Chapter 11

Peace?

Sierra's POV.

‘Why?’

‘Why is it so comfortable… so soothing to hug him’ I think as tears fall uncontrollably ‘Why am I crying? Why did my heart hurt so much when I saw him… I can’t even bring myself to let him go.’

After a few breaths time I finally stopped crying and felt a hand gently pat my head, that’s when I let go of the boy. Looking at his shirt there was a wet spot on his cheap shirt. I looked up at his face and saw a small sad smile ‘Why does he look so sad…’ I thought and then I noticed that his skin was so… pale and his eyes were black like the night.

“Are you ok now Sierra?” I heard Miss Maren ask me.

Looking around I saw that Miss Maren and two older girls were staring at me curiously. I felt my face and neck heat up and my head dropped as I was too embarrassed to look at any of them. But then Miss Maren came up and hugged me and told the older girls to take the boy out.

Arthas’s POV.

‘Well then…’ I thought as I was forced out by the two older girls.

“Should we show him around?” the long black haired golden amber eyed girl asked the girl beside her.

“Umm… sure why not” the dark haired copper amber eyed girl said back “Oh Yea! We should introduce ourselves.” the girl spoke very enthusiastically and with a large smile.

“My name is Aroha Sultana and this beside me is Roxy Lykke, Oh and I’m 10 and she’s 9 and we are the oldest of the girls and the oldest of the boy-” Roxy cut her off.

“This is his first day before we overwhelm him with names let's show him around and anyone we pass we’ll introduce them to him.” Roxy spoke with a very cunning tone and I can tell this girl was someone not to get on the bad side of; as someone who lived a life around some very cunning women.

“It’ll be fine to just show me around” I spoke with a childish tone and a small smile, that made me seem innocent.

The two looked at me; then Aroha laughed “Sure let's do that then”

She turned to the door and yelled at me and Roxy “Let’s Head Out!”

Aroha introduced me to a few people here and there and showed me around; I also learned that this orphanage was built at the edge of a large forest and so no one is allowed past the fence around the place. At the back of the Orphanage is a small shed that is set up as a classroom; In the morning the kids over 8 learn about magic, then later kids over 6 learn the basics about magic and after lunch time all kids join together to learn about the world. All in all this Maren woman really has her hands full; but it seems that as a rule older kids are given the task of teach the younger kids and helping Maren with cooking and cleaning.

It seems that in the end that this Maren lady cares wholeheartedly about the kids here and the kids care about her. After Aroha and Roxy finished telling about the rules of the lessons she started to head down a trail into the forest but was stopped by Roxy.

“Aroha we can’t head back there without Maren”

“Whats back there?” I asked looking at the fenced trail that headed deep into the forest.

“It leads to a stream we use for bathing; but because even though the whole trail has a fence you can still get attacked by wild beasts” Roxy explained and started to head back.

“AH Fine!” Aroha said a little upset not being able to go back there “Well then we head off!”

There wasn’t much left to show me and Aroha ended up getting distracted by something and left me alone with Roxy whole decided to introduce me to her younger sister. I could tell they were sisters as they both had black hair and golden amber eyes the only difference between the two was that the younger one; had a even sneaker demeanor then her older sister.

“Arthas this is my younger sister Nanna Lykke and she’s a year younger then me”

“Hmm your eyes are very interesting; like looking into some kind abyss” she spoke with a smirk on her lips.

“Oh it get’s more interesting that Sierra girl started hugging him and crying” Roxy chuckled a little as she looked at me.

“Oh…” Nanna looked at me and had a gleam in her eyes that told me I shouldn’t hang around here any more.

“So what's your involvement with the ever so sweet Sierra; to think she hugged you I wouldn’t have believed it if anyone other then my sister told me.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Well all she ever did was sit around and avoid everyone; only two have actually gotten close to her in the 4 months she’s been here” She sighed a bit then looked back me “So now it’s your turn to answer my question”

‘Shit’ I thought as my attempt to change the topic failed. But from behind me I heard footsteps and turned to see Maren coming towards me.

“Nan stop bugging the boy it’s his first day we need to make sure he feels welcome; swarming him with questions isn’t the way to do so, now is it” Maren spoke the way I assume a mother would to her child.

“Sorry Miss Maren I was just teasing him” Nanna’s whole body language changed as she spoke to Maren, causing me a little surprise.

“Alright run along now I have to talk with Arthas” she was met with two Ok’s from both the girls as they walked off.

Maren looked at me and smiled very warmly at me as she told me to follow her inside the main building. Inside she lead me to a bed in the far corner close to the border between the girls sleeping area and boys.

“This will be your bed till the time comes when you leave” she sat on the small bed and patted on the bed for me to sit.

“Miss Maren” I said as I sat beside her.

