.¡°The door can only be opened on scheduled occasions due to security, However you were left behind because you lagged behind a small bit, Tenelux was trying to get the door open again for you¡± Hevash responds


    ¡°You didn''t help with the argument¡± I question


    ¡°Unlike Tenelux we keep tabs on your special ability, we had no doubt you could bypass the door¡± Helion replies.


    ¡°I see, So where are we¡± I ask, I had not been told anything about where we were heading.


    ¡°We have returned to our base,you will be informed of what we do later¡± Helion says


    I frown, it seems like they''re hiding something yet telling me what I need to know. I keep quite for now.


    Hevash and Helion motion for me to follow them through the door on the other end of the chamber we were in, I ask if Tenelux is coming as he is still deeply in argument with charles. I''m informed that this is a regular occurrence whenever he returns it''s best just to continue what you are doing.


    We go through the large stone door which opens by itself, I find that interesting. Through the door there is a small flight of stairs and a square stone platform. At the four corners of the platform there are orange beams of light. We step on the platform and helion grins at me, I wonder why, then with us on the platform it drops however we stay on it without moving ourselves, it''s strange and I panic for a moment. Then I straighten as I realize the fall is controlled,however I was panicked enough for helion to laugh at me.


    We descend until eventually we stop and the two doors slide to either side and we enter a hallway. Apparently it''s a large underground base that has been carved out over a few centuries. We travel through the large maze they called a base and arrived at what seemed to be a large room filled with books. At a different tables throughout the room people were reading, I should learn how to do that I think after seeing it. Hevash calls out to someone by the name of Henna, we wait and someone appears from the large walls full of books that looks exactly like the twins. Are they triplets then?


    Hevash and Helion motion for me to sit down at one of the tables. I do so. They go to another to talk with the third of their siblings, I will make it a point to ask them how many of them there are later. I quickly realize they may talk for a while and leave me here to do nothing. I wait for a few minutes before getting up and looking around, however before I get up I hear a voice beside me.


    ¡°Now you aren''t just going to leave without noticing me are you young one¡±


    I look to both sides and see no one, I''m on guard now. I hear the voice chuckle again I look to one of the sides that I had looked at before, an man is now sitting there grinning.


    ¡°Well are you going to sit with this old man?¡±


    Old man he looked just over 30 years of age.


    I nod and sit back down.


    ¡°So tenelux brought you hmm¡± says the strange man


    He knows me?


    ¡°Yes¡± I reply simply.


    He chuckles and says interesting under his breath.


    ¡°So do you know where you are¡± He asks.


    I shake my head


    ¡°No, I was only told we were coming to the base¡± I reply.


    He squints and looks over at the twins. They don''t notice.


    He sighs


    ¡°It''s not my place to tell you, However since i''m here I can answer any other questions you may have¡± He says


    I''m not sure what he can''t tell me, However I am curious about some things.


    Before I can ask he says one more thing.


    ¡°Just so you know my name is Fernum. It''s always good to know names¡±


    He says with a smile.


    ¡°I''m Azron¡± I say back.


    He stays quiet while looking at me. I suppose it''s question time.


    ¡°What is this place, why all the books¡± It''s the first question on my mind. I have never seen a place like this.


    ¡°It''s a place where techniques and different ways of using essence can be taught or learned through reading¡± He replies


    Interesting, I should learn how to read.


    I nod. My next question is one tenelux couldn''t answer on our journey here, Maybe this man knew.


    ¡°Do you know why I don''t seem to care anymore, I see only with logic and reason, I have my memories from before yet I feel nothing for them¡±


    He looks at me. It looks like he''s thinking of an answer.


    ¡°Sometimes during an awakening your personality is wiped clean leaving you open to a new one. When this happens they can be the same afterwards however sometimes people can build new personalities from the ground up. In your case I recommend human interaction to benefit your growing personality¡±


    ¡°Why¡± I ask


    ¡°Because people need emotions, You want some of those, especially since you''re a child¡±


    We continue and I get answers to various questions. This includes where I should learn how to read, I should ask Helion, She''s a better teacher than the other two. I also asked how many of the ¡®twins¡¯ there were, He laughed at this and said I would have to find out myself.


    After a time he said he had business and needed to leave. Before he left he told me to tell Tenelux he says hi. He then disappears like he was never there.


    That was interesting, I think I have a lot to think about.


    End of Chapter 6


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 Chapter 7

    Chapter 7


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    Time passes and the twins return with their third new addition, Should I start calling them the triplets? They tell me to follow them, I wonder if i''m going to be introduced to the third, I make eye contact, he or she I can''t tell just smiles at me and we continue. They take me to a small room with a bed and what seems to be a strange chamber pot, wash basin and sink with a mirror above it. Next to the bed was a stone slab slightly sticking out of the wall, it was glowing, Helion says something about I can''t use it till I can read and understand what it says.She shows me how to ¡®answer calls¡¯ and then they leave.


    Before they leave they tell me that they have to arrange some things for me to do later, Helion has a strange smile on her face. It''s all well for me, I haven''t been by myself for weeks. I hadn''t visited my soul and sea of power either. I was growing uneasy, I felt the sea becoming¡­ volatile. When they leave I settle on the bed and slip into my consciousness.


