Chapter 15

Merlin’s Family

Merlin
Gwendydd - sister
Morgenau - brother
Morial - brother
Morien - brother
Mordaf - brother - Naci’s father

This time as we came out of the portal at an alarming speed I was actually trying to turn us. With a smile I saw that I had made it as we both landed with a hard thud. Naci was on top of me with a shocked look on her face. The force of the landing with her weight on top of that knocked the wind out of me.

“TOMAN!” I heard her shout as the pain started to spread throughout my body. She wasn’t heavy that was for sure though the added speed we had hit the ground made it feel as if she were a ton.

Touching her face I whispered, “I’ll be right soon. Be ready we aren’t that far from him. I’m afraid we had to exit far too soon.”

With that I felt the darkness take me as I entered the gray dreamscape. Steeling myself up I knew he’d be there soon enough. A moment later I felt a presence behind me. “So you bastard seed, you came after all.” I was reaching out even as he was approaching. I could feel that he was seriously hurt. I saw his eyebrows go up as he stared at me. “So you pushed too much. HA! Such a new mage mistake. Wait! You have managed to heal part of it? That’s impossible! Ah. I see it’s a part of the wild magic.”

“I can see that you are also seriously weakened. You hardly have the energy to come through time. You should give up, before I get serious. Believe me you won’t survive if I do.” I told Rigal.

“I doubt you can hurt me. Not as weak as I can feel you are. I’ll offer you the same deal as before, I’ll come there kill you then use that little whore of yours. After I have used her for a while I’ll kill her quick.” Rigal said as he sneered at me.

“I’ll offer you one better Rigal,” I sneered back at him. “You leave us alone and I won’t kill you, simple really. Though if you do still insist chasing us, I can guarantee that what you’ve felt before now will be nothing. I’ll make damn sure you’re dead this time!”

“Big words bastard seed if you had that much power, you’d have ended me before now.” Rigal spit back at me.

“I may be many things though unlike you I am a fair person. This is the last time I will hold back on you. Come for us again and all bets are off!” I told Rigal rather forcefully.

“I doubt...” Rigal started then his eyes got large as his mouth dropped open. I had a hand out in front of me twisting the image of him as hard as I could.

Drawing closer I told Rigal, “I am far more powerful than this Rigal. Give up and live, keep on and I’ll make sure it’s your last!” With that I ripped at his image then disappeared.

I awoke in a puddle of my own sweat with Naci sitting beside me with a look of almost desperation on her face. “Toman! Thank the great power you have awoken! I was worried that I had injured you far worse than I had at first thought. Husband I set out as many of the alarms as I remember you setting. I am sorry that I did not remember all of them.” Here she bowed her head as I thought I saw tears falling from her eyes.

Reaching over I gently caressed her face causing her face to suddenly snap up. Again I saw a strange look in her eyes as she sighed. Reaching out I felt all that she had done. My eyes went wide as I nodded; she had placed ALL the strongest alarms that I usually did.

“You did far better than I thought you had.” I told her as her face showed shock. “In fact you only missed one a very good job I have to say. You are a far better student and listener than any that I have seen in a good while.”

Launching herself at me she again almost took the both of us to the ground as she was hugging me with increasing force. Then she stopped pulling slightly back looking deep into my eyes as she pressed her lips to mine! I was almost thrown back by the amount of energy that passed between the both of us.

Then in a whisper she spoke into my ear. “I am so proud to be your partner and mate. I just hope that when we do have children I can make you as proud. You will make a powerful, wonderful father. As I hope to be as well a wife and mother. Again you have honored me with your praise, thank you!” Pulling back she hugged me again then arose to finish with the meal she was preparing.

I could only sit there in almost total shock. I shook my head as I tried to bring myself out of it. Again I thought back to what I had asked Pops, this had to be a spell! Yes I thought a spell! Though I couldn’t even begin to fathom where the magic to power a spell this strong came from.

Shaking my head I started to go through all the remedies that I had learned from my brief time with Merlin. Oh yeah mother had imparted a few to me also. Father, well ... the one I had used was his though as I remember he couldn’t go as far as I had. It was such a shame that you couldn’t use it more than once every two weeks.

