An Interesting New Life

Chapter Three : Four Years Later - Part 4 : The Secrecy Now Has Come to an End
By : The Eternal Star

Once again, in the land of Equinera, another year has passed since I was born into this magical world of Alicorns. During this time, I have learned and memorized quite a lot of spell patterns and symbols, and my magical prowess can be said to have increased.

The magical guide for Alicorn foals helped me quite a lot in this one because it contained several of the basic levels of all eight common types of magic. Out of all the spell patterns and symbols I have learned over the year, four particular spells really helped me slip out without getting caught by any surveillance cameras or by my parents.

The first spell is a type one invisibility spell, this spell is categorized as the first level of Force/Telekinetic magic because there are a lot of countermeasures and counterspells that would reveal the one using this type of invisibility spell.

This makes quite a sense as the spell while indeed making my body completely invisible to the naked eye, would immediately reveal itself back as soon as my mother pinged my location or father using an area-wide invisibility dispell spell. But even though it was easy for the spell to be dispelled, my parent would never cast invisibility dispeller spells if they never realized I was there.

The second spell is type one silence zone, this spell is categorized as a first level of Darkness/Corruption magic because it doesn't dissipate any sound the user makes if it were to be used on him/her, but rather reduces it significantly enough to be unheard by unfocused ears.

This would be especially useful if I was slipping out when my father was at home, since he's like a hydrophone which means his hearing is very sharp even when he is occupied with something else. With this spell, I could lessen my hoofs movement and/or action which would make father have a harder time pinpointing my direction.

Although, that was the theory of how I would use the spell. In the field, if my father ever felt or thought that this 'malevolent being' was near. He would quickly cast a high-level specific enchantment dispeller spell and since my silence zone spell counts as one of the specifics, it too would lose its effect.

The third spell is type two illusion zone, this spell is categorized as level two Darkness/Corruption magic and this spell is used for me to make an illusion of myself still sleeping in the bed and alter my appearance while I was slipping out using my invisibility spell.

The purpose of this spell for me, is so that the hidden surveillance mirror would capture the footage of me sleeping in my bed while in reality, I was slipping out of my foal cage using an invisibility spell. I would also use this spell to mask my activities in this room like reading books, casting spells, or otherwise activities that aren't normal for Alicorn my age.

The spell would of course instantly disappear if my parent ever used an area-wide disillusion spell, but I think my illusion for the past several months worked perfectly as my parent haven't come to my foal cage and asked me why their surveillance mirrors caught me reading books, casting spells, and things Alicorn my age shouldn't be able to do.

The fourth spell is type one teleportation, and by far the most hardest spell I have ever learned as it had a long symbols pattern alongside requiring a lot charge of mana already building up in my horn if I were to successfully cast it. This type one spell is counted as level two Force/Telekinetic magic.

This spell is used mostly to escape out of a chase or to bypass alarm spells in doors and windows, this spell is also the type of spell where continuous uses will result in an aching horn with the urge to vomit after teleportation if they aren't used to being teleported.

All of these spells combined, make me able to avoid both the surveillance mirrors and the alarm spells my parent placed all over the house, the lab, and its surroundings. Although, learning these spells takes about half a year for me to fully utilize them, so during then I wasn't able to slip out.

The information I have managed to gather is drier than usual, as since my last stunt last year my mother's activities of bringing me into her lab and reading me books have become infrequent. If she previously brought me to her lab four times a week, now I would be lucky if she brought me to it more than once a week.

She compensated for this by bringing me toys I could play with, which while certainly thoughtful of her, I didn't need any of the toys as I spend my free time training myself to cast spells and memorize their patterns or reading and re-reading books in case I wasn't able to get any new books.

Because of that, I used any toys she gave me as either a target practice for my spells or a subject for its effect. What? Do you think I was as careless as to cast any spells that would have temporary/possible permanent effects on me without testing them on other objects multiple times to ensure safety?

But anyway, any information I have got regarding this world and its Alicorn inhabitants is minimal while the information I have got about magic is quite a lot.

The first is regarding magic, as any of you might have known before, this world's magical system is quite unique as it is a combination of the matter of the mind with a mix of biology. This certainly isn't how casting magic is displayed in the My Little Pony show, which seems to be simplified now that I think about it.

Spells are divided into a lot of categories, with the common ones being all eight types of Alicorn elemental alignment. Spells are divided into a few types, with type one spells being the most basic and easiest to learn while type ten are the highest and hardest to learn.

