Creating a Wand

In the ancestral hall of Summeking, Brax stood in front of his family grimoire. His father's portrait was floating beside him. But one can see the clear excitement on Brax's face.

The reason for such excitement is that today Brax has become an 11-year-old and officially entered his major magical maturity. For now, his magical pool will balloon at an even faster rate compared to his previous two minor magical maturities.

But most importantly Brax will finally get his last set of rituals from the Grimoire. Brax raised his hand and was about to place it on the grimoire, but was stopped by his father's voice,

"Listen Brax this set of rituals will differ from the previous rituals."

Brax had a questioning look on his face and asked his father,

"How So, father??."

His father sighed and explained,

"Well, first of all, you must have observed how you got a less number of rituals on your 7th birthday when compared with your 3rd birthday right?."

Brax nodded his head in affirmation and his father continued his explanation,

"During Major magical maturity, the number of rituals one gets will be abysmally low. There are even a lot of cases in which our family wizards were given nothing by the grimoire for their third set. Even if someone is able to get something from grimoire, it will be one or two rituals at most, and they will not be enhancing rituals. These rituals for the third set are more arcane in nature."

Brax was confused by his father's words and asked,

"Father, what do you mean by the rituals not being the enhancing type?."

Brax father thought for a moment and said,

"No One in our family knows what criteria does our family grimoire considers before giving rituals to a wizard. But in most cases, wizards with better magical sensitivity always get better rituals. As far as rituals are considered, for the first two magical maturities, Grimoire only gives the enhancing type rituals. These rituals can be done repeatedly if the Number Set permits. But for the major magical maturities, Grimoire gives Arcane rituals. These arcane rituals can be only be done once, irrespective of the wizard's Number Set. Even though they can be done only once, arcane rituals allow a wizard to achieve unimaginable things."

Intrigued by what his father said. Brax asked,

"What about you, father? Did you get any ritual on your third magical maturity?."

Responding to his son's query, Brax's father showed his wand to Brax and with a little pride in his voice said,

"Well, I was definitely lucky. Grimoire gave me a single Arcane ritual. This ritual allowed me to create a wand that was most suited for me. The wand created in this way helps a wizard to perform magic more effectively and not to forget for some reason this wand cannot be broken or destroyed. But the most important future of this wand is that it cannot be taken away from you. The wand can be summoned back if you lost it."

Brax was amazed by his father's description and spoke,

"Well, father it sounds like an amazing ritual."

His father just nodded his head with a smug face and said,

"Yes, in fact seeing me get such a ritual, your grandfather was ecstatic. Apparently, it had been almost two generations since anyone in our family got a ritual during their third magical maturity. But still this magical ritual was the most common ritual that our family wizards and witches got on their third magical maturity. So our family prepared quite well in stockpiling different wand woods and cores for undergoing such a ritual, in case if any wizard or witch of our family got such a ritual."

Brax just smiled at his father's explanation and said,

"Then let's hope I have better fortune than you, Father."

His father just shook his head and with a smile on his face said,

"After seeing you grow into such a magnificent wizard. I have more faith in your fortune than you do Brax."

That reply brought a small smile on Brax's face. Hoping that his father's words will become true, Brax put his hand on grimoire and asked for his third set of rituals.

The grimoire like always did its usual routine of scanning him and after a few moments transferred him the information on his next set of rituals.

When the transfer was over, Brax was able to relax knowing that he got some rituals, unlike some of his predecessors.

Brad after that thought dived into the information provided by the Grimoire and after going through the information for a few minutes, Brax started jumping around the hall in joy.

Seeing Brax's antics, his father also started getting excited, thinking his son must have got something amazing to act like an overgrown monkey. So, to know what his son got from the grimoire. Brax's father asked,

"Brax enough of your jumping. Why don't you calm down and say what you got?."

Brax calmed down listening to his father's voice and with a smug face said,

"I got one more than you, Father. One of them is the same as yours, a wand creating ritual and I want to keep the other a secret for a time. I will tell you once I am in a position to complete it."

Brax's father was quite pleased with his son's gains, but at the same time annoyed that he is not saying what the other one is. But because of his confidence in his son, he decided to leave the matter at that and spoke,

"Congratulations Brax. I knew you would get more than one. So are you going to perform the wand ritual now?"

Brax Seeing his father not asking about the second ritual sighed in relief. If his father knew about the second ritual, he would have not allowed Brax to perform the ritual. Even Brad was surprised at how dangerous this ritual was. Brax decided to only attempt this ritual when he was confident about it.

Pushing these thoughts out. Brax nodded his head to affirm to his father that he will perform the wand ritual now and placed his hand on the grimoire to communicate his desire to perform the ritual.

Grimoire responding to request hummed and after a few seconds later, a wide variety of materials appeared in the hall along with the ritual dais and Runic silver ritual dagger. Grimoire also sent a stream of instructions on what to do.

Following this instruction, Brax released his magic in the hall. Immediately a magical storm of sorts kicked up and the entire hall started vibrating because of Brax's magical release. Brax bright orange eyes were glowing due to the magic he is unleashing through his body.

Brax father was both shocked and marveled at his son's sudden magical release and was about to ask what was going when he stopped and looked in shock towards three materials floating in front of Brax.

