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Lilly Vatalini Bedford

"I am the Lord of Shadows ..."

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a character in “Rise of the Ruinosus: The Return”, as played by NasiaWords

Description

Name: Lilly Vatalini Bedford

"I am the Lord of Shadows ..."



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Age: 15
Gender: Female



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Description: Lilly has long, blood red hair that she usually keeps in a messy ponytail. Her bangs are cut jagged and are always hanging in her face. Lilly also has piercing red eyes, almost look like that of a demon; her eyes turn cat-like when she is angry. Her small, delicate figure makes her look younger than she truly is. She doesn't go out much, so her skin is rather pale. The only thing somewhat large about her is her chest area. She prefers wearing shorts and skirts, along with tank tops and her favorite pair of combat boots. Everything she owns is black, the only color she feels comfortable in. Though small, she definitely packs a punch.


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Personality: Lilly, who prefers Vatalini, is generally the same as any other shadow mage. She likes to take night classes, hates being in the light and sleeps a lot. She is overall a smarty pants and loves to prove others wrong. But it doesn’t take a lot to get her in a bad mood. She absolutely loves to pick fights, and can hold her own, but her cockiness comes back at her most the time. If you become a close friend to her, she loves to pull pranks, even life threatening ones. This is the reason she doesn’t have many friends.


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Powers:
- Main Power Area: Shadow
† Shadow Puppet: Can manipulate shadows from up to 75 feet away.

† Shadow Fire: Creates a fire out of shadows that can pass through anything, sending a shock through the object it is passing through.

† Dark Wing: The ability to create wings out of shadow that act as real wings, giving the ability to fly fast but for only short periods of time.

† Summoner: Summons shadows for the Underworld, more powerful than normal shadows. Usually in the form of demons, such as beautiful men, women, and creatures.

† Shadow Clone: Creates a clone of the caster, made entirely of shadows. Being made of shadows, they can move and think on their own accord, but must obey their creator.

- Special Move:

† Shadow Lord: Creates a giant shadow puppet that engulfs the creator, moving as they do, with the ability to use all elements. Cannot be taken down unless hit with an enormous amount of light or the creator is killed. Other than that, the creator can stop it by will unless not properly trained, and then there is the possibility of them being over thrown by the shadows.

-Secondary Area: Fire

† Flame Sword: Creates flames that spin rapidly around the weapon of the creators choice.


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Likes:
+ Dark Places

+ Fighting

+ Scaring Strangers

+ Friends

+ Forests

Dislikes:
- Light

- Laughing other than her own

- Rules

- Her Teacher



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History: Lilly was abandoned when she was a baby, and left to the shadows. Literally. She would be abnormally advanced for her age as a shadow mage, but her cockiness always got in the way of her training. She was set to school by her shadow so she could learn better control. As a young girl, and for the rest of her life, Lilly was raised be shadows, which wasn’t abnormal anymore. Anyone who has known her since she started elementary school knows what type of person she is.


Anything Else:
- Is currently in a relationship with Bryce Zephyr.

- Receives private magic lessons from the teacher, Mr. Beckenfield .





THE DEMON



Name: OZ



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Personality: OZ only speaks to Lilly and her closest friends, and always has an apathetic look on his face. He never pays attention to anyone and always has his face stuck in a spell book. In reality, OZ is Lilly’s shadow, just in a different form. He can also create different forms, but they are all scary shadow people. He changes into the forms at the will of his Master. He is very respectful, calling Lilly Master all the time, but once he changes form, his shadow insanity is revealed. All shadows are considered insane unless in their ’human’ form.


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Likes:
+ Books

+ Silence

+ His Master

+ Sleep

+ Dark Places

Dislikes:
- Light

- Most laughter or happiness

- Anyone who speaks against his Master


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Liam
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So begins...

Lilly Vatalini Bedford's Story

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Lilly had honestly expected Bryce to be there before her, but he apparently wanted to make an entrance as well. He looked bigger, but only ever so slightly, and the air about him was gushing with confidence. He was becoming more and more like a Zac doppelganger. Lilly ground her teeth together as she observed her significant other’s unintentional torture of a poor first year. It wouldn’t have irked her so much but Liam was also jabbing her with a string of insults at her relationship.

Lilly let out a deep, guttural growl. She blinked once and her eyes had been consumed by black. Silently commanding the shadows around her, they slithered across the floor and wrapped around the legs of Bryce’s chair. With another blink, the shadows ripped his chair clean out from under him. Almost instantaneously, they threw the chair onto him with a nice amount of force.

