Chapter 4

 

-=Ravenwolf Magick School=-

-=Book 1: The Gathering=-

-=Chapter 4=-

***Robin’s Perspective***

“Robin! Get out of that bed and get dressed, we have to go next door.” Mom yelled up the stairs to me. I looked at the alarm clock next to my bed and groaned when I saw that it was only 7:30. This was WAY too early to be getting up when there was no school.

Wait, did she say we had to go next door?

I was instantly awake and out of bed, pulling on clothes as quickly as I could. I couldn’t believe I was going to get to see Dann even sooner than I had expected.

I ran down the stairs like a flash and nearly knocked mom over at the bottom of the stairs.

“Whoa, slow down there sport. Someone might think you actually WANTED to go next door.” Mom said with a chuckle and a twinkle in her eye.

I quickly ducked out of her reach as she went to try and fix my hair. I stepped over to the mirror hanging in the hall to fix my own hair.

“I wanted to go talk to Dann this afternoon, but was not expecting it to be this early.” I said, still trying to get my hair to lie down. “Speaking of early, what’s he doing up this early, I sure hope he’s not one of those annoying people that are up and all happy early in the morning.”

“I don’t know sweetie, David just called me a few minutes ago, said that something had come up and that they wanted us to come over there as soon as we could.”

I tried to think of what could have come up that they would want us over there this early in the morning. I suddenly felt weak as the thought hit me that maybe he found out that I was gay.

Mom must have noticed something, “Are you alright honey? You just went very pale.”

“You don’t think he found out that I’m gay do you?” I asked her with a bit of a shaky voice loaded with worry.

“I don’t know how in the few hours that you two have been apart. I’m sure that David and Glenn would not have said anything.”

“Then how could he have found out?” I actually whined.

“Robin, you do not know that that is the reason for the call. So just calm down, we’ll go over there, find out what’s going on and deal with it.”

Of course I knew she was right. “Ok, let’s get this over with.”

I nervously walked next door with mom trying to prepare myself for the worst.

We stepped up onto the porch and the door opened before we even had a chance to knock or ring the bell.

“Won’t you two come on into the family room and have a seat so we can get this over with? Would you like some coffee Lisa?” Glenn asked.

“That sounds great. Black please.”

“Coming right up, Robin, would you like some OJ?”

“Yes please.”

Glenn walked off to the kitchen to get our drinks while mom and I went into the family room were David and Dann were waiting for us. I was so nervous that I could not even look at Dann, I just kept my eyes focused on the ground waiting for the inevitable condemnation that I just knew was about to come from the boy that I was falling in love with.

Glenn came back in with mom’s coffee and my orange juice.

“Lisa, Robin, won’t you please sit down?” David asked gesturing for us to take a seat on the unoccupied sofa. We sat down, but I still could not look at Dann. Because I was not looking at him, I did not realize that he also was looking at the floor rather than me.

“Dann,” David started off, “in the interest of expediency here, would you mind if I summarize what you told us this morning?”

“Nah, go ahead dad.” Dann replied, still not looking up.

“Ok,” David continued, “Lisa, Robin; this morning Dann informed us about a couple of dreams he had last night. Both dreams were of him and Robin. One showed them together in the future, and the other showed them together in the past. Glenn and I are of the impression that this means that the boys are soul mates. Now, before anything else is said, I think Robin needs to tell Dann the reason why you two moved here last year.” I was instantly petrified. “It’s ok Robin, everything will be as it should be.”

I paused a moment trying to gather my courage, I took a quick swallow of my OJ and quickly said: “I got caught kissing another boy.” I quickly took another swig of my juice. My mom put her arm around my shoulder to try and comfort me.

Dann finally looked up in surprise. “Why didn’t you just tell me yesterday? You had to know that I would have been alright with it. Heck, I have two dads that are gay, and I’ve finally come to the realization and acceptance that I am too.”

I snapped my head up looking at Dann.

“In fact,” he continued, “I believe that I am actually falling in love with you, and since the dreams seem to indicate that we are soul mates, it seems that it is predestined that we are to be together.”

I could not believe what I was hearing. I knew deep down inside me that what he was saying was true, but it was still a little hard to believe right off. I could feel the connection between us, like it had always been there and always would be there.

Dann looked at me with pleading eyes, “Say something Robin, please.” When I looked into those deep blue eyes of his I could not bring myself to deny him anything that he might request of me, ever.

“I think I love you too.” I timidly said. “I can feel a connection to you, almost like I can actually feel what you are feeling.”

We just looked deeply into each others eyes, not knowing what else to say, and feeling like there was nothing more that needed to be said.

We were so caught up with each other that neither of us even noticed our parents get up and leave the room.

The next thing I knew Dann and I were in each others arms, hugging each other like we were afraid to ever let the other go for fear of something terrible happening to the other.

***Dann’s Perspective***

When Robin said that he thought he loved me too I felt such a sense of peace and happiness like I had never felt before.

I quickly grabbed him up into a hug and held on to him for dear life. When I embraced Robin I got a feeling of completeness, like a part of me that I had not realized was missing had suddenly come back to me.

