Secrets Of A Summoner

Chapter 4

A group of people was standing in a line behind what seemed to be a small altar they are wearing black robes and their hoods cloaking their faces almost as if they had a black veil over them, they said nothing all they did was stare at as the children looked to each other, some had very big smiles and very giggly faces, some looked as if they where gonna be sacrificed, the looks on their faces all changed as they piled into the seats in the very front of the crowd. Vita and Jayce looked straight ahead they knew what this day was and what it meant. It is a right of passage to the destiny that awaits every child.  Everyone may have frowned upon Jayce's parents for taking in the girl who is rumored to be marked with the reaper's symbol, the symbol that only brings death. Vita finally looked around once everyone has been seated. In the front stood one person, he was wearing a white robe unlike everyone else around, it had stitching that looked like symbols of ancient writing that were sewn into the edges of the fabric, it was very well crafted by  their very best crafting guild, it is specific for the one who is to bless the next generations of wizards and witches and the one who has helped kings and Queens in the past, his age shown by the very long beard and white hair that fell over his shoulders showing his wrinkled blue eye's.

First were twins Marcus and Karma, everyone called them the twins because even though they were one boy and one girl their eyes and hair even the nose were identical, they had one gold eye and the other was a sky blue color. " Karma and Marcus, rise and take your place in the stand, and bless us, show us what great powers are dormant within you"........ They were given 2 eggs, both eggs were White as the winter snow when the sun shines brightly on them they reflect the light almost as if the shell was made of small crystals, the Prophet spoke few incantations and both children had to place their hands on the eggs to see what Familiar was gonna be born to protect them for life. As the eggs glowed whiter and whiter like a light was emitting from inside them, all of a sudden the air got filled with the scent of wildflowers, and a deep mossy scent filled the air as the eggs cracked slowly. Once the eggs completely cracked the light stopped and the twins had what looked like tiger stripes covering a corner of their palms and up to their wrist like small bracelet's, everyone was quietly watching as two white albino tiger cubs sat inside the half-cracked eggs staring up at Marcus and Karma. The two cubs took a step out of the shells as the twins crouched in front of them to complete the contract they had to place their hands over the heads of the tigers, the prophet spoke " these 2 were chosen to be the guardians, the right and the left hand of the destined young one, they will forever be a part of his/her life" said the prophet as he bowed to the twins. The line was the same with each kid, they had a familiar and each familiar basically represented who they will be in life and what kind of magic they will be taught. Vita and Jayce were up next they both took a step up onto the altar, Vita had a stern look in her eyes you could swear that if looks could killed Vita's would destroy anyone, Jayce was a trembling mess as if earthquakes were shooting through his body constantly but his eyes showed something else, it wasn't the fear that shook his body but something unexplained. Vita's egg was first it looked like a plain egg, but as soon as she placed her hand on it the egg started emitting a dark mist that looked like it ate the light itself, that's when everyone started to murmur and whisper, Jayce took her free hand as the egg turned pitch black and any light that touched it vanished, white carvings began to cover the egg they were the only light that was visible on the egg. The egg starts cracking perfectly all around in the middle as the black mist kept pouring out of the egg, in all the darkness of the mist a light yellow glow start emitting from the center as the familiar  slowly opened its eyes, the eyes had slit like a snake but were wider and more visible. No one spoke, the silence fell like a blanket over everyone as they carefully watched the black mist that still pours out of the egg , the figure never budge. The silence was broken by the elder wizard, he placed Jayce's egg in front of him, the egg was plain as can be similar to Vita's but just slightly different, the whispering picked up again and Jayce's father walked up to the prophet... more whispering. Jayce didn't hesitate he wasn't about to let people judge Vita for how she was born, placing his palm against the egg, white smoke began to flow out from under his palm and golden engravings started to form around the egg, the egg becoming white as the winter snow shining brightly, even brighter than the sun forcing everyone to shield their eyes. The egg cracked perfectly around the middle like Vita's. The atmosphere was heavier now, all eyes staring at them and the 2 eggs that were shrouded in mist one as black as a moonless night the other as white as freshly fallen snow, all that was visible from the bright white and golden egg were pitch black eyes with the slits white matching the mist. Everyone was whispering but one word was herd over the muttering of the crowd that made Jayce and Vita turn and look, the old mage had dropped his hoodie and stared in awe as there was movement from both familiars, there was very low growling noise but then as if the familiars where in sync, as the small figures began to move something started to spread out expanding outwards slowly clearing the mists, a loud gasp came from the entire crowd as the old mage spoke out "never in my lifetime have there ever been 2 not even in the history of our ancestors" then silence before Jayce's father broke the silence that had blanketed the on lookers once more, "Dragons!"

Jayce and Vita looked down at the 2 dragons as they gawked at one another before looking down to their familiars, they took a step closer to them, instinctively the children placed there hands on the dragons and a burning sensation that only grew more and more as there pact with their familiar was made absolute. The only difference was that when the 2 marks were placed together they completed the magic circle that had burned into their palms. Jayce's father ran to them and the dragons turned standing guard in front of them but they stayed still reading the children's mind, the prophet quietly walked to them and spoke " you two are destined in what way I have no idea, the magic world is balanced between you two now if anything happens it is up to the two of you to defend magic." the prophet told them as he placed his hands over their head, Jayce dropped to the floor while Vita watched, and before Jayce completely blacked out he heard his dad's voice, " you will live a normal life when you are of age you will learn everything again till then, live a normal life".....