Lilly,” Robert’s annoyed voice reached her just about the same times a book smacked the side of her head. Lilly growled again, looking to Robert and blinking so her eyes were their normal black again. “You two are going to be the death of me … Now, boys and girls, we are going to try something different this year. We all know there are eight basic power types: water, fire, air, earth, wind, ice, shadow and light. On the ceiling are the symbols that stand for each one. Please find your symbol and stand under it. Lilly, come up front with me.

Lilly did as she was told, making her way behind Robert and sitting at his desk before he could seat himself. Robert simply sighed and waited as the class arranged themselves as they were told.

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Finally, after everyone had been able to meet up again, just in time for Zac and Bryce to spar like idiots, it was time for summer break. Over the course of his summer, Zachary had stayed at school and trained with Pitt and Mr. Beckenfield. Zac didn't have a home he wanted to go back to, and he had no where else to go anyway. That being said, Zachary's summer hadn't been boring by any stretch of the word, not with Pitt around.

The two had always been close, but ever since their four month training session with their Master, Horatio, the two became awkward around each other. The tension grew bigger and bigger, until the two could take it no more. They ended up crossing a line that should have remained intact.

They fell in love.

Demon and Keeper relationships weren't uncommon, but they weren't exactly normal either. That's why it had to be kept a secret. If any of the council members, or worse, Zachary's dad, found out, the two of them could get in big trouble, even put to death. The main problem with such relationships was that they usually ended up producing half-demon children, whose powers were unstable and strange. There were a lot of theories that pointed to such unions leading to the creation of the first Shadow Mages, but most of them were biased and hateful. Either way, such children were always, always, powerful. A Keeper is, after all, incomplete without their demon. The demon acts as a repository for half of the Keeper's magical power, and forms the focus for their spell-casting. A demon is, most importantly, a way for the Council to keep track of every Keeper in existence. With demon blood already stored within the Keeper itself, such a child could wield their power without the use of a demon, or even worse, consume their demon to grow even stronger. This kind of unchecked, reckless behavior was the reason that Keeper-Demon relationships had garnered such a bad reputation in the first place. Their kids always ended up doing terrible, horrible things. That was why Zac had trained over the summer.

He loved Pitt.

He vowed that he would, above all else, protect her from misfortune, and be the shield between her and adversity. Becoming stronger had always been Zac's primary focus, after all, Zac's Ultimate goal was to kill his own father, a Council Class, A-Rank Mage. However, this was beyond Zachary, and it infuriated him to no end. Hence, his strict summer training regimen. That being said, we appear to have forgotten something:

Pitt.

Whenever Zac got too serious about training Pitt had, as all good girlfriends do, smacked him over the head with a mallet, tied him up, and hauled him off to take her on dates, effectively derailing any serious training whatsoever. In short, while Zac had remained in practice, he wasn't anywhere near as far as he wanted to be by this point. This, however, wasn't necessarily a bad thing. After being re-evaluated, Zachary's Rank had jumped from being a High-O Ranking, to a Middle-I Ranking. For his age, only seventeen, this made Zachary enormously strong. However, for one as driven as Zachary, this wasn't good enough, not even close. He still had so much to learn, to achieve. If Zachary was to kill his father, and protect himself and Pitt from the Council, he needed to be even stronger.

As the bells rang, and new students flooded into Henry Jefferson High School, Zachary was sleeping in his room. Awaking to the sound of the bells, Zac rolled out of bed, got dressed, and walked to the kitchen to make himself some breakfast. As he strolled out of his and Pitt's room, Zac couldn't help but marvel at his handi-work. The inside of his wardrobe was really quite breathtaking. Sure it wasn't, exactly within the realm of what was allowed by the school rules, however, Pitt had a lot of junk, and the small student dorms were not conducive to any sort of privacy, which was more than necessary for two, healthy, teenage boys, who were both in committed relationships. It was vital.

