By Jasmine Monica
Sarin completes the witches trials and becomes teacher. The Goddess gives him an important task to to help a boy he hurt

It took months of intensive work to prepare Sarin for the trials. He first had to master the ritual of the four ways of the Goddess. Sarin blew though the first two like they were nothing to him.

That was when Vakia began to have a very unwelcome and unfamiliar suspicion. And she didn't like the conclusion she reached. She began to have an extreme suspicion that Sarin, this little nine-year-old boy going on ten, soon was a much stronger witch than she was. Vakia was a prodigy and one of the youngest women ever to have passed the trials and become a formalized witch, and then be appointed as the head of a school and a leader for the Hakatin in this area. Now she encountered a boy who made her feel weak. She began feeling anger and envy that night as she worked to prepare him for the third part.

Then Vakia admonished herself and told herself to get over it. It wasn't the boy's fault in any way. If this boy was stronger than her, then it was the will of the Goddess. Get over her envy and work to help this tortured boy. He needed her help, and she was required to provide it. This boy had this power for a reason. Whatever reason that is, it meant she had to help him instead of hating him. He had enough people hating him. She pushed the envy out of her mind and continued with the instructions and training for the third and fourth ways. These were much more difficult and intensive.

Sarin was less prepared for that, and each of these parts took weeks of his effort. He still overcame them with help from her to train his mind to focus. Much of the problem here was his young mind had trouble maintaining the focus required. Being nine, even if his real age was around twenty now. His body and mind were at Nine, and his nine-year-old mind kept wondering and losing his focus. He eventually mastered that and went on to the fourth way. He had to maintain his concentration for nearly an hour as Vakia and others did their best to distract him. Sarin had to maintain his state of mind for his connection with the Goddess. He had to visualize her in his mind and maintain his lock.

Sarin eventually succeeded, and he was now ready for the full trial.

All of the teachers were there, Vakia, the older teacher Pama was there to encourage him, Jen and Maya were all there. And it was time to begin. The women started chanting to help him get in the state he was required. He surrendered his control and let his mind go blank. He chanted with them, and his mind surrendered to the Goddess.

The point of this was to surrender total control to such a degree, he became a vessel for the Goddess to use, and to fill with her power. Only then could a witch consider herself a genuine member. His mind fell, and it went blank. He saw the Goddess in his mind

His mind kept descending to the lower levels of consciousness, totally surrendering control to the Goddess. His lips were muttering different powerful spells, under the guidance of the Goddess herself.

Then he was there. This was his trial. He saw the Goddess before him. It was a beautiful and glorious sight. She looked like she loved him as she reached out and touched his face in his mind. She lovingly caressed his face like a mother. He felt the affection he needed.

Then she spoke to him. “Sarin. I am sorry that your life has been filled with such pain. You could have reached this point sooner if you followed the path I set for you. But you stoped the path and followed the darkness and altered the fates of everyone in the world. I had a major reward for you for the first time, if you followed the path I set for you there. You have disappointed me, but you followed the path here, and you have proven yourself to be even more devoted to me. But, you have a job, sarin. There is a young lady in school here that you know. Her brother was touched by your dark power. That altered his fate for all time, and He maintained the sex you gave him. But he remembers the transformation and what you did. You must return him to a male. That is your job, and it won't be easy. His fate was sealed by dark powers and will require many women to help him. Like it took multiple women to break through your protection when you were protected by the war god. You changed that man's fate and must help him recover it.”

Sarin replied in his mind, “You required no one to change me back when my fate was changed, and even you didn't care.”

“I cared,” Replied the Goddess. “Your change was supposed to be done in a much different way. They were cruel to you, and you may have been changed back. Such things would have been up to you.”

“I got pregnant, and then I was going to be put in a marriage. I was going to be a bride. How could I have been changed back by you after that? I had to do it myself.” Sarin said hotly.

“You could have, and I was going to help you after the injustices imposed on you, but you went to the darkness and changed everyones. So it's your job to help those. Actonia's brother is suffering. Her sister sees it, but she doesn't understand why. You must reveal the reason and help her brother.”

“If I tell her,” Sarin replied. “She will hate me.”

“Yes,” replied the Goddess. “But she will understand. Having seen the suffering of her brother and why the girl is her sister. Trapped in a boy's spirit. She will be thankful. And here is how you must help her brother.”

Sarin received precise instructions on how to overcome the dark powers sealing Actonia's fate and what he must do. He agreed. Then She said, “You will receive further challenges because of what you unleashed. It is your job to protect the people. You will receive those instructions later.”

