Creatures of Magic

Galen was quiet, He had come to my room and found that I was not alone, after having an interesting night. I asked if he was mad and he said no. He said he was quiet because he was writing a letter. I am glad he wasn't angry, being his familiar doesn't mean I can't have interests even love interest. However some are bothered by it. Not Galen. I am so glad. I like HS. The night we spent together on the Balcony which lead us to sharing my room was wonderful. Galen had come for me because Justice had one of her growth spurts. She is now about 16 years old. "The Innkeeper says we should speak with the Herders, they have a village near by." HS stated... "The Herders?" Galen inquired. "We need to find old Mac at the stables. the inn keeper says old Mac deals with the Herders." HS stated turning to me and taking my hand. So now we are walking toward the stables holding hands, Galen is quietly writing his letter and Justice is smiling at him. As soon as we arrive we find a funny little fellow... "The Herders you say?" He smiles, "Yes I do business with them. They are a Centaur clan just outside the city. They have a small village just beyond stampede ridge. If you are going that way you can take my list to them. I can pay you." He smiled with a gold tooth and HS agreed. It didn't take us long to find them, but nightfall comes quickly here and it was getting dark. We were invited to their village. The Herders, would capture wild horses and buffaloes for the City of Fellsworn. They were a lot like the old Native Americans from Ancient Earth. The Clan's leader was away but we spoke to his son. HS explained he had been sent to get a Night -mare "Awww yes the Firehooves, which is their correct names. Yes often Heroes are sent to seek out one of the four." Gweth stated "I am sorry I don't quite follow." HS stated. The rest of us just sat and listened. Gweth looked at me, "Didn't the Elfling tell you?" "I am not an Elf or a Dragon. I am a Firewalker and Galen's familiar. Though many make the mistake." I say respectfully. He and members of his clan looked in bewilderment at one another, "Very well, sit. We will start a fire and tell you the story of the four." So we sat together and listened to Gweth tell the story: "A long time ago... A magical egg was laid, from this egg four magical creatures were born. Of the Sky and of air was the Pegasus, Of the Sea and of water was the Hippocampus, of the Earth was the Unicorn and of the shadows and of Fire was the Firehooves Unlike the dragons they didn't really rule or control a balance, but they were creatures of magic. Swift, strong and powerful. They are enchanted and for many heros has been a way to reach destiny. The Pegasus can fly with great speed, The Hippocampus can swim with great speed. The Unicorn and Firehooves or the twins can run with great speed. The Unicorn has the power of the Dawn and the Firehooves as the power of the Dusk. The Unicorn is crowned by a single horn which it can use in battle. They have been tamed by heroes going into battle. The alicorn can be used just like the way a witch or wizard uses a wand. Often Unicorns are hunted for the horns. Unicorns can only be trapped one way. However the Unicorn's only real magic is they can bring light to darkness. However what you call the Nightmares is the Firehooves, ithas fire coming from their nostrils, mouth and eyes and when they run their hooves catch on fire. Their hooves are stronger than any horse or Unicorn. Stamping thier hooves they can summon shadows, making it dark. But they are mainly wanted for their speed strength and power when being ridden. "So where would HS find one?" Galen then inquired. "Well it's harder to find and capture them than it is a Unicorn. If it was a Unicorn you were after then you could have used the young girl." Gweth pointed at Justice. "Firehooves stay in shadows and disappear in shadows. A firehoove is only seen when it wants to be seen. Unlike Unicorns can not be tamed. Like your Mustang they are born wild and free." Gweth paused and thought a moment,"The only creatures known to hunt them are Worgens. I believe It is the full moon. Yes I think in the light of a full moon one can be seen. I would search the old ruins of Aeresoth. There is a full moon tomorrow, but be warn it is the home of the Worgens." I and Justice were sitting together around a fire and she looked at him, "What is a Worgen?" He laughed and wished a good nights rest... We all set out around the camp fire and went to sleep. Hopefully he will tell us tomorrow what a Worgen was. After Galen and Justice went to sleep, I looked at HS and he at me. I wiggle closer to him meeting him have way... There is just something very romantic about a camp fire...

What is with Teenagers these days?

