Sorry for saying that this would be the chapter where they finally venture off, but somehow i needed to explain a bit of his past and introduce Lora a bit better. It's small, yes, but I hope you like it nontheles. I would greatly appreciate if you would post a rating on the novel page and give a comment since I'm a total newbie to this whole deal. For now, enjoy! :D

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“And that would be it.” I have finally finished packing for the adventure we are about to set on. What I’m going to bring will be some food that will last until we arrive to the next town, which is roughly 4 days of travelling through the forest. Also I’ve brought healing potions and some bandages, and last but least the staff which I received from my mom and dad. I wonder if I’m going to learn how to use it later on. It seems like it’s not anything special, but on the other hand its somehow mysterious. If I find a sorcerer on my travels, maybe I can ask him to teach me since I don’t know anything about staffs except that they multiply the magic output when properly used.

“Skylar, are you ready to go? We should get going if we want to catch that travelling merchant that is going to arrive in the next town. He only sells his wares for one day then he teleports to the next town to sell some more. I always wanted to find out what kind of items he sells.” (Lora)

“I see you have traveled a lot. What made you come back to a peaceful place like this? You are probably here to see your grandparents, right?” (me)

“Mostly yes, but besides that, I am here to find a really rare type of herb which only grows in the forest we are headed to now. The herb looks very peculiar and only blooms once a month when the moon is full. That’s why its named Moonbloom..” (Lora)

“Alright then, but how are we going to get there? By foot?!” (me)

“No! I have my little muffy wuffy which will carry us to the edge of the forest.” (Lora)

“Okay, let’s just get going if we are in a hurry.” I’m really eager to see what awaits us after we leave this village. I don’t know what is muffy wuffy though… It can’t be that bad, can it? Also this Loraine here is a pretty interesting person. I don’t know much about her but I definitely have a lot to learn from her. After all she did travel all the way to here. She must be pretty experienced and knows how to fight and is good at controlling magic.

After all these years I’ve come to understand how magic works, but while I have practiced, I have never been in a real battle. I’ve always been that type of guy who knows a lot from books and scripts, but I was never good at melee combat which really got me one day. I remember it was cold. A guy who I didn’t very much like, came to me with his friends to explain to me how not to be a know it all in class.

He was really furious when I just answered tons and tons of questions in that class. It was my favorite: Enchanting. He was a decent enchanter, but the teacher never liked him since he was giving trouble not only to the students but to other teachers as well. I felt sorry for him. He probably had a troublesome childhood which made him the way he is right now.

Anyways, he came to me and, out of the blue, punched me so hard that I flew couple of meters. It hurt really badly and I was unable to get up. I spew blood once and the last thing I remember is a person coming from behind them. Then I blacked out and found myself next day in the doctor’s cabinet lying in the bed. I asked her what happened, but all she said is that she wasn’t informed.

Later on I tried to find out who took them out, but to my surprise nobody knew it even happened. Those guys never approached me again and when I tried to come close to them, they would back away instantly. A mystery that would stay locked until the end of days…

“Time to go Skylar. Did you say goodbye to Granny and grandpa?” (Lora)

“Yes, I did. We are ready to go!” (me)

“Time to call my dear muffy wuffy fluffy.” *started whistling soundlessly* (Lora)

I stared blankly at the creature that appeared before us, backing away 10 or more meters and clinging to my precious life. “Is that a Wolf!?”

“No, don’t be silly. It’s my fluffy wuffy muffy! Okay, the name of the species is called Fenrir named after one of the legendary wolf beast which fought in the war in the north long time ago. They are usually very hostile because the war was between the humans and animals, but my fluffy wuffy is really nice. He saved me from an avalanche on the mountain I was training.” (Lora)

“But why would you name him something like ‘Fluffy wuffy' when he’s ~ (me)

“ROAR!!” ( ‘fluffy wuffy’)

“Okay, okay, I take that back…” Even if I didn’t say anything yet, I knew I was going to be in grave danger if I were to finish that sentence. Scarrrryyyyy… “Are you sure he is going to accept me riding on his back??” (me)

“Don’t worry, he won’t bite.” She said that while fluffy stared at me like at his favorite dish, waiting to be served with some spices and water beside.

“Let’s just get going. Sun is going to set soon.” (me)