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Here we go folks... chapter 18! The first of the 3-parter.... as usual Ruth of Pern thanks for editing and Newbie thanks for allowing me to use Xander. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter

Chapter 18- All falls down Part 1 (Training Daze)

Lucas sighed as he tried to focus on the spell he was trying to cast. It was a basic telekinesis spell and he had managed it right as his powers were awakened, but for some reason he was having trouble focusing... he figured the tall wolf standing behind him was the reason. He could feel Ian's warm breathe flow down his neck and it was making him a bit horny...

"Hey Ian, can you give me a bit of space man?" He asked his... um... boyfriend. He could feel the heat radiate off Ian's large body and knew the boy was probably blushing underneath his dark fur.

"Sure," Ian muttered backing off for a bit.

Once he felt Ian's breath leave his neck, Lucas sighed and began to concentrate on the matter at hand. His spell target was a small pillow which he was supposed to move from one side of the room to another. He scrunched up his forehead a bit and felt the familiar sense of power flow through him and the pillow quickly started to float. He then quickly moved it to where he was supposed to land it before moving another pillow.

This continued for about an hour before Ian stopped him. "Pretty good love," he said as he grabbed Lucas in a tight embrace. Lucas blushed a bit as Ian licked his face in an affectionate way.

"Now I think we can practice shield spells. Now, there are three types of shields; Barriers which only stops the assaults. Reflects, which reflect the attack back at the caster, and deflects which rebound the attack in a random direction, each of them have their own uses. Barriers can stop multiple attacks at once. A deflect is good for multiple targets as you can hit several by deflecting the attack. Reflects are only really good for one on one combat but are very powerful." Ian instructed.

"So what do you want me to do?" Lucas asked.

"I want you to deflect my attacks first." Ian stated calmly as he created a small fireball in his paws.

This made Lucas very nervous, "You are not going to be chucking fireballs at me! What if I get hurt?" He asked shakily.

Ian just shrugged, "We've got Monet to fix you right up... I consulted her and she said she could heal burns in her sleep... I won't put too much power but it's the best way to learn... think fast!" he said as he threw the fireball right at the fox.

Lucas quickly managed to dodge it but Ian quickly threw another he dodged that one as well and the one after that but he barely managed to dodge the one after that. "Use the spell Lucas!"

Lucas sighed and focused on the fireball and quickly put his hands in front of him, "Barrier!" he cried and a transparent wall of energy appeared in front of him. The fireball quickly fizzled out in front of him as it hit the shield. Ian smiled a bit at that and chucked several more fireballs at him.

The barrier stayed up but Lucas kept feeling some recoil as the fireballs hit the barrier in front of him and after several another minute of constant assault the shield shattered and Lucas fell to his knees exhausted.

"Great job Lucas! You kept up that barrier for a while... pretty good for a noob," he said cheerfully.

Lucas was just gasping for air, "Why am I so tired?" he asked the wolf confused.

Ian just sighed before explaining, "Shield spells use a continuous amount of magic... the more times the barrier is struck the more magic is taken when you couldn't hold it up anymore the barrier shattered... you kept up a pretty good while for someone with no experience with magic I'm impressed." Ian said clapping Lucas on the back.

"Tha-thank you..." Lucas muttered shyly slightly embarrassed by the other boy's praise. Ian just chuckled at that and led him to one of the couches. Once Lucas was sat down he disappeared for a few minutes. While he was waiting for his... boyfriend... it was still weird to think of Ian in 'that' way. After Thomas he'd given up on love... it only led to pain and heartache... sure his parents loved each other, but he knew their marriage was strained. They never fought in front of him or Erin, but he knew there was a distance... both having their own jobs and lives, they hardly saw each other...

He sighed and just looked around. Everybody was doing their own thing... Xander was with Richard who was showing him how to properly use his powers. Seeing both of them moving the water so gracefully was pretty cool to watch... he also saw Greg lifting some weights while Erin was making things randomly float... Mr. Jordan had showed her how to use her powers somewhat... Air-Mage's were able to manipulate the weight of things and allowed them to float around them... he had a theory that the telekinesis spell was derived from what Air-Mages could do naturally.

Even Allison was there... she was chatting with Erin though he didn't bother listening in... it felt nice being surrounded by his... well... his friends. He never thought he would be able to say that...

