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Over the next month, Thealosius worked with me on some historical aspects of the town. We went through the wars of the tribes' years back and how they had happened and ended. Our tribe had been in plenty of wars though had won the upper hand of most of them. The other tribes, the Dakini, Matak and Chumara had been fighting among each other for years and didn't seem like they were going to give up. Bartholomew visited a few times and slowly began to teach me the first spell: the fireball.
I got the hang of that pretty easily. I had to relax myself and think of the fireball inside. When I was ready, I called the incantation and if I was prepared, then I would perform the spell and then burn up a few of Thealosius's books. Something he wasn't pleased about.
One sunny afternoon, Thealosius took me to an army camp where soldiers, younger than I was, were training hard.
'These will all be under your control when you go into battle,' Thealosius told me. 'But don't worry yet. I don't think there will a battle in a
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long time. We will have enough soldiers to fight off the small skirmishes that happen every so often with the Matak tribe. You are progressing very well Arra - and that is something you should be proud of.'
In the corner of the camp were a band of soldiers with sacks of fire in their hands: firewarriors. Thealosius had told me about these soldiers, saying that only a few people could actually be trained in that way. They seemed interesting and powerful. I was grateful to have them in my army.
Bartholomew met me again and he went over some more basic spells like Swarm which would release a cloud of bees and wasps that would irritate the enemy but leave my people unhurt. After I had managed that well enough, he taught me the art of invisibility.
This was one of the spells that I had been looking forward to. I had always wanted to be invisible and walk around the town, causing havoc! But, I knew that it would only last for an hour or so. I wish it worked longer though. If
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