Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

A Tale of Ice and Fire, Part 7

Time for some revelations!

Chapter 7: A Secret of Ancestry and Origins

Sector MG was released from the dungeon, but they were still unallowed to have their possessions back. The only exception was Phil's pills, allowing the little mouse to grow back into his human form.

"We will hold the trial first thing tomorrow morning." Janai told them. "But it must be completed by noon. By then, you are asked to leave our kingdom."

"We understand." Wendy bowed. "Where shall we be staying until then?"

"The best I can offer is a spare room in the servants' quarters. Might I first show you to our bathing rooms and buffet?"

"Heck YEAH!" Phil cheered.

"Phil!" Kiki shouted, reprimanding.

"Dude, we freakin' stink."

"...Yeah, we do."

The six kids had never felt more euphoric as the steaming waters of the royal bathhouse warmed their bodies. "Yesss... I am cleansed now. All my darkness is melting away." Romeo sighed.

"I'll never get used to my human body." Phil relished in the feel of the water on his bare skin. "Frickin' hate bein' a rat. So puny and pathetic."

"You couldn't have saved Romeo otherwise, Phil." Oliver replied.

"He only ended up being spared 'cause he cried his eyes out."

"Really?"

"PHIL!" Romeo flushed. "You said you wouldn't tell anyone!"

"No, I said, 'eekity-eekity eek, squeak squeak.'"

"Grah, I trusted you, bro!" Romeo grabbed him in a choke hold.

"Hey, lighten up, No Shirt!" Phil punched Romeo's stomach in resistance.

"It wasn't just Romeo you saved, Phil!" Wendy called from the other side of the gold barrier. "You saved Dr. Facilier's wand, too. I'm really grateful."

"I'm the one who stopped her from cutting it!" Maria shouted. "I've got an internal warrior's wound!"

"I know! I'm really grateful to you, too, Maria. Still, that would be a cool strategy for future missions. Your mouse form is more helpful than you think, Phil!"

"Yeah, but I still hate it!"

"But you're just so cute and holdable, Phil!" Kiki cooed.

"I'd like it better if you don't treat me like a rodent!"

"I'll let you snuggle with me tonight~"

"Okay, TMI." Maria said.

"Man, you guys suck." Phil retorted rhetorically. "Oh yeah... when I was spying on that priest guy, he seemed really into Ollie's wand."

"He was... 'into' my wand?"

"I mean he seemed interested in it, because of its Light Chi."

"The Mornstar is a sacred wand, right?" Wendy asked.

"Yeah. It was used by a legendary 'Wizard King' of Avalar."

During Oliver's second year of magic school, he volunteered to study abroad in Avalar's Ni no Kuni continent. One adventure led to another in Avalar, battling all kinds of monsters and doing errands for people as he honed his skills as a mage. Oliver would find a ring-topped wand with no power, but by finding three orbs meant to fit in it, he would complete the legendary wand, Mornstar, designed for powerful lightbending spells. But even though the wand made him famous in his own school, he wasn't really popular in the KND. Across other magic schools, he was one of the "Elite Trainees," alongside Sakura from Kiki's school or Aladdin from Magnostadt.