Ian eventually came back with two bottles of water and snuggled up towards Lucas who gladly accepted one of them.

"What are you thinking about love?" Ian whispered into Lucas twitching ear.

Lucas just shrugged and let his head lay on Ian's chest. He thought for a bit before he let himself speak, "Nothing... it's just that it feels nice. You know being surrounded by friends..." He muttered in a somewhat sad voice. "After Thomas I pretty much gave up on having friends but here I am... surrounded by people that like me for me... it's... nice being liked." He said and Ian snuggled Lucas closer to him enjoy the smaller boys scent.

"We all got your back mate... but you and Xander were in there for a while before. What did you two talk about?" He asked the small fox in a curious manner.

Lucas just sighed a bit at that. He wasn't going to tell anybody what Xander had told him... it was up to Xander to come clean to the rest of the group. They made sure Erin also got the memo that what was told was only between them.

"What me and Xander talked about it between us and Erin who was eavesdropping... if you want to know I'd ask Xander..." he said calmly.

Ian's ears drooped a bit and Lucas rolled his eyes and hugged the big wolf to him. Ian took advantage of this and kissed the young fox, "I guess I will ask the pup later, but now I think it's time to do some more training..." Ian said as he affectionately licked at Lucas' cheek. They both got up and tried to adjust their aching erections. That could wait till later...

Eventually the two of them were standing in the middle of the small ring in the middle of the room. "Now, we're going to do some more training on shields... you can switch between spells quickly enough if you focus hard enough... now I want you to try and switch between barrier and reflect, okay?" he asked before throwing a fireball at Lucas who quickly set up a barrier. He kept it up for a few more minutes before he started getting tired. Something flashed in his mind and he quickly changed stance.

"Shield change: Reflect!" he cried and the barrier changed to a light blue colour and as soon as Ian's fireballs hit the new barrier they rebounded off of it and were sent flying back towards Ian who easily dodged them before sending several more in quicker succession and Lucas saw the shield was slowly cracking underneath the immense pressure of the assault. He e quickly changed stance again... "Shield change: Barrier!" he said and the shield changed back to its translucent state and the Fireballs fizzled out again as they hit the barrier. After several more changes Lucas let the shield break and collapsed on his knees exhausted.

"You did great! Lot better than I thought you would... but yeah let's take another break and then we'll move to something else." He said lifting Lucas up into his arms as if he was nothing more than a newborn kit. It was a bit embarrassing that Ian could lift him so easily but he guessed all those muscles weren't for show after all... He led the fox back to the couch and they cuddled again. "You're pretty good Lucas... hard to believe you just found out what you were only a few days ago..." he said as he groomed Lucas face a bit.

"I know... its weird all my life I thought I was a freak... I guess I am in some sense... being a Dark-Mage and all... plus these visions..."

Ian just sighed and hugged him closer to his chest and chuckled, "That just makes you special Kit, your unique and I like that," he said moving Lucas muzzle up a bit kissing it lightly.

Lucas blushed a bit but returned the kiss all the same. After a few minutes they broke the kiss and Lucas looked around. Allison was helping Erin use her powers. She was trying to target a pair of spiny things but her aim seemed a bit off. Allison was looking and when she noticed what Erin was doing wrong she was quick to fix Erin's stance and her aim improved gradually until she nailed the target right in the center.

He looked away from the girls and looked around towards Richard and Xander. Richard was showing Xander how to properly stream the water around him. Xander was pretty good but something was making him nervous. He looked towards Ian.

"Hey Ian, how do I use my element? Erin can control air and Xander and Richard just need water around them and Greg just needs the ground beneath his feet... How do light, dark and fire mages use their powers?"

Ian sighed a bit at that, shrugging before speaking. "Fire mages and other users of fire magic can make their own flames at will you just need to focus the energy in your paws and..." He said that just as a small fireball floated above his padded paw. Lucas just stared at the bright fire. The reddish-orange flames were simply floating mid-air until Ian snuffed the fire out. "Pretty simple really...I think fire magic uses the mage's energy you know our metabolism to fuel the flames... usually after I use fire for a while I wind up getting pretty hungry..." He said cheerfully. "But light and dark... it's tricky basically it takes a lot of focus...like so..." he said and a small ball of light floated in his palm.

"Awesome... can you show me how to do that?" he asked the wolf in an excited tone but Ian just shook his head and frowned a bit.

