Trials Of Fire and water 2: the travels of the outcast

day 10. the reflection of the moon that the wolf tried to touch

I had a lot of questions, and a lot of anger that I wanted to throw at this girl, but Judas was in my head so the first move was to get the score. "You must be the Lady behind this power trip, now I dont like to play games but you've been playing with us since the beginning, testing my memory, fighting skill, and now a Sphinx?" Lady indeed but she was quiet that's when the door opened Cleo or was it Cloe? Walked out of the door with Judas and I was really confused. "Judas?" and he nodded. "Indeed Caleb it seems you figured out how to handle the puzzle of the room also" and I scowled and looked at the Lady of the house." now that we all are here, allow me to explain Im" Judas spoke. "Elena the draga, Caleb this is the lady we have come to join" I looked hard at him, then back to Elena, and then the magazine came to me and I said. "The legendary Elena nodded and sighed. "I wouldn't say legendary, but as they say you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" I looked around and finally said. "Ok someone needs to explain real quick where the dots connect" and I looked at Elene then to Judas then to Cleo. JUdas spoke. "I think I can?" Elena nodded and so did Cleo. "THe reason for us getting drugged was a defense until they understood who we were, we came into the picture about a week ago under the pretense of Fathers, but Elena have been building a army of drugged "fathers" aka socerers and when we were brought into investigate Cleo prepared the drink and food and drugged us, and then studied our attack patterns, the mirrors were made with a type of metal that tracked magic, and the monster fight tracked our battle but when you didnt do magic at first they thought they made a mistake at the mirror battle Alexix wasnt here those were shadow mimics in the forms of mirrors, you hated or feared Alexis and she appeared when you beat them they shattered, but you didnt use magic, so Cleo went out to check you out, then came back to me because by the time they wre testing you I had already broken their seal, I gave you tiny details the but couldnt make it clear where I was at in case you werte still drugged..in then end after seeing you use the magic you did against the sphinx its clear you wre what we were HIgh level Sorcerers" I sighed and and felt A hand on my shoulder and when I looked over Cleo's hand was looked at me and smiling. "You are a very high-level sorcerer, my friend Caleb" and I looked over at Judas and then at Elena. "We've been here for a week? I only remember getting my vision back on Wednesday" and They looked at me. "It is curious but we gave you a rather dose of the drug that put you in a three-day coma when you came back around it had been three days since you came here" "They were planning on us staying for a few months before making arrangements but we showed more reason than they thought we would to be allowed in normally they brought in a month of training but th figured them out in a few days" I smiled and sighed "I enjoyed the food at least, so what now?" Cleo looked at me then Judas."For now, you'll stay in your rooms, we'll remove the mirrors they are not needed anymore, and we'll give you real tests based on your magic skills, we will need them for later.." I nodded "And what is your end goal?" she looked at me then at Cleo and she smiled. "Patience...the reasoning of someone of your guy's caliber will be clear soon now back to the room, dont worry your food won't be drugged we can't have you come this far and then forget it"

My eyes flew open and completely sat up as I looked into the room I was in, I blinked and walked over to the mirror and checked it my hand hit solid, like glass I thought I dreamt it. Did I dream it? The sphinx, the meeting the dungeon, wait I remembered. I looked back at the window and there was a window, not an image, what happened? I looked around and It wasn't until i realized that I wasn't in the tower anymore. I saw the mirrors, the windows, the door. I blinked and pulled myself out of bed and went back in time into my memories a little worried that they drugged me again, but my memory was amazingly clear I remembered why we came here, "we volunteered?" I asked then the days passed I remembered, the mirror that was in the form of Alexis who fought me, then the wraith who showed my death, my death? What does this more show than the dream I had of my headstone of Aimee? Aimee I need to contact her, but as I got up I again realized I wasn't in the room from before it was teal colored, the mirror and glass windows were there, and when I looked out I was nearly on the ground, I sat down on the bed, my bed and looked at the mirror "did I dream it all?" No why would I think that? I have memories of fighting" I said out loud and blinked and opened my book that I had hidden but they were lightly and neatly placed on a dresser in the corner. I blinked this was weird I looked at my hands and opened and closed them then got up and walked over to the door and my heart