Dan's Wheel of Magic

Chapter 15

Those with Dan at present: Aspects Dan has:

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Ella - witch - fire Fire 8 spells

Bell - witch - water water/ice 6/5 spells

En'tra - Dark elf - dark magic Dark Magic 7 spells

Kim'ta - Light elf - light magic Light Magic Life 7 spells

Tygan - Light elf - light magic Light Magic protection 8 spells

Gre'ta - blue dragon - electricity Air Magic 6 spells

Marlena - mer-maid - sound Nature 5 spells

Shae'ten - harpy - air

Danea - Felich - Nature

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Dan looked at her and nodded. Then he turned to Danea. "It appears that I also gained Plant Guard."

Danea nodded her head, "A powerful spell that causes plants, usually trees, to help fight and guard. I have seen many with that spell use them.

All the females turned to Dan as he cleared his throat. "This attack was because of the elf king." Dan hung his head, "I lost control, I appeared in the palace and beat the king into submission. I also broke his arms and legs in at least twenty places. I kicked his head a few times and tried to break his ribs."

"Did he try to stop you," Kim'ta said, her mouth hanging open, a slow smile creeping on her lips.

"I'm not sure, when I saw that Danea and Shae'ten were hurt, I lost my temper. I felt a rage that I had never felt before. I told him that if they died I would return and finish him," Dan said.

"Why am I feeling there is more?" Tygan asked, her mouth hanging open.

"I...I killed the royal guard, a few hundred soldiers. I then searched out all the elf nobles that were aiding him and I ended them also," Dan said, his head still hung low.

All the females were gasping in horror. Dan, had killed that many elfs? Plus what he'd done to the king. All of them turned to Kim'ta, who was doing her best to not giggle.

She looked at the others and shrugged her shoulders. "After what they and he did to my family, I really have no love for the gentry or royalty.

Dan nodded as he had to agree with her. With most of her family scattered, imprisoned or murdered, he couldn't blame her.

"Oh, not many of you know her story. It seems that the king in order to use her power. Has taken almost all of her family, a great many are in the Elvin prisons," Dan said, the tenseness in his voice.

A now somber Kim'ta agreed as she said, "When you fought the king's troops at the Elvin city, my niece was there. Dan actually saved her two times. I found out later that they killed her mother. They still haven't found her father yet, though I hope."

This time, all of the female's mouths dropped open. "That little girl that Dan saved, she was your niece?" Ent'tra said. "I knew that she was very important when Dan had me hide the survivors, but I didn't know she was your niece."

Kim'ta turned to stare at En'tra, "You saved her and the others?" Kim'ta ran to En'tra and threw her arms around her in a huge hug. "Thank you," she whispered in En'tra's ear, shocking the dark elf.

Dan hung his head, "I wish I could have done more. So many died I should have been able to save them. I have to get stronger and make sure that cowardly ass doesn't hurt anymore."

"I agree that you need to get stronger, though don't do it for revenge," Gre'ta said.

Dan stared at her, realizing just what she meant. "I will attempt to, though, at the moment, all I can hear and see is all that died around me. I can't allow that to happen again. I mean I killed almost twenty-five thousand troops, not to mention all those in the palace," a slightly shaken Dan said.

"You are not a killer, this is war and things like this happen. As we all know, they have no regrets about killing you. You should not have any remorse about their deaths," Tygan said, shocking Dan.

"You feel like that even when you are a life aspect?" An even more shocked Dan said.

Tygan sighed, "Dan, as I said, this is war, they will not allow you to live. Those with you are also targeted, in order to stop this, many are going to die. I intend to live and go back to help my people." She then turned toward Danea. "I am so sorry that your village are as ignorant as they are."

Danea smiled as she nodded, "I am glad that Dan helped me to realize that they were only using me. It is unfortunate that they are now dead no me now, as is the clan."

"Your mother will survive, Danea. I just hope that she got away from them," Dan said rather sadly.

Danea's face suddenly lit up, "Dan? Could we go to my grandmother's village? It's a short distance from that one, I'm sure that mother would go there if she left."

A smile came to his features as he nodded, then had Danea think of her Grandmother's village. She nodded, then Dan touched her, then they all linked arms as the shadows wrapped around them, them vanishing.

A few moments later, they appeared in a village that closely mirrored Danea's village. A good many were shouting at the ten beings that appeared in the middle of the village square.

They quickly grew quiet when two older females called for quiet. Danea shouted when she saw her mother running towards her, embracing her with tears.