"I don't know Kit, light and dark are polar opposites... what works for me might not work for you. We'll figure out how to use your power soon enough, but in the meantime let's see if you can use fire..." He said as they both got up and went back to the ring. "Now, focus... imagine a fire forming in your paw... find your inner spark and bam!" he said as a fire started in his paw.

Lucas tried to duplicate it but he only got smoke billowing but no flame. The more he focused the less smoke he made, "I can't do it..." He muttered embarrassed. "I can't make a flame..." Ian just shook his head and went up and hugged Lucas.

"It's okay Kit, not everybody can use fire magic... Richard and Xander can't... fire... it takes an inner passion...an inner fire if you will...it's possible you just have the wrong personality. To be honest I absolutely suck with water magic... it requires you to be cool calm and collected, and I'm not so good with being that way... You could say my personality is more fire based which is why I'm good with that element... maybe you'll do better with water." He said before looking over at Richard, "Hey bro!" he shouted at the other wolf.

"What Ian?" Richard responded back calmly still keeping the water floating around him.

"You think you could show Lucas some water moves?" he asked.

Richard just shrugged and muttered a 'sure' before turning towards Xander. "Hey mate why don't you take five? I'll get back to you in a bit... good job so far though."

Xander just nodded and went over and began chatting with Erin who had also decided to take a break from her training also. He noticed Allison wasn't in the room and neither was Greg... he figured Greg had went and got dinner ready and he had no idea where Allison had gone.

"Hey Erin," Luc called to his sister. The girl jerked her head towards him her eyes showing a bit of confusion.

"Yeah bro?" she asked the older fox calmly.

"Where did Allison go?" he asked her curiously.

She just shrugged before speaking, "She got a call from her dad... he wanted her home so she left... said she would see us at school tomorrow..."

Lucas just nodded a bit before walking over to Richard eager to learn at least one element...

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Allison sighed as she held her phone up to her pointed ear. Her dad had demanded she come home as apparently he was dead-set on having that talk he promised her earlier.

"Yes Father, I am on my way home now... I am about halfway there, so don't worry... yes I know I am your daughter but you should not worry I can handle myself..." she told the man on the other side of the line. "What is Mother fixing tonight?" She asked the man waiting for his response when she got it she grimaced a bit "Lasagne again? Oh well I will be fine..."

She got the feeling she was being watched, "I will get back to you in a few minutes father... someone else is calling me," she told him hanging up before he could protest and turned the phone off. "You are getting sloppy you know..." she told the invisible figures. Out of nowhere about ten grown men wearing heavy trench-coats... Hunters.

"You're surrounded kid, now... I'll ask you nicely little girl! Keep your nose out of our business... or we'll have to kill you!" The speaker, a somewhat chubby panda growled at her.

She recognized the man and frowned, "How are you Mr Meng?" She asked him calmly, "And how is your Son? I believe we are classmates... now. I will give you one warning. You and your flunkies will leave... I do not want to be responsible for the death of one of my classmate's parents..."

The Panda grew angry at that, "You aren't in a position to make ultimatums kid!" he growled out. "We got you outnumbered ten to one! Do you really think you can take us all on at once?"

Allison just chuckled at that, "Actually yes, it should not be so hard... I have taken out much larger groups singlehandedly, so please... I do not want to bring harm to one of my classmates family members... do you want your son to be without a father Mr. Meng? Because I will be obligated to defend myself if you keep this up, and when I have to defend myself I kill those who put my safety at risk."

The Panda just glared at her again, "That's it! Gene, Charlie, get this brat! We'll take her to the boss."

Allison's eyes brightened at that, "Oh, as much as I would enjoy a meeting with the leader of the Hunters, I have more pressing issues... My mother is making lasagne and I am quite hungry..." She said before getting into a defensive stance.

Two men charged at her, Gene and Charlie she presumed... one of them was a raccoon and the other was a dhole. She dodged both men and grabbed the raccoon's arm and slung him back into one of the other hunters.

"I really would rather not fight in my school uniform Sirs, but you leave me no choice." She looked around. She was unarmed which dismayed her. She usually had a few knives on her but she would have had a hard time explaining to the school why she had a virtual arsenal of knives on her in school so she never kept any of them with her. The dhole had started to charge at her again but she dodged and struck his chest. The man immediately grabbed his chest before he collapsed, his heart exploding from the impact. She noticed a fair amount of blood was coming from his nose and muzzle.