One same spell from the same category will have a few types, with higher types of the same spells will be harder to learn and cast but will have a stronger and longer effect compared to the lower type.

The second is, that every type of magic itself has its level, a higher level of magic means unlocking a higher type of the same previous spells, while also unlocking new spells corresponding to said level of magic. For example, type open fireball spells are unlocked at level two fire or blaze magic, while type one fire shield is unlocked at level three fire or blaze magic.

How do Alicorns measure their magic level? Well, according to what I have read there is a device that determines an Alicorn magic level on one or more categories of magic. The Alicorn magic level can be increased by continuous use and training of spells corresponding to the category of magic you want its level to be increased.

A high magic level in one or more categories doesn't guarantee an Alicorn can cast the type of spells and new spells unlocked in that magic level, it just means they could learn and cast types of spells and the new spells in that level of magic.

The third and last one, it seems that in this extremely far behind the timeline of Equestria, only the Alicorn race exists as none of the books my mother has read to me or I have read myself has mentioned anything about other races like Griffons, Dragons, Hippogriff, and etcetera.

It's not like I like, care, or am interested in them. I'm actually glad they didn't exist in this timeline as I have never liked them. It just, I wonder what sort of catastrophe that has gone on for so long that it allowed some species of animals to evolve into sapient beings.

Anyway, now that I had written off all this information I have learned over the last year in this book, I closed the ink bottle with my hoof and slipped it into the corner of my foal bed as I placed the book under the pillow with my magic.

After that, I cast one more look at myself to see that I was still invisible, and looked beside me at the identical illusion of me sleeping on my side with my eyes closed and blanket covering my whole body except for the head as I breathed steadily with my chest rising up and down slowly.

This sight would make my mother awed at how cute I looked, and I must admit seeing an identical illusion of myself doing what I had described before is certainly a cute sight. Sadly I couldn't cuddle it as I would just go through it.

I shook my head a few times as I sighed and my thoughts drifted as to why I felt the need to be secretive to even my parent and brother, and how long do I need to keep this secrecy until I don't have to keep it a secret anymore.

'I know that since my stunt two years ago, my parent have become more and more cautious, suspicious, and worried a my well-being since they think this malevolent being is out to hurt me, especially with my stunt a year ago where they think the malevolent being tried to break through my shield

It makes me sad to see my parent worried sick about my safety, especially my mother knowing that my actions affected her the most. But then again, nothing good ever comes without a cost. I... I can't allow the same mistake in my past life to happen in this one as well'

I thought in my mind as my heart was filled with guilt knowing that my actions were the ones causing them to be like this. I sighed once again, nothing good ever comes from dwelling on my memories- especially the memory where my previous parent... never mind. I shook my head a few times as I focused my mind on the task at hoof.

My horn lit up in crimson aura as I conjured up the appropriate pattern and symbols in my mind to cast a silence zone spell on myself, once that was done, I stood up and began climbing up the fences of my foal cage before I jumped down as soon as I reached the top.

I landed on the ground with a small thud, then I spent the next few minutes stretching out my body to prepare it for the arduous task of collecting books that could give me ideas of how I could use my wings to fly, basically getting a how to fly guide book in my mother's lab.

As I was stretching out my body, I began remembering all the current circumstances in the house and the lab that I had known. Today is the weekend in the morning and my brother was at home presumably somewhere on the first floor, my father is obviously at home as otherwise, I need to teleport to get out of my foal cage shield.

I currently don't know what exactly my father is doing right now, but judging by the constant hoof steps sound I heard moving from one room of the house to another, and the fact that he had checked up on me just half an hour ago. I suspect he is patrolling around the house, seeing if he spots and catches this malevolent being.

This means I would need to make as little sound as possible to prevent my father sharp hearing hear my hoof steps, if he hear my hoof steps then like a hydrophone, it would track and tell him the direction of the hoof steps coming from, which would result in I having to waste my time trying to make my father lost my track.

Now when it comes to my mother, she's not in the house and I didn't hear any water sound falling from outside so she must have been in her lab continuing her research. At least I hope she is continuing her research and isn't reading books or maintaining her library section.

If she was doing one or both of the latter, then I must not get too close to her location. If I got too close to her location, it would send a small ping to her which would tell her where I was every few seconds. She then would give a chase which may take a while and escalate if my father and brother joined her in chasing me.

