The One I Love (BoyxBoy) - ON HOLD

Chapter V

Lucas

As I lay in bed and listen to 'Dynasty' by Miia I watch The aesthetic sunrise decorate the morning sky in glorious colors. It has always amazed me how one streak of white light can give rise to such a large array of colors. The week went by really fast, I haven't even gotten to hang out much with Duncan since our time at McDonalds. To be honest, that evening I spent with him was... Surprisingly fun.

After he dropped me off at home I told the Zalots about my day over dinner, of which I didn't really eat much, then I went upstairs where I got ready for bed and quickly went to sleep. Now it's a quarter to six in the morning and I'm unable to go back to sleep. Deciding I won't waste anymore time doing nothing, I get up and walk over to my bookshelf where I pull out a particular book, revealing a hidden compartment behind the shelf. From it I pull out a huge book with leather covers and ancient pages. On the front cover is a symbol of my family's crest, a black dragon encased in a white pentagram. This is my family's gremoir. The Zalots have kept it for my parents incase something ever happened to them.

I place the book on my desk and begin flipping through the pages until I find the one I'm looking for. On the page is a picture of the moon and what looks like a man moving it with telekinesis. Beneath the image is some instructions written in English followed by a spell written in Latin.

I found this spell a few weeks ago while skimming through the gremoir, I figured it would be perfect for what I have in mind.

Since the moon itself has immense power it will be impossible to move it using regular telekinesis; but what I found out is that there's a technique used by the old religion that allows the user to fully control the moon and its powers, this technique is called Lunar-telekinesis. When I first tried the spell I didn't know what I could practice it on that had similar properties as the moon. That's when I realized I could use moon stones. At first I tried using a moon stone the size of a marble and that alone took me three days until I could control it. Eventually I got better at using the technique, the last moon stone I used was the size of a soccer ball and even that took me a long time to move.

This time I'm going to try moving one even bigger. I keep my eyes trained on the floor of my bedroom, I picture a huge grey rock filled with holes appearing right in front of me. I imagine the feeling of the immense energy radiating from it and in the blink of an eye a huge moon stone, the size of a coyote, appears on my bedroom floor. Now that I have my rock I can start practicing.

I take in one deep breath and clear my mind, picturing the energy of the moon stone flowing through me and obeying my will I quietly shout, "Luna ut fulsi sic perspicuus in nox noctis Vadom Pareo vox in meus vires"

At first nothing happens, then I feel a burst of energy rush through me but it goes as quick as it came, leaving me weaker than I was before.

I forgot to mention that this spell has a side effect. Using this spell is a like a tug-o-war of power between the user and the moon; if I'm not strong enough then the moon stone will take away some of my mana, possibly all.

I try once more but the same thing happens, and since this moon stone is bigger it takes more power from me. If I keep this up I'll end up powerless before the next full moon.

Suddenly I get an idea. I step back from the moon stone then summon two more, but these are soccer ball sized. Since I can already control these maybe I can use their power to charge mine. I aim each of my hands at one of the stones, and do exactly what I do with the bigger one. This time, instead of the burst of energy going away, it continues to build up inside me until all the power from the moon stones are gone. Now that I am recharged I snap my fingers twice and the two moon stones disappear and are replaced by four more fully charged moon stones of the same size. Once again I aim my hands at them and repeat the process, the energy rushes through my body and before it's done I direct all my power at the huge moon stone, trying my hardest to control it. I can already feel some of the large moon stone's energy being pulled out. As the tugging goes on I summon more and more moon stones and absorb their power. The large moon stone begins to rattle a bit and I almost absorb all its power when a blast of energy knocks me to the ground, breaking my concentration. I get up and look around the room, there must be over fifty moon stones on the ground. All except the large one are empty of power. I hear some foot steps outside my room and I quickly snap my fingers and all the stones disappear.