Chapter 6: Changing

It had been 10 hours already. It looked like Narvi was going to sleep in a long time. The king and queen had gotten there 3 hours ago. They didn't want to wake Narvi up knowing he isn't feeling well.

At the moment everyone except the elder was in the house that Zane, Ryker, and Narvi, were staying in. Then the King spoke. "What changes have happened so far?" "Well, we don't exactly know. On the way here he threw up. Then he looked as pale as a ghost. The Elder must have talked to him about why that must have happened." Said Ryker. "Yes, I'm sure he has. Mind if I go look at him?" said the King. "Sure, go ahead. Arson you can go too." "I'll stay out here." Said the Queen. "Ok sure." Then they went into Narvi's room.

Narvi wasn't looking to well and they noticed. The king put his hand on Narvi's forehead. "Well, its good he doesn't have a fever." "What's going on with him your majesty?" said Arson worriedly. "He will be coming into changes real soon for the type of demon he and I are. He is having a harder time than I did when I got my changes because he is a stronger boy than I was at that age. But it was still painful." "What sort of changes if you don't mind me asking." "Oh I don't mind at all. Our kind get the shape of our horns, our whole-body changes in size, heck even our hair color changes. The most painful ones I can think of is the horns, muscle and bone change." "Oh I see. What about power? Will it get stronger as he grows?" "Yes, it will. He may be even stronger than me."

"Hmm. No. Please it's not my fault." Narvi said in his dream. "Narvi its ok son. It isn't your fault. I'm right here. Dad is right here." Said Ryker. He came in after a while. "Dad don't leave me." "I won't leave you I'm right here." Then Narvi seemed to calm down a bit.

It was time for bed. The King said, "We are heading over to the elder's if you need anything come get us right away, ok? I don't care what time it is." "Yes sir we will." said Zane. Zane was a similar demon but not the same. his main colors were blue. Different shades of them. He was like a brother to Narvi when they lived in the village.

In the middle of the night Narvi was screaming. Ryker and Zane ran right to his room. Something was happening to him, so Zane ran over and pounded on the elders door. The Elder opened the door and knew immediately what was going on he ran to get the King and Queen with his brother as well and they rushed right over.

The king spoke up. "Hmm. So, it's the bones and muscles first, is it? My horns grew first. Its ok son. It will only hurt for a little while then it will stop." Both fathers were holding each of his hands and he was gripping them tightly. Then finally after about 5 minutes of excruciating pain he was starting to calm down.

Then he was finally waking up a little bit. "Hmm. Dad? Are you there?" I said with my eyes closed. "Yes son we are both here. Your brother and mother are as well." Then I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. "Zane. You are here too. thank you for being here." "Hey kid I couldn't let my little brother be in pain by himself, right?" "Haha yeah I remember saying that too. What the hell was that pain?" "It was your muscles and bones getting stronger and bigger so it would be painful. Yours is more painful because you are a stronger child than I was and your body was forcing it. I'm sure the Elder knows a little about that stuff." "Yeah, he told me something similar. Is there going to be more pain father?" "Yes, your horns will be getting their shape as well." "What is the pain like?" "Well, it's more of a headache but compared to you it will most likely be a migraine." "Oh great. I'm not looking forward to that." "No one really is but it happens." "Can I go out and get some fresh air?" "Yes, but take Zane and Arson with you." "Ok thanks." I decided to walk in town with them.

I saw a lot of people in town and had a shocked face when they saw me. They probably didn't think I would be back to the village after what happened. We went to the park and sat down on a bench or something. "You feeling ok Narvi?" said Arson. "Yeah Sigh. I'm fine. At least I will be." Then a couple people walked up to me. "Are you Narvi?" "Yes I am. Who might you be?" "My name is Alexa this is my brother Ace. Mom is over there." "Well nice to meet you Alexa and Ace." They looked no more than 5 years old. "I'll go tell my mommy she said she wanted to meet you." "Ok sure. I'll go over." So, all of us went over and followed the little girl and boy to Their mommy.

"Oh, I am sorry boys. Were my kids bothering you?" "No not at all she just introduced herself and brother to us and said you wanted to talk to me?" "Do you happen to be Narvi?" "Yes ma'am." "I see. None of us thought you would be back after what happened that night. I don't blame you for what happened. So please don't blame yourself. You were only a child. My children are the same age and can come to their powers any time. Did your parents make it?" "Father was rescued by the elves they tried saving mom but she didn't make it. She shielded my dad to protect him." "Oh, I see. I'm sorry. I guess we all lost something in that fire. I lost my husband." "Oh, I see. What is your name ma'am?" I said politely. "Oh, excuse me. My name is Annie. My husband was Derek." "Oh no. You are the Annie that babysat me, weren't you?" "Yes, I was." "I'm so sorry. I'm glad you survived. Did you remarry?" "Yes, I did and we had these twins here. " "If there is anything I can do to make it up to you please let me know. I will be here for a while I don't know when I will be heading back." "Oh, ok where are you staying?" "Oh a few houses down from the elder in the blue house. Which was one of the empty ones." "Oh, I know where that is ok well thanks." "Sure, no problem."