    Since my last visit the level of my sea has risen considerably, It would have covered the island again if not for some sort of barrier around it. It had completely surrounded the aforementioned barrier and seemed to be trying to crush it.  I was shocked but I did know what had happened. Tenelux had explained to me that we slowly accumulate raw natural essence for our sea then refine it for  our own purposes. But this was a shock, He had also mentioned that if someone had too much in their sea their sea could start to become unstable, He didn''t continue from there so I assumed that this is what he meant, This began to feel dangerous as the sea continued to press in.


    I immediately start to refine the essence into my spheres trying to lower the level of the sea. However soon after my sea began to shift out of my control and began spinning and sending waves throughout it, It seemed to be trying to attack my consciousness appreciation that was inside the barrier. I try to send the seas power into my spheres at a faster rate to try and subdue the sea, it seems to be working as the ferocity of its attacks have now dimmed. However the more I fill the orbs the slower they seem to take in the energy, However I keep pushing, and the storm and void spheres begin to shake and show cracks, I remember Tenelux mention stages my power goes through, I can only hope that this is one of them as he did not go into detail I could be destroying them and I wouldn''t know. I continue to fill the spheres with power, The battle sense sphere stops accepting power all together however the storm and void orbs explode. The explosion pushes the sea back from the island and subdue it even more.


    The shards of the orbs are scattered through the island and for a moment I fear that I have destroyed them completely. I then realize I can still feel them, I feel them call to me. They seem to be emanating some sort of instinct on how to use them. I give in and let them guide me to do what they needed. They began to suck in the sea like air and the shards lifted up, some of them grew and reformed the two spheres that had exploded earlier however there was still some left, instinct guided me to send some shards to orbit void, they became a new sphere on as clear as air almost as if it was not there at all. Some of the remanent shards flew to battle sense and formed a ring of lightning around it.


    The final shards flew towards my shape and merged with it, Some shards that looked like shards of lightning flew into the wings and formed silver feathers amidst the black wings. Some shards that looked and felt as light as air flew into and throughout the body.


    Everything after just stops, The sea is empty for now  not a single drop remains and I now have two new orbs orbiting the old ones and my shapes appearance had changed slightly as it now  had some silver feathers that occasionally had lightning run across them and the shape was slightly hovering above the ground almost as if it were lighter than air. I contemplated telling Tenelux and the twins about this event but I decide against it. My battle sense tells me never to reveal my power in detail, I will learn by myself when I can read. I exit my soul and open my eyes.


    I decide to see what the new spheres can do, So I get up to test a few things. When I stand I feel as if my body is lighter than usual. I jump but when I start to descend my body floats downward like a feather. I test this for a while, I can either float down while in the air and move like i''m bouncing and gliding through the air or I can choose not to activate this falling as I would usually. Trying to make a relation to what happened earlier my only conclusion is that when the shards merged with my shapes body it had an effect on my real body. While in this train of thought I thought about the silver feathers. I guide my lightning through my body towards where the wings would be and discovered node like objects. Stretching my hands to feel that area, I don''t feel anything on or in my skin. I decide to channel lightning into the nodes, there seems to be some sort of reaction however it seems to be missing something, I add the various energies that I can control and there''s still no reaction. On a whim I decide to direct the physical energy I gain from enhancing my body, it''s sucked in immediately and I feel the sudden presence of two new limbs.


    As I was doing all this with my eyes closed when I open them i''m in shock. On my back are wings identical to those from my shape. I try to move them, it feels as natural as moving my arms, pouring lightning into them the silver feathers, newly added to the wings, in lighting cascading across their 1 and a half length on each side. While the wings are covered they seem faster and...Sharp. Concentrating I take the power away from the nodes and are sucked back into my body. Repeating this process a few times I get the hang of it and do it within seconds.


    Smiling at my new ability I move onto the new spheres. The one that I will work with first is the clear one orbiting the void sphere. Seeing as it is orbiting the void sphere I assume that it is an add on to my net. So I release my net to see if their are any changes, I immediately notice some with the net itself, they seem to have come from the void sphere however. The net has expanded to a sphere with a 6 metre radius increasing its full radius by a full metre. It seems when the sphere broke then reformed it became stronger, I wonder if it''s the same with the storm sphere I will check later. Inspecting the net yet again I notice a smaller secondary net, this one resembling a fishing net instead of a spherical one, it''s large enough to be draped over my body and cover me entirely and I can control it with my mind. I bring it over to cover my arm to see what kind of effects it has, I see none. I experiment further with no success. Giving up I prepare to move onto the storm sphere however I look at the mirror and see that the current object I had covered with the net had disappeared from it. Curious I moved the net back to me and wrapped my lower body, My lower half disappears from view in the mirror. I laugh, this could be fun and useful.


    Checking the storm spheres ability I see that the air wisps that I can control has increased, My overall control has increased with it. Using hand motions I make the wisp rotate around me building up a strong wind. Using the wind I manage to knock over some objects through the room. The power and overall amount of my wind and lightning has increased.


