Two days passed and the door opened. Arthur's mother stands on the other side, but instead of Arthur running to the door like the last few times he just lays there, not moving.
"Arthur? Are you okay?"
She walks into the room and grabs Arthur and flips him over.
"Speak to me Please Arthur!"
Nothing is said, not even a moan. His body feels hot, almost as if he was metal sitting in the sun for hours. She picks him up and goes to run out of the room but is frozen when she sees the other side of the door.
Deep Crawl marks fill the door, each one covered in blood. Dents from where he slammed his body formed at the base. What horrified her the most was the word HATE wrote in blood right above the door knob.
Terrified at what she was looking at, she looks down at Arthur. But realized if he is to live she has to hurry. She runs outside the room and up the stairs calling her husband's name. But no answer, she searched every room but there was no one else home.
She places Arthur down on the kitchen table and holds her hands above him
"I didn't want to have to get involved but now i have too"
Her hands glow and a light starts to come from them that touches Arthur. The cuts on his hand begin to heal. His body even starts to get bigger, making for the food he hasn't eaten in two days. Soon Arthur shoots up into a sitting position.
"Oh Arthur, thank the gods your okay, i was so worried"
She says as she pulls him close for a tight hug. Arthur hugs back but says nothing back. He looks around at the empty house.
"Where is everyone?"
"They all got their powers and your father took them away to there new home"
"Oh i hope they're okay"
"There fine, but i have to find a way to get in contact with your father to see if he can come and get us too"
Just then the door opens and his father walks in.
"Oh so you took him out a bit early? He will pay for that later but for now does he have his powers or what?"
"Yes honey, can you feel it?"
His father looks at Arthur looking deep within him
"Yeah okay, you guys got five minutes to pack before we leave. Don't bring any toys either, you won't be playing with them anymore."
Once they pack, his father opens a portal and they walk through to a bigger house. This one is more modern and has a bunch of workout equipment outside. But the first thing Arthur sees is all of his half brothers outside playing. He drops his bag and runs to them.
"Brothers, it's been a while, how have you been?"
No one answers back, they look at him with pity and go back to playing. Arthur turns to his mother.
"What's wrong with them?"
"What's wrong with us? No, what's wrong with you?"
A kid says as he walks up and punches Arthur right in the face
"You think you are better than us huh? Father told us everything don't think we don't know everything you where saying back at the old house"
Arthur stand up and pushes the kid away
"What are you talking about? The whole time I was back at the old house I was worried about you guys."
Arthur turns to his father and sees him walking into the house
"It's all his fault. He telling you lies about me, you have to believe me"
"Yeah sure. Who should we believe, the guy who believes he's too good for us or our own father?"
Arthur wanted to say something but just gave up and walked to pick up his bag. After he unpacked in his new room that he shared with his mom he sat down wondering.
"I don't know what lies father told them, but I have to find out. It makes no sense why my father hates me so much."
The thought of his father hating him brought tears to his eyes. He wipes the tiers away and lays down in his bed. The door opens and his mother walks in.
"Hey mom I have a question, do you have magic?"
His mother seemed shocked at the question but quickly closed the door behind her.
" Why do you ask?"
"I want to learn how to use mine. I want to be strong, strong enough so father doesn't hate me."
A big smile grows on her face
"Listen baby, everything is complicated. Your father hates you. I won't lie and he's going to make everyone else hate you. I'm sorry baby. I wish I could tell you why. But you have to become strong for you, your father is going to make sure your brothers are stronger. You have to be stronger than them, stronger than your father. You have to become strong enough to change the world."
"How do I get stronger? I don't know anything about magic."
"I will teach you everything I know but I want you to promise me one thing."
"Anything mom"
"If you believe your doing the right thing, I want you to fight for it. This world is evil and it's going to do whatever it can to beat you down. I want you to stand up to the evils of this world and make a difference, even if it's small. Can you promise me that?"
Arthur stands up from his bed.
