Spirit Animal Ficlets

And Make It Double

Master Naj and Master Amail both stepped on the island. The magic switch flipped off instantly and Naj stumbled a bit. It had been three months since she survived her close encounter of almost becoming a Mag. She could feel magic flowing through her ever since. It thumped on her skin and danced in her veins. She didn't tell her husband, Tyson always worried while she went on missions. There was another thing she was hiding but it wasn't important right now.

Amail looked at her "Are you okay Naj?" She asked. The light master had been sent on the same mission and the two were closer like best friends.

Naj nodded as she stood up taller "Yeah, it just feels odd going back to not feeling magic constantly flow through me," she replied.

Amail raised and eyebrow "Oh."

Naj sighed and stared at the small bustling port "What's weird is magic never shuts off," she added. Amail nodded in agreement.

A man smiled at them as he approached "Najah! There you are!" He said. The man had tan skin and radiant blue eyes. The soon they realized his eyes weren't radiant blue but solid blue with no pupil or white space. He stopped in front of them "What are you doing by the docks? You know the barrier is impossible to exit," he said.

Naj raised an eyebrow "A barrier? Who are you?" She asked.

The man laughed as if this wasn't new "You minds and your short memories. I'm Dasen, the barrier is what keeps us echoes here on echo island," he explained. Ha grabbed Naj's hand "Now come on, the party is starting soon," be added.

Naj glanced over at Amail. The light master looked paler and vaguely see through. That's why he couldn't see her, she had turned herself invisible to him. They followed Dasen as he took Naj from the docks to a circle of stones. A bunch of people were there, all dancing and chatting like nothing was wrong. Their eyes were like Dasen's eyes but not all were blue. Others were Black, red, bronze, and other colors.

It dawned on Naj. She turned to Amail "He said they were echoes, do you know what those are?" She asked.

The light master shrugged a little "I've only read up on them a little but I never went into a full study," she replied.

Naj gestured to the party around them "Echoes are what happens when somebody escapes becoming a mag. They leave a trace of magic behind and creates a copy of the person. We were sent to Echo Island, the barrier keeps them calm and away from the rest from Asder," she explained.

Snail's eyes widened as if she realized something "When Dasen called you Najah, that must be the name your echo goes by," she whispered. If Naj's echo saw her then they were both in a lot of trouble.

Dasen showed back up "Who are you talking too Najah?" He asked.

Naj looked at him "Nobody, just to myself!" She replied.

The blue eyed Echo leered closer as if inspecting the master. He smiled again "Okay! Have fun!" He replied. The man vanished.

Naj grabbed Amail's wrist "Come on," she whispered. The two started making their way over to the general direction of the wat they came.

Naj felt the body of another person hit her. The both stepped back and Naj looked at the person's face. Her own stared back in confusion. Her eyes were pure bronze as widening it got closer "Why do you have my face?" She asked.

Naj stepped back "What do you mean? You have my face," She replied.

Najah leered closer "No! I have my face! You stole it!" She snapped.

Naj and Email screamed as the echo went to grab the mind master.

Najah missed as the look a like vanished. Dasen showed up with punch. Oblivious to what had happened.

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Amail and Naj were back to their boat. Neither had spoken since the escape. Amail kept staring at Naj. The mind master was puking into a bucket. As to why? Maybe seasickness? Stress?

The light master patted her friend's back "You okay Naj?" She asked.

The mind finished puking again and wiped her mouth "Baby," she said. Her stomach overtook her vocal cords again.

Amail's eyes widened "You're carrying a child?" She saod in surprise.

Naj nodded as she stopped puking. She grabbed her waterskin and took a long drink of water. Naj wiped her mouth "Found out two months ago, didn't want to alarm anybody yet," she said.

Amail smiled "That's great! But by the totems Naj you have been working really hard and you have a baby inside of you!" She fretted.

Naj puked into her bucket again as a response. Amail sighed and went back ro helping her friend again.