"Nice to meet you too, Lucian. Thanks for helping us and... you're very beautiful".
Josh said, clearly flushed and embarrassed. He stood up on his feet and gave Lucian a small bow. Lucian grinned widely,a tint of red painting his cheeks.
"Oh it's nothing. Just thought I had to help especially since there was a vampire involved. And it was pretty clear you guys needed help since he doesn't quite have a fighting experience".
Lucian said as he gestured at Drake. Drake blushed uncontrollably. He brushed his red hair in embarrassment,a grin on his face.
"Hehehehe..... I really didn't think I didn't have fighting experience. Though, I ain't that bad".
Drake chuckled while brushing his hair which made him look nervous. Josh, seeing Drake nervous suddenly smiled, cause actually this was the first time Drake was ever nervous.
Drake, the kid with the cold aura all over him, suddenly being nervous is some kind of a feat.
"Oh well! It's a good thing we're all okay now".
Edwin chirped in,a pained expression lingering on his face. The three kids nodded in response to him,one a ten year old while the rest an 8 year old each. Lucian afterwards released his hand from Drake's hand which Drake had earlier suddenly held firmly. He turned squarely to Drake, offering a grin before saying;
"Earlier on, I had seen you use fire magic when you were talking to the bad man. Are you perhaps a fire magic wielder?"
Drake chuckled hearing Lucian's question. He simply nodded before offering a smooth answer.
"Yes! I have both fire and Earth magic and I'm quite good at them especially since they are both different types of elemental magic".
Lucian beamed happily hearing Drake's response. He hummed satisfactorily facing Drake squarely.
"That's great. Actually, apart from my ability to become a werewolf, I have the ability to wield water and wind magic, plus my ability to chant spells which I learned from my mother".
"Wait, tell me you're joking". Drake said, disbelief clearly evident in his voice, but Lucian only shook his head sideways, conveying the message that he was not joking. "Wow, you really have the ability to chant spells, that's a whole lot of feat right there".
Lucian beamed in pride, squarely raising his shoulders. He gave Drake a look that clearly spoke 'I told you so'. Drake could only nod,a lot impressed at the feat the boy in front of him had obtained.
"So that means we are even. We both have two different types of elemental magic, you have fire and earth; I have water and wind. It's a clear definition that we both possess elemental magic".
Lucian summarized to which Drake nodded.
"However, I would like to ask a question about that mother of yours".
Drake said, his hand finding it's way to his chin giving him a more serious pose. Meanwhile, Edwin and Josh watched the two magnificent and mysterious kids drown themselves in a conversation.
"What about her?"
Lucian asked, clueless as to Drake's intentions of wanting to know about his mother.
"Earlier, you had said something about her being a witch".
"Oh! Actually she is a witch, the last witch still existing".
Drake gave a confused look at Lucian's sayings.
"Meaning?"
"It means that the other witches and wizards lost their powers leading to the fall of the council of witches and wizards".
Lucian clarified to his best ability but it got Drake even more confused.
"The council of witches and wizards? ..... what actually happened there and why is your mother still having her powers?"
Lucian sighed hearing Drake's questions.
"It's actually a long and boring story and I'm sure you don't wanna hear it".
Lucian stated, quite seriously. Drake shrugged nonchalantly.
"Okay,if you say so. I can't really force you to tell me the whole story of witches and wizards".
"Yeah! You got that right".
Lucian said and they both chuckled effortlessly, like the kids that they are. The atmosphere around them seemed to lighten. The atmosphere was quite jovial between the two kids, one with red hair and red eyes while the other with blue hair and blue eyes.
After chuckling, the two stared intently at each other. An undescribable silence fell heavily on the atmosphere as they stared directly at each other. Josh and Edwin locked eyes at the two heavenly kids, their faces full with confusion as to why they had stopped the conversation. Nevertheless, Lucian got bored of the silence and the short staring contest and he decided to break it.
"So.... May I ask what actually happened that led you guys here in the first place?"
Lucian asked, averting his gaze from Drake down to Edwin and Josh, who were staring at them all along. Drake immediately snapped out from whatever spell that had made him lock gazes with Lucian for so long, leading to the unforseen silence. Josh quickly answered Lucian's question.
