forum Magic Controlled (One on one with @Starlight-I-Love-Magic!)

Started February 01, 2019 by @The-Magician group

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Arthur munched on some of it, swallowing he answered, "Agreed, the stars were always one of my favorite things about being out here."

"My mother once told me, when I was very young, that the stars tell stories to people who are lost or in the wild in order to keep them company." a gentle smile spread on his lips. It had been a while since he'd thought about his mother's odd comments. "Though I don't know if that's actually true, she is a human after all."

"might be" said Arthur, sighing as he turned his attention to the flames. Sighing he reached a hand into the flames, pulling it out again he was suddenly holding a fireball. Concentrating hard he kept the flames to his hand, shaping it to the shape of a star. Concentrating more he divided it in two, then four. stopping a moment you could see how hard he was focusing.

Soren gaped in horrified awe, he had never seen anyone shape stars out of fire. "They're beautiful.. how do you do that?"

The flames suddenly vanished from Arthur's hand as his concentration wavered. He sighed disappointedly. "My original powers were that of a fire elemental.." he said sadly,

"Your original? What happened to them?" He'd never heard of someone having powers that weren't the ones they were born with.

Arthur didn't answer instead pulling out his amulet, it was silver, set with a red gem. but the gem was cracked, and the crack seemed to be eminating a dark mist throughout the jewel. He reached over into the flames and began to try and manipulate them again. Sighing he gave up.

Soren gasped quietly, his eyes softening as he looked directly at Arthur. "Does this have to do with how you got stuck with Discordion?"

"Yup" said Arthur, "More or less"

"Do you want to talk about it?" he rubbed the back of his head. Soren wanted to know more about who Arthur was, something about the boy interested him.
What am I doing?! He is none of my business! Damn emotions..

Arthur shrugged, unsure of what to do right that moment.

"N-never mind then.." he sighed, resting his head on a tree behind him. "You're not the easiest person to talk to, you know that right?"

"I don't try to be difficult," said Arthur flopping back to look up at the stars.

"I'm sorry i didnt mean it in an offensive way." Soren mumbled, his stomach churning. "I'm not great with words alright.."

Arthur grinned, "I never took any offense though," he said. "I know I'm not exactly being open, I just, don't really know how to explain what happened, honestly I wish it never had…"

"I get it, you have a dark past that haunts you or whatever.. Do you need a hug?" He kicked himself for saying that. "I found that when my kid siblings were worried or they remembered bad things, a hug would always make them feel better."
Lord what am i doing.. Kill me now.. Im not used to being nice!!

"I'm good" said Arthur, "I just need to figure out a way to accept the power that I used to hurt so many people…"
That wasn't you and you know it..
Yes, it was, I could've stopped him,
He was too strong for you to fight alone!
I still could've fought harder…

"You didn't mean to hurt them, I know you're not that kind of person.." he stared intensely at Arthur, hugging his knees to his chest.

Arthur gave him a weak smile, "True, but it still happened,"

Seron sat in silence, listening to the sounds of nature, leaving the meat untouched.
I need to maintain focus if I want to master my power.. I need food…
He sank back into the shadow of the tree, vanishing from next to Arthur.

Arthur didn't notice that Soren had vanished, instead he was enveloped in the stars. I wonder what might've happened had I never encountered the Sabre. Maybe if I'd obeyed the Mikali elders…

Soren appeared in the darkness of the school's kitchen and instantly set to work on making himself a salad. He didn't need anything much more than that. He scooped up the plate, took a fork from the drawer, and turned to travel back through the shadow.
Hold it! You're outside, with a fire, what are you missing?
He rummaged through the cupboards and eventually found a large packet of marshmallows. Perfect!
He faded back into the shadows, food in hand, and reappeared next to Arthur with a satisfied grin.

Arthur looked up, surprise and confusion on his face. "What?"

"I have marshmallows!" he grinned wider, his eyes maniacal as he waved the packet in front of Arthur. He chucked them down and started attacking his salad. "I brought them because why have a fire in the forest with no marshmallows?"

Arthur raised an eyebrow as he sat up, "Do I even wanna know how you got that?" he asked reaching for one of the cold meat strips, figuring Soren wasn't gonna eat them.

"Shadow travel, to the school kitchen." he shrugged. He looked up at Arthur then glanced at the meat. "Oh, I'm sorry, I should have told you that I don't eat animal meat."

"No worries" said Arthur, "believe it or not I usually avoid it when I can, next time tell me! I could've tracked down some herbs instead" he laughed.

"I didn't want to be an inconvenience." Soren sighed, scooping the salad into his mouth. It had been a good few hours since he had eaten anything, and nothing satisfied him more than tomato juice. He quickly devoured the rest of the food, smiling happily.

"Oh well," said Arthur, "At least now we have my favourite delicacy!" he laughed pulling open the marshmallow bag.

"You actually like them?" Soren asked, completely dumbfounded.
I did something right?