Darkmancer Chapter 14

I woke up in the double bed next to Tom, completely naked, as was he. Lucifer was in his small bed on one of the shelves. For the past several days, he had been exploring the school on his own, no longer needing invisibility. He enjoyed people no longer been scared seeing him, I only saw him now when he needed feeding and at night. I got up out of the bed and looked at Tom’s beautiful naked form. His perfectly formed and rounded bum facing me, his face on the side of the pillow. I covered him in the duvet, so that all that was open to the air was his face.

I went into the bathroom and started to run a warm shower, I got in and washed myself, allowing the warm water to wash over my naked flesh. When I got out half an hour later I dried off and shifted so that my flesh became robes, of the driest shade of black. I walked out of the bathroom into the lounge and through to the kitchen. I prepared some toast and buttered them up and sat down and ate my breakfast. When I had finished I tidied up and walked out of the cottage down the path to the end of the garden. I stood on the last slab and shouted

“Come to me Oak, we ride today through the skies”

I watched for a few moments and looked out over the fields to the lake and watched in pleasure as out of the densely wooded island in the middle of the isle a Drake made of branch and leaves rose from the tree tops and flew over to me landing just in front of me. Oak sat down to allow me to climb into the saddle. I placed my feet and hands in the special holes for them and felt a vine wrap around my waist, I pulled the vines in my hands towards me and Oak, reared and with a single flap of his wings we shot into the air and above the school, we banked over the wall that was now complete, the teams had worked through the entire night to complete the towers and wall. We travelled along the wall, with flaps of Oak’s wings with the occasional swing to avoid clipping a tower. We travelled the long way round, past the lake and past the greenhouses, past the edge of the forest until we came to the also completed gatehouse. I pulled past and made Oak circle several times over the gatehouse to see it. Its dark marble was perfect with the green granite breaking up the side that faced the school. I went out onto the rock outcrop and then straight into the open sky. We skirted the bottom of the clouds, I took one hand out and pulled the special valve out of its nest and placed it to my mouth and plugged the nose. I forced my skin to flow and grew goggles over my eyes, placing my hand back into hand hole. I pushed with my legs onto the branches they rested on, and pushing the branches in my hands away from me. 

Oak flew up into the clouds, the moisture from the clouds began to settle on the lenses in front of my eyes, we broke out of the clouds and into the open sky, bathed in pure light. Oak pulled in his wings and we continued further up, until he reached the zenith of his climb, and then opened his wings, the sunlight shining through the leaves making them glow. We hovered in the air and I urged Oak higher into the clear sky, he beat his wings and we rose. I stopped and then urged Oak into a dive, he turned down so all I could see was the sun bathed clouds then he pulled his wings in and we began to fall towards the clouds building momentum. We fell through the clouds, the water covered the lenses and blurred my vision, we broke through the clouds and to my side I could see the fortress floating in the sky, yet still we fell, further down towards the earth. I pushed the mouthpiece out and screamed in pleasure, as we raced towards the earth. I pulled the branches in my hands towards me and Oak unfurled his wings and we slowed down, he began to climb back towards the castle. When we returned I landed by the office and jumped down from Oak, stroking his muzzle for a few moments. Thanking him for the ride before I sent him back towards the lake with the rest of the Drake’wood.

I walked into the office and looked at the clock, it was 8:45 I had quarter of an hour until the telepath came to see me. I took out some of the paper work and began to go through it. I must have got through ten of the stacks of documents, when I heard the knock at my door.

“Come in”
The door opened and a small child came into the room, followed by Lex
“Ahh, Master Herald I tae it that this is the telepath that I requested”

Lex nodded and then pushed the young child towards me before he left out the door behind him.
“Well young one what I your name?”

The young mage no older then eight or nine he had longish brown hair just past his shoulders and came to just above my waist, with a rounded face, but very thin body. His eyes glowed slightly, as was the way with most of telepaths. He replied
“Harvey Crane, Sir”
“Well child take a seat, don’t be afraid, I have called you here to ask for your help”
“What help can I be to you sir?”
“Well Master Crane you are a very skilled Telepath correct?”
“Yes sir, I’m a good telepath”
“Well you have heard that the ambassador from the council of Gnosha is coming, and the council and I will be meeting with him for the discussions, well I want you to be present to read his mind and tell me if he is lying. Do you understand?”
“Yes Sir, I do”
“Will you do this for me then?”
“Yes”
“Thank you; I will call you when I need you thank you for your cooperation, now go to class”

The young mage got up and left the room. I checked the clock and saw that it was barely past nine, I had several hours before I needed to be in the craft halls. With nothing better to do I walked into the hall and towards the craft hall. I went down the stairs and went into the drill room, walking round to the platform; I went up and stood next to Terry Garnet, who was directing the guard in their training exercises. For several minutes I watched as they trained, sparing against one another, and then doing drills. I walked down the platform and into the changing rooms. 

The steam from the showers hung in the air and there were several members of the guard were using the lockers, I walked round to the showers to see a lone guard using the showers, I felt my penis rising in my robes. I watched for a moment or two as the guard washed himself down, he rubbed his hands across his firm back and down cleaning his firm and well rounded buttocks, and then washed his short black hair. I watched and enjoyed the sight, Tom and I had a special relationship, he was able to sleep with whoever he wanted and so was I, however, we always went back to each other and went to sleep in our bed with each other. The guard turned round, saw me and covered his penis with his hands. 

“Sir, sorry I didn’t know you wanted me, I wasn’t informed”
“No, I just came down and saw you”
“Oh, well okay then”

I watched as he grabbed a towel and wrapped up, not bothering to dry his firm chest, his pecks were well defined, and he had a beautiful six pack. With hair as black as pitch around his more then ample penis, and a small trail of finer black hair going from his crotch up to his belly button. His chest was devoid of hair, with the exception of a small smattering around each of his nipples. His eyes glowed blue, he was clearly psychic, and I thought I had seen him in the assembly after I had murdered a young mage, floating, I had a feeling he was telekinetic. 
“Please get dressed into your uniform I have a new task for you”

The young soldier did as I requested, getting into the uniforms, a padded jerkin, of deep scarlet, similar to dried blood. As well as the deep red jerkin he also wore a scarlet set of trousers, padded as well, comfortable to wear but tight so that armour could easily be worn over the top. Then put on black hobnailed boots. When the main uniform was on he tied his sword belt round and sheathing the cutlass blade in its place at his left hand side. Once he was fully dressed in the basic gear, he followed me up and round onto the observation platform. Terry was ordering a set of drills. I waited until he had finished and then with a slight ‘ahem’ he spun round.

“Terry, I’m taking this Guard with me as a personal Guard, that’s if you will allow it”
“Sir, I would like to, but I would be a man down, and at this time I can’t even afford to be one man down”
“Well, how about in his place, I gave you 21 new soldiers to bolster the ranks a little, don’t forget I have a list of over 250 people wanting to be in the Ajbal Guard. If I gave you these new soldiers would you allow me to take him?”
“If you can get them to me today then with pleasure, you can take him”
“I will summon the new soldiers and they will be down by 12 noon”
Psychically I had allowed Propaganda to hear the conversation; I knew full well that he would already have got the list and be ready to summon the new soldiers. 
“Well young man” I said turning round to the soldier behind me
“What’s your name then?”
The young soldier replied
“Wenceslas Rage”
“Well Wenceslas, do you wish to be my bodyguard or not?”
“Yes, sir I do”