"Where am I?" I looked around the room and it definitely wasn't mine. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥? 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? The bed was comfortable, but they couldn't bribe me so easily.
I stood up and looked around the room. The closet was my first target. I opened the closet. It was filled with a lot of clothes and there was a human sized mirror on the the door's back. "They could at least give me the right size." I said out loud while looking at myself in the mirror. "My purple hair looks just as good as always." I gave myself a compliment to forget the ugly pyjamas. 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. I looked through the clothes. "No, no, definitely not, eww no. Nothing good." I sighed and picked the less no. It was a simple purple t-shirt, but It's texture was of fine quality. I picked the darker purple short as well and checked myself in the mirror. "Better than nothing..." I sight. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. I laughed pridefull at my thoughts.
After brushing my hair. I closed the closet and looked at the timeteller. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
I walked to the door and tried to open it. 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥? "Hey let me out of here! Do you know who I am! You better let me out right now!" There was a reaction to my shouting: someone leaped to this room.
"Reuben? Are you okay?" The man sounded nice, but it could be a act. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦?!
"No I'm not, the door is locked!" I replied sarcastic.
"I... I will get the reserve key. Hang in there." The man walked away from the door. Was this guy really scared of me? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦.
The man got back and unlocked the door in front of me. It opened and I saw him. He was taller than me. A lot taller. He had brown hair and was mixed with gray hair. He looked like he was between 40 and 50 years old. His chin was red probably just shaved. He smelled fine to me. His clothes looked expensive. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦. He did not look to strong, so I would be able to escape.
"Did you slee... why is your hair purple?" The man looked at my perfect hair.
"It looks good right? Are you jealous my hair isn't gray?" 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦.
"What? Thats kinda mean, I gave you a house and clothes you should be thankful." He seemed angry, but I should be angry. this guy was not father.
"You cannot bribe me with that ugly clothing and a comfortable bed." 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴?
"Bribe...? This is you're home now. You don't have anywhere else to go right? The guy was obviously confused and it was not acted.
"My house is not as big as yours, but it is still my house." He took me away from my home, so how did he not know about it's existence?
"You told me you are parentless." Again he looled like he was speaking the truth. He seems more honest the father. Even though father was a big liar.
"I never said such a thing. I have never seen you in my life before." I speaked the truth as well, so what is wrong?
"It's me Martin. And you are Reuben. Can't you remember?" 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺... 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦?!
"If cours I know my own name, but how do you know?"
"You told me yesterday night." He seemed stressed.
"Enough! This doesn't make sense!" I was irritated. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵!
"This is what I know," he said before he told his story about how we met.
"I crushed into you... how do I know it is true?"
"You have to believe me or do you want to seek your hidden house?" 𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦?
"What do want from me?"
"I want you to be safe," he said even after my rudeness.
"Fine I'll stay for the night. I want you to bring me to the hospital, buy me a sword, some food and good clothes. Tommorow I will leave well protected and I'll find my house." 𝘕𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥.
"If that's what you want..." he said while looking at the ground. 𝘐 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺. "Lets go to the hospital then..."
"Good, show me the way." And that is how I got a free ticket for a full survival kit.
On our way Martin asked, "why did your hair colour change from blue to purple?"
"I think you mistook it, cause I am born with my purple hair." 𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥?
"Maybe I was just tired." The silence broke in after that and it lasted until we reached the hospital.
"Here is the hospital, should I wait outside?" 𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘸?
"That is fine by me," I said and I walked inside on my own.
"Welcome to Lori's hospital, where can I help you with?" A pink haired girl asked standing behind a stone table. She looked like she was in the early twenties. She smiled bright and wore a white dress with a short skirt. The dress had the water element printed on her belly. I read the label on her chest. It said, "Katelyn."
I looked at the timeteller and talked to Katelyn. "Hello there lady, can I take a magic test please." She looked suprised, because of my age. Normal people took the test when they were just born.
"Can I have your name please?" Katelyn said while picking a pen, then resting it on her paper book.
"My name is Reuben Miller," I answered to the young lady. "R-E-U-B-E-N M-I-L-L-E-R."
"Noted! I'll send this to the doctor, please wait until he arrives." She pointed the letter and trew it through a brief case at her right.
I walked to the waiting room. The chairs didn't look very comfortable so I just stood. There wasn't many decoration, just some plants and the beautiful lady named Katelyn. I looked at the timeteller. The arrow just hitted the afternoon face and thats was when the doctor arrived.
"Are you mr. Reuben? Come on, follow the big guy" The docter was big guy indeed with a huge blue beard, with a mustache attached to it. He had a bold head and blue glasses. His doctor outfit was blue as well. The label on his chest said, "Dr. Moisturizer."
