Chapter 2: Banishment & Flashbacks

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Max's POV-

"20 minutes"

"20 minutes? What do you mean?" I asked, although I knew what was coming.

"20 minutes, meaning that's how much time you have to get any personal items and supplies you need, and then to get the fuck out of here!" my father spat. "I Jefferson Leo Lavellen, current First Enchanter of the Lavellen Mage Clan, herby banish you, Maxwell James Lavellen from this clan and also strip you of your rank. I don't want my faggot of a son to lead my clan!" While all of this was going on, his eyes were glowing gold. "If you ever step foot in MY lands again, I will personally strip you of your magic, take away any magical objects in your possession, and I will also destroy your staff. Do I make myself clear?"

I just stood there, frozen, in utter shock. The man who I had called my father was kicking me out of the clan just for being gay!? Honestly, I was expecting this, but it still crushed me. I fought back any tears that threatened to leak from my eyes. I didn't want my fath- no the First Enchanter, see me as weak.

"Do I make myself clear!?" he shouted again. I took a deep breath, and looked at him definitely.

"Crystal", I replied, bluntly. He gave me the death glare, sensing my sassines in my voice.

"Your 20 minutes starts now!" he barked.

I sighed and teleported to my room in a puff of white smoke. I quickly made a duffel bag appear on my bed, enchanted it to have unlimited space, then carried it to my closet, stuffing as many clothes as I needed into the bag. I then went into my bathroom and grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste. Since I have magic, I would just use it to keep myself clean. I sped back to my room and began to pack any herbs or potions that I might need, and grabbed my royal blue sleeping bag. I then went to my nightstand and picked up a picture of me and my mother. I sighed.

"If she was still here, she would have reasoned with him", I whispered. It took all of me to not start crying right then and there. My mom and I were close, closer than me and my da- the First Enchanter, ever was. She was the person who I came out as gay to, and she accepted me. She kept it from da- the Keeper because she knew he was homophobic. The picture I was holding was from her 35th birthday, which was a little over 2 years ago. It was taken a month before she died, and I wish that day never happened.

Flashback- 2 years ago:

"I've always wondered how nature could be so beautiful", I said while looking around the clearing.

"We have Tunare to thank for that", my mother replied. We were currently in a small clearing in the forest, taking a break from walking. The small open space was breath taking to say the least. It had a small sparkling blue pond in the center, with a singular oak tree beside it. A small bench was in the shade of the tree, so that anyone could sit down and take in the beauty of nature.

"Well she is the Goddess of Nature, so that makes sense", I said. My mom and I always took walks together in the forest, especially when dad was meeting with First Enchanters from different clans. We would come out here to pass the time, and just talk. It was nice, and I never took it for granted. But today was different. My mom had asked me to come with her on this walk because she said she had a surprise for me.

"So what was this surprise you told me about?" I asked, not being able to contain my eagerness any longer. She laughed and held out her hand, and with a tiny POP, a small box appeared in her palm. She placed it into my hand with an excited expression on her face.

"Come on, open it!" she said, excitement rolling off of her. "Its an early birthday present!" I opened the box, and gasped. It was an amulet, with the dragon symbol engraved into it. I took it out of the box and felt a small rush of energy flow from it and into my hand. It was clearly enchanted, and it held powerful magic.

"I love it mom!" I said, giving her a hug. "Thank you so much!"

"No problem kiddo", she replied, hugging me back. She then proceeded to tell my that it was indeed enchanted, what it could do, and how to use its power. I probably thanked her a million times because I couldn't say anything else. I knew that I would have to train and get used to using it and how it worked, but I felt confident.

As I was putting it on, a loud growl erupted from the trees, capturing both of our attentions. We whip our heads around to see 3 giant wolves walk out of the forest and into the clearing. Not just any wolves though. Rouge werewolves. Two wolves were roughly the same size, one with sandy colored fur, with percing yellow eyes, while the other wolf was a brunette color, with hazel brown eyes. But the larger wolf was the scariest, with grey fur and deep, blood red eyes. Mom and I quickly stood, her making a fist full of ice in her hand, while I made a ball of electricity in mine. We were warning the rogues that we were mages, and that we were powerful. They didn't back down however. The grey wolf took a step forward, and my mom threw her ball of ice at it. The rogue dodged it, and pounced.

Trigger Warning: Blood, if you don't like blood, skip to this symbol *

Everything happend fast. Before either one of us could cast a protection spell, the wolf landed on top of her. It bit into her neck hard, blood gushing out of her neck. She tried to scream, but only blood came out of her mouth.

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"NOOO!" I screamed, very high pitched. I then lifted the rogue with my magic, and threw it into a tree. I then quickly froze all 3 of the wolves in place making sure they wouldn't attack further, and ran to my mother's side. Her eyes were closed. Her wound was too deep, and she had lost too much blood. Not even magic could save her now. She was gone. Tears streamed down my face as I looked at her pale, lifeless body. I began to scream. From anger, pain, loss, and grief. As I was screaming, my eyes glee dark purple as I began to summon a lightning storm. Lightning crackled in the sky and thunder erupted, sounding like an atomic bomb. I screamed again, my focus shifting to the rogues. I slammed my fists on the ground, and 3 bolts of purple lightning instantly came down and struck the wolves, turning them all into ash. I cleared the storm and took a deep breath. I felt drained. I had never used such powerful magic in my life. Using the last bit of my strength, I teleported my mom's body and I to our house, right outside my dads office.

I furiously knocked on his door. He opened it and his expression changed from annoyance to shock and grief in 2 seconds when he saw my mother's dead body.

"What happened!?" he asked, shouting. I told him everything that happend, from when she gave me the amulet, the wolves appearing, and her dying and me killing them. After I told him everything, he clung onto his wife's body, small but very mournful sobs escaping his lips.

End of flashback

Ever since that day I've hated werewolves. I didn't want revenge, I wasn't a vengeful person, and my mother never would have wanted me to go off killing innocent werewolves just to avenge her. I just didn't want any thing to do with them.

"6 MINUTES LEFT FAG!" my fath- the First Enchanter, bellowed from below, snapping me out of my thoughts. I quickly snapped my fingers and food a appeared on my bed, mostly snack stuff like granola bars, water bottles, and stuff like that. I stuffed it all into my bag along with the picture. I grabbed a pillow and a blanket. I grabbed all 8 of my spell books. 7 for magic, the other one for alchemy. I put my amulet on and summoned my staff. I tried to lift my bag but it was too heavy, the books being the main cause. I quickly put a spell on the bag and its content to make it lighter. Then I threw the duffel over my shoulder and teleported to my front door.

"Times up!" my da- the First Enchanter yelled. "Now, GET OUT!"

I sighed, opened the door, and stepped outside. I began walking to the forest, using my staff as a walking stick. I walked through the forest for around an hour until I reached the border of our lands. As I stepped over the border I felt a wave of peace wash over me. I let out a sigh of relief. I was finally free!

To be continued

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