Love in Darkness

Chapter 21: Ascendant

It is raining hard and Eon is still laying on the ground. The forest is filled with the noise of the rain. Rain is dripping in his face but it did not make him flinch nor bothered that his eyes have rainwater. Eon continues to look at the sky and rethink his life.

'What will I do with the journal?'
'What will I do with my powers? I cannot stay it hidden forever.'
'Would the realm accept me? I am not powerless like they thought.'
'What would be the higher village do if they know my existence? A fairy who possessed a rare power and have more than one?'

These are some of the possibilities that Eon thinks and cannot determine its outcome. He sighs, "Why everything is so complicated? If only I have normal powers like the other fairies, it would have been easy. I do not need to hide.".

Minutes later, Eon thinks of wanting to make the rain stop falling into his face. He imagines making all the rainwater coming down to his face into water drops. What happened made him get up and look upward. The rainwater the surrounds him become waterdrops. Eon's eyes widen. He could not believe it happened - what he imagines. He lifts his right hand to reach for a waterdrop. He sways his hand to the right side and the waterdrop follows and the others collided with the first waterdrop.

Eon keeps swaying his hand, gathering the water drops. In his hand now is a big ball of water. He moves his hand in backward and then pushes it forward hard, making the ball of water hit a tree.

Eon is amazed. He can control the water element. "I am really an elemental fairy.", he mutters to himself enthusiastically. He stands up and keeps collecting water coming from the rain. Eon would make a ball of water and throws it anywhere. "I can control water.", he exclaims.

The rain has finally stopped. Eon decides to go home but would be careful since he could be caught entering the portal.

He sneakily walks, hiding from the other fairies until he reaches their house. Eon expects to see an empty but his mother was waiting by the door. "Where have you been?".

Eon ignores his mother and goes to his bedroom but before he can close the door, his mother calls him. "Eon. I am your mother. No matter what you say, I will ask you and you should answer.". He sighs and looks at her, "I went out, okay? Finding some stuff for magic school.". His mother has something else to say but he closes the door the moment he stopped explaining.

"Why acting like a mom now?", Eon sighs and lays on his bed. He stares at the ceiling and recalls the event in the forest. He gets the glass of water at the window to try to control water - checking everything is not a dream.

He holds the glass of water and pours it into his hand. The water did not fully touch Eon's hand and hovers in his palm. He moves his hand from side to side. "I can really control water.", Eon smiles. It has been the very first time that he felt that his identity is complete. The night came and Eon can hardly sleep. He keeps controlling the water. He would make a small ball of water and moves it near to the ceiling, then he would make it near to his face. An hour later, he decides to sleep. He has to go to magic school tomorrow early. Eon decides to relearn all about the elemental fairies. All the teachings of his parents have been erased from his mind. The knowledge is forced on him since his parents cannot accept that he is powerless.

The next morning, Eon wakes up feeling optimistic. He even greets his parents. Fero and Diana are surprised by their son's attitude but they are happy. Fero already has a guess why but his wife, Diana, is clueless. He has not told his wife yet about their son having powers.

Eon arrives at the magic school early so he goes straight to the library and borrows some books. He takes it with him to the classroom. An hour passed, other fairies are starting to arrive. Eon is immersed in reading when Odette approaches him. "Hey, Eon, have not seen you for a while. Glad you came today.".