Moirai groaned as she slowly awoke to the sensation of someone shaking her; with a grunt she turned to the warm sensation and nuzzled in to it causing Aion sighed. "Moirai, if you want to do anything to day you'll have to get up."

"Mmmmh... don wana." Moirai groaned and sunk deeper into him. "Shut up an be pillow."

Aion sighed and snapped his fingers teleport out of her embrace. "Nooooo!" She cried out as he stood and walked back over to her where she lay.

"Come on you stubborn mare, you can sleep later but you wanted me to teach you how to use your power and we have a lot of work to do; also I got a gift for you." Aion said. Moirai rolled over and ignored him and he sighed. "Alright just know that I didn't want to do this, so you brought this on yourself." Aion sighed.

Aion raised his hand, a dark aura surrounding it. The shadows lengthened and warped into a liquid like substance and began to float over Moirai. "Last chance~" Aion said with a dark smile as Moirai ignored him; Aion smiled wider and the shadowy liquid fell on to Moirai’s sleeping form.

Moirai screamed in surprises as something cold and wet splashed her. "Aion I hate you!" She yelled at the Reaper as he fell over laughing. Moirai picked up a rock and threw it at him only making him laugh harder.

After a few moment of him laughing he calmed down enough to get up while still chuckling. "Well now that you’re up, here's part of my little gift." he said as he set a down some folded fabric. Moirai slowly reached for it and picked up the top most fabric and unfolded it revealing it to be a white shirt with gold trim and several intricate designs. "These are interesting designs."

"There not designs, there what’s known as Runes." Aion said and then sighed. "I guess I a great amount of have to explain when it comes to magic.” He said with a sigh as he gestured for Moirai to sit which she did. “Now, Magic is divided into both different levels and categories. The levels depend upon three factors: who can wild it, Difficulty, and lastly what they do. Magic such as manipulating the elements, increased strength, the ability to use light magic and other basic things fall into the first level of magic; they're the things everyone can do.” He explained as he slowly circled Moirai. “A step up from that, are a creatures special talents, they’re the thing that only they will ever be the best at; in my world this was called Personal Magic and it was a natural ability that one was able to do and only that person. For example in my world one of my friends had a personal skill that allowed him to alter any objects density making it heavier or lighter.”

Moirai nodded in understanding. “So the first level is magic that anyone can do and the next is magic that is unique to the individual alone. How can one tell what their Personal Magic is?” She asked.

Aion paused and rubbed his chin. “Well, the power one receives is often linked to one’s nature, for instance my nature is Shadow and Quantum.” He said as he opened his hand showing what appeared to be a clock made of shadow. “Because of this my Personal Magic a mix of shadow and time magic allowing me to create a sort of Shadow Zone that works outside of time however even though you can see everything in the real world you can’t interact with it, just like a shadow.”

Moirai nodded. “I get that but how does one know?” She asked again.

Aion frowned. “Normally one just discovers it as they train.” He explained. “Other times like with mine where it can only be used for one thing the spell and its nature eventually just comes to us.”

Moirai nodded. “Oh, I see.” She said with a sigh.

Aion smiled and continued to circle her and talk. “The next level is what is what’s called World Level Magic, this is actually as close as a mortal can get to beings like us and as the name implies it has the power to manipulate a key point of the world however this can only be achieved with the blessing of an immortal being. After World Level would be what are known as Aspects, an Aspect is an Immortal being that controls a key point of nature there power is similar to World Level with the exception that they have full control of such power where World Magic is temporary.

“So is World Level Magic and an Aspect the same in power aside from one having temporary con troll and the other having full control?” Moirai asked.

Aion nodded. “Yes, an Aspect could actually be considered a literal incarnation of what they represent. Say for instance one created an Aspect of the earth, that being would not only have full control of the earth and all the plants animals and nature of the earth but they would be fully aware of all that happens to and in their domain. Furthermore if their domain is affected then so would the Aspect meaning that if the earth was poisoned so to would the aspect and vice-versa. They are tied to their aspect and only when what they are tied to is destroyed can they truly die.”

“So they can be killed though their bodies?” She asked.

Aion shook his head. “At best they can be damaged or rendered to a near death state but the only true way to kill an Aspect is to destroy what they represent and that would lead to the destruction of the world as a whole.” He explained.

Moirai nodded. “Okay so what’s next?”

