Dawn of Man (Thanos Book 1) (36 page)

“Aren’t we going to eat?” Kenna asked.

“I really want to leave this place now,” Ahnon said.

“You said they can’t hurt us,” Jedek said nervously.

“It’s not that, Jedek. I need to change pants,” Ahnon said, walking away. “I wet mine.”

The two started laughing as they gathered their stuff, and Talon hopped over, grabbing the bags of bat dung and flew off. They both sighed. “Thank you, Talon!” Kenna yelled as they ran to catch up to Ahnon.

Jedek fell in on one side and Kenna on the other. “Ahnon, how many swords do you think we can forge with this much adamant?” he asked.

“Eight or nine,” Ahnon said, grinning.

“Have you seen real fairies?” Kenna asked.

“Yes, when I trained with Esta,” he answered.

Kenna sighed. “Are they really beautiful?” she asked.

“Oh yes,” he said with dreamy smile.

“How big are they really?” she asked.

“As big as they want to be,” he said. “But they like staying about this big,” he said, holding his hands about six inches apart.

“I want to see one,” she said with a begging face.

“Kenna, I would be just as happy to never see another fairy or a relative of a fairy.”

“Oh, come on,” she said.

Ahnon shook his head. “Kenna, you can’t see fairies unless they want you to or a fairy queen grants you favor. They are extremely powerful with magic. I mean they take care of the forest and lands.”

“We just have to be nice,” Kenna said.

“Unless they come to the cottage, we will not visit them,” Ahnon told her. “I’m so grateful to whoever wrote that letter warning us about the tribe to the south.”

“I’m not,” Kenna muttered.

“Cheer up,” Ahnon told her. “You two keep up,” he said, breaking into a run. They kept up with him the whole way home though they were tired. They put the adamant in the forge shop then headed inside for supper.

When they finished, Ahnon stood up and came back with a tea pot. “You two have done well in preparing. It’s time to start,” he said, sitting down.

“We start real training tomorrow?” Jedek asked, smiling.

“No, right now,” Ahnon said. “And you have been doing real training.” He poured three cups of tea.

Jedek looked at the cups. “You’re finally going to let me have some of your tea?” he asked, amazed.

“Yes,” Ahnon said, passing him the cup and setting one in front of Kenna.

“What kind of tea is it that you haven’t let him have any?” Kenna asked, looking at the cup.

“It’s kec tea,” he said.

Horror struck Kenna’s face. “Oh no, I can’t drink this. I’ll be come a kec head and go crazy!” she yelled, pushing back from the cup. Jedek set his cup down and leaned back from the table.

“Kenna, stop it. You have seen me drink it along with Karme.”

Kenna looked at him. “That’s the tea she drank?” she asked.

“Yes. How do you think we can stay awake like we do?” he asked.

“But you have to have it?” she said, looking at the cup.

Ahnon shook his head. “No, you don’t. The mind controls the body, Kenna. Now, if you drink large amounts, it can make you want more, but you have to remind yourself that you are in control.”

“You won’t let me become a kecko?” she asked.

“Kenna, have I ever lied to you?” Ahnon asked.

“No,” she said, picking up her cup.

“Only a half a cup in the morning and a half a cup at night. We will sleep the night of the sixth day. Never more. It’s a medicine but can be abused, so don’t,” he said, sipping his tea.

Jedek picked his up and took a sip. He looked down at the tea, smacking his lips. “This is good. Did you put sugar in it?” he asked, taking another sip.

“No, that’s how kec taste,” Ahnon said, draining his cup.

Kenna took a sip and loved it, quickly draining her cup. A smile crept to her face. “Wow,” she said, “I can feel my hair growing.”

Ahnon laughed, stood, and grabbed two books, handing one to each. “Days are for training the body, and nights are for training the mind,” he said, walking over to the chalkboard. He drew two lines of symbols. “The language of magic is actually two separate languages. Both are from long-lost tribes of the first elves,” he said, pointing at the symbols. “Now, when you read the words, do just that. Don’t focus your thought on the action of the word. That’s why nobody speaks them. They connect your energy to this world. You can reduce the amount of energy with components,” he said and started writing words.

“Don’t say them, Kenna,” Ahnon said, still writing. When he finished, he turned around. “You had your mind focused but don’t even know the meaning of the word yet. That’s dangerous because you can just unleash your energy with the right pronunciation and focused mind,” he said. “Now, repeat after me.”

Clearing their minds the two repeated after Ahnon as the real training started. Sore bodies would be the least of their concerns from now on.

                 About the Author

Thomas A Watson was born in Bossier City, Louisiana, in 1970, and grew up in Doyline, Louisiana and Grenada, Mississippi. He was the assistant manager of W.C. Plastics in Grenada Mississippi for several years before joining the U.S Army, he was stationed at Bad Hersfeld, Germany. After serving four years in the Army, he returned to W.C. Plastics where he was the acting manager for four years.

He attended Holmes Community College in the evenings while working at W.C Plastics, taking core classes. He moved back to Bossier City area to be closer to his and his wife's family and attended Northwestern State University in Shreveport, Louisiana, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. After working 10 plus years as an emergency room nurse in and around Shreveport, he and his wife and two children, moved to Missoula, Montana.

Watson, meet his wife Tina in Grenada, Mississippi, they will celebrate 25 years of marriage in May of 2015. They have three children, Nicholas and Khristian Watson and Phillip Kyle. Watson, penned his first book in January of 2012, after moving to Missoula, Montana. His parents, Larry Watson and Kay Boykin, instilled the love of reading at a very early age. He has read and enjoyed most genres. His first published book
Blue Plague: The Fall
was released on Amazon and CreateSpace in August 2012.

Watson, signed a publishing contract with Winlock Press a division of Permuted Press in December of 2014. His Blue Plague series and Dark Titan series will be re-released in 2015 with Winlock Press.

Watson's Published Books to Date:

    Blue Plague: The Fall

    Blue Plague: Survival

    Blue Plague: Sacrifice

    Blue Plague: Rage

    Blue Plague: Decisions

    Dark Titan: Journey-Sanctioned Catastrophe 

Upcoming Releases and Re-releases:

Blue Plague: The Fall, Survival, Sacrifice, Rage and Decisions-2015

    Dark Titan: Journey-Wilderness Travel-2015

    Blue Plague: War-2015

    Blood Vengeance-2015