Author's Note

Hey y'all I have updated the chapter to include the disappearance of Orgran, Hella, and Chryssi since Orgran is no longer a story. But don't worry Pentil and Legolas won't be going anywhere.

Ch 6 Part 1 (updated)

{Half an hour later}

I finally finished writing the letter and put it in an envelope then handed it to the Courier, here is what it said:

"Hi Alared,
Names Evangel Lucretian and I could use a good smith right about now so if you have the time come on over, but if I need to come to you here is my token."

“Short and to the point.” The courier said with a note as he carefully grabbed it in both hooves, placed it in his bag, then dipped his head down to scoop it up. The pegasus didn’t fly though, all he did was glance toward the window, shuddered, and began to walk away, only for a swirling portal to open up and allow him to leave.

Just as we were all preparing to leave for home, Orgran and my herd-sisters just disappeared from existence. No slow fade out or even a portal they were just there one second and not the next.

{A few later back home}

I just finished putting my dress away and putting the twins to bed after calming down both of them down from having what happened to Orgran right infront of us, when I heard my name called and felt a pull in my stomach pulling me backward into a portal. On the other side of the portal, it is twilight and the sky has a solid purple tint and there is a waterfall to my right. When I look to my left I get a vague sense of deja vu when looking at the house there. The house looks like something out of one of Luna's video games called 'Equestrim.' I walked across the bridge past the stable and up a set of stairs onto a porch and I knocked on the door. While I waited for someone to answer I looked around and happened to see a stag drinking on the other side of the river. The moment the door opened, I saw what looked like a man with a beard grown around his mouth. He was wearing a blacksmith’s apron, red shirt, leather pants and boots while his hair looked a little messy but it looked like he did try to clean it, except his face that appeared to be covered in some sort of black smear. At his hip carried by a leather ring was a black hammer that had unique designs that looked like two snakes intertwined and mirrored on both edges of the blunt. Other than the strangely glowing baby blue eyes, he looked mostly normal.

"Are you the Displaced that called me here?" I asked curious as to if he was indeed the summoner named Alared. The man’s eyes looked over my appearance.

“I know the token said you were a Seraphim, I thought you’d be more bird-like.” Alared said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

I then proceeded to unfurl my wings out of my back. "Is this more what you were thinking?" I asked with a smirk.

Alared blinked. “A lot closer, actually. I did not know angels could hide their wings.” Alared said as he looked at the wings on my back.

"I think it's a unique trait to the highest echelons of angels because my heavenly host can't do it, not even my second-in-command." I said pondering this conundrum.

“Fair enough.” Alared said with a nod. “So, what can I do for you?” Alared said as he backed out of the way to let me in.

"Thank you." I said as I walked past him. "So how does this work, do you need to measure me or something?" I asked innocently while taking in my surroundings. The room I found myself in was I guess the word would be cozy. There was a table with weird-looking gems on it in one corner and in the opposite corner was an oven.

“Depends on what you’d like. Blades, helmets? Pretty much anything to suit your needs.” Alared explained as he closed the door half-way, then poked his head out to make sure of something. Alared closes the door all the way.

"Well as you can probably tell I'm in serious need of a good set of armor and maybe a weapon or two. The armor I have has seen its fair share of wear and tear and should probably be retired." I said thinking back on what all I have gone through with this armor.

“Can do, Evangel. Depending on the material of the armor, it’ll take me a few hours or a few days.” Alared said as he started heading down the stairs.

"Please call me Eva everyone does except maybe Luna. So where are we going?" I asked nervously.

“Fair enough. As for where we’re going, we’re heading to my workshop.” Alared said as he descended down the stairs.

"Oh ok, so what kind of Equus do you live on?" I asked, trying to be friendly.

“...Equus?” Alared asked as he looked over his shoulder at me.

"Yea, you know, the planet we are on." I said looking at him like he was a two-headed elf.

“This place is more of a big island than a planet, Eva, or at least what’s left of it.” Alared said as he reached the bottom, then turned to his left to walk through the room. In the room we walked in looked like where people would wait for their order.

"WAIT-WAIT-WAIT, ARE YOU SAYING WE ARE ON A GIANT ISLAND IN THE VOID?" I yelled in a panic.

Alared softly cringed at the volume of my voice. “It’s what i’ve discovered so far, yea..” Alared said as he walked into the next room what appeared to be the storage area.

