Chapter 3

They were just starting to finish the meal when all three of his companions sat up. “Shit, this is bad,” Ella said.

“Yes, I am feeling two heading this way, not with good intentions. They have a great deal of power,” Tygan said. “Against one of them you’d have a chance, not both. What?” Tygan turned skyward. “Dear goddess a Dragon.” She looked at Dan and the twins, “Where in the name of the goddess are you from?

Dan just shook his head, what in the hell had he done now? Back home, he was considered a nerd, he liked D & D, RPGs, fantasy video games, he wasn’t a witch or warlock. He wasn’t a mage or a wizard.

He looked at himself, ‘til he came here he had been a scrawny thing. Now? He was damn near buffed, especially with the washboard abs.

He looked at his traveling companions, the twins were as sexy as hell. The Light Elf, though not the most beautiful, was a hell of a lot closer to it than not.

Though not as well-endowed as the twins, she was still bigger than they were before their growth. The Elf’s stark white hair was a stark difference to the twins’ golden blonde hair.

“I can’t really tell you,” Dan said. “Even if I knew where that was, I couldn’t tell you.”

“Can I read you?” Tygan asked.

“Perhaps later for now, we have three enemies heading our way,” Dan said.

“Shit! The closer they get, the stronger they appear to be,” Ella gasped.

“I’m not really ready to die here. There has to be some way to get out of this,” Bell said.

Still somewhat panicked, Dan started to go through everything that happened. He wished that he could move them the way that the Dark Elf woman had.

Dan’s mouth dropped open as a huge area of darkness appeared behind the three females. It not only appeared but reached out to all of them, wrapping them then closing.

En’tra was almost upon them when she felt the Shadow Step appear. Hurrying, she caught the spell as it closed her eyes wide in disbelief. Across the clearing, the Elf assassin’s eyes were also wide in disbelief. That was a dark magic spell, that’s when she saw the Dark Elf.

In a deep raspy voice she pointed at En’tra, “You will die for robbing me of my quarry.”

“Me?” En’tra hissed back. “I have done no magic, without proof Elf bitch, that is a death sentence.”

Both had glowing hands pointed at each other when a huge shadow drifted over them. Both females’ mouths dropped open shit, a dragon!

Gre’ta landed seeing the Light and Dark Elf about to start slinging spells. They were staring at her with shock and a bit of fear in their eyes.

“Where is the target? I have been tracking it for hours,” Gre’ta asked.

Both the Elves pointed at each other, still not saying a word.

Gre’ta sighed, “Do either of you know anything about it?”

“I might though, that is privileged information,” En’tra said with a smirk.

Gre’ta bristled, then mantled at the Dark Elf, “Don’t piss me off nor waste my time. Even Dark Elfs are not that stupid.”

En’tra was angry for a moment, then sighed, “He is a human traveling with two blonde, twin witches and a Light Elf. I have actually seen him use three powers at a strong mage level.”

Gre’ta and the assassin’s eyes went wide. Three powers! Were the legends of humans true?

“What powers has he displayed so far,” Gre’ta said, her eyes narrowed. If this was true, then the whole world was in danger.

“From what I saw before, he had fire, water and now darkness, the last is new. I saw his shadow step close as I arrived. I fear if he has that as strong as it appeared, he may have shadow death also,” En’tra said.

Both the other females gasped then hissed, shadow death was a forbidden spell.

“Might I suggest that we advise our leaders before we proceed,” Gre’ta said as all three nodded and turned and moved away from each other.

As all three cringed after a good amount of hissing and shouting. The info and who else was after them, all but the king wanted the four captured. The king was shocked that the human had at least three powers, his face hardened as his words hissed, “Kill them!”

“I am the best, even I might not be able to kill a three caster. Especially if he has Shadow Death,” the assassin said.

“I don’t care! I want him dead! He is the biggest threat to this world in over five centuries. Kill him or do not return, am I understood?” the king growled.

The assassin bowed low, “I will do all that I can sire.”

All three met back in the clearing, each with a determined look on their faces. Gre’ta nodded to the others as she took fight.

They all had their powers activated as they started to hunt for the four.

Dan came out of the shadows stumbling. Where in the hell were they, he thought. Wait, this looked very familiar.

Dan looked around at the rocky terrain, damn if this didn’t look like near Anna’s home. Dan shook his head as they started to move away as fast as they could.

At least they were safer for now though; a dragon? What the hell had he gotten himself and his friends?

Plus, he had power? What the hell? That was all well and good if he knew how to use them. A thought crossed his thoughts: Could it work? Ok, here goes. I wish I had the knowledge of how to use these powers.

