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400 years ago, mankind discovered that magic was hidden in their blood. Powerful Mages, impressive shape shifters, agile and deadly Dark Assassins. At first the world was afraid of them; fearing normal people would be annihilated, a great war was started. Even though they had the ability to destroy humans a Magic Counsel was created and peace was offered. From that moment on Magical Beings or Magbei have been respected and praised for their powers. Now people with these special abilities are granted special places in society. Yet a great evil may put in danger this balance. Only the sacrifice and teamwork of a small group can stop it. . . . . . .
"Dylan!!" Ray said trying to wake up his still sleeping friend.
"Hey Dylan, are you planning on going to class today? You do know that today is your final right?
Remember?? The exam you are supposed to take to see if you can become a magician apprentice?
That snapped Dylan out of his sleep.
Is it possible that THAT test is today?? Dylan thought.
"That's today???" Asked a very panicked Dylan
Ray's only action was point out to Dylan's calendar right next to his bed. Dylan had marked a big red circle on the today's date: March the 22nd. And in even bigger red letters: FINAL EXAM 9:00 am!!
Next thing Dylan saw was the clock. 8:30am.
That is NOT GOOD!!!!!
"NO WAY!!" said Dylan while jumping out of bed and straight to the shower. Not before tripping into a box in his way. He face planted the floor.
"You ok?" Dylan asked
"Who put that stupid box in the middle of the way???" Dylan asked while rushing to the bathroom once again.
"Guilty as charged" said Ray while raising one hand in sign of guilt. "It's some of your stuff that was in my apartment. I thought if you passed today's important exam you may have to move to the academy."
Dylan stopped his bath for a second to think about that. Ray has been his best friend for over 6 years now. They did almost everything together. Even after discovering that Dylan was a Magbei. Heck they even stuck together after he found out that Dylan was gay. So separating from him was not something he was going to allow.
Dylan was so grateful that Ray was not some sort of homophobic guy. He was actually pretty good with it. Of course after making sure Dylan would never try to rape him in his sleep. Not that it wasn't such a bad idea. Ray was a good looking guy. Standing 5 foot 9 and tanned skin and short spiky blond hair. And those hazel eyes could melt you with one glance. But he was very straight and Dylan respected that.
"First of all, I'm not sure I'll even past the test. Second of all who said that we were going to go separate ways? I can always ask you as my assistant. That is IF you want the job." Dylan said while he was getting out of the shower
"Assistant?? An apprentice's assistant?? How does that work??" Clearly that was the first time Ray had even heard of that position.
"It doesn't mean that you will carry my books or utensils. Though, the idea is hysterical and very appealing." Dylan said right before he tripped again trying to put on his pants. "Ouch, running late definitely doesn't help my coordination!"
"Dude, stop falling down or you'll give yourself a head trauma!!" said Ray
"Anyway, like I was saying. One of the most important things for a mage and even for a mage apprentice, is a trusted friend and confident. This one in turn must learn to defend himself, that's why they train with the most skillful assassins. Of course they must also past a great test but considering that I have never beat you in hand to hand combat, you will have no problem," said Dylan just as he finished changing.
Ray was silent for a moment, and that confused Dylan.
"Do you really think that is possible?" Ray asked with looking away from Dylan and clearly shaken.
Dylan, almost ready, stopped and got closer to Ray.
"I'm positive about it. We have stuck together through many problems and obstacles, most certainly we will not let something like this separate this dynamic duo." Then he gave Ray a big hug.
"You are an awesome friend Dylan. Now go get ready you are already late. You have to go." Said Ray, removing a small tear that had fallen from his eye.
"I'M running late?? WE are running late!! You are coming with me!!!"
"Wait! Aren't these events only for family??" Ray asked confused.
"You are my family dummy. Remember I got nobody but you! They HAVE to let you in hahaha!! Let's go I'm ready!!" Dylan said grabbing a small book bag from his closet.
Needless to say, Ray was moved by Dylan's comment. He was really lucky to have a friend like him. Dylan had no family because his parents died in an accident many years ago. None of his parents were magical beings or the accident could have avoided. He met Dylan a few years after the accident. He was already independent. They met in a Martial arts class. Both he and Dylan were very talented in hand to hand combat. They both got very quickly to the first 2 places. Yet, Dylan had never been able to beat Ray.
"So because we are in a real hurry we may need to use a portal." Dylan said walking to towards the living room.