So here I was going through every one of those remedies. I had a few from mother though they were only superficial. A few I learned from Merlin that would do the trick though getting all the ingredients was difficult. True I could do it though they’d know almost immediately. Most of the ingredients would have to be drawn from the magic dimension.

Sighing I shook my head as I started in on a few that mother had shown me. I guess healing a part of it was better than letting it heal naturally. Sighing again I started in on the first two.

Almost an hour later I felt a presence near me. I had been having a hard time making what I was working on. It seemed I poured far too much power into the creation of each thing. Frustrated I looked up to see Naci studying what I had been doing.

Naci nodded then told me, “Husband you are trying to make these things. You have to let them make their selves through you.”

I looked at her as if she were crazy, “Make their selves through me? Ok I have never heard that before. Please explain.”

“It’s simple, you think of what you want to make then, you go to the next. If you are strong enough as we both know you are then they will appear while you are thinking of the next thing. It is a technique I use when I was making meals for pa pa.” Naci looked at my face with a look of disbelief on it. “Please husband, this is a very low power exercise, you are trying to push ALL your power into it. Please for me? Try it?”

I was still looking at her as if she’d lost her mind, though I didn’t have anything to lose. Shrugging, I looked at her and nodded. Looking at the list I thought of the first item, everything about it then stopped. Thinking of the second item I was amazed when I saw that the first had appeared beside me.

Almost an hour later I had all that I needed then started on the first two concoctions. Shaking my head I couldn’t believe that doing this as simple as I had that it was actually working. Mixing everything I was further shocked when I saw that everything was as pure as it was. Looking over at Naci in disbelief I saw her nod her head yes.

Swallowing the first a few moments later I felt it slowly creep into my system. Then to my surprise I felt it keep going reaching almost all the way to the tear. What the hell was going on? As far as I knew these were only superficial healing agents. Shaking my head I was waiting to take the second even as I was reading up on the others that I was going to try.

Then it seemed another odd thing happened, a great many things suddenly became clear. Looking over at Naci again I was starting to clearly see what was going on with her for the first time in the almost year we’d known each other. Shaking my head I was amazed. I was seeing things for the first time of the year for the both of us.

Then just as suddenly it vanished from my grasp, still I was looking at Naci with my mouth dropping open. By the great power of the universe, Naci was in love with me! Still in shock I could only stare at her as I tried to open my mouth to speak.

Naci seemed to feel my distress as she came to my side. “Toman, husband? Are you alright? You look almost as if you have seen another ghost.” Then Naci appeared to become scared when I didn’t answer. Shaking me she almost shouted. “Husband! Look at me!”

Turning to stare at the frightened look in her eyes I again tried to speak. “I used this cure my mother told me of. I saw things that were made much clear, though it made things also more unclear. I saw that you lo ... you lo...”

Naci was looking at me more astounded now than frightened as she saw what I had made and taken. “Ah! You made the clarity potion. This has opened much of you up for further healing. Though it also opens up your senses ten times as much.” Naci cocked her head to the side as she intensely looked at me. “Tell me what did you see when you looked at me Toman?”

I shook my head as I tried to clamp my mouth shut. Then I was answering though I had no desire to. “I saw deep emotion in you; at first as without the potion I didn’t recognize it. Then it was all clear to me, you love me though I have to ask why? That I couldn’t see no matter how hard I looked.”

Naci blushed as she seemed to be debating what she would say. Then she surprised me by asking a question. “Before I answer that, let me ask you, how do you feel about me? Honestly?”

I wasn’t sure I could answer that question as I was thinking about it. Then like before my mouth opened and I was talking. “I’m not sure Naci, I have felt such hatred, mistrust toward me for so long it is hard to put it into words. For all you have done for me I am feeling more than a feeling of thanks. At one time I thought I was feeling the beginnings of love. Now? I am so unsure. I do know that if I lose you I might not be able to go on though I know I’d have to.”