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WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 42
As Ronan pulled his covers up to go to bed, he caught the usual flash of red as Phantom drifted through the wall to the outdoors. Granted, he was glad he could go to sleep knowing Phantom wasn't sitting there watching him like a creep, but he was still curious as to what was out there that could keep the man entertained for so long.With the thought heavy on his mind, Ronan pulled his mind to sleep. A sequence interrupted by the cold lick of a breeze tickling his face and crawling through his warm covers. The irritation quickly became unbearable, and he lifted his head drowsily to inspect the culprit.All at once his body lurched back with a shriek of surprise, his heart pounding at the unexpected visitor perched in the frame of his window. The figure with snowy white hair watched him impassively, allowing the thin curtains to flutter and set the eerie scene in the unwelcomed breeze.Ronan sucked in a breath, holding his covers up to hide his body from the visitor. "What are you doing
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 42.2
"Where are we off to?" Phantom said, following Ronan through the grassy field. The sky was covered on a thin sheet of hazy grey clouds; the closest thing to rain Ronan had seen so far.He walked over to the forest's edge, and looked down at the familiar, rugged patch of grass from his dreams. After ensuring his only spectators were Puff and Phantom, he got on his knees and started digging.Sure enough, after tearing up a large portion of grass and dirt, and thoroughly confusing his audience in the process, his fingers brushed against the cold surface of a large rock. He scooped the remaining dirt away, revealing the smooth, white surface of the Ceptrum.It wasn't just a dream."How'd you know that was there?" Phantom said, transfixed to the stone as he squatted next to Ronan. "I thought they'd have torn down most of the old Ceptrums, I don't recognize this one...""I had a really messed up dream," Ronan replied, concealing the rock with dirt and chunks of grass. "Do you know anybody w
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 43
"Who is that guy?" Veronica seethed, still burning at the strangers knowledge and jabs at her even as they walked towards the forest trail. Red chuckled dismissively, still drawn to the overhanging towers of black mere minutes from loosing a shower of droplets on them. "He's an information broker, shopkeeper, advertiser and distributor of... contracts. He's a great guy. Don't worry, I don't think he meant to threaten you, he was being blatantly honest." Veronica sighed, relaxing her face to fatigued indifference. "I guess most of the information on me isn't really guard-worthy, I just don't like people creeping on me." "Don't worry, he didn't creep on you, someone else did," Red said, his smile souring Veronica's lips even further. "Thanks for that," Veronica replied sarcastically. Another crack tore through the sky with an echoing roar, and Puff dug his claws into Ronan's shoulders. Like the highly intelligent creature he was, he had accepted their fate, waiting for whatever mon
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 44
It had been well over a week since Jeremy left, and Ronan was wondering if he'd been eaten on his way to delivering his letter to Staz. School was bad, as usual. Everyone would play a cruel game of tug of war with him when they were asked to group up for games, and his friends were still acting weird. He even caught Talli trying to feel the spaces around him for something, but when he questioned her actions she broke into incoherent stutters. On the bright side, Puff could stay in the air for about ten seconds before falling to the ground, which was a sad amount of progress, but it was the only celebratory thing Ronan could think of. Since his progress in using lumience without the help of Puff or Phantom, was still verging on hopelessness. Mr. Mudelin's class had now gone from going over the basics, to full blown attacks and defensive counters. Since Ronan didn't feel like accidentally killing one of his classmates with the unpredictability of his spells, he'd been using Phantom to
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 44.2
Ronan didn't think he'd been gone long, but when he slowly creaked open the classroom door, a wall of eyes met his, a picture frozen in time as the cluster of students pulled their attention from Mr. Mudelin's demo."Ah, good, we were just looking for a volunteer," Mr. Mudelin boomed, smiling as Ronan creeped away from the door. "You seemed good at this, come here."Ronan's legs refused to move, so he sat there looking around at all his classmates nervously."Stop looking around, I'm talking to you boy," Mr. Mudelin growled, crossing his arms with impatience. "Come here."After receiving a head motion from Iris to hurry up, Ronan slowly approached his irked teacher, and stopped a couple feet in front of him."Good, now put up your shield," he ordered, getting into position to attack.Ronan nodded nervously, and slowly slid his hand into his pocket, but halfway through his phrase, Mr. Mudelin interrupted him."Having your hands in your pockets isn't exactly an ideal survival tactic."R
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 45
Samanthra grabbed a stack of papers, and hoisted them up with a grunt, slowly waddling over to a shockingly empty table."You need help with that?" Red cut in, approaching his struggling headmaster to assist her."No deary, I'll be fine." She dropped the stack with a relieved sigh, and wiped her forehead. "I hate paper. Anyways, continue, have you found any other methods? Ways to fix your... What was it again?""Telly?""Ah yes, Telly. Well, any progress?""Nope, I've got nothing," Red replied, he hadn't even thought about fixing the Telly. "You know, I don't see why keeping him on Lumi is so bad, he's having loads of fun.""I'd hardly call snapping at a teacher and wounding a house leader 'loads of fun'. That poor boy needs to go home, I can only imagine what he's going through right now. What you've done to him."Red ignored the guilt trip, his face shedding its usual lighthearted smile. "He can't go back to Earth. He's safe here."Samanthra sighed, shaking some dust off a document
