Trials Of Fire and water 2: the travels of the outcast

day 11. day of studying and the fake broadcast

'Ciaran? Am I hearing you correctly, Do you want to?" and I looked at the two-legged wolf in the mirror with flames around him, or is this aura, and said "You acting like I'm the crazy one?" and he blinked and moved slightly and said "Your not crazy I just find that in a house that clearly gave you a reason to be suspicious, you want to start opening your books and show your weaknesses" and I looked at the mirror that was in front of a vanity, which honestly it seems this was room for a girl, but I wasn't complaining. He then glared at me, no more like stared at me as if he was trying to read me, and said "You want to get better?.." I scowled and said "It's not that I want to get better Nox, it's that in past years of battle I've won by the skin of my teeth I'm talented yes but I'm not skilled, Alexis and Gabriel are at this moment training in the very library that has the skills and knowledge and maybe even the very suits of regio and I  I got the basics of books, my barely connected family, judas, and what I can use...I need to up my game, and this point even though I've gone through my brain of realists, my ultra common sense, and the very logic that would otherwise call me a crazy loon...I can't find a reason not to use this opportunity to study so while we have a slight sense of "Good" "Clean" and "SAFETY", let's open some books and try to get better" and Nox just glared at me listening, staring blinking while I was talking I sat on the bed and looked into the vanity across in front of a TV and a radio and he was in there looking at me a white wolf with black cresent moon on its forehead and deep blue eyes and finally it said "and what will happen if someone attacks you and your in the middle of it?" and I said "Nox..the question is what will happen the next time and Im NOT trained.." and it just growled and grumbled at me but it wasnt a snarl, it was a sign I was winning. Finally, he blinked and nodded only once; I had won. "Very well, take the opportunity. But ..take my advice and lock your door" I nodded and soon after doing so, I grabbed my backpack and dumped its contents all over my bed, which were a few books, my wand, my alter box, and my knives. And I sighed "Never thought I'd be happy to grind" and I blinked and said..' I'm missing something my eyes looked back at the vanity and said "Nox..." and suddenly he once again appeared inside the mirror and said "What? I'm not going to help you study" and said "No..but do you want to come out?" he looked slightly at me like I caught him offguard and said "I mean usually I come out when there's a fight.." and I said "well there's no fight here the room is locked why not?" and I heard another growl come from him a sign that he was thinking then said "fine..if for no other reason than to guard you from this house" and said "ok hold on" I then climbed off the bed and pointed to the floor and that same spell came to me then I stopped and thought it over "that spell...It was the first time I used it" and Nox said "The means its your first spell to try" I nodded I closed my eyes and then separated my legs shoulder width apart and picked up my knife I was about to put my blade to my arm when I heard "No.." and I stopped and looked at the vanity and this time I didnt see him and I blanked "Nox?" and I heard "dont use your blood this time..this is your training, think CIaran if you get good enough then you wont need your blood to call on me" and I nodded and put my weapon away and said "NO blood? But the sigil caused for blood..." and Nox said "and what would happen if you broke that law with your training?" and I nodded and sighed and took a breath and pointed again at the floor and chanted the spell from before ""I call to you in the shadowy wood the dominant one is evil and good the winner is who I feed and see in your trials both are shown to me I give my spirit to the wild one the one who I sing this song I give power to keep me strong in exchange for protection all night long guardian of power given look for courage that helps me fight even when the goal is hidden" I was about to talk about the blood when I remembered that I didnt use blood so I just continued from my heart "As I summon thee, blessed be" As I call out, did the sigil glow again but not as vibrant, and it raised up but not as fast I held my self strong, energy flowing from me as I felt the pressure of the energy followed and when the gate opened  suddenly my eyes opened and they were glowing then they  rolled inside of my head and I fell to the floor, the room spinning like I had no energy the gate flickered and died and with a hard breath I climbed on my feet and Looked into the room and and it was dark of course it was night time but why did the light go out?" I walked through the dark and walked over to the light switch and as my hand touched the wall I was vaguely aware of the glow that created a shadow of my form and this made me curious. I turned from the wall and saw a massive giant wolf the size of a tiger colored white and glowing and my eyes widened "Nox?" he nodded the black crescent moon glowing slightly around it and his blue eyes turned on me and said "You summoned me without using blood..well done Ciaran" and I took a deep breath and said "but I'm weak why am I so weak?' and he floated down on the feet and looked at me and growled slightly and said "you're using the major of your power without your lineage when you use blood you use personal and astral power that makes it easier to summon use powerful spells..but when you ONLY use personal.. it's a lot more daunting" I nodded and breathed and climbed to my feet and said, "Well great now I can't study that's one spell?" He nodded "Now you see how much your magic costs...do you want to rest?" I sighed and said "No But I dont get it what is this about the levels that Judas was talking about then" Nox growled slightly and looked at me and said, "You think it was coincidence that Judas was giving you levels? You're only on level 3 since the Cyclops attack" I nodded and it growled at me and said "if you're going to practice magic you need to know the cost of fire spells, ice, spells, lightning spells, you throw these words and power around like they are toys but if you think the attacks in your relaxed state are costly to imagine them in battle you fought Biagio and it almost costed your lives not to ignore the fact that you pulled a void break from the bottom of your power but are you going to run at your opponents each time they attack to use "void break" you're going to get the bagio treatment and this time Judas was there to break you out of jail..what happens next time?" and I stopped because this hit home and I dropped on my tailbone and looked