KENAN
I woke up the next morning fully refreshed and let's just say my whole weekend was hectic. On Saturday, we were taken on a tour round the whole school to get acquainted with our classes and other places in the school. We moved from the main building, to the greenhouse, elemental building and even the pit where duels took place. The rest of the day was used to settle down. I arranged my stuffs and I'm sure grandma has been planning this for a long while. Once I was done getting my stuffs together I was tired so I slept.
Sunday was spent in church, then we moved to our friendship party. It was cool to know that at least I had all my friends here. Nik has become so close to our group, you would think we have known each other for a long time. The others have started practicing with their powers but I couldn't even do anything. I had to hide my real powers from my friends even though I didn't like it. We retire to our room late in the evening after a whole day of fun.
The room I was given was huge, it had a king sized bed, a walk in closet, a huge dresser with all sorts of space, stocked full with everything I would ever need and a nice looking couch in front of the TV. The room was painted black and diverse shades of gold. The decor and everything was so beautiful I fell in love with it almost immediately. I took my time to set up my stuffs which was so much all thanks to my Grandma. I finish setting up late but it was still worth it
I walk into the dresser and see a cupboard with a tag uniform and stationery. I walk back into my room and sit on my bed cross-legged. I try to call on my powers again and it was all to no avail. I curse out in frustration before putting on my headphone to cool myself.
"You are just trying too hard" i hear a voice and i put off my headphone.
"Did anyone speak to me" I ask and no one answers. I look round and no one was in my room except me.
"What an Idiot" the voice says again and I groan.
"I'm not in the mood for magical pranks sincerely" i shout and still no answer.
"Do I really have to point it out to you that no one is there. I'm in your head dumbskull" the voice replies face-palming and I could feel it do it but I can't see it.
"In my what now?" I ask clearly confused.
"Another stupid human host. I'm in your head young man" the voice replies clearly bored.
"Who or what the hell are you? Mr know it all" I question already frustrated by his attitude.
"Finally a reasonable question. Guess you are not as dumb as I thought" the voice replies "My name is Tinail, your humble guide at your service.
'Wow really humble' I thought
"I can hear your thoughts you know" the voice replies
"How can you do that and why can't I see you" I ask and the voice chuckles.
"That is because I am a sentient being bound to your ring and you are my new host so we share thoughts." the voice says and I groan. Can my life get any more worse. "Yesh it can" it says and I groan again. I look at the ring and it looks like any other ring to me.
"So Tinail what do you mean by you are my guide" I ask and I could feel it smile.
"Simple I am here to guide you as a supernatural and seeing your power it won't take long for me to start doing that" He replies and I was confused.
"If you are really my guide where have you been all this while. I have had this ring for days now you know. Why come out now all of a sudden" I ask
"I have been here all that while but the problem was that I am supposed to feed off mana from my host to survive. For the past 18 years i have not had a host locked up in that pouch so I had to feed on my own residual mana for all those while. As we speak I can only communicate with you but I am supposed to be able to do lots more. Once I am able to gain my full mana strength then you will know the use of a guide" Tinail replies
"Are you telling me that you are feeding off my mana as we speak" I ask and I feel Tinail nod "So you arre the reason I can't do any magic because you have been feeding off the mana I needed" I continue and Tinail chuckles.
"That one is on you bro. I just feed on it slowly so has to not drain you but enough to start filling me up slowly" Tinail replies.
"If I may ask do you know your former host" I ask and I feel Tinail shooks it's head. This is really weird.
"I completely forget everything about my old host the moment our bond is broken. I only remember all the knowledge amassed through them to use it in assisting my next host" Tinail replies.
"Well that was worth a try?" I say sighing. Now I'm talking to myself. I'm slowly going crazy "What can you do Tinail?" I ask and it replies.
"For now I am only a consciousness and a storage ring but later own when I have my complete power. I can do multiple things.
"What is a storage ring" I ask and it groans.
"Are you completely clueless about magical artifacts" Tinail asks and i shake my head "A storage ring is an interdimensional magical storage space for anything that can be taken round. The smallest one is the size of a cardboard box and to most people in the world the largest one is the size of a storage room. I on the other hand am another story entirely" Tinail replies and I see flashes of a large tower of space filled with books and many other things I can't even say.
