forum Magic Controlled (One on one with @Starlight-I-Love-Magic!)

Started February 01, 2019 by @The-Magician group

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Arthur let it dissipate, relaxing his stance as the blade vanished, (His wings stayed tho). "Mind telling me what you're up to now?" he asked,

"I'm calming down, my adrenaline is too high." Soren mumbled, dropping onto his back, releasing a large breath of relief.
Thank you..
Don't mention it.

"You also just fell over" said Arthur leaning over him with a raised eyebrow. Discordion also appeared on the edge of the clearing again. "Also Discordion's been telling me something's up with you since lunch,"

"And you believe everything that guy says?" Soren looked skeptically into Arthur's eyes. "How can someone who isn't part of me know what is going on with me better than I do? That just doesn't make sense. He knows nothing when it comes to me, keep that in mind."

"I don't believe everything, but I have good reason too" said Arthur, "He's the reason I'm still here"

"Yeah, you've said." Soren rolled onto his front, resting his head on his arms.
I know it's uncomfortable but I can not let you lose the human in you.
I know… "I wish I hadn't been born this way."

"That and I have my own observations," said Arthur sitting down,

"Uh huh, I gathered." Soren turned to look at Arthur, doubt flickering across his eyes. "You ready to go again?"

"Sure" said Arthur who was floating cross legged and upside down.

You have no idea how much I want to pull him down.
You can probably manage that feature, just as long as it stays as ONLY that feature.
Look at you, I almost think you care.
…mm
A thin, long scaly tail slithered out from Soren's coccyx and it wrapped around Arthur's leg, pulling him down as Soren stood up.
"Come on then." he sighed.

Arthur yelped when he came back to earth, "what was that for?"

"Felt like it." Soren pushed his hair out of his eyes with a lopsided grin. His tail was still tightly wrapped onto Arthur. "Problem?"

Arthur shifted, clearly ready to bite, his wings flaring.

As long as he doesn't get any fur on me we'll be good..
I wouldn't put it past him.
Soren smirked. "Nawh, what's wrong?"

"Nothing" said Arthur, suddenly warping to his feet and shifting, flapping his wings to fly over Soren, being sure to stay out of reach,

Don't do it, you can't handle another feature.
He is tempting me.
In more way than one apparently.
"Oi! Stay out of my head!" Soren suddenly shouted, balling his hands into fists, turning away from Arthur.

Arthur landed immediately, his face filled with concern.

Soren quickly moved to the back of Arthur and pulled the latter's head back, covering his eyes. Against Arthur's throat, Soren held a blade.
"Why were you concerned?"
Why are you doing this?
I don't know…

Arthur tensed a little, "Soren what are you?!"

"Half demon.. Though if I shift completely I become a full demon." Soren pressed the blade closer to Arthur, not enough to cut him though. "The stronger the connection between the shadows and I, the less like a human I am becoming." He gently rested his head against Arthur's, inhaling his calming scent. "I am torn between two worlds, Arthur, and I'm scared. Become a human and leave my family behind, or become a demon and live the rest of my life being hunted down."

Arthur's breathing was a bit shaky, but he remained calm, mentally telling Discordion to stay out of it. "How do you think I feel sometimes…" said Arthur, "I may not be able to relate to that, But I do know what it's like to lose control…." he closed his eyes as memories flooded his mind, "I know… more than anyone what it's like to be both hunted, and separated from family. What it's like to have no control over your own actions…." tears came and he couldn't stop them, "I know what that's like… I lived through it…. for 12 years…."

And you have lived through it for 18 years..
He doesn't need to know that.
"Hey.. Why are you crying?" Soren frowned, the blade dissipating as he moved around Arthur's front. He didn't know what to do or what to say, he wasn't used to people crying. He gently used his thumbs to wipe Arthur's tears away. "I'm sorry."

Arthur tried to force the memories away, "He forced me to hunt my family…" he said quietly, unable to stop himself, "Every attack, hurt. I could feel every wound I gave my brother, as if it were my own…" trying to stay in control, "It was all I could do… to keep the pain from my own wounds… from reaching him…"

Soren hesitantly wrapped his arms around Arthur and held him tightly, kicking himself for not knowing how to appropriately react to this situation. "It's in the past now, I know it's hard but you can not keep thinking about it. Allowing things like this to consume your thoughts will only bring you more pain, and I can't stand to see you like this Arthur."

Arthur felt his knees buckle, tensing as memories hit him harder than usual, his sister's cry of fear, his brother's of agony, his elder brother's cries of fury…. All of it echoing in his mind. Discordion suddenly appeared, touching Arthur's forehead, causing him to go limp, unconscious.