"Heh-heh, sorry, I sometimes forget the strength of my voice." I said scratching the back of my head while following him.

“At least it wasn’t as loud as most of the dovah around here." Alared said. I noticed that there were some mannequins wearing armor of various designs, each custom and different than the previous.

"Wow,” I said with a whistle. “They are some nice armors, did you make all of them?" I asked curiously.

“Just some copies of previous orders just to show examples of my work.” Alared said with a half-smile. “..Even if some of the designs are kind of forced knowledge I had to practice.”

"Forced knowledge? Do you mean that you were given knowledge of designs by force or something?" I queried.

“Overtime. The more I smith, the more designs that popped into my head, like getting inspiration you never asked for.” Alared explained as he went into the next room; it felt fairly warm inside and I noticed why. The next room was the forge including the smithy, the smelter, and the actual forge.

"Awesome, I could get some serious practice done here. The only place better is the temple forge." I said looking around in nostalgia.

“Hey, I’ve got plenty of materials for you to experiment with, and if I run out I can always don my armor and go mining in one of the many caves i’ve found so far.” Alared said as he walked on over to one of the chests that sat on the shelves. Alared opens it up to reveal many ingots varying in color. “...Well, except for the ones infested with Frostrolls.” Alared pointed out as he seemed to remember something.

"Oh no-no-no, I'm just an amateur smith in my spare time, I think I'll leave the smithing to you." I said.

“Fair enough.” Alared said with a nod as he kept the chest open. Alared reaches into one of the pockets of his Apron as he pulls out a fairly worn book. “This is what I've made so far, don’t mind the badly drawn pictures.” Alared said as he handed me the book.

I flipped through the book and found a number of pieces that I liked: the Nordic Carved Pauldrons, Hedge Knight Helmet, Armour and Gauntlets, and Witchplate Boots, Greaves and Hood. I also saw something called the Tribunal armour set. Then I got to the weapons and oooh boy were there a lot of them but I finally decided on the Moonstone Ornate Bow and the Silver Whip for my armor and a rapier and scimitar to go with the Tribunal set.

“Wow, you’re really going all out with this order.” Alared said at the choices I made. “Any kind of special enchantments you’d like? I mean the witchplate hood and boots usually come with only runes which will only appear if I enchant them.” Alared explained to me.

"Enchantments?" I asked.

“Magical enhancements that help you passively, or to bound a spell to them to allow you to cast without using your magicka reserves.” Alared explained as he stroked his goatee.

"So all of those spells in the beginning of the book were Enchantments?" I inquired.

“They’d be in my enchantment room.” Alared said as he moved past me, through the storage room and going to the right into a new room I haven’t been in.

"Cool space. So what are we doing in here?" I asked.

Alared reaches out to grab a book labeled ‘Enchantment Catalogue’ written in old fashion ink. “This is the enchantment I've discovered from the many objects I've disenchanted.” Alared said as he handed the book to me.

I start to flip through the Catalogue like a man in the desert finding an oasis when I see something concerning a necromantic enchantment. I tapped Alared on the shoulder and showed him the enchantment. "Why do you have a necromantic enchantment?" I accused

“I discovered that one on an old staff. I honestly didn’t know until the magical hymn faded into my mind.” Alared said as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Oh!" I said a blush forming on my cheeks.

“It's become a bit of a hobby of mine since arriving here, just go explore the world and learn what I can.” Alared explained before coughing into his fist. “Not the most unusual I’ve learned though compared to the enchantment that allows you to heal others just by hitting them.”

"Ok so I'm gonna get back to looking at the enchantments now." I said in embarrassment sticking my nose in the book. After about an hour of looking I came up with a few enchantments I wanted: Soultrap, Waterbreathing, Calming, Fortify Agility, Resist Magicka, Absorb Magicka (Aura), Fortify Luck, and Light.

Alared was writing this down on a piece of paper as I said the name of each enchantment. “Alright, once I’ve got the items smithed, we’ll decide on what item will be with what enchantment.” Alared said as he headed back to the forge room. “We’ll start with a simple ring.” Alared said as we walked side by side.

"We? Do you mean I'm going to be helping you craft the items?" I asked.

“No, you’ll just help me decide on picking a design considering the many different cultures.” Alared said as he pulled out another book from his apron’s pockets as he handed it to me.

