Legend's Training

[Legend Filikan]

Legend found himself in the woods after nightfall. There were leaves rustling all around him. He thought about heading back to the castle. But decided to stay a while longer and explore.
It was hard for him to see, there was no moon, so before long he tripped, on what felt like some sort of stick. As he hit the ground he was aware of the burning in his right hand. He knew he had cut himself. Not wanting to walk around like that he whispered, "Sano"
His eyes flashed gold and he felt the pain go away and he knew, from experience, that the cut had been reduced to a scar.
He got to his feet, again, and set off, again.
Remembering a spell he had said once before and the change that it had inflicted on him he said, "Potestas sursum"
His eyes flashed golden again. With that being said, everything was clearer. Now, even though it was almost pitch black, Legend could see the ground in front of him.
He strode through the woods, he still had no idea why he'd come there. At this point in time he didn't really care. The night was peaceful and the stars that were over head where glistening softly.
Soon he stopped and leaned back against a tree, gazing up at the stars twinkling gently. He smiled at the sky and thought of his family. He wonder if they even remembered him.
"Of course they remember you," he told himself with slight anger. "How could you even think they did not?"
But then there was doubt in the back of his mind, he shook it off and decided to turn back.
He made it home and fell asleep for the night.

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[Merlin Emrys]

Accepted Legend, sorry for the long long delay. You have reached the level of novice! Are you going for the level of apprentice in your thread with Chase? Or both apprentice and caster?

[Legend Filikan]

I think we are just doing that for fun now. But here is my one for apprentice:
The teenage boy yawned, looked around and disappeared into the thick wood underbrush. Picking his way, carefully, through the prickles and other plants Legend Filikan felt the slightest bit lonely. With an idea growing he whispered, “Animo planta equus.”
A small plant beside him rose above the other plants and formed into a horse. It gave a soft whiney and turned its green eyes at Legend. The green horse reared up on its back feet and gave a shrill neigh.
Legend patted its neck and spoke a few soothing words to his horse. The plant stamped its hoof and butted its head into Legend’s shoulder. He laughed. He would have to remember to show Chase Caldera this. But not now, now he would have some fun.
With joy Legend climbed aboard the horse’s back and rode it bareback across the woodland terrain. At one point Legend let go of the leafy mane and spread out his arms. He gave a whoop of joy. He should not have done that. The horse reared in surprise, Legend tumbled from its back and the plant bolted at the sound of his thud.
With his tail bone aching terribly, Legend got to his feet and stared after the horse in disappointment and shock. He hadn’t realized how real his creation had been.
Its hooves had been stronger looking then the rest of it and were a darker green. Its mane had felt so real in his hands that he realized, now, that he had almost forgotten that he was riding a plant. Its eyes, so real; a dark green pupil, white/green around the bright green eye color. Its tail like the mane. And the rest of its body, silky and soft.
A triumphant smile came over Legend and he couldn’t help it when he jumped into the air and whooped. He ran, forgetting his injury, after his creation. He found it just as it transformed into a plant once more. He didn’t care that the spell hadn’t lasted forever, just that it had worked and that it had been so real. Again he whooped. He tried another spell on the pond next to him, “Animo aqua canis.”
A hound dog came to stand beside Legend and he leaned down to run his had over its watery pelt. It felt even more real then the horse had. When he let out a cry of happiness the dog howled with him. Before it turned to water once more he saw its eyes. Darker blue, sky blue, and white/blue. He was so happy that he was progressing.
The next few days Legend made a cat from tree bark, a fish from lily pads and a mouse from hay. Each time the animal was more realistic. He started to try humans but it didn’t work out. The creation looked more like a blob then a human. He didn’t care; he liked seeing what he could do better. He loved fixing his failures. So day after day he would practice humans. It was much harder then animals. But he didn’t give up.

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[Merlin Emrys]

Very good development Legend, you are now an apprentice congrats!

[Legend Filikan]

This is my post for castor.

Legend stalked around the tree, it had been sometime since he’d tried to get something not animate to be animate. This was the first time he was going to try it on a tree. "Animo arbor nation.” Legend was quite disappointed when nothing happened, he didn’t even feel the energy of his magic flow through him. He frowned and waved his right hand in front of the tree and said, "Animo arbor natio.” Again nothing happened.
“Curse it!” Legend snapped to himself, releasing the anger inside him. This anger was not just toward the tree but toward Timothy Redfield, who Legend believed was in love with Felicity Wood, who he, himself loved. Legend shouted at the tree, "Animo arbor natio!” This time Legend felt a rush of power that knocked him from his feet, but not before hitting the tree full force.
Legend’s head had snapped back at hit a rock. His vision blurred and for a moment the world swam before his eyes, spinning around and around, making the young teen dizzy. “Ugh…” he groaned and propped himself up with his elbows, feeling the wet blood on his hand that was clutching the back of his head. He looked up and saw the tree rushing towards him. His eyes grew wide and he rolled to the side, barely avoiding the falling tree.
"Sano,” Legend said in a whispering voice, touching his hand to the back of his head. The wound, however big it was, Legend didn’t know, closed and he no longer felt lightheaded. He gazed down at the fallen tree and sighed. How could I have been so stupid!? He asked himself with shame. He kneeled down and put both his hands on the tree, "Sano.” Nothing happened. Again he tried, "Sano.” When nothing happened again Legend sat back and felt increasingly bad. Suddenly something smacked him. He jumped back in surprise and fright. The tree was beginning to stand up, and on the trunk there were two eyes and a mouth and a crooked nose.
“Yahoo!” Legend cried jumping up in the air, a triumphant smile on his face. But that soon disappeared when the tree turned toward him, its eyes holding one emotion. That emotion made Legend turn and start running. The tree’s eyes held fury, and Legend was quite afraid.
He kept whispering, “Oh dear, don’t let me die today! Not before I tell Felicity the truth!” He passed a creek and shouted out, his hand pointing at it, "Animo aqua lupus” A watery wolf climbed out of the water and stood by Legend as he turned to meet the tree. As soon as the sky blue wolf saw the tree, it whined then turned and ran. “What, no!?” cried Legend, turning as he watched it disappear into the underbrush. “Some help that was,” he muttered turning back to the tree.
The tree looked down at him, its eyes raging with anger. It raised a branch and slapped him across the face, rather hard. Legend went flying he hit into another tree, and fell to the ground. He had to find some way to inanimate it, but he didn’t know how, he knew the wolf would be water again by now, so why wasn’t the tree?
Legend looked around for something, anything, he could use against the killer tree. It was almost upon him when he thought of an idea.
"Animo aqua paries parietis,” he said, and a wall formed out of water in front of the tree. Legend wasted no time running to grab two sticks. He put a pile of dried grass around the stick and rubbed them together. Oh how he wished he knew how to make fire with magic. He looked up as the tree tried to push through the barrier. He knew he only had moments before the wall became water once more. Then a tiny spark lit up the grass and Legend smiled slightly. He grabbed a branch and fed the fire onto it. He stomped out the rest of it on the ground and then held his torch high as the water wall fell away. The tree walked forward and Legend threw the branch with the fire. The tree caught and it screamed. Its scream was slightly human sounding and Legend covered his ears, but it didn’t help. He ducked as it blew apart, pieces of fiery bark and leaves raining down upon him.
Seeing that he’d done enough damage for one day, Legend turned and ran from the forest, hoping that his magic would not cause a forest fire. Fortunately for him, it didn’t. Legend stayed away from the forest for the rest of the week.

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