    I would experiment with the battle sense but I already knew what it was. Over the journey here I had managed to convince Tenelux to tell me what one of his essences was, It took way too much effort, this is one the reasons i''m not telling him about the changes. Anyway he told me about his battle scenes and how it evolved. Generally battle sense had different element revolve around it and you can then imbue that power into a weapon for different abilities, Since I have no weapon at the moment I can''t experiment with it.


    Since I first started experimenting it''s been a few hours and i''ve been getting myself more acquainted with my abilities. I found out that using my wings and charging them with a small amount of lightning while using light body I can hover for long periods of time. I can also control my lightning to cover my fists and create a bubble to protect it, making my fists very good weapons. I could also make floating silver feathers, without using the wings, and shoot them as charged lightning projectiles.


    The stone screen started making noises, I did as helion showed me I answered the call and a picture of who I presumed was Helion appeared, then the picture moved as well as started to talk.  How did that work I wonder.


    The twin identifies herself as Helion confirming my assumption. She gives instructions to meet their leader and learn new details about this place and their purpose, I ask how to get their and a slot opens on the slab. A small crystal is in the slot, I''m told to go down the hall way in which the crystal glows, simple enough.


    Following the instructions I journey through multiple falling platforms, stairs and hallways all while utilizing my light body technique, I decide to call it that for simple discussions, I drifted through the halls like a ghost.


    After arriving at a door the stone shone a different color than usual, I took this to mean I had reached my destination. I open the door and see the one of the twins and tenelux sitting inside eating and talking. They notice me entering and tenelux sits me down and tells me to eat, Helion had apparently prepared a presentation. He was holding his laughter in while saying that, Helion glared at him overall a very entertaining picture.


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    On the table was a variety of cooked meat, It seems that was the favoured food. As me and Tenelux began eating, Helion began her presentation. She and Tenelux were part of a group that was neither part of the light churches nor the dark ones. They were part of a middle faction that believed in various gods however not the ones that were widely worshipped. The gods they worshipped never gave boons in the form of items but knowledge on how to improve themselves.


    The group''s purpose was to cause problems for the various churches so as to disrupt their cruel practices and misleading of the common folk and nobility. They also take in children that have had their lives destroyed by the churches. Apparently Helion and her siblings were children like those, and they were quintuplets which answered that question. They raised the children here and trained them for certain aspects of life to contribute to the cause. The group had bases located all over the continent as they called it, However the one we were in is the largest and chief headquarters.


    At this point they tell me I will be one of those children, I have no problem with that, I have no better offer.


    Tenelux then promises to solve my emotion problem, I laugh and respond.


    ¡°I already have the answer it''s fine¡± I say, Tenelux looks surprised.


    ¡°How¡± he asks.


    ¡°I met a man named fernum in the library earlier and we talked¡± I say back


    ¡°He said to say hello to you¡±


    Teneluxs expression froze, He starts muttering. Helion starts to laugh.


    ¡°Whats wrong¡± I ask


    ¡°The man you meet was Teneluxs teacher Azron¡± Helions says while laughing.


    ¡°Apparently the only man Tenelux is afraid of is him...no one knows why though¡± Helion continues.


    A few minutes pass before tenelux clears his throat and asks what we talked about. I tell the about the general conversation, However I say that my personality will slowly just come back, I don''t reveal i''m making a new one I want to shape who I am if I tell them they may try to influence the process. They tell me that they will call me again when they set up a schedule for me, I mention I don''t know how to read. Helion says she''ll take care of it. Tomorrow they will call me so I can meet a few people from around the base. I nod, Helion volunteers to take me back to my room.


    We arrive and Helion is a bit shocked at the state of it with lightning burn marks and shattered objects, I explain I may have been practicing, She tells me the first stop tomorrow will be to show me where the training hall is. I nodded and she leaves.


    For a while after she leaves I control using my wind trying to find an offencive application for it, I can''t come up with anything but I do gain more control. Beginning to feel tired I go to my bed and fall into a deep sleep.


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    Waking up in what I assume is the next day, There is no sun or moon here, I sit up and get out the bed and do some stretches along with some pushups, crunches and other physical exercises. It takes about 15 minutes before the screen lights up like the night before. I walk over and answer, Its helion, she tells me to follow the stone again but before I leave I had to bathe and put on clean clothes, She tells me where the clothes will be, And I know how to bathe.


    After cleaning myself I find the clothes, helion said she picked them out. The shirt is a tight fitted v-neck short sleeved no collared shirt, Pants were made of some strange fabric and a jacket that''s lenth ended at my knees. The color scheme was Mostly black with silver lining and highlights, like my wings. Looking at myself in the mirror I see myself. The shirt is tight fitting showing of my muscles while the pants are tight enough to comfortable and unrestricting, The coat looks like a normal jacket you would see a royal guard wear except I leave the front open and the hem of the jacket is at my knees. My blue eyes slightly shine, like my shapes eyes except less prominent. The only problem was my hair, it was too scruffy I didn''t like it, i''d have to fix it later.


    Exiting the room I follow the stone till I find Helion, as I approach she smiles and greets me. I do the same. She tells me that we are right outside the training hall and has a few people to come and test me, She wants to know what I can do it seems she knows i''m still hiding a few things. She tells me before we go in to let her do introductions. I simply nod.