“After the Aspects comes what are known as the Avatars.” Aion replied. “While an Aspect controllers a force of nature, an Avatar controls what’s known as a Universal Force. The best example of what a Universal Force that I can think of is something like Order or Chaos; it is law of not just nature but of the universe itself that cannot be denied no matter what.” Aion stopped and took a breath before continuing. “Finally we come to what we are, Embodiments. An Embodiment is a being that controls a Cosmic Forces. Cosmic Forces are forces that are very similar to a Universal Force with the difference being that while Universal Forces are laws or forces of nature that cannot be denied a Cosmic Forces is a fundamental rule that not only is part of nature but also is required to exist to begin with. A good example of a Cosmic Force would be us; we're the Embodiment of Life and Death themselves.”

Moirai looked a bit surprised. “So we ae the most powerful beings allowed to exist?” She asked in shock receiving a nod form Aion.

“Yes but just because Aspects, Avatars and Embodiment are forces of nature does not mean we're unstoppable.” He said with a deep wisdom. “There is an order to things, a Balance if you will, as any of these forces that are opposites could counter another, in theory. The exceptions for this however are beings like you and I in which case only we counter each other as Embodiment of Life and Death. Do you follow me so far?”

“I… think so,” Moirai said as she thought about it. “Natural magic is the lowest level followed by ones special talent or Personal magic. Then comes World Level, Aspects who control nature, Avatars who control Universal Forces, and finally Embodiment who wield a Cosmic Forces.”

"That's correct. Aion said as he turned and looked off into the distance. “Runes...they’re above everything.”

“Everything?” Moirai raised an eyebrow in curiosity. “Even something like us?"

Aion nodded. “Embodiment are the closest to them and we are powerful but Runes... they’re the language of the Universe itself. They’re deeper and more entwined in the nature of the universe than anything else, I have my suspicions about the origin of Runes, but they are for another time and when you understand more about magic and the universe as a whole.” He explained before taking a deep breath. “All you need know for now is that Runes are the language the Universe uses and that if a true Rune Master was to rise, they would require the efforts of all the power of the Universe, and we Embodiment combined to stop if they were evil. Rune can be used to describe anything and everything you could possibly want or do and the Universe itself will listen when you spell it out in Runic." He explained.

Moirai shuddered. “I hope we never encounter anyone who can use them.” She said before looking to Aion. “I-I didn't mean you.”

Aion shrugged. “No offense taken, fortunately there are a few things to stop it from being abused,” Aion said as he turned back to Moirai. “First, you have to know all Runes to use them effectively. Second most Runes were written down in ancient temples back in my world so, you know, good luck to anyone looking in this world. Finally to use Runes you need a great amount of magical power and to fuel a Runic array would be incredibly draining; even to a being like you or I. Runes are not cheap and using them actually removes portions of one’s life as such power is often drawn from one’s own life force, I’ve seen Runic Masters consumed by their power and rendered nothing more than mummified husks drained of all life."

“So how come you are able to use such power then?” Moirai asked as confused. “If Runic Magic is so great, shouldn’t I to wield it?”

Aion smiled. “Thank goodness you asked that question before attempting to use Runes.” He said with a sigh. “You see, there’s a reason I sowed them into your clothes,” Aion said with a relieved tone. “You see even I can't truly use Runes. But I did learn through the attempts of past masters that if they are engraved into another item and used in small amounts then they take far less power to use; of course to engrave or sow runes onto an object one must use specific materials. Silk is good for clothing, especially spider silk, Silver is the best for weapons and armor as it’s a pure substance and there are a few other items.” Aion explained further before walking toward Moirai and pointing to the runes on her shirt. “These ones I sowed into your cloths are the same that I have on my armor. With them you'll require less Mana to cast your magic and will make you more resilient, stronger and faster among other things.” He explained before leaning back and propping himself up with his hands and he looked at the sky. “You know someday I'd like to make a big grand tome of Runic Magic, it would contain every rune ever written so I don't have to worry about forgetting any of them.” He said with a smile before it slowly faded and he sighed. Of course I could never do it; it’s too risky to have such knowledge in any book, to be perfectly honest I plan to only using Runic Magic when the situation is truly dire.”

Moirai sighed, and flopped onto her back, with a sigh. “I agree that this needs to be kept a secret. If such knowledge fell into the wrong hands nothing would be able to stop them, you even said as much. She said as she looked at Aion. “Such power seems too dangerous to use ever or even have hidden away.”

“There’s a reason I let the art die out.” Aion said a hint of sad determination in his voice. “When I rediscovered the lost art of Runecrafting back home I didn't tell anyone, it's far too dangerous. Runes... they’re perhaps my greatest secret.”

“So why did you tell me then?” Moirai asked him as she walked over and hugged him. “You could have lied to me.”