"I've never been in a portal before! " Ray said. Humans weren't really allowed to ride on one unless they were invited by someone with magical abilities, and Dylan never really used his abilities unless he really needed to or in his training sessions in which Ray helped once in a while. He trained mostly by himself.
Although he had the right for a tutor, he respectfully only asked for scrolls. He wanted to learn on his own. It required a lot of practice, but he figured out quickly and learned fast.
"Don't worry; it's very unlikely that we both end up inside a flaming volcano. Though the possibility is always there. You must let me make the spell right and stand right next to me in complete silence."
They walked to the main entry door. In there, Dylan stood looking at his feet in complete silence.
"He must be doing the spell in his mind" Ray thought, and made an extra effort to not even breathe.
Teleporting into a flaming volcano DID NOT sound good. That could ruin his whole day.
After a few seconds of complete silence Dylan started to silently laugh and then the laughter grew little by little. Ray understood then that Dylan was just messing with him.
"There is no spell right, smartass??"
"Hahahaha NO. but your nervousness is impossibly funny. There is no spell I just need to say where I want to go and turn the doorknob" And that's exactly what he did. After saying Royal Academy for the Gifted he turned the doorknob.
All of a sudden they were not outside the apartment but in a huge room that must be the lobby for the academy. The place was huge and exquisitely decorated. Big Curtains of different colors were on the wall. Each curtain had a different symbol on it.
"What are those?" Ray asked referring to the symbols on the curtains
"Each symbol represents one of the main 3 abilities. Mine is that one" Dylan said while pointing to a red curtain. The symbol consisted of a snake wrapped around what looked like a stone.
"Oh I've seen it before. What's with the snake and the stone?"
"I'll explain that later. Right now we have to get to the arena!" Dylan said pulling Ray from his shirt.
They rushed through the main lobby and through some hallways.
"Am I even allowed to be here? Dylan asked when he saw the faces of some people in the hallways.
"Not technically. But they will let you stay. Now hurry up we are almost there"
"Can't you do the same thing you did back at the apartment? The teleportation thingy?"
"Nope. Theres a spell over the academy that cancels all magic from like me. Many beginners cannot control their powers so they start blowing things up, or disappearing parts of their bodies. It's not a funny scene. So right now I'm as much as magical as you are hahaha. Here it is!!"
Dylan stood in front of the door, and froze there. His breathing started to accelerate and he could feel the adrenaline in his blood.
"Dude was wrong?" Ray asked a little bit worried for the sudden reaction.
"I'm afraid!"
"You have absolutely no reason to be afraid. You are awesome. I've seen you train. I've seen you fight. I know deep in my heart that you will beat anybody that stands in front of you, and still be the same guy that is my friend now. You can do this!!"
"That's exactly the reason that I needed you here!! Thanks Ray." Dylan said while getting hold of the doorknob
"Wait" Ray said "What am I going to see behind this door?"
"Pure awesomeness!!" . . . . . . . .
Dylan opened the door and entered a small room with 2 doors on each side and a glass window in front. The first thing you could feel was an intense heat coming from the glass. They walked closer to the window and were scared by an enormous tower of pure fire and at the same time someone spoke to them from behind.
"You are late!!"
They both jumped from the sudden presence of a man, very good looking and he seemed to be around 23. Well many masters had placed spells on themselves giving them long life and a very slow aging. So that age could easily be twice to what he looks like. He dressed in a red robe and with a small notebook with a list on it.
"I know Master Evans!! Im sorry! Did I miss my turn?" Dylan asked, clearly knowing the man.
"You are very lucky because you are next" Master Evan said while at the same time directing his attention to Ray. "Is he a family member?" Giving Ray a very ugly look.
"Not technically...."
"He's not allowed to be here!!"
"Look Master Evans I know what the rule says, but he is the only family I got. And you know how important support is for a Mage. That's what assistants are for. To help us, support us, and to be there for us. Please let him stay here."
"All right, get ready!! As soon as this fight is over it's your turn." The master said showing them the way through the left door.
"Thanks Master!" Dylan said. They both walked into the small room. There as a table in the middle and a few chairs. It also had a square in a wall where there was supposed to be a mirror
"That was a close one." Ray said after they had entered the room.
"I know right" Said Dylan with a small nervous laugh.
"You still nervous?"
"Yeah sorta but I feel better! Thanks for being such a good friend!"
"That's what I'm here for!" Ray said.
