Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) (9 page)

The next couple of days the
headmaster Gavrie got them to practice the clearing of the magic channels. ‘Now
the more you clear the channels the better the magic is so you go over and over
the channels again and again. It helps you get to know your magic within
yourselves and this you need to know very well.’ Leaving them to find a spot to
practice he went off on other business.

Angel thought this would be a
good time to go over by the gate at the tower wall that separated the Dragon
Decks. ‘Come on let’s go and sit by the wall over there at the tower. There is
no one else there so it will be quite. We’ve got a pillow to sit on and be
comfortable.’

They all nodded and headed off
there, Angels thoughts on working out how to get away without anyone seeing
him. I will have to see if the gate is open or if it’s locked and how to open
it. The biggest problem might be getting away from my friends. It’s strange
looking into the cave of the Dragon Deck I wander how far this one goes back;
maybe I will have a quick look.

Going into the cave he starts to
go to where he can see in the dark as to how far back it goes. Let’s see it’s
so dark after coming in from the bright light so will have to look hard. There
it is not that far at all just enough room to maybe gets two dragons in. So
Aura’s one must be special, I’ll have to have a look.

Heading back to the others where
they have made themselves comfortable, he sits and then work on there magic
channels. ‘Do you work on the same channel or do you go past those and follow
the path down deep into your body?’

‘I go the first level like the
Headmaster says is necessary.’ Come Medwin's reply.

Now Shylyn looks at Medwin. ‘I am
the same just what the head says is necessary.’

Maive Nods her head as she
speaks. ‘He told us to follow the main large channel as this carries the main
magic.’

Angel looked at each before
speaking. ‘I feel we must go deeper as the magic is part of oneself and so you
must clear all the way down as deep and as far as it goes. This I have been
doing and my magic becomes clearer and easier the deeper I go.’

They look at him and are thinking
about what he has told them. Before they ask him any questions he speaks. ‘Tell
me can you feel magic anywhere around here?’

They look at him and shake there
heads. Angel is thinking hard about what he asked of them. If they can’t feel
the magic how sure am I its magic I feel all around me, what else could it be.
There’s only one way to find out and that’s to get them to go deeper.

‘I can feel the magic around here
coming from all those who use magic at this school, for that's the only thing
it could be. I think that by me clearing the paths deeper than any have before
it has made me sensitive to the magic and what it feels like. Try it and then I
will know it is right to clear that deep.’ Speaking with a strong feeling of
being right.

They looked at him nodded their
heads and set about looking deeper at the paths as they get smaller. Angel
still thought he had to go even deeper as his magic still did not feel
complete. So sitting there the whole afternoon not moving just sitting there
following the paths in their bodies the magic takes.

Angel was the first to come back
to the surface for he now felt complete and the tingling of all the magic
wasn’t as course for that’s what he now felt it was. The tingling is smoother
than before and not as loud, but now feels really good.

I can almost feel as if I could
draw on the magic that surrounds me. I will see if I can separate the magic in
the air into which magic belongs to whom. Let’s see what the strongest magic
around here is.

Angel turned his head around back
and forth till he stopped and looked at the face of the mountain the Wizard
School and Nirvana was stuck to. Getting up he walked over to the rock face and
placed his hand up against it.

I can feel magic it’s so strong
like a dragon compared to a small bug. There is something else the magic has
age to it. The magic is ancient; it is so old I don’t think there is anything
or one alive that could remember it.

Just then the others were coming
back up and he turned to them to see if there was any change in them. ‘How do
you feel, tell me?’

They looked at him and then they
looked around before they spoke. ‘I feel tingly all over like when you ware a
prickly coat.’ Maive said as she rubbed herself to try and stop that feeling.

‘I’m the same.’ Come Shylyns
voice as she did the same thing.

Medwin was not rubbing himself
but was looking around in amazement at the feelings he was having.

‘That is how I felt when I came
close to the Wizard School yesterday, all prickly and maybe that is what the
dragons are picking up on and don’t like. It might rub them up the wrong way
and so it makes them hate the wizards. That course feeling you have will get
better when you have gone as far as you can.’ Looking at them trying to calm
them down for he could see the prickly feeling was starting to annoy them. ‘I
now feel really good as I feel I have cleared right down to as far as the magic
paths go, and they go deep.’

Angel took them to the rock face
and got them to put there hands on it. ‘Now tell me what you feel, is there
something about the rock wall at all.’

They all nodded. ‘There is a
magic, here strong magic, it feels different.’ Medwin turned to Angel with a
funny look to his face.

‘The magic is very old and so
must be the spell holding the School to the rock face. I can feel the pattern
in it. If I hold my hands on it long enough I think I could work out the
pattern of the spell and how it is made up.’ Angel going over to the rock face
and is about to place his hands there once more when the Headmaster calls to
them.

‘Come on you four the evening
meal bells have rung along time ago and you will miss the meal, so get a move
on quickly now.’ Gavrie looked at them in a strange way as they went past.

I will have to keep an eye on
them; if they’re getting to the point of not hearing the meal bells then they
are getting too involved and will need to take breaks. This is going to be a
strange year having some so young. We have never before had this so will have
to watch them very closely.

Angel and his friends entered and
found the hall near empty so they have almost missed the meal. Angel feels he will
have to be careful when getting into the magic for if it does this to them they
might starve before they realize just what is happening to them.

Going and getting their food they
find they are really hungry and have not felt like this before. So they end up
going for seconds before going up to bed as all the working with the magic has
made them tired.