We were starting to head back when all of a sudden, I was feeling weak. 'Shit not again.' I said to myself. "I need to get back fast." They saw my face and agreed. Zane picked me up and rushed out of the park back home.

We finally made it to the house and both fathers rushed in to see if I was ok. I noticed everyone was looking at me worriedly. I wanted to talk but I felt so weak right now. "What happened to him?" said the King worriedly. "We don't know. All we know is he talked to Annie and her kids. Then after he started feeling weak and said he had to go home." Said Zane. "It looks like he is so weak he can't talk right now." Said Arson. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get any words out. My eyes were getting heavier until finally they closed. "Your majesty. May I talk to you your wife and Arson?" "Yes please." "Zane stay with the boy." "Yes sir."

Finally, Ryker spoke. "Your majesties and highness. When Narvi was little, he got sick quite a lot. I don't understand why. The day his powers lost control I noticed he was acting weird I didn't understand at the time but whatever it was made him angry and them flames came out of his hands and you know the rest." "Hmm. I see. Do the doctors know why he is sick so much?" "They don't know your majesty. I have asked them and they did tests and still couldn't. Are there maybe specialist that can maybe find out?" "Hmm. I am not sure. What kind of sickness did he have?" "Well just the normal one's. cold, flu's, ear infection, eye infection, etc." "Hmm well maybe when we get back to the palace, he would know something. Until then we have to worry about him for now." "Yes, your right."

It was already almost dinner time now and Narvi was finally waking up. "Hmm. Ow. Brother?" "Yeah, I'm here." Said Arson. "Zane is here too." "Good. Sorry to scare you all. Zane you and Dad should be used to it already since I have been sick almost all the time and had to be homeschooled." "Yeah, but it never gets easier. How you feeling? Dad should be almost done with dinner." "Oh, Dad is making dinner? Hmm I missed Dad's cooking. I'm glad I get to have it again." "Haha me too. you don't remember but I also lived with your dad. I grew up with you like a big brother. I was so happy when you came to live with us. I was also with them when they found you in a basket in the forest." "Wait a minute in a basket in a forest? How did that happen? I need to talk to dad about what happened that day. If I didn't, I wouldn't have met your dad or mom. I'm kind of glad it did happen. But if it didn't, mom would still be alive. So would everyone at the village as well." "Dude quit blaming yourself! After dinner I have someplace to take you." "Okaay." "Don't act like that. Trust me. You will like it." Then we were called and dinner was ready. I rushed out to race them and won. "Ha you guys are rotten eggs I win." I said. "Woah slow down there boys you guys aren't kids anymore you will do some damage." "Sorry dad." I said. "How you feeling son?" "Better dad really." "That's good." So, he put the food on the table and all 6 of us sat at the table. Luckily there were 6 chairs there. Then dad served the food and I looked at it. "Dad this is the first time you have made this dish since grandma died." "Yes, it is. I can make it as much as you would like now." "Yay! Don't worry I won't have you make it all the time maybe at least once a week." "Haha I'll try. Kiddo." Then he ruffled my hair." "Watch the horns dad." "Sorry Kiddo." Then we ate our food and talked awhile.

Finally, we were done and I said, "Dad Zane is going to take me somewhere is that ok?" "Yeah, sure it is. Don't be out too late." "Yes sir." Then I went with Zane and Arson out of the house. "You know Zane. I quite like this place. It's not bad. If I choose not to be King, I'm going to move here. I just want to go around the village again and see people again. Maybe one of these days when the elder does his rounds around the village I'll ask to go with him." "Yeah, good idea. I'm sure most of them would love to see you." Then we stopped at a dojo.

