Touching the Moon part 30

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Touching the Moon part 30
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Morpheus

I slowly looked myself over, feeling slightly depressed by what I saw. I was back in my plain form, having changed back with the rising of the sun a short time ago. And though I was relieved to be back to normal, I couldn’t help but feeling small, flat-chested and plain as well…especially in comparison to how I’d been built last night.

My thoughts kept going back to the events of last night, to the way I’d actually kissed Todd. Even now, my body still became excited. I’d wanted him so badly and he’d just walked out the door, leaving me high and dry. The only consolation was that he’d probably gotten a pretty bad case of blue balls as a result.

I still had mixed emotions over what had happened with Todd…and what nearly had. I’d thought that my emotions would have become more clear once I changed back to human form, but that wasn’t really the case. I was thankful that Todd had kept me from giving into my succubus instincts and desires, but I also felt…hurt. Wasn’t I good enough? I shook my head, trying not to think of that.

My thoughts also turned to Amylia and her revelation that she was a hybrid as well. I was excited to discover that I wasn’t alone, that there was someone else who’d gone through much the same things I had. Or at least, much the same things when it came to being both Touched and Were…sorceress and mythic. Gayle might understand something of what it was like going through a gender change, but since she could change back to a guy, she couldn’t understand completely. And as for my being a succubus… Well, no one else could understand that one.

A few minutes later, I was ready to go grab breakfast and then head to my first class. I was just about to leave my room when I was surprised by someone knocking on my door. My first thought was that it had to be Todd coming back, but when I opened the door, I was surprised to Sylvie standing there instead.

“Hey,” Sylvie greeted me, looking extremely self-conscious. “I was wondering if you wanted to have breakfast together.”

“What?” I asked, a little startled by that. “I thought you didn’t want anything to do with me.”

“I’m sorry,” Sylvie blurted out, looking guilty. “I totally freaked out when you changed the other night…” She grimaced and admitted, “I really thought you’d lost control and were going to eat me…”

I snorted at that. “I prefer bacon.”

Sylvie shook her head and sighed. “I know…now. I’m sorry. I just freaked out and lost my head. I mean, you were just trying to help us and have never been anything but friendly.” She paused, looking as though she couldn’t decide how to say what she wanted to say. “I REALLY don’t like that I’ve been acting like Teressa. Can we still be friends?”

I hesitated for only a moment before nodding. “Okay.” Then I admitted, “Maybe I should have told you that I turn into a succubus. It’s just…really embarrassing.”

Sylvie nodded at that, then said, “Just do me a favor…” She paused for a moment before asking, “Can you let me see you like that again some night? I mean, I’d like to see what you look like changed under better circumstances.”

“I…I can do that,” I responded with a faint smile.

After this, Sylvie and I went to the cafeteria to grab some quick breakfast before class. I didn’t see any sign of Kimberly meeting us there, and from the look on Sylvie’s face, I realized that she wasn’t going to. Sylvie might have decided that she still wanted to be my friend but Kimberly was still keeping her distance.

While Sylvie and I were eating, a blonde girl who couldn’t have been any older than 7 years old came in and sat down at the table. I immediately recognized Eve and her own sorcerers mark, having seen her like this several times before. She didn’t say a word at first, not until she’d taken a bite of her breakfast.

“So, a Were succubus,” Eve commented, giving me a grin. She looked cute and adorable, and if I didn’t know better, I might have bought into the idea of her being a sweet and innocent kid. “That’s a lot cooler than turning into a kid.”

“I hadn’t really thought of it that way,” I told her with a weak chuckle.

“It gets pretty weird changing like this,” Eve told me, gesturing down at herself. “I mean, I look different. I feel different. And even people who know who I am still tend to treat me like I’m a kid.” She gave me a thoughtful look and said, “I kind of figure that this is sort of what it’s like being a Were.”

I was a little startled at that but nodded. “Something like that.”

“So, you’re not mad at me anymore?” Eve asked.

“What?” I asked in response, feeling confused.

“You were avoiding me for the last couple days,” Eve said, “so I thought I must have done something to make you mad.”

“No,” I told her quietly, staring down at my food and not quite being able to meet her eyes. “I thought you’d be mad at me too…” I quickly glanced to Sylvie.

“Well, you made me feel like I must have done something wrong,” Eve said calmly.

“I’m sorry,” I apologized.

Eve just grinned at that. “No problem. But next time, don’t treat me like you’re mad at me just because you’re afraid of something I might do.”

“I won’t,” I promised her, wondering how this had gone from Sylvie apologizing for her behavior to me being the one to feel guilty.

“So everything is hunky dory?” Sylvie asked with a grin. “Good. Then you won’t mind if I help myself to some of your breakfast…” She leaned over to snatch some food off Eve’s plate.