I pulled my head back enough to be able to look into those soulful green eyes of his and smiled at him. “We are together now, just as it has been in the past and as it shall be in the future. For all time you are a part of me, and I am a part of you, together we complete each other.” I then leaned down and kissed him gently but passionately on the lips.

As soon as our lips touched there was a sensation like electricity that went through both of our bodies. Suddenly, it was as if I was looking at myself in a mirror.

We pulled apart quickly. I could tell by the look on Robins face that he had felt it too. “What just happened?” I asked frantically.

“I don’t know, nothing like that had happened when I kissed that other boy last year.” Robin said with a touch of fear starting to creep into his voice.

“DAD, POP!” I yelled out, “GET IN HERE!”

“What’s wrong?” They both asked in a near panic as all three of them ran back into the family room.

“That’s what we’re hoping you’ll be able to tell us.” I said. “We just kissed, felt something like electricity flow through us, and then it was like I was looking into my own eyes, almost like looking in a mirror, but not looking in a mirror. Does that make ANY sense?”

“Did you say anything just before you kissed?” Pop asked.

I told him what I told Robin just before I kissed him. Pop looked at dad with a smile on his face, and dad could barely keep himself from laughing. Robin’s mother just stood there with a worried and confused look on her face. “Will one of you two please tell us what happened?” she asked.

Dad was practically in hysterics now, so pop had to tell us, “It looks like our son here just cast his first spell. They truly are joined now. A joining that is closer than any marriage or handfasting could ever make them. They truly are now a part of each other.”

Dad finally regained control of himself, “Wait a minute. Robin did you say it back to Dann?”

“No.” Robin stated, still a bit confused.

Dad looked at pop, “Then the connection is probably only one way.”

“You’re probably right Dave. Robin, did you get the same sensation that Dann just explained?”

Robin looked at me, “I felt the electricity, but that was it.”

“Ok,” dad continued, “you need to say the same words that Dann did and then kiss him. That way the connection will be complete.”

I looked at Robin, then at dad. “What will happen once this connection is completed? What will it mean?”

“Well,” pop started, “If my suspicions are correct, based on what you already told us, I suspect that you will be linked together in such a way that you will be able to see through each others eyes. You might also be able to feel what the other one is feeling, know what the other one knows, and possibly even communicate with each other when you’re apart.”

“And I’ll tell you right now,” dad continued, “if we find out that you two are using these abilities to cheat in your classes you will be in very big trouble. I would hate to have to find a way to bind these abilities as I feel they can be of great help to you if needed.”

Robin and I looked at each other, then back to my dad, “Ok, we promise.” We said in unison.

Dad smiled at us and just shook his head. “Ok, then if you’re ready Robin, go ahead.”

Robin and I looked at each other and then embraced like we had been before. Robin took a deep breath, looked deep into my eyes and then repeated my words back to me. “We are together now, just as it has been in the past and as it shall be in the future. For all time you are a part of me, and I am a part of you, together we complete each other.” Then he kissed me. We felt the electricity again, but this time it was more like we switched bodies. I could see and hear what he was thinking and he could do the same with me. This time the electricity was not just in our lips, but we could feel it flowing throughout our bodies. The sensation was kind of like the way your foot feels when it falls asleep, but this was running through our entire bodies.

“Great Goddess, would you look at that.” We heard Lisa exclaim.

We quickly broke the kiss, but the electric feeling did not immediately go away. “What? Ain’t you never seen two guys kiss before?” I asked Lisa with a barely suppressed chuckle.

Lisa looked at me with slight indignation, “Of course I have. I was referring to the glow. You two were giving off a good bit of light.”

“Woah, that is so,” I started saying looking back at Robin, “COOL.” We finished together.

Everyone chuckled at us for finishing my statement together.

“Well?” asked pop. “Can you two communicate telepathically?”

“I don’t know can we?” I tried sending to Robin.

Robin looked at me in surprise, “Did you just ask ‘Can we?’”

“Sure did.” I said with a huge grin on my face.

“Can you hear me?” I heard in my head.

“Yes I can, this is going to be SO cool. I wonder what the range is?” I thought back to him.

“I don’t know, but this is going to be so much fun.” I heard Robin reply, and not only did I hear his words, but I could actually feel the love he had for me coming over our connection.

I looked at my parents, “Any idea what kind of range we might have on our telepathy?”

Dad and pop looked at each other for a moment before dad said, “No idea kiddo, but I would imagine that the more time that passes and the more you use it, the farther the range will get. The mind is like your muscles, the more you use it and exercise it the stronger it will become.”

Pop looked at dad, “I think we may need to talk to Mr. Dowlin. I think since they have already managed to cast their first spell, we may need to make a change to their class schedules. They wouldn’t normally be taking Spell Casting until their 4^th year, but I think it would be a good idea if they went ahead and took it this year.”

“You may be right.” Dad said. “It’s still early, why don’t we head over to the school and see what can be done. I agree that we may have a unique situation here.”

Everyone agreed that it was a good idea, so all five of us loaded into pops SUV and headed up to the school.

-=End Chapter 4=-