Techno-message recieved from Alwyn ----------- Galen my boy, Dragons you say? Oh I do love Dragons especially gold ones with red eyes. I should visit these places. So you have a familiar now, this is quit interesting. Do tell me how this adventure of yours ends... ------------ I suppose a Technomages job is never done. After I had dealt with the crisis with Shiara and the tainted trees. We traveled to Fellsworn City. I met some Wizards of ancient natural magic. We had a few debates and then I spoke with the Inn keeper. I am more comfortable in my ship so I informed him that I wouldn't need the room HS so generously paid for. I then returned to my ship for a shower and quiet evening. Only my evening wasn't quiet! I had an intruder. When I heard the stumbling around I thought it may be Shiara... "Shiara is that..." I stopped, this wasn't Shiara but a strange naked teenage girl. "Who are you and how did you get ...." "Galen, it's me. I... I," She looked down at herself and I realized that it was Justice, "Guess I should ask Shiara to show me how she does the clothes thing..." She shrugged, "I am used to having Norn and Ker carry my clothes, so I didn't think about it this time." "Justice? Damn Shapeshifters! So how long have you been practicing your new hobby?" I sneered. Damn Shapeshifters indeed. I will have to create a spell to identify them. "Hobby?" She asked "As a voyeur!" I snapped as I threw her some of Shiara's cloths. I grabbed a shirt, "we are going to have a talk, you and I!" I was trying to explain to her in the most delicate way that this crush of hers was inappropriate. However she had some sort of spell. Right before me she aged a year. I tended to her and in the morning she woke. Her aging is troublesome for her and I can understand. Growing quickly not really having time to enjoy her childhood not to mention to make friends only to have to leave them behind due to the age difference. She has a boy named Bart she was seeing, Although at breakfast she told me another boy named Inertia said Bart sent him to same it was over and that he didn't want to see her again. "You should speak with him, before you believe this other boy." I told her, "Why don't we find your brother." I left to see if I could find HS and tell him that Justice had not been well. First I went to Shiara's room and found she wasn't alone. Well I am not her father, She is merely my familiar so I will let his Parents worry. I cleared my throat, "Good Morning you two. HS your sister has had one of her spells." I then walked out... HS was stumbling to quickly get dress... "Was it bad?" He said stumbling out the door behind me... Justice waved, "It could have been worse." "Great my little sister is now the same age as me." He stated and then sighed, "You okay?" She nodded, "Galen took care of me." He looked at me, "Thanks." Shiara then walked out and looked at me with a worried look. I merely turned away, "So what is the plan now?" HS stated, "I have to find out where the Night-mares- are." As HS received a refund for my room and asked the Innkeeper Shiara used the time to ask me if I was mad. "Why would I be mad? Ah here the boy comes now.." I walked toward HS "The Innkeeper says we should speak with the Herders, they have a village near by." He stated... Well this gives me time to send a Techno-message to Alwyn

Something to write home about...

Techno-message to Alwyn ----------- Since we have a long walk a head I thought I would type this. I am join with my familiar Shiara, a teenage boy named HS and a teen girl name Justice. We have had quite an interesting journey. I have seen Hades, a river of fire and, of course the reason for this Techno-message, dragons. Yes real life, honest to god Dragons. No before you ask they are not gold. They are guardians to a tower called the tower of fire. However I seem to make a slight error, I had cast Shadow Skin to cloak myself from the teen girl who has developed an obvious crush on me. Appearing as if I had disappeared and then when we were in the tower and seeing the black dragons I dispelled my spell. It startled the Dragon and it attacked. Fortunately we were able to get things under control. After traveling up and over to a floating land, we entered a vile and corrupted Swamp. It didn't take us long to be separated and this has ceased to be entertaining. I didn't sense any technology so Technomancy wasn't used, but here they use a lot of natural magic. Shiara had activated her amulet before and through it I had a connection to her but the swamp caused a lot of interference. As I was searching another dragon attacked me, although I am more incline to say this was some kind of Serpent or Giant snake. I fired a Electric plasma beam at it... like the ones of fire but this uses electricity. I felt with it being in water that would have a better effect and it did. I told her to search for the boy and I would search for the girl. She let out a yelp and I could see through her eyes she had fallen, not long the boy followed... Then the trees here began swallowing Shiara and then HS for trying to help. I rushed to get to her, running into Justice. She was wielding two swords. "Come with me. Shiara and HS is in trouble.." I couldn't believe my eyes when I got there....

Dragons VS Dragon-Elf....

I traveled with Justice and HS into Hades, HS had a quest but the quest was a bit of a mystery. While in the center of Hades Galen joined us. We continued to travel out of Hades beyond to a place between Hades and earth. I had a lot of opportunity to learn more on my friends. Like I discovered HS had a girlfriend that has just done him wrong. That Justice has a Destiny but no one is sure what that Destiny is. While Galen has had to vanish from time to time to get away from Justice and her flirtatiousness I took in the scenery. I saw winged creatures and asked if they were Dragons. I thought "Seeing dragons would be cool." I mean I am always mistaken as a Dragon. In my reality there is always the question if they existed. However HS said still being in Hades that they weren't. Soon we were out of Hades standing underneath a the Tower of Fire.. From it Dragons took flight like a flock of birds that had just been disturbed.. HS was looking over the map... "We have to go up.. Yes and those are Dragons... Small ones, guards." I glowed, "WOW Dragons.." When we entered it was great at first, HS pointed out the Guardian Dragons and put his arm around my waist. Then Galen appeared and HS removed his arm. One of the Dragons attacked.. At one point I and HS went over the side. I realized that Galen must be in danger and as his familiar I have a duty to him so I let go and transformed into my true form. I didn't want to fight a dragon but I couldn't let him hurt my friends or especially Galen. So I prepared to fight this Dragon. HS warned that we couldn't harm them so I tried not to.. Justice used her powers and the Dragon calmed down after seeing her. It seems the Dragons know her and a little of her destiny. The Guardian dragon told HS he was going to get a special horse. I shyed away, "Don't Look at me.." "Why?" HS asked "Because I am in my true form... I am... " Ugly is the word.. Freak is another HS didn't say either, no he said, "Exotically beautiful!" With a sigh Galen stated, "So Romeo now that we know what your quest is shall we go get your Stallion?" HS went to check on Justice and Galen chuckled at me as I changed into my normal humanoid form, "Come on my little Ugly duckling we have no time to waste." tbc....