“Yes?”

“Is Sierra ok?” I looked at the ground to try and look shy.

“Oh I’m glad you asked” She chuckled a little “Sierra is fine right now she’s sleeping after crying her heart out” I could see the hurt Maren felt seeing Sierra like that.

“But from what I learned from Sierra; you two don’t seem to know each other. But from your meeting back there it was like you’d really missed her; but that shouldn’t be possible as Sierra had explained.” Maren’s voice turned a little more serious as she spoke.

‘Shit this chick is smarter then she let's off’ I thought sighing as I tried to think up an excuse.

“It’s ok if you can’t tell me now but I hope that in time you’ll tell me ok.” Maren’s voice changed back to her normal motherly tone.

‘Damn’ was all that came to my mind, as Maren stood and left.

{Damn man you fucked up} Damion said amused.

‘The fuck were you this whole time, you could of helped me’ I said displeased with Damions enjoyment in my misfortune.

{You're right I could have helped you… but that wouldn’t have been fun} Damion Snicked.

‘Little bastard’ was all I could say back and in the end I just lied down on the bed and as my head hit the pillow I passed right out. But who can blame me this was the first bed I’d had since I died. I awoke to the sound of to the sound of a door opening, I looked up and saw 6 kids heading into the kitchen; I recognised two as Aroha and Roxy.

{About time you woke up} Damion said, sounding very displeased.

‘Oh what’s made you so grumpy Damion?’

{It’s because you wasted the night sleeping when you could have been forming your Dantain}

‘Dantain? What do you mean by forming my Dantain?’

{Damn you really don’t know anything} Damion said, with a sigh.

‘I’m from another world jackass; on my world if you told someone that magic was really they’ed laugh at you’

{OK, OK fine well I’ll tell you the basics then… umm where do I start tho? Hmmm...} Damion went on like that for a solid minute before I stopped him.

‘Damion just start by explaining the process of forming a Dantain OK?’

{Ah sure umm… So first you have to clear your mind and try to feel the elements that are around you then umm… you pull in the elements into your body and focus them into your lower stomach then you condense the elements into a Dantain}

‘Ok… first of all how do I “Feel” the elements, second how do I pull the elements into my body and third of all how the Hell do you condense the elements into a Dantain!’ and now I know Damion’s a bad teacher.

{I don’t know once you try you just know how to do it; I mean you used Mana in Purgatory just do the samething}

‘Ok fine, now let's move on to our next topic then; what do I have to do after I form my Dantain?’ I had to make sure I knew what to do after I made my Dantian.

{Oh well you have 3 choices, you can become a Mage, a Warrior or a Magi Knight}

‘And what’s the difference between them?’

{you want the long or short version?}

‘Short version please’ I shivered at the Idea of listening to Damion ramble on.

{Ah fine… you're no fun}

‘Get on with it!’ I yelled at him.

{Damn man cool it. We’ll start with Mage’s then; so um they summon the elements with spells}

‘What? that's it?’

{Well you wanted the short version; anyways it’s not important because your not going to be a mage}

‘Oh’ This peaked my interest.

{next is Warrior; the brutes and most common type of Mana user. They take the Mana they refine and then use it to refine their bodies and each element refines the body differently. Last of all is what road you want to travel.}

‘What do you mean road I want to travel?’

{well you can travel the road of the spear, road of the mace and in your case you’ll most likely travel the road of the sword}

‘Oh I thought it’d be something cool… but nope.’

{Oh shut up I’ll tell you about the last one the most powerful of the three and hardest to travel in, the Magi Knight. Basicly the Magi Knight is a mix of both a Mage and a Warrior; I guess you know why it’s the hardest right}

‘Yea you have to split your Mana to do both refine your body and store some to use spells’ I started to get excited at the idea of being powerful.

‘So when should I start training?’

{I mean why not start now?} hey I can’t argue with that.

Looking at a nearby window I saw that the sun was starting to shine. So with excitement in my heart at the possibilities that Magic and Mana opened up to me, I sat up and crossed my legs. Thinking of what Damion said of clearing my mind to feel the Mana in the air, my worlds mediation and so I sat cross legged and breathed in a set pattern; ever so slowly my mind clammed, but nothing happened in the end.

‘Hey Damion I don’t get it how do I feel the elements?’ I asked Damion feeling rather agitated.

{Well I know I said feel the elements, but it’s more you have to see the elements.}

‘What do you mean see them rather than see them’ I swear if Damion was right in front of me I’d have strangled him to die by now!

{Come on it’s so simple it’s the same as looking at your Dantain} Damion said nonchalantly.

‘And how do you look at this so called Dantain!’ My patience was starting to run thin at Damion’s horrible teaching.

