What Now?

You sat down cross legged trying to channel the void. You needed family advice and after the fiasco with Silas it was for the best not to bring up family around Harmony as you knew she was still hurting deep inside even if she didn’t show it

As you relaxed you felt the familiar sensations of the void wash over your body, you could feel your surroundings change before you opened your eyes to see an orange haired man in older arch-wizard robes standing in front of you a tome in one hand a staff in the other. “He smiled a sort of grandfatherly smile before he spoke.

“Marvelous truly marvelous isn’t it the power of the void never ceases to amaze me and yet every time I meet a new void elementalist you become younger and younger I guess the void likes young wizards or witches so full of potential and promise ahh but where are my manner my name Leanan Ó Gealbháin and you are?”

“My name is Nathan Leanan you wouldn’t happen to have any advice regarding family would you?”

The old man looked up before frowning a bit closing his tome he sighed before walking closer to you. “I had hoped the visions the void had shown me were not true but I guess they unfortunately are. What could I shed my wisdom on young Nathan?” Leanan said.

“I never knee family and aside from my girlfriend haven’t had a family. Ever since I was little I was always alone but now I know I could potentially have a aunt possibly a whole family but...”

“But what Nathan? It appears to me you seem nervous, terrified even at the prospect of meeting this potential lost family you had what troubles your heart so much you would deny yourself your lifelong goal?”

Nathan’s hands began to tremble, he looked away a lone tear falling. With a shaky voice he spoke. “I’m scared that they won’t accept me because of my connection to Ambrose and I am scared that they will reject me for who I am”

Leanan eyes softened before he spoke. “Fear its a powerful enemy of wizards you know. In my time the world was chaos man discovering the early secrets of fire, water, lighting, earth and wind. Fear ran the world noble men tried to stand up but in the end they falling down cut down like wheat at harvest time. Looking at you Nathan I can see you have a good heart where other men seek riches, power, knowledge, or even the pleasures of the flesh. All you ever wanted was a family something most men overlook or abandon in their search for power, riches or knowledge.”

Leanan stepped close laying a hand on your shoulder. “Embrace it if they are truly the family meant for you they will embrace you as we your predecessors have you have a right to be afraid but do not allow fear to cloud your mind from your goal. Remember this fear is a lie, an illusion within the mind, an excuse to yourself to be weak never allow your mind to accept fear for the minute you do the fear becomes truth.” Then Leanan faded away as you steadied your breathing. All you could do now is wait.

You took a deep breathe before reminding yourself. “Fear is an illusion of the mind.” Standing up you heard a knock at the door opening the door you could see Dr. Price standing outside before she spoke. “Nathan we need to talk.”