I followed Dr. Moisturizer to his desk. It was the room at Katelyn's right and it connected with the brief caged door.
When we arrived Dr. Moisturizer emidiatly went for his chair. "Sit down my friend." He pointed at the chair in front of his desk.
While he studied the paper with my request on it I looked around the room. In the middle of the room laid a blue colored patient bed. In the closet next to Dr. Moisturizer stood a skeleton from a weird creature. It looked look a dog fromed Rabbit. At the wall on my right there hung a list with names from people who work here. Katelyn's last name was Melody, according to the list. Dr. Moisturizer's front name was nowhere to be seen on the list.
"A magic test huh?" Dr. Moisturizer scratches his blue beard. It moved more like water then hair. "If you give me your arm I can use a bit of your blood for the test."
I gave my arm to him and with one blink of the eye my thumb was bleeding. Dr. Moisturizer put the weird tool he just used on his desk. He grabbed a machine on a shelve in the closet with the weird looking skeleton and placed it on his desk. "All you have to do is press all the six red squares with your thumb."
And I pressed my bleeding thumb on each square. Dr. Moisturizer look closely at his side of the machine. He looked like he was waiting for something to happen. After a few seconds he moved his head slowely from right to left to watch all six results. "..."
"What is it doctor, do I have a good power."
"How is this possible?" His eyes were as big as his glasses at this moment. "Reuben... you are the first person ever, to have all the six magic sorts in your blood." He stood up and spread both arms widely. "Hahahahahaha! I Dr Moisturizer found the first person to have it all!" He laughed a loudly, pridefull laugh.
"You are kidding me right?" I knew I would have good results, but this seemed impossible.
He rotated the machine and all spaces were green. "A green stripe means you own the element." 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦! I could use fire, water, earth, air, light and dark magic. 𝘐 𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. "Hey kid, be safe outside, someday the world may need you."
"Ye ye I'll be fine. I can control them all."
"Technically you could control them, but you cannot yet. You'll have to learn very hard."
"Ye ye, I will be fine. I have other plans to do, so I am heading out doc." I stood up and walked to the door.
"Reuben, I hope we cross our paths again."
I walked out of the hospital. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦!
Martin was waiting for me outside. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴.
"Hey kid!" he said while pulling one hand out of his pocket to give me a short wave. "And... what are the results?" He looked really curious about it.
𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭... 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. "I..." I hesitated for a bit. "I can controle all the six magic sorts and with enough of practice I can be the greatest of all time!" I stoot proudly pointing my thumb to myself, while saying these words.
Martin blinked twice out of suprise. "Are you trying to trick me or something?" Martin would not believe such a thing.
"I mean it! Every stripe was green! I have seen it with me own...!"
Before I finished that sentence, Martin pressed his hand against my mouth and said, "Shhhh... People will pay hundreds of gold to get someone like you." He looked very strict by saying that and released his hand.
"As if I will sell myself." I said proudly.
"As if they'll give you any choice," countered Martin.
"Fine!" I sighed. "Shall we go get a sword?" I hesitated.
"Yeah... about that... Swords are illegal to carry in Lori village." 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳.
"Nonsense, I saw two men wearing swords just this morning." One wore a green suit and the other a red one.
"Those men are knights. They protect the city. It's part of their job to carry swords at all time." That sounded possible.
"Well... I still need new clothes, so we can get these instead." 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘵e 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴.
"Of course, follow me kid." And we both walked to the clothing shop.
We arrived at the clothing shop. This time Martin joined me and went inside as well. "Pick anything you like," he said.
I looked around. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? There were formal, comfy and cool clothes, however all were men clothing.
I looked in one of the mirrors and brushed my hair to the back, with my hand. 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳!
I looked around. I had to pick the best set. 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵! I picked a purple blouse, a darker purple jacket, of course purple pants and purple shoes. 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳. I walked to the changing room and changed myself.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵! I walked outside of the changing room and showed it to Martin. "So what do you think?" I wore a formal purple blouse, with a purple jacket over it. The blouse had black vertical stripes and purple buttons. The jacket was made of good quality, same goes for the pants I wore. My shoes were made of purple leather. I looked richer than Martin.
"Wow... that's really... formal." Martin was shocked by my clothes. Martin paid the shopkeeper 500 silver pieces and we both left the clothing shop.
"Let's go home," Martin said. He look depressed about something, but I didn't bother to ask.
The same two knighs I saw earlier today, were walking towards us. The green suited knight asked to us, "Excuse me, I like to ask a question to the both of you."
"Sure," Martin replied. "Did we do anything wrong sir?" he added in concern.
"No it is nothing to worry about," the green suited knight replied. "We only want to ask if one of you could recognize this sword."
The red suited knight showed a sword with blood on it. 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵... 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴... 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥?!
TO BE CONTINUED...