"Well, I still have a few minutes before dinner is ready." Helen said. "Why don't you and Fey go outside while I prepare."
"Alright." Dax said. "Come on Fey."
Dax and Fey went outside.
"Your parents seem nice." Fey said, taking a seat on a stone flower bed that Dax's family had as decoration in their yard. She crossed her legs for comfort. "Nothing like mine at all."
Dax took a seat on another flower bed across from her. "Your dad seemed nice." He replied.
"He is." Fey said. "Sadly, I don't see him much. He is always busy with work. I don't know if that's because he is just busy, or because he wants to stay away from my mother. The woman treats him like a possession. As if he was just another one of her conquests in life. I swear the woman is insufferable." Fey paused. "Your mom seems nice though."
"Yeah." Dax said. "She keeps the family together."
"So, what were their classes in the academy?" Fey asked.
"My dad was in C class." Dax explained. "So, my mom was probably in C class as well, probably why I have never seen them do anything spectacular."
"Both of mine are S class." Fey said with a sigh. "Now I am too…"
"I think you are the only person upset about being the best." Dax said with a small laugh.
"I am the only one with my mother." Fey said. "I kind of wish I would have had a sibling. Then at least I would have one person that understood my pain."
There was an awkward silence for a couple of minutes after Fey's last statement. Neither of them had the slightest idea what to say next.
"So, my dad taught me this." Fey said, forming a small orb of lightning in her palm.
"You can already cast spells?!" Dax yelled in excitement. "That is amazing!"
Fey sighed deeply. "I know… mother is going to be so proud… damn dad being such a good teacher. Which was surprising honestly. I didn't think he had it in him."
"Maybe you are just a quick study." Dax said.
"I am pretty awesome." Fey cracked a smile.
"Dinner is ready!" Helen yelled out the window.
"Coming mom!" Dax yelled as he jumped up.
Fey jumped down as well and the two of them went inside to find that the table was already set, and Frank was sitting at the head of the table.
Dax and Fey choose seats across from one another and Helen brought them each a plate.
"Thanks." Dax said. "It looks delicious."
"It does!" Fey said excitedly. "The only food I ever get to eat is prepared by fancy chefs that get a little too obsessed with their abstract presentation. It is refreshing to eat something that resembles food for once."
"Your family must be quite rich then." Frank said. "Chefs with such eccentric taste can be quite expensive."
"Oh, yeah." Fey said. "Mother is the CEO of Nantex, so money is something we have a lot of."
"I see." Frank said. "Do your best Dax."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Dax asked.
Frank did not answer, only giving his son a wink and a thumbs up instead.
"Dear don't tease our son." Helen said. "He has had a rough day." She turned her attention to Fey. "So, are you in class F as well?"
"Class S actually." Fey said, before taking another bite of food.
"I see." Helen said. "And you still wish to be friends with our Dax?"
"Yeah, why would class even matter?" Fey said. "Daxy is good people."
"I am not buying that." Helen said. "What is the real reason you are friendly with our son?"
"Helen!" Frank said, "Don't be mean to our guest."
"She wants to use me to disappoint her mother." Dax explained.
Frank's eyes lit up and he gave his son another thumbs up. "Be the best disappointment you can, son!"
Helen picked up a piece of food and hurled it at her husband's head. He narrowly dodged and the food hit the wall behind him. She threw it with such force that it put a hole in the wall.
"This is true?" Helen asked, looking directly at Fey.
"It is." Fey replied. "I do want to use his status as F class to disappoint my mother, but that isn't all. I genuinely think he is a good person and that he would make an interesting friend. Especially after all the crazy stuff that happened today."
"Dax, it is your decision on what friends to keep." Helen said. "If you are fine with this girl's reasons then they are fine with me. Just do me a favor and ignore anything your father suggests about your relationship with her."
Fey laughed. "I wish I had a family like this." She said, smiling. "I didn't think they actually existed."
"Keep that desire young lady!" Frank said, still ducking his head down.
"Well, it is getting late." Fey said. "Dad requested I return home before dark, so I need to go ahead and leave."
"Do you want to hunt for the slime tomorrow?" Dax asked.
"Sure." Fey said. "I'll come here in the morning."
"I can come to you if you want." Dax said.
"No, not yet." Fey said. "My mother, could do something unforgivable if you show up before I have had the proper time to prepare."
"That sounds terrible." Dax said. "Alright see you in the morning then."
"It's a date." Fey said with a smile. "Thank you for the delicious meal." With that she stood up and walked out of the house.
"Dax, you should have walked her out." Helen said. "It is only proper to see your guests out."
"Sorry mom." Dax said. "I will remember next time."
"Please do." Helen said. "I don't want anyone to accuse me of raising a mannerless man."
"Well dinner was good." Dax said.