An even older female started to walk toward Dan, then stopped as her mouth fell open. "By all that is holy! Child," she said, turning back to Danea's mother. "He has seven aspects! Never have I felt this much power."

The older female started to kneel when Dan stopped her. "Please don't kneel, I am just a man, not a god. I do not want you injuring yourself kneeling."

The older female smiled as she still bowed to Dan, drawing a groan from him. This, of course, caused the older female to giggle, surprising Dan.

"Sir, it has been prophesied that a human man of great power would appear and heal the world. That he would right the great many injustices that have been wrecked upon everything and one. I did not think I would live to see the savior of us," the older female said.

Dan was surprised when she grabbed him in a hug that was far stronger than he thought it would be. That's when he noticed the tears of relief on her face.

"I was asked by your granddaughter to come here, to heal you. I am afraid that her old village wants nothing to do with me or the cure," Dan said sadly.

The older female nodded, "Her father has always been a stubborn fool. I am afraid that that village is lost to us, most unfortunate. Luckily, there are three couples here from there that weren't as stupid as the rest."

Dan's eyes went large in surprise, "I should start on them after I finish healing you."

The older female stared at Dan in surprise as she watched the glow fade from her body. "My, my sneaky, aren't you?" she laughed.

The older woman went to organize the rest of the village, as Danea's mother introduced Dan to the three couples. It took him almost thirty minutes to finish, then congratulated the last couple.

They stared at Dan, wondering what he was talking about. "It appears that as soon as I healed you, that the last time you had s*x," here the two blushed red. "It wasn't going to take though now with you healthy? You are now with a child, though it is very, very early."

Both of them stared at Dan, then each other, then they tackled him in joy. When they released him, he had to explain to the nine females with him what he'd discovered.

This, in turn, caused all of the females with him to congratulate the couple. This included a great many hugs and kisses.

Dan was smiling greatly 'til he turned and saw just how many there were to heal in the village. Dan just nodded then shrugged as he made his way to all that needed him.

It took him a little over four hours to finally heal all that were there. Dan sat finally finished, not as tired as he usually was.

Dan was asleep within a few minutes after kissing all the females. He then had a dream that shocked him for a moment, it was of his mother and sister. He hadn't seen them for quite some time.

"Dan," his mother smiled at him, then her countanace grew serious. "Dan, you are in danger, you need to grow further. You only have seven, you need all of them. We are sorry that this has fallen upon you. Collect them and correct what he has done. Remember family does not excuse pain and suffering."

This caught Dan by surprise: "Family, Mom? What are you talking about? You and Sis are the only family I have."

"No, there are others, though I am afraid that when you find out," here his mother's voice faded. "They will," then silence. "Do you understand? His mother's voice said.

"You cut out mom, what were you saying?" Dan said.

"You have family there, they are," then her voice was gone.

Dan awoke in a deep sweat as they had said something exceedingly important. He then started to trace what had interfered. He found it in the form of a mage in the palace.

All nine females backed away as Dan's anger rose, then became intense rage.

In the king's palace he watched, barely healed, as his head mage had reported what he'd seen. That was before he screamed and was crushed to a bloody ball of flesh.

That's when ten more mages tried to stop Dan. He made a slicing motion as all but one was sliced in two. The last screamed even louder, then his head exploded.

The king was immediately grabbed by Dan and thrown against the wall. The sickening sound of breaking bones could be heard with the impact.

Dan got in the king's face, snarling at him. "I grow a lot stronger, and I allow you to live in pain. Keep it up, and I will no longer show you mercy."

This time Dan cut both of the king's legs off. "You will pay for this," the king screamed.

"I already am, I am stuck in this pathetic, mud ball. Having to deal with petty dictators like you. Just to let you know? I already have all the dragon clans, all the mer-people and a great deal of the harpies. I have a lot more power than you think, and I am not afraid to use it. Keep on, I will end this slime ball of a planet with no problem!" Dan said as he rebroke the king's arms as he passed out, then Dan vanished.

An older male's head peaked around the corner, shaking his head. He could have warned the king though, the elf wouldn't have listened.

With a deep sigh, he'd barely had much sleep as the king had started self-healing. He shook his head as he started to reattach the legs. He was surprised that his healing power had grown.

Taking a breath, he saw that he was barely keeping up with the human. He also saw that the extent of the king's injuries were going to take far longer than he wanted to admit.

Dan snapped to his body with an audible gasp, then fell over on his side. His breathing was rapid as he tried to calm afraid he'd hurt the females.

