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"I am having this dream again..."
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A young man was sitting at the dinner table, he looked to be about 14 years old.
There were five other people sitting at table.
There was a tall man that had well defined muscles sitting next to what appeared to be a lovely, young woman, Furthermore there were two young girls sitting at the table, one looked to be ten years old and the other one seven years old.
And lastly, there was a young boy sitting next to the 14 year old boy.
"Ignys, Ignys! Can we play outside after dinner?" spoke the ten year old boy to the other boy sitting next to him.
Ignys responded quickly.
"Ofcourse, Cleon, But I will also have to play with your sisters."
One of the girls quickly retorted at Cleon's question.
"Yeah, Cleon! Brother Ignys promised me and Luna that he would play house with us first!"
The other girl who would be Luna nodded before responding.
"Yes, Leia is right."
Luna was quite smart for her age, even though she was just ten.
She focused alot on her studies, and had already awoken her magical affinity, usually this would happen around the age of fourteen.
She never really revealed her childish side, she only did so to her family and inner most friends.
Ignys had also already awoken his magical talent, and it turned out that his was darkness.
"House is boring! Ignys, please play soccer with me outside!" Said Cleon.
"No! Big brother Ignys promised to play house with me first!" retorted Leia.
Luna simply nodded towards Leia.
Ignys quickly responded as his siblings started arguing with eachother.
"Now now, I will play with everyone, but I promised to play with Leia and Luna first, Cleon."
"But- But- brother I don't want to wait!"
"Cleon, strong and brave people have to wait alot when they grow up, you want to be strong and brave, right?"
Cleon stumbled on his words a bit before responding.
"Yes, I want to be strong and brave big brother Ignys..."
"Good, then will you be able to wait for me to finish playing with Luna and Leia?"
"Yes, I will brother."
The adult woman sitting at the table simply chuckled upon seeing the argument being resolved.
"What is so funny, mom?" asked Cleon.
The woman quickly responded.
"It's just funny seeing you all fight over your brothers attention, that's all."
The entire dinner table was silent for a second before a loud argument broke out against the mom by the children.
The argument went on for a while, but after a minute a loud crack was heard from the table.
The tall man slammed his fist in the table before speaking.
"Silence! eat your damn dinner and leave your mom alone!"
All the children fell silent.
The woman spoke to the man.
"Richard, there is no need to be so aggressive..."
The man looked towards the woman, his eyes filling with fury.
"Shut the hell up, Mariah. Just eat your dinner and go do the dishes."
The entire dinner table went silent and everyone started eating their dinner quickly.
After Richard was done eating he got up and headed towards the basement.
No one was ever allowed to enter the basement without Richard's permission.
"Damn that ignorant man, he doesn't even care for his family!" thought Ignys.
The only reason Mariah nor Ignys had done anything about Richard so far was because he was the breadwinner for the family, Ignys truly wondered what his mother saw in this man to marry him.
After ten minutes everyone was done eating and Ignys was immediately dragged off outside by Luna.
"Come, brother. You promised me and Leia you would play house with us."
Ignys sighed before responding.
"Yes, I did. So, what do you want to play today?"
Luna and Leia huddled together and started whispering to eachother.
After whispering for thirty seconds they responded.
"You will be playing as the evil villian known as the black lizard and we will be the heroes to strike you down known as the Scarlet Sage and the Wise Scholar!"
Luna pointed towards herself, signalling her to be the Wise Scholar meanwhile Leia pointed towards herself, signalling that she was the Scarlet Sage.
Ignys let out a chuckle as he thought that the names were quite fitting.
He let this chuckle blossom into a loud, maniacal laugh before speaking.
"Ah if it wouldn't be the Scarlet Sage and the Wise Scholar, have you come here to foil my plans once again!?!" yelled out Ignys.
"Black Lizard, we will not allow you to hurt the residents of Quaris ever again! Your legacy ends here!" yelled Luna.
