2 My New World and Magic

(First Person)

When I woke up it was dark....but different from the void that I had been in previously. I felt a kind of warmth and comfort in this darkness. It was cramped and I could barely move but it gave me a sense of security.

"What is this place?"

I opened my eyes for a few moments but soon after, fell back to sleep. I woke up a few more times, not able to stay conscious for more than five minutes at a time. After what felt like ages, something started pushing me, forcing me out of my comfort and safety. Before I knew it, I was pulled out of my mothers womb, being wrapped in soft cloth and held in the arms of a maid.

"Why isn't he crying?" Said a man with long blonde hair and glowing green eyes.

The maid spanked me and I started crying and screaming. Everyone in the room sighed in relief, knowing that their precious baby was okay. That was when I got my first look at my new family. My mother was a beautiful woman. Though I may be biased, I thought she was many times more beautiful than El. Eyes crimson red with hair a raven black that reached to her lower back. Suddenly, a pair of arms that belonged to the voice from before reached out and grabbed me, cradling me in his arms. I assumed this was my father. Although, he did not have his wings out I could tell it was him.

"What is his name, dear?" Asked my father.

"His name will be....Harmon Alucard Avalon Țepeș. (Pronounced Tepish)

I don't know why but for some reason I assumed that my father would have been the vampire and my mother the faerie. I reached out and grabbed my fathers long blonde hair, playing with it in my hand as I fell asleep once again.

(5 years later)

Living as a baby was extraordinarily boring. All I did was eat, shit, and sleep all day. I couldn't do anything. I did pick up on some information during this time, however. I learned quite a lot. I learned that my mothers name is Helena and that she is a very powerful vampire. My father's named Oberon and is king of the faeries. He too is very powerful. I can chalk this up to my first wish coming true. I learned that we are in the faerie realm and live in my fathers castle. Apparently faeries, like vampires are immortal. Vampires and faeries have extremely low birthrates because of their immortality which is why it's supposed to be impossible for a half faerie and half vampire to be born. There are some other factors that go into it also such as the difference in magic cores and such but I don't understand all that yet. I also learned that both faeries and vampires are extremely proficient in magic so that means, along with my wish to have unlimited potential in all magic fields and to have a large mana pool I'll also have a racial boost. I haven't been able to test any magic yet but I've seen my parents use it, and from what I can make out it looks extremely complicated. Also, my body has gone through a huge change since I was born, which I guess is to be expected. My eyes are crimson red, just like my mothers and my hair has grown all the way to my butt and is snow white, which I get from my father. I am growing at an accelerated rate but I'm not sure if it's because of my encounter with the two gods or because of my race.

Anyways, besides all that today, is a very special day. Today is my fifth birthday and my parents said they would let me start my studies of the arcane arts, but only if I learn swordsmanship as well. I, of course agreed. Right now, I am on my way to my fathers study room where he will give me my first lesson into the arcane arts.

Knock knock knock

"Come in." (Oberon)

I walk into the study room and see my father sitting at his desk. I walk towards the chair on the other side of his desk and wait for my father's permission to sit. He never did tell me to sit, but instead he stood up. He then outstretched his hand and symbols, which I later found out are called runes flew to his hand, creating a circle of magic. I stood their, mouth open as I watched my father weave together a magic circle like a beautiful tapestry. When he was finished, he said one word..."Snow." The magic circle dispersed and snow started to fall from the ceiling.

"Teach me, please!" I cried out.

My father grabbed four large books from his bookcase and handed them to me.

"Go and study these books."

I took the books and excused myself from his study room with a bow as I ran to my room. My father had always kept a tight lock on all his magic tombs so I could never so much as look at one and now he had just given me four different books! I was euphoric.

When I arrived at my room I sat at my desk and looked at the four books. The titles were as follows:

Introductory to the Runic Languages

A basic guide into Neutral Runes

A basic guide into Faerie Runes

A basic guide into Vampiric Runes

I didn't waste any time and for the next three days I read and reread the 'Introductory to the Runic Languages.' According to the book, there are two types of magic. There is Elemental Magic and then there is Racial Magic. Elemental Magic is usable by all races and uses the Neutral Runic Language. There are eight different elements, four basic and four advanced. They are as follows:

Basic Elements:

Air

Water

Earth

Fire

Advanced Elements:

Light

Dark

Space

Time

Racial Magic is quite different. In order to use Racial Magic you need to have a certain Magic Core. For example, in order to use Vampiric Magic you need to have a Vampiric core and in order to use Faerie Magic you need a Faerie Core. Humans are the only race that don't have a Magic Core and therefore, can only use Elemental Magic. As well as having the proper core to cast Racial Magic, you also need to know that races Runic Language. The Runic Languages serve as threads, that when weaved together create a magic circle which then creates the spell. You can practically create whatever spell you want as long as you use the proper runes. Of course, there are standard spells such as Fireball and Ice Spear but apparently, a big part of magic is creating your own spells that suite you best.

After I understood all this, I spent another six days vigorously studying the the other three books, memorizing all the runes I could. Unsurprisingly, I memorized all the space runes just by reading them once. After I felt like I had a pretty decent amount of runes in my arsenal I decided to go out to the training field and try a standard Fireball.