"Oh, I see what you are doing here. Since you think I'm depressed this will kick it out of me. Well at least I will be tired enough not to talk or complain anymore." "That is the plan." He went up to a guy no older than him. "Hello Zane long time no see. Glad to see your alive." "Likewise. I see you took after Master." "Yeah, I guess I did. So, what brings you here on this wonderful night?" "Very funny. Narvi come here." Narvi and Arson followed. "Hello sir. I'm Narvi and this is my half-brother, Arson." "Nice to see you again Narvi. Glad your back we were all missing you. I don't think anyone blames you for that night you were just a kid." "Yeah, yeah I know. Who are you anyway?" "Oh intro. The names Killian. I am the Dojo's master. When I am not training children, I do walk ins if I am here. I am glad I am free today. Now I can beat the thoughts out of you I guess is why Zane is here." "Yep. Maybe you can add Arson in the mix as well. He could use the exercise." "Hey I am not that weak." "Yeah, but look how skinny you are." "Hey I just got back from something tragic alright. Jeeze. I haven't had much time to train since then. I have to keep this kid from killing himself." "Yeah, that is a full-time job." Joked Zane. "Hey I'm not that bad." I pouted jokingly. "Ok OK let's get this over with. Here go change." He threw me and Arson a robe and we caught then and went to change. "Ok now let's start off with Narvi and see what you got." Then I started fighting him and I was better than I thought with no training what so ever. Well, I guess I did some with Ash. "Stop. Very good. Ok now Arson your turn." Then Arson sparred and he did a little better than me. "No fair you are doing better than me." "Haha those days you were sick, I trained with Ash." I stuck my tongue out at him. "Ok children. Come on now." Said Killian. "Ok now that we have seen how you fight here is what we are going to do. I am going to start off with Narvi and while I am I'm going to add one more person which will be Arson. Then you will have to fight off two of us. Don't worry I won't add Zane into the mix. Although I really would love to see how he trained these days. I will do it another time. Ok let's go." Then I started fighting him and as he promised Arson joined in and it was harder but I managed. Finally, it was time to end our session.

I collapsed on the mat with my brother and we laughed. "Haha if I wasn't so sick all the time, I would certainly beat the crap out of you." "In your dreams little brother." "No in reality big brother. Haha." "Actually, you know what? You may be able to see Zane fight after all." Said Killian. Then he went in somewhere and brought out a young man that looks closer to our age." "This is my assistant Kal. Kal this is Narvi and his brother Arson. Would you mind fighting Zane? I already tired these two out." "Yeah, sure Master." Zane went to change and Kal was already dressed. Then we saw them spar. "Not bad. Zane is doing good." Said Arson. I wasn't listening to him. I was staring at those moves they looked so familiar but couldn't remember where I saw those moves. Then finally they stopped and it was time to go. "Well, its getting late Killian. We best be going back." "OK Zane hope to see you again." "Oh, we will for sure just don't know when." Then we left back home.

I kept staring at Zane and then I looked away. I think he noticed because he said, "You keep staring at me. Do I have flowers growing on my face or something?" He joked. "Sorry no." Then I went quiet the rest of the way home.

We got home and I said I didn't feel good and went straight to my room. It was getting late anyway. I stripped down to my boxers and got under the covers. Just before I closed my eyes there was a knock at my door. "Who is it?" "Its me Zane." "Oh, Zane come on in." 'Shit I don't know if I can face him right now or tell him anything. I'll have to manage something.' "What brings you to my humble room." "Very funny Narvi. What's going on with you? Since I fought Kal, you have been acting strange." 'Shit he noticed I was afraid of that.' "Narvi? Speak to me. What is wrong with you?" "You really want to know?! You want to know why I got nervous when I saw you fought like my kidnappers! They fought the same way!" I yelled. "I see. Do you think I was one of those kidnappers?" "No, I don't you were too young to be. One, you were only probably 10 or 11 back then. You could have learned from one though." "Is that what you think?" "How else would you learn it? Unless you were there with us as well there would be no way of learning it." "Yes Narvi. You are right those moves were from your kidnappers. I wasn't one of you. My father was one of the kidnappers. Once my father was murdered, I was on my own. Your Dad found me and took me in." "Then if you really did live with me when I was younger, where were you? Where were you when I lost control. You were my big brother. You should have tried to help me. You could have tried to help mom! Just please can you leave me alone. I really don't feel good right now. I have a headache." "How bad is the headache I'll go get Dad." "No its fine. The king said it was normal just my horns growing in. It's not that bad right now anyway." "Ok well if you need me, you know where I'll be." "Yeah." Then he left I was so pissed off right now. I just wanted to go out and blow some steam.

Once I poked my head out to make sure no one was out I snuck out the window. I ran far enough where no one would make a big deal out of it and hopefully no one heard. Also, my head was starting to hurt which made some flames come out whether I wanted it to or not. Then I started screaming loud hoping no one heard me. I was in really bad pain right now. Finally, after about 10 minutes the pain was subsiding. Once I calmed down so did my flames. I noticed I was sweating terribly. I didn't know anyone was following me at this time.