-Astrea’s Pov-
“Moma why does Delas not want to play with me” I ask.
“He has homework dear” mom says with a soft smile.
“Why does everyone say my last name with anger” I ask.
“It’s because we have money” she says gently.
“What are we doing for my birthday tomorrow” I ask eagerly. The following morning mom comes up to me and says “Me and daddy will be back soon so be good for Linda”.
“I will be a good girl” I tell her cheerfully even though what I wanted to say was “Stay and play with me”. The sometime after that the whole mom and dad are dead thing happens. I did what mommy told me many times and be a good girl so I did what I was told. And when Delas started hitting and kicking me like he used to whenever I tried to play with him. I just let him and be a good girl until mommy comes home like she said and not cry because I’m a big girl. Slowly I as if my body is being pulled out of someplace of darkness and into the light.
“Its as you said dear a healthy girl” a man with white? hair and gold eyes says before handing me off to a woman with black hair and red eyes. I take one look at her red eyes and start crying.
-Cima’s Pov-
It's been four years since that man with white gold hair and gold eyes dropped me off with bear a big man who has mastered the class of swashbuckler and even came up with a new skill for it.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Dancing Fighter (passive)Beginner100%all moves look as the fighter look as if their dancing: +20% to agility when fighting
I remember it was a little kid who, I think his name was something like Hodric or something, was the one who had poisoned dad he had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. Now I’m getting strong to I think serve that man's kid her name he said would be Astrea.
“Hows your skills doing” Bear says his black shaggy hair clings to his sweat soaked head. ‘Sword Mastery is Master lv 5 and Dancing Fighter is Intermediate lv 9’ I tell him.
“How about the other skills I taught you as well as the one of your family” he asks me.
“There around the intermediate and expert range except for my family skill it's in Master” I inform him. My family skill is Fenrir Form it allows me to be to be a large black wolf that increases my stats when in that form at beginner level 1 it was a 10% increase and it has increased by 1% every lv up of the skill so far making me guess that it's going to have a 50% increase when it maxes out, When Bear first asked me if I had a family skill and I said yes the look on his face was almost priceless and turned to priceless after I used the skill for the first time.
“Good then by the time this Astrea needs you you will be more then ready to fight for her” he says his hazel eyes filled with pride.
“So who was that man that brought me here” I ask wanting to finally get the answer.
“Oh Rei he is the sun god” Bear says looking up at the blazing afternoon sun.
-Kol’s Pov-
Just the other day the Princess saw me practicing and said “ I want to see if he will be strong send him to Phoenix Academy”, The man that was with her said “Of course he will be strong he is a wolf demi-human after all’. These words still make me boil inside why do humans hate us demi-humans we are not all that different than them. At least the Princess huffed angrily after he said that.
-Astrea’s Pov-
It's been a few years I don’t know how many. As soon as I turned two I was taught how to read and then the next year how to write. I know to walk as well as to talk fine now. They keep in telling me that they are my parents in this life. My new daddy comes to sit next to me and I look up at him from the wierd box ma had handed me earlier.
“Every being gains one level every year until they turn 20 resulting in everyone age 20 and up being at least 21 if they do not hunt. Everyone also has at least one talent at birth granted by a god or goddess. You can see your status by saying or thinking *Status Screen*. Now thats all for today explore your status screen or go play for a but while me and ma go get things ready for today” daddy explains. I look at him and blinked puzzled at what he just said before he walks out of the room, I get up and walk to daddy’s study and hid under his desk with the box. After looking around for a few minutes I find a square hole in the floor and slide the cox into it. With a click the floor under me slides open and I fall onto a slide made of smooth rock.
With a plop I slide into sand. I look around and see crystals making light above, a pool of water with a waterfall, and an opened chest. i walk over to the chest and look inside. There is four books, a sword with a gem at the hilt, a matching bracelet and gold dog collar, and a blue bracelet with runic writing on it. I grab one book the one on top of corse.
Do you wish to learn the skill Mimicry? Yes/No
I go for yes. So there are skill books in this world. I watch the book turn into light. I wonder what kind of skills can be learned. I pick up another book.
Do you wish to learn the skill Fighting Style of the Moon? Yes/No
I go for yes, I learned a fighting style through a book though I do not think I’m going to use it anytime soon. I grab the next book as the last disappears into light.
Do you wish to learn the skill Phasing? Yes/No
I go for yes and immediately go for the last book.