    We enter the room, The first thing I notice is the size. Its much larger than the library building I had been in before. It also seemed to have various sections. Different fighting arenas and strange devices where everywhere. Helion guides me over to a group of three people. Two men and one woman.


    The woman  had red hair and was fairly tall with what could be called a lithe body build, she was also wearing the same style clothes as me except in a different color scheme.


    The man was well over 7 feet tall and was muscular to the extreme, He had short black hair and a cheery smile on his face.


    The boy looked my age. He looked like a mix between to adults beside him,Hair and build, I guess he''s their son.


    The woman speaks up.


    ¡°Helion is this the boy you found?¡± She asks.


    ¡°Yes Bairn his name is Azron¡± Helion replied.


    ¡°Hello Azron¡± she says turning to me.


    ¡°Hello miss¡± I say, Being polite.


    ¡°How old are you azron¡± she says still smiling


    ¡°Nine¡± I say


    ¡°Oh how wonderful the same age our boy. Come say hi Theo¡± Says bairn.


    Theo comes forward, and bairn moves back, he looks nervous. The two adults move back along with helion.


    Helion then shouts at me.


    ¡°You will duel with Theo¡±


    I agree, I don''t really think I have an option at this point, Helion has a dangerous smile on her face. Almost as if i don''t do this I will regret it later, It was a smile of promises...dark promises.


    I look around and see me and theo within what seems to be a large painted circle on the floor. We both back away from each other. I have no idea what his strengths are and has no idea of mine, However I won''t be arrogant and assume i''m more powerful ill treat him as the stronger for now it seems he is doing the same, he is wary of me and has my guard up..


    We stand in a tense silence and then Bairn and Helion say in unison.


    ¡°BEGIN¡±


    We both take action.


    End of Chapter 7


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 Chapter 8

    Chapter 8


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    For a few moments after Bairn and Helion shout nothing happens, then Theo makes the first move. He lunges forward, seemingly with only the power of his body and punches blindly towards me his arm, It has two rings of fire circling it. I activate my light body technique and float out of the way. When his fists reaches full extension at the point where I once was the two rings combined and shot out a powerful burst of flame.


    Seeing I dodge his strike he seems like I have damaged his ego, Perhaps he wasn''t expecting me to be able to keep up with him after all I had gone through no formal training. His breathing had slightly laboured. I decide to fight with my physical body and void sphere only for now.


    I smile at him and he puts up his guard suspecting I will make my move, He is correct. I teleport into the air above him and land on his shoulders, He doesn''t notice at first due to my light body technique. Its his mother who tips him off with her shocked expression, he looks up and his pupils shrink. He jumps back which unbalances me and I drift to the ground. It was at this point when bairn spoke.


    ¡°Don''t hold back Theo, I suspect he will be a challenge¡± Her voice is a mix of confusion and excitement.


    I see, Perhaps he went easy on me because he''s used to easy opponents he might be like me, a genius as Tenelux has called me.


    After Bairn speaks Theo nods and his body changes becoming more muscular and defined, His fingers grow claws. I see his jaw moving, Perhaps he is also growing fangs and a tail appears with spear tip at the end. He body is also covered in flame. I realize this is like what I can do with my wings, I decide to not bring them out for now but I will use my lightning now.


    While he is covered with fire I have lightning crackling all over my body, I create a fan of floating silver feathers behind me as ready made projectiles.


    I make the first move this time, Charging my legs with lightning I dash forward while simultaneously throwing the clear net in front of me, making me disappear. To the outside observers it seems like i''m still running at Theo but to him i''ve disappeared again, he looks up searching for me, It leaves him open, I punch him directly in the chest with a charged fist. His body is tough so I don''t break bones, but my speed coupled with my lightning charged punch blew him off his feet and back a few metres.


    The audience of Bairn the man and even helion are confused, why didn''t he block.  To them it seems that I charged at him openly.


    I smile, he looks as confused as they are. I decide to be cocky a raise my hand and make a come at me motion. He thinks about it for a moment then smiles and charges. We enter into a small brawl of trading punches, knees and kicks. We continue for about 10 seconds till I realize he''s coming out on top in direct confrontation. I use 3 of the feathers to shock him, two into the front of his legs and one to the middle of his back. I misjudged the charge it seems because as soon as the feathers hit they give out blast of power knocking out his legs and pushes him into a faceplant. I jump back some and watch him get up. He seems to be smiling and then starts to giggle, From behind him a mirage of a large cat covered in dancing flame with an long tail with a spear head at the end. Is it his shape? His body changes more.


    He swells in size by a large degree his muscles bulge and his teeth grow from his mouth becoming savage fangs and the flames around him increase in heat and size. I realize he has gotten truly serious, Not waiting for him I do the same, I make my wings erupt from my back and charge them with lightning, this vaporizes the back of my jacket and shirt. I create a new fan of feathers behind me, all charged higher than before and I began to hover off the ground.


    Helion POV


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    When Theo fully assimilated with his shape I could see Barin and Brent swell with joy and prepare to stop the fight, I stop them at let the fight continue I know this isn''t Azrons limit. The other two doubt me for a moment until in proven right, Two grand black and silver wings appear from Azrons back and he hovers off the ground. While I was aware of Azron sphere essence I was not sure about his Shape, Perhaps a bird?