So all in all, the current circumstances I was in are quite unfavorable as there is a real possibility for me to get caught if I am not careful and watchful of my surroundings. As I was thinking further in my mind about my circumstances and continued stretching my body, I heard the door open slowly and my body froze.

After a few seconds of slow opening, the door opened fully revealing Father standing in the doorway with a cautious and watchful gaze as he scanned the room for a minute. He then walked toward the foal cage behind me as I slowly moved away from his path.

As he stood before my foal cage, he looked at my identical illusion with a warm smile on his face as he said "So cute of you my filly, Critic. I wish I had brought with me an image capture orb so I could take the cute picture of you sleeping with your mother.

My father let out a sad sigh as he lost his warm smile and was replaced by a sorrowful look "But at last, you can only sleep peacefully when there is no malevolent being out to hurt you- my father looked at the whole room for a few seconds -anyway, I'm sure I just heard a falling sound from here before, yet there's nothing abnormal here?"

My father looked at his surroundings again, before checking on every hidden part of the room and scanned with his magic for anything abnormal. During this I had to multiple times avoid my father's path and scan, I was worried that he wouldn't stop until the whole room was thoroughly scanned.

So I decided that when my father checked on the master bed, I use the opportunity to quickly and quietly walk my way out of the room toward the stairs. As I stood before the stairs, I looked behind me to see that Father was still busy scanning the room and I began making my way down.

After I made my way down the stairs, I looked to my right and immediately saw my brother there sitting on one of the sofas in the living room, reading a book with the cover image of double-crossed iron sword. I looked at my brother, then to the door, then back to him, then back to the door again as I thought.

' The door that led outside is closed, I don't think I could try to open it up without drawing my brother's attention even when he was engrossed in the book he was reading. I need something that could distract him for a few minutes as I opened the door and walked outside'

As I searched for anything in the living room that I could use to distract him from facing my position as I opened the door, I wondered for a moment if I could make one of the books on the bookshelf behind him fall by using my telekinesis magic.

Before I shook my head at the idea- it would take more magic due to the range and more magic meant more sparkling sounds it created. Considering that my silence zone spell is just a type one, I'm sure the sparkling sound would still be heard by my brother in the living room or my father upstairs.

I looked to my left and saw the kitchen area, I then looked at the kitchen sink, particularly at its water faucet. Perhaps I could get closer and use my telekinesis magic to crank it open fully, then walk as fast and quiet as I can to the front door as I wait for my brother to go past me.

' I think that could work, closer range means less magic required and less magic means less sparkling sound produced. Not only that but the range between where my brother is and the kitchen sink means it would take him long enough time for me to open the door, slip outside, then close it fully to avoid suspicion'

I thought in my mind before I proceeded to walk slowly and quietly toward the kitchen sink in the kitchen area, after more than half a minute, I finally stood before the kitchen sink as I lit up my horn and conjured a telekinesis symbol pattern in my mind as crimson aura encased the water faucet.

Due to standing right before the kitchen sink even though it dwarfed me, I couldn't see the water faucet, and thus couldn't move it using my horn muscle which required direct sight of the target. This meant I had to conjure up additional symbols in my mind and will them to enter my magic who then enter said order to the water faucet.

After that, I cranked the water faucet left slowly but fully, and soon enough, the water started flowing from the faucet into the sink below it. I then quickly let go of my magic and walked back toward the door quietly, while at the same time eyeing my brother to see if he would react.

As I expected, my brother heard the sound of water dropping and put down his book, he stared at the kitchen with a questioning look on his face as he asked "What the? I don't think I cranked the water faucet before did I?"

My brother then got out of the sofa and began walking toward the kitchen sink as expected, I was already standing before the door when he passed over me. As he went to the kitchen sink to crank off the water faucet, I opened the door with my magic at the same time and slipped out before closing it fully.

Now that I was outside, I let out a sigh of relief as for a moment before, I half-expected that my father would also go down the stairs to check on the sound of dropping water. Lucky for me, he may just thought of it as my brother being the one cranking the water faucet open evidenced by him not going down the stairs when he must undoubtedly heard that sound.

However, my task isn't over as I just passed the first obstacle of it. Now I need to walk to my mother's lab and find a way for me to enter it without alerting my presence to my mother if she was doing the latter of the two possibilities, which then would surely go active and ping my location while giving me a chase.