Making his way into the kitchen, Zac found something that was out of place. On the kitchen counter, next to the micro-wave, was a plate of food, that was piled high with all his favorites. Lovingly crafted, the plate was adorned with hash-browns, eggs, bacon, and toast. Further, it was even shrink-wrapped to remain fresh. Underneath the plate was a note, written in a scrawling, looping hand. There were even little hearts doodled into the margins. Grimacing, Zac read the note aloud:

"Dearest Zac,
You're still sleeping, like a lazy pile, but I'm off to class.
Today is the first day, after all.
Anyhow, I made you breakfast~! <3
See you soon.
~Pitt
"

Remembering the last time Pitt had tried to cook, Zachary gingerly picked up the plate and made his way to the garbage can, to dispose of the bio-hazard that Pitt had created. Upon reaching the garbage, Zac found another note taped to the lid. This note was written much more sloppily, as if crafted under great duress, and without as many other decoration. Sighing, Zac read:

"Dearest Zachary,
You weren't thinking of throwing away the meal your girlfriend made for you with love?
Were you?
I slaved over that breakfast because I love you so much!
Don't you love me too?

Saddened beyond all belief, but still yours,
~Pitt
"

Rolling his eyes, Zac stepped in the little lever which would open the garbage, only to find yet another note, taped to the underside of the garbage can lid. There were no heart decorations on this note, instead, it was written in a sloppy hand reminiscent of a serial-killer's note. Even worse, the note appeared to be written in blood, and it was still dripping when Zac pulled it off the the lid. Fearful beyond all reason, Zac stammered out:

"Zachary Junhazard Reinhardt,

Eat the breakfast I made you, or you'll never see the light of day again.

Not even joking.
~Pitt
"

Finally managing to get down his breakfast, Zachary stumbled into class and sat down in his usual spot. Going by the rumbling of his stomach, Zac was, probably, on the verge of death. However, he'd cleaned his plate, and, if he survived the meal, was no longer under threat of death by Demon. As he sat, he sensed her walk into class. It was her alright. No one else had red hair like that. Zac weakly lifted his head from his desk to smile at his demon, before his stomach did another back-flip and he had to put his head down once more. Rushing to his side, Pitt smiled. He ate her breakfast. He was always so lively after he'd eaten one of her meals. "Good morning Zac." Pitt chirped, leaning down to kiss Zac on the top of his head. "Morning Pitt. Can you promise me something?" Zac asked weakly. Concerned, Pitt replied, "Anything Zac." Just as his face turned green, and he was forced to run to the bathroom, Zac managed to shout, "Never make me breakfast again!"

Having evacuated the contents of his stomach, Zac felt much better. Pitt, on the other hand, was pouting. "It couldn't have been that bad." She griped. Rolling his eyes, Zac spoke up, "We've gone over this before, Pitt, you don't metabloize things the same way I do. While a raw egg is fine for you, I gotta cook it first." Pitt whined, but ceded the point. After all, if it was a matter of biology, then there was some credence to Zac's argument. "It's not that it wasn't delicious," Zac lied, "It's just not good for me. Like too much chocolate." Pitt smiled, she liked chocolate. As their conversation finished, Zac put his head down, and waited for the other kids to arrive.

Zachary had, for the most part, not, made a nuisance of himself, as his friends were currently doing. This in and of itself was rather strange, but then again, there had never been a single thing about Zac that wasn't strange.

After all, just look where he went to school.

Once everyone was accounted for, Kira, theri teacher's demon, escorted all the demons through a hole in the wall for demon only classes, and they could finally begin with the day's lesson. Robert, their teacher, spoke up, and asked that they form themselves into groups based on their powers. Sitting upright, Zac looked around until he found the symbol for Earth, and walked over to where it was, standing stoically underneath it. "I suppose getting into your groups by element is a pretty good idea." Zac chimed in. "After all, knowing who your peers are lets you figure out who would be the best to spar with." Zac said. However, the exercise seemed pretty mundane to Zachary, who was used to much more... rigorous training. "Don't get me wrong, this is real interesting, but just what's the point? If you don't mind my asking." Zac quipped, finishing with a smirk.

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Bryce was rather enjoying his perch against the wall then suddenly he was flat on his back with a chair solidly in his face. 'I take it Lilly didn't like my playing around... I'm going to have to apologize aren't I... Bryce pushed the chair off of his face making sure Ikari hadn't been hit by it toppled to the floor. "Well that was fun." He coughed out as he placed a hand to the back of his head returning to his 'normal' self. Looking to the freshmen. "Sorry if I scared you been a long summer and well I'm not a great people person I was actually trying to be nice." He chuckled barely hearing Robert saying something about gathering in group related to your mage class. Seeing his above his head he decided to stand and at least try to be a role model for the younger students. Looking around he was joined by only one other student... The boy he'd teased. 'Well I can make up for it by teaching him maybe.'

