"You're a Hold-."
"Hebiami and Boro!!!" Mio said excitedly, cutting off Boro.
"I've been waiting for you two ever since I was shown the visions of your life. I´m Mio and this is my snake, Esta. I am the Holder of Stars and I can summon and manipulate any star as long as I know its components and its name." She said, summoning a mini star in her hand and transformed it into a dagger.
"You two are the first Holders I've met since I got my powers, this is so exciting!!!" Mini stars formed and popped near her head as she jumped around excitedly.
"Think about all the cool combinati-."
"Calm down Mio." Hkra said, stopping Mio mid sentence.
"We should head inside the shop, it gets dangerous when midnight hits and it's cold."
As Hebiami stepped into the shop he was hit with multiple smells at once. One smell had the scent of old book pages, another was reminiscent of melted candy, while another was moist, like wet clothes.
What stood out more to Hebiami ,than the smell, was the shop's appearance. The shelves and glass casings, that held magical items made by Hkra himself, were covered with dusty red cloths. Staffs and wands hung from the walls behind the counter where Hkra sat. It was like something out of a fantasy book to him.
"I'm going to go and make some potions, don't touch any of the wands, Mio!" Hkra yelled, as he disappeared behind a closing door.
"Yes sir." Mio said as she sprung from her stool and into a saluting position.
"How long have you known Hkra for?" Hebiami was curious about the father-daughter-like relationship the two had.
"I've known him for ten years." Mio said, reminiscing.
"The first time we met was after I got my ability. I was so scared of when I got them so I ran, from my side of the wall, from home, until I reached his shop. Hkra might look tough on the outside to some people, but he's a big ole softy deep down. He never hesitates to help people when he feels that they're at their lowest. He helped me control my ability and taught me about all the known stars in the universe, with Estas help of course." Mio brushed her fingers across Estas orange scales and the Wolfsbane flowers that wrapped around her neck.
"I'm glad he was the first I met when I arrived here. Who knows what would have happened if I didn't." Hebiami said.
"If you ran from your home where do you stay now?" Boro asked, curiously.
"The Sun." Mio said, pointing up.
"The Sun!? How do you even get there!? How do you survive in space!?" Hebiami and Boro shouted, in sync to Mios statement.
"Heh heh impressive isn't it?" Mio said, sticking her head to the sky in a playful manner.
"I get to the sun by standing on a extremely small star then accelerating, you saw me standing on one of those said stars in the middle of the lake." A mini star, smaller than a pea, appeared on the tip of her index finger
"I can survive in space thanks to Esta, her ability can negate the changes a person would go through if they were in space."
"Our snakes have abilities too? You never told me what yours is Boro."
"That's because I didn't know I had my own abilities, my god never told me that...…" Boros face seemed worried as he wandering off into thought.
"We didn't realized I had an ability until after Mio trained hers." Esta said, trying to stop Boros mind from overthinking.
"Right, training! Mio we need your help, since you can do anything with the stars you summon, can you make one cold? We need a place super cold to train my portals." Hebiami said.
"I've never tried making a stars cold before, but I'll try…."
Mio held out a hand, closed her eyes, and entered a deep thought.
Siruis B-431, the white star appeared in her hand.
Removing the energy from your surface completely, should cool you down while keeping your core intact...
But how can I make you "super cold"?
….
….
I know what to do!
Mios open her eyes as they, and hair, that were red and a deep orange before, glowed and turned a dark blue as Siruis went completely dark and froze, turning into a star of ice.
"I did it!" Mio jumped up and down in excitement as her eyes and hair slowly shifted back to their original colors.
"We're going to space Hebiami! I need room to make this thing bigger."
"Before that, Esta needs to bite you so you wont die up there. And I need to get my staff from Hkra." Mio ran to the area where Hkra left to make potions at.
"A staff, can she use magic?" Hebiami asked Esta.
"No, Hkra made for her, its for her weapon." Esta explained, as she bit into Hebiamis arm.
Mio returned to the shops main room with her staff.
The staff was made of an unknown stone that had a line pattern that went up and down, the same red cloth, that was spread around Hkras shop, was worn by it like two ribbons, and it housed a neutron star at its cupped tip.
"Alright lets get going, I'm super excited." She said.
Outside of Hkras shop Mio summoned three stars, one for her and two for Hebiami, on the ground.
The two of them stepped onto the stars and Mio got ready to accelerate them into a secluded area of space to Sirius. But before that Hkra came out side.
"Mio and Hebiami wait, I need to do something."
Hkra did the same ritual as the one when he met Hebiami.
"A blessing spell, just in case you two get into some kind of trouble out there"
"Thank You, Hkra" Hebiami said.
Mio ran and hugged Hkra.
"We'll be back soon Old Man." She said.
"Yea yea, take care of each other." Hkra tried to hide the smile on his face as he pushed Mio off of him.
Hebiami and Mio got on their stars and blasted off, leaving Hkra alone outside his shop.