As I walked toward the door of my mother's lab, my thoughts passed over the fact that I had managed to avoid two alarm spells. One was in the door of my parent's room and another one in the door of the house, this is a little quirk I managed to find and exploit.

That if any of my family members are near the location of the alarm spells or directly interacts with the item or things the alarm spell was bound to, the alarm spell would deactivate so long as they are nearby. If they were no longer in the proximity, there is one minute delay before it would reactivate again.

Hence why it was just perfect timing that my father decided to check on the falling sound in my room which was definitely from when I was jumping down to the ground, when he opened the door which deactivated the alarm spells.

Otherwise, I would have to do it the hard way- by teleporting to the other side of the door and thus alerting my father that the 'malevolent being' is in the house as the sparkling sound didn't come from him or my mother, which he had known so far to be able to cast teleportation.

As I stand before the door of my mother's lab, I know that if I were to try to open it or even touch it, it would make the alarm spell go off.

'I need to know first whether or not my mother was in the library section, for if I was to teleport in while she was in that section. She would hear the sparkling sound of teleportation, thus making my presence in the lab known to her as she began her active pinging of me' I thought in my mind as I knew there are two things I need to do repeatedly first to determine if my mother was in the library section or not.

First, I leaned my equine at the door but did not touch it as it would cause the alarm spell go off. I waited for a few minutes to see if there was any sound I was hearing coming from behind the door, when I heard none I knew that she wasn't currently maintaining her library, which left either her reading a book or in her research room.

Second, I went over one of the windows and looked at the inside of the lab to see if I could spot Mother. When I see none, I go over to the other windows and see the inside of the lab again, I do this several times until I have checked the lab from all windows and angles.

Since now I knew that Mother wasn't in the library section, I walked toward the door as my mind conjured up a teleportation pattern and several symbols in my mind while also pressing my horn muscle to the center. My horn then lit up in crimson magic as I looked at the door and charged the necessary mana to teleport behind it.

After I counted ten seconds, I cast my teleportation and soon I was engulfed in a crimson flash, my vision darkened for two seconds before I regained my sight and was immediately followed by the bursting sound of magic as I stood inside the library section of the lab and right behind the door of it.

I felt an ache on my horn and the slight urge to throw up as I placed my right hoof on my mouth before I quickly dismissed that ache and urge as I shook my head a few times. After that, I looked at my surroundings for a few seconds as I scanned the section if Mother was there.

Thankfully, my scan of the surroundings with my vision revealed that Mother wasn't in the library section, nor did my equine ears pick up any other sound than my own breath and hoof steps.

Since my mother wasn't in the library section, my body relaxed slightly but kept itself on guard, just because my mother wasn't in this section. Doesn't mean I was safe from being caught since it just means I wasn't at immediate risk of it.

' Now I need to find a bookshelf with a tag sign that is related to flying, this would have been time-consuming were it not for the fact that if I recall it correctly, the one bookshelf located in the fourth layer on the right has a sign that written 'Alicorn Natural Prowess' which I think would be directed to flying since, well, Alicorns have wings and can fly with it.

Not to mention that I found a wing-preening guide inside the bookshelf which is directly related to flying, which means my chance of finding a flying guidebook is high. Although it is close to my mother's research room, I think if I was fast enough I may have been able to find it before my mother left the research room'

I thought in my mind as I concluded that there would be a high chance of finding a flying guidebook on the bookshelf where I find a guide for preening wings too, I then began walking slowly and quietly toward the bookshelf in question as I knew for a fact that my mother library floor had a sound-based alarm.

This version of a sound-based alarm is specified to track hoof steps or other similar walking sounds that aren't coming mother herself, my father, or my brother Ethern. If it detected a hoof steps sound coming from neither of those three, then the alarm spell would go off which would jeopardize my entire task.

After a painfully slow walk that took probably five minutes or more, I finally reached the bookshelf in question and stood right before it. I then looked at numerous amount of books on the bookshelf as I thought, 'Okay now that I have reached it, I must check these books one by one to find the book I was looking for'.

My horn lit up in crimson magic as I conjured the appropriate pattern for telekinesis magic in my mind while at the same time pressing my horn muscle to the center, after that, I conjured symbol after symbol and directed it toward my magic by willing it.

When that was done, I looked at the books on the bookshelf and used my magic to grab five of the books starting from the most left down. The five books in question were encased in crimson aura before they went out of the bookshelf and floated up to where my eyes were.

