The Summoner's Vendetta (First Draft) (Book Two)

The Beginning of a Storm

Wanting Exodus to have the same experience that he did when he had first claimed a Fae as his Familiar, Sin thought that it would be best to send him out into the Faelands on his own though considering how dangerous these lands were for those who couldn't defend themselves against them; he also thought that it would be best if Exodus had an escape plan if anything should happen.

Turning to look at one of his Familiars that he called into the world, Sin started speaking to the creature. "Soren, I want you to follow Exodus and intervene if something should happen that could cause him to get harmed." Sin instructed of the Griffin who immediately took to the air upon his Summoner finishing with his words.

Now that Sin had ensured that Exodus would make it out of the Faelands on his first trip within this world, Sin motioned for the other male to make his way out of their makeshift camp and into the new world that he had been brought into.

It was clear to Sin that since learning of the dangers that lay within this world that Exodus was nervous about travelling through the Faelands on his own and even with the added benefit of Soren, this fear was quite evident upon him. Though thankfully, Exodus eventually took his leave from the camp before Sin lost his patience with him.

The moment that Exodus had disappeared, Sin knew that something had to be done about the turmoil of emotions that were raging within him. Turning towards one of his other Familiars, Sin began to speak once more. "Myrin. Could you please perform another of your rituals upon me?" Sin questioned his Spriggan who quickly nodded her head at the request her Summoner had made.

Seeing that Myrin was going to do as he asked of her, Sin allowed himself to fall upon the ground and as he waited for his Familiar to perform the ritual; he could see flashes of violet pop into existence around him as his emotions started beat back the control that he had over them.

Before his emotions could gain complete control of him, Sin felt Myrin's hands fall upon his head and once more the tune that he had connected with weeks before; washed over him.

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The music that was being used to fill in the cracks of his mind eventually came to an end. When Sin opened his eyes, he could see that the sun had moved further away and while he couldn't be sure how much time had passed, he felt that only an hour could have passed at the most.

While he wished for Exodus to bond with a Fae on his own, he felt that the other male had been gone long enough and he was starting to worry for his friend's safety. Pushing himself to his feet, Sin was about to call for his Familiars to follow him when a piercing cry suddenly echoed through the Faelands.

Fearing that Exodus had fallen into some sort of trouble, Sin immediately flung himself in the direction that the sound had come from. Considering that he wasn't a natural born tracker, he thought that Inari would offer him a better way of finding the source than just relying upon his own hearing. "Inari! Help me locate the source of that sound!" Sin called out as he continued sprinting in the direction that the sound had originally come from.

The moment that the Kitsune heard the order that his Summoner had called out to him, the midnight black creature sprinted out ahead of him.

Seeing that his Familiar was heading in a slightly different area than he was originally going, Sin aimed himself more towards the right which brought him directly behind his Kitsune. Ahead of them was a blur of green and brown and while he couldn't be sure what he was staring at, he had an inkling which was only confirmed as he and his Familiars continued to push further in that direction.

A forest lined the area that Sin, and his Familiars were heading in and while he wished he could spare the time to enter with caution; his fear that something had happened to Exodus had caused him to throw every ounce of knowledge of the dangers that could lay within forests of the Faelands, out of his mind.

Inari bolted through the space that was between the trees and considering that he didn't want to lose his Familiar within this forest, Sin threw himself after the Kitsune. Due to both the shadows that the trees cast within the forest as well as Inari's darker coloring, Sin had slight difficulty spotting the creature though thanks to Inari's pure white eyes staring back at him as the Kitsune waited for his Summoner; Sin was able to begin the search once more.

Following Inari at a slower pace than he previously was using due to the many branches that would cause him harm if he ran full force into them, Sin eventually came upon his Kitsune which had fully stopped by then. Sin was just about to ask his Familiar if this was the place that they needed to be though before he could do so, the sounds of voices came flooding towards them.

"By the Elders, you are useless..." an unknown gendered voice snarled which was followed shortly by the sound of flesh hitting flesh. "...not only are you going to fail this test, but you are going to drag us down with you!"

Just like with the first statement, Sin was unable to tell the gender of the second speaker though he knew that they were different individuals due to the slight differences in the way that they pronounced their words. While Sin didn't know who these beings were, he did know one thing considering that they were able to enter the Faelands in the first place; these strangers were following the same path that he was and from the sounds of flesh hitting flesh that continued to ring through the forest, he knew that they were causing harm to another.

Even though there were many things that Sin didn't know about the situation and even though he could be walking into something that could end up with corpses littering the Faelands; he wasn't someone who was going to stand back and allow others to bully someone when there was something that he could have done to stop it.

Shifting a portion of Inari's elemental energy into his body, Sin began to form a blade within his hand while simultaneously speaking to his Familiars. "Inari. Myrin. Attack!"