Arcane Academics(Weston)

Weston had heard of this Leomon X's problem from his acquaintances Speed and Psych, a couple of Flamedramon-like Digimon who had mutated to gain special abilities. They apparently met this LJ in an alleyway while encountering a human playing superhero, though it was LJ who captured Weston's interest. A Leomon X who could use magic, but was having a problem with keeping it under control? This could be a chance to see if Weston was ready for an apprentice of his own. Thus, he contacted LJ and invited him over to his house.

The Wisemon was reading one of his favorite books in his study when he heard the knocking at the front door. Weston snapped his fingers at once, magically putting the book back in its spot on the shelf and opening the doors for LJ to enter. Once the disguised Leomon X was inside, the doors would close on their own behind him, and before long Weston would magically appear on the grand set of stairs in the middle of the hallway.

"You must be Lothar Junior, I presume," Weston said in a calm yet echoing voice as he walked down the stairs. This was definitely a powerful Digimon, one of a humanoid shape wearing a cream-colored hood and maroon robes, along with a belt. Under the hood was simply a black void with glowing yellow eyes. They looked mysterious and intimidating, yet calm and cute at the same time. "I appreciate you accepting my invitation, young one. My name is Weston Sparkwood, otherwise known as Weston the Wise, master of the mystic arts." Weston's hands would glow a golden color before mystical energies of various colors surrounded him and LJ. "You do not need to wear your holosuit anymore, as you will be kept within the house if you do end up floating off."

"Hm, I do sometimes forget to reverse my disguise spell after work," Weston said to LJ as the young Digimon began to deactivate his holosuit. "I work as a teacher at Shibuya Academy. Your holosuit appears young enough to be a student there, do you attend? One of my acquaintance's sons attends the middle school there."

Once LJ deactivated his holosuit, his true form was revealed. A Leomon X, only with a blue cape instead of a red one. It definitely made him seem more like a mage in that aspect. Weston rubbed his chin as he observed LJ. "I cannot say that I've ever known a Leomon to be capable of magic. While most Digimon have abilities that one could confuse as magic, less than a quarter of Digimon possess the ability to do true magic. Is it corruption or inheritance from a parent that lets you use it, pray tell?"

If LJ were to look around somewhat, he'd notice a notebook and a pen hovering discretely in mid-air nearby, taking notes as the two of them talked. Wisemons did love to record information after all, and an encounter with a magical Leomon X is definitely record-worthy! Weston wasn't trying to hide it but it would probably come off as a bit... unsettling.

"Now, you mentioned in your message that you have control over your magic when it comes to offensive spells, like your typical fire and ice blasts, but you have trouble controlling your magic in everyday situations... particularly with the levitation spell, it seems. Tell me, what usually happens right before you start floating away?"

"Hmhmhmhmhmhm," Weston chuckled, "that is definitely quite a mix up, but to be fair your holosuit could still be seen as a tall middle school student. Humans can come in all shapes and sizes, so I myself have mistaken middle school students for high school ones. Are you enjoying your time at school, may I ask?"

LJ responded to Weston's question on the Leomon X's magical origin by saying that he inherited it from one of his fathers, who was a Wizardmon himself. "Ah yes, the gift of magic can indeed be transferred to a Digimon's offspring, though the chance of doing so is much greater if both parents have the gift themselves. I'd say you're one of the lucky ones," he would say with a slight wink. "My own champion form is a Wizardmon, as well."

LJ definitely noticed the floating paper and pen by this point. Levitating objects to this extent is one of the most basic skills a mage could have, so it didn't seem all that unusual to Weston. if LJ didn't ask about it, then Weston wouldn't even bring it up. Weston asked LJ what happened before he starts floating, but the Leomon-X didn't really give much helpful information. He claimed he didn't know what caused it to act up, and it seemed to happen just randomly. But that wasn't what Weston was interested in at the moment. "No no no, what I mean is... do you feel any sort of sensation before you start to float? Like a supernatural or tingling feeling going through your whole body? To the untrained mage, magic can sometimes manifest based off of your emotions. What did you feel every time you began to float, on an emotional level?"

"As a Digimon teacher in disguise myself I am inclined to agree with you on that one," Weston said with a grin. "I have a couple of Digimon and tamers in my class as well. Particularly these two brothers who seem to get wrapped up in more shenanigans than most other students..."

So LJ's other dad is a Leomon, huh? Explains how LJ himself became a Leomon X then. "So it would seem that the magical element of your Wizardmon father mixed together with your Leomon father's data, so that explains why you're a Leomon-X with magical abilities... truly fascinating, I must say." So his future siblings might have magical abilities too, hm? "Don't put your eggs in one basket... you never know if your parents might have more children or not. And it makes sense why I became a Wizardmon, as my own master was a Sorcerimon. He taught me everything I know, and not just about magic."

Okay, now they were getting somewhere. LJ mentioned that it felt like his powers were flaring up whenever it was about to happen. Not only that, he mentioned how he seemed to float only when he was relaxed. Weston hummed as he scratched his chin. "Based on that description, it does sound like you don't have control over when you activate your magic power. Knowing how to activate it at will is one of the most important steps of mastering the art. You need to intend to do a certain spell, having a spell activated at random... well, you've seen how that turns out."