started to pound what if it was locked again? Did I dare risk it? I swallowed and reached the doorknob and turned it and when I pulled....it opened. I furrowed my brow this door wasn't locked I could leave if I wanted to I could leave. I packed up my books and backpack and walked out of the room into the hallway and didn't see anyone but a table and on the table was a small chest. I stopped and walked over to it and opened it and it it was rolled up the scroll and when I opened it there was a note that said "Caleb or is it Ciaran if you reading this you must have questions and if you are reading this you no doubt have left your room, packed up your stuff and prepared to leave, and you have that right you've passed all the challenges that keep you a slave but hear me..I know you are looking for a family I know you are looking for answers, and I know you have a vendetta against the church specifically against the Vatican.." I dropped the scroll on the floor, and yet it floated and landed back in the box and my eyes widened "how do they know? What did I say to them that they know?" I looked down at the scroll picked it up again continued to read. "If you got to this point you are freaked out because I just read your thoughts, hear me before you run out of the room before taking the trek back to mediocrity You dont remember because we dont want you to remember but you volunteered to be here, you and Judas heard of us and no doubt got curious and had a chat with us and upon shaking our hands you fell into asleep with a memory loss spell you dont remember the spell because YOU CAST IT ON YOURSELF" my eyes widened thats why I didnt tell it was a spell and why my scrying viewed everything I casted it on myself" I looked back at the scroll and it almost ended, but it had afew more things to say that was sure I continued to read "your looking for power, your looking for direction otherwise you wouldnt have come this far, the clues of who I am, the clues of what I am only another sorcerer can give reason of another sorcerer and I now grant you this ultimatum stay and learn and gain the power you need to fight and lern to get better or leave entirely on your own with Judas, totally clear..." there was a small vial on the bottom of box in a bottle with a label that said "remember me" I nodded and wicked up the vial and looked around and I pulled the piece off and I blinked and sniffed the bottle and looked at the scroll and said "I could just leave without remembering I could get training from judas still" but something made me consider this message "they are against the vatican city, like me like judas they literally told me I could gain power...and I dont want it for myself I want it for my family..to keep a promise...and for that I will risk it" and I took the drink of the vial it tasted like vanilla bean and blueberries, and after it was gone..I dropped the vial as my mind started to race and everything the food poisoning did was erased and everything came back to me like an awakening It made my eyes snap and boggle like I was having a twitch and when it was over I remembered everything and the last part of the message "If you take this vial...your gonna want to stay"I looked around for people and didn't see anyone still, that's when I turned and walked back from the chest, scroll in hand, and as I left the room I heard "So you chose to stay?" and my eyes widened and I cursed calling "Drahs!!" and threw an orb of lce energy behind me and saw Cleo or was it cloe? she waved her hand and her shield bounced the orb and It crashed into the wall nearby her and shattered into ice crystals. I cursed "as she got up and I said, "Oh Shit how long have you been there?" Cleo blinked at me and shrugged "I've been here awhile, I was instructed to be around for when you open the chest" I nodded and looked at her she was wearing completely different attire, she wore a robe, or was it a cloak maybe both maybe neither? over a pair of shorts and a shirt that looked like it was too small for her revealing her belly button I looked out of place with my Jeans, Leather trench coat, and a t-shirt with a band on it in scribbled writing. I nodded and said "Yeah I chose to stay, and the reason is that the enemy of my enemy is my friend if you can tell me the reason behind giving me my memory back, the reasoning that I volunteered to be here, something kept me here, something attracted me past me wouldn't have made the necessary arrangements unless the reward was as high if not higher than the risk, so now you speak about giving me power, and yet there's no one here?" and She nodded "the others will come tomorrow, you've only seen very few who were tested in the clubs" and I cocked my head to the side "Clubs?" and She nodded "THe ones who fight to make their magic better but the other are.. elsewhere now do you want to go to your room? Or do you want to ehh "chat some more," She said as she began to move close to me seductively, she was kind of cute she had a tiny shirt, and low-rise shorts, and in the middle of her belly button was a silver heart. I blushed because I