Then the Goddess broke the contact with Sarin, and he was left completely bewildered. The women were so happy he had passed the final test. Sarin was now an official witch and ready for his place. He was also prepared for his challenge.

Now he knew what he had to do. Vakia gave him a big hug. Then he sat down with the other bewildered women who just witnessed a nine-year-old boy pass the witch trials.

Vakia said to Serin, “Now you are an official witch. Congratulations. And you want to be a teacher at the school. You are entitled to it. You will be with Pamia. She is the teacher for the five to eight-year-olds beginning witchcraft.”

“But Emily is eleven. I wanted to help her.” Serin protested.

“They are older than you Sarin. Those are the intermediate, 10s we call them. I know you are more than qualified, but we will see how you first do with the fives first. Then perhaps we can try to see if you can get the respect of girls older than you.”

“I understand,” Sarin said. “So who teaches then tens?”

“That is May,” Vakiya replied.

“May, you teach my Emily?”

May, a dark-haired older woman nodded. “Yes, and she is doing great. You and Vakia are doing miracles with her. “

“Do you have a girl named Actonia there?” Serin inquired, raising her eyebrow.

“Yes,” Mary replied. “That girl is brilliant. She sees things, and she advances very quickly. Why are you asking about her?”

“The Goddess said something about her. Does she have a sister with her?” Serin asked.

May shook her head. “No, Jerica isn't taking courses with the hekatin. She is in the regular girl's classes, but she isn't progressing at all. There's something very wrong with her, and we cant help her. Many of us have tried. I Jerica said to one of the girls that she is really a boy.”

“She is a boy,” Serin replied. “And we have to help Jerric return as a boy. He was changed by potent dark magic. It will require many of us to break through the darkness and help Jerric return as a boy. That's what the Goddess told me I must do.”

The four older teachers just stared at him for several very long seconds. It was so unnervingly quiet you could hear a pin drop. May said, “If he really is a boy, that would explain so much. Poor boy. If this is what the Goddess told you, then it must be true, and that is your duty assigned to you by the Goddes. It comes to you to help that poor boy. You need a plan.”

“Yes, We must find enough girls willing to help him. The Goddess said it would require many girls to break through the seal the darkness trapped him in. And I must talk with Actonia first. She is a seer, and she will know who will be willing to help us.”

They understood, and then Serin worked with May into the evening over the lesson plans for the following week. May told him where they were and what they were working on. Then she told Serin what the plans were for the next week. Since they were five to seven-year-olds, they were still studying the fundamentals of the Goddess and magic. They were on some of the language skills. Then Serin was given a list of the girls in the class and their names and skillsets they were working on. There would be a new girl that week that needed to do the ritual of feminine power. She was going to allow Serin to lead that for the girl near the end of the class.

Then the women left once everything was settled, and he continued to look at the list of the students he would be working on. Then he went laid in his new bed, getting ready to sleep.

Xxxxx
Serin woke up in the morning, and he still half-expected Stone and Bucket to storm in like they did the first morning to corset him one way or the other. That fear was hard to get rid of.

But there was no Stone, and he got dressed generally as a boy usually did. But since he was at a girls school with many girls, he did try to look more neutral, so he chose a more feminine top with some ruffles down the buttons and lace along the collar. He did his hair and then powdered his face and his lips, and he was about ready to go to school with Vakia. Her eyes rose as she saw his appearance but shrugged. They rode in the carriage together with his sister, and they arrived on schedule.

It was still
close to a half-hour before classes began. Emily got to watch as May instructed Serin on his duties and made sure he knew all of the girl's names and their skills they were working on.

Then May made sure Sarin knew what the lesson plans were. They had to get through the basic skills for the morning like language and the grace portion before they got into the witchcraft. But the fives witchcraft was first before the older girls came in for their class.

Serin was ready, and the girls began arriving. Emily was sent to her class with the ten to twelve-year-olds. And everything began. Serin felt very out of place here.

The teacher may introduce him. “Girls, I have a new assistant teacher. Everyone welcome Serin Denae as the assistant teacher.”

There were whispers, “but he’s a boy.” from several of the girls. Or “How can he teach us.”

May took control, “Girls, if he couldn't help you, then we wouldn't let a boy be here. He is very smart, and he will be my assistant. So welcome Sarin Denae.”

The girls snickered but welcomed him. “Welcome, Serin Danae.”

He smiled back, “Thanks. I will be the Assistant teacher from now on. So let's get started.”