Contents

A Gift For His Friends

The following morning they headed
down to breakfast and find they are still hungry. Sitting at the table eating,
Angel tells them his fears. ‘We will have to be careful as we got so absorbed
in following the magic we lost track of time and found ourselves so hungry.
Much longer and we could have starved our selves to death. It looks like the
magic will take a lot out of us if we’re not careful.'

Just as he finished Gavrie come
into the hall looked around and came over to them. ‘Good morning and how are
you all today, judging by the amount of food you four are eating, last night
and this morning you really practiced the exercise I gave you. You will still
need to keep it up but at all times have one of you keep track of the time.
When first getting into magic it can consume you so just be aware of that.’

Sitting down at the table with
them he explains. ‘Your day is going to be broken into just the two parts, so
it will be morning with me teaching you to understand spells and what is
involved in creating spells. This is mostly how you make up the spell in your
mind.

He looks at each one as he
speaks. ‘This is a very important part of being a wizard, for without this
knowledge you would be unable to create a spell. Now as to the second part of
the day you will set aside to keep clearing the magic paths within yourselves.
This is also very important for the same reason, if they are not clear and you
go to cast a spell, the magic could backfire and work against you. All wizards
regularly make sure their paths are clear.

Getting up out of the chair he
tells them where they are to go. ‘Now your lessons will be held in the Crystal
chamber at the very top level of the central tower. This will start as soon as
you have finished your breakfast. As to the practice of clearing your pathways
you are permitted to choose your own spot to do this.’

Walking out of the hall they
quickly finish there meal and follow to the Crystal chamber. Arriving not long
after the Headmaster and as they enter the hall they just stop and look. The
Crystal chamber is just what it’s named after. The chamber eight sided with
four walls being crystal and in the centre suspended in the air is a large
crystal.

‘It’s incredible.’ Angel blurts
out with his eyes sparkling with the share joy of seeing something so
fantastic.

The others had been stopped in
there tracks as well as they entered the room. The Headmaster let them look
before pulling there attention back to him. ‘Right come on over to the centre
and sit on the floor, making yourself comfortable. Now you stay sitting there
looking at the share beauty of the room, you wander how you will ever learn
anything in here. Well you will the room will help show you how a spell is
created.’

Coming and standing in the middle
of them he creates a small spell to show them. ‘Ok here is a simple spell for
creating a flower. Now look at the flower and tell me what you see?’

Medwin looks at it and is first
up with his hand, and Gavrie nods to him. ‘I can see not a flower but a pattern
of a flower which the magic is creating.’

‘Very good, now if you all look
at this bird, that I have conjured up and now tell me what you see.’

Shylyn was first this time. ‘This
time I see the spell has a lot more detail in it. It creates all the parts, the
living parts, bringing it to life. This spell looks harder than the other.’

‘Very good and you are right the
spell is harder to do but once you have created the spell then the next time it
becomes easier. This means any spell once you have created it will be there in
your mind ready.’

Angel starts to look hard at
Gavrie and a smile appears on his face. Gavrie sees this and asks? ‘What are
you smiling about, come on tell us all?’

Angel stands up and walks over to
him, just standing within arms reach he swings his arm at Gavrie and his arm
goes right through him. ‘You have made a very good copy of yourself. You almost
had me but something about this room showed me little things that told me it
was not you. It would be better if you could make yourself firmer so that if
anyone bumped you it would appear more real.’

‘Very good and to reply to what
you just said, it is almost impossible to do because the spell is so complex
that you would be working on it for your entire life. To create a living thing
the size of a person let along anything bigger, it’s just so complex.

He now brought out an apple and
sat it on the floor. ‘Now I would like you to try and make me an apple the same
as and I want to be able to eat it. Now to create the spell you need to feel
your magic, once you can feel the flow of magic you need to shape it into the
apple.’

Angel was the first to have an
apple sitting in front of him, then not long after the others had an apple in
front as well. ‘Very good, now I want you to eat your apples because you must
be hungry after that bit of magic. Away you go now.’

Angel took a big bite into his
apple and then spat it out. Then the others the same, they all had a sour look
on their faces not understanding. ‘Good now you see there is more to creating a
spell. Anyone can create something to look like an item but to create all the
parts inside it that make up that item is an entirely different thing. That
will come latter, so I think we will leave the rest as you will find it is now
lunch time and you should be hungry. So off you go.’

All getting up, they left the
room talking amongst themselves. ‘How did you know Gavrie was an illusion as he
looked so real?’ Medwin asked as they walked down the stairs.

‘After clearing the magic
channels down deep it has given me a deeper understanding of the finer parts of
magic. Looking at Gavrie, he looked course so I decided to test it; also the
crystal in this room helped me see it.’

Shylyn looked at them speaking as
they found themselves at the Meal Hall. ‘Now we should look at the spell that
holds the school to the rock face and see what that one now looks like. Now we know
what to look for we might be able to see it.’

They all thought that a good idea
and got some food and were about to sit down when Maive suggested they take
there meal with them and see. There were hardly any other wizards or students
there so Angel was going to have a look at the door to the other deck and see
if it was unlocked.

They got to the wall and stood in
front of the rock face and looked at the spell holding Nirvana against the
cliff face. They knew it was there, for they can feel it. It’s was a very
strong tingling in there body. At first they could not see anything, and then
Angel had an idea. ‘I think we need to relax as I’m all tense with wanting to
see it. Lets quickly do the clearing exercise and then try again.’

They sat down and got comfortable
and then proceeded to go thru the clearing exercise. This took them a lot less
time as they were getting so good at it. Because they have cleared right down
to the core of the magic path, the path stays clear. Coming out of it they find
they are relaxed now.