4 Chapter 4

I sighed then closed my eyes as directed while resting my hands in my lap. As soon as I closed my eyes I saw a familiar golden light in front of me. I opened my eyes again in surprise then took a deep calming breath before closing my eyes again.

The golden glow was waiting for me. I focused on it as I was instructed and my vision moved closer to the golden light. The golden light turned into a golden orb, then before I could even begin to guess what the orb was, my vision moved into the orb.

Inside the orb I found myself looking onto a rather familiar, but also unfamiliar view. The first golden orb turned out to be the golden sphere from my 'dream'. Another golden orb rested within the sphere. I recognized that it was the orb that was once my fog orb. Staring at the golden orb my mind was flooded with information. All of which helped to explain what had happened to me.

Within the golden orb were several glowing dots that floated around within the orb like fireflies. From the information that flooded my mind I knew that those fireflies were essense wisps that I could use to adjust my abilities. It was hard to count them since they were constantly moving, but I guessed there were around seven within the golden orb that represented my ability to gather, hold, channel, and discover new uses for a magical essence that I quickly dubbed as mana. The fog from before had been mana and without the golden orb which was my mana heart, I wasn't able to take in or process the mana properly. I was under the impression that without a mana heart, the mana would have only caused me more pain and maybe something even worse. The exact details of which were missing from the information I had gained.

Around my mana heart were my abilites. One was floating directly below my mana heart. It was a clear orb with several images inside of it, a leash, handcuffs, a pair of rings, and several others that were harder to make out. Two essence wisps, or mana wisps so I didn't confuse myself, were floating within the ability. Off to the side was another orb with an image of a campfire, three mana wisps were floating within it. Between the two abilities was a golden thread connecting the two. My last ability was a free floating orb with an image of a man sitting in the lotus position. Only one mana wisp floated within that ability.

Focusing on each ability gained me another information dump telling me what the ability was and the basics of what I could do with it. My abilities were bonds, fire, and mental. From my understanding I would gain more knowledge of my abilities as each gained more mana wisps. Besides that knowledge I could discover other uses, or learn them from others. Focusing on the golden thread between the fire and bond abilities gave me insight to where the elemental came from. The thread was a link between my abilities. With three mana wisps in my fire ability I could summon a lesser fire elemental to command, then my two mana wisps in bonds allowed me to bond the elemental allowing her to stay in my world even after the summoning time expired.

From what I could understand of my abilities and the link between them, I gained the elemental as a servant slash teacher, while she gained a much more refined form of mana from me. That mana would help her grow much faster than the mana she gained from her own world.

My only concern was what kind of strain that would put on me, but I needn't have worried, the amount of mana she was taking from me wasn't even a twentieth that I was naturally gathering.

My curiosity satisfied I opened my eyes and returned to the real world. I had seven mana wisps I could place into my abilities, but I didn't want to rush that. Once a wisp was placed into an ability I couldn't retrieve it, and at the pace I was gathering mana, my next wisp wouldn't be fully formed until a week had passed.

"She was right." Megan said with a smirk once I opened my eyes. "Your arms did flail around all over the place."

I frowned up at her then looked to Karen who nodded with a smile on her face.

I wondered if they were messing with me but didn't say anything.

Then Megan pushed her phone down in front of my face to show me a video of me sitting exactly where I was my arms moving around in front of me. It wasn't exactly flailing around, but my arms were moving around to match my mind as I examined my abilities and the link between two of them.

I snorted then pushed myself up onto my feet.

"So?" my elemental asked.

I nodded. "It worked, I have access to my interface." I told her. "Do you have a name?" I asked her. I couldn't keep thinking of her as the fire elemental.

"Nope, names are a fleshy convention." the fire elemental told me.

"How about Amy?" Megan suggested.

"I think Enya sounds nice." Karen offered.

I glanced at each woman skeptically. "You like either of those?" I asked the elemental.

"Enya sounds nice." the little fire elemental replied.

"Great? Good thing you didn't let him name you, he probably would have chosen something like Ember or Cinder." Karen said with an impish smile.

Megan snorted then her expression turned serious. "Can anyone explain what the hell is going on?" she asked.

I moved over to the couch and sat down then explained what I knew to the two women. Now that I had calmed down and relaxed a bit I was able to notice more about each woman. Megan was dolled up in a pretty blue dress that really brought out her eyes, while Karen was in a pair of tight black jean shorts, and a tan blouse. Both looked really nice, though I noticed that Karen had changed a bit in the two years since I had last seen her. She seemed more mature and confident than before.

"Are you serious Daryl?" Karen asked me, sounding concerned.

I nodded.

"So you have been laying on the floor of your apartment since this morning, since right after I texted you?" Megan asked.

Again I nodded.

"Awakening takes a while." Enya spoke up.

"Takes time? It has been half a day!" Megan exclaimed.

I frowned then grabbed my phone from the floor where it fell. It said it was eight in the evening.

"It was longer than most, but that should be because of his potential. I mean seriously, who has a golden core the moment they awaken!" Enya told us then did a little dance on the table swaying her hips around as she danced happily. "Soooo lucky!" Then the dress she was wearing parted showing her completely nude body.

Apparently her 'dress' was actually wings, and she was completely naked beneath her wings. For her size she had a rather attractive mature figure. Despite that though having her fly around naked wouldn't be a good idea.

"Enya." I called. "Can you use the raven form you were using earlier?"

"Huh? I can, but why?" she asked as she fluttered her red bird like wings. I averted my eyes so I wasn't staring at her full perky breasts. "Do you not like this form? No, that can't be true, it should match your preferences!"

"Oh, it should, should it?" Karen asked.

Megan giggled for a moment before she started to laugh outright.

I looked at the pair of women then shrugged. "I am sure it fits a lot of guy's tastes." I defended myself though I couldn't help comparing each woman's figure to Enya's. Not taking into account the size difference, both came pretty close. Karen was a bit smaller in the bust and waist, while Megan was almost a dead on. Apparently the women had noticed that too, or that was what I guessed as Megan gained control of herself then gave Karen a smug smile.

I decided that rather than sticking around for them to criticize or tease me I should do something more constructive. Like getting something to eat. The moment I had realized that I had spent all day passed out on my floor, my stomach had reminded me that I had missed several meals in that time.

"Your figure is fine Enya, but you can't go around naked all the time." I told her as I headed for the kitchen.

"No one ever minded before." Enya protested.

"Maybe, but you will be sticking around here longer than you are used to." I told her.

"Can't she wear clothes?" Megan asked.

"Of course, I have enough control over my power that I will not burn them away. Do you have anything that would fit me Master?" Enya replied then looked towards me.

"Nope." I replied.

"Well that sucks." Megan commented.

"Did you really expect me too?" I asked. "She probably can't even fit into doll clothes."