Find yourself

You groaned as stood up once more wiping off the ash left over from the last fireball thrown your way. “Good you know how to get up Nathan now dodge.” Dr. Molotov said he cast another fireball your way. You rolled to the right before ducking as another fireball flew over your head. Rolling left you dodged an arc of lightning before sidestepping a windblade before jumping to dodge an earth spike. Before finally by hit head on by a lighting bolt.

As you stood up Dr. Molotov smiled before speaking once more in his thick Russian Accent. “Good good now I teach you to stand firm like my comrades during the great war da?” He said before taking out a magical tome with Russian characters inscribed in the front.

“Now watch closely da.” He said as you watched him form a sigil with his own wand before a transparent grey shield the size of an SUV appeared in front of him. “This young one is known in Mother Russia as the elemental shield a ward unlike any other. As unlike fire, water, earth, wind or lighting wards this can absorb and take any of these attacks head on however it takes a great amount of mana and can be very tiresome if held for a long time as it also draws on a person will power as well the more will power they have the longer they can last holding this shield da.”

“Now here is the first sigil go and study it and then show me what you have learned the next time we meet da.” Before he left however you quickly stopped Dr. Molotov. “Wait one second Dr. Molotov I wanted to ask you about something.” You said as you took out the Storm Magic tome and showed it to him. “Do you know anything about Storm magic or Void magic?” You asked as he took the storm magic book into his hands.

“No unfortunately not however my grandfather did once meet your predecessor a Dr. Cesar da?” You nodded before he continued. “My grandfather had never seen anything like it he saw a man spawn a tornado to stop an army by himself he was powerful to be sure and I am sure you can to as well if you study and work hard.” Dr. Molotov said with a smile before walking home leaving you alone in the training grounds.

As you placed the book back into your backpack you sat down on the stone dueling ring and closed your eyes searching for the void. This time you found a tingling sensation in your stomach before you awoke once more in front of Dr. Cesar as he read a book.

“Its been a while Nathan hasn’t it” he said as he closed the book before it flew away placing itself back into the shelf. “So what can I do for you my friend?” He said as he poured himself a cup of tequila.

“I want to learn Storm Magic so I can create my own magical element.” You said eyes burning with determination. “Oh I see well I guess my first question is why do you want to create your own magic you are already have an affinity for necromancy and the dark arts even if you haven’t delved deeply into those subjects.”

You nodded before replying. “I want to make a name for myself Dr. Cesar like you and the others did I don’t want my name or the BlackThorn name to fade into obscurity being remembered as the family that started two wars and having a serial killer in their midst.” You said as your head dropped in shame.

It hurt to say it especially out loud but even now the scars your father that bastard had left behind still stabbed and prodded into your chest like knives twisting and turning into your stomach as you silently struggled in agony.

Dr. Cesar frowned before sighing standing up he took a book out from his shelf before speaking once more. “I can’t teach you storm magic because not even I myself know how I unlocked it.” You froze as he said these words before he continued.

“One day I had been fighting to keep my wife’s village safe from rogue wizards who wanted her family’s secret tomes you see this was before the Wizard Order as you know it had been formed.” A tear fell from his eye before he continued. “By the time I drove off the wizards it was too late some of them had snuck in and it was too late she along with my son were dead and then it began to rain.” He sat down. “Before I knew it they surrounded me and then it just happened before I realized it they were dead struck by lighting from the skies, impaled by hail or swept away entirely by the storm.”

“The void is still a mystery even to me and I tell you Nathan there may not be a way to learn Storm Magic, Light Magic, or Dark Magic in the same way we have learned in the past. But if anyone can do I know you can just remember this. Ask yourself this who are you Nathan BlackThorn?” Dr Cesar said before fading completely. When you opened your eyes you found yourself again in the dueling field alone.