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 45.2
Jeremy had finally returned, bearing a letter and a small, fairly light sling bag. When Ronan entered his room, Truvius, who assumed he was still fuming, refrained from talking to him, and left their conversation at a greeting before retreating to the study room.Starting with the letter, he tore open the envelope and retrieved the paper inside.Dear Nephew,Firstly, please refrain from doping my cat on a daily basis, it makes him forgetful and clumsy, which is not ideal for delivering letters.Secondly, your kidnapper is lying, and I can't wait to get my hands on him, could you tell me their name by any chance? There is no such device I know of that requires such a tool to transcend worlds, I don't know what he used, so there is the miniscule chance I may be wrong, but I want you to know it is beyond unlikely that whatever it was used a Zodraic Battery. Not even an ancient portal requires that much power.But, since I promised to meet your needs to the best of my abilities, there's a
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 46
"Y-You're back!" Talli exclaimed, the food tray in her hands acting as the only thing between Ronan and a crushing hug. "W-We thought you, you went into the forest and got eaten.""You thought," Veronica corrected, taking her seat beside Ronan at the table.Truvius and Talli had played it safe, sitting across from Ronan and seeming to be extra careful when they talked to him. Which in the end was more irritating."So, where'd you go after leaving class?" Truvius started."Outside," Ronan lied, pushing Puff's nose away from his food. "Did I miss anything important?""Notes... silent class." Truvius faked a pouty face to match a theatrical voice. "I think you hurt Mr. Mudelin's feelings."Ronan raised his eyebrows. "He has feelings?"Talli looked around in worry at her laughing friends. "I don't think we should make fun of our teachers, I like my marks.""You're right, but there's no point with Ronan since he already hates him," Veronica replied."My brother said he ignores th-the peopl
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After scaling a few levels of the roof, they found a cracked window and slipped into an empty guest room, the door to the hall barely ajar to show its lack of a guest.Veronica could see the sliver of a guard's shadow to the left, her hopes withering as she looked back to the window they had come through. But her gaze fell on the boy instead as he whispered a spell into his cupped hands, a small butterfly glowing with golden light fluttering from his palms and out the door.There was a small commotion as the guard to the left spoke with another one, two pairs of footsteps following the enchantment until they grew silent. The boy lead the mission, tiptoeing through the empty corridor until they rounded a corner to face two guards sitting at the end of the hall.Veronica swallowed her gasp, confused as the boy continued to lead her up to them. She heard a noise when they'd gotten close enough, one of the guards letting out a soft snore as his head drooped against the second guard using
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 119
Veronica sat on her bed, stuffed like a spring hen but still buzzing with birthday energy. She had only played with one of her gifts throughout the night, a dinged up wooden dagger that she'd managed to hold away from her mother until the gazes of the guests forced her to allow the gift to remain in her hands. She had looked for Mr. Bunny afterwards to show him her new prize, but Horus had informed her of his early departure.She knew that they had planned for today to be their last, but the disappointment lingered nonetheless. She still had one last gift she had hoped to give him.Veronica sighed, grabbing for a fairytale on her shelf instead of the books that had piled from Jackling's tutoring. She had gotten a few new stories to read Cinder before bed, but the phoenix had taken a particular liking to the golden lettering of one title."The Adventures of Locke Lanbrellhande..."She stopped at the small tap that met her ears, glancing at the side of her bed where Cinder was still per
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 118
It was all wrong.The corridor was too tight. The guards were too close. Too tall.It was too cold, suffocating.He was meant to be in the room to at least give him some time to think."Are you alright?"The boy snapped to the voice. What was a blink to him, was long enough to land him on the ground, palms to the floor to keep his entire body from shaking. He didn't know how long he had blanked out for, but the king had taken a knee to come closer to him, washed with concern as a few of the surrounding guards hovered over the scene to see where they could offer help."Come lad, can you stand?"His gut twisted at the way he tried to help him up, but with Vera bracing his other side he couldn't very well squirm away from the king. He doubted that he'd even have the energy if he decided to. But he knew now with the scene he'd caused that he would have to respond with more than a nod.Cilvren would have had his translational enchantments up to date, but there was a standing risk of a few
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 117.2