    After their grand exhibition of their grand abilities their stamina runs dry and they both collapse. A bit lackluster for an ending but their kids what can you expect.


    Minutes pass,Theo wakes up before Azron and leave with his parents, before he leaves he looks back at Azron and smiles. Seeing this I also smile, I know of Theos attitude. I also know what this change means.


    Azrons POV


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    I wake up and find myself lying on the floor with my head supported by someone''s legs. My eyes open and I see helion looking down at me. Not sure what happend I get up slowly, It''s hard to do it feels like all my energy has been drained. Helion supports me as I get up.


    ¡°What happened¡± I ask


    She smiles.


    ¡°You and theo both used to much power and collapsed, He woke and left before you¡±


    ¡°Oh¡± It was the only answer I could think of.


    I did remember that I made all of my power course through me as to give me a power boost, I couldn''t contain it and it just slipped out maybe it was the same for Theo.


    Helion tells me the rest of the day''s plans are cancelled and will be rescheduled due to my exhaustion and collapse, I gladly accept I have some things I want to work on.


    During the sparring match I noticed a few things. Points being movement and power as well as planning. I need to work on both of these.


    Helion accompanies me back to my room, not because I needed it, she seemed to want to and I saw no reason to say no.


    We enter the room and she looks at me for a short moment before asking a few questions.


    ¡°Your powers have grown? Did the spheres explode and some shards mix with your shape?¡±


    I answer truthfully.


    ¡°Yes¡±


    She nods, Apparently the shards enable physical manifestation basically allowing me to use my shapes abilities and add abilities and attributes to the shape. They all had one initial one. Thinking to myself I wonder if I have another ability as the light body and lightning feathers both came from the shards.


    ¡°Also what is your shape, I''d like to know for future reference¡± she says.


    ¡° Its me with wings and armour¡± I answer simply just giving the basic view of it , I had told tenelux before so I assumed she knew.


    Her eyes slightly bulge, she ask for clarification and I explain about it and how I told tenelux. She mutters something about how he must''ve thought I was joking.


    She leaves after that, having business to take care of. I sleep for the moment, experiments come later.


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    2 weeks have passed since the initial sparring between me and Theo, since then I have spared 3 more times with him, each of the battles never reached the level of the first one it seemed some sort of mystical energy was at play there which the adult called puberty.Over the two weeks I learn that Theo and now I are more social outcasts within our age group due to our power growth and above age maturity. Because of this me and theo become close friends.


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    Over the weeks I have felt various emotions coming back to me, happiness, anger, frustration and whatever emotion was responsible for playing tricks on others. I didn''t experiment with my power like i''d planned, Helion recommended I learn how to read and then study in the library to think and study on how to improve myself. The lessons began a week and a half ago, Helion took me to a room that expanded upon mental absorption to make the process faster. In the time span till now I''ve learned how to read and write. The process takes longer if it''s a language you''re not familiar with.


    Today''s the day I first explore the library, In a word i''m excited. Inside there is history and techniques for the taking. I plan to take a look for mentions of the void sphere anywhere in the library but my main objectives are to look for techniques and learn the properties of my elements as well as the stages of power your island and sea go through.


    I enter the library and explore, I pick out books about the various topics i''m interested in. A few hours pass and i''ve settled with 3 books to take with me to study. The three are the fundamentals of lightning, Compendium of weapons and techniques and internal power and usage. I register the books as being rented by me, they have system in place to keep track of the books, and return to my room.


    In these two week ive moved to a slightly larger room with a desk, an area with increased natural energy for refinement and is located closer to where Theo and the training hall are. Helion made the arrangements.


    I settled into my desk and chose to read the the book of internal power and usage. There were few stages that were known and fewer stages that were documented. First stage was sphere expansion, there were ten levels in this. Next was island expansion, this let each sphere make its own island, this was the level in which you could customize and expand your essences as well as your shape. The stages beyond this were unknown or not shared. Judging from the description I was a second level sphere expansion. Expansion happened when the density inside the sphere became too much for it to handle to it reforms, sometimes they need time, such as the case with my battle sense.


    Usage is very complex. The body has internalized pathways the power can natually travel on. They were known simply as power veins. Certain practices could increase the size, durability and amount the lines could handle, certain techniques used different veins. I plan to use these practices. Practicing flowing power through the lines can also improve the control on the amount of power you can use.


    The book also mentioned lifespan, It increased as your power increased.


    Glossing over a few more things I finished the book and wrote down a few notes, Id use the notes for training later on.


    I got out the book on lightning next. There were many different training methods for lightning. I mainly focused on the information about higher power and speed. There were a few methods. Charging your entire body can increase your overall speed and reactions. Charging one part of your body can make it increase speeds by insane amounts. I will use the whole body charge, with my void ability I have no need for instant movement techniques.


    The offensive techniques mainly focused on the concentration and flow of lightning. Concentration for bolt or beam attacks, Or flow for formation and wave attacks, I made a mental note to check out formation later. Making notes on how I will train later. I lose myself in the information. As time passes I hear a knocking at the door. I stand up open it and theo walks in, looks like he''s bored again. He goes straight to my bed and falls on to it.


