Chapter 20 : Getting ready

Returning to the castle Penelope headed for her quarter while Damien went back to the library since this was his first night here he was going to use it to strengthen his spells and also learn the thunderstorm spell so he took every book he knew had a way of teaching him to strengthen soells and headed for his room. The room that was given to him was no doubt like Alex room as he entered he dropped the books on the bed and walked towards the bathroom where he prepared a bath sitting in the water Damien felt relaxed he felt like sleeping in the water as he enjoyed his bath he heard a knock on the door coming out of his daze Damien wrapped a towel round his waist as he stepped out of the bathroom before he wore a shirt and pants he opened the door to see a maid with food at his doors. she dropped the food on his table before leaving, going back to what he was doing Damien started practicing his thunder spell he was intrigued by what the thunder spells could do so he kept practicing into the night as he practiced thunder kept crackling around his body lightning had already started forming on his hands as he controlled it this lightning seemed more stronger than Natasha's own but yet he still felt it as weak looking at it Damien stopped as he heard a knock on his door. he opened it and saw Natasha who immediately walled in .

"what where you doing?" she asked

"i was practicing that your spell" he replied

"well you need to stop if you don't want to be questioned" she said sitting on the bench as she looked at the books

"how did you know i was the one ?" Damien asked

"because i felt it in your room"she said as she walked towards the door "but i eould say there is something about you that no one can phantom" she added

"what do you mean?" he asked

"the fact that you just happen to learn spells quickly like they are some kind of childs play for you i would say you are quite rare " she said as she walled out of the room smiling leaving Damien to reflect on what she had said. Truth be told Damien did feel like he had done this before like he had actually learnt this spell before his inner consciousness had found casting the spells easy all he just needed to do was look at it and he knew hiw to cast it and for some reason the more spells he learned the more je was a step closer to becoming who he was meant to become.

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Waking up the next morning Damien knew he had a lot to prepare for because the Prince party was in the evening as he stood up and prepared .

Leaving his room he headed for Alex room to wake him up for his birthday preparations but was shicked to find that Alex wasn't in his room. He searched the practice arena, the library,and the stables but got even more suprised that his horse to wasn't there so he headed for the woods.

After checking the woods to no avail he used his winds to fly through the forest so not to waste time before finding Alex close to the cliff holding his sword .

"Alex, wow what happened why aren't you in your room" Damien said.

"i just wanted to clear my head " he replied sighing and walking back

"what happened today is your birthday and you get to celebrate it as a prince so what exactly is bothering you?" Damien asked

"i don't think i am ready to face the darkness" Alex said sitting on the grass

"what darkness?" Damien asked

"urgh. when i celebrate my twentieth birthday i am to face the darkness that will rise up against Avalon" he replied

"well the darkness will have to be a heavy one to be able to face you " Damien said smiling

"what if i don't survive the battle against it i mean we don't even know where, when, or who the darkness might be " Alex said

"well then you won't face it alone because you would have one of the strongest warlocks in Avalon by your side" Damien said holding out his hand

"my father?" Alex asked

"no me why would you think your father i mean i held my hands out" Damien replied

"well maybe because my father is the strongest warlock in Avalon" Alex replied standing up

"i didn't say i was the strongest i said one of the strongest" Damien said sighing

"Damien" Alex called stopping Damien in his tracks "thanks for your offer" he added smiling as he stood up and walked towards Damien "now lets spar to take my mind off you know all this" he requested .

"okay fine but make sure you clean my blood of you " Damien said laughing as he remembered the day they encountered the Queen but soon stopped as he saw the look on Alex face "sorry" he immediately apologized .

As they prepared for the prince party the guest were arriving an so were the gift but still inside the palace in a spacious room a man could be seen enchanting something as black waves if energy floated around him before entering his body as he gave a sigh of relief before turning to the young lady who sat on the bed

"are you done yet ?" she asked as her black hair aligned behind her

"hmm today my dear we become the rulers if Avalon we take the power from this royals and we will raise our army " he replied smiling

"so now you have the power you need to raise the might if the underworld right " she asked

"yes and tonight i will gain more than enough after i devour the royals and drain their precious prince of his Infinite power" he said

"are you sure you would be able to control the army you raise from the underworld" she asked

"yes because when i raise them their loyalty would be to me and only me "he said smiling.