“Hey, I’m a growing girl,” Eve protested. “Don’t make me throw a temper tantrum…”

We all laughed at that and the rest of breakfast was much lighter. Other than Kimberly being absent, it was just like before I’d revealed my succubus side. That only made me think that maybe I really should have told my friends about it before then. It might have made things a little easier

A few hours later, I was in a class being taught by Master Tonkas. Today, the class was being treated more like a study hall where we all gathered in the gym and practiced spells while the instructor checked up on us and offered advice. Sylvie and I were taking turns working out of the same spell circle and had been double checking each other’s work.

“My sponsor gave me this spell,” Sylvie told me after she’d just demonstrated a spell to create a conjuring of a glowing wall of energy. It was a form of force field, though I understood that there were several other spells that could give similar effects.

“Pretty cool,” I agreed. I pulled out the stack of different spells aunt June had given me and held up the one I wanted. “I think I’m going to try this one next. It’s an itching spell.”

Sylvie laughed at that. “I think I know who you intend to cast that on.”

“Well, our duel is tomorrow,” I responded with a grin. “And I’m sure it will be difficult for Teressa to focus if she’s too itchy to even think straight.”

“Yeah right,” exclaimed one boy who’d been standing nearby and had apparently overheard our exchange. Jonah hadn’t seemed to care one way or another about my being a Were, at least not until what kind had been revealed. “You’ll never beat Teressa… Maybe after she kicks your ass, you’ll get the hint and leave the Academy.”

“Shut your mouth,” Sylvie blurted out, glaring at him.

Jonah spat out, “The Academy is for touched…not monsters.”

Sylvie snarled and looked as though she was about to attack Jonah. Suddenly, Master Tonkas stepped in front of her and exclaimed, “Enough of this.” Master Tonkas stood there for a moment with a grim expression, looking at all three of us one at a time. Then his attention settled on Sylvie and he stated, “If you wish to fight Jonah, you will do it in the dueling circle…not my classroom. Is that understood?”

“Yes sir,” Sylvie responded with a grimace.

“And you,” Master Tonkas snarled in annoyance, making me gulp and brace myself. But to my surprise, he didn’t look at me but at Jonah. “There will be no more rumormongering or slandering of other students in this class.” He raised his voice to make sure that he was heard by everyone nearby and stated, “These insults are ignorant and disrespectful, not only to those you insult but to me as well. Anyone who continues to disrupt my class in this fashion WILL be given detention.”

With that, Master Tonkas gave Jonah a steady look and then looked around the room to see how many other people had heard him. I could only stare at Master Tonkas in stunned silence. Sure, he’d jumped to conclusions about me several times in the past, but he’d always been fair to me in class. I just hadn’t expected him to put his foot down so firmly in my defense.

“Wow,” I said, suddenly having a new respect for the pompous instructor.

Once Master Tonkas walked away, I tried to remember what I was doing. I’d gotten a little distracted during the brief confrontation and had dropped several of the spell notes. I quickly grabbed my notes and then went to work drawing the lines and symbols I’d need to guide me through this spell. The itchiness spell was one that I hadn’t cast before but it was fairly complicated so I was eager to try it out.

I focused on the magic and began drawing it out and forming it into the pattern. It was like assembling a puzzle and I only needed to make sure all the pieces were in the proper place. It took me half an hour to complete the pattern and as soon as I did, I bound the magic into the rock that I was making into a token.

“Nice pattern weaving,” Sylvie said from beside me, looking impressed. “I don’t think I can do one that complicated yet. You’re really picking this up.”

“Indeed you are,” another voice said. I turned to see Master Tonkas standing there, watching me with a thoughtful look.

“Um…thank you,” I told him.

Master Tonkas stared at me and then the spell circle I’d just finished using. Then he said, “I thought you were only a class four.”

“I am,” I responded in confusion.

Master Tonkas gave me a skeptical look and pointed to the spell circle. “This is a class six spell.”

“A class six?” I asked in surprise.

I picked up my notes and looked more closely, suddenly realizing that I’d gotten distracted and cast the wrong spell. This wasn’t the itchiness spell. This was another one of the spells I’d asked aunt June to give me, even though I knew I’d never be able to cast it.

“By Grabthar’s hammer…” I blurted out, staring at the token in my hand that contained the spell based off my mom’s talent.

“Obviously, whoever measured your magic level didn’t do so correctly,” Master Tonkas stated in his usual pompous tone. “I recommend that you find someone more competent to measure you. I’d do it myself but I don’t have time at the moment. Come see me after class is over today and I’ll find what level you really are.”

“No way,” I whispered once Master Tonkas walked away. I couldn’t believe that I’d just cast a level six spell…and a transformation spell at that. I turned my attention to Sylvie and grinned mischieviously. “So…you wanna test out my new spell?”

