Training with Echantments

Apollo sighed as he looked around the guildhall library shaking his head.  He scanned through all the books grabbing a few of them off shelves groaning. "Let's see starting enchantments,  enchanting basics,  advanced enchanting,  enchanting for the everyday use..."  the titles of books went on.  He needed to get stronger so he could prove he was a worthy member of Fairy Tail but how was he going to do this was the question.  The answer was he was going to start training.  He had his shields bu he lacked the strength to do more in a fight. he decided to learn enchantment magic since he had dabbled in it once or twice but never really seriously tried it before.  He started grabbing all of the books he could find on the subject.  He had asked Heero if he could use the island for a project and told him that he needed to trust him when he said it would be worth his time.  He didn't want to tell Heero or his guild about what he was doing because he wanted it to be a surprise when he came back.  He started loading up a bag full of books looking away from the shelves.  he walked over to a specific book shaking his head.  he didn't really know how long he would be there for he had packed food for a few days just in case plus he was smart enough to know how to use the islands rescourses to his advantage.  Apollo took a deep breath in and then looked for the book that would take him to Tenrou Island.  Apollo sighed the things he was willing to do to become stronger he was prepared for the worst and he knew that this task wouldn't be easy but it was something he needed to do not just for himself but for his guild.

Aika skipped down the steps, her orange cardigan covering her arms, her finger tips where bandaged with white clean cloth. In her arms where various sorts of book, she had volunteered to clean up the library a bit. The mass of knowledge was often times rummaged through by the guild members, sad to say books where placed back in the wrong shelves and scattered about on the tables left to pile up until someone cleaned up the mess. On her side was her messenger bag slung across her shoulder to hang on the side of her waist. Inside the bad where various sandwiches, snacks, and thermos filled with tea. She had planned to go invite Apollo on a picnic to congratulate him for completing his exam. As Aika was taking down some books for relocation she saw Nadarr acting mighty suspicious from the other side of the book shelf. She tilted her head in curiosity.

I wonder what he's doing Aika thought to herself as she tip toed her way to the side of the shelf to get a better look. She narrowed her eyes to see the text on the books that Nadarr had collected. It seemed that he was doing some research of some kind. Aika smiled, and channeled her inner spirits to partially enter her Death Rider form, she retained her flesh but her hair glowed like a slow burning flame. Before Apollo can notice Aikas presence, she vanished temporarily turning herself into a ghost. She walked towards Nadarr and tilted her head as she read the titles of the book.

Enchantments, Aika giggled softly to herself. It seemed that Apollo was about to undergo some intense research, she could feel the determination the he had. Aika decided to tease him a bit, she plucked a book and started to wave it around Apollos face. "whoooooo! waaaah!" Aika moaned like a stereotypical ghost. "I am the ghost of the library! You didn't check these books out! Whooooo! I wil haaaunt yoooou!" Aika spoke, holding back her giggles. She finally reappeared in front of nadarr, her hair still glowing softly.

"whatcha up to Apollo?" Aika asked as he tilted her head with a small smile curled upon her soft lips.

Apollo looked at various books then heard something. It sounded like Akia being a very stereotypical ghost but he couldn't tell at the current moment. He didn't know if she was tring to scare him or tease him to a degree but regardless it wasn't working well for him. Then as he turned the voice was gone. "huh weird.." He said expecting to see her death rider form or something like that. he then turned seeing her floating there causing him to jump a little as she just smiled asking what he was doing. He took a moment to collect himself taking a breath He looked at Akia who was in front of him. "Hey Akia i'm just going to Tenru to do some enchantment training...don't tell anyone I want to surprise them with my progress" He said as he gathered some more books from the shelves regarding enchantments. "and as for checking these out...yeah" he said as he collected more books putting them in a bag sighing. He had no intention of actually checking these out since he was just going to be bringing them back soon. He didn't know what he was going to do when he got there or how to start this training all he knew was it had to be done. He then looked at Akia and ruffled her hair a little and nodded a little at her as he went to pull the book to tenru island "i'll be gone for a few days ok" he said looking back at her. She was looking at her floating there looking at him and he sighed a gain but then turned looking for the book to take him to tenru.

