Chapter Five "Beneath the Mountain"

Koni stayed quiet for few seconds, then looked up to her mother and said.

"mother, I will do everything in my power to make you and father proud" said Koni to her mother strongly

"We already are, my love" said Nari

"come I will introduce you to someone" said Nari

" Aki Shee Vernar, Akeem Val" shouted Nari from a distance to the creature

Koni kept following her mother not knowing what her mother just said, this is a foreign tongue. she never heard that language before nor she ever heard her mother speak it. but that thought disappeared quickly as she got closer to the creature. it was getting bigger the closer they got. the creature was a huge lizard with a long tail, it had red and black shapes all over it's skin. and eyes where as yellow as the Sun.

As Koni approached the gates the Lizard started speaking and it felt as the whole mountain was shaking. the voice was very loud and very deep.

" Aviiiiii Keeeeeee Berdarrrrrr, Zeemmmmm" said back the lizard to Nari with eyes fixed on Koni

Nari waved her arm to the gates in half a circle shape, and the gates started opening slowly with a loud noise.

"Mother, what is that? and what is this tongue you speaking with?" said Koni Eagerly

"I spoke in The Korjeen Tongue, this is a common language between most of the creatures in the pure blood world." said Nari while walking through the gates of the mountain

"who taught you this Mother? do you think I can learn such language?" said Koni while following her mother through the gate

"The question is do you need to? This is something that you will learn about our race as you advance your powers, I never really learned any language. I speak to the creatures in our common tongue, but when you are as advanced as me and your father. all you need is speak up your mind to any creature and without realizing you will be speaking in their tongue, everyone around you will hear it as a foreign tongue. however, to you. it will sound as if you are speaking to me now in our common tongue." said nari while looking back at koni

"Wow, this is Amazing Mother, I think I like being a pure blood already" said Koni happily

Nari smiled and looked again in front of her, now they are finally inside the mountain. they heard the gates shut behind them. Crystals started lighten up all around and now Koni can see where she is. she was standing on a thick layer of glass beneath it was water that had sparkling creatures swimming under, all around where they were standing, there was Crystals shining light. the further Koni looked up the more Crystals she can see. and it seemed as if the whole mountain was hollow.

" Where are we Mother? and what is this place?" said koni while she is looking everywhere around her.

"welcome to the Puren Arena, this place was built by our fathers the ancient pure bloods for the purens to practice their powers" said Nari

"Wow, so this place is only for me to train" said Koni eagerly

"yes, but since you are the first Puren to enter the mountain in hundreds of years, we have been using the arena to train our most skilled and powerful Pure bloods" said Nari

"Here you can execute the most powerful charms and no impact will happen on the outside world."

"You need to understand, the source of your power is your Dejan. we first need to figure it out. once you know your Dejan. you will be able to produce charms. the more you train the more powerful they will be and the more your powers will flow without having to require it" said Nari

"Ok, Ok, but How can I come to learn my Dejan" said Koni

" you will need to be put in a situation where you have to defend yourself, it's the only way any pure blood discover their Dejan, it have to come from within. and nothing like fighting for survival can allow this voice to speak loud enough for you to hear it. Of Course I will be close to protect you if need be. that's why we are in the arena" said nari while looking at Koni

"What? defend myself? but mother" said Koni

"My child, I wish there was other way, but this is the most important part for any puren the beginning of their training where they have to discover their Dejan. you will have to trust your powers, Koni. Time is of essence and you must be ready" said NAri

"Ok, Ok, I know I am ready, My heart tell me so" said Koni

"Good, remember the first words that will come to you will be your Dejan, repeat them to yourself and only yourself, then and only then you will be ready for your first charm. Are you ready?" said Nari

" yes, Mother" said Koni with a worried voice

" Azi Zan Voldran, Jan bor qweem" shouted Nari

The ground started moving and sliding slowly vertically to the right, Koni couldn't keep her balance and started sliding downwards, however, her mother didn't seem to need the ground at all. she looked like she was hovering in her place without the need to do anything. now the left wall of the arena became the ground and the ground became the right wall, the glass layer started opening slowly and giant creature stepped outside, it looked like a giant lion but it was all made of steel.

"Mother, I can't Do this" shouted Koni

"Koni, Concentrate. I know you can" said NAri

The steel lion started Roaring loudly, looked around it and spotted Koni. It started sprinting towards her, Koni Closed her eyes out of fear

"Koni, Don't be afraid, Fight" Shouted NAri from a distance while she is still hovering in the air

Koni opened her eyes, the lion was getting closer and closer now.

"I am not sure I can, Mother" said Koni

"This is your Destiny, remember who you are" Shouted NAri with wide eyes watching the lion sprinting towards Koni

"yes, it is true" said koni quietly

Now the lion is only few feets away approaching as fast as it can

Koni closed her eyes and tried to concentrate, the sound of the lion roaring started fading away. she can hear it clearly now a voice deep inside that says

" From the fire Within we arise. True, pure, powerful and wise" says the voice within

while that voice got louder and louder inside her head . Koni repeated the words calmly.

Koni felt an overwhelming change taking over her. she opened her eyes but she was no longer on the ground curled up to her knees. She was hovering now just like her mother and her body was glowing and shining. The steel lion stopped immediately and couldn't keep running no longer in this direction. in matter of fact it came to a complete stop. and started backing up slowly.

"Yes my child, now is time." shouted Nari from a distance.

Before Koni realized, her arms waived in Triangle shape and with the tip of her fingers she produced her first charm. Suddenly, the Arena Gates opened again but this time it was the huge lizard, sprinting towards the steel lion, it closed up on it and picked it up with it's jaw. crushed it into million pieces then the great lizard looked back up to Koni as if it was waiting for it's next command.

Koni couldn't believe her eyes, she didn't even understand what was happening. she felt herself dropping to the ground looking down at her body it was no longer glowing like minutes ago.

" What was that?" said koni looking up to her mother

NAri started descending slowly to the ground, once her feet touched the ground she came running to Koni lifting her up. meanwhile the lizard looked away and started walking back towards the gate.

"Yes, I knew you were more than capable" said Nari

"Did I do good mother ?" said Koni excitedly while standing back up holding her mother hand who reached down to help her up.

"That was your first Charm, unusual for a young pure blood's first charm" said Nari surprisingly

"Really? did you expect different? isn't this the charm you mentioned" said Koni

" Yes love, it's however that wasn't a usual charm, I expected you to control an element or even stop time, but instead you summoned a guardian to your aid and they are the most powerful among all the purebloods creatures" said Nari

"All I did was repeat my dejan" said Koni

"yes but remember once you repeated it your power took over.and you will no longer in control, your power was and it commanded the guardian to come to your aid" said Nari to her daughter.

"Wasn't that the creature we met at the gate earlier? " said Koni

"yes my little one, that was a guardian, the guardian of the mountain and one of your father's guards" said Nari quietly