Chapter 3

the title says it all

That night, in a clearing in the woods, they set up camp. Eliena had really thought of everything, with tents, blankets, and, while Molento did some hunting, she even started a fire. "Wow, why do I get the feeling that you have done this before," Molento asked as he walked into the clearing with some rabbits that he found.

"Probably because I have done this before," Eliena replied, "My father and I used to go camping together. We would have fun, he would teach me how to survive, I think that's the only thing I'm going to miss about that little town."

            "You really won't miss anything else?"

            "Nope, there's nothing to do there, and nobody ever paid any attention to me other than debating on what a good wife I'd make"

            "Wow, I wish that I could remember my... home...town..." Molento trailed off while looking into the fire, then, suddenly, he doubled over, his eyes wide, then after a moment, he passed out.

            "Molento!" Eliena exclaimed, rushing over to help him, but as she reached him, he bolts awake, eyes wide. "I just remembered a spell!" he explained, excited, "A spell that may help find out more about your powers!"

            "Really!"

            "Yes, now hold still, um what was it... oh yeah ostendis potentiam tuam!" Molento briefly glowed pure white, then as the light faded, Eliena glowed white as well. "Ah, this is fortunate, very fortunate," Molento said.

            "Why is it fortunate, and what is my power?"

            "First off, your power has no alignment, which is like me and you can learn all types of magic, like me, and it is fortunate because I can teach you the types of magic that I have learned," Molento explained to Eliena. While they were discussing this, something was watching them. Sensing something wrong, Molento stood up and spun around to face the direction of the thing watching them, while quickly drawing his sword. "Who are you, and what do you want from us," Molento shouted out to the trees, "Why are you silent, come out and face me!"

            They hear a slithering, scraping sound, and out of the forest came a black dragon. "Hello, my name is Caede Animas, and what I want from you, Molento is to join you in your journey." the dragon said.

            "Why do you want to join us," Molento asked, "What is in it for you?"

            "The reason I want to join you is that I sense that you have great power and I want to see what you are going to do with it,  and that goes for you too, Eliesa."

            "M-me," Eliesa asked increduously, "Does that mean that I have the power that Molento says that I do?

            "Yes indeed it does, Eliena, you are the second most powerful magic user that I have ever seen and my lifetime extends to many hundreds of times a human life."

            "I'm that powerful," Eliena said in a wondrous voice, "second most powerful, but hang on who is the most powerful one?"

            Caede Animas turned to look at Molento, then said, "Molento is of course, he is more powerful than you, but not by much, which is impressive because Molento is not human, not fully."

            "Wait not human!?" both Eliena and Molento shouted in tandem.

            "Yes, he is not fully human, as evidenced by the ears, I believe that he is a hybrid of a rare form of elf and human."

            "Elf, huh, but what about his eyes?"

            "That even I do not know. But it is getting late, and I assume you are heading somewhere tomorrow?"

            "Not really, I don't know where we should go, I have no memories of anything, so I do not know where we should go to have Eliena taught magic and me, I need to find somewhere where I can remember ANYTHING."

            "Well I believe that both answers lie with the elves in the far east, you may remember something there, because it is most likely where you grew up, and they have the best magic teachers in Kvykyr."

            "What's Kvykyr?" Molento asked.

            "Kvykyr is what this land is called, Molento," Eliena explained, "It is home to many races such as elves, giants, dwarfs, dragons, orcs, trolls, and of course, humans."

            "Wow, I really don't remember anything."

            "Well I guess it's time to turn in," Eliena said, yawning, "g'night."

            Eliena laid back and closed her eyes, drifting almost immediatly to sleep. Caedus Animas turned to Molento and said to him, "there is one more thing that you need to know, Molento, and I thought it best to tell you after she fell asleep."

            "What is it?"

            "Two things, one, I have decided not to accompany you on your journey, you two have to take it for yourselves, and two, you are..." At that, Caedus Animus suddenly disappeared, his words still echoing in Molento's ears for the rest of the night.

Author's Note

finally done, it took my three days to write this one, it has many spelling errors, though and I hope you will help me by noting them in the reviews