Chapter 20: The One with Spirit.

Zell reappeared in the village of the beast folk. He entered the elders house and found Leon waiting for him. "Okay I am ready to begin my training." Zell said with a smile, happy to have left his family on good terms and to have finally told them the truth of his power. "What do I need to do?"

"As I said before, a man cannot hope to help others until he takes care of himself." Leon said. "You are going to dive into your past and conquer it. I believe this is the best way to move forward. Carrying around so much trauma can be detrimental to one's health and wellbeing. Imagine if you had a breakdown during relation building? Or worse, fell into a deep depression and did not continue your quest."

"I understand." Zell said. "But I cannot control the skill that locks my memories. So, I don't know how we are going to dive back into my past."

"Remember I told you of the spirit holder who has the skill of prophecy?" Leon explained. "How she told us the fate of the world would rest upon your shoulders? Well, her skill cannot only peer into the future, but she can also use it to view someone's past. It's better if she explains it, but that's essentially how we are going to help you."

"Alright." Zell agreed. "So where is she?"

"Kaitlyn!" Leon called out to his granddaughter. She came running in from the other room.

"Yes Grandpa?" She asked.

"Take Zell to Her." Leon said.

"Her?" Kaitlyn asked. "Her who?"

"You know!" Leon said. "The one who sees."

"You forgot her name again, didn't you Grandpa?" Kaitlyn said. "Her name is Jageria, Jageria Nightsbane."

"Right of course." Leon said. "I knew her name of course, I was just testing you to make sure you knew."

"On that note let's go meet her shall we Zell." Kaitlyn said while extending her hand out to Zell so he could take it. Zell reached out and grabbed her hand and the two of them left. Kaitlyn took Zell through several roads; the village was actually quite large. Finally, they reached a cliff with a waterfall. At the basin of the waterfall stood a cabin. "She lives there." Kaitlyn said. "You go in, she creeps me out. Always wanted to tell me about my fate and such. I would rather believe I have a choice in my fate."

Zell nodded and headed towards the entrance of the cabin. When he reached the door, he knocked. "Hello, my name is Zell." He said into the door. "Leon said you could help me."

The door flew open and a woman with the ears and tall of a jaguar stood in the entrance. "You must be the chosen hero." She said, "Well don't dawdle. Come in, come in!" She grabbed Zell's arm and yanked him inside. She then slammed the door behind them. "You may look like a boy, but I sense your soul is old, incredibly old. This will be interesting!" She started removing her clothing and folding them.

"What are you doing!" Zell asked nervously.

"Oh, right." She said continuing to strip. "I guess you are oblivious as to how any of my skills work. Okay so my prophecy ability doesn't just show us your past, it takes us there as spiritual beings. In order for it to work properly we must be naked. We aren't looking at the past but going there with your memories as a guide."

"But I was told I was from another world, another universe." Zell said. "Surely we can't just travel there."

"Sure, we can!" I mean I have never encountered this situation before, but I am sure it will be fine. Your memories are like a highway. They would go back to the point of origination now matter how far apart you are from it. Besides when I saw go, I mean as a spirit, so we aren't physically going." She stopped and looked at Zell. "So, strip, like I said it's hard to astral project, much harder to do it in clothing."

"Fine." Zell said reluctantly and started removing his clothes. He took them all off and laid them neatly in a pile.

"Good, now come over and sit with me next to this reflection pool." She said as she did the same. The cabin was intriguingly decorated. The walls were covered in assorted runes and magic circles adorned the floor. Papers with words were laying all over the room. They were prophecies she had foreseen. In the center of the cabin was a reflection pool dug into the foundation. Zell did as instructed, walking over while cupping his bits in his hand.

"What's wrong, are you itchy?" She asked. "I have some lotion if you need it."

"No, I just don't like being naked around people I just met less than a minute ago." Zell explained.

"Why is that weird?" Jageria was confused. "Humans are weird. Moving on, come sit, sit!"

Zell sat down in front of her. He could see her body completely on display. She was not old, maybe in her thirties. With endowed assets the size of grapefruit. Had the entire situation not been so awkward, he may have enjoyed the view. She reached out and grabbed his hands and pulled them to her.

"Okay now close your eyes and empty your mind." She said, "We are going to journey deep, deep into your past. We are going right through that skill of yours! Maybe, hopefully, definitely!"

"Are you sure about this?" Zell said.

"Hush!" She commanded. "Clear your mind or this won't work. Doubt is not clear now is it."

"Yes mam." Zell said.

She closed her eyes and leaned forward until her forehead met with Zell's. After a few moments, the duo began to glow. Zell could feel his body floating in the air and opened his eyes from the shock. He was in the void of space; all alone except for the woman holding his hand.

"Okay first part is done!" She said, ``Now onto the next! Let's go break through that skill of yours!"

Before Zell could say a word Jageria flew forward and pulled him along. They traveled swiftly until they reached a golden wall that emanated holy magic.

"Wow." Jageria said. "That is some skill you got there, kid. Looks like the work of the divine." She then grinned. "Let's poke a hole on it."