Bryce smiled holding out his hand to the freshmen officially introducing himself. He learned that the boy's name was Jack and had only recently started learning how to use and control his powers. "I'd be happy to help you along. I've learned quite a bit I think I'm a.....mid.... H rank or something. I haven't taken any placement exams but that's what my mentor told me any way." The boy seemed rather taken aback for some reason not believing that this scrawny boy standing in front of him now could possibly be an H rank mage.

Ikari licked Bryce's cheek as she jumped off of his shoulder at this point joining the other daemons on their path to the demon only class. 'I'll see you after class Bryce... and PLEASE don't do anything stupid while I'm gone.' Bryce looked completely abashed at this. 'You know I would never after all worse I would do is fight Zac and destroy half the forest again.' Ikari turned and glared at him. 'Bryce I swear to the gods if you fight him again I'm going to kill you.' Bryce chuckled again playing with his hair. "No promises Ikari have fun in class." With that Ikari stormed off with a final death glare at Bryce followed by a quick glance to Lilly pleading for her to stop him from his normal stupid antics.

Bryce turned to face Robert having heard Zac's question to Robert getting an idea. "Zac's right most of us don't learn much from actual class stuff hands on is much more effective why don't we go spar like we did on our first day? I'm sure Zac and I could teach the younger students a lot if they watched us spar." He turned and smiled to Zac knowing he wouldn't let a jibe like this go unpunished. "So what do you think should be fun. You wouldn't even have to do anything Sir." He smiled rather happy with his plan the instantly grimaced thinking of the hell he'd have to pay when Ikari next found him.

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As Zac stood, waiting for Robert to answer his question, his eyes glazed over, and he took on a serious expression. Pitt only sighed, deftly stepping up to the huge keeper and bonking him on his forehead, expertly knocking Zac out of the depressing daydream he must have been having. Rubbing his head, Zac blinked, and the glow of happiness returned to his eyes. "Geez Pitt, what was that for?" Zac whined playfully. "Why so serious?" Pitt asked innocently, though she already knew the answer. Zac only ever made that face when he was thinking about his father. "You're in class. Can't have you daydreaming and getting killed. Stay sharp, eh?" Pitt finished, and with that, she slipped off into the other room for the demon's only class. Just before she slid through the little hole in the wall, made just for demons, she turned, caught Zac's eyes, and smiled, blushing ever so slightly. Zac waved to his partner as he watched her go. He missed her already.

Zac had been daydreaming while waiting for Robert to answer his question, Robert, their mischievous teacher, had apparently been caught him off guard by Zac's query, as he hadn't answered yet, but that was fine too. Zac chuckled as he watched Robert puzzle over the question. "It's ok if this is all it's for Rob, no need to fret." Zac said, laughing lightheartedly. Truth be told, Zac wasn't feeling up to much of anything at the moment, having nearly been killed by his breakfast. That being said, the color was slowly returning to his cheeks, and he looked like he might actually be alive again. As the other students were still filing into their positions under the symbol that represented their main area of power, Zac Bryce speaking, so he turned his head to look at Bryce, and gave him his full attention. "Zac's right though. Most of us don't learn much from actual class stuff. Hands on is much more effective. Why don't we go spar like we did on our first day? I'm sure Zac and I could teach the younger students a lot if they watched us." He turned and smiled to Zac knowing that he wouldn't let a jibe like this go unpunished. Zac only scoffed and waved off Bryce's jibing. However, Bryce seemed to be in a playful mood, as he kept pressing forward. "So what do you think should be fun. You wouldn't even have to do anything Sir." He smiled as he finished, apparently rather pleased with himself.

Zac, growing slightly irritated, spoke. "Pfft, whining for another match already? Although I suppose that is something the loser would do." Zac taunted, a wicked smirk on his face. Ignoring any comments from the peanut gallery, Zac continued. "The scoreboard aside, the newbies wouldn't learn anything from watching us. We'd be going super-sonic as soon as the fight started, and their eyes haven't watched anywhere near enough hyper-speed combat to pick anything up. On top of that, if they were watching from anywhere within three... no... five miles of the fight, I can't guarantee they won't get caught up in it." Zac said, somewhat ominously. As he finished, his tone took a dark turn, sounding much more grim than he had intended. "Lastly, and this is more for the sake of my own conscious, I have to ask, don't you remember anything from our last match? We spent a whole day repairing the damage I did to the forest. We both know that you're not the type to get serious about a fight. If you don't come at me like you're trying to kill me, I'll destroy you, completely and utterly. That's not a threat Bryce, it's a promise. I will not bare your death on my shoulders, I won't do it." Zac finished, feeling disgusted with himself. His eyes found the ground, and Zac retreated into his own mind, his memories tormenting him.

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Zac hated what happened during their match last time. Zac didn't regret that he had acted the way he had, that he'd won, or that he'd used the methods he had. Rather, Zac hated that he had to the the one who did it. No one else was qualified to teach the lesson Zac had taught them. Zac had been right though, he was certain of it. Bryce and Lilly and Annie needed to learn an important lesson. It had been the first one that Master Horatio had taught him and he'd never forgotten it. It was a simple lesson, but Zac had it engraved into his very soul: Magic is terrifying.

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During his training with his Master, Zachary did nothing but spar. Every day from sun up to sun down he pit himself against the overwhelming might of his master. For every match until their last one, Zac lost every time. This constant defeat drove Zac into despair. how could he possibly win against such overwhelming odds? How could he beat his Master if he was too scared to even face him? This fear clouded Zac's mind, making his defeats increasingly more brutal. After a particularly devastating defeat, in which his Master had soundly defeated Zac with copied versions of his own spells, Zachary got up silently and quietly walked away from his Master, only to sit down in the corner with an expression of utter defeat on his face. Zachary's determination, which had appeared boundless at first, was completely shattered. Master Horatio approached a thoroughly depressed Zachary and asked him a simple question, "Young Reinhardt, do you fear your own powers?" Puzzled, Zac said he didn't know. At first he thought they were a gift, that they made him special. Now he thought that if they couldn't even be used to protect himself then what good were they? If anything, these powers were a curse. For the first time, Zac saw his master smile, gently, as if he were proud of the boy. However, that gentleness vanished in an instant. Placing his hand on the top of the blonde's head, Horatio revealed the secret of his immense power to the young boy. At first, Zac didn't believe it, how could it possibly be true? However, as he explained it all to Zac, the young Keeper's eyes lit up and he listened intently. What made his Master so vastly powerful was something that Zachary thought he would never ever need, and that thing was, "fear."

To Zac, who's life had never been in any real danger until his 13th birthday, the fear of death was all but unknown to him. Like the claws, teeth, or horns of the animal world, Keepers developed their magic through evolution for one purpose: defense. Magic was a weapon, like any gun or sword or spear. It was made, wrought from the fabric of your soul, with the intention to kill your predators, your enemies. If one was unafraid of their enemy, unafraid of the damage that magic could do, how could they every truly grasp the nature of their magic? True fear had to be experienced, only then could one forge their magic into a weapon for their defense. Only then could they possess real control over their powers. As his master had told him, "You should be afraid of your own powers. You're not qualified to use magic unless you truly understand the fear of having it used against you." By seeing the terror of his own powers, Zac learned to fear them, to despise his own strength. That fear was what made his Master so mind-crushingly strong. As Zachary had later learned, being afraid didn't necessarily mean he was a coward. By using that fear, one could become stronger than it. Although it's impossible to ignore the fear, one can channel it, make it their own, and use it as their own strength.

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Zac snapped out of his daydream. Some of the other students were looking at him, concern in their eyes. Instantly changing his expression from one of sadness and fear, Zac smiled wholeheartedly. He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry about that. I tend to overthink things." Somewhat embarrassed, Zac's eyes wandered across the classroom until they made their way out the windows finding the old forest. Having been struck by inspiration, Zac's ears perked up, and he addressed Robert. "Say, now that's an idea. Instead, why don't the older kids, myself included, split ourselves up and spar lightly with the younger students. No need to fret," Zac said, hearing protests from some of the younger students. "Us older kids won't use any spells over L Rank. This way, the kids might actually learn something. What're your thoughts Rob?" Zac finished, directing his thoughts towards their teacher.

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Robert sighed. This kids were gonna kill him sooner or later. He was turning into the bitter old man he would have rather avoided. "Alright ... Ice and fire, with me. Wind and air, Bryce. Earth and Water, Zac. Shadow and light, Lilly. Now, I'm going to remind all of you that you can have any secondary power you wish. But once you pick, you cannot change it. So choose wisely. Don't choose what you think is cool, choose what you know you can do and handle. In a few days we will be taking an evaluation test, all the Freshman that is. That test will give you a general idea of what secondary you should practice along with your primary." Robert nodded to the three experienced students, standing to meet his own groups. "I know there aren't any Shadow kids, but you have a few candles," Robert smiled at Lilly. "It's good to have you guys back." Lilly looked to her teacher and nodded.