This wasn't even witchcraft yet. They were just going through some basic language skills and touching on the history of queen Danis Pronita and her great accomplishments to society. Sarin kept a sharp eye on the various girls doing his best to remember each of their names. He went to help when he saw a girl who was having difficulty with the subject.

Sarin never made a mistake with the girl's names and went to help. May was extremely impressed with the very caring and compassionate leadership style that immediately endured the girls to him. She saw the hesitation the girls had with him in the beginning melt away into acceptance and even trust.

May was shocked when some of the girls asked for Serin to help her instead of asking for her. Serin had a style that endured him to them, and they liked him a lot. He was always there when he was needed.

Sarin spent a few extra minutes after class helping a group of girls understand the vowels and their place in forming words after class and asked the girls to do some extra work that night to help them understand, and he promised to check it in the morning.

Then he dismissed him. May was staring at him, trying to understand that he gave some of the girls extra work, and they gladly accepted and promised to do it for him. Even she had trouble doing that.

Then they were going to lead the girls in feminine grace. This was going to be interesting, Sarin thought acidly to himself. How would the girls accept this? Well, he was going to have to demean his masculinity once more and help teach girls some of the feminine graces and show them he could do it. How fun was this going to be?

Some of the same girls were here for this class, but there were a few older girls that had started late. Much like he did at sixteen. The class began as usual, but there was a little more disbelief and more snickering when May introduced him as the assistant teacher. They snickered uncontrollably, responding. “Hello, Serin Denae.” May silenced them, and they began the lessons with walking gracefully as a girl.

Serin did what he could to help teach the girls. There was a lot of disbelief that a boy could help a girl in this area, so he was required to demonstrate that he could do it. Serin walked effortlessly across the floor with three books on his head. He demonstrated how to keep the shoulders and head level as he glided across the floor. Then sitting, standing, the motions, and methods. Some of the girls kept snickering but more of the girls were willing to allow him to guide them through it after that.

So he was attentive in helping and instructing the girls how to glide across the floor, keeping the head level with the body. One of the girls near the end asked, “How do you know this?”

He looked at the girl that looked like she was ten. He said, “I used to be a girl Centhia. I was turned into a girl. So I went to these classes, and I studied. I learned everything girls learned.”

Centhia seemed to accept that. The class was dismissed, and they went on their way. It was now time for the Chapel, and all of the girls went into the chapel and sat down as Vakia began that portion of the day. She lead a sermon. It seemed all of the girls were here from ages five on up to sixteen. Even Actonia was there in the middle roll sitting beside Emily.

Then Vakia called up sarin to the front and included him in her sermon for the day. “As many of you know,” Vakia said. “The will of Prognita is unknowable. We don't know what she intends, we just accept her will and let her be our guide. Many of you accept me because its the will of our Goddess. I am not much older than some of you. Yet I am one of the youngest women to ever pass the trials of the four ways. I have been appointed as the primary of this school. I am the high hekatin leader for this area. I have proven myself superior in skills than many women in their middle ages. This is the will. By the same measure, the Goddess has saw fit to grant this boy extraordinary abilities. He feels the will of the Goddess. He is the youngest child to ever pass the trials, and he is a boy. But this is the will of the Goddess. We must accept and guide him.”

He saw that many of the girls were surprised. There were some mutterings and even some snickering. But many of the girls accepted him. He saw Actonia watching him with a wary eye. It was as if she was trying to figure out who he was. He saw a flicker of recognition in her eyes, but she still couldn't figure out who he was.

Serin smiled softly to Actonia and nodded. She still couldn't figure it out. He remembered in the other life he felt a strong sexual attraction to Actonia and made a deal with some of his friends that he could seduce her, and if he failed, then he would dress as a girl for them. It was silly and really backfired when he was dressed and did become a girl. He felt that attraction before he realized what a monster Actonia really was. This wasn't that Actonia. She was still a child here and would find things wold go very different here. With the Prophet being the King's son, she would find that she couldn't turn him, and there would be no need to. She may even find that suggestion such a thing to Edwyn's sister would get her into big trouble. There won't be much need for her skills here, but would she become the same sadists that would do anything she felt was necessary no matter who she hurt in the process? Would she have no feelings for the suffering of a boy who was turned against his will? Serin guessed that her own brother's suffering may have an effect on that.

Vakia's sermon ended, and they were dismissed, and then It was time for the younger children to begin the Hekatin courses. Most of the girls knew him by now and were willing to accept him. Most of the girls even liked him by now. Serin was still introduced as the assistant teacher. Since this was the special classes for the Hekatin, May had to add additional information.