thought it was cute, and she snapped her fingers in my face I looked back and she said "What are you staring at?" I shook my head of the thoughts impure and said "Sorry nothing  It's just nice seeing you in color unlike before when I saw you in the nun outfit when I was in the tower.." she smirked and put her hands on her hips and said "Right sure, that's the second time I caught you peeking at my ass, the first time was yesterday in the dungeon meeting with our superiors and the sphinx what happens if I catch you a third, and more importantly what happens if I peek at you what will you do? and I nodded. "Sorry yeah I'I'm s-S-orry" and she raised an eyebrow and said "Such a way with words" I nodded and coughed and said "Sorry there are just very few people here hard not to" and she smirked "Yeah ok let head back to our rooms, I'll catch you for dinner later stud" and I nodded and grabbed her hand and my world went black. I  woke up to the sound of voices and I opened my eyes and they were blurry then my vision went black and this time I heard voices like I was surrounded by a couple of kids looking at me and I heard "Is he dead?" "I dont think so he looks cute though any idea who he is?" "he might be recruited I haven't seen him before" When I opened my eyes a second time this time my vision cleared and  I looked up into the view of a river of kids that were my age or what looked like my age I was about 19 here and I looked into the eyes of four kids two girls two boys and when I got up I my eyes focused and I said "huh where am I?" and they all looked at me and said "your at the "Italian home for the magical" and I blinked "the Italian home for magical?" and upon looking at them I saw that I saw they were all wearing cloaks over their front and I guess this was the same as Cleo or was it cloe? I  blinked "So it isn't a military is it?" one of the girls said "I mean if something were to cause us to defend ourselves, maybe but we do magic here to get better or to find people who are magic are you magic your necklace labels you a sorcerer" and I nodded and said "Im Caleb, Im a sorcerer I came from Rome, and I wait you live here?" and the other girl nodded, "I think hes sick" she put her hand on my forehead and I swat her hand away and said "No I mean Im fine, I just came here and I never saw anyone" and the male on the right blinked "you didn't see anyone? But weren't you at the magic training exercise? The one with the mirrors?" I blinked and the vision of when I fought Alexis in the octagon and I broke the mirror "it was a training exercise, not a ploy to learn my magic?" "Huh?" I heard one of them speak and I nodded "Yeah I did partake that I broke the mirror with my physical strength" and they nodded and scowled as if thinking "You got some power" I sighed and looked at them and said "I'm Caleb.." the middle nodded and said "Im ruby" said the girl that tried to touch my forehead, and the taller male almost as tall as me said "Im ralph, friends call me ralphie" and the second girl said "Im roxy, friends just call me Roxy" I nodded and ended up shaking everyone but the last male hand he looked at me and gave me the cold shoulder saying "Im Neo, and I dont like you" and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Sorry, anyway where are you going now?" roxy spoke "Back to the living area we just finished our schooling" and I nodded and Ruby smiled at me "You should come with.." and I nodded what was I doing imitating a broken bobblehead? Soon they dispersed leaving me behind and I looked at them as they passed along with afew other unnamed kids and I widened my eyes and I heard "Curious, so we were all wrong..now about that running away?" and I looked at one of the mirrors and said "hold on, we just got to an interesting point...the question is who are the others?" and I heard "your the interested one Ciaran if you really dont ant to leave right now we can stay but mind you remember exactly what they costed you to get to this point" and I nodded to him and said "I am well aware what it took to get to this point, now the question is what will be this..path that will give us power" and I heard "seems for now we have to stay, test the waters, now for now find Judas and tell him of our decision" and I nodded and brushed tthe dust off me as I began to walk round the differet parts of the castle, I walked around and couldnt find my old room, but that was ok best not But my room was just down the hall from a tv room, a kitchen, rooms upstairs, upstairs, a backyard, it was weird but I traveled over to my room and opened it to reveal that it was already cleaned. I blinked "Didn't I leave this room a mess?" I asked and walked over and sat down on the bed and looked at the mirror where Nox was just looking at me and said "I sense something is troubling you...young master" I nodded and said "If this place was just a home for magical people or a school why did they go through me so thoroughly? Something is in my bones telling me they aren't telling me the truth or...they are hiding something from me" and I heard a growl-Nox agreed with me.