• Hello, my name is Mage, as in a witch, wizard, warlock, sorcerer, whatever they’re called now-a-days. I am a Witch in training to become the most powerful Sorceress in the world! That should be easy now since everyone has pretty much died or disappeared. My parents don’t know I’m a witch though. I was taken away when I was 3, by an Elf named Seanwah and his daughter Deverina. They told my parents I was a special needs child and needed special care, which they could provide to me. For my sake, my parents allowed them to take me away, never to see them again until I master my powers and become the most powerful Sorceress of all time. 13 years later I’m still where I started and it’s more like my powers control me instead of me controlling them.
    “Sori, Sori!” I called to my boy toy. I call him my boy toy even though he’s my boyfriend. Sori was a sorcerer and much more powerful than me. Maybe that’s why I like him, because he’s a bad boy with power. His buzzed blond hair poked up above his head band and his blue eyes that weren’t actually blue, but an array of colors, smiled back at me as he turned. He really was a romantic, even though you couldn’t tell by looking at him. I loved him to death. We have been dating for one year this September. As I admired him, he came to my side and kissed my neck. I ran my fingers up his arm and he lifted his head. I then held him close and kissed him deeply. His abs were rock solid against my body as his floor length cloak wrapped around us. He wasn’t wearing a shirt, so I could see his boxers peeking above his baggy pants. His pale skin made mine look almost tan as he held me closer.
    “Get a room!” called Deverina teasingly. She was my best friend and sister. I liked to call her Rina while everyone else called her Dev. She walked past us and punched Sori in the arm.
    “Ouch!” he called after her. She waved at him without turning around and disappeared around the corner. I giggled and kissed his arm where she had punched him.
    “Feel better, honey?”
    “How the hell do you do that? I can’t even do that with my sorcery let alone a kiss.” He hugged me tighter and kissed my forehead. I loved when he did that. For some reason it made me feel safer in his arms. I pushed my face into his bare chest and kissed it.
    Mr. Reptilian walk past us and stopped a few feet ahead. “You ready, Mage? It’s your turn to open the portal.” He turned around and winked at us then kept going. Crap! I forgot to study! I don’t even remember how to open it! I thought franticly.
    “Quick! I forgot how to open the portal; I’ve never done it before. Tell me how!” I looked up at Sori with puppy dog eyes.
    “Say please.” He smiled sweetly and pushed a stray hair that was in my face behind my ear. I took his hand and pulled it up to my lips, then gently kissed it.
    “Please?” I said seductively. His eyes lit up and he smiled slightly. He then pressed his lips against my ear and whispered, “tyah-se-lupiah-gorindah-sham”
    “Tyah-se-lupiah-gorindah-sham” I repeated. I squeezed him tightly and gave him a big kiss on the cheek. “Thank you, Sori!” I rushed off, leaving Sori standing there alone. “I love you!” I called once I reached the corner.
    “Love you too” I heard him call after me. My face lit up as I ran down the hall. He’s never said that to me before… what’s different this time? I thought, I don’t care, just as long as he said it and meant it!

    TO BE CONTINUED