"Gene!" Another of the men shouted... a tall malamute. His piercing blue eyes glaring daggers at her. Quickly he charged at Allison, but she was too quick for him and she jumped over him grabbing is neck before she hit the ground and snapped it like a toothpick. _'Two down and about eight to go...' _She thought grimly to herself.

"Seriously please leave me be... I would rather not kill anymore tonight... think of your families..." She said in an almost pleading manner. The raccoon who had charged at her earlier was the one to respond.

"Our families will be much safer without trash like you running around!" He growled and she sighed.

"I have no magic you idiots... I am a mundane like you, so please leave me be!" She told them coldly, but the Raccoon charged at her. He had drawn a knife and was about to try and stab her before she quickly disarmed him and impaled him on his own blade. He quickly went limp as the blade was shoved through his chest. 'Three down now...'

"I was expecting more of a challenge quite honestly..." she taunted lightly, "Come-on, bring it because this is becoming quite boring..." She said just as two men, a grizzly and a wolf charged at her. She dodged both easily and slit the bear's throat with the knife before turning and thrusting the knife right in the wolf's eye before the grizzly could fall to the ground. Quickly another wolf ran towards her and she threw the knife right in his throat before running up and drop kicked him, driving the knife deeper into his throat. She quickly grabbed the hilt and quickly took out a very fat rabbit. 'Four, five, six, seven...three more to go...' The last two men were shaking a bit.

"Boss... she... she just took down seven men... we need to retreat!" The lynx said in a shaky manner. The other man, a panther nodded in agreement. However Mr. Meng just growled.

"Retreat now and Cain will have our heads!" he shouted, "Now go get that little bitch!" He shouted both them looked to each other and nodded and ran towards her and were quickly culled.

"You are all alone now Mr. Meng... Leave now and I will spare you...But stay any longer and I will be forced to take your life... and I do not want to face your son knowing I killed his father..."

The Panda just laughed coldly, "Jin? That little faggot? Please I have no son... his bitch of a mother ruined him... a few good beatings would have settled him out, but no child abuse... bah! My father gave me regular beatings and I turned out fine!"

Something flashed in Allison's eyes, "Meng is gay? Hmm... he seemed shy around Mansfield in homeroom... But I would have to agree with your wife... harming a child is never excusable and I do not think being a member of a group who are dedicated to committing genocide is turning out well... I feel for you Mr. Meng. You are quite pathetic. Your son is a good kid. Seeing him having such filth for a parent disgusts me, consider my offer null and void," she said calmly charging at the man.

He dodged her barely and actually managed to cut her across her cheek with a blade. She gingerly rubbed it for a bit before smiling. "You actually got me... oh this will be fun..." She told him coldly and charged him again.

This time he wasn't able to dodge and she kicked him several feet backwards and he landed on the cold hard concrete with a nasty thud. He groaned a bit before getting up. This time he charged at her and wildly began to try and cut her. She kept on dodging his assaults easily and got a few blows of her own. He grunted a bit as she slugged him in the stomach before back-flipping away several feet. He continued to charge her but he was grown tired and she quickly down a leg-sweep sending him on his back and she quickly lunged and stabbed him right in his blackened heart. He gasped and shuddered somewhat as blood began to pour from the wound. Allison calmly sat down next to his head cradling it almost delicately.

"Do not move, we both know it is over..." she told him sadly.

He just coughed as blood began to leak out of his fat muzzle, "You're good kid, shame you aren't a hunter..." He managed with great effort. "You would have risen through the ranks..." he said his coughing only worsening.

She gave him a cold look, "I would never joined the Hunters... You should have never joined them Mr. Meng... I feel for your family Sir..."

He just laughed or at least tried to, "Bah... We all have our beliefs kid...we all have them right..." he said, "But I enjoyed our fight... Cain was right... you are tough..."

"So tell me how the esteemed head of the Hunters doing? I have yet to meet him in person... but I look quite forward to it..." She told him with a small smile. The Panda just chuckled with his last breath before his body went limb and his eyes turned glassy and empty.

