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focus on the fact that no one was hurt and be grateful.”
“Ellyssa!” The young priest shouted at her.
“Fine, it was my fault! Are you happy?” Ellyssa shouted back then screamed as something lifted her up off the ground and into the air.
A huge water elemental, apparently furious at being pulled from its home, lifted the young mage from the ground and prepared to smash her small body against the stone steps of the church.
“Children, you must banish that creature!” Brother Thomas exclaimed to his three young Chosen of Solarian.
Banishing a creature back to its home plane was not something a normal novitiate would be expected to perform. However, this, like Azerick’s mage school, was no ordinary seminary. Brother Thomas’s students were pushed to learn and excel just as the wizard and martial students were. Even so, it would take all three working together and even then, Brother Thomas was extremely concerned.
Shawna, Angela, and Caleb began the complex ritual of banishment, but luckily, Roger was faster. Roger pulled wet piece of rock salt from his spell pouch and channeled the Source into it. Jumping to his feet, he lunged at the elemental, slammed the hand holding the halite against the water being, and released his spell.
The effect was instantaneous. The water under his hand froze solid and rapidly spread to the creature’s base and up towards the arm holding his friend several feet in the air. Roger continued to pour energy into the spell until the giant, watery hand holding Ellyssa froze solid. Roger knew he could not hold the powerful creature in stasis for long and prayed that the three Chosen could banish it quickly. Already the ice was melting as the monster’s will overcame his magic. Just as he was sure he was going to lose control, the water elemental lost all cohesion and vanished with a splash, dropping Ellyssa painfully onto the wet, muddy, and unyielding ground.
“You did it!” Brother Thomas cried out and hugged his three Chosen.
“You were saying something about no one getting hurt?” Roger panted from the exertion of his spell.
“You almost froze me to death!” Ellyssa accused, shivering heavily.
“Yeah…you’re welcome.”
“What is going on out here?” Azerick demanded as he, Rusty, and Allister ran up to them. “Is everyone all right?”
“Everyone seems fine,” Brother Thomas answered. “It seems that Ellyssa managed to conjure a water elemental. Fortunately, young Roger was able to slow it long enough for us to banish it. I assume that is where all of this water came from as well.”
Azerick looked down at whom he considered his adopted daughter and glared at the girl who was now looking extremely miserable sitting in a puddle near his feet. “What did you do?”
“I tried to make a permanent gate from my closet to the classroom,” she answered dolefully.
If she expected pity, she would find none here. “Do you realize what you have done?”
“I mixed up the astral rune with the water rune?” Ellyssa replied with a tiny smile in hopes of diffusing Azerick’s anger.
It did not work. Azerick shouted, “You could have hurt or even killed someone! You have probably destroyed your room, ruined the main hall, and from what I can see from the steam, destroyed Ken’s workshop! Whatever gave you the idea you could make something so complex and so dangerous? Where did you find out how to do it?”
“In your big book you keep downstairs in your laboratory,” Ellyssa squeaked out.
“I should have known better. I should have warded it or locked it up. I forbade you to read that book just for this reason!”
“You’re right!” Ellyssa shouted back, tired of everyone verbally assaulting her. “You should have known I would read it the moment you told me not to, so this is your fault too!”
Azerick’s fury was at a boil as he and his apprentice glared at each other. “You are grounded for two months. You will not leave the tower except to go to
“Ellyssa!” The young priest shouted at her.
“Fine, it was my fault! Are you happy?” Ellyssa shouted back then screamed as something lifted her up off the ground and into the air.
A huge water elemental, apparently furious at being pulled from its home, lifted the young mage from the ground and prepared to smash her small body against the stone steps of the church.
“Children, you must banish that creature!” Brother Thomas exclaimed to his three young Chosen of Solarian.
Banishing a creature back to its home plane was not something a normal novitiate would be expected to perform. However, this, like Azerick’s mage school, was no ordinary seminary. Brother Thomas’s students were pushed to learn and excel just as the wizard and martial students were. Even so, it would take all three working together and even then, Brother Thomas was extremely concerned.
Shawna, Angela, and Caleb began the complex ritual of banishment, but luckily, Roger was faster. Roger pulled wet piece of rock salt from his spell pouch and channeled the Source into it. Jumping to his feet, he lunged at the elemental, slammed the hand holding the halite against the water being, and released his spell.
The effect was instantaneous. The water under his hand froze solid and rapidly spread to the creature’s base and up towards the arm holding his friend several feet in the air. Roger continued to pour energy into the spell until the giant, watery hand holding Ellyssa froze solid. Roger knew he could not hold the powerful creature in stasis for long and prayed that the three Chosen could banish it quickly. Already the ice was melting as the monster’s will overcame his magic. Just as he was sure he was going to lose control, the water elemental lost all cohesion and vanished with a splash, dropping Ellyssa painfully onto the wet, muddy, and unyielding ground.
“You did it!” Brother Thomas cried out and hugged his three Chosen.
“You were saying something about no one getting hurt?” Roger panted from the exertion of his spell.
“You almost froze me to death!” Ellyssa accused, shivering heavily.
“Yeah…you’re welcome.”
“What is going on out here?” Azerick demanded as he, Rusty, and Allister ran up to them. “Is everyone all right?”
“Everyone seems fine,” Brother Thomas answered. “It seems that Ellyssa managed to conjure a water elemental. Fortunately, young Roger was able to slow it long enough for us to banish it. I assume that is where all of this water came from as well.”
Azerick looked down at whom he considered his adopted daughter and glared at the girl who was now looking extremely miserable sitting in a puddle near his feet. “What did you do?”
“I tried to make a permanent gate from my closet to the classroom,” she answered dolefully.
If she expected pity, she would find none here. “Do you realize what you have done?”
“I mixed up the astral rune with the water rune?” Ellyssa replied with a tiny smile in hopes of diffusing Azerick’s anger.
It did not work. Azerick shouted, “You could have hurt or even killed someone! You have probably destroyed your room, ruined the main hall, and from what I can see from the steam, destroyed Ken’s workshop! Whatever gave you the idea you could make something so complex and so dangerous? Where did you find out how to do it?”
“In your big book you keep downstairs in your laboratory,” Ellyssa squeaked out.
“I should have known better. I should have warded it or locked it up. I forbade you to read that book just for this reason!”
“You’re right!” Ellyssa shouted back, tired of everyone verbally assaulting her. “You should have known I would read it the moment you told me not to, so this is your fault too!”
Azerick’s fury was at a boil as he and his apprentice glared at each other. “You are grounded for two months. You will not leave the tower except to go to
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