"Ok ok I have to get ready. I know the fight in the other side of this room is almost finishing. Even with the spell on I can still feel the fight. It must be pretty intense." He said while reaching for his backpack
"Yeah I could see that giant tower of fire. Was that a mage?"
"Most probable, but it requires a great amount of energy to create something like that. What most mages do is create a summon. Which is the same basic idea just easier!" Dylan said
"Interesting! Can you make any summons?"
"Some but not that powerful I still have to practice more" he said while taking even more weapons out of his bag. By now the table was almost full of weapons.
"Wow, how in the world did those things fit in that small backpack??"
"Haha it's a small trick I learned. It's a kind of space warp. Inside this bag there is almost infinite space. But I have full control over where everything is. It's tricky haha" Dylan said while taking out a huge maze out of the small bag.
"I see" Ray said amazed. "But why are you taking weapons out? I've never seen you fight with any weapon!"
"I've practiced a little bit with everyone but in this occasion I HAVE to use one. So I'm taking a katana.
It's easy to use with one hand so my other hand is free for spells."
"Get ready!!!" said a Master after appearing out of nowhere.
"Yeah I felt the battle coming to an end. I'm ready!" he said while moving to the door.
"Kick some butt!!!" Ray said with a thumb up. . . . . . . . . . .
Dylan's heart was racing while walking down the stairs that led to the arena. The place was an enormous dome. Some rocks and boulders were placed to make the place look kind of like a dessert. On the opposite side of where he was standing he could also see some stairs.
"That must be from where my opponent will come out." Dylan thought.
He didn't have to wait long to see if he was right. A door opened form the wall and out cam his opponent. Walking down the stairs was one of the most stunning looking guys ever. He seemed 5.8, dirty blonde with beautiful green eyes. His hairstyle was spiky. He was dressed in very light clothes, for greater movement.
"He must be a great fighter"
By this point they were already close. The opponent stood in front of Dylan and stretched his hand.
"Hey, I'm Kyle. You must be Dylan right?"
Dylan could only nod.
"I'll be your test for today. I'm supposed to tell you that you are today's last entry."
"Have you fought against the others too?" Dylan asked
"Haha no, just like 2. My brother did the others. Just be glad you got me, my brother is way more powerful."
In that moment a small light appeared above them. It was a dim white light.
"Well, that's our cue!!"
"Last match, Dylan Daniels, Mage Apprentice versus Kyle Bai, Mage. If the apprentice wins he shall wait for admission to the Academy after consideration from the Counsel." A voice spoke from the light.
"Good luck, I hope you pass. We are gonna have so much fun!" whispered Kyle giving Dylan a smile.
"3, 2, 1. START!!" . . . . . . .
Dylan unsheathed his sword ready for the attack from Kyle. Kyle reached over his belt and out of thin air drew two whips. Dylan could see in the tip of the whips some metal objects that looked like small knifes.
Kyle attacked with one of his whips. The speed of the attack was so fast that Dylan could barely dodge it.
In mid-dodge Dylan clearly saw the point of the whip, a small dagger change into a bigger curved knife. With a movement of his hand, Kyle changed the direction of the whip to continue the attack on Dylan. Using his sword, Dylan managed to stop the attack. The force of the impact was enough to send him flying a few meters in the air. When he landed, Dylan immediately started the counter attack.
"Levitate!!" Dylan shouted while stretching his hand to a big rock. The rock started levitating and Dylan waved the rock in Kyle's direction.
Using his second whip though, Kyle easily destroyed the rock. Dylan was prepared for it, so as soon as he threw the rock he started building up a plasma ball with one hand. When the debris of the rock faded away and he could see Kyle again, he threw it.
"He has 2 options, dodge or stop the ball with some shield or his weapon. As soon as he moves, that's my chance to get close" Dylan thought. Anticipating a close attack Dylan traced two fingers over the sword's blade and said : Shadow sword!!
Immediately the sword was surrounded by shadows that surrounded the swords blade and stuck firmly to it, creating a black blade.
Without even breaking a sweat, Kyle dodged the plasma ball even though he was really impressed that
Dylan could create a good plasma bolt with one hand in such a small amount of time.
Immediately after Kyle dodged the attack, Dylan jumped and swung his sword. That released a huge amount of shadows to come out of the sword.
Kyle did not expect that moved and quickly dodged. Not soon enough as the attacked managed to slightly cut Kyle's arm. When Dylan saw that his attacked had worked he started swinging his sword.
Sending even more shadow slashes towards Kyle.
"Protego!!" Kyle shouted putting his hand in front of him.