But then it clicked and I thought back to a study I saw in when of my random reading sessions, that talked about something called your ‘mind's eye’ and what Damion said made a little sense.

‘Hey Damion is what you’re talking about called the ‘mind's eye’?’ I asked even though it was likely Damion wouldn't know what it was, it could at least give me a idea of what he meant.

{Ya you could call it a mind’s eye thing, you see something without really using your eye’s; likes it’s all in your head} Damion started to get excited as he spoke, which in turn got me excited as I had an idea of what to do now.

So without delay I entered a calm state of mind and this time I tried to feel the world around me. Then I saw a light, it was so dim and was purple and it moved in a weird zig-zag pattern; then more lights started to show up and my heart started to beat harder as more and more showed.

They were all different colours, there was blue lights that moved in a gentle wave pattern, then there was red that moved around in a violent random way, the yellow lights moved like the blue light but was very quick and last was the green light; that moved close to the ground and even entered the ground sometimes and though it was slow it seemed so… solid and strong.

{Hot shit why are they all there!} Damion shouted in pure disbelief.

‘What is that strange?’ I asked even though I knew it was strange, from what Akino told me about Magic most people could have a connection to was 3 elemental Mana’s.

{No shit it’s strange!} I could hear him panting as he shouted {that’s 5 elements and if we add the darkness element that's 6 fucking elements man that’s just unfair!} I could hear him grumbling that if he had it he’d have been more powerful.

‘Calm down Damion, I think I know why I can use so many element’s; but first I’d like to ask why I can’t see the darkness element?’ Before I said my theory I’d like to make sure I could use the darkness element.

{Well duh the sun is up, you can only gather the dark element at night} Damion said this like my question was stupid; but him forgets I’m from another world… I can only bear with it.

‘Right… anyways Damion the reason I can use all these elements is because of the runes on the Dagger.’ I was sure this was the reason, it was the only one that made a lick of sense in this weird world I’m in.

{OH! That makes sense… but it’s too bad there was no spiritual runes in purgatory} damion said a little depressed.

‘What is the spiritual element anyways?’ Akino only gave me a vague idea of what it was.

{Oh this is something I spent a lot of time trying to figure out; but in the end it was too dangerous to continue...} Damion seemed to have spaced out but snapped back quickly {Ahem! So the spiritual element has to do with the energy that keeps the world and realms together and the only way to use it is to be born with a connection to the void; through this connection you can summon the energies of your mind and use that to attack and enter others} Damion was excited and as he spoke he seemed to reminisce about his old life.

‘I see but what was so dangerous about studying it?’ I asked as sunlight started to shine into the room and I could hear lots of movement in the kitchen.

{Ah well it got dangerous when I started to see if I could take other people's connections to void away; but sadly every time I tried either the test subject would die or I would face backlash that would almost kill me and would need a few years to heal} Damion seemed very depressed about his past failures.

‘Hm I see’ though Damion failed, in the end he never said it was impossible.

{Thats right I forgot to say that you need to access the Evil God’s piece of will; I know that there will be something there that will interest you in there and that dagger of your’s was also a piece of will and will have more info in it} I could tell he was shaking in wanting to know what new info the dagger would have.

‘Well how do I access this info?’ I hope he has a better answer then “You just do”.

{Well you need to form your Dantain and it’ll come to you} Well this was better then “you just do” I guess.

‘Fine we should-’ before I could finnish Maren came in with a little bell that she rong and yelled out.

“Alright it's breakfest time get your little buts up! Let's go! Let's go!” She shouted out with a heartwarming smile on her face; but she saw that I was up and walked over to me.

“Seems You were up early, so how was your sleep?” I have to say that having a motherly figure in my life wasn’t a bad thing; but it was almost 80 years too late for that.

With a childish smile on my face I looked up to Maren and spoke. “Don’t worry Miss Maren I slept just fine.”

“That’s good” she said then she headed back to the kitchen; but stopped and turned and on her face I could see concern.

“If there's anything you need just ask me ok” when she saw me nod my head with a smile she relaxed and headed back to the kitchen.

‘Now then I should get going’ to be honest I felt a little happy at the thought of having a peaceful and quiet childhood.

Outside the door all the tables were full of children and it seemed to be 4 to a table; but then I felt someone grab my shirt. I turned to see Sierra, surprised by me turning around so quickly; as i looked her in the eyes I saw her shyly look down and stutter out some words.

“D-do yo-you want to… sit with me…” Dear god I couldn’t help but think back to the Akino I knew and this Sierra and almost laughed at the thought of Akino acting like a innocent little girl.

In the end I patted her head and spoke softly “That’ll be fine… I guess introductions is in order though.” clearing my throat I did a noble little bow “my name is Arthas Sharow and may I know this honored ladies name.”

