GABRIEL'S POV,Gabriel turns Dagahra around and tells her through their mind connection to go home, ''It's getting dark so let's go home Dagahra.''Dagahra turns around with a swift motion and asks, ''Do you want me to go fast sometimes master? So that the human has to sit close to you.''Gabriel smiles, ''You are a clever dragon that's for sure. I won't say that I object.''Dagahra shoots up to get above the clouds again. Gabriel can hear Noelle give a shriek and then hold on to him tight. His heart is beating in his chest when he feels her warm arms around him, and all her soft curves pressed to his back. He wishes they could stay like that forever.But sooner than later they arrive back at the training grounds. They land softly and he jumps off. Noelle looks a bit unsure of how to get off.''Please lay down for Noelle,'' Gabriel says to Dagahra. The dragon softly lays down her paws. Now Gabriel is close enough to grab Noelle at her waist and pu
NOELLE'S POV,The next day I wake up feeling like I have been crushed by a giant rock. All my muscles hurt, and I wish I could just lay in bed and die. But it is 6 O'clock so a whole day of training is waiting for me again. I take a deep sigh and drag myself out of bed to get ready.When I get to the training grounds for the morning run it is clear to me that I am not the only one that is sore. Nolan has to motivate us the whole time to keep everyone running. When it is time for combat training everyone is already so tired that we look like a bunch of imbeciles trying to fight.After the combat training, I drag myself to the main pool to do transforming magic with the other magicians from the Sea Realm. Then I go to the dragon pits to practice with Thorn and then try not to fall asleep during dinner. By the time dinner is over I am so exhausted that I fall asleep immediately when I reach my bed. The same thing happens for 4 days in a row but on the fifth day, I
NOELLE'S POV,Today the magic training is held at the big pool of Liberum. We all practice some shape-shifting magic. The people of the Sea Realm have helped me master shapeshifting to every sea creature they know. The weirdest must have been to shapeshift into an octopus. It was super strange to have 8 arms all of the sudden. In return, I taught them how to make a vortex and a tsunami wave. They are not strong enough to create a tsunami wave on their own but when they work together and combine their magic it works.Zeus and I are sitting on a rock watching them making big waves together. ''How did you start learning magic?'' I ask Zeus.Zeus sits a bit straighter, ''Ever since I was a little boy, I have been different. No one wanted to play with me because they thought I was weird. My own parents avoided me as much as they could because they didn't understand me. My mother said she knew something was wrong with me when I was born, and one eye was brown and the
NOELLE'S POV,The next day I am finished with training at 4 O'clock. I feel excited about the dinner and get back to my room to make myself ready. In the mountain, I bump into Faith. She is wearing a long yellow flower dress and has daisy flowers braided in her hair.''I didn't know we were supposed to dress up?'' I say to her surprised.I look at my own black pants and sweater, ''I don't have anything nice to wear.''Faith takes my hand, ''Come you can borrow one of my dresses.''I walk after her to her room, and she opens her closet for me. It is full of dresses in all colors. Faith says, ''Pick whichever one you like, I will go upstairs now but we can walk to Cafe Blanche together when you are ready.''She walks out of the room and closes the door. I look at all the dresses and go with my hand through all the fabrics. I decide to go with a knee-length red dress with an off-shoulder top. I let my hair hang loose and put some red lipstick on. Lastly, I
NOELLE'S POV,The next morning Holly and I leave early before anyone else wakes up. Holly looks hangover and doesn't say much.I call Thorn through our mind connection and climb on his back.''Try to keep up,'' Holly says and she takes out her wings and shoots into the sky.''Let's go, boy,'' I say to Thorn, and he lifts off with a big jump. His big golden wings take us high into the sky within seconds. Holly takes us high above the clouds and seems to be in a hurry. It takes us 4 hours of flying to get to the Sky Realm. When we arrive I see nothing at first. We get to a barrier of dark clouds and bad weather; it seems like there is no way through. Holly stops in front of the barrier and whispers something I can't hear. Then there is a hole in the barrier and Holly quickly flies through it. Thorn puts his wings close to his body and shoots after her.In the Barrier it is dark, and I hear thunder everywhere. When the Barrier ends it is suddenly quiet and ligh
NOELLE'S POV,At 5 o'clock sharp I stand outside the castle waiting for Magister Ember. My mood is not great when I think about the fight I had with Holly yesterday. Hopefully, I can see her tonight and clear the air.Magister Ember arrives and she nods to me. I walk to her and take her hand without saying anything. I am not really in the mood for talking. The whole morning, we practice perfecting my ice and snow magic and after a few hours, I have mastered it as perfect as the magister herself. We eat some sandwiches in silence for lunch and then continue.The magister looks at me calculating, ''I think we should try making some storm and thunder. You seem to be in the perfect mood for it. Storms and especially lightning are difficult to master. The only one with full lightning control in all the Realms is King Gabriel. To make a storm you have to go to the darkest corner of your mind. Feel your anger and let it all flow out in form of a storm.''I nod to her to
NOELLE'S POV,The next couple of days consist mainly of magic training with magister Ember. I can now produce storms and master wind, water, snow, and ice magic. I also spend some time looking at Holly training the warriors of the Sky Realm. The angel warriors are like one machine working together. Their movements go in sync at the same time, and they are all extremely skilled in combat. Combine that with the ability to fly and you have a deadly army.Holly told me they have been trained since they were 6 years old which is why they are so impressive. The warriors seem to have great respect for Holly so I wonder how good of a warrior she must be.Today is my last training day and tonight we fly back to Liberum with the whole Sky Realm army with us. I have asked Holly if it won't be a risk to bring them to Liberum. But Holly assured me that Gabriel and Zeus have been working on more protective spells to make sure Liberum is not traceable. They even think it will make H
HADES HIS POV,It is midnight in the Under Realm when a dark human enters the throne room. He bows in front of the throne where a big man sits. The man is wearing a black cloak all the way to his ankles. His skin is as white as paper and around his middle, there is a belt made of bones. He has long black nails and his face is hollow. His eyes are deeply sunken in his skull and surrounded by black skin. On his head, he has 2 horns that make him look like a combination between a goat and a human.He looks at the dark human with glowing red eyes full of hate.''State your business, don't waste my time,'' he barks at the dark human. The dark human keeps his head down while he answers, ''The sky army has disappeared my lord.''Hades stands up furious, ''What do you mean disappeared?''The dark human trembles, ''One moment they were there and the other moment they were gone, sir.''Hades all of the sudden sits down calmly again, ''It doesn't matter. It