Brax also stopped releasing his magic and observed the three materials floating in front of him. He felt a very strong sense of bond towards these materials. Brax was interrupted from his thoughts from his father's gasp,

"Merlin's beard Brax. Volcanic wood, Magma crystal and a heartstring from a Red King. These are the most volatile material I have ever seen in making a wand. I have never even heard of a wand with a heartstring from a Red King. They are the most powerful dragons to ever graced our lands. I didn't even know that our family had such a thing in our vaults."

Brax completely understood his father's shock. Even he can't understand how his family got their hands on this heartstring. He read in some books saying how these Red kings are considered as the lords of dragons. They live near volcanoes and have the hottest dragon breath among all the dragon species.

But for some reason, these dragons vanished as a whole. Even killing these Dragon is considered highly dangerous and almost impossible. Only in a few instances of history these dragons were killed, 12 times to be exact.

Brax father could recognize the heartstring because only a Red king has golden colored heartstring. Brax was definitely excited to hold a wand made with such a core and not to mention that Magma crystal is also something very rare. Magma crystal forms inside a volcano and can be obtained only if a volcano erupts.

As far as the Volcanic Wood is considered though it is not rare. It is the only wood that is known to be immune to fire.

So with much eagerness, Brax collected the three materials and went on to the dais and summoned the Ritual knife and sent a magical command to carve the runes. After a few minutes, the ritual knife completed the carving.

Brax put the Volcanic wood, Magma crystal and the Red king's heartstring in their designated runic circles, and also placed the other exotic material required for this ritual, according to the information provided by the Grimoire.

After placing the materials, he took hold of the ritual knife and cut his hand and let his blood fall on the magma crystal, Volcanic wood, and the heartstring.

Brax after completing this action started to chant an incantation to initiate the ritual and immediately the entire dais was covered with a huge magical dome. The magic intensity rose in the hall after the initiation of the ritual.

At the end of the Hall, Brax's father was watching this with his breath held. This scene brought back his memories of undergoing his own wand-making ritual. But what shocked him was the intensity of the ritual. His ritual was very mellow in comparison with his son's ritual.

"Brax was never an ordinary kind," thought Brax's father with a hint of awe.

After a few moments, the dome receded back, revealing Brax and a beautiful red wand floating in front of him.

Brax was marveled by the wand before him. It was the single most beautiful object he had ever seen. The wand was about 12 inches and was completely red. Several runes ran through its entire length. These runes gave an artistic appeal to the wand. But it was the handle that caught Brax eye; it was 5 inches and has a roaring dragon engraved on it.

Brax can feel the wand calling him and asking him to hold it. Brax responded to the call by lifting his right hand and gently grasping the handle with his fingers. The moment he took hold of the wand, a fire erupted from the wand and surrounded Brax, forming a cocoon. The last thing Brax heard before the fire completely surrounded him was his father's panicked voice shouting his name.

Inside the fire cocoon surrounding him, Brax was pulled into his astral plane. Brax, who was not expecting such a development, immediately took possession of his astral body.

After taking hold of his astral body, Brax suddenly felt like something or someone summoning him. After a bit of thinking, he accepted the summons. Immediately, he along with his astral body appeared in front of a huge active volcano.

Brax observed the environment he was in. The temperature at this place was abnormally high because of the volcano. But Brax didn't feel the scorching heat. No, he felt warmth, he felt like he was truly at home.

Suddenly Brax heard a terrifying roar and huge shadow crashed in front of Brax. What Brax saw in front of him will be forever engraved on his mind. In front of Brax stood a majestic Red King in its full glory.

"Holy fuck! What have I gotten myself into? Why the fuck there is freaking Red king in front of me?", thought a panicked Brax.

The dragon has the same eyes as Brax, Bright orange. The dragon observed him for a few moments and suddenly released a huge torrent of fire on Brax, frightening him. But Brax, who closed his eyes in terror, didn't feel the sensation of burning like he thought he would feel. No, instead he felt warmth and acceptance from the flame.

When Brax didn't feel the fire surrounding him anymore. He cautiously opened his eyes and saw that he was back in the Ancestral hall with a wand humming with magic in his hands.

Brax unable to comprehend just what happened, sighed at the experience that he went through and looked towards the wand in his hand. The wand felt so right in his hand and for the first time Brax allowed his magic to flow into it.

Immediately bright orange sparks flowed out of the wand tip and magic around Brax hummed and lifted Brax a few inches from the ground. Brax never felt so complete and happy in his life, it was like a missing piece of him returned.

During this moment, a dragon tattoo was slowly started appearing on his right arm. After a few seconds, everything returned to normal.

Brax, coming out of his feeling of intoxication, checked the new tattoo on his right. It was a tattoo of the Red King he met in his astral body. Brax was surprised with the sudden information regarding the tattoo and muttered under his breath,

" Oh! So, that's the use of this tattoo then."

Suddenly the wand in hand vanished and after a few seconds, it again appeared. Seeing this, Brax nodded his head. The tattoo acts like a spatial holder for the wand. Impressed with what he saw Brax thought,

"Magic sometimes can be so damn mysterious."

*Cough* *Cough*

Brax was brought out of his musings when he heard his father's awkward coughing. Brax looked at his father's portrait and saw his father's amused look.

Brax's father, seeing he got his son's attention, spoke,

"That was a wonderful show Brax. But ending the show without the clothes is a bit over the top, even for you."

Brax immediately looked at himself and noticed he was butt naked. Seeing this, blood rushed to his face and in a complete rage shouted,

"Oh! Fuck."