Prince Spriggan 2

"Zeref-san, what kind of magic was that?" the blue haired boy asked the older. The boy, Aladdin, tilts his head to the side at the black like bird creatures around the older male. Zeref really did have a lot of dark rukh around him. His friend Ugo told him to be very cautious around this man but the child saw nothing wrong with him. Save for the fact that he could get very emotional.

Zeref looks down at the boy in front of him and pursed his lips together. Should he tell him? He did survive his death wave after all. But he didn't want to take any chances. Besides if he did teach the child, if he asked, then it could probably put a powerful strain on the boy. So instead he turns his head to the side to stare deeper into the forest.

"It's very.... Complicated." he answers carefully and the young boy nodded not fully understanding. He could tell that the other didn't want to talk about it that much. So instead he looks around forest.

"Where are we?"

Zeref blinks before answering, "Tenrou island. There are not any inhabitants. That's why I'm the first and only person you saw." Zeref explained while looking off into the distance.

Aladdin hums, it was really weird.

"Does that mean you're here all by yourself mister?" The ten year old asks, eyes looking at him in curiosity. Zeref looks down at the brown grass. "Yes." He answers quietly, he never gave it any thought if he was lonely or not. He'd been this way for so long he momentarily forgot.

At the answer Aladdin made a small frown. He could sympathize with the other. He had been alone in a room by himself with just Ugo. Ugo had taught him about the world and they types of magic in the world, but he was never allowed outside. It was because he is special, Ugo would tell him.

Aladdin plays with the flute around his neck before he gets an idea.

"I can be your friend mister!" He suddenly declared. Zeref stares at the boy, eyes widening at the sudden proposal. He surely couldn't be serious could he? Maybe this boy didn't know who he truly was.

Yes, he was sure of it. If he knew who he truly was then he wouldn't be doing this.

Then again, looking at him, Zeref felt a sense of warmth from the boy.

"I don't think..."

Aladdin smiles as he takes the others hand, not at all bothered when the other flinched at the action. "It's not nice being alone. So I'll be here too!"

That was how it all started.

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"Har-Har Infigar!" Aladdin yells. An explosion of fire collides with the black ball Zeref threw his way. The collision cause a small explosion to happen around the area.

"That's enough." Zeref says, seeing the other out of breath. He was impressed with the amount of magic energy the other had. Also, the other's use of magic was very odd. In all his centuries of living this was the first he's heard of the magic Aladdin uses.

A whole passed and Aladdin asked to be trained. Zeref obliged, but first he had to see what the boy was capable of and if he could withstand it.

Aladdin walks over and drops in a criss-cross position by the other, breaking him out of his thoughts. He looks down at the blue haired but doesn't question it. He was used to him doing things like this.

Aladdin rubs his nose and begins to rub his flute with a smile. Zeref notice the boy would talk to it sometimes as if it were a real person. When he asked Aladdin said his friend Ugo lived in it.

"Aladdin?" Zeref asks, his curiosity getting the better of him. "Can I see Ugo?" He just wanted to know if what Aladdin said was true.

Aladdin perks up at the question.

"Mhm!" He hums happily before taking the mouthpiece in his mouth and blowing extremely hard. A high pitched trill escaped before a set of blue giant arms popped out. Zeref takes a step back as the arms grew and soon a full blue giant appeared over Aladdin. It was hunched over, arms in front of Aladdin and in place of its head was the flute.

Zeref stared at the towering behemoth for a few seconds, searching his brain to see if he has seen anything like this before. It wasn't a demon, it didn't have a dark aura that they would carry. He could feel the magic energy pulsing from it as well.

It wasn't one to be reckoned with.

"This is Ugo-kun! Say hi to Zeref-nii Ugo!" The chibi said happily while hugging the giant's arm. Zeref ignored the nickname the other gave him, not like it bothered him in the first place, and kept his coal eyes on the blue giant. It's hand extended forward and let out a finger. Zeref hesitated and took hold of it the best way he could.

Aladdin smiles as his two friends greet each other, Zeref being the more awkard of the two. Usually it was Ugo being the shy and quiet one. Aladdin did expect Zeref to be quiet since he found out it was in the others nature.

Aladdin giggles as Ugo's hand returned and the blue giant nuzzled his cheek with his big finger before his body returned back into the golden instrument.

Once again Zeref falls silent as he stares at the flute. After a few seconds he sits down against a nearby tree. Aladdin walks over to the older. He took note of how the other's eyes were already closed. He looks at the sky, it was beginning to get dark. He sits next to the other and falls asleep.

Aladdin wakes up when Zeref moved, causing the little boy to almost fall.

He sits up and rubs his eyes and looks up at the dark mage. "Zeref-nii?" He questions the older. Zeref stood with his eyes closed for a few moments, as if contemplating something before opening them and looking at the blue haired boy.

"I will train you, but not here." He finally spoke. Aladdin tilts his head, "The where."

"My country." He says and places his hand on Aladdin's head.

Aladdin felt disoriented for a few moments, and then he was flying through space the next moment. He felt as if it were an out of body experience. Then he slammed back into himself. He sways side to side for a few moments and his vision cleared to see that they were in a long corridor. Aladdin looks around frantically before turning toward the other. Zeref had long removed his hand from the boy's head and begun to walk forward.