Do you wish to learn the skill Fighting Style of the Sun? Yes/No
I go for yes again and a notice pops up.
Notice! Your skills Fighting Style of the Moon and Fighting Style of the Sun merged to create the skill Fighting Style of the Eclipse.
I place the gold bracelet on my right wrist and the blue one on my left. I grab the sword and end up cutting my thumb on the jem.
“So this is where you have been” Ma’s voice says as I’m picked up.
“Mine” I say pointing at the sword, which is now a reflective black with edges that look as though it was on fire, and the gold dog collar as well as the weird looking armor that was hidden by the books,
“I’ll take the stuff to her room dear while you take her to the living room” daddy says walking into view from behind ma. By the time me and ma got to the living room daddy was waiting with something behind his back. As soon as ma sits me down on my chair daddy brings out a stuffed black wolf with grey eyes.
“After dinner its time to go to bed” ma tells me before we eat. Some time after lunch the next day I stare at the stuffed wolf.
“What are you trying to figure out” daddy asks from behind me.
“I feel as if there is a real one out there” I say and he chuckles.
“Her name is Cima you're going to meet her when you turn ten” daddy says. I get up and grab the dog collar.
“Give this to her on her next birthday” I say handing it to him as he chuckles even more.
“Her birthday is in four days” he says and I give a satisfied nod making him laugh.
“Now for each level up you gain plus two to all stats as well as five stat points to spend. You can also gain stat points through training. You can gain a skill through a task or being taught. Every year has twelve months, every month has four weeks, every week has eight days, and each day has twenty four hours. There is four seasons just like any other world. Also some skills are hereditary meaning they can not be learned by those without the blood. For example chantless magic is something me and your mom both have meaning you will also most likely have it. I’ll teach you more tomorrow” daddy days. I pass the time from this lesson reading and playing with the little stuffed Cima.
“There are many types of creatures the most common are rats, snakes, wolves, slimes, bats, and spiders. There is also giant ants, scorpions, wasps, and bees. There are many powerful kinds of creatures such as basilisks, griffons, werewolves, vampires and the like. We also have many civilized races Dwarves, Elves, Dragons, humans, halflings and demi-humans as well as others that are rarely seen. Tomorrow is the last lesson I will teach you before your ma teaches you about magic” daddy says. There is so many creatures in this world. The next day my last lesson from daddy happens before he leaves for Cima’s birthday.
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“The world is named Pirath as so far there are seven known kingdoms. There is the mountains of Drelahar were the underground dwarven kingdom lies in the far north. In an island past Drelahar is the dragon island and kingdom Aaowyr. Just south of Drelahar is the human kingdom Preadien. There is a strip of freeland where we live just south of Preadiem, a little to the south is Lirith and to the east is Airi. The kingdom Airi consist of a vast forest we live in the freeland part of the forest and Airi is the home of the elfs. To the west of Lirith is Eten the small kingdom of halflings. To the very south is another human kingdom Kireand this is where the Phoenix Academy is where the weak can become the strong, Just north of Kireand is another strip of freeland. Lastly is Lirith between both freelands is the kingdom for demi-humans. There is still explored lands across the waters were more kingdoms may be found” Daddy says. I wonder how much Cima’s going to like my present.
-Cima’s Pov-
Finally its my birthday the only day Bear lets me have the afternoon off.
“Happy birthday Cima” Bear says placing his gift in front of me with a thud. The gifts I open from everyone else is a whole set of armor, a new rapier, and a pair of gloves. I finally open Bear’s gift gift and find clothes and a belt.
“These clothes are made of mana and enchanted so that it can never be destroyed and fit the wearer. And just so you know it will turn into mana when you change forms instead of being damaged so you don’t have to worry about not having clothes on when you change back” Bear explains at my confused look.
“Lets go on with the feast than” I say happy at not having to ever worry about accidentally destroying clothes I forget to take off before I turn into Fenrir Form.
“Don’t feast yet there is still more gifts” a voice says making all of us jump.
“Ahh, Rei what brings you here today? You're not taking Cima yet are you?” Bear says calmly seeing the man, that still looks the same as he did then, standing in the room.
“No I have a gift from my daughter and another from myself” Rei says walking over. He places a stuffed toy of a creature, that has the body of a black dragon with feathers of a pheonix mix in beautifully with the scales and spikes, in front of me.
“What is this” I ask looking at the strange toy that looks as if it was almost alive.
