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Another day in the academy, it’s actually been quite nice here putting aside the people who died in the first day and our dragons who had gotten an early demise, I miss Aurora I didn’t have much time with her but I still got attached far too quick, but now I carry on her memory and her egg that I will try to take care of better than I did her, maybe not rushing into a cave with a bear that can’t be damaged can be the first step.
After exploring the libraries I decided to take a moment to just help my dorm feel like my own, right now it’s too bare and I’ve seen what others have been doing with theirs and I’m quite jealous of them, I took out some of the materials I had brought from home and laid them out on the floor along with the materials I gathered from the ever-giving world.
I started putting up some of the posters I had brought and I cut the logs into planks and crafted them into table and chairs maybe a small desk, after a couple hours of decorating and just making my room feel like home and for once maybe I won’t be so homesick, speaking of home there is someone across the hall I need to speak to.
Pyro Dagmeare the person I called my brother the very first person I could feel comfortable with after all that had happened, and then I find a letter from his owl telling me that he’s left he’s abandoned his home and his family; after that all of the responsibility fell on to me and I don’t mind that to be able to give back to the people who took me in when I had nothing but he couldn’t even tell me to my face.
I know that he had been mentioning leaving Tegrith and exploring the world for a little while but I didn’t think it would have ended up that way, with him silently leaving in the night with nothing but a letter to calm our worries, which by the way didn’t help I led a search team for him and nothing and all I could do was pray to anyone who would listen that he would make it safe to wherever his heart took him.
I heard a creak at the door and decided to check it out once I opened my door I found him face to face, “ Oh uhh I heard something I thought someone was at the door, I’ll go sorry” I said as I saw Pyro at the door, “ No it’s alright, I was just heading into the library, but how are you how’s Tegrith” his voice slowly showing some disdain as he spoke “ Tegrith’s been good, the winters had gotten longer but were surviving” I said trying to show that we didn’t need him.
“ HAhah, oh so cold Tegrith” he said in a mocking tone “ You know if you explored a little more beyond your borders, maybe you could help them more” he continued on with the same kind of disdain, “ And how is that going for you, you haven’t been home in 8 years what help have you given” I fired back at him “ I will help, I just need more time” he tried to protect himself, “ Sure believe your fantasies, but last I checked you haven’t been there in 8 years” I told him myvoice growing colder as this conversation continues.
As our conversion continues it was just a back and forth of us trying to throw shots at each other, but it felt useless and redundant doing it again and again but I won’t show that I’m weak ,he puts me on a lower level than him because I’m not much of an adventurer I would rather stay at home and help where I can; I don’t fault him for leaving I just wish he had the guts to tell me in person maybe I would have understood him more if that happened.
Before I got to finish my next shot at Pyro I felt cold too cold, I know what cold feels like living on the tippy tops of mountains this was weird wrong even, “ Scott what’s happening to you why is there snow? I don’t know around you” Pyro’s voice faltered as he stepped closer to me trying to figure out what’s going on, “ I I don’t know, it’s cold too cold Pyro hel–” and my world went dark Ice filled my vision I could’t understand it was just too cold right now.
Pyro’s POV
Scott fell into my arms his body ridiculously cold in a way where it was wrong abnormal even, I rushed to the infirmary looking for anyone who could help him I’m mad but I never hated Scott, he is my brother and I don’t want the last words that he’d hear from me be something hateful and spiteful, I was just angry that he was stronger to stay when the winters got tough while I abandoned them with nothing nut a letter.
The nurses in the infirmary took him from and called the professor to figure out what happened, the moment I got to sit my body felt warm and then scalding but I don’t care it was probably just one of my migraines the ones that Scott used to help me with when they got too much to deal with.
I eventually fell asleep the pain of the heat or the migraine got too bad that I just passed out I guess, I was awoken from my slumber by the Professor “ Hello Pyro, I understand you brought Scott here” he said standing over me and I just nodded too tired to even speak, “ He has awoken and from wehat I’m seeing it seems like you have to, I know that you two have some sort of history and it seems like your powers intertwine, he will awake in due time just rest you will figure it out” he explained and walked off.
What does that mean we have magic, awoken my brother Scott is in a deep slumber because of some powers I don’t understand I just I don’t wanna be alone I stumbled over to the bed where Scott laid and I took his cold hands into my scalding ones, and for the first time since this all happened it felt good I slipped under his arms and just snuggled into his like we did when we were kids letting myself drift off again feeling safer.
Scott’s POV
My eyes fluttered my body feeling a little more regulated than the last time I remember being awake, I felt something warm under my arm when I looked down I saw Pyro sleeping very soundly in my arms I wonder what happened I remember arguing with him and cold Ice cold, he shifted himself awake and flinched a little scrambling to get out when he realized I was to.
“ Scott your awake oh thank goodness” he looked relieved actual relief that I was okay “ Yeah I am, do you mind telling me what happened” I asked “ The professor said we awoke and that we have magic, I don’t really understand and I haven’t really tried anything in the past couple days but yeah” he shifted uncomfortably as he sat in the chair “ I feel cold again” I whimpered feeling that same familiar cold from before I went into my slumber “ Yeah the professor said we kind of regulate each other, and that we should stick closer until we learn to regulate on our own” he explained he face getting redder and redder.
“ Are you okay, your starting to look like a tomato” I asked “ Yeah, I have fire magic” he said cautiously “ Well then get over here then” I said scooching over so he had space on the bed, “ Wait your okay with this” he asked “ I never hated you Pyro, I just was mad you couldn’t tell me to my face that you were leaving” I confessed “ I didn’t hate you either, in fact I was mad because you had the guts to stay when I couldn’t” he told me “ You wanna head to my room, it’s abit cosier than here” I asked not really wanting the other eyes looking over us, he nodded his head and we went to my room putting aside our differences even just for this moment.