Once we got back to the house we opened the door and once we were both in Giovanni locked it from behind. I was so scared that my father would recognize me but he didn't, I still couldn't calm down. I paced the room over and over again until Giovanni went over to me and took me to a chair and sat me down, that didn't even help. My body still couldn't quit fidgeting. My leg bounced up and down. Then Giovanni put his hand on my leg and it stopped bouncing. I looked up at him with a calm expression and he looked at me and smiled. I smiled softly and nodded to show that I was okay now. He nodded back at me and then took his hand off of my leg. When he did that my leg didn't bounce anymore. I was better, but now that he did that my curiosity got to me. How was he doing that? He was about to move away until I took his hand and I felt that calmness rush through me. I took my hand away and it stopped. I looked at him and he looked at me with a raised brow.
"Marcus? What is the matter?"
I kept looking at him for a minute then I spoke.
"Giovanni, why do I get the feeling of calmness every time you touch me?"
He smiled then pulled up a chair right in front of me.
"That my dear Marcus is my power. You see every deamon has the ability to control a certain power. One may be able to control only one power but some can control more than one. I myself can control two of them. One is the power of calming and the other is the power of healing. But they come at a price. If I heal someone they will be healed but I will take the pain and make it my own. With the calming effect I feel what that person felt."
I looked at him and I started to get upset. I didn't know that he would take my feelings and make it his own. I looked down at my hands and started to wonder if I had any powers. I thought it over. Then again I also didn't want to know. The thought of having powers kind of scared me. So, I tossed it out of my mind for now. I looked back up at Giovanni and he was still smiling at me. Why was he so happy all the time? I mean every time I look at him or even glance at him he's always laughing or smiling. Don't get me wrong there was nothing wrong with that. I just wonder what makes him happy. I shrugged the thought away and then sat up and walked to the window and stared out of it. I smiled as I saw the water. I really like the look of the sea. It has a calming effect on me and I don't know why. I've always loved water. Even when I was a kid I still loved it. I hung my head out of the window and took in the smell of salt in the air. That's when I heard a crashing sound of water hitting the ring. There was no wind so I don't know why the waves were hitting it. Then all of a sudden I felt a sensation flow through me. It was like the feeling of water surrounding me. I saw something out of the corner of my eye and that's when I saw my hands. They were glowing a dark blue. My eyes widen and I just stared at them. I moved them and turned them and that's when I heard the crashing again. I looked at the water and then back at my hands and then grinned and moved my hand in a circle and the waves started to move in a circle as well. I was surprised that I could control water. This must be my power. The power of controlling water. I lifted my hand up and some of the water came up. It was in a bubble form. I observed it and smiled then I thought about if I could turn it to ice. I looked at it and it started to freeze! I was shocked that I could do this. I stared at it and then Giovanni touched my shoulder. I jumped and pushed my hand forward and the ice ball turned into sharp stakes and just flew out into the ocean. I saw this and looked back at my hand. It slowly stopped glowing that blue color and then I looked at Giovanni. And again he was smiling.
"Looks like you've figured out your power. You know controlling water is pretty cool. You're the only deamon that I know that can control that element."
I smiled and he patted my back and he went to his room. I heard some clattering and after a few minutes he came back with two mugs in his hands. I smiled and he extended a mug out to me and I took it and sniffed it. Immediately my fangs came out. I was thirsty and this time the mug didn't contain just blood. It had a fragrant of different kind of spices. And it was actually warm this time. I took a sip of it and just let the blood sit on my tongue. It tasted wonderful. I never thought that blood could taste this good. After a few seconds I swallowed it and then drank a bit more. The mug was now halfway empty. I sat down with it in my hand and started to drink more. I was so good. I wanted more, but I couldn't. I didn't want to get drunk again and wake up with another headache. As I was finishing the drink Giovanni sat down next to me and started to speak.
"Now Marcus. Since you've figured out how to write the demonic language I'm going to teach you how to speak it. It's kind of difficult but I know that you'll get the hang of it."
I looked at him and nodded. He got up and then went to his room and then came back out with a quill and paper and sat down next to me.
"Now, the first thing that you know is how to write the words. But not say them. Saying the demonic language is pretty tough but I'm sure that you can figure it out. I'm going to write it down again but this time I'll put how to say the letters."
I watched as Giovanni started to write down the alphabet and this time underneath the letters he put the pronunciation.
"Okay here is how it's pronounced. For A-O it's Oh. B-X is X, C-P=Pe, D-K=Kuk, E-Y=Ae, F-B=Bae, G-R=Ra, H-W=W, I-E=Eay, J-M=M, K-N=N, L-D=De, M-T=Te, N-F=Fe, O-A=Ah, P-H=Ha, Q-V=Fu, R-L=Lu, S-Z=Z, T-S=See, U-I=Ee, V-J=Fe, W-Q=Q, X-G=Ge, Y-U=Oo, Z-C=Ku."
I watched as he was finishing but I was still confused. I didn't know how I was going to ever learn this but I know that if I don't Giovanni will push it onto me even more. Once he was finished he handed the quill over to me and a different piece of paper.
"The first thing that you must remember is that you don't separate the pronunciation. You keep it all as one as if you were writing a word. I want you to write, "How are you?"
I nodded and then started to write down the lettering first. "Waq oly uai?"
I honestly didn't know what I was doing, but then again if also felt natural to me to do this. So, I kept at it.
"So if I'm getting this right, it's pronounced "Wahq ohluae ooahee"
I honestly didn't know if I was saying that right. I didn't know how to speak in deamon. I looked over at Giovanni and he smiled and nodded. I actually got it right. I smiled as well and then that's when he spoke.
"Now that you have the knowledge I want you to practice until you completely get it. Oh and writing the symbols will come later"
He slapped my back and then got up andwent to his room. Great. It was going to be another all nighter.
