Up The Shipyard...

[sanvaer]

As Jack continued to pace, as he had done for most of the time that he had been stranded here, he couldn't help but feel a curiosity building up at the masses of ships pilled up around him. He knew that an evil magician put demons in them, but there has to be at least one where there were low level demons. "Now, if only I could find that one." But, however close he walked to each ship, some force pushed him away, doing the dual function of also draining his confidence.

And so, he stood there, trembling, (Only a little!), and he began to back away from the dock. "Maybe it would be better to go to the forest. Better wolves, tigers, bears, lynxes, than demonic creatures, just waiting for me to come in range so that they can lunge out at me, drag me back into the ship, and eat me alive." He began shuddering, and continued to back away.

[Arual]

Out of the misty gray surrounding the land stood a ship which had been docked apart from the rest; its size enough for two people, stood a somewhat shadowed figure who had rolled inside the boat as it stopped on the shoreline. "The forest is much worse than some boat demon, child." the voice called to the boy as it stepped off onto the sandy ground; the crunchy grains sounding below with each step.

A woman with lavander colored locks that had been braided to a pair had come outside to face him, her voice as soft as the sea; but as fierce as a lion. One hand held her forest-pine colored cloak, slightly bunched at the left shoulder, to keep her totally covered in the sudden frigid air that came across with the fog. Her black knee-high boots with thin heels had made it with little struggle over to Jack. Sure she may have scared him a little, but it would have been a shame if a kid with possible potential would go to waste because of sheer carelessness. "Even the most delicate looking animals are more likely to rip any living thing in its path to shreds. I would strongly advise against it."

[sanvaer]

Dai swiveled around, brushing the pendant at his neck. In his hand, there was a strange weapon, like a stave, but with a blade on the end. He himself liked the addition of the blade. It was like, a miniature gladius blade, which he had sworn to himself he would buy sometime. "Lux Luosrii!" The air around him hummed, and the entire area was lit, by a tiny orb, that began flying around the area, lighting up the area.

"Who are you? A 'boat demon'? Besides, there is no animal, dead or alive that I cannot defeat! So, what do you want?" She didn't appear to be dangrous, but you never could tell with people like that. They pretended to be harmless, and then, lashed out with a stiletto dagger, trying to stab you in the heart.

[Arual]

Cerria laughed, amused in all ways at the sight of this kid. He seemed to have a great amount of potential, well, if you excluded the whole cherade of being absolutely fearless. She admired his positive attitude in some respect, but, too much of that will kill him faster then if he went out looking for it. "Oh dear," she said stopping her laugh, "I am Cerria, your Master Teacher. If you intend on going to Twilight Moon Academy, that is." The woman brushed back stray lavender locks from covering one of her golden eyes as the mist began to clear from in front of her. The teacher was somewhat impressed, and that was saying something since little really did. Things back home weren't as interesting as these young ones, and not nearly as good a laugh.

"And, am I supposed to be afraid of that ball of light and a little kitchen knife? If you intend to harm me, then you might want to rethink that idea. You wouldn't like to see me in a bad mood." This kid...Cerria could only shake her head, more annoyed and displeased even in her good humor as this little 'fairytale' began to unwind. The fog was thick as ever, but that gray sheet of murky mixtures would not dare come close to Cerria; and so, it did not make a barrier between her and her possible student.

[sanvaer]

Dai looked at the woman, and grudgingly let go of the spear. The instant it touched the ground, it disappeared in a puff of smoke, and the pendant on Dai's neck returned. He looked at the woman, and said, slightly angry, "Well, where do you intend for me to go? I can't move across water on the fog, or fly in the air." He stopped for a moment, thinking. "No, no, I can't fly. Not yet, anyway."

He looked at the woman, and said, "What is a 'Master Teacher'? I have not heard of such a name. Is it like a matron?" He was honestly and truly confused. He had never heard of such a term, whether to a teacher or a caretaker.

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((OOC:Sorry for the shortness!))

[Arual]

((No prob.... it just is hard to think sometimes xD))

"As your Master Teacher, I will be working on helping you and getting your powers to its height with one on one training and assistance. The other classes are all grouped together. So, in a way- you and I will be seeing a good deal of each other." Cerria told Dai with a sigh. She took back the thought of this student being bright. It wasn't anything he did, it was just her personality. Well, time to look a bit more pleasant- or he would never trust her.

"Alright, child. Your first lesson of flying is about to begin, because the boats don't do return trips like they used to." she told him. She undid her forest green cloak and her hands and rest of her body appeared from underneath; her palms protected by fingerless gloves.



