Greyson got back to the dorm and looked through the map. He quickly found the large Magic Library. It was an ancient looking marble building with large white columns in the front. There were no guards on the outside surprisingly since inside the library were the most important parts of the academy. They are prestigious and attract students due to the spells that they can give. Obviously the teachers are a large part as well, but the spells were part of the long history of the Academy. However, once Greyson walked in he realized he spoke too soon. Inside on the first floor was an ancient looking old man. He looked like a normal, fragile old man, but Greyson could feel the immense magic power that radiated from him. It made Greyson"s body shudder and his body release cold sweat. He thought it was a misconception, though, because the power receded after only a couple of seconds. Body stiff, Greyson slowly walked over to the old man."Who?" A hoa.r.s.e and old voice rang out. Greyson was still rather frozen from shock, so it took him a moment to realize that the man was speaking to him.
"I...I, I"m Greyson. I am a new student here. I was informed that I could pick out any spell books from the first floor to begin my training." He stuttered while quickly reporting his purpose.
"Ahhh... That boy, Elendil, spoke to me about you. Go in, then. Do not try to sneak to the second floor, I control the magic restrictions so I will know." The old man"s hard black eyes stared Greyson down while warning him. Greyson nodded quickly before walking away nervously.
"What a scary old man..." He whispered quietly to himself. His attention was soon taken off the old man when he stepped through the library door. In front of him was a humongous collection of books. The library was extremely wide so although it was only one floor there must have been thousands of books. Greyson held his head in distress wondering how he would be able to pick seven spell books from so many choices. Shaking his head, he decided to start looking through the books anyways. Once he started, he realized the sections were labeled by element and use and that the first floor was not only spell books but history books as well. Sighing in relief, he realized that there were not as many spell books as he thought and they were organized well. He decided to walk up to the water element section first as it was the element most familiar to him. Once he was there, Greyson was stumped as to what route he wanted to take. He decided he would have to glance through most of the spells to finally decide on a course of action.
He spent the entire day reading through the water element spell books. He only glanced through at the name and description of the ability. The next six days pa.s.sed by quickly as he continued going back and forth between his dorm and the library. By the end of the week, he had read through most of the spell books and chose his first seven that he wished to learn. Excited over finally making his decision, Greyson wanted to quickly take these books out and practice copying the spell but he noticed that it was the end of the week and he had to meet with Teacher Elendil again.
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"You"ve learned none of them?" He asked calmly. Greyson felt a little embarra.s.sed and blushed while nodding.
"I"m sorry... Now that I"ve read through most of them I will be able to choose faster in the future."
Elendil shook his head, "No, it"s nothing you need to be sorry for. I was the one who was in too much of a rush. Choosing should normally take a while and it shows that you took the selection seriously. I think I will change the meet up to once a month instead. This will give you tons of time to pick the spells and to practice them." Hearing no disappointment in the teacher"s voice, Greyson quickly grinned while feeling relieved.
"Yes! I will practice them really hard so I can impress everyone after the month is over." Elendil nodded and Greyson could have sworn he saw a hint of a smile on the corners of his lips. The teacher then gestured for him to leave and begin practicing. Greyson jumped off the couch and saluted his teacher before running out in excitement. He was really looking forward to trying his new spells, plus he had never consciously used any of his elements other then water.
A wide grin spread across his face as he walked back to his dorm. He opened his dorm door then walked into his bedroom to grab the spell books.
"Something good must have happened based on the stupid grin on your face." A familiar voice spoke. Greyson was surprised for a second, but he quickly recognized the voice. He glanced over and saw a soft silver-haired kitten on his bed.
"Lucius, it"s you!" He smiled, realizing he had not seen the cat around.
"Oh, great genius, it seems you still remember this unknown feline and here I was misunderstanding that you had forgotten me. It"s not like I helped and accompanied you for 3 months on your travels or anything. You definitely don"t owe me for giving you half my lifespan, too. I"m not bitter. AT. ALL." The cat"s eyes narrowed and his head turned in anger. Hearing his words, Greyson wanted to quickly defend himself but he realized that he really was in the wrong. He had left Lucius with Claude before heading in to test his elements, but afterwards he had to meet the princ.i.p.al then from then on everyday was a rush. He had completely forgotten about Lucius. Guilt stabbed at his heart.
"Sorry, Lucius. I was just so overwhelmed by everything. I really forgot. It"s my bad." Greyson"s face looked remorseful. Lucius wasn"t going to go easy on him, but looking at the young boy in front of him, he felt like he was the bad guy. Greyson looked like a little puppy who had done wrong and made Lucius look like the petty friend who couldn"t understand the situation. Lucius"s eye twitched as he felt seriously wronged. Why does this boy have to have such a pretty face? Making people feel guilty for no reason. I was the one wronged! Why do you look like that!
He sighed, "Alright, I understand. It"s been a tough week for you. I guess I"ll forgive you this once. But if you ever leave me with someone like that again, I won"t come to find you. I"m just going to leave and "forget" about you too!"
"I won"t do it ever again. How could I forget you again? Oh, that"s right, how DID you find me?"
Lucius rolled his eyes, "Your intelligence on one hand impresses me and on the other completely dumbfounds me. Of course through our contract! Our lives are connected now, did you really think I can"t even locate you? Can"t you feel the connection to me, as well?" After he mentioned it, Greyson did realize there was some kind of pull he felt towards the cat. I guess this feeling was how Lucius found him.
"I actually found you and followed you back to your room days ago. I was just wondering how long it would take you to remember that I was not with you, but I got impatient and just appeared myself. So what are you going to do now?" Lucius still sounded bitter, but he tried to ignore his annoyance.
"Ah, I"m going to go to the Black Hollow Forest that is outside the Academy. I hear there are a lot of magic beasts and s.p.a.ce to practice. Many students go there to train if they do not have cla.s.s. You can also sell the magic beast cores for academy points."
After being here a week, Greyson had finally learned more about how the Academy runs. One of the largest things in the academy were points. By completing missions, committing generally good deeds for the academy, or bringing treasures in, students can gain academy points. These points are similar to money in the way that they can be traded for things within the academy. These things are like magic weapons, special armor/clothing, charms, arrays, information, spells, etc. They are the most important things to have at the Academy.
Lucius"s eyes lit up, "Ohhh, that sounds fun. I"ll come with you!"
Seeing how quickly he got over his depression, Greyson did not know whether to laugh or to cry. Were you not super upset earlier? Well, not that he was complaining.