New World
My mother is beautiful and also an elf. Why do I feel so happy when she's holding me? I want to stay cradled in her arms forever. I drift off to sleep in the comfort of her arms.
My awaken it's now night time and I appear to be in a crib. I try to move around but my body doesn't seem to be cooperating with me. So instead I try to get a look around at my room and it is huge. Very well furnished and there is a bed in the corner. Why is there a bed in my room? I try to turn over to get a better look at the bed and there is some one sleeping in it. Is that mother? I want her to come over here and hold me some more. Why am I so attached to my mother? Why does my judgment seem to be hindered? All this concentration has tired my baby body out. Guess I learn more in the morning.
The women in the bed seems to be like my nanny and as it turns out there is another child in the room. My nanny ends up being the one who takes care of me. She has brown skin with freckles and an afro. She pretty much becomes my new mom since my mother is always away. Where's my father? I never seen him or heard from him. My many becomes my new mom she feeds me, nurses me, and generally takes care of me. The nursing is a very strange experience but I try not to think about it. I seem to have a sibling. She has lighter brown skin then my nanny who I assume is her mother. The nanny seems to pay more attention to her then my self.
Over the past few months I have learned how to control my baby body a little better. From interaction with my nanny I have learned that my name is Aaron and my fellow child's name is Nia. The nanny never seems to say her own name which is very aggravating. At any opportunity I try to explore my house but it's rather difficult since all I can do is crawl around. One thing is certain my house is giant . We even have our own play room with a bunch of toys. Nanny takes us frequently to play around. It's actually pretty fun to play around with all the toys but I need to learn more about this world. How am I gonna do this?
During the next couple weeks my question is answered. Books, I can read a bunch of books and I do rather enjoy reading. Nanny took us on a trip to our library which is huge filled with rows and rows of books. The issue though is that I can't have Nanny see me reading complicated books since I'm less than a year old. While Nanny is searching for some children books to read with us I go on a search of my own. I move at a snails pace and can only get books on the bottom row. One book in particular catches my attention, The Art of Magic. Is there magic in this world? I quickly attempt to pull out the book but it is hard for my baby muscles. With much time and effort I slowly pull out the book. I quickly scan through it to see what I can learn. Apparently everyone has a mana core where they draw their magic from. There are different mana core ranks. These being formation, copper, bronze, iron, silver, gold, emerald, ruby, and diamond. There are three stages in each except for the first stage which is the formation stage. During the formation stage, which people usually finish from 8-10 years old, you form your mana core and are allowed to begin manipulating mana. You progress through the ranks by absorbing ambient mana in the air and moving it into your core. You also will need to use the mana already in your body and increase your circulation of it. These processes are both needed in order to increase your mana core rank. I put the book down and try to feel the ambient mana around me. When I close my eyes and try to sense the mana I can feel that there is a faint light off in the distance and I know I need to pull in closer.
My concentration is broken by Nanny picking me up and saying, "Did little Aaron go on an adventure." She takes us back to our room since we both seem to be very tired. Once in my crib I begin to try and meditate some more but quickly doze off.
A couple months past and I finally get to see my mother again. Only for a couple days though. I don't think she likes children very much or maybe she is just super focused on her work. She seemed to be somewhat proud that I can walk now which brought me some satisfaction. Through her visit I did get to learn Nanny's name which is Jasmine. I also learn that my mothers name is Jane. Progressing through formation stage seems to be rather difficult. Now that I can walk it's been a little easier to sneak off to the library. Through my reading I learn that people have affinities for specific elements. The main ones being earth, air, fire, and water. There are other special elements that can be learned as extensions of the four base ones but they are significantly harder to learn and not everyone can do so. Jasmine eventually lets me take some books back with me to my room since I seem to always want to play with the books.
A couple more months pass and Nia calls Jasmine Momma which brings some tears to Jasmine's eyes. I on the other hand have continued to meditate and read. I have learned that their are multiple races in this world. Then being elves, humans, dwarves, gnomes, orcs, goblins, trolls and a reptilian race called Kujite. The races all share a common language except the Kujite. There are many different mana creatures that those with adventurers license hunt. There are also dungeons filled with mana creatures that the adventurers can clear out. I learned that you can befriend a mana creature and make it your companion but you only can do this when the mana creature is a low level. They keep you company and have the potential to grow and help you in battle. My meditation is progressing very slowly but I'm beginning to bring a little bit of mana in now.
My first birthday is coming up and the good thing about this is apparently I'll get to see my father. There are apparently many servants at my house that I haven't been seeing since I have only been with Jasmine. They are all busy making preparation for my fathers return and for my birthday. I have been listening to the servants talk about my fathers return and apparently he is a general in the human army. There is currently a war between the humans and the goblins. The only reason the war is any difficult is because goblins can reproduce so quickly that they have an insane number of fighters.
My father, Henry, returns tomorrow and I seem to be having trouble sleeping. Apparently I'm nervous about meeting with him. My tossing and turning is interrupted by the approach of a carriage. Is my father here early? I climb out of my crib to go investigate. I sneak down the stairs to see the people entering.
"Sir you have returned rather early"
"I know I just couldn't wait to be home and see my Jane and Aaron."
My father turns to go up the stairs and sees me. He is a mountain of a man with a huge brown beard.
"Aaron?" He asks.
A big grin spread on my face as I ask,
"Dad?"