I then inspected each title of the books in my magic one by one, seeing that none of the books I inspected had titles that are directed toward teaching me how to fly, I directed and placed the five books to where it was before.

As soon as I finished that, I let go of my magic and my horn instantly ached in pain which made me grit my teeth and close my eyes slightly as I endured the aching pain. It lasted for a few seconds before it began to lessen and lessen until it was a mere background feeling.

'Moving multiple objects at once with magic sure as hell hurt quite a bit, but I must press on as like how does body muscle work. The more you exercise it the better it will get and the feeling of pain will lessen until it doesn't hurt anymore. I thought in my mind as my horn lit up and began conjuring a telekinesis pattern like before.

There was no clock from where I was seeing, but if I were to guess how long I had spent sorting through book after book, I say I spent about ten minutes and probably more than seven dozen books inspected until I had finally found one with the title I was looking for.

'Huh, finally I found what I was looking for, A book that could help me figure out how these wings work and how I could use them to fly, I thought I had to spend half an hour just to get this' I thought in my mind with slight irritation as I stared at the fourth book I held in my magic and see that the title read 'How to Fly Guide for Young Alicorn'.

I then proceeded to tuck the book under and was planning to go to the door and teleport my way out, when I heard the sound of the research room door a few bookshelves behind me opening followed by the hoof steps of my mother walking out.

I cursed in my mind as I thought, 'Not again' and soon enough, my fear manifested into reality when a faint ping sound was heard followed by my mother stopping her walking. I then heard a loud ping and soon enough, my invisibility spell wore off and my body could be seen by the naked eye.

I then quickly conjured a teleportation spell pattern in my mind to teleport a few meters in front of me, after three seconds my build-up magic was ready and I cast the teleportation spell and I vanished in a crimson flash, before reappearing five meters from where I was before.

As I predicted based on my previous experience escaping my mother's case, two huge ice hails manifested above where I was before and they quickly struck the ground. It breaks into pieces as it hit the crystal ground, sending in sharp ice shrapnel in every direction and I cast a hollow shield spell to protect me from it.

Ah right, a hollow shield spell which is an easy-to-learn and cast type one Force/Telekinetic magic level one. Another spell that I quickly learned as I realized that Mother now allowed herself to use lethal spells as the previous spell she used last year was just stunt and knockout blast sphere.

The ice shrapnels impacted my shield before it broke off into smaller bits of ice, however, my shield was already cracking as since it was an easy-to-learn and cast shield spell, it was a weak one and if I were to be attacked by the ice hail, it would pierce it.

I conjured an illusion pattern spell in my mind as I cast it upon myself which made my body turn all shadowy and black to the naked eyes, my mother as predicted quickly teleported to where I was before and then let out a ping as soon as she was done teleporting.

As soon as she looked at her surroundings, she instantly spotted me and fired two ice hails in my direction. I quickly ran away from my position and toward the staircase with Mother following close behind me, I then prepared another teleportation pattern in my mind as I thought.

'I can see that mother was holding herself so as to not cause any significant collateral damage, were it not for the fact that I was in a closed location where any area of effect offensive spell would cause damage to the building.

I must end this chase quickly, I may be able to continuously escape her but then it will be a battle of attrition, one where I obviously couldn't win. Luckily I still have an ace card in my sleeve, it's untested but I think it could work' I thought in my mind as I teleported above the stairs and ran straight toward one of the bookshelf to hide behind it.

I conjured the symbol pattern in my mind as my horn muscle pressed center harder to quicken the mana build-up in my horn, after three seconds my magic build-up was enough and I cast the spell just in time as Mother teleported behind the bookshelf I hide behind.

The result of my spell was for a black mist to form beside me which quickly turned into an identical shadowy shape of me, then it quickly ran in front of me and my mother must have seen it as she quickly chased it and went past me.

I used this opportunity to quickly run toward the stairs and quickly descended my way down, I then headed straight toward the door. By now the sound-based alarm of the floor of the library section had gone off judging by the blaring sound I heard constantly, but it be damned since I was already spotted anyway.

Just as I was about to reach the door, it quickly burst open which made my gallop come to a halt as my father quickly rushed into the room, his body burning with weapons and armor at the ready as he said, "I will help you, Aeterna!" when he saw my mother still chasing my black mist clone.

