Brilliance

I wake up feeling rejuvenated, and hungry, I sit upwards to see sunlight coming from the window, then notice that I am alone in a delicate wooden cradle with tree carvings on its surface under a soft cotton made bed sheet.

I have a brief struggle to get on my feet, I wobbly manage to stay standing then start looking around the room, I see the firm wooden walls and ceiling with light green parts, as if moss slowly grew to the inside of the house, but the room itself was neatly clean.

Suddenly Erandrur calmly opens the door, noticing me in my weird position trying to stay standing. With a warm smile forming in his face he says.

“had a good night?”

I smile back.

“yes, thank you for placing me here”

“it would be shameful if I had a toddler like you sleeping elsewhere, with less comfort”

He says while looking at the big wood carved bed he slept.

“it may be comfortable, but it can be sometimes too hard in some spots”     

I noticed that when we first met he was lightly armored, but now he was wearing a simple light green long sleeved shirt, leather bracers, and brown pants with dark boots. He had a ponytail and was rather sweaty.

“what were you doing while I slept”

I ask with my newborn left eyebrow up with a curious look.

“training”

He says while cleaning a bit of sweat of his forehead.

“I wouldn’t expect less, could you put me on the ground outside?”

Now, his left eyebrow was up and he had a curious face

“surely, but what for?”

“I don’t like staying cramped in here, and it’s an opportunity to see outside”

“very well”

He then came to me, put me in his arms and headed outside. After leaving the cabin, I could feel the gentle and refreshing wind caressing my face.

He then stopped to put me in the grass, close to a fence, and inside it were some training dummies and an archery range.

“I will keep with my training there, after I finish I wish to make you a proposition”

“what proposition?” I say with a puzzled look.

“after my training” then leaves towards the training ground, and while grinning says out loud.

“these younglings nowadays” -Humph- “so hasty”

*look at you, huh, likes to tease*

I think while looking at him, then remind myself to try and do something useful in the meantime, like understand my power.

I try and think of anything that might help me train, then some thoughts that were floating in my mind were beginning to clear.

I sensed inside of me, memories of some meditative position that resembles shaolin training, but I see some very dark smoke floating around a shadowy man, 

I somehow felt how he focused in feeling his internal energy, then the dark smoke entered a small but somewhat bright star in a small space inside his chest area.

After watching these scenes play out in my head, I sit in the position of the memory and focus on feeling this internal energy.

With some time passing, I began feel to a cold but welcoming air around me, but I didn’t open my eyes to see, I then try to find the spot of the star and begin pouring the cold and refreshing air in it.

After some time, another scene began playing in my mind, the shadowy figure extended his hand and condensed a small ball made of a dark and almost liquid like energy, proceeding to distorting it to form various shapes of small tools.

I then extended my own hand, and trying with various failed attempts managed to form the condensed energy ball, I tried to think of a small spoon and felt the ball altering itself to a small and dark spoon with some strange radiance.

I open my eyes, slightly tired, grip the small dark spoon and could feel it’s cold and somehow shining brilliance.

I noticed the sun already changed its position from morning to noon, which meant I at least passed some time meditating and training with my new personal spoon.

I hear the fence door opening with a creak, Erandrur walks out with his shirt full of sweat and places his hands at his sides.

“I see you somehow made a productive morning there” 

I smile with my teeth less mouth.

“yes I did, now let’s hear your proposition”

“of course, you see I would like to invite you to remain here and, as you grow to a certain age you will train under me, in the fields of archery, elemental magic and swordsmanship”

He said in hopeful look.

*well, he found me because my star judged him to be good, so I don’t see any negative side*

“I accept, I will remain and at a certain age begin training” I said with my serious and respectful baby voice.

“splendid, I will initiate you in various history and theoretical mana manipulation lessons, so you may develop your mind then proceed with the physical training after you show capability of handling weapons”

“yes, when can we start?” I said with a brief chuckle.

“whenever you want, but I would prefer the lessons to begin at first light until noon then I will train myself while you watch my posture for future teachings” 

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“yes teacher” I said while sitting up tilting my head as a light bow.

