Rise of the Citadel (The Search for the Brights Book 2) by Aaron Thomas Read Free Book Online Page B

just have to know that you are very skilled. We can always
form ourselves as a mist, a fog, a rock, or a single grain of sand. Yet we will
posses the ability to protect you by using magic. We would be invisible to
anyone, but our presence would be very powerful. Imagine two wizards that can
be anywhere to spy on people, or protect someone who was helpless. Wizards that
don’t get tired, hungry, or be tempted by money, or drink. I can think of
limitless uses for this, and it does partly fulfil your end of the bargain. We
would both regain an elemental body, at least until we find a way to return to
a flesh one.”
    Kilen sat quiet
for a moment while he thought about everything Joahna said. “You have thought
about this a lot.”
    Joahna laughed,
“While in your head, it is all we have to do. If you can do this, we will be of
great help to you in many ways.”
    “Lets try it,”
Kilen said, giving in. “Only, let’s try it with Max. He’s more experienced with
earth magic and being one of my elementals.”
    Joahna replied,
“Very well. It does not matter which only that we try.”
    Kilen laid down
and dug his fingers into the ground, feeling the soft, now warm dirt. He
focused the earth into a packed lump, raising it above the surface of the
ground. Slowly, he formed it into a figure of a tiny man, a faceless and
featureless tiny man of dirt. Kilen then thought of Twilix and the first time
he summoned an earth elemental. He was defying her orders by doing it without
an instructor present. He regretted letting the voices in his head push on his
emotions that day.
    Twilix’s words
echoed in his head; push your consciousness into the form. Look through its
eyes. The familiar snap of a consciousness exiting his mind resounded in
his brain, and he once again felt the familiar loss of a voice. Kilen opened
his eyes to see that Max had taken over the tiny form and began to change it to
reflect his former living body.
    “It worked!”
Joahna exclaimed. The tiny man grew to a full sized man with moss coverings as
clothes, stones as teeth, and colored rocks as eyes. The two elemental brothers
embraced each other in their elemental forms.
    Max turned to
Kilen, “Thank you.”
    Kilen picked
himself off the ground and resumed his seat on the fallen log. Max moved to
Kilen and placed an rocky hand on his shoulder. He was bolstered by energy and
felt his sore muscles heal and become painless as Joahna touched the other. The
two elementals then sat still looking at one another as if a lifelong dream had
been achieved.
    Kilen spoke to
break the silence, “I won't say that I will miss you inside my head.”
    Max laughed, “I
won’t say that I will miss the uncontrollable urge to stretch my muscles, or
the constant confusion of my emotions mixed with yours.”
    They all
laughed.
    Joahna brought
the small victory to a halt with a serious tone, “Let us get on with discussing
the matter at hand. Kilen, would you please voice any concerns that Jace has?
His opinions matter very much to us. The way I see it we face two problems.
One, how do we get into the Elder Wizards town? Two, what do we say to them
once we are inside?”
    Max spoke first,
“Correct. Getting inside will be the easier part, but we both know that both
will be far past difficult. We have to go in prepared. We should test the area
inside the fog to see what kind of problems come up and how it might affect our
use of magic. Then, we proceed with caution. When we find the first
acknowledgement of the people inside, we let them know our purpose. We let them
know we come in peace as an emissary from King Atmos. Hopefully, when we do
that, they will not kill you, or us...again.”
    “We can go in
violently or peacefully. Which would you prefer, Kilen?”
    It took no time
at all for Kilen to respond to Joahna’s question.
    “Peaceful, but
it would be nice to know if something is waiting to harm me on the other side
of the fog.”
    Jace echoed in
his head, “ Always be