An interesting journey indeed...

Shiara asked if she could go with Justice and Justice's brother HS on a quest. The quest sounded like an interesting journey. They would follow the river Acheron to the center of Hades and then take another river in Hades out of the Hell Dimensions in a place that is between Hell and Earth. I observed their Journey to the Marsh of Hades. The river of fire, Phlegethon should to take them this place Fellsworn, but they were camping for the night. From the mild flirting between HS and Shiara I decided I should perhaps come along. It has been a while since I went camping. I appeared in the tent with the young man, he turned to me. "Mind if we share a tent? I have the distinct feeling Shiara should be chaperoned on this trip." I smiled He frowned, "You must be Galen." "Guilty as charged. You must be, let me see it was... Hot Stu..." I began to say and he held up a hand "HS, please." He looked around. "very well." I smiled again "You don't have a sleeping bag." He observed I nodded, "I prefer hammocks." He looked, "There is no Hammock." I put on my best surprised face, "Really? Oh my I thought," I set my hand in the hammock and put on my best smile, "Well there it is see. " I hopped into my magical invisible hammock. Which is merely a platform spell modified. In the morning I was woken by giggling. I turned and saw HS turn toward it too... We left the tent and I noticed that Justice was giggling with another girl, someone called her Vella. Shiara was with them... They were talking over a very interesting ring... HS moved around me... "Hey Vella, is everything okay?" He asked her.. "Galen!" Justice squealed grabbing Vella and shaking her. I sighed as Shiara muffled a laugh. Vella first addressed HS, "Yeah all is okay," and then turn to me, "Hi, I am Vella. Your Galen I know Justice can't stop talking about you." Justice elbowed her and I just tried to ignore the whole thing. "Interesting ring. Any chance I could borrow it ? I would like to study it." She withdrew the ring. "No." I nodded respectful "Very well." I withdrew to a shadow. HS sat on a rock, "Vella, Vincent? he.. you know." She rolled her eyes and then two others appeared... "Girl! We are going back home! " The father orders. Vella then disappears, but not before he glanced at me. How did he see pass my illusion? Of course, he can sense a person's spirit. He calls it KI... I can cloak my scent and other things from animals but it will take some modification to shield my ... KI.... HS tells everyone to get some breakfast because we would be moving soon. He seems upset and Shiara asks me to speak with him. I walk over to him. "Why the long face?" He glances at me, "Nothing you would understand." "Try me." I say, "My order prides itself on knowing all that can be known and most of the rest." He slumps against a tree, "Vincent is my uncle but about my age... Well at least in his body," he wave his hand, "hard to explain and it doesn't matter. See the problem is he went to the future and... Well I become Evil and ..." His words trailed off... "I see... The mistake you have made is in thinking your future is set." He turned to me and I continued, "The Universe is made up of a tapestry of energy string and realities. Possibilities are as vast as the Universe itself. The Universe has no boundaries. It is like an Ouroboros. Infinitive. " I paused for effect and then attempted to continue but was interrupted. "This is the Balance in motion which Shiara is always talking about." The boy said. I titled my head, "Hm, yes in a way. See just as the Universe is endless so is possibilities. You see boy, for every decision that can be made, every choice that can be chose, there is an alternate realities for it. " I walk and wave my hand producing my small globe, "Should mother nature decided that you should be male or female? Whether you should exist or not? Well there is four alternate realities there. So I go or should I stay?" In the globe I should different realities, showing different choices that had been made... I wave my hand and my globe disappears, "There is no such thing as Impossible. In the Universe all things are possible and to exist we are part of this balance in motion. We have both good and bad, light and darkness... Each choice, each decision sends us down a different path. So even those these alternate realities exist and we can visit the so called future. Our future is yet to have been written because we have yet to make those choices." He looks as if he is pondering what I have said. I sighed, "Name someone you think would be impossible to ever be evil." "Son GOKU!" he was quick with his answer. "Awww but in some alternate reality he is evil. He chose to be." I answer. "We can not allow what our alternate selves do effect us. We can only make the choices and decisions we are to make here in this reality. " I say. "So you think I can escape becoming evil?" He asks. I sigh again, "HS I think that if becoming Evil upsets you then you have already made a choice against it." "thanks." he said with a deep breath I turn toward the shadows, "well you were wrong.... I do understand, more than you realize." I then left leaving him to think about what I said. When he returned he smiled at Shiara and patted Justice on the head. "Shall we. " We then begin our long trek down this river of fire to reach the border of Hades and the tunnels that will lead us to Fellsworn... TBC