Vegenrage: The Magic User (25 page)

CHAPTER 19
Wherlerria and Magic Revealed

“I think I heard you mention Logantrance before. I can’t remember. Who is Logantrance?”

“Logantrance is the one who made me what I am. He is, in a way, my mentor, my teacher.”

“Oh, are we going to see him?”

“Well, for right now, I think I am supposed to use this hammer to strike this metal nipple, and we will see what happens. Well, here we go.” Vegenrage raises the hammer over his shoulder.

“Wait! Wait!” Behaggen shouts to Vegenrage as he snaps to life.

“Oh, look who is back.”

“Wait before you strike the Bell of Realm Reset. I have some more guidance for you. Remember how I told you all the realms of Wherlerria are actually regions of the planet Kronton? When you strike the reset, all the realms will reset to their original world and time. That world will have blinked one blink of an eye in terms of time. However, time on Wherlerria has been almost a millennium. Only the very powerful that live for hundreds or thousands of years will know anything is out of the ordinary. Most will not know anything is different. The progression of life on Wherlerria is the same as it would’ve been on the home planet they are returning to, except the very powerful have not been able to leave Wherlerria. You must be aware. This is the strongest magic ever used, and when the realms reset to their home planet Kronton, all magic will be disrupted, kind of like shorted out, and it will take time for the users of magic to regain their abilities. There will be no magic or very limited magic for probably a couple of hours. This will be no big deal for the most part, but in some cases, it will create havoc. You need to be aware of this because there will be unanticipated happenings from the return of the realms to their original world. Also, Farrah must be touching you to go where you go, so be holding hands when you strike the bell and do not let go, or you will end up in different places.”

“OK, Behaggen, this is really too much for me to understand, so let’s get this done.”

Behaggen falls dormant, and Farrah walks over and holds his hand.

“Here we go.” Vegenrage strikes the nipple with the hammer. The nipple crushes into its metal housing, and at first nothing happens. Then there is a ring, like a large bell has been struck by a tiny little hammer. The metal housing starts to crack, and a flash emanates from within. Vegenrage and Farrah are swept off their feet and thrown in the air but very slowly like they are in slow motion. They fly up like they were hit in the stomach, with their arms stretching out and their legs following their midsection. They keep a strong hold on each other’s hand, and like time has stood still, they float slowly through the air.

Logantrance is in his home and sitting in a comfortable rocking chair, when he notices the surge he has been anticipating. “Robert returns,” he says and chants some words and appears before the bottle in its safe, hidden room. The staff in his hand casts a light, and all the spiders retreat to their holes in the walls. Logantrance watches as the bottle cracks, and each crack leads to another and another, and a bright white light starts to seep out of the cracks. The bottle shatters, and it disintegrates with a blinding light, and he has to look away. The small ball the world of Wherlerria grows and evaporates, and Vegenrage and Farrah fall to the ground on the other side of the mound that Logantrance is on. They stand up unharmed. “Logantrance.”

“Young master of magic Robert, or should I say Vegenrage?”

“Vegenrage it is, and this is Farrah.”

“Farrah, well, it does not surprise me that Vegenrage would come back with the most beautiful girl from Wherlerria.”

“About Wherlerria, I think some more explanation would come in handy about right now.”

“Ah yes, question-and-answer time. You two come with me. I bet you could use some time to relax and hear about the creation of Wherlerria.”

They follow Logantrance to his library, and he transforms it into a relaxing dining room, and they sit and eat as he begins to explain about Wherlerria.

“The big question I have is, how does time elapse for almost eight hundred years on Wherlerria, which is really Kronton, but Kronton only aged the blink of an eye?”

“It’s a lot like you coming here. You have been in the Maglical System now for almost a year, but on your home world, time has not passed, not even a second, since you left there.”

“I have been here not even six months. I just don’t understand this time measurement at all.”

“Well, you will, and for lack of a better term, in time.”

“So how did you get all that mass, all those people and different beings, from Kronton to Wherlerria? Even if you knew the magic to do such a thing, which obviously you did, how did you have the magical strength to get it done?”