Aika sighed as well she walked past Apollo and skimmed through the books until she stopped an plucked it out of the shelf. "This is the book that will take you tenru island....aaannd you should take this book as well, its a book about runes, its not technically enchantment, but many enchanters use runes to enchant their weapons. Its a good idea to start wit that off first, eventually when you get well versed at it you can enchant without using any runes." Aika smiled as she tiptoed and picked another book from an upper shelf. She then handed to Apollo as well.

"Also, when starting off with enchantments, you should start of with something small, like a leaf or a pebble. Focus on enchanting smaller objects then progressively move on to bigger and more difficult targets. Heck you might be even be able to enchant your shield magic to increase its offensive and defensive capabilities.....Ah! Sorry, I ended up rambling again....I mean I can help you out with enchantment and stuff.....my magic is...erm... my magic is some ways a form of enchantment magic as well..... for example....my death riders touch, I pick an object command a spirit to posses that object, the object then gains an increase of attack and I can move it as I please." Aika touched a chair, it immediately burst into a yellow, orange flame. With a wave of her finger the chair floated around.

"I can't really use enchantments, but I know of the basic principles. After all I spend all my time reading and researching." Aika chuckled awkwardly as she commanded the chair to gently set itself down back to its original spot. The flames flickered away leaving the chair unharmed, as if it had never happened.

As she rambled on about enchantments and handed him books he was....well he was surprised to say the very least. She seemed very knowledgeable in this subject even if it wasn't her primary magic she seemed to have a grasp on the concept. He seemed very impressed for once and then looked at her more. He didn't know what to say as she rambled but the more he heard and saw the more amazing it seemed Apollo loved learning about things like this so this was a amazing thing. He then sighed knowing what he needed to do he rubbed his neck not being very good at asking for help but he could tell he was going to need it. He sighed again shaking his head. "Hey um Akia...not to put you out would you um..." he groaned more. It wasn't as if he was asking her out or anything but his nervousness and the awkwardness certainly made there presence known at that moment. ""can you possibly come with me to Tenru Island to um...help me..." he said not being good at asking for assistance but he knew he would need it before this was all over "he smiled a little a tad embarrassed but non the less eager to get started with or without her. As he waited smiling at her he didn't know what else to say. It felt likes time had stopped as he waited for her response but the fact still remained he needed to get going

Aika chuckled she found it amusing how he struggled to ask for help. Ironically she was going to follow him whether or not he permitted her to do so. She put her hand on her lips to conceal her smug grin. She then tip toed and reached out to pat Appollo on the head. "You know there's no need to get embarrassed. I'd be happy to help you, in fact I already have a packed lunch ready!" Aika laughed as she pointed to the lunch basket she had set down before she began to haunt Appollo. She walked around the table as her fingers traced the wooden table top. She went over and picked up the basket and returned to Appollo's side. "Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness....remember that I'm here to help you." she smiled earnestly. She then stood by the book shelf, it was clear that she was ready to go when ever Appollo was ready.

Apollo looked at the basket sighing "you weren't going to stay I see well..."Apollo looked at her sighing as she says there is no shame to asking for help he sighed talking very quite "yeah it's just not easy" he says then he walks over pulling the book sending them to Tenru Island.  As they get to Tenru Island they appear on a sandy beach. The view of the beach to the ocean was breathtaking and beautiful.  As they turn around you see the gigantic tree that overlooks the entire island.  He sighs then looks at Akiawho is looking around.  He then walks over "so first things first we will be here a few days let's find a camp or place to sleep"  he says smiling as he motions for her to follow.  As they  walked along the beach he sighed looking at the sun thinking about his training hoping she would help him and not distract him and his efforts to grow. He wanted to have faith that she wouldn't do that and she would actually help.  "so how should we start?" he looks at her as they walk examining her and giving a little bit of a shy smile at her   not being use to being use to asking for help.  He smiled at her though non the less she was a very nice girl her attitude reminding her of Eliza in a small way nice but when she decides something it is happening.  It made Apollo feel more comfortable and happy i guess that was part of the charm about her.  As they walked he was ready to begin training and learning

