Iqua's Teepe
Copyright© 2026 by Pars001
Chapter 1
This is a short start to a multi chapter story. ----------------------------------------------
As I walked up to the old Tepee, I was still wondering why I had come here. I was a fledging mage though at the moment I was really only a magician.
I had heard stories about an old shaman who appeared to actually have magical power. Power huh, I thought, something I wanted to punish those that deserved it.
Upon entering the woman’s home I looked around not really seeing anything that impressed me. Everything that was within the place was old and unastounding.
A sigh left my lips as I shook my head. How could this old woman have any power living like this?
“Sit young man, I assume you are here to learn, no? I can teach you if you have the desire to learn. This desire needs to be true not a false prlmise,” an old woman of about seventy said.
“I’m here to learn but you appear to be nothing of a magic user,” I said with a sneer.
It was at that moment that I felt warmth beneath my ass. Then it started to grow hot, before I noticed that my ass was on fire!
I jumped up trying to put it out not noticing that I wasn’t really burning. The older woman polinted at me then the flames were gone.
The older woman smirked at me, “you seem to judge things only by what you see. Show me that you have the desire, the want to actually learn what I know. If you can then I will.’
My mouth dropped open as I stared at her wrinkled skin, grey hair, small stooped stature.
“How the hell am I supposed to do that?” I almost yelled.
“That is for you to do not me, convince me of your intent, then we’ll see,” she said. Her bad teeth smile almost seemed to mock me as I started to leave. “Oh no, you will stay here that is to show that you are commited to learn. You have power but you don’t know how to use, nor reach it. Remeber that all you see Isn’t what is truly there”
“Stay here? Are you fucking insane? I know nothoing about living off the land,” I did shout this time.
“I have one stick of advice then,” she said.
“What is this one stick?” I said sarcastically.
“You need to learn before you starve,” she said with another bad tooth smile.
She then dismissed me as almost an after thought. I smirked as I walked to my car to leave. I was shocked when it not only vanished, the entire landscape changed.
I looked back at her Tepee, noticing that my black footprints were vanishing. My mouth dropped open again as it appeared as if I was erased.
I also noticed that there were more Tepees there than before. A somewhat young woman came from the Tepee that I had just left.
“Ah, I see that you survived, good. So for now, we will start on you reaching and releasing your power.” I noticed that it was the same voice though younger, she also walked with a cane.
This woman was at least thirty years younger though no less stern. “I...,.” I started, “you were.”
“Yes, yes I know,” here she pressed a finger to my forehead. “Remember what I said what you see? Isn’t always what is truly there. Now we need to start what I have to impart will take many years to teach.
I stood there with my mouth open looking at all the Tepees that were there. Then I noticed all the fine looking young American Indian type women. Hell, now that I thought about it the woman that would teach me was starting to look good, ugh!
I felt a sharp slap against my ass as the woman slapped me. “There’s no time for that, maybe a long time later but not now. If you wish to learn, you need to keep it in your pants. If not? Then you might find that it won’t work for a while.”
I swallowed hard as I could tell that the woman meant it. She pointed to a blanket that I hadn’t noticed was there a while ago.
“What is this?” I asked.
“For you, learn to meditate, then me can start to help you unlearn what you know and start to really learn,” she said as I sat. “Now clear your mind I know it is hard with all the animal shit that is there. You will learn before we can access your power.”
It took my almost two weeks before I was actually able to do it right, The woman, who I learned was named Iqua fed me water and bread.
I had finally managed to empty my mind not an easy quest as I was always thinking. I had finally done it when I felt a strange tingling in my hands and arms.
Iqua appeared breaking my consentration, a slight smile appeared on her face. “It’s about time your mind is so loud, you finally managed to quiet it. Now, to get you to access it, come,” she montioned.
We walked to the field behind where the camp was. She had me sit again, “I want you to meditate again. When you feel the tingle reach for it, touch it and let it fill you.”
I sighed as I did as she said. It took ten minutes to feel the tingles but each time I reached for it, it vanished.
I almost reached it one time, making my whole body tremble. The rest of the day I never got closer, though Iqua was there most of the day smiling, encouraging.
For another two weeks I sat there each day trying to reach the tingling. After two weeks I finally touched it, then was immediately knocked on my ass a few feet away from where I was.
Iqua was there immediately with a slight smile on her face, “hurt like hell didn’t it?”
“I really don’t think it was funny,” I snapped at her.
“Oh it was more than funny, you who is so impatient,” a small smile on her features.
“I am not impatient I just wish to visit,” I stopped as I hadn’t told anyone what I had planned. Iqua looked at me waiting.
“You wish to visit what? Upon whom?” she said a look of worry on her face.