Aladdin runs forward, catching up to the other's long strides. Zeref doesn't look his way since he can sense the little boy, he starts to speak, "This is where I will be teaching you Aladdin." Aladdin continues to look around as they turn down a hall. There were many doors down the long hall. Aladdin wondered if they were occupied by more people.

"What is this place?" He asks, seeing both light and dark like creatures flutter around the place. He holds his hand out to a dark one and it lands on his pinkie before flying away.

"My palace, if that's the correct word for it." He says quietly. Aladdin looks up at him and takes hold of the white cloth hanging from his shoulder while humming. "So Zeref-nii's a king!" He stated. Zeref didn't mind the nickname again and answered. "They call my emperor but I think king is the same as well." Aladdin nods then a thought came to him.

"If you're a king then why were you all alone on Tenrou instead of over?" He questions, tilting his head to the side, the jewel on his forehead gleaming. Zeref silently praised him for catching on that quickly.

"Sometimes I go there to think." He says it simply. Aladdin looks back forward with a nod. Zeref stops when they were at the end of the hallway in front of a set of double doors.

"As I said you'll be training here. There are also other people that will help as well." Zeref says, side glancing at the child. Aladdin nods his head. "There's also a library that'll provide some information as well. Also, you are to take this magic seriously it can kill you if you do it wrong." He says bluntly, but it was the truth.

The boy looks taken aback and shuffles from one foot to the other. He then looks up with a big smile. "I will! Plus I'll have Zeref-nii and Ugo-kun by my side!" He says while gripping the golden flute.

Suddenly the dark mage finally realizes what he's doing to the boy. Teaching him a cursed arts, he'll probably damn this child.

Maybe he won't, maybe he'll actually become strong enough to actually speed things up.

He shakes his head, it's too late now, now he would just have to wait and see. He pushes the doors open and enters the wide room. Aladdin follows behind him, letting go of the cloth on the other.

He looks around, the room was so huge and spacious and there was a balcony some ways in front of them. That's not what grabbed the boy's full attention though.

There were twelve people in the room at a table, they were conversing but when Zeref entered all of that seized. Zeref puts on a smile, Aladdin can tell it wasn't to heart.

"Zeref- sama!"

"It's nice to know you're okay."

"It's been awhile our king!"

Zeref doesn't greet them back at all, just takes a seat at the head of the table and motions toward Aladdin with his hand. "This is Aladdin, he will be with us to train under me."

The people didn't see to object. As the boy stared at them longer he began to see that not all of them looked like ordinary humans. It perked his interest a bit as he looks at the man with dirty blonde hair and what looked like cat ears. Another just didn't look human at all. He only had one eye! One was a woman who had claws for feet and hands and a helmet like structure on her head. Another woman beside her had horns on her head and sat with her eyes closed.

Aladdin tilts his head to the side, they were an overwhelming bunch. Not only that but their rukh was beyond weird, He shifts from one foot to the other as they look him over.

"Aladdin this are my ...apprentices..Kyoka, Seila, Tempester, Keyes, and Jackal.The others aren't here at the moment. The little boy nods his head in a silent greeting with a smile on his face. For some reason he got the feeling that he should be extremely careful around these people. They weren't ordinary and they certainly didn't seem like the sweet type."

"Aladdin will be training under me as I said earlier. However there will be sometimes where he'll fight with you all to show his progress throughout time. He'll also be a citizen here."

This information gained some of their attention.

"So meaning.." One spoke up, if the boy remembered correctly he thinks it was Kyoka.

Zeref made a small smile once more. "Aladdin will be prince of the Alvarez empire. If he wants."

All attention was shifted to him at the sudden proposal. Aladdin blinks, him prince? He honestly didn't mind at all but he had no idea how to be one.

"Putting that aside. Aladdin show them Ugo. We can't have them thinking he's an enemy if they see him."

He was happy Zeref changed the subject and blew in his flute. The trill calme again and the blue giant was summoned whole. This time however his head was there instead of the flute. This shocked the young boy.

"U-Ugo-kun!!' He calls, did he do something wrong?

However his giant friend showed no sign of pain or distress. He hunched over the boy since the room was too small for him. He bows his head causing his hair to fall over his face.

"Aladdin..."

To say that Zeref's 'apprentices' were shocked was an understatement. Most were impressed that the boy could do this.

However it was short lived as the giant materialized back into the flute. Aladdin felt a wave of dizziness overcame him and fell to the ground.

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Zeref closes the door and walks down the long hallway. Aladdin was sleep in his room, it was fine since Zeref rarely used it anyway. He turns a corner and stops in the middle of the corridor.

"Mard Geer." He says without looking behind him. The demon steps out of the shadows and walks up, stopping a few feet behind him.

"Master Zeref." He says bowing. Zeref says nothing.

"My I ask why you bough that child here. He has a very strange energy about him. Will he be a demon like us?"

Zeref stays silent, it never crossed his mind to make Aladdin one of his demons. As far as he was concerned he wasn't even sure if Aladdin knew about demons. The boy was just too innocent and naive for that.

"No." He answers firmly.

Mard Geer tilts his head to the side. The king of the underworld stared at his master as if asking for an explanation.

Instead Zeref summoned a book in his hand, confining the other inside of it. Just exactly what was he going to do with the other? He didn't want to make him a demon. In the back of his head a child like voice that he hasn't heard in a long time called out to him.

Zeref-nii.

He shakes his head and continues down the long hall.