All of a sudden a bright yellow transparent dome appeared over Kyle protecting him from the attack.
Inside his shield Kyle placed the whips on the floor and placed his hands in front of him, closed his eyes and starting whispering t himself. He started to create a glowing ball in the middle of his hands.
Dylan had no idea what that ball was but he guessed that it was not good. He kneeled and touching the floor said:
"From the earth I will form you! You will be hard as stone! But fast as myself! I summon you, Earth Warrior!"
Slowly he raised himself up and the ground in front of him started to crumble and from stone a human figure started to rise, until it was standing side by side with Dylan.
"Get ready! Here it comes!" Dylan told the summon.
Just like Dylan predicted Kyle started to speak a little bit stronger.
"..... from the stars up high the power of the gods I will borrow. Though weak I shall do my best to honor thy power. "
"He is summoning an Orb!!I thought only a master could summon an Orb!" Dylan thought. "He used the shield to buy enough time to prepare the enchantment for the summon!"
"Time Orb!!!!" Kyle said.
A huge blast surged from the orb knocking both Dylan and his summon to the ground. Standing in front of them was Kyle, but in different clothing. He had a white clothes and his hair was white. Both whips were white now and they somehow glowed.
"Get ready Dylan!!" Kyle said before disappearing.
Out of thin air he appeared in between Dylan and the Earth summon. Dylan had just the right time to defend from his attack. The summon received most of the damage. Still they both survived the attack.
"Impressive very few people actually manage to resist that attack, and your summon did a great job too. Keep it up. " Kyle said before disappearing again.
"Ok he has the time orb which means he is moving way faster than normal, but that's not all he is also in the middle of space time. He won't resist such power for long."
"Summon, divide and protect!!" Dylan commanded, The summon ran towards him. "Stone Shield!!" He shouted and the summon just blew up into thousands of flying pebbles and started floating around him.
Just in time as Kyle reappeared. This time his attack was stopped by the stone shield and quickly returned by Dylan. With the shadows in his sword he manage to get a hold of Kyle's arm. Kyle tried to cut it off but the pebbles blocked the attack. It was as if the pebbles had a mind of their own.
"Of course the shield will protect, they are still the summon so it's intelligent." Kyle thought to himself.
Kyle immediately started attacking Dylan in combat. But Dylan was just as fast as he was. Blocking and evading each move. Dylan even used the stones to create a glove with which to hit Kyle.
Kyle was getting even more confused by the second How could he be as fast as him if he had the Time orb.
"Of course!!! The shadow also serves as a leech spell. He is absorbing the orb's power!"
After each blow that Kyle tried to hit, Dylan would immediately block and even counterattacked. Yet none of them really received any serious blow. After some minutes that in normal time were about 4 seconds they both stopped, exhausted. Dylan released the shadow from Kyle's arm and returned to the sword.
Right then, Kyle's orb faded away leaving him with his normal black clothes.
"That was pretty impressive. You had no chance with me using the orb and you knew it. That's why you used a leech spell. It's not very often you see an apprentice successfully doing one. But this fight isn't over." Kyle said positioning himself in a fighting stance.
Dylan prepared himself for this second round. The stone shield was still up and almost invisibly floating around Dylan.
In a movement Dylan did not expect, Kyle got rid of his whips and placed his hands in front of him.
"This is not good!!" Dylan whispered. No weapon meant agile movements and even more powerful spells.
Kyle started waving his wand and immediately a huge amount of fire starting coming out of his hands.
With a wrist movement Kyle maneuvered the fire in Dylan's direction.
"Shield!!" Dylan shouted while putting his hands in front of him. The stones that were floating around him gathered and created a shield. That was the fastest reaction he could make. The shield gave him enough time to think of a counterattack.
"Warp hole!!" Dylan shouted raising his left hand in the direction of the fire. From his hand a black hole appeared and started sucking all the fire attack from Dylan.
"Im not done!" Said Dylan and he raised his right hand and pointed one finger in Kyle's direction. Above Kyle another black hole appeared and from it, fire started coming out. Kyle just had enough time to jump out of its path.
When he landed he was shocked when he realized that Dylan was close enough to slice him with his sword.
"How did he get here so fast, he was at least 5 feet away!!! Thought Kyle. As fast as he could he summoned a staff and blocked Dylan's attack, but Dylan immediately attacked again and again and again.
