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Authors: Daniel Fife
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Light & Dark: The Awakening of the Mageknight
Mageknight
By Daniel M. Fife
Published by Daniel M. Fife at Smashwords
Edited by
Dennis De
Rose
Copyright 2011 Daniel M. Fife
ISBN:
978-0-9853247-1-1
ISBN - 13: 978-0-9853247-1-1
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places
and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or
are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales
or Humans, Dragonics, Elves, Dwarves, Bondeds, or Shadows, living
or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 3 - A Date with the
Dark
Chapter 4 - Becoming Friends
with a Drake
Chapter 7 - The Trials of a
Knight
Chapter 8 - Departing on
the Wings of a Dragon
Chapter 10 - The Forces of the
Grey
Chapter 11 - Casting Off on the
Radiance
Chapter 12 - The Turbulence
before the Storm
Chapter 13 - The White
Rock Academy of Illumination
Chapter 14 - Looking the Part
of a Squire
Chapter 15 - A Banquet with the
King
Chapter 16 - The First Day of
Training
Chapter 17 - The Way of the
Sword
Chapter 18 - Mastering
the Power Within
Chapter 19 - A Test of
Strategy
Chapter 20 - A Well-Deserved
Rest
Chapter 21 - A Bonded Named
Rose
Chapter 22 - Preparations
before Battle
Chapter 24 - A Night with
Calador
Chapter 25 - The Truth among
Friends
Chapter 27 - Spying on Sir
Syndil
Chapter 28 - Putting the
Pieces Together
Chapter 30 - Describing a Dark
Object
Chapter 31 - Alamber Ordvack
Halfelvin
Chapter 32 - Sir Syndil's Final
Lesson
Chapter 34 - The Awakening
of the Mageknight
Chapter 35 - The Tale of the
Black Bonded
Chapter 36 - Preparing for
the Journey Home
Light & Dark: The Black Bonded
ake up!" Danny's mother yelled, opening the
creaking door of his room. "You're going to be late for your first
day of school."
"Alright… alright, I'm up… I'm up," Danny
said, more out of instinct than waking thought. He heard his
mother's footfalls stop at the side of his bed. Reaching over him,
she turned on the lamp that rested on top of the nightstand near
his pillow. The bulb hummed with power, the soft light it produced
compelled him to pull the blanket over his head.
"Come on!" Danny heard his mother call as she
retreated down the hall. Her voice sounded muffled from the
distance, yet, still able to force his eyes open.
Grumbling, Danny drove himself from the warm
comfort of his soft bed. Throwing the covers off, he put both feet
on the floor. Yawning, he stood up and walked to the front of the
closet. Examining each colorful piece of clothing that hung,
pressed and wrinkle-free, on a series of plastic hangers, he forced
his mind to the task of getting ready. He—or, rather, his
mother—had already selected the outfit he was supposed to wear on
this particular day. She'd made up her mind the night before after
what had felt like hours of indecisiveness. A pair of new khaki
shorts and a blue T-shirt lay folded on a rocking chair to his
left. However, now faced with the uncertain importance of a first
impression, he was not quite sure what to wear.
"Danny, come on!" his mother yelled once
again.
"I'm coming!" Danny yelled back, his
frustration getting the better of him.
He yanked his favorite white printed T-shirt
from the hamper and grabbed the new pair of khaki shorts, leaving
the blue T to fall in a heap on the floor. Putting on the shorts,
slipping on the T, he sighed with satisfaction as he looked down to
admire the black dragon printed on the front of the shirt. It was
still summer, after all, and although jeans were preferable, he
refused to sweat just by the simple act of walking to the bus. He
grabbed a black sweatshirt on the off-chance that he might get cold
in the climate controlled school, then he threw on his socks, his
shoes, and walked down the hall; his mother was waiting for him in
the kitchen.
The smell of bacon and toast invaded his
nostrils as his stomach made a low, rumbling growl. He was hungrier
than he originally thought.
"Danny!" his mother yelled, just as he
rounded the corner and entered the kitchen. "Oh," she said,
lowering her tone of voice after seeing him standing in front of
her. "I guess you are awake, then, aren't you?"
"…If you consider this awake," his tone thick
with sarcasm as he stretched out stiff limbs.
Used to the morning cynicism, she ignored his
tone. "Your breakfast is on the table. You should hurry. The bus
will be here in about fifteen minutes and I want a picture of you
on your first day of school."
Danny let out a long sigh, retrieving a
plastic cup from the cupboard.
"Don't you sigh at me," she said, smiling,
"besides, you look so cute in your new shorts." Doing a
double-take, she added, "Where's the blue T-shirt I picked out for
you?"
Danny shrugged innocently.
"Isn't the shirt you're wearing dirty?"
Once again, Danny shrugged his shoulders. He
refused to lie, but he also refused to give his mother the
satisfaction of being right.
She sighed, but, was content to let the
matter go.
With sullen shoulders, Danny opened the
refrigerator and poured a glass of cold milk.
"Hurry up, you still need to brush your
teeth."
Danny obeyed as he crossed the short distance
to the table. He made quick work of his breakfast. The warm meal
filled him with energy.