"Then come, try me!" yelled Ignys before picking up a stick.
Leia and Luna followed Ignys's example and also picked up a stick.
Leia immediately charged towards Ignys's and swung the stick towards him.
Ignys easily parried Leia's blow before speaking.
"Is that all you got, Scarlet Sage? I expected better from you!"
Ignys slightly tapped Leia's thigh, making sure she did not get injured by it.
Leia hopped backwards, clutching her thigh.
"Scarlet Sage! allow me to heal you!" yelled Luna.
Luna dashed towards Leia before putting her hand on Leia's thigh and making some noises with her mouth.
"Thanks Scholar, you have saved me once again. Now let's finish this!"
Both Leia and Luna dashed towards Ignys.
"Oh? You think you two can truly beat me? Hit me with everything you got then! I will show you the true power of the black lizard!" spoke Ignys.
Both Luna and Leia let out a battlecry before reaching Ignys.
Leia attacked his legs and he easily blocked the blow.
"You are too weak!"
However, in the next second Ignys was hit on his back by Luna.
"How could this happen..." said Ignys before stumbling to the ground.
He landed on the ground with his back, looking up the sky to see Luna and Leia looming over him.
"This is your end, Black Lizard. You shall no longer terrorize the world of Quaris ever again!" said Luna.
"No... This cannot be the end for me! I still have so much experimenting to do!"
"Goodbye, Black Lizard!" spoke Leia.
Leia and Luna poked both their sticks at Ignys's heart
Ignys made some gurgling sounds before closing his eyes.
"Yeah! we did it! Well done Leia!" spoke Luna.
The two girls giggled and Ignys got up.
"Darn, you two really did me nasty back there..." spoke Ignys.
"It's your own fault brother! you should've paid more attention!" said Leia while sticking out her tongue towards Ignys.
"Let's go back inside, I still have to play with Cleon." Said Ignys.
The two sisters boo'd Ignys for a while but they still followed him inside.
"Let's play again tommorow big brother!" spoke Luna.
"Sure, why not?" spoke Ignys before heading upstairs.
He knocked three times on the door that lead towards his brothers room before entering.
When he entered he saw that Cleon was already carrying a soccerball, ready to play.
Ignys chuckled and signalled towards Cleon to follow him outside.
After walking for a couple of minutes Ignys and Cleon arrived at a small soccer field.
"Want me to start as goalkeeper, Cleon?" asked Ignys.
Cleon nodded and Ignys headed for the goal.
Cleon was really good at soccer, if it wasn't for the age gap between him and Ignys he would surely completely demolish Ignys in soccer, right now it was still quite a even match.
They played soccer for a hour before heading back home, it was already quite late so Ignys prepared for bed.
Ever since Ignys had awoken his magical talent he had been practicing his mana control, since it would be needed to execute proper spells.
He made it a ritual to practice his mana control for atleast one hour per day, and due to his affinity being darkness his strength would be greater at night, hence why he mostly practiced at night.
However, on this day Ignys practiced for alot longer since this was the first time he was able to execute a proper spell
Ignys imaged the darkness around him turning into a trident in his mind, a couple beads of sweat glided on his face before landing on the floor.
After focusing for two minutes he felt something drop into his hands.
When Ignys opened his eyes he was utterly shocked.
He found a trident made out of pure darkness in his hands, a dark aura surrounded it.
It was not a strong weapon, it could be compared to a normal trident but for Ignys it was a major improvement.
This was the first time he had been able to control the mana around the area properly to have it manifest in the shape of a weapon.
Ignys was jumping in happiness and ran downstairs, eager to show this improvement to his parents.
"Mom! Dad!" yelled Ignys as he leaped two stairs at a time.
However, when he arrived downstairs he didn't hear anything.
He stood around for a while before heading upstairs again.
He opened the door to Leia's room to find that she was missing, the same went for Cleon.
He headed downstairs once again, but this time he heard a muffled scream coming from the basement.
"Don't tell me..."