"What was that Tinail" I ask and Tinail smiles.
"That was me I just showed you my storage and I'm still expanding. Once I have my full power I should be 10 times that size." He replies and I was shocked because that is huge.
"That means I can keep anything in you right?" I ask and I feel Tinail nod "How did you even come about by the way? I'm sure you didn't just fall from the sky, did you?" I ask and Tinail smiles
"Technically I did" Tinail replies "I was a fallen angel" Tinail continues "I was one of the angels that supported Calliel in rebelling against he Almighty God during the Holy War of Heaven"
"Did you just say Calliel" I ask and Tinail nods "But I thought he is an Archangel"
"He is an Archangel, the most powerful of them all but he is fallen. Calliel is the only Lightbringer Archangel and his twin was so jealous of him and since Salliel could control fears he was able to corrupt his brother's mind into going against our father. This was what started the war" Tinail says
"So Calliel is not only a Fallen Archangel but the Devil himself" I ask and Tinail nods.
"Devil, Satan, Esu and many more names thy people call him in different languages. Yes Calliel is the King of Hell himself." Tinail replies "Now can I go on with my story" Tinail asks and I nod "Thank you. During the war I sustained a fatal injury so when we were falling I was dieing. Calliel was my best friend so he didn't want me to die"
"But i thought angels could not die" I ask cutting him off.
"They cannot except they are stabbed with the sword of light itself. I was stabbed by Salliel with the same sword" Tinail replies and I nod motioning him to continue "Calliel then went to Sanian my brother to find a way to keep me alive. The only option they had was to tie my consciousness to a powerful object. They used the rest of the celestium they had in creating the necklace and ring but it was still not powerful enough to hold a sentient being like me and my powers
They later went to Haeclus to seek for help and he agreed to help. He gave them the Death Aether that he was born with and they added it to the ring as a gemstone since there was no space on necklace. Using powerful runic and angelic magic they were able to transfer my consciousness and power into the ring.
Thought there was a condition. I had to have a host with pure death aether mana in them to survive. Haeclus being the only one they knew then was who I was given to start my journey as a guide." Tinail explains his whole journey to me.
"Sanian is also a fallen Archangel right?" I ask and he nods
"He is the most powerful Creator Archangel blessed with the power to create powerful objects using runes.
"Then if I am not mistaken my father was also a death Elemental if he was your host" I ask
"Maybe. I don't remember any host at all" Tinail replies a little down he can't help me.
"Don't worry we will find out all we can very soon" I reply "what do you mean by I am trying too hard" I ask
"Magic cannot be forced. It takes time but the only way to use it is to connect with your mana to that in the environment. It takes time for magic to travel and for someone like you it will take longer because the power is more" Tinail says breaking down the logic.
"What do you propose I do then" I ask
"Give it time. At least wait till your first Elemental class tomorrow" Tinail says and I nod.
"By the way I saw a lot of books in your storage. What are they for?" I ask
"Ohh those are the books my hosts gave gathered in another of my storage. Any information in the books kept in that storage can be accessed by thought and easily but that can only be done when I am at full strength"
"Wow you really have power then. So what is our relationship going to be like?" I ask again
"Well until I merge with you fully we would just be able to share thoughts bur later on once we fully merge we would share memories, knowledge and even emotions. It is more like we become two sides of a coin."
"I'm sorry to break it down to you but I love my privacy" I reply
"You can hide things from me. I can only hear your thoughts because you allow me. Very soon you will learn how to hide it from me." Tinail says
"I just can't be responsible for you" I say
"It is more like I am responsible for you. I can even help you to understand your darkness element" Tinail says. I think of it well before speaking.
"If I am going to do this we have to be totally honest with one another and we have to work together to build this relationship" I reply and I feel it nod.
"I promise to do all in my power to serve you and help you in this journey. Just wait for me to get my full strength and see how much of an help I am" Tinail says happy
"Fine let's see how far we can go before killing each other then" I reply jokingly
"Thank you, thank you I promise you won't regret this" Tinail replies excited he can live again.
I drop my headphone decide to follow Tinail advice and leave it all till the next day. I head to my bathroom and take a quick shower before falling on my bed and almost immediately I was drawn to the land of darkness .