TBATE - THE PRODIGY

Dreams

Alice Leywin's P.O.V.

I was flabbergasted at what Arthur had just done most 12-13 year olds found that hard, he did it with such ease that... I shouldn't be worrying this much but call it mother's instinct I know somethings wrong, Adam started blabbering nonsense like the old times, it felt good to be with Twin horns again.

Trisk was also quite interested in Arthur, although where she comes from they awaken at age of 8 or 9, this still is quite surprising to her.

The moment of happiness went away as soon as it came as I saw my son falling on his back, I went to him and he was unconscious.

"Arthur open your eyes, baby open them please" I pleaded

No answer.

Me and trisk started healing him immediately we noticed that his body only a little fatigued not much, we couldn't sense anything wrong, this worried me even more, everyone though this early awakening was a blessing but I was right from the first moment I knew it would only bring pain to my child I just knew it!

Arthur leywin's P.O.V.

"...that's all I can think of, this is even beyond my expertise"

"don't blame yourself you two it's probably because he awakened so early that this is happening, it's not Your fault"

I woke up and I was once again feeling a little weak and there was a ache in my core, not hurting but like a pinch.

My mom was relieved to see me wake up and hugged me so tightly that it felt like my bones broke.

"I am alright mom just getting used to magic is all don't worry" I assured.

"Arthur, no one falls asleep for more than a day like you did, although you only fell asleep for 5 hours this time but you are still fatigued, somethings not right" doctor trisk stated.

"You will not use mana until You are a bit older Art, all this is most definitely happening because of your early awakening, i know this may sound harsh and feel not right but you have to trust us, no one else wanted you to thrive as a mage more than us but this is necessary for your well being Art." My mother cried.

"it's alright mom I won't use magic until You say so please don't worry anymore"

I said, a smile came on my mother's face, she was happy for me to be understanding and not arguing with them, well this decision was only logical as I wanted them to be happy, that's the only thing I want.

After that twins went out for some work that they had to take care of, my Dad went along with them. I was at home with mom, she had gone to sleep as soon as she laid down, she had been healing me all night she would have been exhausted.

Now that I had some alone time, I started collecting my thoughts, was it really a good decision to not practice magic anymore, has the love and kindness made me soft, or is it the right decision, 100s of question crept up until I remembered something, the crater I had totally forgotten about it.

I went to see the crater and left a note behind at home that I was going out nearby for fresh air, I thought that night that it was something akin to a hallucination that I reached the tree which was around 150 meters from my house.

Upon arriving I saw that the tree was no more, the crater was even bigger than our house, I couldn't understand how was I able to do this much damage and be left unscathed, and now can't even do one spell without knocking myself out.

That's when it hit me, I did go soft after I came here but it wasn't necessarily a bad thing, just had to shift my perspective a bit, I needed to protect my parents, at all costs, I couldn't mess this up, for all I know this my last chance at a happy life I couldn't let some mugger or arrogant noble take it away by hurting my parents, I had to get stronger.

I sat down and closed my eyes and started to think of ways to get stronger, first I needed to figure out how I can practice magic without the drawbacks. First let's look at the problem, my body is not mature enough to do magic, the toll is just too heavy on my body, but it doesn't make sense, if this was the case I would feel pain not weakness, but I trusted the expert's advice. I then thought of meditating to see how mana works inside my body in a detailed manner. I reached for my core and pushed mana out, I made it travel all channels rapidly but with control, the mana layer on my body was much thicker now, I started increasing the speed, that's when I felt it, the fatigue increased, I don't how or where but, it wasn't because of my body, well half true.

What I discovered was that to compensate for my body's ineffectiveness my stamina or something akin to it was being consumed automatically, I don't know how this worked but now I was much closer to solving the problem but I was really tired and I didn't realize but it was already night so I decided to continue it in the morning.

I went home ate dinner and went to sleep after greeting everyone goodnight.

**

'it hurts, it hurts so damn much, FUCK! I need to get further away, come on Arthur'

I was near the tree again, wait again? what's going on, did I time travel or is this a dream.

My thoughts were interrupted by a blinding white light that enveloped me just like before only this time I didn't black out, it was like I was viewing myself in third person, at the first time around I thought the white light was mana and it was part of the awakening process, but this time I saw that the white light was lightning...

I remember it being thundering and raining that night but never remembered being hit by it! How does a three-year-old survive being hit by lightning, an adult ok slim chance but possible, but a three-year-old?

As I watched the scenario with more focus I saw that the mana inside me was overflowing as I remembered and giving me excruciating pain, but now I saw that it was as if my muscles were filled it with mana, they had so much mana that lightning strike made only small burn marks over my body, I saw closely and noticed that lightning traveled through the tree to me, well talk about the possibility of this situation ha. After the white light disappeared my burn marks healed up and I was in an epicenter of an explosion, I was unscathed, I was tired but breathing properly no more burn marks, I didn't understand many things like how I healed, where was the purple orb, a million questions.

But I knew what I had to do now; I didn't know if it was possible but I knew I had to try. I woke up late after a goodnights sleep, everyone was awake and happy to see me energized and "awake".

"I am going to head out and get wood for the fire place" I said suspiciously but no one suspected a three-year-old to lie.

"Alright but don't be too long son" my dad replied.

I went out and sprinted towards the crater, as soon as I reached I sat down and began the augmenting process, it was good maybe slight better than before, now for the tricky part, I tried to internalize the mana layer on the outside, It rejected as there was no space because of the muscles and the bones already occupying it, I don't know how but I had to do it, it was possible I saw it, slowly and steadily I kept trying again and again, after what seemed like a hundred tries I saw the first breakthrough, near my forearm some mana had infused in it, it was minuscule but was there definitely.

Soon it faded but I knew it made that part strong, I repeated this until a little more was covered there just to be sure, I realized that it wasn't just infusing with my muscles but my bones too and during this process it made a small humming sound only audible if tried to listen with focus.

My theory can work it was risky but it was my only chance as of now, I infuse my body with mana not only will it become stronger but my consumption of stamina will be stopped while using mana as my body will be able to take the toll, although the stamina consumption didn't make sense in the first place but I could worry about it after I have solved the problem.

Shit, I fucked up its almost been an hour since I left, my mom is going to kill me. As I returned home with some sticks in my hand my dad told me good job and tried to take me outside almost like trying to save me from mom.

"Arthur, I hope you are keeping your promise to not use mana until we say so"

"Of course mom" I lied, it was like someone squeezed the life out of my heart I never lied to her like this before but I calmed myself saying that I needed to do it for them I was doing it for them, no for us so no one can cause any problems to us, I didn't know much about this world but if it was anything like mine this was necessary. I HAD to get stronger.