“This is Astrea’s true form it is called a Dragnix this name comes from another world” Rei says before passing a golden dog collar that has runic etchings inside in front of me next to the toy.
“I’m not a dog” I yell practically roaring the words. Bear grabs my arms with one hand and pends me with the other.
“Rei just put it on now” Bear says before Rei buckles the collar into place around my neck.
Attention! The Familiar Collar is now bound to you.
Attention! You are now the familiar to Astrea Dragonfire. The next time you meet your body will stop physically aging.
Attention! Your have gained a new ability when in Fenrir form Change Size.
”You had all this planned didn’t you” I say as Bear lets go of me.
“Yes, I even know that all your family would be killed” Rei says looking at me and my anger boils.
“You could have saved them but you did not why” I ask calming my rage.
“If your family still lived in the future this world would end by my own daughter’s hands” Rei says.
“What” was all I could say in the silence of the room.
“Astrea has all of the horrible memories of her past life and a day in the future the one that abused her everyday for two years until he had killed her. When she sees him her mind will shatter that is something no matter what I could do would stop it” Rei says sadness filled his eyes.
“So why did you let my family die” I ask.
“You will be the only one that can stop her when her mind shatters as she will form an unbreakable bond with you” Rei says before he vanishes without a trace of being here except for his words and the gifts.
-Astrea’s Pov-
Its been over five days cense daddy left and ma has been giving me a basic lesson on magic everyday.
Day one was: Light, darkness, life, and death are the foundation of all magic. All magic uses at least one of theses if not more. There are three major types of magic Elemental, Mental, and Arcane. Elemental as you might have guest is the forces of nature fire, water, earth, air, and lighting. Mental is magic of the will there is telekinesis, projection, theriogenology, harmonizing, and elenchus. Arcane is about outside our typical reality it has interkinesis, summoning, animation, and binding. Of course there are other magics out of theses three types.
Day two was: Elemental magic has to types of uses to kill or to give life. Fire as you know can kill but it also gives life my clearing way room for the new. Water us the source of almost all life in many ways but it can also give death to those of the land. Earth is the ground we stand on that can crush people at any moment. Air is what we breathe but without it we die. Lighting is a form of energy that can kill.
Day three was:Mental magic relies on the will of the user. Telekinesis is the skill to move objects with your mind. Projection is the skill to transmit images and feelings to the mind of others and when mastered this it evolves to telepathy which is the skill to speak to others through your mind. Theriogenology is the skill to command animals. Harmonizing is the skill to arrange one’s environment to invoke a specific feeling or mood. elenchus also known as truth seeking is the skill to distinguish a lie from truth.
Day four was: Arcane magic is about things not of this realm. Interkinesis is mastery over magic energy. Summoning is the skill to cause manifestation of other creatures. Animation is the skill to impart life to inanimate objects. Binding is the skill to fuse or bind a human host with the purpose of giving the host new magic.
Day five the last day of lessons was: There are many other types of magic that doesn't fit into the three major magics. Illusion magic is basically shows people a scene or image of the world that is not really there. Healing magic is to heal one's wounds. Shapeshifting is a spell that allows one to take a form that is not their own. The Flight spell allows those without wings to fly. There is two types of sensing skills one for magic and the other living and dead things. Teleportation skills or spells allows for instantly going from one place you have been to another. There is also Necromancy and many other types of magic that corrupts the user. These are only a few of the examples of these kinds of magic.
After the last lesson she said I was free to do what I wished as long as I was in the house until my training began.
-Kol’s Pov-
The instructor swang his sword at me and I bring up my sword to block it. For awhile we attack each other neither one of us gaining any ground.
“Your getting good boy soon you will have to go to the Phoenix Academy to get stronger” Instructor says after today's lessons end. I give a nod as I think about one day avenging my family and destroying the Snowreaper clan. I wish to be strong to bring back the honor to the Starbright name. Two years of training is not enough I need to be stronger.
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A/N: Its finally done now I really hate tables. Its over 3k words thats a new record on all my ffs. I really hope everyone likes it.
If you have any skills you wish to be seen in this story let me know it just might work for a character. But now comes the fun part posting this on DA with the tables...I might have to screenshot them and work from there.
And just so you know in the beginning Astrea was dreaming.
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Links to what the char looks like:
Rei (Astrea's Dad) / Kol / Cima (when Astrea first sees her) / Cima's Fenrir Form / Kali (Astrea's mom) / Aidia (when Astrea sees her)