The Haunted Short Stories [Open to requests]

The Mischevious Young Mage

               Fixing the bag on his back Grayson looked over at his two finds who walked beside him, he wasn't surprised to see Mia dropping behind as she grew tired as he did. Drake simply matched their pace and continue on beside them, his mind wandered off somewhere bored because of silence caused by his friends' tiredness. The noise of movement in the bushes catches the ex-commander's attention, Mia also hears this and looks towards it. Drake, drawn out of his trance steps next to his human friend, Grayson steps closer to the bushes and looking at Mia and than to Drake who nods towards him, he steps forward and in one movement parts the bushes.

              A ten-year-old boy looked up at him for a few seconds before jumping to his feet, "Hello!" he greets happily.

              "Your that guy that stole the Dragon egg aren't you!" the boy states looking closer at Grayson and in not giving him enough time to react he spins around and steps up to Mia so they were face to face. "And you the elf! The one that escaped from the Emperor himself!" with a short pause he adds "Most people that live within the empire are terrified of you lot, " forgetting personal space once again he goes up to Drake "Especially you, " with less of a tolerance as the other two the endermen hybrid step away from the kid who only steps forward again. After this happens twice Drake decides to stand still.

                  Noticing how Drake was growing uncomfortable Mia draws the boys attention to herself asking "What's your name?" lucky it worked and he turned to the elf and answered saying his name was Mike.

                    "Alright, Mike what are you doing out here?" Grayson asks next.

                     The boy looked towards him and smiled mischievously at the blonde, "I was told to come and find you!" he answers then adds "I'm one of the Emperor's right-hand men, after all as you all know mages are hard to find nowadays." Stepping around Grayson, he continues "Now I know you aren't going to let me go, and because I was told to make you defenseless, he did, however, wanted his soldiers not to kill you, Grayson, so guess I'll leave you be" there was a flash of light, and when it seceded the boy was gone.

              Drake quickly recognized it as transformation spell, he looked up at his two friends to find a blond fur cat who had pink tipped ears and tail. Grayson stood by her and looked over at Drake and began laughing, Drake, on the other hand, wasn't even slightly amused. Of all things the could have changed him into it had to be one of the small-scaled reptiles that he despised. Of all things why a lizard!? What was he supposed to do as a Lizard?! What can an inch tall scaled creature even do? "This is not funny!" Drake yelled at Grayson.

                "Oh, my gods Drake your so small!" Mia commented.

                 "I need to reverse the spell immediately, " Drake says in an attempt to change the subject.

                  "How does it feel being so small?" Grayson asks fighting back his laughter.

                    "It's not even the part that I'm small that is bothering, of all the creatures he could have picked to turn me into he picks the one animal that creeps me out, " Drake answers realizing they weren't going to give up easily until he answered them.

                      "You're afraid of Lizards!?" Mia asks as Grayson pulled over Drake's bag that fell to the ground when they got changed.

                        "I'm not scared of them!" Drake says back and after a pause, he adds "Their just creepy, " this made Mia laugh slightly.

                           "To be fair they did take over your house." Grayson adds then asks "now what do you need me to do?"
                         
                           Drake explains that there is a simple spell in the back of the small notebook, a spell which even someone who isn't a spell can perform. So once Grayson used his mage friend's supplies to write and sigil on the ground and Drake explained the last stepped to him he thought it was going to be simple. But as always it was never that simple, mercenaries surrounded them, and the simple incantation seemed to be impossible. The words on the page of the notebook seemed illegible in its foreign language, however, he is able to read it just in time as the Mercenaries got closer a flash of light made them stop in their tracks. Mia and Drake were back to their normal appearances, Drake looked down at his hands for a moment before using his magic to teleport him and his two friends hundreds miles away.

                      Unlike his two friends, Drake stays on his feet were Mia and Grayson landed on the ground, with a sigh Grayson lays back "I'm going to bed, " Mia giggled and laid down also. Drake smiles his two friends who surprisingly were both asleep in minutes. Feeling something brush against his leg he looks down and comes short to kicking a small lizard, he sighs and crouches down and picks it by its tail. It struggles to try to get free as Drake watched for a few moments "Am I really scared of these things?" he questions himself.