The Original Hybrid

First Rebirth

Greece

56 BC

Sitting cross-legged in the middle of a forest during a storm in ancient Greece was a young man. He chanted to himself as the thunder cracked overhead and the heavy rain pelted his skin as it had for the last hour. He focused his magic and the storm that he had created faded away to reveal clear skies with a warm sun shining down on him. Standing up and muttering a quick spell, he was dried off as if he had not been in the rain for the last hour. When he turned around, his spiky jet black hair, green eyes could be seen by all.

This was Xandrax Nova. He had been given a new lease on life after he failed to stop Vodona. They had been fighting her when his father sacrificed himself to save xandrax. Without his father, Xandrax had no hope of resealing her, so he soldiered on for as long as he could until he could no longer muster the energy to even raise a finger. Vodona had stared at him for several moments before ripping out the Maqdira of the Nova Prime and attacked him with a mist on him that destroyed his body and NOVA gave him a second chance and when he regained consciousness, he had just come out of his new mother's womb.

Xandrax had a better life in this new world too. Humans didn't have Maqdira, and only certain members of humanity had a special kind of energy they called magic. He was lucky enough to be born with it, and he belonged to a group of witches called the Magoi, a group that practiced pure magic. It turns out, he was well liked by his community, and since he was everything for his education, he found he was a prodigy with magic, and grew very intelligent. His power was so great that he could control the weather and turn night into day. His magical power and talent were matched by one person. His best friend, and his fiancée, Luna.

A few years ago, he and his mother had decided to travel for a bit, and they got mixed up in some business in Capua in the Roman Republic. His mother was killed, since Magoi's sealed their magic once they left the community, and he was sold into slavery to become a gladiator to Quintus Lentulus Batiatus, arriving at the same time as a man named Spartacus. He made friends with Spartacus, helping him convince the other gladiators to revolt. He stayed with them afterwards, using his skills to help them against Seppius's men and later Glaber, when he came to Capua. Spartacus had been a good man and trusted friend, in fact, he was the only one Xandrax ever revealed the existence of his magic to outside of the Magoi. Xandrax fought in many battles from their battles with Glaber to the war against Crassus and Caesar. He was with Spartacus at the end when he fell in their final battle against Crassus. In his anger, he swore revenge against Crassus, Caesar and later Pompeii Magnus, before making his way back to Greece, where the Magoi resided.

While he was settling back down and getting over his PTSD, he had learned that Luna's original fiancée, and his other childhood friend, Kaerus, had cheated on Luna with her bastard sister, Neela, while also stealing Luna's original Immortality Elixir. Which, Xandrax didn't really get, because Neela, to Xandrax, was plain while Luna was many times more beautiful. Plus, Neela was just a b***h. Xandrax had to stop her from killing Kaerus and Neela for their betrayal and convinced her to just let them be. They weren't worth wasting any magic on, especially since Kaerus no longer had magic.

He walked back into the village square to see Luna sitting in the pavilion, looking up and flashing him a smile as she stood up. They wrapped each other in their arms and kissed each other passionately.

"Only one day left," Luna said as they separated, referring to the fact that they would be married in a few days.

"Yes, my beloved Luna. In one day, we will be married, and we can begin our new lives together." Xandrax said with a smile. It was then he noticed her glaring at Kaerus and Neela.

"You shouldn't have convinced me to let them be." Luna snarled. Luna had fallen in love with Kaerus during the years that Xandrax was gone in Rome, and at the time, she thought he was as well. Little did she know of Kaerus's selfish, cruel, and immoral nature. He manipulated her into creating immortality, and then he stole it from her to give to himself and Neela, her servant and bastard sister, who honestly was not even that attractive to begin with. Kaerus did not understand and did not care how much he had hurt her. It was like her had torn out her heart, ripped it to pieces and pissed on the remains.

"Like I said, they are not worth it. Besides, what are they going to do? Kaerus no longer has any magic and even when he did, he was never in our league." Xandrax said. Thanks to his education, he was more aware of people than he was in his firstlife. While Kaerus was his friend, Xandrax had noticed the looks of jealousy whenever Xandrax outdid Kaerus in the field of magic. Which was pretty much every time. Kaerus, while strong, couldn't do what Xandrax could do. Thanks to his NOVA blood, Xandrax had a predisposition for the elements and plant life. Xandrax created the forest that protected the Magoi and served at their home when he was 13 and he created an entire garden of various beautiful flowers for his wedding, mostly just to show off.

"Well, when you put it like that," Luna smiled as they shared another kiss. Unknown to them though, Kaerus was plotting something. Kaerus didn't like that Xandrax, his former friend who Kaerus was always jealous of, was marrying Kaerus's old Fiancee, who had the power to undo the immortality that Kaerus and Neela had stolen. So, Kaerus the Betrayer, decided to do something about it.