Shouldn't it be a crystal ball?
"Ashlyn, listen to Luna, dwarves are just normally grumpy and mean at times. I know what will cheer you up! Astoria received news that a wounded person was found last night. His injuries were treated and he woke up this morning! He said that he's a seer and he wants to join The Celestial Rebels!" Aine exclaimed.
I looked dumbfounded at first but then I abruptly smiled. "This is AWESOME!" I squealed.
Aine laughed and said,"We"ll know who your father is, and hopefully he's still alive!"
I nodded and asked,"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"Um, Ashlyn you might want to bathe and eat breakfast first..." Aine replied, motioning to my t-shirt and jeans which were grimy from hiking in the forest.
"Oh-oh, of course, wouldn't want to embarrass myself!" I said with a slight blush on my face.
After I had washed up in the nearby river we were given a breakfast of moonshade. I asked,"What's the seer's name, Aine?"
"Oh, I'm not sure, but you'll know later." she replied in a casual manner.
Once we had finished eating we went to the clinic where a nurse said that the seer was in tent 314, wherever that was. Fortunately Aine seemed to know where it was located.
When we entered his tent I saw that even though he had just arrived the room was already cluttered with things. There were all sorts of trinkets on a desk as well as a crystal ball. The bed was made but a bit crumpled, I couldn't help but grin when I saw a teddy bear on the bed next to the seer. I was quite shocked to see that the "seer" looked around fourteen years old and was kinda cute. He had unruly black hair and hazel eyes that seemed to shine with laughter. He looked very nice and cheerful but somehow I knew that something was troubling him. Maybe it's because my mom was a prophetess or maybe I can just read people well, I don't know.
He looked at me and said,"Hello you must be Ashlyn, I'm Wilde."
"Hi, how did you know my name? Yours is kind strange." I asked.
He grinned and said with an amused voice,"Maybe it's because I'm a seer or maybe it's because Astoria told me, you choose. By the way my name is not strange here in Theri but in your old world it must have, and if you want to know how I knew that maybe it's because of my magic powers."
"I don't have time for you to tease me!" I said and pouted like a little kid. I was immature sometimes.
He made an innocent face and replied,"Huh? I'm not teasing anybody."
Please, he wasn't even trying to hide it. I was about to retort when Aine interrupted, "Right, we were hoping that you could look into Ashlyn's past and find out who her father is."
"Yes of course, let me just get my crystal cube," he replied.
"Wait, crystal cube? I'm no expert in magic but shouldn't it be a crystal ball?" I asked.
Wilde huffed,"Uh, that's a common mistake, thanks to stupid gypsies. They have the same power as us but virtually no knowledge! They tell people that crystal balls can tell you anything but they're wrong. We use crystal balls to find out the future but you need a crystal cube to find out the past. In fact this specific crystal cube I have is famous, it's the Holy Magic Cube, it's been used by our ancestors for centuries."
Aine gasped, she probably knew what that was and exclaimed,"That's impossible! Only the head seer would have that, not a scrawny boy who is obviously just an apprentice to a seer!"
"Don't you people know? Seers went into hiding because we foresaw that Channe, the Evil Wolf King would try to capture us. We found a hiding place but thanks to that demon, Adolfi, Channe was able to find us. I was able to escape because I'm still young, they thought I was useless so they just left me in the forest, they injured me to a point where they thought I would die so that I wouldn't be able to tell anyone, thankfully you people stumbled upon me. Good thing head seer Shemi gave this to me! My teacher sure is smart!" Wilde explained.
"Well at least there's some good news," I said.
"Well back to business then, here cut your hand with this and drip some of the blood on the Holy Magic Cube," Mucio said while handing me a dagger with an eye emblem on the hilt.
I did as he instructed, wincing a bit in the process and the cube started glowing. He held his hand over the cube and what looked like blue energy came from his hands. I stared at it in awe, it was the first time I saw actual magic. He frowned at it and seemed to put in more effort. Suddenly he flew back and slammed into the wall. He coughed up some blood.
I ran over and helped him sit down on his bed and shouted,"What the hell happened?! Aine get help!"
Aine rushed out of the room. "Are you okay? What happened?" I insisted.
"I'm not that powerful yet I've only been practicing my magic for a year, I can't see anything if someone is blocking me, but the Holy Magic Cube can only be blocked by someone very powerful and the only person powerful enough is...it couldn't be..." Wilde trailed off.
"Channe, the Evil Wolf King," Cynth said as she entered the tent, somehow calmly.
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