into nothing..was I that much a lucky shot? How can I fight Alexis Gabriel, my family.."Calm your thoughts Ciaran, it's not the end if you're gonna use this time to practice you need to get the real cost of what you're playing with your using the very power that forms tidal waves, create cyclones, destroys forest fires" and I sighed, and said "I think we have played long enough" I said cracking my knuckles. I felt fire in his eyes and in my heart and walked over to my bed and said "You're determined Caleb" I nodded and picked up a book called "The Spells of the Sorcerer" and I began to study..By the time someone knocked on my door maybe five hours later, I looked at my watch and it was nearly 10:00 at night I had practiced the main triad of magic, Tlov the lightning spell, Darhs the ice spell, and Erif the fire spell only I Used Viel this much was enough to get my adrenaline back my strength since these three magic spells were basic while the summoning of Nox had taken a lot more out of me. I was firing off orbs and bolts of fire and lightning and ice into my room that dissipated or hit the viel as soon as they leaped from my hand and Nox was watching me giving me the teaching. It was by this time that again someone was knocking of my door and it wasnt until I turned my music sliglht lower than I heard them I walked over to the door and opened it and cleo's cute ass was there watching me and she was curious about the sounds and the sudden senses going off and she smirked "Your training Caleb, but we have a place for that not in your room" and I nodded and said "Nah just some exercises I said and she surprising she was able to push me back and walked into my room and looked around and raised an eyebrow "your rooms a mess vbrantly the heat is in the room is raised, your bed is clearly where your studying" she aid picking u the book and she looked at it and said "your not just studying, your practicing " and I nodded "lets just say I take the time when I see it" anf she mooved her hair behind her ear and said "well take a break and come eat with the others its pork and and potatoes" and I thought this over.."how much?" and she giggled "free you dork how much do you expect to pay in a home?" and I looked s troubled and said "Free food?" and she stopped and said "are you telling me youve never had a free meal?" and I scowled slightly and said "I always had to pay for it I mean I always had money but Ive" and she clasped her hand on my shoudler and said "your not in a house..your in a home" and I nodded I'll be there I need to grab.." and turned and Nox had vanished and I was slightly shocked and said "something.." then I turned back and walked forward out the room where there were kids and young adults everywhere with plates and before long I had a plate of food in my hand and I walked around and I heard the..whats the term "tea?" I walked through the hallway it as browncheery homey cozy the list cointues to come as I was walking around the house and when I opened the door into the living room area the kids I ran into before were watching TV and I honestly didnt see what it was until I saw they were watching Crime & Investigation (European TV channel) and then it panned into the regio family, who were a recognized but very unknown mafia group and I was eating while we were watching and I couldnt help but see how the social circle went, I saw roxy, ruby doing each others hair while eating and Neo was hanging in the corner like I was but he was in a chair at the table, I was expecting more people by the tv kids liked watching while eating, but I did see people come and go through the room some stayed some went but ruby and roxy stayed and Neo was staying himself, but I bet you he was listening like I was, I'll admit I wasnt expecting info gathering on Alexis and Gabirel to be from a TV or a radio, but as long as its not first hand, thats when I eard something come on the radio I didnt expect to "Authorities are still on the lookout for the NIght family of europe, Ciaran willow night, Kaliya amber, and Setsuna maria due to the last notice a fire that burned down the estate Ciaran was thought to be executed by the church law however visuals say he was spotted in Padua and on the road to germany likely where theres a sighting that the regio family is to be held, some say the prodigal son is in cooperation with Alexis of the regio family after supposed investigations think that there was an altercation at the poolhall in italy, where the prodigal Son took out 7 armed man using major style kung fu he then walked with a dark skinned dark haired individuals through a portal out of the poolhall this very much can be connected to the ideal that ciaran and the rest of the night family is attached to the investigation of the magical artifacts that HItler and the restof the deathknights put together in the idealism of neonazism, and the world hatred of the neoxenophobia, in other news an investigation is still underway of a confrontation in russia between WOTR members and the member of the law and other Xenophobes and Neonazis and antisemitists..more on this in abit" and I sighed when I realized that all this was hearsay, they were close to my situation "but its good to know they'll be looking at germany but working with Alexis blegh." thats when I heard "The regio family doesnt need the vatican and germany is good for them as long as they dont look at us" and I looked up and realized I had said that out loud and I looked and Ruby was next to me and I said "huh?" and she stuck her tongue at me and said "you were thinking out loud" and I blushed slightly and said "sorry I tend to do that did you say the vatican city doesnt look for us?" and she nodded "Most of us came from places of worship or orphanages, sorcerers and sorcereresses come from special kids" and I blinked "special kids?" and She nodded "they say magic comes from the black sheep of the family usually under the events of adolescent heightened emotion stress and often become the target of violence, judgments, anger and fear. I came from an orphanage and went through the church then came here" and I nodded "I came from...about the same thing I was in an orphanage then came here" I think it was easy enough to hide my background and nodded to her "yeah.." and she nodded and said "you came from the same orphanage as judas?" and I widned my eyes and said "judas? How do you know Judas?" and SHe said "Judas is one of our guys I think hes in his room if you want to say hi" I nodded and before I got out RUby leaned in and kissed me on the cheek and I squirmed "what was that for?" and she said "just being friendly" and my hand reached out and scratched the back of my head and said "I-I'm gonna go find judas" and I moved like a bat outta hell Dropping the plate in the trash as I traveled up the stairs.