“I will also send you to train under two of my guardian brothers, when you are ready, so that may you may learn other techniques and new types of magic”

“who are your brothers, what will they teach me that you can’t?” I say with eagerness in my silvery eyes.

“well, they are Arynea and Terion. Arynea is a dark elf with a cold attitude and a master of stealth, dagger training and darkness magic. Terion is a very peculiar wood elf but disciplined teacher that will pass to you his knowledge about the flora and fauna of the world, it’s weak and strong traits, trap making and tracking skill, and finally, a useful druid healing ability for any situation, like cuts and poisons”

“amazing, so much to learn, can we start the lessons now?” with eagerness flowing in the air around me.

“yes, for now observe my sword training, then we shall dine and go to sleep to start the lessons early tomorrow” he said with an also excited look in his face.

He then put me in a chair like tree stump, and began his sword training while I observed his movements with caution to not forget any movement.

After the sword training ended we entered the house, we had a small discussion over what I practiced, while having dinner, which finished with him being fascinated by my explanation of my different type of energy.

But I kept some facts, like saying how it was originated, why it had a weird aura, how I was so intelligent for my age and so on.

We went to sleep soundly, and every day from morning to noon he taught me about history and how mana was found in the environment, used to fuel beings with decent perception to cast spells and its manipulation.

Then from noon to the afternoon I watched as he trained his archery skills, swordsmanship and some basic elemental spells that I secretly tried reproducing with dark matter, but different results came, as the dark matter made them with a little more destructive potential, with better and faster aspect of being cast.

This routine was kept for 3 years, I fell from the skies reborn, so I was technically 3 years old, I grew with the look of a 5 or 6 year old with the strength of 7 year old child.

I mastered the methods I called dark meditation and shadow forging. With dark meditation my little star space grew bigger, capable of holding more energy and my shadow forging was now able to make bigger, more detailed and deadly tools than a spoon.

I personally made a black short sword that I trained with, so I wouldn’t be such a bad fighter as I never even had the chance to get into a fight in my past life.

Erandrur woke me up and said with an proud face.

“you are indeed unique, 3 years old kid looking like 5 and with a strange strength for your age”

“it is probably the food” I said with smile showing my sharp and unusual canines.

My hair was at shoulder length and my face began developing in a more slightly manly grown childlike face, I had a lean body, I was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, black pants, black boots and my bracers were also black.

“well, this is the final day of our theoretical lessons, tomorrow we shall begin your physical training”

He said smiling, we now had a deep relationship, almost like a father and son but with a little more banter, and the fact I was 3, knew how to read, speak fluently, controlled basic magic and had a wild aura around me. 

Over these years I almost forgot I was 15 in my past life, but this life was filled with new and interesting things to discover, I decided I would begin my childhood here.

“today we will see what elements are you better attuned with, then we will try basic spells”

He said while holding a transparent crystal rock.

“this will measure your aptitude”

“yes teacher” I said anxiously.

We headed outside and sat on the grass, he then extended the rock to me and said.

“now, touch this rock with your hand and I will infuse it with mana to see what color it gets”

“what elements which colors determines?” with a little tilt of my head to the side.

“darkness is gray, light is gold, fire is red, water is blue, earth is brown, wind is light cyan(look it up), lightning is purple and life is green(happy world)”

I nod and place my hand on the crystal.

*my power would not work as any element, so it should turn black or not even change*

I theorize.

But as I touch the crystal, it immediately turns white with a slight dark glow.

*what? White?*

Erandrur stared at me with an astonished look and says excitedly and laughing.

“hahahaha, only you that came from a star could have accomplished this, yes indeed”

“what does white mean?” I say with a preoccupied look.

“don’t worry, this are great news, in the history of all known kingdoms of the Telran and even the world we know as Stateria, there have never been records of someone with all high attunements of elements”

I stare at the rock once again with amazed look.

*dark matter! It is one of the foundations of the universe even if it’s unknown in this world, maybe mana is a byproduct of dark matter that was infused to this world?*

I think of the possibilities of what my dark matter could do.