He heard the loud steps of one of them approaching, then stopped beside him. "I was elected to tend to you," he heard the voice of Gre'ta. "Where were you?"

Dan's voice was low and, in a growl, he said, "I punished the bastard again. I killed eleven of his magic users, then I cut his legs off and rerbroke his arms."

Gre'ta's mouth dropped open as she shook her head. "As strong as you are, it will, indeed, be quite a while before he tries again. What did he do?"

"I had what I consider a waking dream. I was talking to my sister and mother. They were trying to tell me something important, something about family that I have here. They are the only family I have, at least as far as I know," Dan said.

"Family here? But you are human and there haven't been humans here for five centuries. Are you sure?" Gre'ta started.

"Yes, I'm sure, though a lot was garbled by the magic user interfering. That won't happen again any time soon," Dan growled.

"We need to," Gre'ta started when En'tra shouted and Shae'ten landed. "I saw a great many of the king's troops heading this way," Shae'ten said.

"I am detecting more than five thousand headed this way," En'tra said.

Dan grimaced as he felt that his magic power was at a little less than half. "I don't think I can move us," Dan said as a group of soldiers approached at high speed.

He reached out and erected a wall, then started to project flame, shadow, ice, water and light shields. He knew that, that was going to seriously drain him.

"I am going to need you all to use your strongest spells. I am at less than half my magic," Dan said, surprising all the females. They all walked to him and kissed him as they got into position.

Dan thought they had a chance when he felt the magic users. He motioned at all the females as he indicated the magic users.

Gre'ta nodded as she took off and started to blast the magic users with a double electric blast. She'd gotten all but one when the last got her with a fire blast. The rest of the females were also firing their strongest spells.

Gre'ta, fearing she would land too far away from Dan, turned fast, going as fast as she could. In as much pain as she was, she crashed at Dan's feet not moving.

Dan's face twisted into a mask of pure hate and rage, his power flared far higher than it had ever been. Just a look at the magic user turned the male to dust instantly.

He then turned his attention to the now stopped troops. His power was so high that all of them were shaking at the sheer amount.

Dan's voice amplified blasted out to all that were left. "You have one chance to live, turn and leave or suffer a fate far more painful than the magic user did. You have a minute."

He saw that a great many were considering it, then half turned, walking away. The rest started to rush Dan, whose face was starting to glow an almost golden color.

All the troops were starting to yell to gather their courage though the shook from Dan's power. Through his teeth, Dan rasped to the females, "Get behind me now!"

They immediately did as he told them, then his arms and hands started to glow red, then lighter, an almost gold color. The heat that was coming off him was starting to become almost unbearable to the females.

Dan started to yell as the power was almost overwhelming him. Finally, with a last yell, a golden, blinding light shot forth from him, enveloping of the troops that stayed.

Much like the magic user, they didn't even have a chance to scream, as they were there, then they weren't even dust. All nine of the females could only blink as the light was gone in seconds.

All of them stopped as they had been running towards Dan when Gre'ta yelled to stop. They were all amazed, where Dan's hands were on the ground where he fell, the earth was liquefied.

"What in the hell was that?" Ella asked, amazed that Dan was still alive.

"I have never seen it, though I have heard of it. That was a mid high-level spell, he is far beyond all of us," Gre'ta said in awe. "He has to cool before we can touch him, he was hotter than five thousand degrees."

Dan looked up at the nine females as he tried to smile, "You're safe now," he promptly fell off his knees onto his face and chest.

All of them tried to get closer, though the heat wafting off him was indeed far too hot. They could tell though that he was rapidly cooling.

"I need to report to the queen, and we need to move soon. I am afraid that the queen, the Dark elf elders and several more felt that."

No sooner than she'd said it, then the visage of the Dragon Queen appeared. "Gre'ta! We detected a very high-level fire spell nearby where all of you are. We haven't felt that amount of power in a very long time. Is all well with you?"

"We are well, Queen Ad'ella, we were under attack from a white elf army. I believe that I saw Dan use a mid-high- level spell, Solar Flame. It, it was horrible, they didn't even scream, they were just, gone," Gre'ta said as she shuddered. He is still too hot to touch though cooling rapidly," Gre'ta said, though she was shaking, remembering what she'd seen.

"My dear daughter," Queen Ad'ella said, feeling for her. "I have seen many terrible and horrible spells over time. I remember the fight between the Grand Master mage and the king. Right before the Queen and his wife disappeared."

"I may have to bring you home if it gets to be too much, my dear, Ad'ella said.