"You'd have found out eventually." Aion sighed. "I need to tell you something that I've been putting off. Moirai, you know what immortality is correct?"

Moirai nodded. "Immortality is the ability to live in defiantly with little to nothing able to kill you. Beings that have immortality are called Immortals."

Aion nodded. "Actuality there is in fact two types of immortality; Basic Immortality and True Immortality.” He explained. “Basic Immortals are like Avatars, they cannot die under traditional means however there are three way to kill a Basic Immortal. Do you want to guess?"

Moirai tilted her head in thought. "The most obvious way would be to have you reap there soul since you are death incarnate. Another would be to somehow break there immortality by destroying their sphere of influence as you mentioned in your lecture. As for the last one... I have no idea."

Aion smiled. “Glad you listened and you are correct in your theories. The first and most easy way to kill an immortal would be to have me do it but even them I could only bring them to a near death state unless the domain they control is extremely weak or destroyed, also note that if a being only has Basic Immortality any other immortal can bring them to a near death state. Your seconded guess is again right, as I said weakening the domain of an immortal will weaken them as well. Also immortal with Basic Immortality can break there immortality for a power boost or to make a mortal immortal, this process doesn't kill them but rather leaves the them with only agelessness, meaning they can't age but are still vulnerable. In this state an Immortal can be killed without the weakening of their domain, however this effect is only a temporary condition as the beings body will begin to restore itself and once it has enough power they will become immortal again."

Moirai nodded "I understand, so what's the third one?" Moirai asked.

"Beskar." Aion said.

"... uh... Bless you?" Moirai said confused.

Aion chuckled at her reaction. "I figured you wouldn't know what it is but I didn't expect your reaction." He said as he doubled over laughing. After he finally got control of his laughter he turned to her the laughter still appearing as chuckles. "Beskar is a legendary metal, but it does have another name. It's known as the Immortals Bane. It got this name for being the only thing to ever have been able to kill an Immortal. It’s said that even the tiniest cut from this metal leaves an immortal screaming in pain and depleted of any and all magic. The only good thing about it is that it can't be forged and its one if the rarest metals in the universe.

Moirai shuddered. "How can it do something like that?"

"By destroying the soul.” Aion replied darkly. “Beskar literally destroys the soul of any living being it so much as scratches." Moirai turns to Aion in horror and he looked at her sadly. "It's a horrible metal and the only thing in the Universe to actually be able to destroy souls." He reassured. “Fortunately as I said it can’t be forged and is extremely rare, I’ve actually only seen a small shard of it and it was used to make a dagger known as Last Words the creator of the dagger took the shard and spent over fifty years carving it like a mason craves a statue. He died shortly after he made the blade and the location of it was lost as before he passed he hid it away.”

Moirai looked down and the two sat in silence for a long time before she finally turned to look at Aion. "So what's the difference between Basic Immortality and True Immortality?" She asked.

"While Basic Immortals can and eventually do die, we can't die." Aion said not looking at her. “True Immortals can never die. We can also create new Basic Immortals the same way as other Basic Immortals do however we don't enter a state of agelessness; we're also the only ones to be able to make other True immortals."

"So... what does this have to do with everything?" Moirai asked; Aion didn't respond. "Aion... you said 'we' when you were explaining this. Are...are we True Immortals." Aion didn't say anything for a long time."

"The power Of Life and Death are among the core and driving forces of the Universe. They must always be and they must always exist." Aion finally said. "There is no way for a True Immortal to die and that's including once the Universe dies, no matter what we will continue to exist, the only exception to this is long ago when the embodiment of Life before you gave her life to imprison a great evil that sought to end all life. She used her soul to bind the being for all eternity."

"Aion... Remember what I said last night? I said 'as long as you live I will weave the Strings of Fate and Life and be your Eternal Light.' And what did you say?" Moirai asked as she turned to Aion.

"That as long as you live I will guide Souls to the Gates of Eternity and be your Eternal Darkness." Aion slowly replied.

"As long as you live I will never leave your side. If that means that I will forever be with you then so be it." Moirai said as she embraced him.

"Thank you, Mora." Aion said.

"So we're doing nicknames now my Shadow?" Moirai giggled. "Now if I remember correctly you promised to teach me how to use my power.

Aion sighed and wrapped his arms around Moirai. "I will but for now let's just sit together for a while.

Author's Note

So this was edited because the person that helped me write this was an asshole who needs to die in a fire. If you don't know what I'm talking about you will eventually. Here is a lesson kids when you have someone help you with a story always check their work, never trust someone to do something right.