    ¡°You bored again¡± I ask


    ¡°You could say that¡± He sounds dejected.


    He must''ve sparred with the other kids again. Unlike me Theo went to the general schooling system here and sparred frequently with the other kids. He was the one who often won and he had social difficulties due to his attitude when he couldn''t understand why other kids weren''t as strong. This is how he and me became such good friends.


    ¡°Who was it this time¡±


    ¡°Ben¡± He says


    His hand shifts between a human hand and a furry hand with claws. This was the result of assimilation you are able to shift different body parts at a stronger scale and your shape evolves.


    I nod. Ben was one of the annoying ones from the stories i''ve heard from Theo, weak but vile mouthed. He enjoyed ridiculing theo for his freakish ¡°growth¡±. Apparently to Ben gaining power for your self was laughed at.


    I myself only went through this once as I was not included in the kids general education, They did ask but I wanted to study on my own.


    Theo usually didn''t let it get to him though, He liked his strength and now me because I could match him. Because of his outcast status within the other kids he got bored quite easily, often coming to me for entertainment. We usually worked on new moves or went and sparred.


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    Today we sparred again, This time I won. This brought our total to 3-3. As we got our towels and we prepared to leave we see five other kids our age come into the training hall. Spotting us one of them gestures towards us, we hear a laugh and they begin to walk over.


    There little group seemed to be hiding something as they come up.


    They reach us and start laughing, they begin to form a circle around us. Theo looks worried


    ¡°Hey theo guess what we got¡± Says one of the kids.


    Theo stays quite. He''s confused.


    ¡°Well I''ll tell you, we got sick of all your high and mighty attitude so we decided to take you down a peg¡± The boy says


    Theo only looks confused.


    They all pull out a stick that has strange scratches all over it. The sticks glow and my body begins to burn from the inside out, I can''t feel my body anymore. My lightning reigns out of my control, from the expression on Theo''s face the same thing is happening to him.


    They put the sticks down and walk over to Theo, it seems i''m collateral damage to them. At this point my vision blurs from the pain and I see them begin to kick theo and stomp on him, I can do nothing. I try to tell at them, try to make them stop. This continues for I don''t know how long, they show no signs of stopping and at this point Theo is limp and unresponsive. I feel anger towards them for a time then towards them I feel coldness, I feel that I will when I can, kill them.


    I begin to feel something slowly cracking, breaking, my bones?


    My vision becomes clear and my body moves, But i''m not in control of my body. I can feel my body now, it''s different, bigger and my teeth their sharp. My muscles bulge under pitch black armour and claws, wings expand from my back and my body leaks a silvery black mist it has lightning traveling through it. The kids only notice me when the mist drifts under their legs and shocks them, both with its appearance and lightning. One turns around and his eyes go wide.


    Whatever is in control does nothing and looks at the kids with cold emotionless eyes that hide burning rage, my burning rage . Its at this point I fade into nothingness, I dont have the power to hang on anymore. Before I completely go the being in control acknowledges my rage. I guess this is the return or birth of my newest emotion, Rage.


    I feel a word resounding through my mind. Transcendence. That is my shape original ability.


    They last thing I see and feel is a warm liquid covering my arm while a kids body is hanging from it.


    End of Chapter 8


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 Chapter 9

    Chapter 9


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    Helion POV


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    I was eating lunch with my brother Hevash when we sensed it, The natural essence around us began to fluctuate and then flooded all in one direction. I merely had look of surprise while my brother, who was in the middle of eating, had  his mouth open in an expression of abject confusion, He was better at long range sensing, whatever it was it was shocking to say the least.


    He dropped his food and began running towards the training hall, it was this that remind me when Azron probably was. I start to run as well.


    Me and Hevash reach the hall at the same time, what we see shocks me. I see 6 kids surrounding Theo and kicking him on the ground, it seems they used a suppression circle. Then I see Azron, at least what I assume is Azron. It''s a hulking figure at least 8 feet tall and a body bulging with muscle and covered in pitch black armour. Its hair was grown to the middle of its back, it was a mix of black and silver. Its eyes were shining a celestial blue and on its back were wings, Azrons wings.


    The creature, no Azron looked at the kids kicking Theo with a calm cool and collected indifference. Yet somewhere deep in its eyes was unfathomable rage, I could only assume that was Azron behind the large exterior.


    From beside me I hear my brother.


    ¡°Fuck¡±


    Rightly so, Azron had picked up one of the children by putting his arm through the child''s stomach, We could heal the wound but still, intense. Before this escalated I intervene.


    ¡°Azron stop now¡± I scream.


    He turns his head towards me, initially think this will be over soon. I then realize something from its cold stare, Im not talking to azron. I''m talking to something else.


    ¡°Havesh¡± I hiss towards my brother.


    ¡°What¡± He still thinks this is a normal assimilation, assimilation would be easy to deal wilt. He seems quite happy, this will ruin it though.


    ¡°It''s a primal bloodline¡± I''m not sure what else it could be.


    His face loses color. Primal bloodline means they have an inherent instinct guardian that guides them when they need it. They usually show no mercy or reason. There just instinct.