His horn then quickly lit up in red magic for a few seconds before he teleported with a burst of flame light where he was before, my eyes were blinded for a few seconds due to how bright the flame flash was, but my vision quickly returned as soon as I closed my eyes, shook my head a few times, then open it back up.

Seeing that, both my parent was giving chase to my mist clone, I quickly galloped my way out of the lab and headed straight to the door of the house. As soon as I reached the door of the house which was left open by my father, I quickly went straight in and ran my way up the stairs.

I then made my way to my parent's bedroom and burst through the door toward my foal cage, halfway to my foal cage though, I instantly found myself unable to move my hooves and see in my vision limelight from right below me.

I looked down in horror as I saw a lime circle which from within sprouted lime chains that quickly bound themselves to all of my hooves and was now enveloping my body, I tried to use my magic to teleport my way out but was prevented as one of the chains quickly shot up to my horn and bound it too, cancelling and preventing my action to use magic.

The chains enveloping my body then completed it enveloping and soon bound it to my body which resulted in now I find myself unable to move my body with only my head, neck, and lips being able to move.

I then heard a chuckling sound coming from my left which was soon followed by the voice of my brother saying in glee, "HA! Got you now malevolent spirit! Now you can't escape or hide from us anymore, my parent must be so proud of me for capturing this malevolent spirit in our house when they see it!

But most importantly, my little sis now will be able to rest easy from now on as there will be nothing trying to hurt her anymore! My years of training to use this spell have finally paid off!"

I turn my gaze to look at my brother who is wearing full armor and sword with a satisfied face and grin splattered on his face as I thought with a feeling of anger in my heart, 'Fucking damn you colt! You just made my plan for the next few cycles of learning in secrecy while maintaining normality in public failed you colt of a mare!'

I tried to get my body to move or use my magic, but my body won't even move a millimeter and my horn doesn't even let out a spark. My brother must have seen my vain attempt to escape as he chuckled and said in a taunting tone "What? Are you trying to escape from my type three anchor spell, which requires level four Darkness/Corruption magic?

What? Are you trying to curse me with that glare of yours as you cast your magic? Oh wait, you can't, cause the chain binds your magic too"

I glared at him as best as I could with my black shadow mist illusion still on, my brother just chuckled and grinned again before he walked to the foal cage and stood right next to it. He then brought out his sword with his wing as he looked at me, then swung his sword at the shield of the foal cage which resulted in the shield color turning red and the distinct alarm of it blaring out.

My father and mother must have heard that alarm as they quickly teleported in front of me with angry expression before it turned into shock as they saw me with my illusion spell still on. Oh, this is it, there's no way I'm getting out of this, I'm so doomed.

My brother then walked to my mother's side as he said in a proudful and satisfied tone, "Mom, Dad, look at what I had managed to trap here, the malevolent spirit itself who had tried to hurt our youngest family member again"

My mother then turned to my brother as she quickly picked him up with her wings and hugged him to his chest, she said in a joyous tone, "Oh my colt, Ethern, mommy is so proud of you for taking your own initiative on catching this malevolent spirit! Mommy will sure to reward you for this later on, my colt."

As my mother nuzzled my brother head's, my father placed his sword back to its sheath and let out a smile as he said in a proudful tone, "I'm very proud of you, Ethern. You bravely and skillfully take the initiative to catch the spirit that has been a problem in our family for years, more proud of the fact that you managed to do it alone.

If I previously had a doubt whether or not someday you could be a great protector and surpass me, it had now been erased since you just caught a dangerous spirit on your own and far earlier than any of your peers."

My mother then released her hug and placed my brother down as he had a joyous smile on his face, my brother then looked back at me and said "Mom, Dad, I thank you for your praise but I think we still have something else to do before we do a celebration."

My parent then looked at me as their expression turned serious, with father and brother drawing out their sword as the former said "You're right, Ethern. We still have this malevolent spirit to deal with first, I detected illusion spells were being used in this room, I will use an area-wide disillusion spell now."

My father then lit up his horn as I prepared myself for the arduous question that would surely follow next, my father cast his spell and soon enough I felt my illusion spell to wear off. After that, I saw my family's eyes widen and jaw-dropping with my father and brother dropped their sword in shock at what they were seeing.

They then let out a collective shout of surprise and shock as they said "Critic?!"

"Please don't hate me" I said as tears starting to leave my eyes.