Casterwill Townhouse - Venice, Italy
"Raypulse!" shouted Den, purposefully missing Cathy by a few centimetres.
Cathy, Harrison, and Den were in the training room in the Townhouse practising. Sophie was in her study a few rooms away. Lok and Zhalia on the other hand were out in official business for the Foundation. He left the brothers specifically assigned to the task of helping Cathy train.
"Boltflare!" pronounced Cathy carefully, hoping that something would finally happen. But no ball of magical light appeared in her hand, giving her something to throw back at Den and Harrison who - upon her request - were attacking her with all they got.
"We can stop if yo-" tried to say Harrison.
"Shut up and hit me." replied Cathy, threatening.
The boys would have joked about the sentence if they weren't scared of her reaction to any comment. Due to a moment of illumination, Harrison had an idea. He pointed his hand carefully at Cathy's sweatpants and muttered boltflare. A ball of very hot light travelled through the air, setting the bottom part of her pants on fire.
As she smelt burning cloth, she quickly jumped and tried to put the fire out. Looking back at Harrison with a thirst for blood, Cathy pointed her hand and said again "boltflare". While not perfect, a small sparkle jumped from her palm, creating a tiny ball of fire she threw at his hair.
"See?" put Den "You can do i-"
At that moment, he noticed a similar ball of fire coming in his way. He was able to dodge it just in time.
"That's for trying to set my pants on fire." she accused "And this?"
A new ball of fire, bigger than the ones before, spawned in her hand, making her more threatening than before.
"This one is for fun." she said smirking. She threw the ball and, as it flew across the room, Den prepared his response.
"Augerfrost!" he said, throwing a ball of ice at the projectile.
As the two spells collided, Cathy's smile grew. She was now more comfortable using Boltflare and, if Lok kept his word, he'd soon teach her something more powerful.
"I guess you're now ready for the next part of our training." said Harrison, trying to put out the small flame in the hair of his forehead "What do you say we try to bring a titan or two into the mix?"
Cathy put her hand in the pocket and pulled Jirwolf's amulet out. She didn't try to evoke him again since the day she found out about the Seekers.
"Wow!" warned Den "Before you do that, I have a gift for you."
He approached Cathy and gave her an amulet of a Freelancer. The same amulet that Lok gave him the former year.
"I guess it is tradition to give the newbie this one." said Den as he handed the titan.
"But isn't it bonded with you?" asked Cathy "I thought a titan could only bond with one person at a time?"
"Well, you can give titans away if you want." explained Harrison "You have to release him from the bond. It is a bit complex, no one is completely sure how it works. But we did it right." he assured "I hope."
"What if you didn't?" asked Cathy, reluctant.
"Then I guess all of Venice is going to be turned into a big stain." joked Harrison.
Not sure if he was being serious, Cathy took the titan and felt the same warm feeling she had with Jirwolf. A vision of the titan being evoke in that very room filled her mind. And then a voice whispered in her ear.
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Huntik: Legacy of the Casterwill
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