“That is where Behaggen came in. The planet Kronton was becoming a stronghold planet for very powerful evil characters. Blethstole was devastating whole kingdoms. Xanorax was in league with very powerful demons. Alluradaloni was stealing the souls of the most powerful beings fighting against the evildoers.”

“I am—was—Alluradaloni, but I was under the charm of Alisluxkana from the time I was a baby and was unaware of what I was doing. She used me as bait and killed all those people, stealing their souls and abilities and whatever magical items and stuff they had with them. Alisluxkana was the evil behind Alluradaloni, and Vegenrage saved me from that horrible witch. Now I am Farrah. Now for the first time in my life, I am free to think and choose, thanks to Vegenrage.”

“I see. I did not know that. I guess Vegenrage has been a savior to you and many more since the two of you have put a stop to the murderous ways of that witch. Did you come in contact with Swallgrace? He was my teacher and one of the most powerful magic users in the Maglical System.”

“Yes, I did see him, and he was using powerful magic on me when Alisluxkana attacked him from behind, and I don’t remember much of what happened after that, but I know she stole his life force. So, Logantrance, how did you get all the regions and live beings from Kronton onto Wherlerria and into the bottle?”

“Well, Behaggen is the first Bag of Holding and is the only Bag of Holding with free will.”

“Nope. Parnapp has free will now as well.”

“Parnapp?”

“Yes, Parnapp was given to me by Vegenrage when he accepted Behaggen, and Behaggen gave free will to Parnapp.”

“This must mean you are a student of magic now.”

“Yes, I am, and Vegenrage is my teacher.” Farrah looks at Vegenrage, knowing how cleverly she slipped that in there, and Vegenrage looks back with a smile that silently says touché.

“Before Swallgrace went to Kronton to face Alluradaloni, Behaggen advised him and me that if he should fail in his quest to find and destroy Alluradaloni, the realms of Kronton should be put in a Bag of Holding until a new master could be found for him. Otherwise, there would be not enough on the side of good to prevent the evil beings of Kronton from quickly advancing on Strabalster and Fargloin. They would’ve slaughtered and enslaved all three worlds, and we had to do something to at least halt the advance of evil, or it would have overtaken us all. Behaggen actually enchanted the bottle and imbued me with the magical knowledge to keep it safe and contained. Swallgrace, I, and Behaggen worked on this magic for six hundred years, gaining the strength needed, and when we had it all in place, Swallgrace set out to find Alluradaloni. If he were to fail on his quest—and he did—the bottle automatically swooped over Kronton and put a time phase in place so no one realized what was happening. The bottle imitated the entire world down to every molecule and made a replica. The bottle then backtracked, leaving the replicated world and kept the real world with all its life trapped within, unable to escape the bottle. The bottle simulated the rotating sun around the world and maintained gravity, but those like Blethstole, Xanorax, and Practu, the demon master of Kronton, were not able to reach any other worlds to expand their destruction. All the magic was really in the bottle, and the bottle did all the work.”

“Well, those evil characters can expand to other worlds now.”

“Well, now we have another magic user to help in the fight against them. Speaking of this, did you kill any of these evil adversaries? You had to kill Practu in order to release Wherlerria with the Rose Unbar Key.”

“Practu and Alisluxkana are the only two who died. All others are still alive. So Wherlerria no longer exists? It is gone and is Kronton now?”

“Yes, the bottle has been broken and Kronton restored.”

“Logantrance, this is much more than I had ever imagined. I mean, there is no limit to what magic can do, and this is too much for me to try to understand. I need to go home and rest.”

“I know this is overwhelming, but keep your wits up. Keep your spirit in good health because there has been a lot going on while you were in Wherlerria. The very powerful magic user Cloakenstrike is making great strides to become the most powerful magic user of all, and he has acquired the Octagemerwell, making him completely fluent in all elven magic. This is a very dangerous magic user and one to beware of. He has killed the king of Erkensharie and many others. I can already tell you have the Cloak of Concealment, and this is very good. No one can detect your presence, and this will be very good because your paths will cross at some point. He has led an army of humanors against the Ugorian Kingdom and tried to steal the Snow Gold Trinket. The humanor army has been wiped out, and Cloakenstrike and three humanors have been imprisoned in the Krasbeil Mountains. No one has ever escaped this prison, but he may. When you released Wherlerria back to Kronton, there has been a time phase reset disrupting magic, and I don’t know how this will affect the magic of Cloakenstrike and the magic of Shenlylith, but it will affect it in some way. I have prepared for this situation so we here can use our magic, and all magic will be normal soon.”

