The Impish Mage Season 1

Chapter 24: Loo Loo Land Part 1

Years Ago:

One night at the Goetia Mansion, Stolas and Stella are sleeping in their bed.

Soon, they hear a voice of a little girl, sounding like Octavia, screaming, "Mummy! Daddyyyy!"

Stolas is roused from his sleep.

He turns to Stella who has most of the blanket, and says, sleepily, "Mmph. Via's calling us, Stella."

Stella groans in annoyance and says, "You get up."

Stolas sighs and gets out of bed. He enters Octavia's room, "Via? What troubles you, my owlet?"

And looks to see his daughter is hiding under the covers.

Sobbing, Octavia peeks out of the covers, "Daddy! Daddy!" and climbs down the bed.

When she was a child her hair was short with light gray and white tips, and her hands were completely black. She wore a similar dress, pink with white stars on it but with puffy white sleeves.

Once off the bed, Octavia runs to her daddy sobbing, "I had a dream! A really bad dream!" and Stolas hoists her up in his arms.

Stolas yawns and wipes away Octavia's tears, correcting her. A nightmare.

"I was looking all over the palace, and... I couldn't find you anywhere!" Octaiva explains, sobbing. Then hugs her dad, "You weren't there!"

Stolas then rubs Octavia on the back comfortingly, "There there, Via, it's okay. You're okay."

Stolas summons his grimoire to him telekinetically as he walks Octavia back to bed.

"When you're scared, and you don't know where I am, you must remember..." Stolas sits as he sits down and the grimoire floats over to him.

He telekinetically flips it open, "No matter what happens to me, I will never be far away... from my special little starfire."

Stolas:

It always seems more quiet in the dark

Stolas then opens the portal above them. Octavia looks up in awe of the beauty of space through the portal.

Stolas:

It always feels so stark...

Then Stolas picks up Octavia and floats through the portal and into the cosmos.

Stolas:

How silence grows under the moon

Constellations gone so soon

And soon, Stolas lands on the barren moon.

Stolas:

I used to think that I was bold

Walking on the moon, Stolas leaves footprints in the dust.

Stolas:

I used to think love would be fun

Now all my stories have been told except for one

Then Stolas looks down at Octavia and she looks back with her curious eyes. Soon her gaze shifts to a bright pink glow to her side.

Stolas:

As the stars start to align

I hope you take it as a sign

Stolas and Octavia watch as a meteor begins its descent towards a giant, pink colored star.

Stolas: