Warcraft Fan Fiction ❯ Bloodstained Shadows - Chronicles of a Lost Soul ❯ Scarlet Dawn - Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6:

 

 

The following two days were not too exciting. The only thing I can really recall from yesterday is the lesson with the High Inquisitor. I had hoped he would teach me something, well... impressive, but no, of course he did not. I wanted to learn something that really would help me out if I was in dangers.

We sat there in this little room for about three hours and he basically held a monologue how dangerous it can be if you abuse the powers of the Holy Light. I'm a bit disappointed.

In the end it all was quite similar to the first lesson.

'Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit', these are his words, they sound as if they are taken from some old book. I will surely memorize them. Speaking in general he tried to tell me during the whole lesson that I should be careful.

After finishing the long discussion on the Holy Light, he told me I should head of to bed, so I did. Unluckily for me, I bumped in Captain Theran about one hallway before reaching my quarters. I thought she wanted to kill me, for no reason whatsoever. I am frightened by her. I don't know whether she overreacts every time or why she is to me like that. While she tried to kill me with her words, I made an attempt to retreat. She goes frenzy every time she sees me. I beg that this won't last forever.

When I was back in my quarters, I sat onto the bed and started reading right away. I read about two hours in the book about the dragon flights. As I go on, I think it is becoming more and more fascinating. Since I've opened this book, I kept the fang Keira gave me close by. Every time I see it, I wonder if this really might be the fang of a dragon or if this originates from an ordinary animal like a wildcat. It is unnaturally pointy without any shards or similar things on it. Yet again I'm highly sceptical about it being from a real dragon. I just don't know what to think. I fell asleep upon reading that night.

Today was not that different to yesterday. Now it's evening, I can calmly recall the events of the afternoon. As I already mentioned before, it was like yesterday, not too exciting. I had my daily conflict with Captain Theran, I still have to figure out if she has a reason for her behaviour or if she just plainly hates me.

During my lesson with Fairbanks I didn't get a single step closer to my goal. I wonder when he will finally teach me something. I'm eager to learn something, I want to become stronger, I do not want to stay such a nuisance like I am now. I'm only in the way with my present skills. I'm growing impatient.

During this lesson he told me that the Abbendis family will be sent to the free city of Tyr's Hand. The city has been under siege for about a month now. The Scarlet Crusade hopes that the city elders will consider joining the Crusade if we send troops to their aid. Fairbanks also told me that if this adoption is successful, the Abbendis family will become head of Tyr's Hand.

The subject of main interest today was the absence of the Mograines and the High Inquisitor at the end of the week. In four days, the Ashbringer and two of his most beloved and trusted friends or siblings will join him on his quest to the ruins of Stratholme. During this time, so Fairbanks told me, he will get a substitute teacher for me. In fact during the two weeks when he will be absent I will have normal tuition with the other apprentices. He told me that he asked the Grand Inquisitor Isillien to do this for him and that I should know him. Oh yes, I do know him, he was one of the advisors of the young Taelan Fordring in Hearthglen. Seemed to have a strong personality, being a bit bossy. Whitemane was in charge of class the last few days. That is the reason why I was taught in private by the High Inquisitor.

I know that her presence is fearsome and that she had taken 'wrong turns' like Fairbanks had said, but I don't know why we have to be so much afraid of her. Is this whole stuff really necessary?

I wonder what would differ if she'd be teaching me. Today I received another letter from her. As I gave it to the High Inquisitor he just burned it like the last one. I don't know a word of what she had written.

Come to think of it, today's `lesson' was more of a status report concerning the upcoming weeks.

I'm exited about the classes with the Grand Inquisitor Isillien. I want to know if they differ from... this. I would also like to get an idea how Whitemane teaches. But then again, it is rather nice being taught by High Inquisitor Fairbanks, although I had imagined he would proceed faster. Instead he only tries to show me how dangerous holy magic can be due to its affliction with the shadow. And I'm quite sure I understood that by now. I know I need the training with the spells, I know that it will take me some time to learn them.

And now? Now I lie here on my bed thinking of this all. I don't know how I should call it. It's not actually a mess, but I had a different idea of how this will all take place. I am sure that Whitemane already teaches the first spells.

I don't always want to be the last...