A Talk With A Wolf

I sit in my seat and get my timer ready. Normally I Meditate while here but today I want to try something else. I try to enter Bergeths soul through our link. After a minute or two I manage to enter and I see the giant white fur covered wolf.

"ERIC, WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?" He asks the moment I arrive. He doesn't sound upset or angry but it's hard to say for certain with how loudly he talks.

"I had some stuff to do and wanted time to think about it." I say and I think I see him smile. "So why are you asking me to set you free now? Why didn't you ask earlier?"

"BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD TRUST YOU. I HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU WOULDN'T JUST KILL MY FRAGMENTS FOR THE EXP YOU COULD GET." He answers and shocks me. I knew he and Gaia knew how my powers worked but I didn't think they knew about my Exp. I also never considered that his soul fragment might give it.

"So what would you do once you're set free?"

"I'D LIKE TO SEE THE WORLD. IT HAS CHANGED GREATLY AND NOW THAT THERE'S NO WAR I'D JUST TRAVEL AND RELAX."

"No offense, but I don't think that letting a creature with the power to destroy cities travel the would would fly with the other guilds. So I doubt you could do that."

"TRUE, HOWEVER AFTER YOU FREE MY SOUL I'LL HAVE TO REMAKE MY BODY, MUCH LIKE GAIA. SO INSTEAD OF MY GREAT WOLF ONE I'D MAKE A BEAST MAN BODY. IT'LL BE SORTA LIKE LUNAS. A HUMAN BODY WITH WOLF EARS AND TAILS. AND SINCE ALL THE SENSORS WHOSE EVER SEEN ME IS DEAD, NO ONE WOULD KNOW IT WAS ME. SO I'LL BE SURE TO NOT FIGHT AND JUST RELAX."

"What about if someone tries to attack you? Beast men don't have many rights currently. In fact, I heard from Kallen that there are still guild who capture and sell them. If one comes after you then you'll have to fight. If you kill them however, they'll send more and a Sensor might see your mana at the **** scene." I say and he looks down slightly. He thinks it over for a bit before looking back up and responding.

"THEN YOU'LL COME WITH ME!" He says like it's the greatest idea since sliced bread.

"No. I have other things to do and won't be able to travel the world to keep people off you." He thinks again and sighs.

"VERY WELL, I WILL STAY UNTIL YOU HAVE TIME TO GO WITH ME. UNTIL THEN I WILL NOT KILL. SO WILL YOU BREAK THE SEAL?" He asks and I sigh.

"Yes, but! You will enter a pact with me. It'll be that you won't kill, or harm, anyone without my permission. And that you won't just leave without notice." I say and he agrees. "I'll have Liz make it then. So where are the statues sealing you?"

"I DON'T KNOW. I CAN GUIDE YOU HOWEVER. I CAN SENSE THEIR DIRECTION FROM YOU. HOWEVER, IT'LL BE THE CLOSEST ONE, WHICH IS THE ONE YOU FIRST FOUND. YOU'LL NEED TO BREAK THAT ONE AND THEN I CAN GUIDE YOU TO THE NEXT. REMEMBER ERIC, THERE ARE SEVEN STATUES."

"I remember. So do I come back once I break it?"

"NO, I WILL SHARE MY SENSES WITH YOU AFTERWARDS. JUST FOCUS ON ME AND YOU CAN FEEL WHAT I FEEL. YOU'RE GOING TO WANT THE FEELING OF SOMETHING PULLING YOU. THAT'S THE CLOSEST STATUE THAT'S TRYING TO PULL THE SOUL-LINK BETWEEN US INTO IT." I nod and get ready to leave. "THANK YOU ERIC. I MEAN IT." I hear him say before I go back to my body. I see a new pop up and read it.

New Quest: Free Bergeth

Collect all seven fragments of Bergeths soul. Rewards: Bergeths Core

I check the time and see I have almost twenty minutes left. I decide to spend the rest of class to Meditate and recover the mana I spent on my Motorcycle. The bell rings and I go to my history class and sit down.

"Okay class!" Mr. Fields starts once the bell finishes ringing. "It's time to start our Midterms." A chorus of groans responds and he continues, ignoring them. "As you may remember from earlier this semester, I told you this would be a group project. You will form groups of two and choose one of the prompts behind me." He turns around and shows off a list of 25 topics on the whiteboard, some of which we covered in class. "Once you've decided you'll create a slideshow presentation on it and will show it to the class. Make sure you decide on a topic quickly. Only one group can do each and I will cross them off as they get taken." He says before telling us to group up. I hate group projects. I always get partners that barely contribute or ones that half ass it. That's because most of the other students in my class know I get good grades. So all the slackers come to me, assuming I'll do most of it and get them a good grade. As soon as the other students start getting up at least a third of them come to me. They all start acting all buddy buddy with me and try to convince me to join their group. I tell them all no, that I have someone else in mind, and wait until Mr. Fields addresses the class again. He asks if anyone hasn't found a partner and I raise my hand. I feel the other students stare daggers into me. Mr. Fields partners me up with a shy nerdy girl who sits up front. He tells the class to get to work and I walk up to my partner. I see an image from Clairvoyance showing me getting tripped. I smile and see the person who tries to trip me. When he pushes his foot out I make sure to use all my strength when I walk. I push his out of the way and hear him groan in pain. I turn around and see him rubbing his ankle, probably assuming that he had a cramp or something. I sit next to my partner and she starts talking.

"Hi, I'm Elisabeth." She says and I smile.

"Hey Elisabeth I'm Eric, what topic do you want to cover?" I ask and look up to see a few have already been taken.

"How about, World War 2? My mom likes reading about it so I know a lot." She answers and I nod. We go and tell Mr. Fields who crosses it off the board.

"Why does your mom like to read about it?" I ask out of curiosity.

"She finds it interesting is all." She says and we start writing down ideas for our slideshow. The bell rings after we come up with a good number of ideas. We trade phone numbers and leave for our next class.