The attacks were very fast and he was getting tired, fast. Again Dylan's sword was covered in shadows which made every attack even stronger. He had to do something. So in a chance he had he yelled
"Paralyze" for the spell to work he must be in direct contact with Dylan. And the special ability of his staff allows contact with weapons to transfer spells. Which meant the next defense block would paralyze him for 2 seconds. Enough time to stop Dylan.
Once it happened, Kyle rapidly made a power surge from his hand sending Dylan flying to the wall. Kyle waved his hands again and fire started to come out of his hands. He threw the fire at Dylan and yelled
Fire seal.
The fire surrounded Dylan but without harming him.
Kyle then proceeded to create a rock seal, waking his hands in a more powerful and straight way. And a huge boulder came out from the ground and covered Dylan. You could still see the fire. It was like a combination of both elements that kept Dylan from moving.
"This battle is over!!" Said the master in charge of the fight. "Kyle wins!!!" . . . . . .
Up in the room, Ray, saw the whole fight, and was a little sad that Dylan didn't win. But he was ready to cheer him up.
"Come with me !!" said a voice from behind startling Ray, who, out of training, punched Master Evan right on the chin.
"Oh my, I'm so sorry!!! It was just a reaction!!" Ray started apologizing but was interrupted by Master Evan. He just raised his hand and said "Come with me please, you have to go meet Dylan in the waiting room." Master Evan said and started walking to a door that all of a sudden appeared.
"I thought this was the waiting room!" asked Ray
Master Evans stopped mid track and said "The other waiting room! Please follow me!" His tone just a little bit higher, but still very subtle.
Ray decided it was best not to piss off a Master of The Magic Arts or he may end up as chicken or something.
"Ok!" Ray said as he followed Master Evan through some halls.
Very quickly they were in front of a very big door.
"Your friend is waiting in the other side." For some reason his voice had turned extremely calm and Ray could even perceive concern coming from him. "Not everybody takes loosing this test very well. So he may need your support."
"Thank you!" said Ray "And sorry about hitting you!"
"It's ok, I forget that not everybody is used to someone sneaking up on them. By the way, your reflexes are amazing!!" said Maser Evans clearly more relaxed.
"Thanks, lots of training" Ray said while ribbing the back of his head "I better look for Dylan! Thanks again."
"You are welcome! Now go!" the Master said while waving towards the door. The door slowly started opening.
Inside the room, Dylan was seating down in a bench. He was looking to the ceiling. Slowly Ray walked towards him and sat down right beside him.
"I let them down Ray" Dylan whispered almost in tears.
"No! Don't say that! Your parents would be proud!"
Dylan moved so to face Ray.
"They always told me to be strong. To learn everything myself. They said that I had the ability to achieve many great things. But here I am, sitting down in a freaking waiting room, after I failed THE big test!!"
Dylan was on the edge of crying now.
"I know I never had the chance to meet your parents, but I'm very sure they wouldn't have cared about you losing. You fought bravely. I've never seen you so focused and fighting so good as you did today. I am proud of you." Ray said reaching Dylan in his shoulder.
"I know. I still wanted to win. This could've been an awesome experience for us. Now I have to wait 2 years to take the test again. And I can't ask you to stop your life for me." Dylan placed his hands in his face to hide his tears.
"Wow calm down now. Is this what it's about. We having to split. Dude I'm not going anywhere. We will figure something out. Besides they still haven't told you anything. Let's see what they say and then we take decisions. But you know I'm here for you, I aint leaving." Ray said giving Dylan a hug.
As they separated from their hug Dylan wiped his tears.
"Thank you Ray. For being here with me. I don't know how would I been feeling without you"
"You are welcome bro!" Ray said giving Dylan a small punch in the shoulder.
In that moment the doors opened and a Master came out.
"The council will see you now!" Because the Master saw hesitation from Ray if he should come inside or not, he said "Both of you!"
They nervously walked into the hall, not knowing the surprise they were going to get.
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Thats it for the first chapter of Simple Magic. I hope you liked it. Im going to take my time in getting to the "good stuff" but first, I want to create a basis for the characters and the ability to identify with some. Its not only sex. I want it to mean something. If you have any comments or reviews ( good or bad, but if bad please be gentle. First timer here!) please feel free to send them to wolfcraft1301@gmail.com
I also have a tumblr account where i will post pictures of what each character looks like. Be known that its also a blog for gay porn, so lots of eye candy if you are interested. its under my same email wolfcraft1301
Im also working on another story though it wont be posted until way later cause its still in its beginning stages.
Thanks Drew