15 Little Kitten Learns Spells 3 (1/2)
The little kitten woke up to the sound of rummaging. Lazily, she opened her eyes slowly and saw Jonathan organizing the four boxes of spells and arts a little ways from the bed. She lied there hazily for a bit as she watched Jonathan finish up everything and then head to the door to exit the room.
Thud!
With an inaudible yawn, she proceeded to stretch out her dainty little paws before pulling herself up and she felt the softness of the mattress beneath her, which threatened to put her to sleep once more. With determination she snapped herself out of her sleepy state of mind and immediately switched her attention towards the boxes, which had now been laid out nicely and open, prepped for her to begin her training.
'For a fool, he can be surprisingly thoughtful. It would have been a pain opening those boxes with my tiny and inarticulate paws.' With a last yawn, she then leaped softly off the bed and onto the wooden floor below. In only a few steps she is in front of the four boxes and sits down, looking over them thoughtfully.
'Now then. From what I remember, the only method I can train these spells... Or arts, is to use these azure stones, which will show me various images to teach me their respected magic... And because I sadly can't read yet, I'm unable to make use of these books as of now. It shouldn't matter too much, but it would be better if I could learn how to read so that I can gain more knowledge of the magic I'm learning. Jonathan said that the more I learn, the stronger my magic will be!'
Thinking up to this point, she then proceeds to look over each of the boxes over once more.
'For now, I made sure to remember the words on these books so I know what magic each of these boxes are. Now then... here's the big question... Which one should I practice first... Well, I think I should have a look at all of them before I make a decision.'
The little kitten then walks up to the left most box, looking down at it and stretching out her paw towards the azure stone but not touching it quite yet.
'Let's start with a spell. This one should be the 'Celestial Claw' Spell, which is only the first spell in a Magical Art... But this is all that I've got for now. Okay then... Let's begin!'
Holding out her left paw, she cautiously presses down on the azure stone and immediately her vision stirs. The first thing that happens is that her vision is covered by a blinding white light. The blinding white then turns prismatic before twisting in bizzare ways. Eventually she begins to hear muffled voices and the prismatic colours seem to dull more and more until everything turns dark.
'How terrifying! I'm starting to feel a little nauseous...'
In the darkness, she starts to see something growing clearer and clearer and eventually she can make out a shadowed figure. Finally, the figure grows less blurry and becomes as clear as day; it's as if she can see the figure and the scenery surrounding the figure right in front of her.
This figure is a dog like beast. Its several times larger than an ordinary dog however, reaching around 10 feet in height as it stands loftily in front of the little kitten's vision. It has rather long white fur that has a tinge of violet. Its ears are rather long and pointed with red tips. It has two tails that extended a great length from its body and they also tint red at the tip. Its glowing violet eyes are aloof and cold as it looks straight forward, its gaze concentrated at the onlooker of whoever would touch this Echo Stone, which happened to be her in this case.
The scenery around this creature is a very simple large white tiled room with an archway door at the other end of the room.
”I am Alysander!”
'He can talk?!...' The little kitten exclaimed internally. 'That would mean that this Magical Beast is at least at the Transcendence stage according to what Jonathan has told me...'
”I am a Disciple of the Celestial Eye Guild, the creators of the Celestial Wind Arts. The spell that you are about to learn is the first spell of the Celestial Wind arts and is called 'Celestial Claw'! You don't need to know anything more than that.” There is a coldness to his voice and a sense of pride as he introduces himself; it is obvious that he feels a sense of superiority due to his identity and this guild he is affiliated with.