"Sir, I'm terribly sorry. Your son, he, seems to have talent for only water magic."

Hearing these words from an old woman, a middle aged man suddenly turns crestfallen and grimaces.

Ignoring the happenings around me, I start to awake and become aware of my own consciousness. Where am I? Who am I? I have no memories at all, yet I feel like I should. While having these thoughts, I feel gentle hands pick me up and hold me tightly. Soon in front of my eyes, I see a beautiful young woman. She possess fair dark skin that makes her vivid green eyes and fiery red hair stand out.

“It doesn’t matter what magic he has talent for. He’s still my son.” The woman's melodious voice sound in my ears. I see so she’s my mother.

“Fine. Then you can raise him yourself.” I hear the man disdainfully say. “I won’t have any relations with a useless water mage.”

“How can you say that? He’s your son!” The woman yells angrily. So the man’s my father. His eyes are a deep blue color with matching hair of the same color. He’s light skinned and by his frame he looks rather strong.

“I won’t have a useless son!” He yells angrily. He angrily rushes out of the room. He slammed the door causing it to form large cracks in the wood and send fragments flying.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you.” My mother whispers towards me. “If he doesn’t want to raise you then you won’t have to hold his name.” I feel water falling on my face. My mother starts sobbing letting her tears fall unhindered.

I can feel all of her tears dripping as they cascade down her face and onto mine. I don’t want anymore tears to fall.

Thinking this, something odd happened. The water droplets ceased falling. The droplets reflected the light causing them to appear as floating diamonds.

Seeing this, my mother gasped in surprise and quickly disperses the water. She stopped crying thankfully. She stares into my eyes almost like she is trying to see through my soul.

“You can already control water?” I hear her whisper. I stare at her unblinking. I can’t really answer her yet.

“We’ll leave. I’ll raise you myself.” My mother suddenly stands. She starts to fall but catches herself. “We don’t need that man. From now on you will be my only family.”

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Being carried through the hall, I see many people watching us. They seems to be looking at me with disdain. I hate that look.

“Stop! Where do you think you’re going?” I hear my father’s voice again. He seems to have discovered that my mother left the room and is not going to her room. He still sounds angry.

“I’m taking my son away from here. Like you said, I’ll raise him by myself!” My mother shouts. Hearing this, I see the man frown deeply.

“I can’t let you do that!” He yells angrily. “Stop her from leaving and kill that boy!” Hearing his shout, many men jump towards my mother and I.

With a quick wave of her hand, fire shoots towards the charging men. Many of them start screaming in pain as the flames char their skin. Taking this chance, my mother sprints out the door away from the house. I hear an angry yell from behind us.

My mother has been sprinting non-stop for awhile now. I can hear her breathing heavily. It seems that she’s almost at her limit. There are noises coming from behind us still. It looks like the pursuers are about to catch up.

A river appears in front of my mother. She’s now gasping for breath. She’s looking at the other riverbank trying to make a plan I think. The sounds are getting closer.

“It seems there’s only one way then,” My mother whispers while she starts kneeling down.

Twang!

I see an arrow pierce my mother's shoulder. She doesn’t cry out in pain though. She calmly places me into the river. “You are loved by the water gods, they will not injure you in this river.”

“Go and live a happy life, my son Azeal.” I hear my mom say before turning around and staring at her enemies. “Your mother will make sure no one harms you today.”

I watch as my mother moves her hands and fire spreads towards the men opposing her. However, I know she is too tired to stand for long.

It doesn’t take long for the men to overwhelm her. She is forced to kneel on the ground. I can see my father walk towards her. His shining silver armor depicts a flaming bird with a sword and staff in each claw.

He starts speaking to my mother. I can’t hear them since I’m slowly drifting away. Before I drift too far I watch as my father raises his sword. With a swing, he directly kills my mother.

I was just born. I didn’t even know my mother's name. Yet, she’s gone just like that….. I’ll kill him. The man who is my.. no he’s not my father. He is just the man who killed my mother. Nothing else. I will kill him and his entire family. That flaming bird with a sword and staff.

Drifting down the river, I feel the current start to pick up. However, the water doesn’t let me sink. Instead it feels like it’s hugging me closely protecting me from any harm. I’m tired.

Without anything else to keep me I awake, I fall asleep.

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“Oh? What is this?” An elderly man sitting near a river says. He sees something floating on top of the water. It’s a child!

“Why this isn’t something that happens everyday.” The man says to himself and waves his hand. At first nothing happens and then a surprised look appears on his face.

“I’ve never seen someone so loved by the water.” The man whispers to himself with wide eyes of curiosity and wonder as he gazes upon the young child. “This must be fate."

With gentle eyes, the man stares at the boy cradled carefully by the waters of the river. A gentle smile slowly appears on his face. "Don’t worry, child. I will take care of you and raise you as my own.” The elderly man softly states. After a few seconds, the baby starts to slowly drift towards him.

When the baby is finally in his reach, the man slowly grabs him. “Thank you for trusting me. I swear by my abilities as a water mage no harm will come to this child as long as I live.” He bows towards the river.  The river churns slightly seeming to accept his oath.

Taking the child away the man says “I shall raise you into becoming the strongest water mage the world has ever seen.”