"We were going for an opening party at the Amusement park called Liberty Park".
Josh stated,a regretful look on his face. But the look on Lucian's face was that of confusion.
"What's an Amusement park?" Lucian spat out immediately earning a look of disbelief and surprise from Drake, Edwin and Josh. "Uh... whatever, just continue. Don't mind me".
Josh nodded and continued narrating, ignoring Lucian's weird question.
"Uh, okay. Then,we were ambushed by a group of thugs on our way through the quickest route. The group of thugs,we suspect may have been sent by one of the rivals of Drake's father, to kidnap Drake. There was a gunfire that resulted in the deaths of our bodyguards and the almost annihilation of the group of thugs".
Josh narrated in a frenzy while breathing heavily. Then Lucian, using his intelligence decided to complete the rest.
"Then you all took to the woods as an act to escape the thugs"
Lucian said, waiting for confirmation. Drake and Josh nodded as confirmation. Although, Edwin was silent all through, expertly conserving his energy to hold on after being inflicted with a terrible leg injury. Lucian's gaze flickered towards him and he clearly noticed the bleeding wound.
He (Lucian) knew that the bodyguard was trying to mask the pain but he knew damn well that, that injured had produced immense pain. He quickly figured out that, that dangerous weapon must have caused the leg injury. And he was able to access that while they (him and Drake) were chatting, laughing and chuckling like the kids that they are,they had significantly turned a blind eye to the wounded adult.
"You're wounded!"
Lucian said, his gaze on Edwin. Josh and Drake also turned to stare at the wounded bodyguard.
"It's nothing kid, it's just a scratch".
Edwin said, his voice rough from holding up a gunshot injury. Lucian frowned hearing his words, cause, he knew quite well it was not a scratch. The injury was taking its toll on him and it was sure shown by his heavy breathing.
"You and all of us here know it's not a scratch".
Lucian shot back, his eyes accessing the wound. Drake and Josh respectively nodded. Josh, being the oldest kid, dropped to his knees again in order to closely access the injury.
Edwin's breathing was becoming more and more uneven, his eyes becoming unfocused and he became dizzy. All this while, he masked the pain trying to bear the wound gotten from the thug leader's gunshot. But now the injury was taking its toll on him, he was becoming dizzy almost falling into unconsciousness.
"The injury's infected badly and he's falling into unconsciousness".
Josh said, really alarmed and afraid. Drake frowned hearing Josh's words, his frown mirroring Lucian's.
"That's really bad, for a gunshot injury to be infected".
Drake spoke, his voice tinged with slight regret as he knelt down beside Edwin. The atmosphere suddenly felt filled with regret. Well, until Lucian broke that atmosphere...
"I can help with a spell that can heal his injury".
Drake snapped his gaze at Lucian, hearing his words.
"Really? What are you waiting for? Go ahead and chant the spell. We've got no time to wait for an ambulance to get here".
Josh spat out in a hurried haste. Drake nodded at Lucian, emphasizing the importance of Josh's words. Lucian sighed, seeing their determination and want for him to cast the spell.
"But there's one problem. The spell needs the blood of two different regenerative creatures and a lot of spiritual energy".
Lucian said.
A cloud of deep silence took over as the sheer gravity of the situation was there. Drake knew what that all meant, he sighed and moved his gaze to the injured Edwin who's breathing was clearly laboured. Josh not understanding much of magic and the supernatural could only keep quiet as he lowered his head in sadness. Then as for Edwin, his condition seemed to worsen especially with an infected gunshot wound. But he managed to mutter a;
"I'm sorry, Young Master".
Well, until Drake said;
"I have an idea". Drake stated perching up suddenly. Lucian and Josh looked at him expectedly. "Werewolves and vampires are regenerative creatures. I am a vampire and you are a werewolf,we could supply our bloods and a respective good amount of spiritual energy for the spell".
Lucian, hearing Drake's idea, beamed happily,so did Josh who kept muttering 'Its going to work right' , repeatedly.
"Thanks to our abilities to transform to vampire and werewolf respectively".
Lucian said happily.