I flipped through it until I came to an Orcish Triskelion Ring which I then pointed to the design.

“Good choice.” Alared commented as he reached into the chest to pull out a green tablet-shaped ingot. Alared walks up to the anvil, takes out his hammer, and starts to work on it. "Hey, since you showed such a fascination with enchanting, why don't you try it out while I work on this?" Alared asked as he smiths away.

"How does enchanting even work in this world?" I asked, he proceeded to explain how enchanting works and that's how we spent the next two hours with him lecturing and me listening and taking notes. "So let me make sure I understand. How enchanting works is every spell has a different hymn, same with the soul that was trapped within the soulgem. What you need to do is close your eyes and concentrate; see and listen to the magical harmonies of the spell, try to find the right sync so that the soul and the spell will agree on. Once it is found and the two become one, you must put them into the object. Be careful though as if you use the wrong hyrm, the soulgem will break; thus releasing the soul inside." I said looking at my notes.

“That is correct. Now, when I say soulgem, I don’t mean something like this.” Alared began as he took out a purple gem. “But like,” Alared continued as he put it away and took out another, only this one was glowing brightly. “This gem has a frost troll trapped inside by a Soultrap spell.” Alared explained.

"So what do I do if I run out of charged soulgems and what do I need to do to get enchantments?" I asked.

“There’s two ways to get enchantments. You can either learn them from disenchanting magical objects, or you can bind your own spells to them. The spell itself will use the soul’s charge as a source instead of magicka. Now, the enchantment can recharge itself slowly and in order to allow them to recharge faster is if you practice or use mysticism or enchantments, even more so if you’re gotten good enough to place up to three like I said." Alared said with pride.

"Now for the million-bit question do you think that I could bind my Ancient Language summons to something using Enchanting?" I queried.

“If it's magical in nature, sure, although you may need to experiment, I mean our ways of magic come from two different worlds and function on a different kind of logic.” Alared explained as he picked up the orcish ring with leather gloved hands to inspect his work.

"Ok, so how do we figure out if it's compatible?" I asked.

“Like I said, experiment. I can’t say if it is or isn’t…” Alared said with uncertainty. “You could try if you’d like.” Alared said as he held up the ring he was inspecting.

"Got any spare blank rings I can use?" I asked excitedly. Alared reached into some kind of small jewelry box and started shuffling around until he pulled out three silver ring shanks. “Just head back to the other room that has the enchantment table.”

I took the ring shanks and headed to the other room to try my luck at enchanting. Getting to the enchanting room, I grabbed a filled soulgem from a jewelry box then proceeded to the enchanting table to give it my first try. I placed my hands on the table and the rune on the table started to glow. Closing my eyes, I saw in my mind my chosen summon phrase APOPHA-TIST ENT-TET and it was a golden colored halo and a purple one instead of what Alared described. I did as Alared said and tried to harmonize the two rings and surprisingly it worked and the rings turned green.and synced up into one ring and disappeared from my mind so I opened my eyes and saw the soulgem floating in front of me and exuding a purple aura towards one of the ring shanks. As soon as the glow faded from the soulgem, it dropped back onto the enchanting table leaving just the green glow of the ring behind. As soon as I came out of my trance I felt something draped over me it was a fur cloak. "Huh, I guess Alared was here. How long was I out?" I pondered then I picked up the ring and ran back to the forge to show Alared but he wasn't there. So I went back upstairs to see if he was there. Upon arriving at the living room I see Alared sleeping in a chair with a book in his lap. I was so excited that I succeeded that I started to shake him by the shoulders until he woke up.

“Who-Dragon-where?!” Alared asked as he was startled as he lifted his hand; one of his rings glowing gentle as he appeared to almost say something half-way. “...I almosted blasted you..” Alared said as he stared at me with those bright blue eyes of his.

"LOOK-LOOK-LOOK-LOOK AT WHAT I DID ON MY FIRST TRY!" I squealed.

“First try without the soul gem breaking?” Alared asked in surprise.

I beamed and nodded. "Yup, my very first try." I said.

“How strong was the spell you used?” Alared asked curiously as he lowered his hand.

"It's a mid-level summons called a Sapling Ent," I said sheepishly. "Would you care to see it?" I asked.

“You’re either a natural, you might have been lucky on your first time. Sure, let’s see it.” Alared asked as he sat himself up in his chair.

