Author's note: Respect your local
countries laws, if this type of story is forbidden for you to read. In later
installments there might be some Teen on Teen action of the male variety. If
you like this story or want to tell me what I did wrong please don't refrain
from sending an email to silverfirestorm@outlook.de .
Never repost any of my stories to other
sites either in your name or my name, I want to decide where to post on my own.
Now on to the story!
Also don't forget to donate to nifty for
keeping up this awesome archive! Without some help this site might not exist
anymore in a few years, who knows.
Whisked Away Chapter 4
Everything
looked like a movie set or some fan art on the internet. Carved stone and
limestone pillars lined the walls along with some paintings, presumably of
famous people. Not one crack could be seen anywhere as if someone really looked
after it, not like a ruinous castle somewhere in England. Whenever something
new or interesting appeared Davis wandered off to touch it just to make sure
all of it was real after all. The porous structure of the limestone pillars was
so fun to touch. "Do you live in this place? Are there dorms here?"
Gerrit
smiled. He remembered how he walked through Academia's halls in his first year.
Seeing that wonder in Davis's eyes made him feel a little bit nostalgic. "Almost
all of us live here but not everyone in dorms. Only the first to third years
do. After that we got two or three person bedrooms. Don't ask me how they had
this planned out. Some students that have homes in the nearby Capitol visit
there on a weekend. Other than that we have to wait for the end of a semester
to visit home."
Most
of the windows they had passed on the second floor only showed the courtyard
they were moving towards but as they finally stepped outside into sunshine high
above the southern main hall rose the spires of the Capitol. The main part of
the city was raised up on a plateau while the outskirts fanned out around it.
"This
place is crazy!" shouted Davis grabbing the intention of some students sitting
on stone benches nearby enjoying their free periods.
Of course
Davis stood out next to Gerrit. The Professor's apprentice wore the school's
sand colored uniform and dark brown light cloth pants. Davis's dirty white
shirt with yellow flashes and denim jeans looked unbelievably out of place. Two
girls nearby began whispering and giggling, trying to steal glances at the new
mysterious boy.
"Davis, let's
get under the shade of that tree over there." Gerrit pointed towards a big tree
with a round of benches under it's leafs. He specifically turned his back to
those two girls showing interest. "You said ninety thousand lived in Asheville?
How does it look there?"
The boy began
explaining his world to Gerrit. Telling him how Davis and Maron wanted to play
videogames. About the ride on the bicycle and the accident at the intersection.
This was a good way to talk about cars and motorcycles. Next he got sidetracked
talking how planes could transport people all over the planet.
"We got
something like your planes too. They are airships powered by sky crystals. Let
me tell you those dwarves are some crafty people. Somehow they found a way to use
them without a magician to focus them." Ever since he first saw one breaking
through the clouds Gerrit had wondered how such huge hunks of steel and wood were
able to fly through the sky.
"Now what do
you mean? I don't get this focus stuff." Like a curious dog Davis tilted his
head to the right.
"Ohhh yeah. You see my ring?" Gerrit raised his left hand to
show Davis. "That stone in there is an arcane crystal. To use my magic I need concentrate
on the world around me and focus that energy into the stone. Then I'm able to
manipulate those arcane or elemental energies and change stuff. Ms. Lia's
familiar was also able to use her healing magic, elfs
are really good at that."
Davis was
amazed. Elfs, Ogres, Dwarves with magic powered air
ships. Even though the boy was a bit worried about his family reporting him
missing he wanted to see what else this fantastical world had to offer. "You
got any idea how long I will be stuck here? Can you make one of those portals
again?"
The
red-head's face scrunched up a bit. "To be honest? No clue. This was the very
first time we even opened a portal. Whenever we tried before either nothing
happened or a festival cracker explosion went off."
Steps
from behind made the pair turn around. One of the two girls came over. She tucked
her blond hair behind a pointy ear. "Hiii. Are you a
new student? I've never seen you around." For Davis this was a first. In school
at home the girls were always picky who they talked to. Even though his best
friend didn't really look the part he was branded as nerd and in return Davis
was one too, guilt by association. Such a beautiful girl as this elf was never
would've talked to him.
"Oh
no" Davis blushed. Even though he was crushing hard for his best friends for
years now it was always cute that someone seemed interested. "I'm just visiting.
My dad is...eh..."
"His
dad is good friends with the Professor, that's why I'm showing Davis around."
Sometimes Gerrit was clumsy but no matter how often he fell down he never lost
his wits. Nobody had to know that Davis came from some different planet, as far
as Gerrit knew.
"Yes,
right. Gerrit was a nice tour guide so far. I'm sorry but I don't know how much
longer I'll stay." It surprised Davis that this girl seemed genuinely
disappointed to hear that.