"No mother, my queen. I can and will finish this. Please don't pull me," Gre'ta said.

Queen Ad'ella sighed against her better judgement she nodded. "If you can not handle my dear, I will have you back here immediately. I am not playing, my dear, I want you back in one piece." Then the communication ended.

Gre'ta released the sigh she'd been holding. You sure you're alright? I know the rest of us were affected by that. It was truly a devastating power that we saw, though this is war," En'tra said.

Gre'ta shudder as many of the females came to hug her. "Thank you all, but I think that we need to go. How many can you move En'tra?"

En'tra was in thought for a moment, then said, "No more than two at a time. Though if I get us far enough, then it shouldn't take long."

Gre'ta nodded as she thought, "I can take one with me and Shae'ten can fly. So that's five, then two, leaving two. Take him and the water witch, then Danea and Marlena. Then Tygan and Kim'ta. Me and Shae'ten will fly to you, I'll bring the fire witch."

En'tra nodded as she vanished with Dan and Bell. A minute later she returned, gathering Danea and Marlena. Another minute then she reappeared and told where she had gone to, then gathered the light elves.

Gre'ta and Shae'ten took to the skies with Ella on Gre'ta's back. It was a rapid trip that landed then near Anna's home.

All of them were surprised when, as soon as the Dragon and Harpy landed, Anna appeared. "Dan!" They heard Anna shouting as they felt a heavy pounding of feet. "What happened to him?" A worried Anna said.

All the females that knew her, then had to explain just who Anna was to the others. There were a few looks of confusion while everything was explained.

Finally finished with explanations, they all sat as Anna explained about her village. A village that was severely afraid of Dan and the power he possessed.

The whole time, Anna and the rest of the females were all smiles as they stared at Dan. "As he did when you were with us, he tried to do more than he could," En'tra said.

Anna nodded her head, "I remember him doing that. Is it still taking a long time," Anna started, then they all went quiet as Dan groaned.

Dan then tried to get up, falling immediately on his ass. "s**t," he said. "I feel I've been run over, then backed, back over." He looked at the sea of faces, spotting Anna, a smile appearing on his face.

"Hello Dan," a now blushing and shy Anna said.

Dan again tried to stand, then shook his head as he crawled to Anna and hugged her. "It is good to see you again. I have been worried about you, Danea and En'tra when I left you at your homes," he said.

"About me? Why were you? Were the two of you treated badly by your people?" Anna shook her head. "They are your family, they shouldn't." She then sighed as they were approached slowly and cautiously by apparent elders.

Dan bowed to them before they spoke. I apologize if my being this near has caused panic in your village. This has occurred in others, we will depart if it will make you less worried," Dan said with a sad look on his face.

He had turned as he started to walk away. An older female Golem reached out and gently grasped his shoulder. "You do not have to leave. The whole village are afraid that you were another strong conqueror. There are so few of us left that we err on the side of caution," she said with a smile.

"I do not wish to harm you and your people. That means scaring them also. I do not want to do that. I have enough problems with errant kings as it is," Dan said.

"We have heard of what happened at the palace. After all, you did warn him, which he scoffed at. Is it true that you broke both his legs and arms," the elder asked.

Dan looked away, shame coming to his face as he nodded and whispered, "Yes I did. I was so angry when he hurt Danea and Shae'ten. I lost my temper and hurt him, then killed the nobles and the troops that tried to stop me, they died," again Dan turned his head away, ashamed at the death he had caused.

The elder female nodded as she felt Dam's pain. "Perhaps now that he has been injured twice? The king might actually leave you and yours alone."

Dan could only stare at the elder. "Why don't I feel that, that is possible?"

"Well, anything is possible. Even a miracle of the King acting like a civilized being," the elder female said.

Dan started to laugh so hard that he fell to a knee. "I believe that would be the biggest miracle of all time." He then turned back to the elder. "So, we are welcome here in your village?"

The Elder and the others that had appeared were all smiling at him. A small female ran to Dan and grasped his hand.

Dan looked down at the young Golem, then bent to her when she motioned to him. In a whispered voice she asked, "Can you really make us all better?"

A huge smile appeared on his face as he said, Let's see, OK?" Then the young one started to laugh as a light enveloped the both of them.

Still laughing, she kissed him on his cheek, "It tickles. It tickles mom and dad," she said as her color grew better as did she.

A male and female nearby had tears of happiness as she was fully healed. Both of her parents were amazed when Dan healed the both of them too.