Another thought came to him as he started to yell, “st...,” all he got out before the pain hit his head. All three of the females were scared as soon as he fell to his knees, his mouth open in a silent scream.

They tried to help him though he threw them away from him. Tygan leaned close as she heard him muttering the few times he spoke, “to much can’t take it all, head hurts.”

“Try to hold him still. I am afraid he asked for too much of some type of knowledge,” Tygan said as a white beam from her spread out over Dan’s head. Dan convulsed and shook a few more moments, then started to breathe easier.

For a few moments, Tygan thought she had failed ‘til Dan sighed, then was unconscious.

“I hope I got to him in time. I’m not sure what he asked for, though it could have killed him. I...,” she said the keeled over herself unconscious.

“I hope that we are far enough away. Dan was afraid of being too close to that village,” Ella said.

Bell was nodding her head in agreement when something came to her. “Uh Ella? Did you look real close at the village? Did it appear somewhat familiar?”

“No, not really though, it did seem as if we’d seen it before. Was it familiar to you? Ella asked. To which Bell just nodded.

They both sat there for a bit, when Ella’s face lit up. “My god! That was Anna’s village! How in the hell did we get this far back?”

They both turned to stare at Dan. “You don’t think it was him, do you? I mean it was a lot like that movement spell En’tra used,” Bell said.

Ella shook her head as she sat beside Bell to try and think things over. Dan had obviously saved their asses. She sighed even after they had been so shitty to him.

She was afraid that their actions had forever driven a wedge between them. She hoped that they could reclaim it, but the attempted killing was a moot point.

Unfortunately, they had, had no choice, though they were a bit hasty. They weren’t on Earth, so the rules of the coven shouldn’t really have been in place. Her damn coven leader was a stickler for her rules.

She hoped that he was ok, according to Tygan, he might be in trouble. Yeah, Ella thought she was still a little guilty about the whole thing.

Not too long after, they both heard a groan from Tygan. For a moment she was disoriented, then looked over to Dan. She quickly moved to him, checking to make sure he was OK.

For a moment she was worried, then her face dropped in relief. “It appears that he’s OK. I was afraid that he was hurt worse than I thought. He was mumbling, I had thought he was under mental attack.”

“How in the hell can you tell,” Ella started, then put her hand up. “Never mind, I am guessing it’s one of your powers.”

“Yes, I have healing energy though, elucidation is a new use I recently learned. I am a student of white magic. I hope I am strong enough to have truly helped him,” Tygan said.

“I hope he’s ok, after my sister and I tried to kill him, I’m afraid that he will never forgive us. You see he and my sister and I have been friends for a long time. You might say we were each other’s friends. We were considered strange, though Dan never acted like that. He was a loner,” Ella said.

“A loner? One wouldn’t guess that the way he has been. Perhaps his being here has given him more confidence?” Tygan said.

“I’m not sure, he does seem more forceful than before. I for one, find it a hell of a lot sexy,” Ella said.

“Sexy? What is this term you are using?” A confused Tygan said.

“Hmmm, how to explain this?” Ella thought outloud. “It means he is far more attractive to me and my sister. Does that help?”

“Somewhat though, I had thought that both of you wanted him in the first place. After all, you both came after him, true?” Tygan asked.

“Well, that,” Ella started when they heard Dan groan.

All three females were immediately beside Dan. He looked up, seeing three faces that appeared to be extremely worried.

The next strange thing he noticed was he was seeing a list about all them.

Ella - Fire Bell - water Tygan - Light

Fire Water Light Pulse Flame wave Water Wave Healing Flame tornado Water Flood Elucidation (Mind Healing)

Dan shook his head what the hell was that? He shook his head again, pain hitting him, this was like in an RPG game.

Then another series of lines came up as he saw that he had all their abilities, plus a fourth.

Dan

------------- Fire l Water l Light Pulse l Shadow Step Flame wave l Water Wave l Healing l Shadow Blind (Impenetrable Darkness) Flame tornado l Water Flood l Elucidation l Shadow death

Dan already had a hand to his head as it was throbbing more than it should be. “Oh shit,” Dan said as he almost fell over. “Guess I’m not as ready as I thought I was.”

“Do you need me to stabilize you more?” Tygan said, a look of worry on her face.

“No, I am just wondering why I have four magic aspects,” Dan said.

“Four!” All three females said in shock.

“Yeah,” Dan said. “I have fire the same as Bella, Water like Bell, Light like Tygan and the fourth is Dark. Not really sure how I got that. The knowledge of all four was a bitch cause, I asked for all the first three at once stupid, I know. I realized it too late, then I was a mass of useless flesh.”

“Hmmm,” Tygan said as soon as the words left his mouth. “This is the first time you have ever had anything like my abilities?”