Lazarus: Lightning WItch

Part 6: Attunement

" So you hid from hell by allowing my ancestor to trap you in her staff. And somehow my dad's family has the perfect DNA for using demonic energy. So basically the Shadow family are one step down from being demons " Silas tried to rationalize the information he was just given 

" Yes " 

" what was that thing I said when you took over " Silas questioned 

" That was a hidden technique special to your family, your ancestors were so vain about family appearance that every technique they created they named after the family. " 

" Nightbane is there any more techniques " 

" Of course but you're not ready for any of them " 

" That's not true there's one he can do after one class " A female's voice 

A black leather book with gold lining and an amethyst at the center. 

" Ah Lazarus I see you've chosen to finally speak to the boy " 

  " There's a demon in the book too " 

"There are demons in everything your family has created except that amulet on your neck and a few other things " Lazarus spoke 

" What technique could he do " 

" Oh it's called Shadow Art: Shadow Assassins; it summons four shadow creatures that he could use as puppets " 

" That sounds cool " Silas voiced 

" Well, it's time for you to wake up, you don't have class until September so how about you train, so you'll be a prodigy like everyone else in your family " 

Silas crawled out of bed, he took a long, skin melting shower and got dressed in a translucent black short sleeve button up and ripped white jean as well as a pair of black leather ankle boots.

" This is your training outfit " Nightbane spoke 

" I can train in anything and I feel more comfortable in these boots " Silas responded 

Silas went back into the forests but this time he found himself standing on the shore of a large lake. 

" Ok, a really cool and useful skill is the ability to stand, walk or all-around move on unusual surfaces. to do so you must fill your feet with chi. You meditate right, focus on your feet think of them as a bowl and slowly fill them with water. " Nightbane instructed 

Silas made a triangle with his hands, closed his eyes and focus his mind on his feet; little by little he imagine his feet fill with energy. A tingling sensation swept over his feet that's when he knew he had accomplished the task. 

Silas started toward the lake, slowly as he walked on its borders. Silas felt no difference between the sand and the lake. An overwhelming sense of excitement washed over Silas making him feel like a god.  

Silas glided across the lake like an ice skater, graceful and precise. 

" Stop, next skill, this skill is called evocation, it's the manipulation of raw chi. Chi can be shaped into anything, you actually used it late night against Cyrus. Magic is like meditation imposing your will onto reality through concentration. 

The color of evocation is different for each witch, yours seems to be a dirty teal color. So focus on shaping that color into an object then we'll move on to the Shadow art technique. " Nightbane whispered in Silas's brain 

Silas filled his waist down with chi allowing him to sit on the water. He focused on the energy he used last night, he studied its feel, touch, and look to the point that it was all he could see. Then he shaped it into saw blades. 

The blades appeared three feet in front of him to disappear in a matter of seconds 

For the next week, Silas went back to the lake sat on the water and repeated the process over and over again.