"I will clean up." Helen said. "I need to speak with your father, run on to your room. Let us know if you have any more nightmares."
"I will." Dax said.
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Dax went upstairs, took a shower and prepared himself for bed. He was exhausted. The day had been filled with stress and the recurrent nightmares had caused him to exist in a state of severe sleep deprivation. He had the leatherbound orb in his hand as he approached his bed.
Since he had received it, he did not want to leave it. Something about it connected with him and drew him in. He decided to take the leather and tie it around his wrist as he slept. He passed out as soon as his head hit the pillow.
His dreamless sleep was short lived as he once again found himself in a nightmare. This time he was standing in the ruins of a castle. A yellow sky littered with black swirling clouds were overhead as the ruins of the castle burned. Bellowing clouds of black smoke poured from the flaming ruins. As the smoke reached the sky it joined the swirling darkness above.
Standing in front of a ruined throne was a man like monster. He looked completely human save for two pitch black horns upon his head and the eyes of a snake that burned crimson.
Then something happened that was unusual. Throughout Dax's nightmares he had heard yelling and the sounds of battle, but this time the monster before him spoke.
"You are a fool." The monstrous man said.
"No." The man who was the center of Dax's dream said. "It is not foolish to wish for a world that is not ruled by hate and fear. You are the fool for thinking you can oppose me."
"Spoken like a true fool." The beast said. "Slay me then! Another will just rise in my place! No matter how hard you fight you are only one man! You cannot stop us all, Magi King!"
"It might make me a fool, but I am going to try." The Magi King said. "I will save the humans, the orcs, the elves, the dwarves. I will save them from being your food and your slaves. They deserve peace! I will fight until my last breath to defend them!
Send all your armies at me I am not afraid! I will conquer them all with my power! I alone will reshape the world and remove your taint. Die!" The Magi King held out his hand and formed a massive fireball and launched it at the monstrous man. It fired with such speed that he had no time to dodge.
A massive explosion filled the room and as the smoke cleared the monstrous man still stood tall, only slightly bruised and burned with one of his horns broken.
"You didn't really think that would stop the lord of monsters, did you?" He replied laughing. As he laughed, he launched his own assault, and the Magi king was quickly wrapped in arcing lightning. Dax could feel the burning sensations as if it was his own flesh being scorched by the lightning arcing across.
"This isn't over!" The Magi King yelled. He expelled his power in a massive explosion of white light that knocked the monster lord back onto his back.
The monster lord stood back up and smiled. "Oh, human, you are going to be fun."
The Magi King smiled in response, his clothing in tatters and his body littered with burns from the previous lightning attack. "Glad I could be entertaining." He joked back. "I am sorry I must end this now."
The Magi King raised both hands in front of himself and summoned a massive fireball once more, but this time lightning began arcing from it. Powerful winds began to blow in all directions as if the fiery orb was the center of a category five hurricane and a blizzard began to freeze the area around them. The castle and the surrounding lands as far as the eye could see was being covered in frost.
"Impressive." The monster lord said. "Then let this be your final stand! The end of your terror!" He put both of his arms out and formed his own ball of power. His was one of dark energy in which black lightning erupted from.
Their two orbs were devastating the landscape and altering the very world at which they stood.
"Without you the monsters will lose their leadership!" The Magi King yelled. "I don't think you could be so easily replaced as you claim!"
"And without you the humans will lose their greatest mage!" The monster lord said. "They will revert back to the worthless creatures they once were. If I end you here my people will have unlimited food and slaves!"
"And if I end you my people will be free!" The Magi King yelled back. As they finished their final declarations, they both released their orbs.
As the two orbs collided with one another they caused a massive explosion that ripped the land and sky. Everything was engulfed by its massive furry, leaving nothing but a five mile deep and one-hundred-mile diameter crater. The yellow sky changed blue and the black swirling clouds shifted white and stopped their swirling.
As Dax felt himself, or rather the Magi King die in his dream he woke up with a gasp. His body was covered in a cold sweat. He quickly checked his body, which he was sure had been burnt, but found nothing.
His mother opened the door. "Are you alright Dax?!" She asked. "I heard yelling! Was it another nightmare?!"
"Yeah, the most vivid one yet." Dax said. "I was the Magi King… and I died saving the world…"
Helen walked over and embraced her son tightly. "It's okay dear, it was just a dream."
"I am starting to have my doubts." Dax said. "Mom, I need a favor."
"Anything you need." Helen said without hesitation.
"I need you to hire my home room teacher as a tutor." Dax said. "He mentioned he knew about the Magi King, and I doubt he will say anything unless we hire him."
"Alright." Helen said. "I will call the academy about it in the morning." She gave him a kiss on the forehead. "Now get yourself some sleep. It is very late."
"I will try." Dax said. "Thanks mom, I love you."
"I love you too dear." Helen said as she exited the room.
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