"The beast that comes towards us does not see tracks. He smells and hears."

Turning to the girl he smiled, "Don't worry to much though. With a good bit of fight it'll go down." His eyes shifted from comfort to a stern gaze as he noticed movement above the girl just in the trees. Quickly he dashed out and threw her behind him as a sharp spike flew into his shoulder, another in his wing.

Quickly he raised his hand and shouted as a beam of energy destroyed the bat like creature.

He sulked down with his back against the tree. Carefully he removed the spine from his wing, blood gushed softly from the wound before quickly clotting up. He gripped the spine within his shoulder and roared in pain as he was unable to remove it.

"Bloody Kaltul's... silent as the windless night and as deadly was a famished beast."

He ripped his cloth belt and wrapped his shoulder with the spike still bulging outward.

"I'll have to deal with it later. It's buried in the bone."

Turning he picked the girl up from where he threw her, "I'm sorry, but the poison they carry is deadly unless you have grown accustom to it's sting. The first year I was here I nearly died because of one of those..."

As the beast was talking to her he stopped dead sentence which in most cases, sence she is in a very hostile unknow place, it means something is going to attack, as soon as the sound where the beast infront of her was made noise, in a flash the beast pushed her behind himself as he was struck with a arrow or spear, at that second she couldn't see it clearly. He took the arrow and roared at this tree causing a beam of light to come from him at killing the unknown figure and sending it into ashes.
He helps her up and he wrapped his belt around his shoulder.
"Oh..." she shaking from the adrenaline at this point "thanks for saving me..."

"Thanks are not in order here. This place is filled with moments as such. If we are to thank each other for each event then I believe we would become too tired to fight." Again he spoke in a calm town as he looked among the trees. Turning he looked at the girl, "Shall we leave? I have a self-made strong point in a rock face of the first mountain to the east."

His eyes changed once again from black to the natural gold, "For if we stay here too much longer I fear the demons and creatures of this world would have sensed and seen the blast of light... Light on this planet is forbidden silently by nature here. The inhabitants here are beings of darkness and shall extinguish every chance of light among their blackened land."

"Thanks are not in order here. This place is filled with moments as such. If we are to thank each other for each event then I believe we would become too tired to fight." Again he spoke in a calm town as he looked among the trees. Turning he looked at the girl, "Shall we leave? I have a self-made strong point in a rock face of the first mountain to the east."

His eyes changed once again from black to the natural gold, "For if we stay here too much longer I fear the demons and creatures of this world would have sensed and seen the blast of light... Light on this planet is forbidden silently by nature here. The inhabitants here are beings of darkness and shall extinguish every chance of light among their blackened land."

"Yes i fell like we should get somewhere safe" As soon as me mentioned light her powers came into mind.
"Speaking of light... My power back on my home was light now ever sence i have come on this planet its darkness...
is there a reason why this could be? Also, if you lead i will follow"

Holen began to walk as he prepared his answer, "The magic the resides outside this realm is the same everywhere else in the universe. He it is the same. The reason I believe it turns black is not because of the taint. No. I believe it is because of the intelligence that magic has."

Pushing vines and holding branches back for her to pass he spoke once again, "What I mean by this is that you magic realized the danger and dark energy of this world and shifted to protect it's self and it's user. Thus turning into a darker and less noticeable."

"As for that beam of light you saw me use... well that's a magic I broke from the spell of the dark realm. In it's original for it is a quick and deadly force used in emergencies such as you witnessed. With it blackened it nearly took 3 whole minutes to charge to the same power."

(( its going to eb small sorry for that. ))

He followed him to the point where it was safe
"Do you think you can teach me? to being the light back to my powers? "

Holen smirked as he lead her through the quiet and deadly forest. The trees thickened and thinned every few moments as if nature had formed a wave. The wind grew colder and hostile. With a quick flick of his wrists and a move of his shoulders the large woolen and leather cloak covered the small woman's body.

"The winds here kill quickly." He saw her eyes of slight worry for the beast's bare upper body without his cloak, "Do not worry about me. The fur I grow is layered quite well. I still get cold, but it's a sacrifice."

His face seemed to switch back to a previous memory, "Oh I'm terribly sorry for not answering your question sooner."

"As for your magic, yes, you can restore it's color. Restore it's power from it's self induced taint of darkness. Due know that it will take sacrifice. This planet is fueled from death and sacrifice."

Soon a small clearing was revealed and a rock face stood before them. Walking forward he gripped a large boulder and with a bit of effort it was thrown to the side,

"Please come in and I will answer any question you may have."

With a flick of a wrist once he stood near the center a black spark flew out and ignited the wood that piled in the center. The flames danced not in reds or yellows, but in deep blues and purples.

He lead her threw the forest. he with no effort to what it seemed like to her. He moved thick trees and branchs with no problem. She looked around the forest of unknown identity but suddenly a small wind came appon them and out of now here a thick black blanket of fur covered her as the wind blew harder and even threw the coldness of the winds she could still fell it threw the cloak the beast had on.

As the winds stopped the cloak came back to him and they continued into the forest She looked around loving the colors that this planet showed. They came to a rock where he stopped. Before she could ask anything he moved the rock and then back. As soon as the they came in the fire came on almost automatically to her. she looked at the flame and it wasn't like it was at home, the lower end of the flame was blue and the upper is purple something never seen before.

She looked around the home to see where she was and to get a idea where she will be staying.

"Well... you said a little bit ago you said we need to start training ASAP. How would one go about doing that?"

"In my world. My people recognize magic as it is. As a living being within all of us."

Sitting he threw some more logs on the fire and spoke again,

"Magic grows with us. As does it change to protect us. Magic loves it's master if it is treated well. The reason for your magic turning into darkness is because though you never knew of the powers here... your magika did."

With this being said he raised both hands and opened them so his large palms faced the ceiling. In the left a small flicking ball of light appeared with a small flash, and in the right it's opposite came to life as well, a dark and slowly shifting mist like ball.

"Magic has many forms, elemental, emotional such as hate, love and fear. There is also voodoo and simple witchcraft."

His hands turned and turned and the balls swiveled in place,

"Then there is the base magics. Light, Dark, and the less known magic of Zen. Light is the magic of purity, balance and justice. Darkness is the magic of corruption, shadows, and power."

Then is a swift but fluid motion, Holen, melded the two opposite obs together and formed a silver and almost metallic looking orb.

"This orb is made up of Darkness, and Light."

With a flick of a claw it hovered in the air solemnly,

"A perfect balance between Good, and Evil. Neutral. This magic is ancient and mostly hated among many nations and races. The power it holds is unlimited essentially, even in this small orb I could wreck havoc on this world easily, but doing so would cause me to sacrifice some of my soul. Thus the reason of the zen being looked down upon."

His eyes turned gold and the zen ball disappeared softly, "Sacrifice is how the Zen magika keeps the balance between the power and justice."

Turning to the fire he sighed, "This is the only way to gain your magic back to full strength easily and quickly is to use and sacrifice for Zen."