Weston reached into his robes and pulled out a small vial of potion, before handing it to LJ. "This is a greatly weakened sleep potion. All it is going to do is put you into a relaxed state like you said you were in when the floating occurs. What I want you to do is to concentrate and keep your magic within, since you do not intend to float. It helps to imagine putting the specific ability under a lock and key. If it's locked up, it cannot come out on its own - it can only come when you wish it to."

Okay, LJ was now saying something that Weston was not anticipating to be heard at all. Weston was simply trying to say that it wasn't guaranteed that LJ's parents were going to have more children, but apparently now it is. He explained how he met a Pulsemon with the same magical signature as himself named Melody, and that she was LJ's sister from the future. Almost immediately Weston's face was mere inches away from LJ's. "You've encountered a time traveler?! Tell me everything! What era do they come from? How did they manage to travel through time? Even the most acclaimed mages in the Digital World couldn't quite get it right! This could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in all of the Digital World!"

Weston was shot down real quick when LJ said that Melody didn't tell him much. "Aw... how sad," Weston said with a sad tone of voice. He was really excited to hear that time travel was a possibility...

"Hm?" Oh, LJ asked him another question about his rookie form... "My rookie form is actually a Kotemon. I am an anomaly from the Dark Area, a Kotemon with magic power who happened to stumble across a Sorcerimon one day. I... immediately tried to delete him, I'm ashamed to admit. I was easily defeated, and he took me in as his apprentice. It would be almost six months before I could speak properly, however... sometimes I wonder how he managed to put up with me."

Weston would watch as LJ drank the potion, before closing his eyes in order to focus more. Weston crossed his arms as he observed... all seemed to go well. That is until a noticeable magic aura formed around LJ. Weston was worried that this wasn't working, his worries confirmed when LJ flew a couple inches into the air. He opened his eyes and demanded that he didn't want to be floating, before he fell back onto the ground. "A shame, really... once you opened your eyes your relaxed feeling seemed to have vanished. At least you did not float off once again... I've never seen something like this happen before. What is causing your magic to flare up like that?"

"Oh... that's all they said?" Weston asked as he lowered his head, looking visibly disappointed. As LJ continued on, his spark of curiosity lit back up as he looked back at LJ. "Wait, your grandfather was the one who opened a portal to another time period?! You must introduce me to him, I would love the chance to learn how to properly do time travel!"

As Weston was describing his own past to the Leomon-X, LJ asked why he would attack Sorcerimon as a Kotemon back then. Weston rubbed the back of his head. "I was a different Digimon back then. I had no sense of right or wrong, only a will to survive and to be the strongest. Sorcerimon did not care that I tried to hurt him... I think he knew that I did not know what I was doing. He took me in as his son and apprentice, teaching me the ways of both the human world and the Digital World. He made me who I am today." Weston started to smile under his hood; while it had been a century since Sorcerimon passed away, it still warmed the Wisemon up inside to discuss his adoptive father... he was a good Digimon, that Sorcerimon was.

Now, what was making LJ's magic flare up like this? LJ said that his magic was mostly dormant until he digivolved, and his magic had been everywhere since. "Interesting..." Weston said, scratching his chin. "Usually any source of magic in a Digimon can be known even at the rookie level, allowing the Digimon to practice their magic. Perhaps that is why you keep floating upward; you simply have not practiced using and controlling it enough. Here's what I suggest..."

Suddenly, Weston began to glow and shrink down somewhat. Once he had stopped glowing, his form was now very similar to what LJ's own father looked like; a Wizardmon. "I suggest we have a magic duel to start out; I want to get a good feel of your abilities. I have a room dedicated for magic duels of this caliber, if you are up to it of course."

"So it is not a spell that opened the portal, but a potion..." Weston mused to himself. LJ said that his grandfather was a Jijimon named Theron, who lived in the Village of Magic. "My master taught me about that place... he's never let me know how to get there myself, though. He said he would take me there was I was ready but uh... well..." Weston cleared his throat. "But yes, it would be lovely if you could take me there sometime, or at least show me the way." The very thought of a portal that led to other time periods excited him...

Weston sighed. "Life in the Dark Area was indeed very rough. A while after Sorcerimon took me in, I began to see him as my savior, someone who chose to look after me and save me from a tough life instead of someone who was just obligated to do so. I respected him quite a lot." Weston chuckled. "Yes, it is an odd Digivolution path indeed, being a Kotemon and Rookie level..."

Ah, so LJ's magic was mostly dormant while he was an Elecmon, that made sense. He didn't get a chance to train with it as a Rookie, so now it's going crazy now that he was a Champion level. Maybe a sparring session is just what they needed. When Weston devolved, LJ admitted that he looked a lot like his father minus a few small details. "I am as average of a Wizardmon as you can get. Now, let us get to practicing."

Weston waved his scepter, and suddenly as if by magic he and LJ were transported to an area that looked a lot like a magic dueling arena, complete with spectator seats and everything. "I simply shrunk and teleported us to a small replica of a wizard dueling arena that Sorcerimon would take me to. This way it allows us to test our magic without causing a stir in the human world, and without causing damage to my actual home. I can easily bring us back to our regular size at any time. Now, show me what you can do..."