Combat Training

Merlin kept talking for about an hour about what kind of things he learned in school, and his parents kept listening to him, interested in his enthusiasm. "Hehe, son you gotta calm down before you pass out. Eat your dinner, you can tell us later. And no familiars on the table ya hear?" his father said. He was a tall man and had long dreads. He also didn't wear a shirt around the house, and had a nice body. "But dad, there's a lot of stuff. Plus I found a new friend, and she's pretty strong, I saw her crush a whole apple in her hands, without any issues." he said. He finished eating and went to his room to study his magick with his Slime. "Okay book. What else do you have in here? Let's see, Flame Bolt. Imagine fire and lightning mixing together, and create the mixed spell. Easy on paper, lets try...Magick Missiles? Seems like a simple energy blast." he said to himself, but ended up making a small ball of energy that traveled slow. But he kept trying until he got tired, each time he seemed to get it a little farther, but didn't get it to the target on the wall, so he got ready for bed. However, a few rocks hit his room window, and it was Morgan who was dressed and had a bow with what seemed like a large arrow with her. "Merlin, c'mon I'm gonna teach you how to fight so come with me and we'll get you something." she said while pulling Merlin outside against his will. He didn't even have a shirt on, just pajama shorts and slippers, but he went anyway with his stuffed fox plushy in his arms while fireflies were blinking and flying past him. Morgan took him to a spot in the forest where there was a small pool of shining water, with shimmering fish with flowing tails. The plants seemed different, glowing a feint white, and the energy around the spot seemed more dense, and Merlin saw that his hair seemed like it was being weighed down. "Alright, this is a spot my dad made to toughen up my skin. The more you fight and move around, the tougher it gets to move. Eventually you learn to adjust, so let's get to it okay? I promise you'll be safe." Morgan said as she spun her bow around aiming to hit Merlin in the head. As if by instinct, Merlin ducked his head in the direction of the swing, as if the swing was moving in slow motion. Morgan got faster, and Merlin dodged perfectly, flowing like the fish tails he saw. Morgan was impressed, and asked for Merlin to attack her next, so he did. His movements didn't require him to make a fist, he used the tips of his fingers which seemed to instinctively harden into a chrome-like metal that made Morgan block with the back of her hand. The faster Merlin got, the more Morgan blocked and struck back with kicks. She was making good progress with Merlin, but he seemed to be getting short winded, and sluggish, so she had him stop and snuck him back into his room, and gave him a strange black crystal before running off to her house. Merlin put it under his pillow as he slept, dreaming about his former life.

What he saw was a magick circle that was carved into his casket before it burned away to ashes, and saw his body burn away as he felt his spirit leave his body and wave goodbye to the earth, and met the Administrator. But then Merlin suddenly woke up to his alarm and saw it was an hour and a half earlier from when he woke up before. His mother picked him up and she had on a yoga outfit, meanwhile his dad was just wearing sweatpants and lace-less shoes. "Momma? Are we doing yoga now?" Merlin asked, to which his mom confirmed they were so he'd be full of energy and not feel stiff in the joints as that was a bit of an issue for them growing up. So they got started, and Merlin's arms and legs were already hurting from holding positions a bit long, but eventually it was time for him to get to school and he hugged his parents before running to get dressed and head out the door. He met up with Morgan again, and he had asked about the black stone that she had given him and what it was supposed to do. However the principal walked into the classroom and started speaking. "Hello and grand risings to all of you. So much potential in this room, I just wanted to remind everyone of the martial arts class that shall begin in an hour, and don't feel too bad about losing either, it's a friendly 1 on 1 match. And do try to be nice and fair towards each other. That's all, your teacher shall inform you of the specific details, have a fun class everyone and remember that knowledge is the conduit to which power is formed." he said before he walked out the door. Merlin suddenly realized Morgan was preparing him for the class since she wanted to have a challenge. Mebbas looked at Merlin with his classic wicked grin, and slipped on a pair of brass knuckles, then cloaked them in an illusion spell before heading to the class with the rest of the students. When they got to class, they saw that there was already someone sitting on the bleachers. He was chubby but seemed to have muscle as well, and his hair was slicked back and dyed black. One of his eyes was crimson red with a black slit pupil, and had round glasses. He only had a tank top and sweat pants. He then gave a nasty look to everyone, and looked away while still sitting down. Merlin was unintentionally blushing, which the boy noticed and seemed angry about, so he walked down and tossed Merlin into the ring while taking a boxing stance.