**Sorry if he doesnt get called by his name. Its a quirk of hers, but she knows it; dont worry**

[sanvaer]

Dai was rather taken aback by her words. "You...you mean we are going to fly?" He took a deep breath, and held his hands out in front of himself. He spoke, in an endless mantra, a single word that meant, "flight". At first, it appeared that the magic was working, his hair was blown as if in a breeze, and his clothing lifted a few tentative inches, then it all left. At signs of him ever using magic left, and he sighed, a loud noise, that usually annoyed most people around him.

"Well? What are we going to do now? I can't fly, and I doubt that your flight is powerful enough to hold us both, and I can't see any ship around here. So, show me the magicall aparatus that will solve all of our problems, and get rid of this ever persistent fog." To prove his point, he slapped away a tendril of "fog" that was reaching at him.

((OOC: I am sticking with a name....Child. Im just saying that she knows his real name, and just doesnt feel like calling him that. Unless she's in a bad mood. xD Sorry.))

[Arual]

Cerria looked at him dead serious now. "The fog never goes away here; but you can repel it like I have already. There isn't much else you can do." she told him with a slight shrug. The woman looked at the kid with some newly found interest.
"And you can fly, right now even....you just aren't focused and as confident as you say you are when it comes to your potential. Boat demons are tricky little things, and they hate it when they have a meal they just can't eat; so you might want to try again." Cerria's voice had a little bit of urgency, but all around carefree. She wasn't in any rush, and it wasn't her life that was threatened. He'd learn how to fly now, and fast.

A few of the demons came onto the tops of the boat looking at both student and teacher; their eyes piercing and beaming through the fog.

Cerria sighed when she saw them come out. So much for that. "Watch me, closely. Every detail you need to fly with I will show you now, it doesn't matter if it's sloppy- we can fix this later." The woman did not need to to speak to levitate in the air, she simply did, as if it was all too easy to accomplish for any person willing to try it for the first time. Her one hand inside the fingerless glove reached out for the mist above the skies, and she was off the ground .
"Build up your energy, all the anger, anything you feel to a concentrated degree. Try as if your hand to hold onto a cloud....and fly. It's all you need." she added in a set of instructions with her icy but warm voice.



"Also, as a teacher, I have to have some ability to hold me students....so if I wanted to, I could carry you just fine over the lake, but I won't." she thought with a fierceness in her voice.

[sanvaer]

Dai looked at the woman, his "Master Teacher", and listened intently to her explanation. "So, I just need to concentrate on one emotion, and then run through the fog?" He smiled, then saw the few demons standing on their small boats. Immediantly his confidence plummeted, and he began to lift both hands in a defensive gesture. Fear raced across his entire being, and he decided to use that emotion to fly across the sea. He lifted both hands, and closed both eyes, gripping tightly onto his fear, and forcing it into a thin haze around him.

He began to levitate, and shot up when a huge demon, with red plate armor, and a blood red helm stood on the huge blade, that was held by the huge merman prow, which was attached to a massive man-o'-war. He levitated, stock straight, watching the huge demon, take out a sword as long as it was, and brandish it at Dai. The monster laughed, and Dai began to dart about, not having much of a control over it, and was trying to regain control of his fear.

[Arual]

"Stop!" shouted the teacher. Cerria quickly grabbed hold of her student with a firm hand after the demon came out and sliced at her student. She didn't like to fly, but her student had to learn- so she had to give an example. She wasn't meant to be a flyer, it just kinda happened. She let go of his wrists when she felt his balance even- and the flow of his power steady.

"You shouldn't be laughing at my student." she told him in a dark voice, her gold eyes narrow and deadly like a snake's. In a qucik rush, she vanished, and blood black as the pits of Hell spilt out from it as Cerria's sword slashed through him as if it were child's play.

(Not to Godmode with the demon here, but it's to speed things up a bit...sorry. I want to give you your class choices soon.)

Now on the ground again, and her student safely above it; she looked to the other demons along the many boats, and they dispersed into the cabins once more. "Fear is never what you control a power on, Dai." she said turning around and sheathing her long, sharp edged sword. The woman's words were much more calm and mellow, not like she had been before or in the event seconds before now; but said with a sort of /concern/ and an implied sigh of relief. "Everyone can hold many emotions inside them, but fear is one of the worst you can choose. It shortens your ability to think clearly, you work up anxiety, and you panic. I'll admit, it was not too terrible for a first time- but we will get to that later as I've told you before..."