I know I was being ridiculous but it was worth it for what came next; the uncontrolled giggles of a innocent little girl. Seeing her laughing like that warmed my cold heart, in this laugh was innocents, naivety but sadly there was a tinge of sadness; something a little girl shouldn’t have in her laugh.

“Hehe my name is Sierra- Sierra Winter” Her smile was as bright as the sun and almost made me break out in a real smile.

“Well let's go to your friends then” I said which got a “En” and nod from her; as she ran off to her friends.

When I reached the table the Impression I got from these two girls was… odd. One was a calm curiosity and the other just seemed to chuckle in excitement, as her mind was wild and freely filled with different ideas.

‘They shouldn’t know too much should they?’ I thought as the gaze from that girl made me hesitate to sit a little.

{Oh scared of what a little girl knows about hehe} Damion just chuckled at my question.

Sierra sat first and I sat next to her, across from me was the chuckling one and across to my left was the calm one.

“Oh look at this our little Sierra is really acting so close to a boy, well you’ve got me jealous boy” the calm one laughed a little and caused Sierra’s head to dip in embarrassment.

‘The hell is wrong with this world little girls! The fuck is she calling me “Boy” for!’ I have to say this surprised me, but then next girl was… well full of energy…

“Oh it’s true she really asked a boy to sit with us, so what's your name and age and where are you from! Wait or do you have like memory loss or something, do you even know your name!, can you use magic yet what element is it…” she went on like that for sometime till the ‘calm one’ stopped her.

“Sorry about that she can get… hyper. So anyways what's your name and age?” this calm demeanor this girl gave off seemed to much for someone so... young.

“Ah Ha I know what you mean, anyways to answer your question my name is Arthas Sharow and I’m 5 years old” at least I think I’m 5.

The calm one showed a bit of surprise at how nonchalantly I answered the question.

“And may I know your names and ages?” I said with with a smile.

“Oh don’t you think it’s rude to ask a woman her age” the calm just had this smirk that really bugged me.

‘What do you mean rude to ask a woman, you're at most 7 years old!’ but the ‘wild one’ didn’t see it as rude as she answered with excitement.

“OH! OH! My name is Bree Tracy and this is ABI Hart and I’m 6 years of age and ABI is 5 the same as you and Sierra!” This Bree girl had a bright smile that’d put the sun to shame.

“Thanks ABI I wanted to tease him some more but you messed that up.” Even though the ABI girl sounded upset there was a calmness in her tone; that made me guess this girl had learned to never show what she really thought and I could really relate to that, too bad she’s a hundred years too early to try and deceive me.

I have to say though that these two girls in the end were still in the end going to beauty's when they matured. The ABI girl had calm chestnut eyes and shoulder length blonde hair, as for the Bree girl she had golden amber eyes that spoke of her free nature and pretty short brown hair; which gave her a tomboyish look. All in all in the least creepy way these 3 girls were very cute and any father would be lucky to have a daughter like them.

“Ok now that introductions are done, what should we talk about now?” Sierra softly asked.

“Well I want to know if it’s true if you really hugged him!?” the girl Bree seemed to deem this with the utmost importance.

Blocking out the 3 girls talk I looked around and looked for the source of the staring eyes I felt on me since I sat down. Then I saw a boy glaring daggers at me and seemed rather surprised that I looked back at him; but having no time to bother with him I turned back to Bree and asked her.

“Hey who is that kid with the dark brown hair and has the weird orange eyes that's glaring so intently at me?” she seemed to know who I was talking about, as I saw a little anger show up in her normally free as a bird eyes of hers.

“I’m guessing that’s Lupus Gagnon he thinks he’s a big shot because he formed his Dantain the fastest of everyone.” Bree turned around and stuck her tongue out at the boy causing him to form fist in anger.

‘Fuck he’s such a cliche… I don’t have time for that; I wonder how I should crush that little ego of his’ I feel I may have gone overboard in my thinking of how to shut this kid down.

“Oh” ABI perk her head up and started to speak “I should warn you to watch out for Nilam Kulkarni and Sona Kulkarni; Nilam is 6 like Lupus but Sona is 7 and is the real head of the group and can use two elements.” Both girls seemed to be very displeased with this group.

‘Oh damnit how is it that not even a day has passed and I’m already dragged into some kind of childish drama…’

{HAHA good luck with that one, can’t helping you with that one haha!} Atleast someone was having fun.

Next I looked back at the table of kids and saw that next to the Lupus boy there was another boy who “humphed” at me and I could only guess this was Nilam. He had brown hair and blue eyes and they were filled with greed; but then I saw a light brown haired girl who was sitting across to them all alone, with her back to me. This had to be the girl Sona, that ABI spoke of and in the end I never saw her face.