She gently closed his lids before making a prayer, "Lord Hades please have mercy on these poor souls... they fought nobly for what they believed in. Please guide them through the underworld and to peace..." She said before getting up and turned her phone back on... she noticed ten missed calls and winced somewhat. Her dad was going to be upset. She quickly called his number and he quickly answered.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!!! YOU JUST HUNG UP ON ME AND TURNED OFF YOUR PHONE!!!! I KNOW FULL WELL YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER INCOMING CALL!!!!" The older coyote roared through the phone, "SOMETIMES I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT TO DO WITH YOU!!! DON"T EVER WORRY ME LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN!!!"

She sighed pulling the phone away from her sensitive ear, "Now do you feel better Father?" she asked him calmly.

"Don't start with me Allie!" he growled at her, "What happened!"

"I was ambushed by hunters... I am fine I only got a cut on my cheek... it will take me no time to fix that... but I would make a call to Sergeant Kendrick... tell him there are ten bodies in River Street and Hope Avenue... all of them Hunters... have him identify them and send notice to their families..."

"You want me to contact a Knight Allie?" The man asked in a shocked tone, "Are you okay child? Normally you would avoid the Knights..."

Allison just sighed, "I am fine... One of the men was the father of one of my classmates Jin Meng..." she said looking down.

"Oh Allie... you had no choice..." he told her softly, "I will call the Sergeant as soon as you hang up... please hurry home Allie..." He told her before he hung up the receiver.

She just looked at the phone and sighed, "Yes father..." She said looking up to see the moon shining over her.

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Lucas was sweating and he was quite tired. He had faired a bit better on water, but he was having a bit of trouble still. He could barely maintain his stream of water.

"Relax mate, you need to relax let your body become loose..." Richard said and Lucas managed to loosen his shoulders a bit, but he suddenly felt very tired and he wound up blacking out... he barely heard Richard and Ian both shout his name before he hit the floor hard...

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It was another vision but this one was different... It wasn't Xander he was seeing, it was his mother? Sure enough a beautiful vixen with bright reddish fur was tied up. The room she was in looked exactly like the living-room. Standing over her were five men all wearing billowing cloaks. He had never seen them before... but he had a feeling they were bad news.

"Let me go!" The vixen... his mother shouted at one of the men.

He just chuckled at her, "Sorry Lady, Lord Abel told us to keep you locked up... said you would be used to lure our target to us..."

"Target?" she asked him confused... "What are you talking about?" she demanded.

"Your Son toots... according to Abel, this kid is the catalyst we've been looking for... the key for wiping your kind of the face of the earth..."

"My kind? We are both Canines!" She growled at him.

The man only shook his head a bit, "No, 'your' kind. You Mundane's.... those who were born without magic... Shame though, you are very pretty... but we need you to lure your son."

He watched as his mother's eyes flashed, "Kill me now! Leave my son out of this you monster! I don't care if you have magic! You put I paw on my Kit and I will kill you!" She shouted.

The man just chuckled at that not taking her seriously at all. The other men also were laughing, "You have spunk toots... I like that... but put something in her mouth... to shut her up..." He said coldly and they quickly gagged her.

Lucas could only watch in horror as his mother was dragged away from his sight and he was quickly brought back to consciousness.

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Ian was frantic... Lucas had just collapsed and he wouldn't wake up. He checked the Kit's heartbeat and it was normal as was his breathing but he still wouldn't wake up... He had started slapping at the Kit's cheeks trying to force him awake. Eventually it worked and he was hit by a massive amount of telekentic energy which threw him back several meters. He landed roughly on his back when Lucas got up suddenly diligent.

"My mom! Some men have my mom!" He yelled panicked... "Some men in billowing cloaks..."

_Billowing Cloaks? _Oh no... "The Cabal!" Both he and Richard yelled at the same time...

Erin quickly ran up to him frantic, "Someone has mom?" she asked her voice shaky in fear.

Lucas could only nod and tears began to fill his bright blue eyes..."Yes... and I don't know what to do..."

Ian got mad... those bastards already forced him to leave his home... making Lucas cry really pissed him off, "We'll save her Kit..." he said getting back up and hugging the smaller man to his chest. "We will get her out safely I promise you Lucas... we'll save her... we just need to get my dad and we'll take out the Cabal..." he said.

The others also agreed and he suddenly felt very nervous... he had a feeling things weren't going to turn out quite as well as they wanted it to... he just hoped his gut feeling was wrong... for Lucas' sake...