"As my student, I have to protect you; and that will not be changed in any way. However, I hope you see now that not everything here is quite so simply done. I'm not a flyer myself, but I was forced to learn on the off chance I came across a student like yourself," added his teacher, waiting for him to come back down. "I'm a very rare mix of demon, which helps me just a bit when putting those things back in their place; however it's still a challenge when my student is flying uncontrolably in the air. This time, child, we're heading to the school without flight."

((I have school....so I may or may not add to this....I doubt it, but just check every so often in case I do. ^^))

[sanvaer]

Dai began to float down, when his "Master Tutor", or whatever she was, defeated the boat demon in a single slash. He gave a low whistle under his breath, impressed with her strength. If only he could be as strong as she was. Then, he would be a force to be. But, unfortunately, he was no where near as powerful, although he may become so soon. He began to walk to the teacher, and listened to her words.

"Wait," He said, a little confused, "if we aren't going by flight, does that mean that we are going by boat?" That was something that he doubted. Of course, they could take the boat that that huge demon had resided in, but it would take a lot of people to man. A small sloop would be better. Now if only they could find one. He saw a perfect candidate, a small one, made of a dark colored wood, and a navy blue sail on it. Dancing along the sail, was a thin, frail goblin, who looked like a strong gust of wind could defeat it. "Hey!' He shouted, pointing at the sloop, "Why don't we use that boat?"

[Arual]

"I told you before," she said in response, "the boats only take the teachers to the students- not back. But that doesn't matter. We're going to go about the waters differently....."

Cerria's fingers loosened from the fist within the fingerless glove to her left hand, and they both went back beneath her cloak; her golden eyes released from their narrowed state. "But before any of that can happen; and since there are no longer any threats to your well-being, I will give you the options you can pick for your classes. Magic, Weaponry, Alchemy, Beastry, and Master are the maditory classes, you can't skip them."

"Now, you have a choice of Music, History, and Potionry. Then there is Holy, Flare, or Summoning; three classes you need a lot of power, control and skill for to be successful. Next is Dragoon, Samurai, or Thievery. Dragoon is working with Dragons, and the other two are quite obvious. Samuari is a very hard class if you are not in tune with your three parts of your being: mental, physical, and emotional. Everything in that classroom is very precise and fast because you're not just using your sword- you're using your brain and every other muscle in your body to weild them. The last period of the day is Survival or Puppetmaster. The teachers have been told that there are going to be changes in some of the classes; and Puppetmaster is going to become something on Physcics and power development. Don't worry, you can always ask to change any of these around if you feel it may be something you don't like....." she told him walking with her student; her long braids swaying to each step she made. "Although, there's a chance the one you want to do instead is filled up, so you may have to keep what you've got originally. I need to make this up before we get to the school, child....so we walk until we hit the midway point."

[sanvaer]

Dai looked to his teacher, listening to his choices of classes, and said, "For my first, I will take...music." He had always liked music, often whistling a tune under his breath. "For the second, how about Flare. That sounds good." He thought for a minute, considering what third class to take. He couldn't take Thievery, that would ruin his reputation, so that was out of the question. He wasn't much for one to fight on horseback, or on any creature's back, for that matter, so that left Samurai. "For third, I will pick Samurai class."

For the final two, there was Puppetmmastery, and Survival. He hated the idea of controlling someone else's body without them giving their permission. So that left only Survival. "I guess, for my last, I will choose Survival." He looked around, and said, "Now which way do we walk to get to the school?"

[Arual]

"We're already here." she told him, surprising her student as she got them over the water and in front of the castle like school. "Welcome to Twilight Moon Academy. Right now, child, everyone is beginning Master Class. So lets get in and begin before it's over." Cerria's eyes glowed in their gold color as the sun came out above the school; her cloak opened again as the air was much warmer then the shipyard.

**Dai's Classes!**
1. Magic
2. Weaponry
3. Beastry
4. Master Class <---
5. FREE PERIOD
6. Music
7. Flare
8. Samuari
9. Survival

The woman's long lavendar hair stood still in its braids against the wind. She walked up to the one door and opened it. "Come on, I'll give you a fifteen minute look around for your room and get ready. I need to set up in the classroom besides." she told him. From that angle she didn't seem quite as ruthless as she had before... or maybe it was him. She handed him a slip of his classes and his room number. "I'll see you shortly."

[sanvaer]

Dai looked to the sudden openning in the fog, and said, "What? How did that get there?" Now full of amazement, he nodded his head, his jaws agape, and staring at the piece of paper. He nodded fiercly, and said, "Okay! I will meet you then!" Gripping the paper tightly in one hand, he ran off, to the large gate of the academy.