I continued to look around and someone caught my eye; it was a girl that sat alone at a table and it seemed that she noticed me staring at her as she looked me right in the eyes. She had long black hair and mystical grey eyes and that's when Damion chimed in.

{How lucky for you it’s someone with the spiritual element!} He seemed to forget that he didn’t need to shout, as he was in my head and could always hear him.

‘And why am I lucky?’ I asked him having an idea of what he wanted me to do.

{Ah well you can steal this girl's Void connection and gain the spiritual element!}

‘Oh and I thought it was dangerous?’ I asked him in a smug tone.

{Ah well you're the one that’ll have to deal with the pain so it’ll be fine and plus the way of stealing the connection is… intimate and unless you swing that way you’re gonna want a female} Damion let off a perverted laugh, that made me shake my head.

‘Damion I’m not rapeing a little girl and I’m not going to steal a void connection of someone that lives in the orphanage’ but to my surprise Damion just laughed.

{Little girl in a few years she’s going to be 14 years old how is that a little girl anymore}

‘How is 14 not a little girl!’ dear god what was wrong with this world!

{Then at what age are you an adult in your world?} Damion asked with interest.

‘In my world you have to be 18 to be considered an ‘adult’ not to say that’s when you have sex; but that's what we call being a legal adult.’ I explained calmly

{Wierd so what age do people lose their virginities at?} Damion was really interested in this.

‘Ah I don’t know like… 14’ I realised I have failed to make my point.

{then what the hell are you yelling at me for!?}

‘I’m not going to kill her so get that through your head ok, we’ll find another girl to steal the void connection from. OK.’ Hey never claimed to be a good person… nor have you a reason to think so… whatever.

{Ah fine… what a waste of material} Damion was disappointed to the extreme and I could only shrug it off.

“Hey Bree who is that Grey eyed girl?” this caused Bree to lean across the table and whisper in my ear.

“That’s Griselda Abbing she should be 8 and she can use the spiritual element!” in the end Bree started to shout in my ear “She’s Big sis’s best friend!”

I looked at ABI and she said “Bree calls Aroha Big sis as both were brought up here as infants and Aroha was the one that showed Bree the ropes.” ABI had a small smile; it seems that Aroha’s energy was contagious.

Looking at Bree it made sense that she is so hyper and free, having growing up under Aroha’s wing. That’s when I heard the sound of a cart being rolled over here. I turned my head to see the 6 kids from this morning heading over and when the kids was pushing the two wheeled cart. The kid was one of man Aroha had introduced me to, his name was Anzo Sachs, he was 10 years old and was a monster; being the tallest kid here, almost 2 meters in height. But he was what one would call a ‘Gentle Giant’. He also had two younger brothers, the middle one was Haldor Sachs and was 9 years, unlike his older brother he was a fighter and in the end was one of the 6 kids helping Maren with the food. The last and youngest brother Lothar Sachs a 7 year old who was a easter, as the first thing I saw him doing was trying to eat some kind of fruit seed.

The three brothers all had brown hair and brown eyes and all had a common look to them and to the most part wouldn’t stick out; but they were all tall and that gave them a strong look. Another ‘boy’ I saw there was one that I shivered just looking at, as he had long beautiful blonde hair, striking purple eyes and yes i made you uncomfortable on purpose. But hey at least you knew he was a guy when I described him; as for me I found out he was a man after Damion told me.

Too bad for me I’d already imagined what ‘she’d’ look like as an adult; so my already pale face paled more. In the end I learned that his name was Qiang Xu he’s a 9 year old Liming elf. The last and oldest kid in the group was Harlan Boivin, he has short black hair and green eyes; he was the leader type of person and was always in charge when Maren was away. But from what I learned at the age of 14 he’ll be an adult and most likely have to leave and found a job, which in his case at 11 is in three years.

With Anzo holding the cart the rest started to hand out the food; Maren included. The food was in a bowl of what looked to be some kind of oatmeal; but Damion called it “grain slum”... not very appetising name. But as I tasted it, it wasn’t bad; it had the taste of what I could guess was honey. Though as I was about to dig in Sierra stopped me and just shook her head at me. As I was about to ask what was wrong, my question was answered.

“Now children let us thank the great 7 gods for their gift of food that let’s us live” Maren cleared her voice and continued “Great gods thank you for this meal so early in the mornin-” but as she was speaking my head filled with pain followed by a voice that I recognised.

the voice shouted on and on, as Maren spoke her thanks.

{AH I see so that’s still a thing} I heard Damion grumbled out followed by a sigh.

‘What the fuck! why is he here?’ I asked trying my best to suppress the urge to massacre everyone in sight.