    Suddenly Azron drops the child, It begins to talk to itself.


    ¡°The child will not grow here, He must be tempered¡±


    The voice it used will give me nightmare. It was deep and imposing like a demon, It really pulled the whole image together. Black wings black armour and the pearly white skin under the armour.


    While the voice was imposing the message was strange, How would it leave, primal instinct lasts for minutes at most and...


    It was at this moment it waved its hand and the very fabric of reality trembled. The hall shock as well as the rest of the base as what seemed to be existence itself tore open, it was like a rip you would see in a cloth, except in the middle of the air and on the other side was an unending forest. Somewhere far away.


    It begins walking towards the crack, before it steps in however it raises its hand, energy rushes towards it and forms a crystal. It a location guide, it''s like the ones we use to guide people around the base, this one is for general locations though.Then it walks through and the tear snaps shut , everything returns to normal within a second like nothing had happened. The only remnant of this event was the screaming child on the floor with his guts splayed out on the floor in front of him.


    As others begin to pool into the hall and ask questions I can only stare dumbfounded at what just happened. How could something that that lurk inside a kid like Azron.


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    I can hear the soft gurgling of a stream, soft damp grass pressing against my face and the gentle breeze above my head.


    Whats going on


    I''m not in the base, i''m somewhere else. I struggle to get up my body feels like it''s been beaten and broken. I groan as I lift my body it resists at first but I win out. After getting up, to my knees at least, I look around. I''m surrounded by trees, low hanging vines and boulders bigger than I am. I can see mountains in the far distance some big some small.


    I panic and start to shout for helion, theo, havesh, tenlux...anyone. I give out a shout of defeat and sit on a boulder with a backrest.


    Maybe there are some answers in my soul sea. What else can I do.


    Delving into my island there are indeed differences. For a starters there is my shape, it''s grown, substantially. It now stands an imposing 8 feet tall the wings are larger, the armour is more modern like the type i''ve seen around the base designed for performance not pure cover defence. and floating around the body was a blue energy which color resembled the shapes eyes. From the body I could see as the energy was flowing into my physical body. I didn''t know what it did but now''s not the time.


    I try looking around the island but I find nothing to explain what happened. I return to looking at my shape, mostly because i''m curious. I know the form I was in when I was unconscious was this one. I look dead into its eyes and I can''t move it then talks to me.


    Weak now, must be tempered, crystal will guide the way back when enough power gained.


    The voice echoed in my head, what did it mean, does it mean me. Im weak? What crystal. Returning to my physical body I look around, I feel an itching on my wrist and look down. In my wrist is a slightly larger version of the guide crystal to the base.


    I sit on the rock still trying to digest the information, This is what I came up with.


    I was somehow transported to a forest in the middle of nowhere.


    My shapes a right asshole. It somehow did this.


    And i''m naked, I don''t know why but my clothes are gone.


    It was the last point that really bugged me. It wasn''t freezing, the sun was high in the sky. But it was the thought.


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    Ive decided to explore my new environment, I will survive here for a while it seems, Estimating the distance and looking at the climate I am very far away from the base. I''m in no condition for a long journey either. Im looking for shelter at the moment, so i''m heading towards the mountain to look for a cave.


    Passing a lake I feel thirst so I wade into the lake and start guzzling water.


    Feeling refreshed I prepare to go but my body freezes as if there is an invisible pressure weighing down on me. I turn to look at the opposite shore and see some sort of red beast. It slowly walks around the lake till its on my shore and it looks at me dead in my eyes, throughout its slow journey I couldn''t move. The pressure increases. Fire ignites around it, There''s only one thought in my mind at this point.


    I can''t fight this.


    So I run or to be more exact I fly. Unfurling my wings I shoot into the air the further I get from the ground the less pressure I feel.


    Before the transport I couldn''t have flown, the wings didn''t have enough power, yet now the felt different bigger, stronger as if there more than just their physical power helping. They could hold more power. Making my body lighter I forgot the previous encounter and fly. Charging lightning into my wings I fly at speeds that were inhuman, Up in the air and through some trees I flew. The wings responded to my thoughts and reaction, they were me and I was them.


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    Looking below I see what I know see as a large cat, which is on fire, glaring at me from the ground below. I decide to do nothing to it and make my escape.


    I fly to the mountain range to look for shelter.


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    A few days have passed since my initial arrival here, I''ve taken to calling this place the deep green. I call it the in honour of its abundance of trees, it looked like a sea of green from my cave vantage point. Speaking of the cave it was in the middle of a shear cliff face inaccessible unless you can fly. Luckily I can.


    Over the past few days i''ve figured out a few things about this place. The most important discovery, only the strong survive.


    I was scoping out the lake where I saw the fire cat before when I saw its course. Being eaten by a rat. Judging by the wounds on the cat''s body, which were tiny rat sized holes, the rat killed it. I didn''t stay for long considering the rat seemed to be watching me.


    I also seem to be the only thing that can fly around here, Good thing too, i''ve nearly died a few times. If they could follow me into the clouds I think I would be dead.