“Good. I need to go rest for a little while and try to understand as much as I can about what has happened. I am going to my study now.”

“I am going with you. It was nice to meet you, Logantrance.”

“You too, Farrah.”

Vegenrage and Farrah walk through a Dimension Door and appear in his home.

“Wow, this is where you live?”

“Yup, this is it.”

“Look at all these books. Are these all books about magic?”

“At least half of them are. A lot of them tell about the worlds of the Maglical System and its history.”

“How many of these have you read?”

“All of them.”

“Wow, so you know all the history of all the worlds of this solar system?”

“I know a lot of it, but it is all not correct. For example, I did not know about you. I mean, you are Alluradaloni in the history books, but it was not known that Alisluxkana had you under her charm and was the real stealer of souls.”

“Everyone thinks I am Alluradaloni?”

“No! No one knows who you are, and you are Farrah unless you choose another name for yourself.”

“Well, I don’t care what anyone else thinks. I only care that you think well of me.” Farrah watches as Vegenrage uses his magic to disrobe down to his shorts, and he transforms the fireplace to a very large comfortable bed. He jumps in. “
Ahhh,
this is perfect, now I can sleep.”

“How do I do that?”

“Do what?”

“Use magic like you do. How do I just make my clothes come off and float into the dresser like you did?”

“Well, as I studied all these books and learned about magic, the very interesting thing I learned is that magic is really nothing more than an extension of one’s own mind and thoughts. Not everyone can use magic, and I think it’s because it is all about the mind-set of each individual. I am from the world known as Earth, very far from the Maglical System. I am not even sure, but I think I am from the Milky Way. I don’t even know where that is in relation to the Maglical System. I don’t even know if it is a solar system. I think the Milky Way is a galaxy, and I don’t even know what a galaxy is. It’s just real big, but anyway, the Maglical System has a unique gift about it. All living, thinking beings can have the ability to extend the thoughts and dreams they have, and they can become reality. That doesn’t mean it just happens, and very few can actually make this happen, but those that dare to dream and dream a lot make it happen. Back on my home planet, I was a dreamer. All day and all night, I would just dream about the things I wish were true. It’s just the way I was designed, and maybe that’s what drew Logantrance to me. But here in the Maglical System, I can make magic just by thinking it. I dared to dream all the time, and now it’s reality.”

“Well, why can’t I make it happen? I am trying to make my clothes float to the dresser, but nothing.”

Vegenrage sits up. “Just relax, close your eyes, and visualize what you want to happen.”

She does and after a minute opens her eyes, frustrated, saying, “Nothing is happening.”

“Just relax. Try this. Rub Parnapp very gently and think about what you want to happen.”

She closes her eyes and rubs Parnapp gently in a circular motion.

Parnapp’s eyes pop out and rise above her hand, and a mouth appears with big lips, and they rise to her cheek and give her a big kiss. Farrah looks at him with a big smile, still rubbing the bag gently. Parnapp is so adoring and cute you can’t help but smile.

“Oh, you know how to make me tingle,” he says, and purple, red, and blue dots start to form around her body, and words come to her mind and she speaks them. Her clothes start to remove from her, and a tall rack similar to a coat rack forms next to Vegenrage’s dresser, and her clothes float over and hang on the rack along with Parnapp.

“I did it! I did it, Vegenrage!”

“You did it.”

She jumps under the covers with Vegenrage, wearing just her underwear and a big smile. She slips close to him, lying on her side and resting her hand on his chest, running her fingers through the hair on his chest. “So as long as I dare to dream and concentrate about magic, I can make it happen like you do?”

“I don’t know, maybe.” Vegenrage closes his eyes, falling to sleep.