"I swear mother, I will."
She pulls Arthur close and kisses his forehead. She mumbles to herself
"You'll make me proud i know it, you have my heart"
She starts to cough as she stands up
"Okay baby, the first thing about magic is to find out what kind of magic you have. So what you're gonna do is sit down, close your eyes and hold your hands open and you have to find the magic inside of you and force it into your hands. It's hard to do your first time but after your be able to do it like its nothing"
Arthur sits on the floor and does as he was instructed. He starts to focus but nothing
"Keep trying baby. It could take hours or even days"
Arthur says nothing just keeps his focus. Hours start to pass with no progress
"Hey Arthur, maybe you should give it a break, dinner is almost done."
"(sigh) nothing, i felt nothing, am i doing it wrong?"
"No baby, it takes a while, you just have to find what brings it out. Just keep trying and your get it"
Arthur and his mother sit at the dinner table. Everyone is already eating, they grab plates and grab what little food is left. Arthur finishes his food what little there was and starts trying to find his magic again.
"Arthur, Arthur, ARTHUR!"
His father calls out but Arthur is too deep in though
"I just felt something, it was something calling to me, pulling me deeper, could that have been my magic?"
BANG. the whole table jumps, surprised to see their father just slam his hand through the table. This was enough to bring Arthur out of his own head.
"If i have to say your name one more time i swear i will put you through back in that fucking time out room. If your done eating then leave my fucking table."
Arthur stood up without saying a word but kept eye contact as he got off his chair and walked back into his room. He sat down and tried to go back into his mind, this time trying to drown out the sound of his father yelling at his mother. Legs crossed, arms folded and his eyes closed forced himself into his mind but couldn't seem to concentrate. Angry, he opens his eyes.
"Huh? Where am i?"
There are no walls just darkness, the floor is a black liquid but when he lifts his foot its not wet
"What is this place? HELLO, ANYONE HERE?"
Nothing but echoes. But Arthur feels something calling him, deep into the darkness. He starts to walk slowly trying to be brave but his fear of the dark was stopping him from moving fast. He slowly walks in the direction he feels the calling when it just stops.
"Is this it? Is this where I'm supposed to be? That weird feeling is gone maybe if i keeping walking it will come back"
He start to walk but the calling come back, leading him to the spot he was just at
"Huh? There's nothing here, what am I supposed to do? This is pointless, how do I get out of here?"
Arthur sat down in the same position when he got here. A small flame appears in front of him.
"How is there fire on the water? How did it start?"
He moves his foot to step it out but as soon as he moves it disappears
"What the? I'm so confused right now"
He moves his leg back and the fire come back
"So if I move the fire leaves? Okay that's strange, Wait no heat is coming from the fire. This place is so strange. What if i slowly-"
Arthur slowly moves his hand to the fire, this time it doesn't move. He stops his hand right before the fire. Making so no actual heat comes from it.
"He goes nothing"
He slowly put his fingers into the fire and it wasn't hot. So he takes both of his hands and scoops the fire up and holds it close.
"Nothing to be scared of now. The dark can't hurt me because I have light now."
A wave of comfort hit Arthur. The fire started to spread around him creating a bigger light. Soon his whole body was on fire. Arthur felt a warmness in his chest and all his fear just set ablaze. Soon the whole room was on fire. Arthur let the flames spread till the room was just one big flame.
"AHHHHHH ARTHUR!"
Arthur opened his eyes now back in his room to see his mother looking at him with a look of terrier.
"MOM WHATS WRONG?"
"You mean you're not in pain?"
"No, why would i?"
"Because your on fire- your magic its...….fire"
Arthur ran to the mirror in his room and was completely shocked to find flames surrounding him. They soon faded but his appearance changed. His once black hair turned brown, his snow white skin now tan, his brown eyes now look like a fire blazing in the night.
Arthur puts his hand on his chest and takes a deep breathes in
"It chose me because it trusted me. Thank you"