The
elf looked down but then raised her face with an even brighter smile making her
deep blue eyes shine. "When you visit next time maybe we could go to Capitol? I
know a very cozy café near a nice park."
"I
mean...yeah if you want to. I just don't want to make any false promises, okay?
Who knows if I ever come visit again? But...sure! My name is Davis by the way."
He extended his hand with a smile, forgetting that Gerrit dropped his name a
minute ago.
"Eillia. Don't forget it until we meet again." After she
briefly shook hands with Davis Eillia returned to her
friend who immediately started whispering and hushing, wanting to know all the
details.
What
Davis didn't catch on during that small conversation was the fact that Gerrit
didn't seem too happy. "How long are you here now? About an hour and you
already got a girl asking you out."
Blushing
and laughing Davis averted his eyes to any stone he could find on the ground. "Thanks
for helping me out." As Gerrit had said Davis did arrive in this world only an
hour ago so he didn't know want them to know about his crush on Maron back
home. Davis didn't even knew if homosexuality was frowned upon or not. With
some countries on earth punishing gay people he chose to be careful rather than
reckless. "Who knows...maybe I'll take her up on that offer if I'm stuck for a
while."
"Yeah,
who knows?" To distract himself a bit Gerrit chose to manipulate the wind
around some fallen leafs. "You were surprised to hear about magic...that means
you don't do that where you are from."
"No
we don't. Could I try? I mean you said you needed your ring for that. It's not
like some magical wand or your cat choosing its owner, right?" Excitement
showed on Davis's face. His lower lip began to twitch and that twinkle in his
eyes returned.
Gerrit
thought about what could go wrong if Davis borrowed his ring for just a second.
"You..." he began but stopped. What if this boy had such a high magical aptitude
and couldn't control it? But what if he just couldn't do anything at all? The
risk seemed like a coin flip. "Why not, let's see how well you can do." The
ring slipped off effortlessly.
That
twitch in Davis's lower lip got even worse. It felt like all of those
butterflies Gerrit conjured earlier were now flying around in his head. Would
he be able to really do magic? With his shaky hands the boy put on the ring on
his hand.
"Now
listen." Gerrit was already relieved that there wasn't a big arcane explosion
or flying chunks of stone. "Close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Can
you feel the wind?"
Following
the orders Davis nodded affirmative.
"Imagine
the wind going around your hand or in a ball above it, whatever works best for
you. It might not work the first time so just take a deep breath and in your
minds eye catch the wind. Collect that breeze into the ring."
Even
if it sounded logical in his mind Davis looked stupid having his right hand
extended like that, focusing all of his thoughts on the silver ring. After some
minutes of nothing happening both boys were about to surrender but when his
breathing calmed for the last time, the stone began glowing blue. Immediately
Davis felt the change. It was felt like there was a little wind halo right
above the stone.
"Nice!
Don't lose your focus! Now the easiest thing to do is manipulating that wind.
Try to draw some circles around those leafs over there."
Not
losing focus was easier said then done when one was this excited. What also
wasn't easy was not going full force. As soon as Davis pointed at the leafs Gerrit mentioned a strong wind current blew
everything in a ten meter cone away. The boy was surprised.
"Damn
it Davis, you were supposed to make those leafs dance and not blow them away
like some storm." They both started to laugh at the mistake. "If you are stuck
here for a while maybe the Professor talks to the headmaster to let you go to
class with the first years. You'd look cute next to all those little kids."
Rather
not risking to blow Gerrit against a pillar or down some unseen cliff Davis
chose to strike back quite literally. "Don't you dare make fun of me, Mister Children
Birthday Magician without a ring."
"You
should give me the ring back before you blow up the whole school. I don't want
to get into any trouble. Just thinking about all that extra work makes me
shiver." Gerrit's ring was soon back in its place, sitting snug on the left
ring finger. A purple raven came swooping down, landing on Gerrit's shoulder
and began picking his head. "Ow. Stop it! You delivered your message, get
lost!" His hands were swiping at the raven to make it disappear again. "I guess
the Professor already returned. We should get back to his office."
"Can
we make a quick stop at the hospital? I forgot to take my bag with me."
Hohey, Davis can do magic. We will see about
him sitting with some of the first graders. I wonder if they would put him in
the group room or if one of the older students happens to get a new roommate
soon?
If you got some criticism or ideas or even
encouragement: This is your second remainder to send all of that to silverfirestorm@outlook.de .
In case you enjoyed this chapter maybe go
over to the Highschool section and take a
look at the "Fireworks Series".
Please stay safe my dear reader, wherever
you are!
SilverFirestorm ©2020