The Summoner's Mark (First Draft) (Book One)

An Unwelcome Stowaway

"Close the portal!" Sin roared towards the older male that stood beside the rift that would allow the creature that was after them to reach them once more.

Though Sin could tell that Sylris wanted to know what was going on that his student was shivering with fear; Sin was quite thankful that his instructor didn't waste any of their precious time before doing what he had screamed at him too do. Immediately, Sylris was pulling the mana that he was feeding into the portal away from it which started to allow the dimensional rift to close itself.

Now that Sylris had done what Sin had asked him to, he started to make his way towards his student. "Can you let me in on what is happening?" Sylris inquired of his student as he made his way across to the boy that was still visibly shaking from the experience that he had just endured.

Even with Sin hearing the words that his instructor had spoken; he didn't respond since his body still felt as if it were under attack and most likely wouldn't stop feeling like this until the portal closed. This feeling had kept his eyes glued to the shimmering rift which had allowed Sin to view what had happened next. Just as the portal had reached the halfway mark for its collapse; a creature like none that Sin had ever seen before came barreling through.

Upon staring at the creature that had made its way into Everia; Sin realized that his first assumption that this Fae was a canine one was in fact correct. This Fae was much larger than any canine that Sin had ever seen before and looked as if it could dwarf two full grown sized men if it stood on its hindlegs. The coloring of the creature was also unlike any that Sin had previously seen considering that almost the entirety of the canine's fur was made up of a crimson so dark that it reminded Sin of the blood that flowed through the veins of those that resided within his world, while the fur on the underbelly of the creature was pure black.

While Sin was scrutinizing the creature that stood in front of the now closed portal; he made the mistake of gazing into the creature's eyes. The glowing abyss that Sin stared into made him feel as if he was falling straight into hell itself.

This fear that Sin felt staring into the eyes of this Fae; was ten times worse than anything that he had ever experienced in his sixteen years of life. With this tidal wave of fear crashing over him; Sin let out a panicked yelp.

Sylris was slight befuddled by hearing this and since he could see that Sin had made this noise after sighting something behind him; Sylris was quickly turning back around. Once doing this, Sylris himself let out a small gasp though his was more from the shock of seeing the Fae that fear from it. Along with this gasp, Sylris allowed words to escape as well. "Hellhound..." Sylris muttered out as he took a few steps backwards. "...Sin stay where you are. These Fae are extremely dangerous, and I am wishing to know why we have one so close to our portal when their habitat isn't anywhere near our parts of the Faelands." Sylris explained as he moved his hand towards something that he held upon his neck.

From Sin's position, he was unable to see what Sylris had reached for though he was able to see the small tendrils of mana that was in the same shade of Sin's flicker into the world before the elven Mage. Moments after the mana entered the world; an image in the same design that Sin used to create the portal to the Faelands appeared in the air before the Mage.

Fearing that another wild Fae would somehow make its way into the world thanks to this new portal; Sin was just about to do something to stop his instructor's spell though before he could; Sylris called out one simple word. "Rasa!"

With this word, another form was pulled into the world of Everia and this one just like the Hellhound was one that caused a wave of fear to shiver down Sin's spine. Standing upon two legs, this Fae could tower over even the tallest orc that resided within this world and from the muscles that rippled under its skin; Sin knew that it could effortlessly tear a mortal in half. What was even more frightening for Sin was when he sighted the head of the creature which was that of a bull though unlike the animals of this world; this Fae had large canines that meant that it was a creature that devoured meat for sustenance.