"Ok, so we might want to go outside for this since they tend to be pretty tall." I told him. Alared nodded, then got up as he looked interested. I followed him out of the house and to a field not too far away.

“Is this a good spot?” Alared asked as he looked around.

I nodded and pulled out the ring. "APOPHA-TIST ENT-TET" I intoned and suddenly a large 7" humanoid being with smooth wood-like skin came into being, surprising me because of the fanfareless entrance.

“T-thaaat’s a big one, reminds me a a bit of the Spriggan ancients, but alot bigger.” Alared commented as he stood still.

All of a sudden the Ent kneeled to me and said in a booming voice "WHAT NEED OF ME DO YOU HAVE MISTRESS? AND HOW ARE WE ON MUNDUS?" He boomed

Alared almost stumbled by the Ent’s large words. “Well, part of that is my fault. I was teaching her the fundamentals of enchantments.” Alared explained to the Ent.

"OH, YOU HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED HAVE YOU, QAHNAARIN?"

“Qah-what?” Alared asked in confusion.

"IT MEANS 'VANQUISHER' IN DOVAH" Tist Ent boomed.

“I think you have me confused for someone else, I haven’t vanquished anything…” Alared said in puzzlement. “Just me surviving and exploring.”

"VERY WELL MY GOOD SIR." Tist Ent said bowing to Alared.

Alared looked at me in confusion, then looked back up at Tist Ent. “Is this a thing among your people to give respect to those who got through hardships?” Alared asked.

"IT IS A SHOW OF RESPECT TO THE MISTRESS'S STATUS AND YOURS." He replied.

“Fair enough, I suppose.” Alared said, his voice still unsure.

"Are you ok, Master Alared?" I inquired about him.

Alared was taken by that. “MASTER Alared? Where’d that come from?” Alared asked as he gave me a look.

"Well, you did teach me enchanting and you are a master smith right?" I said.

“It’s just it’s the first time anyone's called me that.” Alared explained as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Well it fits you perfectly!" I said determinedly.

Alared went quiet for a moment as he thought about it. “Doesn’t feel like I've earned it but I guess I have since I practiced using the forced knowledge. It’ll take some getting used to.” Alared said with a smile.

"Well, you deserve it after all you have and are doing for me." I stated matter of fact.

“Fair enough,” Alared said with a chuckle. “Thank you.”

"You're welcome." I curtsied to him

There was a moment of awkward silence as we stared at each other. “...Right. Uh… Is there anything you’d like to show?” Alared asked.

"Show? Like what?" I asked.

“Just asking in case you made more than one ring. “Alared said as he looked up at the Ent.

"Well no, I was so excited that I had succeeded that I rushed to find you." I said, kind of embarrassed.

Alared couldn’t laugh at chuckle at my words. “You remind me of a kid.” Alared said jokingly.

"So what did you do while I was enchanting the ring?" I inquired.

“Smithing your order, of course. I’m surprised you didn’t see it on one of the mannequins.” Alared said as he looked over at me.

"I wasn't paying attention." I said while shrugging.

“Well, when you’re ready, just dispel the summon and your tall friend will be sent back.” Alared explained, then caught himself. “Oh, right, uh.. Just say something as a form of goodbye, then say ‘Dispel’ afterwards.”

"Return to the Plains of Eletira my friend 'Dispel'." I intoned and Tist Ent disappeared into motes of light.

Alared nodded in satisfaction as he turned around to head back home. Along the way, instead of following the same path as before, Alared decided to follow the rock covered path home. Alared suddenly stopped in his tracks as there was a soft echoing roar that traveled across the sky. Alared started back away into the tree with his left arm almost shoving me back. What flew across the sky was a dark watery-blue dragon with a white underbelly; each plate of its scales glowing. It had two short horns and two wide tusks grown from its jaw. All around its body protruded black spikes, especially long ones along it’s hips and kneecaps. It’s eyes glowed a dark blue as it glazed across the ground. It’s wingspan was pretty wide with a crystal-pattern along it’s white membrane. I had to do a double-take when I noticed that the dragon had somewhat of a feminine shape to them. Alared kept dead quiet until it was well out of sight.

"Holy shit that was scary!" I said holding a hand over my heart.

“That Lunar dragon has been around here for three days now, it hasn’t tried to destroy anything or make any attempt at bringing harm,” Alared said as he slowly walked out from under the trees.