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So, who's Grabthar? Thor?

So, who's Grabthar? Thor?

I wonder.. If Teressa suddenly had to deal with H cups boobs in the middle of the fight, wouldn't that be a lot MORE distracting than just simple itching? :)


I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.

Film Quote

Grabthar`s Hammer is part of a quote from the film Galaxy Quest.

Thanks.

Never seen the movie, but I've read the book it was based upon. (which wasn't that close to the movie; you could tell that there was definite inspiration, however )


I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.

If you ever get the chance

watch the movie. I don't like most of Hollywood, but thats a good one. I actually paid for a copy of it.

succubus

Was thinking that all that energy she feeds on as a succubus would have to go somewhere when she transforms back to human.

Galaxy Quest ! Morpheus, you LIKE Galaxy Quest?

I'm in LUV!!!!

-- snicker

Here's a quote from the Wikipedia article, IE Wikipedia the font of all knowledge.

>>
Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane, the actor who played Dr. Lazarus of Tev'Meck. Lazarus is a "Mak'tar", a member of an alien species renowned for their intellect. He is deeply intelligent and has psionic abilities. Additionally, he has a non-standard weapon and a pretentious catchphrase: "By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!".
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OH MAN, we have Doctor Who fans at the school and now Galaxy Quest? How geeky can you get?

-- grin --

Hum, as to the LEVEL 6 reveal.

One, these are teens. I would find it odd if they were to come into their powers/gift full blown. I would think, just like their bodies, it grows too, to some greater or lesser degree.

Julie _O in some of her stories speculated that magic talent was just that, a talent but if not practiced and trained it is slowly lost or diverted to other things such as artistic talent.

So is it Erin is growing, maturing in her talent, though a bit fast but hey, we're talkin' Magic here. Or is it cyclical and since she spent so much time as a succubus the last night and it may still technically be the full moon -- it can cover two nights -- she is still at the peak powers? Or as a succubus she charged up after absorbing all that male or sexual energy in her succubus form that she has in effect upgraded her powers as a sorceress? IE is thi temporary, her boost, or a sign of things to come?

Hum, the itching spell may be out as that jerk boy overheard it but a transformation spell?

Giving Teressa big breasts might work BUT I can suggest other spells, since many are based on Talents that would be MORE distracting.

Make Teressa temporarily into a succubus, not the powers but the sexual desires. Or make her for a few minutes into either a boy or a lesbian and thus under the thrall of a succubus. This assumes Eriun can become one in the day or has found a way around that limitation of her Were nature. Or Teressa is stupid enough to agree to a fight in the evening. In duels, the challenged often has choice of weapons and, time and location.

But as I speculated before she is a hybrid so maybe the "hard and fast" rules of Weres and Touched don't apply to her in the same way?

I hope Gayle comes to help her train and to keep the duel fair and honest.

And I note the aunt is single... did she have a crush on the hybrid teacher but didn't dare express it back as a student?

Would be nice is the teacher found a worthy lover or mate.

She seems a lonely woman though resigned to it at the moment.

Good to see at least some of the staff clamping down on the outrageous slanders and other bullying they let get out of hand.

John in Wauwatosa

John in Wauwatosa

I'd suspect that there's a

I'd suspect that there's a simpler reason for her classification level. Her aunt may be a sorceress, but it has already been mentioned that she's not really a 'practicing' magic user. She's a conjuror and illusionist. So, she's got some tricks she likes to use, but wouldn't exactly be a specialist in gauging skill levels.


I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.

Still confused...

I'm still confused...

Sexual Assault / Attempted murder = 2 weeks detention.

Defending yourself against sexual assault / attempted murder = 1 week detention.

Insulting someone = 1 day detention.

What the fuck is wrong with this "academy"?

Adults are useless

In practically any story about a school for specially gifted students. See Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and god knows how many other series.

At least violation of dueling rules managed to get a kid actually expelled, so the school does have *SOME* standards.

Yeah... I mean it's not much

Yeah... I mean it's not much better at real life schools. At my old higschool bullying was pretty much allowed as long as it didn't get violent. I had to live with the most vicious insults for over four years and nobody did a shit. "Just live with it..."

Seriously, they react pretty fast. At least "something" happens to them.

So basically

Erin has a pretty good day. It's about time. A couple of friends show back up, someone stomps on prejudice, and she finds she is better than thought. I didn't think she was actually ever measured. It was more or less, I would guess you're about a level 4. Even the school nurse told Gayle when she held the sorcerers light, I estimate her as.....Anyway, nice chapter.

Ah I was wondering, ...

I thought collecting all of that energy as a were might become useful later in the story, if that's where you're going with this, really nice chapter!

Zapper

wonderful

Kimberly is a jerk