"Always good to be back." Lilly looked to the roof, locating the light symbol, then to the kids who huddled beneath it. It was two blonde kids, they almost looked like twins. It was actually kind of adorable. "You two follow me. I'm sure everyone else is going to the roof or the forest. We are going to the basement." Lilly began to lead them out and through the halls. "So what are your names?"

"I'm Amy and this is Devin. We're twins."

"I'm Lilly, Shadow Mage."

"So why the basement?"

"I can tell you that I have learned a lot since this time last year. You heard what all the other ... 'mentors' are taking their groups to do, right? They are taking them to fight. Spar, actually, but that's beside the point. It's good to be strong, but you are never going to be strong enough. You need to know how to do the simplest thing before you can do anything else. You need to know how to live." They had arrived at the top of the staircase that lead deep underground, created mainly for shadow training. "No matter what time of day it is, there is always a little bit of light emanating, but what if you get trapped in a cave or in a shadow dome? No light anywhere, and I bet that neither of you can create light. You can only manipulate it, right?"

"Well, yeah. I mean, we both just got our powers to be honest." Devin's voice started to echo slightly.

"That's fine ... we're here." The room was pitch black, not a single trace of light to be seen. "One of the easiest ways to produce light is to use fire. Either you can learn a spell or you can make fire your secondary skill." Lilly made a small fire that danced in the palm of her hand, but only for a second before it went out. "That or you can produce the light. It's the same as shadows. If I'm where there are no shadows, I have to produce them. They come from inside me, and that is exactly where your light is. Right inside of you. Give it a go."

Lilly could hear their breath cease, as if they were trying to squeeze the light out with all their might. She couldn't help but laugh at them. "If you keep that up you'll poop your pants. It's not something you can force ... you have to feel it. Feel it move inside you. It's what drives you, it's what makes you breath and live and survive. It is you." Lilly heard a steady flow of breath. The twins, whether on purpose or mere coincidence, were in complete sync with each other. That's when a small, dim light emerged in the dark. After it grew, Lilly could see it was emanating from their joined hands.

"We're doing it," Amy squealed.

Lilly looked with concern at the two. "Yes, but you have to do it alone. You two don't honestly think you will be there for one another for eternity, do you? If you can't fend for yourself ... there isn't much more I can do to help you guys."

That's my girl, giving up on the weaklings, Liam hissed inside her head.

I'm not giving up you piece of shit, I growled back.

"Do it again! This time on your own or I'm not gonna waste another minute down here with kids who won't even survive their first mission 'cause they have connection issues!" Their light immediately disappeared. Lilly had done it again. Lost control just because an 'inside source' had upset her. She was about to say something when two separate lights emerged in the darkness. But these ones were much brighter than the first. Lilly had completely misjudged them. Now she felt like a complete ass. But seeing the two do so much better to prove her wrong ... gave her happiness. "Great! Do that again!"

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Bryce could barely contain his excitement at Robert's announcement. 'Alright! I get to... teach... GOD'S DAMNIT! I forgot I don't know how to do that...' Bryce's excitement quickly turned to panic and he looked to Lilly hoping for some form of encouragement. 'What did I learn first... Survive' The answer came so quickly it was barely an answer it was instinct. Recovering his earlier excitement Bryce walked up to the three waiting students. Two guys one girl. Bryce quickly looked over to Zac. "Dibs on the forest!" Returning his attention to the waiting and somewhat nervous students.

"Don't be nervous guys this is going to be... well I want to say fun. Now I need your names and ranks." The two boys looked down at their feet while the girl spoke up quickly.

"Jade wind mage rank M"

"Good good. You've got some pep. Now you two... If you want to succeed as a mage be it for profit or others you need to be confident. Do not doubt yourself. Because when it comes down to it you only have yourself to count on. That being said friends can push you beyond what you can do on your own... Sorry I'm rambling never really taught before. Sparring! That's what we're supposed to do. Let's go! Follow me closely." With that Bryce began leading the three students to the forest

After 10 minutes of running they reached Bryce's favorite training spot. "Alright everyone this is where I trained, learned,and.. for the early part of my life lived. One warning and one warning only. If you damage this stone in any way shape or form I am liable to send you to the moon. Got it?" The students quickly nodded. Smiling Bryce began again. "Alright since we all understand that Jade would you like to begin? " Swallowing deeply Jade nodded and stepped forward bringing her hands to a fighting stance.