(A/N: Dedicated to KimSparling2, a Great friend of mine.)
I turned around and took a defensive stance. I blocked the blade Velicity had swung at me with my blade in my right hand, while force was gathering up in the palm of my left. I uttered a quick Power Word: Force. Velicity went flying and stopped when she hit the barrier, about 5 steps away. I sheathed my sword and snapped my fingers.
An onyx portal about a quarter of a step wide appeared, and out of the portal, a white, yellow runed staff with purple tips hovered out. In a second, the beautifully crafted artifact hovered before me. I took it and started to hover in the air. The quartz orb on top was flickering, preparing to change at my command. Forme one. "Let's see how you handle my minions." I said, and the quartz changed.
The orb now was a beautifully dark green, and in the depths of it, I saw creatures stirring. I pointed the staff at the ground and activated it. A dark green lightning erupting from the orb hit the ground, and from it's wake, pseudo dragon shadows appeared. They spotted Velicity and started crawling to her.
Velicity swung her blade, but, realizing they where incorporeal, she instead snapped her fingers, and summoned a host of magic missiles. They slowly flew around her head, about a hand away from her face, waiting for a command...
She pointed at the shadows and the missiles flew at the dragons, dispersing them. "Impressive," I remarked, " let's see how you handle this." The orb changed to a milky white filled with electricity. I pointed the staff at Velicity and lightning flew at her. She quickly counterspelled my attack and sent it hurtling back.
As I was hit, I lost grip on my staff and dropped it, it immediately turning into dust in a second, returning to it's storage. I dropped to floor, landing on my feet.
Forme two! I held out my hand and a beam of energy sprang out. It was a manifestation of one of my breath weapon; my native one. I am a Morpheus Draen, and those are born with attacks in the form of energy, bending them into blades, cones, lines, missiles and protecting domes, which envelopes them into an orb of pure energy. They can also learn new breath weapons and shape them the same way.
The blade resembled a longsword. It was a shade of blue resembling the sky and was decorated with black runes.
I charged at Velicity and, even though she blocked, the blade passed through sword and armor, damaging Velicity. She winced as the blade disappeared, leaving a scorch mark on her shoulder.
The blade disappeared, and in the time it took to resummon it, Velicity shouted a few arcane words while slashing me across my head.
The blade went ethereal as she finished her chant and, as it passed through my head, I got disoriented. "That's for searing my shoulder!" Velicity said, fuming.
Forme three!
While running from Velicity to buy me some time, I started chanting: "They who where both kin to wyrm and the races of changeling with the power to soar through the clouds! "I got shrouded instantly, protecting me from attacks. I rose to a height of about 10 steps and roared a battle cry.
My scales where pure shadow. My draco fundimentalis was charging up and I selected my primary breath;
Energy. I fired missile after missile at Velicity, with her dodging. She cast a quick Paralyzing Bolt spell at me and it hit me square in the chest. You won. I told mentally and she started to cheer. I returned to human form and shook her hand.
"Congratulations. You are now a full-fledged Thyan mage."
END OF FLASBACK.
"Ok Legio, your training is over. Time for you to get some experience."
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