"Why not try talking to it then?" I asked.

“I’d rather not try in case it’s some form of trickery just to have me as it’s next meal.” Alared said as he cautiously walked along the path.

"I think it's a good dragon." I said optimistically.

“I’ll find out later, maybe.” Alared said as we arrived at his home and went through the door; returning back to the storage area where my new armor sat on its mannequin.

I was beaming like the sun upon seeing it finished "It's-it's-it's beautiful." I said in awestruck wonder.

“Hope you don’t mind but I chose what each piece of enchantment did.” Alared said as he walked up to the mannequin, he then proceeded to explain what each piece did according to what my order. “They don’t have custom names yet, so you’ll need to will your magic into them in order to be able to cast them.” Alared said as he took out a new ring and some sort of necklace with a symbol on it from his apron’s pocket. “Here, a little something for you for doing well on your first enchantment.” Alared said as he handed them to me. The ring itself was like green scales overlapping and connecting with each other and ending at a flat end showing a triskelion sign. “It’s a ring of Soultrap, just give it a name, cast it on a target, then proceed to slay it. The second is a necklace; a symbol of the empire. I enchanted it so it will help your voice and your speech.” Alared explained as he reached into his apron again to pull out soul gems. “Give the enchantment table some studying so you can draw your own. The touch of your hands will fill it with your magic.” Alared explained to me.

"Ok I think I will do that instead of having to come back here every time I need to enchant something." I said looking down at the gauntlet I see two rings that he never explained to me. "What about those two rings?" I asked curiously.

“Cure common disease and conjure permanent familiar. The second one I tried something new, so it may have some minor magicka mishaps when you first cast it. Basically, it’ll summon a familiar according to your aura.” Alared explained as he smiled. “Consider the two extra rings as a gift.”

"Thank you Alared." I said curtsying again.

“It was no problem, Evangel. I enjoyed the work.” Alared said with a smile.

"While I was enchanting the ring, the resonances sounded like they were speaking to me, is that normal?" I asked

“Well, considering your magic is different than magicka, it's not surprising it’d act differently to enchantment magic.” Alared explained to me.

"Ok, it's just it was saying the same phrase, pray to us, over and over again it was a little creepy."

“...ok, that..” Alared began as he scratched the top of his head. “I have no clue…” Alared said with a half frown.

"Where is my bow, whip, rapier, and scimitar, and what about the light enchantment?" I asked, noticing that they were nowhere to be found.

“Now those are on the weapon rack behind me.” Alared said as he pointed with a thumb over his shoulder.

"I see all the weapons I asked for but what are the quarterstaffs doing there?" I curiously asked him.

“Those glass quarterstaffs have the light enchantment, I made extras in case someone else needed light. Sorry about getting ahead of your request, I felt inspired.” Alared said with a smile.

"Oh ok, cool. So do I have to do the same with the staves as with the other enchantments?" I asked. Alared nodded to my question. "Ok," I said as I walked over to the quarterstaffs, picked one up and tried to will my magic into it to give it a name but it did nothing. "...that's weird." I said

“...I guess I gotta name it for you.” Alared said as he picked up the staff.

"How about Prometheus? It's the name of a Titan from some legends my adopted father used to tell me when I was at the temple." I said

Alared reaches out to take a spellbook from the nearest bookest, he opens it to the third page, holds the staff aloft and begins whispering something. Both the staff and book glowed softly as continues to murmur the incantation until the name is bound to the spell within. “Done. So now when you hold the staff and speak the words to make it glow to light your surroundings. I used a Grand Soul Gem so it will have plenty of charge, unless you want to use more to strengthen the ratio of the light.” Alared explained to me.

"Ok, so more power means more light but less charge then?"

“Exactly.” Alared said with a satisfied nod.

"So wanna...kiss?" I asked softly with a blush on my face

“I’msorrywhat?” Alared asked out of surprise as he went to clean out his right ear.

Gathering my courage, I raised my voice to normal levels "Do. You. Want. To. Kiss?" I asked again, my blush now reaching down my neck to my shoulders.

The silence was thick, so thick I could cut it like a knife through hot butter. Alared slowly leaning toward me was enough for me. I leaned in and closed my eyes. When our lips met it was just like the first time I had kissed Orgran but better, much much better.

TO BE CONTINUED….