    Ive also gotten new clothes. I fashioned a knife out of stone using lightning, a task that I didn''t want to go through again, I made a few racks exploded and the shards hit me leaving multiple wounds, I seem to heal fast though. I found a deer like creature one of the few things I could kill,  fell from the sky did a few ¡®jumps¡¯  using my void abilities and cut the animal''s throat. I did this a few times due to the fact I burnt the first ones meat and fur by accident while cooking. I''ve gotten quite adept at crafting pelt clothing.


    Today I see a storm. I could see the lightning flashing in the clouds, I felt the dull rumbling majesty of the thunder. Something in me, instinct I think, compels me to fly into the storm.


    So that is what I will do.


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    Theo POV


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    Sitting up panting after coming out the nothingness of unconsciousness I blindly start throwing power, I feel fear and humiliation, I was beaten and could do nothing. My strikes are stopped and i''m forced down by an unseen force. I see my father holding me down and my mother has a murderous expression.


    It''s explained to me what has happened, I can guess the reason for my mother''s anger. I was conscious for the last part. When Azron left.


    It''s my fault,if i was stronger it wouldn''t of happened, my parents try to convince me other wise but I know the truth and because of that I will grow and I will find him. Thinking my thoughts I feel fire and blood pulse through me and my eyes burn red.


    Fire is me and I fire.


    The crimson flame bleeds.


    Those two lines resonate in my mind and soul.


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    Azron POV


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    Weeks or months have passed I can''t tell. In the grand storm when I first arrived I broke through 8 levels of  storm sphere refinement in one go. Im currently working on the 10th and final level.


    The increase of power in the storm orb has caused my lightning to become terrifying. It''s been infused my entire shape giving the armour veins of lightning running through it. And I''m nearing enough control to nearly make weapon shapes out of the lightning. The feather I can make using the blue silver power of my shape are nearly solid and can penetrate a few inches of rock. They can also either remain solid or explode.


    The lightning orb wasn''t the only one that had improved and was nearing the individual island stage. Both the void and battle orbs were at the same level.


    Increasing the void orb took meditation, I slipped into a state where I was floating in nothingness and everything at the same time it was strange.  Im now able to telepost faster and the net has increased but only by 2 meters making the net and 8 by 8 or meaning I must still be within a good distance of a target. Its also formed an awareness of everything inside of the net, I see everything that moves.


    The battle sphere seemed to absorb the blood of the beasts I hunted. I can now exude pressure like the pressure I felt on the first day here. There''s not much here I can''t hunt anymore, I guess this place wasn''t meant to be that hard to get through.


    Speaking of which practicing activities that harmonized with the orbs increased their power, not just using the essence from my sea.


    I''m pretty sure in a normal environment like the base I wouldn''t have been able to make progress like this.


    Two days pass and my lightning breaks past the final barrier. Now I train the void.


    It doesn''t take long, as soon as all three break past the final point they glow.


    They expand and fly into different directions. Each of them draw my attention, needing my guidence for something. I go to the Storm sphere first.


    It seems it wants to have something formed inside of it. I look for the instinct which has guided me before, I gives me visions of me using a blurry weapon. Because it was blurry I quickly receive the idea of shaping a weapon.


    For the lightning I wanted a spear to quickly strike my targets but also something to crush them with, LIke the power of thunder and lightning. I envision a staff with a blade that was thicker than the width of my palm and double edged. I think the design came from a glaives.


    The weapon forms and  seems to be made of a silver medal entirely as if it was one continuous piece, It had straight lines of blue light down its shaft and the blade.


    As it came into being inside of the storm sphere, the sphere  exploded and flew a small distance from the current island and another island was formed. It had the glaive in the middle and around it swirled a chaotic storm of wind and lightning. My guess as the moment is that I feed the seas essence to the weapon for future refinement.


    Moving on to void sphere the process was the same however I formed two long daggers, about 16 inches long and two fingers wide double edged. I formed chains connected to the end of each of the daggers. After this the sphere flew off and created it isalnd.


    The battle sphere changed quality but it wasn''t able to form a weapon. The red and silver inside it split. The red flew off and created an island the had a waterfall of blood, I can assume this is some manifestation of the pressure I can put forth. The silver stayed as if I needed to command it. I would leave it for later to figure out.


    I exit my soul''s sea. I''ve been sitting in this cave for hours and my ass is numb.


    I can''t even remember how long i''ve been in this area. The days blurred together. Standing up from my previous reclined position I stretch my body and let my power flow through my body.


    I realize i can feel the weapons that I had just formed, It was like the first time I felt th pressence of my wings. I grin.


    Do I have real weapons now?


    Stretching out my hand lightning erupts and forms a straight line and after a blinding flash in my hand sits my glaive. Smiling I put my lightning in it, it flows into the glaive like an extension of my body.


    I swing at the rock wall and expect the blade to leave a small scratch. It cuts clean through the rock.


    I grin and giggle a little. I have a new toy.


    End of Chapter 9


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 Update

    Hey to anyone who followed this.


    Im dropping this story, Unfortunately I didn''t have a clear plan in mind when I started this and things got confusing for me while writing this.


    However I am starting a new story with a plan in mind and I hope it will be good for you all. I will provide the link below if any are interested.


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