{Well that’s what I call the will of the Evil God and it acts up every time People thank gods or other things; it’s kind of random to be honest} Damion sounded a little annoyed as he explained it.

‘Shit I have to listen to this asshole every morning?’ I grumbled in a few curses in under my breath.

Too bad for me Maren’s thanks went on and on; till finally we were allowed to eat. We finished the food quickly and Sierra lead me to the side of the building where a large wooden tub was set up with clothes hanging on the side. There I saw a boy who seemed to be our age cleaning his bowl, coming up beside him I greeted him with a smile and a friendly “hello” and started to clean my bowl. I finished cleaning my bowl faster than Sierra and saw the other boy wave his hand for me to follow.

I followed him into the kitchen and saw him place his bowl in a stack and I followed and did the same turning to him I gave my thanks. Looking at the boy I could see that in his blue eyes was a surprising amount of maturity and knowledge and knew I should get to know the blonde haired blue eyed boy.

“The names Arthas Sharow 5 years of age” I spoke in a tone that spoke of my intellect and it worked as I could see interest building up in his eyes.

“Nice to meet you Arthas my name is Dana Nejem 5 years of age” he stuck out his hand “It’s nice to meet you.”

‘Hey Damion you guys don’t do some weird type of handshakes right?’ I asked to insure I don’t make a fool of myself.

{Why would you shake someone's hand? Your world is just strange; anyways in my world we civilized people grab the forearm the farther in the more familiarity it shows} And so that’s why I asked.

I garbed a little past his wrist and he did the same; it looked like the greetings you see in medieval movies or shows. Afterwards Sierra came in and put away her cleaned bowl and the two of us found a tree that gave nice cover from the sun and sat.

“Hey I’m going to bring my friends over” Sierra said as she ran of.

I looked over to see a blonde haired kid with his head buried in a book as he walked over here. He lifted his and looked at me in surprise, it was Dana again and it would seem I had found his place to read.

Smiling I asked “Would you like me to move?”

“No it’s fine” he said as he sat on the other side of the tree a delved into his book.

“Arthas I’m back!” I heard Sierra yell as she came over with both ABI and Bree.

The three sat and started to discuss different topics and other stuff; but now I needed to start forming my Dantain. I calmed my mind and could see the lights once again and now a new challenge had showed itself… how do I gather elemental Mana? At first I asked it and even started to beg them, but the lights just went around in their patterns and ignored me.

‘Damion it’s not working!’ but to my ‘surprise’ Damion seemed to be enjoying my struggle.

{Hehe maybe they don’t like you haha} Damion can be a pain in my ass.

‘Damion if I fail to make or form the stupid Dantain thing that means that you’re stuck in a useless body as well!’

{Calm down no one can get it on the first try, what do you think you're special in the eyes of the elements? Haha childish thinking they are elements they could give two shits of who you are.} I hate it when he makes a little sense.

‘Oh master what… what should I do then’ Ah sarcasm, it’s a beautiful thing.

{Hmm well I’ll ask you one question} Damion paused caused my patience to run thin.

‘Get on with it!’ I feel like I need to start training my patience.

{That's the spirit! Why the hell are you asking the elements and begging them?} Damion’s words, I’ll be it stupid because it’s Damion; made a little sense… just a little.

‘...’ I could only sigh; I didn’t think of bossing the elements around.

Calming my mind again I saw the different coloured lights moving around and like Damion said I tried ordering them.

‘Umm… I order you to… get in my body…’ to my surprise some started to enter me.

When the Mana entered my body it started to move around franticly, it was like it didn’t know what to do with itself. I could feel sweat starting to build up on my forehead as the Mana scattered in all directions.

{Hey if you don’t direct it it’ll harm your body} Hearing this I tried to take control of; but didn’t know where to put it.

‘Damion what do I do with it!’ My forehead and body started to fill with sweat.

{Damn why don’t you try trusting your instincts a little; listen to your body and it’ll tell you what to do.} At this I relaxed and tried to listen to my body like Damion said.

At first I thought it was a bunch of crap this “listen to your instincts” stuff; but to my surprise, as I relaxed and listened to my body the Mana started to move to the center of my stomach. There it started to spin like a multi coloured vortex was in my stomach. This went on for a few minutes and in the end a small circle was formed the size of pea.

‘Is… is that it?’ I asked, as all the energy I had felt was gone.

{Done! Not even close at the rate you're going it should take a month to form your dantain.} Then he said in a smug tone {It only took me a week to form my Dantain and I was three when I did it}

‘First of all this is my second day in this world, second of all I don’t know anything about Mana or Magic and lastly three my ass!’ It’s not like I didn’t believe him I just didn’t want to give him that pleaser.

{Fine I was really four so what.} Oh wow he was lying… guess I called that one.