“We Welcome Serin Denae as the assistant. He just graduated from the trials and is a full witch. Our primary has introduced him personally over the past months and helped him pass the trials. We are very privileged to have someone of his ability to help us here, so everyone welcome Serin Denae.”

The girls welcomed him, and they all began. This was his specialty and what he enjoyed the most. They all began with the basics and progressed from there to the symbols and the language of the Goddess herself. He went around helping the girls with the symbols and what they all meant. The girls seemed to enjoy it

And then they proceeded to casting some of the basic spells. It was stranger to help the girls here, but he understood and helped the girls focus their power by showing them how to do it. Many times, it required him to demonstrate it himself. Many of the girls were shocked to see the power of the Goddess within him. Even though they were told, he passed the trials. It was still a different thing to see him actually doing it. He was endured to all of the girls, and they formed a special bond with him.

Then he helped an eight-year-old do the ritual of feminine force. May watched as he guided the girl though the phrases and helped her through the entire process. None of the girls snickered to hear him repeating the phrases and guiding her through it. It was actually impressive. Then class dismissed, and Serin personally congratulated the girl and cheered her on as she left.

Now Serin faced the teacher May, and they both knew it was time for the hard part. The two walked out to meet their primary Vakia. The three went to the class Emily was leaving, and they saw Actonia there waiting as if she knew.

Sarin decided to take charge and walked up to Actonia. He still felt the ghost of the anger at what she did in a previous life. He told himself to stow it this time and approached. “Hello Actonia,” Sarin said to her. “My name is Sarin Denae, and we need to have a word with you.”

The eleven-year-old girl nodded and followed them to the office. “This has to do with my sister Jerica doesn't it?”

“Yes, I may be able to help her.” the four filed into Vakia’s office and sat down. They all looked at Sarin to begin. He didn't know how difficult all of this was going to be. He was going to have to confess to Actonia and not get angry.

“I have been instructed to help your Sister, Jerica. I feel that I may be the only one who can help her.” Sarin started off.

“She needs it. Jerica keeps insisting that she is really a boy and that a witch turned him. But I remember her being my younger sister all my life.” Actonia said. “I don't know why she isn't happy being a girl.”

“Jerica is right,” Sarin said flatly. “She was turned
against her will. You may need some explanation, so I will show you.” Sarin stood up and approached Actonia. “You are a seer and see things. I also know much of your abilities are done by physical touch, so here, take my hand and look into my past, and my future.” sarin took Actonia's hand.

The girl's mind was flooded with confusing and horrific images. They all began with Actonia talking to Pattenia about turning him, the pressure she applied. Actonia meeting Aanya at the very beginning and talking about Pattenia being the vessel, and she had to be strong. The images proceeded to the great meeting where she talked to Pattenia about how he would be happy as a girl and how it would make her strong. The images went to the meeting in the stable and where they went out to the woods and turned a buck together. Then to the coronation where Sarin was horrifically changed against his will and went on to Sarin's abuse and depression in that life. All the way to his deal with Lilith and his vengeance in changing her younger brother Jeric. Then how everything went back, except for Jeric, who with back as a young girl.”

“So those dreams are you, You are that boy?” Actonia said. “It explains so much. Jerrica really is a boy, and this is revenge against me.”

“Yes,” Sarin said. It was the first vakia, and May heard of this horrific plan. But they maintained their silence. “It was. I was so helpless and abused. I turned cruel, but you were also very cruel, Actonia. It all has a cost. But the Goddess told me to help your brother be restored, and she told me the way. We will need many girls to break through the dark power, imprisoning your brother in this form. Since you are the seer, you can find those girls that we need. Can you see them in your mind?”

Actonia looked into her visions and started seeing the images of the girls they needed. “Yes, I think I do. We only needed twelve women to change you, but this is even stronger power, and we will need twenty-five girls. We will also need Celestia to help. Your mother, Aanya as we did the first time.”

They started making plans, and she would gather the girls in the coming weeks. Sarin needed to travel to the capital. Actonia stood up and said sadly, “Sarin, I am sorry. I think it was wrong to do what we did.”

“I would have done what was required if anyone ever told me it was required. I wish someone taught me what it was all about. I am also sorry for taking my vengeance out on your brother. Let's make plans to restore his manhood.”

Note from the Author. I am not rewriting this entire story. I am simply adding some chapters in some areas to help further explain a few of the plot points and help with the continuity from the Lilith Messenger part that I wrote.
Much of this story will remain the same
But I will write another chapter five for Sarin helping Jerric with Actonias help and his going to the capital to finally confront Celestia