1 Legends of fire (Prologe)

"Do you know why I became a fire mage? Hmm? Do you know what casting a Fireball spell sounds like? It roars like a dwarven forge, it booms like the Orcish war drums of old! Burning and destroying anything within its reach, you focus on the sounds of magic coming from your hands and you can almost convince yourself that you cant hear the screams. By the time you run out of mana, everything is over, the other mages look at you in fear, the men look down in horror, but not a soul makes a sound, it even made your men quiet when they should be cheering in victory. There's nothing but the sound of burning buildings and the moaning of the soon to be dead."

CH. 01

"Bruni time to wake up!" my mother yells at me from the bottom of our stairs. "Breakfast is ready!"

I quickly get out of bed and hurry to get dressed as I throw on my linen shirt and hose before sprinting downstairs to the table. " What did u make mum?'' I ask as I slide into my chair at a quick pace.

"oh you know that I always make you Porridge" my mother replies, with a twinkle of mischief in her eyes and a smile on her beautiful face, before she turns around with a half plate of honey cakes. "happy birthday my boy! I can't believe you are already 14! what am I to do with you now that you have come of age!" she says as she sets down the plate in front of me and messes up my long black hair.

"Oh, you know already mum! I'm going to enter the apprentice choosing ceremony next month!" I answer seriously as I almost choke on the last bite of my first honey cake! I quickly grab another cake before Rushing to the door and try to put my boots on. "I'm going to play with Reed in the woods today mum if that's okay! I promise I will be back before the gate bell tolls this afternoon" I say.

"oh no you won't little boy!" she says as she grabs me into a big hug at the door just as I get my boots on." I need you home before then! how about 2 bells past lunch, I can at least let you have most of the day to your adventures," she replies as she lets me out of her embrace and giving me a quick kiss on the forehead.

"Mommmmm" I complain at her as she smiles at me" why do you gotta do that! I'm 14 now, I'm almost an adult!" I pout half-heartedly.

"Well be back before 3 bells son! I have a surprise for you! so you must not be late, OR ELSE" she yells at me as I streak out the door!

"YES, mum," I yell back over my shoulder as I keep running, as I'm late for Reeds and my meeting! I was supposed to meet him at 9 bells at the south gate to our village as we were going to go out fishing and having another "adventure" as we call it. I hear the sound of the time bell tolling its ringing sound. "Bong Bong Bong". I realize I have Vastly overslept past our meeting time!

"what it's already 10 bells!!! I yell at myself and hope Reed is still waiting for me, I would be so mad if he was this late for an adventure meeting! "maybe he will forgive me this once since it's my birthday" I thought to myself.

I quickly turn the last corner before the south gate comes into view, with a royally pissed off Reed not more than 5 feet in front of me. Glaring daggers at me. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS BRUNI!" Reed yells at me. "I have been waiting for over a bell of you! you are so lucky it's your birthday or I would be tempted to used full power in our next spar!" he grumps at me

Reed is my best friend, and we always go out into the woods to play. he is 14 and is also waiting for the apprentice picking. He is a tall boy at just over 5 ft tall, brown hair and blue eyes broad shoulders, and a smile that melts many girls, little heart. where I am a 4 and a half foot tall scrawny kid with dead grey eyes and black hair, and my looks mostly scare the girls away, it's not that I'm scary, its just my eyes.... they look cold, almost as if my eyes once had color but, it had been sucked out like the souls that undead Wight's use to steal the in the legends of old.

"Yea I'm sorry Reed! I stayed up WAYYY too late last night reading a new book mum got me last night! It is an introductory on different types of metals used by smiths!" I exclaim back at him as I pull out a honey cake that I managed to stuff into my pocket just before leaving the house a few minutes ago and handing it Reed I say. "Can you forgive me and PLEASE don't go full power next time we sword fight! You will end up beating me senseless before I'm even at guard". I say as I pale at his threat. He really is good with practice sword he always brings around

"fine but only cuz it's your birthday and... because you brought me a honey cake", he says as he turns around and we head for the gate to finally embark on our adventure into the woods.