It had been a little over an hour since the nosy boy named Horus had been dragged off. But the silence finally let him work without prying eyes. The size of the pants had allowed him to stitch pockets inside, just big enough for a dagger to hide beneath the folds on either side. Horus had likely thought he was being smart when he hid his old clothes and daggers from him, but the presence of magic in the air always escaped Lumer senses.He pulled them out of a pile of blankets, finding the rest of his trinkets and the invitation to shove in his pockets. With some hesitation, he bounced the black spool of string in his palm, staring at the shiny silver needle and pocketing the whole thing. He had to be preapred to use anything.Hopefully Veronica wouldn't miss the small thing, nor the black cloak he found in her wardrobe.Blue crystals twinkled at his fingertips as he traced his hand down the cloak. He just needed to be invisible from a distance for a few minutes. Most of the guards had
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 117
It was the end of the painfullest slumber party in history.Veronica had exorcised her birthday immunity to raid a closet of nearly all its bedsheets, and prop them up as a haphazard blanket fort in her room. It was the perfect mess for the boy to hide in when someone walked in without knocking, but also a tight fit when it came time for sleeping.Veronica had been ushered away at the crack of dawn for the maids to prepare her outfit, which left the boy in Horus' care. He had to get the two of them ready, and hope to the gods that the boy picked up at least half of the common Latos mannerisms he had taught him. But all of that was to the side as Horus stared at the boy tucked into a corner of the blanket fort.Horus didn't know what was weirder. The way he held a few flowered bauble pins out the side of his mouth as he sewed, or the fact that he looked like a seasoned seamstress as he cinched the waist on a pair of pants Veronica had swiped from Adrian. The cut was tall enough for him
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116.3
The door opened, the boy squatting lower into the tub as Veronica peeked in. She flaunted the tiny beginner's book like a sack full of slivs, tiptoeing up to the tub with a devilish smile."I found it.""You don't have to whisper, we put up a sound block enchantment.""You guys have to teach me!" Veronica piped. She quickly landed on the bar of soap in Horus' hands, putting two and two together at the suds popping in the boy's hair. "Horus, that's soap.""Yeah...""That won't do, it makes your hair all icky." She grabbed a tray full of mysterious pots, smearing at least five of the creams together before her mysterious concoction was complete.No amount of dodging could save the boy from being her test dummy, but the smug way he simply let Veronica rub the bubbly concoction into his hair irked Horus to no end. She grabbed some more of the secret spread, only stopping when not a single black hair could be send through the froth of rose bubbles on his head."You're never going to smell
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116.2
Veronica surged with confidence, a top and trousers that she had stolen from her brother's room, as well as one red envelope embellished with gold trimmings hiding between two books she had snatched from house Acadrius' library. She had the best idea to get Mr. Bunny safely out of the castle, and perhaps have him earn her parent's favour for a second visit.Her birthday celebration was in two nights. She had been lucky enough to find the spare invites before Ambelsine the records-keeper discarded them all. With the right clothes, he could easily blend with a room full of rich traders and nobility—and walk right out the front door.The guards paid her an odd look as she waved to them, the two at her door hesitating before allowing her into her room. She tried not to show a reaction. She had told Mr. Bunny not to make a sound, the guards would run in with a loud enough crash. But the room before her was empty, the small pile of books and food she had placed for him tidied up.She checke
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116
Horus gazed up the hill of crimson steps to Veronica's room. He had counted to five hundred, and found Mr. Jackling well before he found Veronica. Apparently, while counting in a passage behind a closet, Horus had somehow climbed out a window. At least, that was Jackling's truth as he spent the better part of ten minutes going over the dangers of climbing onto roofs with himIt wasn't the first time Veronica had fed him an outlandish tale. But Horus ate up the blame every time. Veronica blabbered when she panicked, which meant she was hiding something. And that something was always better dealt with without the adults getting involved.Adrian would have more than a sharp word for him when he got back to that problem he'd up and abandoned. Things were simpler when the children of Acadrius weren't revulsed at the sight of one another.Horus made quick work of the stairs, fixing a lopsided shoelace and dusting his collar before gently knocking to call his presence. A muffled shuffle was
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 115.3
Veronica barreled through the halls, a shiny steel bowl tucked over her head as she carved a clear path to her destination.Adrian's room was so far from her own, privileged to the same hall as her mother and father's bedchambers, and nearly as grandois. When Horus and Adrian weren't scrapping in the courtyards, they were almost always doing something in there.Veronica confirmed her theory as she pressed her ear to the door, letting herself in at the sound of Horus' voice.Adrian was quick to call out her trespassing, stepping out of the hold he had Horus in to cross his arms and slap a sour glare on his face."Don't touch my door.""It's not yours," Veronica snipped back, clutching the bowl tighter as her brother took a challenging step. She quickly stole Horus' attention. "I need your help."Adrian scoffed at her caked shoes. "What's with all the mud? Mom's going to have a fit.""None of your business, I need Horus to help me.""We're practicing. Go get Maria or Jackling to help yo