As soon as they teleported to the sacred island, Aika could smell the salty air. She heard the sea crashing upon the beach of the sacred fairy land. She looked around absorbing the enchanting scenery, the great tree towering upon the island almost as if immovable. The spirits within Aika murmured, and the voices grew silent as they too marveled at the islands beauty. Strong spiritual waves cascaded upon Aika, it wasn't overwhelming but instead she felt as if she was enveloped by warmth and safety. Aika followed Nadarr. She listened to him ask on where they should start. Aika simply smiled as she caught his shy smile upon his lips. "First thing you need to learn is to channel you energy into an object. Since you are well versed in defensive magic, why not try enchanting the object to become stronger and harder to break. I'll be honest with you, this may be difficult. Remember you're not trying to make a shield, you're trying to make the item stronger." Aika knelt down and picked up a leaf, she focused her spiritual energy and guided a friendly forest spirit into the leaf. Soon enough the leaf was enveloped by a green energy, and a small round spirit began to form. [
color=#00ccff]"You see how I gave this spirit a body by integrating its soul into this leaf? Try channeling your soul, ermmm I mean your magical power into this pebble."[/color] Aika handed Apollo the pebble, the little forest spirit happily floated around Apollo. Aika pointed to lager rock, and the spirit immediately floated to it. Aika gave the spirit a nod of approval. The spirit brought its tiny arm into a swiping motion, and the rock was cut in half. "When you feel like you've made the pebble you have stronger, just tell this little guy here to test its strength. If the spirit is unable to cut your pebble that means you have succeed and then we can move on to a bigger object. I'll go ahead and start setting up camp, if you have any questions or concerns just tell the spirit. I'll come by as soon as I can. Good luck!" Aika quickly and efficiently gave the run down to Apollo. It was evident she was here to produce results. Before Apollo could say another word, Aika excused herself and vanished into the woods.

Apollo sighed a little as she ran off. He looked at the leaf spirit and the pebble he was given and sighed deeply. He shook his head and then looked closer at the pebble. Apollo then looked at the leaf spirit that was floating there in front of him but then he simply sat down and started reading a book about enchantments. The book read that all enchantments came from Letter magic. It utilizes the words written from the user, with the end result id determined depending on what the user has written or how it's manipulated and used. In addition to their hand, users can utilize other objects and suffices to write the script on. The letters can be written on different surfaces, objects or in the air. Apollo read more and more on the subject since it interested him so much. Enchantments where a key part of spells and amplifying things needless to say he was vastly curoise. then eventually shut the book groaning a little to himself. Then he stood up holding a stone in his hand. Then with his other free hand wrote the word "Boost!" into then air then channeled it into the pebble, nothing happened it just fizzled. He sighed opening a book to see what he did wrong. As he thought if you don't write it near perfect then it won't work or you'll get the wrong result. After a little while he picked up a stick writing notes in the sand. He then stood up looking at the leaf spirit as an example for him. "Alright " he muttered to himself quietly then he looked at the pebble then in his other hand he wrote the word boost in the air and channeled it into the pebble again. As it went into it the rock glowed and Apollo held it to the spirit. The spirit then delivered a swift blow cutting the rock down. Apollo sighed at this and did it again increasing the magic power by double. this time upon hitting the pebble it made it explode due to the higher amount he put in. Apollo then made a quick note of that in the sand about adding to much magic to an item or spell. He was now glad it was just a pebble he was using and not an actual spell that could have devastating backlash on him. He then reviewed his notes one last time before attempting it again. He then took a seat in the sand in almost a meditating position so he could work on centering his magical energy. He then he took a deep breath calming his nerves down a brief flash of Akia flashed in his head wondering what she was doing and thinking how nice it was for her to help him learn she was really something else. He then he shook his head needing to focus on channeling his magical power. He then took one more deep breath focusing his magical energy to one point in his body. It took a while but this was an exercise Apollo was very good at since he did it when learning and making his shield magic. He then focused it and made it stable in his hand he wrote the enchantment with. After that he stood up and focused on mainting it while doing other things. He then looked at the pebble and the little leaf spirit once more nodding he was gonna get it this time. He then wrote the word boost in the air sending it into the pebble in his palm. He then saw a small pulse from the stone and he nodded at the spirit. the it lept up giving it a swift cut but this time it stayed intact and Apollo gave a small sigh of relief and looked at it again undoing the magic "let's go again little guy i want to perfect it" he said as he spent most of the rest of the day enchanting this one pebble. After a long while and a few more trial and errors he was able to enchant this pebble to not break against the leaf spirit. Apollo was tired having used a lot of his magical power he wasn't out cold but he was tired and it was late so it was fitting. then the spirit was gone more then likely fetching Akia so he decided to just lay there for a while till she got there smiling "step one done step two will come tommarrow...." he said chuckling.