‘Hmm I think I need to be more demanding with the elements, maybe that’ll let me gather more’. Bun before I could try, I heard three people approach me. I opened my eyes and wiped the sweat from my forehead. Three approaching me caused me to sigh and Damion to start laughing.

“Hmph look who it is” Lupus said as he glared at me, like a wolf that had its territory encroached upon.

I just stared at him for a second then turned over to talk to Sierra; but before I could get a word out to her.

“How Dare You!” He shouted so loud my ears started to ring.

“Kid liste-” I was about to say something to the kid but Bree butted in cutting me off.

“Shout your big fat gap Lupus, he doesn’t care for what you have to say!” It was weird to see this over the top happy-go-lucky girl be so aggravated.

“It doesn’t matter if he wants to hear me; but if he thinks he can take my wife, he should bream on!”

“...” I-I… what!?!?

“Ha! Wife keep your fantasies to yourself; Sierra wont now nor ever marrier a dirty stinky boy like you.”

“YOU!” Lupus’s fist clenched in anger; but some else joined in.

“Oh Lupus you don’t know the heart of a woman at all; let's look back at the last time you talked to Sierra.” ABI had a smug grin on her face “Ah that's right you teased her and called her a cry baby.”

ABI’s words left Lupus with no retort; but wait for it…

“Shut up Bree and ABI what right do you two have in this?!” the boy I confirmed as Nilam spoke… oh good.

“Ok going of that logic that means out of all the people here only Arthas, Sierra and Lupus are the only ones that should be discussing this and I’d like to add that it’s Sierra’s choice of whether she wants to marry someone or not; but from what I can see the new kid Arthas is winning in all the categories of her heart.” Dana paused for a second “Not hard to see why.” He sighed at the end his voice was full of an agitated tone.

“Oh my looky here if it’s not sir Dana himself, come to enlighten us of how a noble gentlemen should act right; well tell me what fairytale did you get that speech from?” The oldest of the kid’s here spoke and with a tongue so sharp it was hard to imagine what she’d be like when she was a adult.

Dana just glared at Sona, who just smugly looked at him. The atmosphere between them was so tense; it was hard to remember these were kids.

{Oh those two should just fuck already!} Damion decided to put his two cents in.

‘The fuck!’ I mean these were 5 and 7 year old kids!

{What? When they get older this will at some point turn into sexual tension.} I feel Damion doesn’t know how relationships work.

‘Ok buddy have fun with that.’

{Hey you owe me 2 Reito if they hook up!}

‘Ya… sure thing’

Back to the kids… they were all shouting something and it was really turning into one big cluster. I looked at Sierra who had a worried look on her face; but it caused me to laugh and start patting her head. Her hair silver hair had some dirt in it but all in all it was smooth; in the end I forgot I was the same age and my actions caused this girl to be embarrassed beyond belief.

“All of you Quit it!” this caused me to shiver as it was like the girl’s voice was right beside my ear.

I turned around and noticed that the kid’s had stopped their bickering; standing there was a silver eyed, black haired girl, Griselda.

{Oh her void connection is strong if she can transmit her voice unconsciously… but at last you have turned her up.} Damion seems to have turned into a pervert… OK then.

“First Magic lessons is about start and we aren’t holding up class for you four, second Arthas I understand you want no part in this but in the end you are still at fault and if this got more serious you would be joining them in time out; lastly Lupus if I see you starting trouble again Miss Maren will know and you can explain yourself to her.” she paused and looked at everyone to see ensure her words got through then nodded her head.

“That's all then.” she said with a shrug and started to leave.

{AHAHAHA! You got threatened with time out! Watch out there Evil Gods champion you might get hit with TIMEOUT!” At least Damion was having a ball.

“Oh come now Selda don’t be so mean, you can’t make friends that way!” I heard a over the top voice shout out and knew it was Aroha.

For some reason I thought I saw Griselda shiver at the voice; but it too quick and in the end she walked past the approaching passionate girl.

“Who needs friends.” Her voice leaked into my ear, but most likely I wasn’t meant to hear that; as Damion said she unconsciously transmits her voice.

“Ahem sorry about that; she’s really actually a warm hearted girl but… she can get… grouchy sometimes.” Aroha said with a light chuckle “Anyways later!”

Aroha ran off after Griselda or like Aroha called her Selda. After which the three twats and Bree headed off and peace was once again restored, ya me!

“He… hey Arthas” I heard Sierra call out to me in a mutter

I turned my head and saw that once again she was refusing to look me in the eye’s again; I smiled and asked.

“What is it?”

“Oh um... why…” Sierra kept fidgeting as she spoke “Why do you always pat my head?” I could see that her whole face was red.

Chuckling lightly to myself, I couldn’t help myself and with a sad expression I asked.

