Mountain, home Universe.
General POV
“Don't be so worried, the sooner it happens the better it will be for her.” Said a male voice over the sound of a moving carriage. “Besides, we got the best Aura master in the kingdom to do it.”
“I know, even though this is the third time we've done this It’s just always so nerve racking.” Said a female voice. “Can't we just wait until she’s a little older like we did the last time?”
“I know it makes you nervous but it's tradition.” Said the male. “Plus it's not just our child, if we back out then the Hydrills child won't be able to go through with it and that could ruin our relationship with them.”
“The whole point in doing this is so they will create a new clan that will help strengthen the kingdom. It doesn't matter how well our families get along, all that matters is if the kids get along.” The female said with venom in her voice.
“And— the kids getting along starts with this.” The male said as the carriage began to slow down.
Knock—Knock, “we have arrived Sir.Caeruleo.” A voice called out as the door to the carriage opened.
“Let's just get this over with.” Lady.Caeruleo said as she stepped out of the carriage holding a young child.
What lay before her was a marble path that gradually turned into a short set of stairs up to the tip of the snow covered mountain. At the top was a small marble platform with two waist high pedestals in the middle of the flatten land that used to be the tip of the mountain. Standing on the platform were six men, five of which were wearing long white religious robes with golden trimming. Standing on the edge of the platform was an older looking man overlooking the seemingly small mountain range below. He was wearing a shorter white robe with a red trim and a one handed katana sheath at his side.
When Lady. Caeruleo saw this man, a big smile formed on her face.
“Brother Iro!” the woman exclaimed. “I thought you had business at the capital and you were not going to come?”
“Oh, and miss my niece awakening?” Iro said as he turned around with a smile. “And as the head of our clan it's my job to watch over the future leaders of a new clan.”
“I know you don't need to start doing that until they turn ten, you just wanted an excuse to see them didn't you?” Lady. Caeruleo said while giving him a one arm hug.
“Come on now, Let me see her.” He said as he was handed the wrapped up child. “She looks just like you did when you were her age, she even has your green eyes, let's just hope she turns out prettier.” He said while looking at his sister with a mischievous smile on his face.
“Arg, don't say that to a one year old!” She said as she took the child back. “And I turned out beautiful, isn't that right honey.” she said, turning to face her husband.
“You're as gorgeous as a full bloom rose.” He said looking into her eyes.
“Cough-suck up-cough,” Iro said under his breath
“Anyway it looks like the Hydril family is here,” Iro said, looking over his sister's shoulder. “I guess it's time to get this show on the road.”
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Before Ceremony, Home Dimension
Clan leader Iro’s POV
After meeting my younger sister and seeing my new niece the Hydril family showed up. For some reason this annoyed my sister, but thankfully we were able to get through the formal meeting of our family’s without any trouble. After that the head priest took the two kids he placed them on the pedestals. The head priest was a man around my age wearing a blindingly white robe with overly engraved gold and jewels covering him. Despite the way he’s dressed, he is one of the most powerful Aura masters in the kingdom. I would know since I was his direct subordinate during the last major war, and even if I did not know he would be shore to tell me.
Head priest, “Hello I am Barbatus, Aureus, from the clan of Albus. I am the head priest appointed to make sure nothing goes wrong during this awakening section. I have over two hundred years of experience in the art of awakening and I am considered to be one of the most powerful Aura masters in the world. The four priests behind me are my personal assistants hand chosen by me. Before we begin, are there any questions or concerns you have?”
“Here we go again.” I heard my sister's husband say under his breath.
After around an hour of my sister asking the head priest the same five questions over and over again in different ways, she finally felt satisfied and allowed the ceremony to continue. A person awakens when they are able to metaphorically “grasp” their Aura.
There are three known ways a person can awaken their Aura. The first way is through deep meditation. This method is considered safe and reliable but is not guaranteed. The amount of time and dedication this method takes makes it unpopular.
The second method is through extreme stress and is unreliable to say the least. When someone is put under extreme stress, there is an extremely small chance that they will accidentally Awaken and use their Aura. This method is not reliable because even when someone does Awaken using this method they will most likely not even know about it and will lose their Awakening.
The Third way is known as forcing an Awakening. This is the most popular way in this kingdom. To force an Awakening is very simple, all you need to do is have someone who can control their Aura, and force it into the person you want to Awaken. If done correctly it will activate the person's Souls defenses and force the person to activate their Authority in self defense. Despite this being the most popular it's also considered to be the most dangerous. This is because if done incorrectly, you might accidentally break through a person's Aura and harm their soul.
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Ceremony, Home Dimension
Clan leader Iro’s POV
After my sister was done asking the head priest questions the ceremony could begin. Since I was not one of the kids parent’s or a priest I had to leave the marble platform and observe from the top of the staircase that led to the top of the mountain. The only reason I could even witness the kids' Awakening is because I somehow convinced both kids' parents. Normally doing that would be impossible since knowing someone’s Authority puts them at great risk. It puts people in such danger that even telling another person your theory of what someone's Authority is can give you the death sentence.
The priest decided to start with the child on his right, which was the Hydrill's boy. He does not have a name yet since it's traditional to only name your child after their awakening. I watched as the head priest began to probe the boy’s Aura, trying to find the best spot to force his Aura through. Then with a nod of his head his assistants surrounded the boy on all sides. As they all surrounded the boy, the Head Priest forced his Aura in and the boy's soul’s defenses were activated. The assistant priest began boosting the boy's Aura as his Authority started taking shape. The boys' Authority formed and the priest quickly stepped away.
Floating next to the boy was some sort of amorphous black shadow thing that seemed to be just a bit bigger than the boy himself. In front of the blob was a single very elegantly designed hand drum. The amorphous shadow then started beating the hand drum in a constant rhythm.
Bum—Bum—Bum—Bum
Bum—Bum—Bum—Bum
As the creature did this I could feel it was attacking everyone's Aura. With every beat of the drum it seemed to send out a wave of destructive force that was both physical and mental. Since the kid is only one year’s old he did not have a very strong Aura and would not be able to harm any of the adults. But it would be able to harm my niece if the pedestal she was laying on did not protect her. The boys' Authority was very persistent and kept drumming for 5 minutes straight. If the assistant priests were not constantly boosting his authority by feeding it their own Aura then I fear it would have kept going until he was completely drained. But at last it seemed to give up and faded back into the boy.
After a round of congratulations and boasting from the boy’s parents, it was finally time for my niece's Awakening.