As he moved through the room, his mind buzzed with the knowledge he had inherited as memories started flowing into his brain with a slight headache.
Kai Parker's magical expertise was now his, and it was a lot to take in. He could feel the spells etched into his brain like muscle memory. The invisibility spell, for instance. It was all about focus and intent, bending the light around his body until he simply… disappeared, 'let's try that shall we'.
He closed his eyes, focused and thought, Invisique. When he opened them again, he was still there, 'ok, that's weird'. But when he looked into the mirror he was gone completely invisible, even to himself in the mirror. He laughed, feeling the thrill of the cloaking spell work so perfectly.
The sensation sent a shiver down his spine.
'This is just too easy,' he thought, letting the invisibility drop as he turned his attention to a dusty book on the table. With a casual flick of his wrist, the book floated into the air then dropped and again and again for over two minutes before he finally got the hang of it, the book spun lazily before landing in his hand.
Telekinesis felt natural now, like an extension of his own body… or an extra hand. 'Just think it, and it happens… I could get used to this.' He glanced at a pen on the table and thought, Motus.The pen flew across the room and embedded itself into the wall close to the door. He tried again without thinking the spell, just willing it into motion. The pen moved, but with more effort.
'So the spell makes it stronger,' he theorized, feeling giddy from the power surging through him.
But it wasn't just the magic. The vampire part of him was buzzing with energy too. His enhanced senses kicked in the faint heartbeat of a rat scurrying in the walls, the rustling of leaves outside, even the distant hum of traffic blocks away. Everything was sharper and more vivid now.
"Ok, then that's enough witchy stuff let's try vamp powers shall we' Testing his speed, he zipped across the room in a blur, laughing as the adrenaline surged. Oh he was strong, fast, and, most importantly, powerful… 'Holy shit, so this is the heightened emotion that comes with being a vamp?'.
What really made him special now tho, though, was his ability to siphon. Normally, siphoners couldn't generate their own magic, but as a vampire, an original at that he could siphon the energy from his own vampiric nature, using it as a limitless source of power. He extended his hand and focused on the magic within him, drawing it out like water from a well. The sensation was intoxicating a heady mix of control and limitless potential.
'An endless battery… I could do this all day,' he thought with a grin, feeling the magic flow through him. 'This feels so real right now, would be a shame if it's all a dream'.
After a while, the initial excitement began to settle, and Kai started thinking more clearly. The world he was in now, The Magicians, was nothing like his old one which had little or even none and was different from the TVD verse as well. The magic here is different, richer, more complex, and weird according to the show.
He could sense it in the air, like a constant hum, a river of power that flowed all around him. All he had to do was reach out and siphon it. 'This must be the magic from the Wellspring that flows into all worlds, huh,' he thought, intrigued by its presence.
He experimented with the ambient magic, drawing it in with just a thought. It was different from the magic in The Vampire Diaries, where spells were often instinctual or tied to specific rituals. Here, magic required precision, gestures, incantations and an art form that felt both more refined and more constrained.
'Gesture magic…' he thought, trying out a few basic hand movements he'd seen the characters use in the show. The results were immediate, but the process felt slower, more deliberate than the raw, instinctive magic he was used to. 'It's like trying to paint a masterpiece with a brush when I could just splash the paint and be done with it.'
Still, there was potential here. Combining the raw, unrefined power of his Vampire Diaries magic with the complexity of The Magicians could make him truly unstoppable. The thought made him smile a dark, predatory smile that would have made a certain hybrid proud. He was going to have fun in this world.
As he paced the room, Kai considered his next move. He was ready to start exploring this new world, to learn its secrets, and to bend them to his will. But he had to be smart about it. Power was one thing, but survival in a world like this required more than just brute force and besides there are literal gods here he had to look out for as well as other supernatural creatures.
He took a deep breath, letting the power inside him settle. The world outside was waiting, and he intended to make the most of his second chance. 'Right then,' he thought, a grin spreading across his face. 'First things first. How about a little snack, a snatch, eat and erase?'
Blurring around the apartment, Kai cleaned up quickly before heading out. The streets of New York was… well busy and full of life and people who had their faces buried in their phones, but what caught his attention was the magic. It was everywhere, in the air, in the people, in the very fabric of the city. Walking among the crowds, he marveled at how alive the world felt here compared to when he was a human.
His vampiric senses flared to life, sharpening everything around him. He could hear the heartbeats of people blocks away as the blood pulses through their veins. The sound filled his ears, each rhythmic thump drawing his focus.
Then, suddenly, the hunger hit him. It clawed at his throat and twisted in his stomach, an insatiable craving that seemed to take over his entire being. His vision blurred for a moment before sharpening again, this time with a darker tint. He could feel his eyes change his sclera turning black, his iris shifting to a deep, predatory red. Black veins throbbed beneath the skin of his face, pulsing with his growing hunger.
'Shit, this hunger is unreal fuck,' he thought, clenching his fists as he tried to control the urge. He took a deep breath, but that only made things worse. The scent of blood filled his senses, rich and tantalizing. The humans walking around him suddenly seemed like nothing more than walking blood bags, their lives fragile and so easy to take.
His throat burned. The predator inside was screaming to be let loose, to sink his fangs into the nearest throat and drink deeply.
It was then that he noticed her. Standing at the corner, casually leaning against a wall and smoking a cigarette, was a woman. Her presence was different, stronger somehow. As she turned around, Kai's eyes widened in surprise as his body started to calm down but by boy due to Elijah's control he had asked for but the hunger was still there.
'Huh. That's surprisingly quick,' he thought, recognizing her instantly.
The woman was Julia Wicker, the powerful, incredibly hot and complicated magician from
The Magicians.
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