“Do… do you not like it” Ah I’m an amazing actor.

“No… Well… you see-” But before she finished I turned around and with crying noises said.

“I… I see ‘Sob’ I won't do it no more… if that's what you want… I’m sorry… Sierra” My acting seemed to have worked on this girl as she shouted out.

“No it’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just embarrassing in front of everyone ok!” I could hear the nervousness in her tone and started to think maybe I shouldn’t have teased her; but I’m not known to make good decisions.

“You… you sure that I can still do it” I said in a hopeful tone my back still st Sierra.

“Yes you can still pat my head… but only with less people around” she came up to my back and clenched onto my shirt “You forgive me?”

I turned around with a smile on my face and started to pat her head “hehe you’ve done nothing wrong so what's there to forgive.”

My change caused Sierra’s face to go blank then a little red a she yelled in a flustered voice “You tricked ME!”

“You know ‘tricked’ is a strong word; I’d say I was dramatic” my words didn’t convince her and she stomped her foot and sat behind ABI; staring at me with a pout on her lips.

“You're banned from me for a year!”

“Come now Sierra a whole year is a offly long time” I looked at her with a small grin “You sure you don’t want to see me for a F.U.L.L Y. E.A .R...” I emphasized a “full year” causing a little worry to show on Sierra’s face.

“Well just till lunch then…” Sierra said disgruntledly.

{Are you done teasing her?} Damion asked in a bored tone.

‘Ya just testing something’ I was a little glad it was true.

Sitting back down I calmed and felt the elements again; then in my head I called out to them. ‘Obey my commands give me your Mana and power!’ I saw all the lights shiver as if in fear and quickly they headed toward my body in a manner I could only call desperate. They hurried in an unnatural manner and filled my body to the brim and final I called them off; letting my body take over and let the Mana spiral, then condense into a dantain.

{This is blaspheme! The hell are they listening to you so much; at this point you’ll form your Dantain in a few days! Unfucking fair!} Damion was agitated at the amount of Mana I’d gathered at one time.

‘Hmm I feel tired all of a sudden?’ The second all the Mana was condensed my body felt sluggish and felt like I was deprived of sleep.

{No shit you're tired! If you weren’t I’d call you a monster; I mean look at how much Mana just traveled through you.} Can’t argue with that.

No longer having the ability to stay awake I leaned against the tree and everything turned black. I woke to Sierra holding my nose with a grin on her face.

“What are you doing?” My voice was nasally from Sierra holding my nose.

“Hehe you sound funny.” She giggled “It’s time for lunch.”

“OK let’s go then… and let go of my nose.” Sierra let go with a giggle and ran toward the Orphanage.

There I saw Harlan Boivin handing out small yellow fruits the size of a peach. After grabbing it I sat with Sierra, ABI and Bree.

‘Hey what is the name of this fruit?’ I asked after my first bite, It was a weird bitter sweet taste; it reminded me of nothing from my world.

{Pretty sure it’s called a yellow reen fruit; it’s a cheap fruit that can grow just about anywhere and has a decent taste, the only problem is most of it is a seed.}

The seed in the middle of the fruit looked to be the same one I saw the kid Lothar Sachs chewing on. After a few minutes to eat, Maren called everyone for class. Due to it being my first day she was going to teach todays lesson herself. I learned a few things about the new world I’m in.

First the year, month and day was what I learned, as she said “today is Uhr of the 3rd week of the month of Houden in 9458 year of the Yun calendar.” It’s long, I know. The calendar has 15 months, every month has 4 weeks and every week has 7 days; the days break down into Yee, Uhr, Sahn, Woo, Lyo, Chee. From what Damion told me each continent has their own Calendar and the one that taught humans the calendar was the elves; which answers my question on why the days are named the way they are.

Next I learned a little about the Empire I live in; which is the Viana Empire. The Emperor’s name is Kian Viana; he has three children. Two princes and one young princesses; the first prince’s name is Emyr Viana who is 11 years old, the second prince is Malik Viana 7 and last is Princesses Lydia Viana who is 2 years old. Maren also added that the Princesses has never been shown in public and has been hidden by the royal family.

All the rest was not too important to me and finally class ended and we had a break for the older kids could make dinner. But it didn’t take long for it to be made and a stew like meal was served in bowls. Then After finishing the food we headed into the main building as the sun just about was gone. Inside Maren gave us till something called a sand timer was up; which was just a cheap looking hourglass.

After that was up we headed to bed and after all the kids were asleep Maren headed to bed too. I got up and sat cross legged on my bed gather Mana into my body and collapsed from exhaustion.

My Peaceful days went on for 5 days until finally it happened...

Arkeem's note: Finally finished rewriting this chapter and ya hope you enjoy.