The Fire in the Shadow

Magic

Celaena POV

Her first training session was going to be with Feyre. They were going to start easy, she was going to find that flicker of magic that she needed. So that she could at least have hope that she was going to be able to shift and control her magic. 

She was wearing training gear and she was going to meet Feyre in the living room. Her hair was in a braid, just like she used to have it when she was out on assassination missions. When she went through the hall she used her time. There were a lot of paintings hanging that she hadn't had the time to look at before. They were beautiful. She saw a lot of familiar faces in the paintings. But her favorite painting that she had seen so far was probably the one with the mountains covered in snow. It reminded her of home.

Feyre POV

She was sitting in the living room waiting. When the doors opened it was Celaena. "Who made those paintings in the hall?" she asked, "Oh, that's me" Feyre responded. "Well, they're absolutely gorgeous." Feyre blushed, she always did that when people complimented her art. And now because she was pregnant she would sometimes start crying too. She was relieved that didn't happen this time. 

Feyre winnowed them to a place in the woods that was warded off so that no other animals or people could enter. They had made it so that they could have magic training without there being to many accidents. "Okay, so. We are going to start with some meditation so that you will become calm and will be able to focus better. Is that alright?" she asked "Yes, that's fine. Although I'm not that sure if it's going to work." 

They both sat themselves in a meditation position.

Celaena POV

"What am I supposed to do now?" she asked, she found this to be boring. "Just focus and be patient."  Celaena tried to focus but nothing happened. "Don't think, let everything go." she heard Feyre say, how did she know that Celaena's mind was in chaos. As far as Celaena knew Feyre couldn't get into her head. Celaena was willing to try though, and eventually she could feel a sensation of falling and then she saw something. A light. What would happen if she touched it? She sat there staring at it for a while when she heard Feyre gasp in pain. Celaena opened her eyes, "What is it?" "I think I'm about to give birth. I'm having contractions." 

This had to be the worst time that she could give birth. "Is there something I can do?"                         "I can't winnow now so you need to run into the city. It's around 4 miles that way. You need to be quick." she strained out. You could tell she was in extreme pain. "That's very far and I'm not as quick as you. I'm in my human form. I don't want to leave you here."                                                      "Did you feel anything when we were meditating?"  "Yes, I saw a light." please don't say it, she thought. "Touch it and you'll shift. I know it's risky and I know you're scared but there isn't anything else you can do. Find a healer." 

Celaena went into the place she had been before and she touched the light, and an excruciating  pain coursed through her. But she didn't have time to think about that so she started running. And she ran without stopping to catch her breath until she came to the city. She asked the first person she found where the healers were, and then she ran to their shop. When she was there she found a healer called Madja that knew the High lord and High lady, and she instructed another healer to send a message for the High lord. Her and Madja ran back to where Feyre was and they could easily find her because of her screaming. Madja went to work. After only a few minutes the High lord and a few of the other's that were a part of the inner circle came. Azriel went to her and asked her if she was okay, she told him she was even if she was scared shitless because she wasn't able to shift back into her human form and her magic was trying to get out. When no one was paying attention to her she slipped away and she found a cave made out of stone. If she exploded she wouldn't hurt anyone except for herself.

Azriel POV

He had turned around for a few seconds and she was gone. He was worried out of his mind because he couldn't find her and he also didn't know if Feyre and the baby were going to be alright. He kept looking and he could hear someone breathing not so far away from him. It came from a cave and when he went inside he could smell her scent. She was sitting in the corner with her head in her hands, when she heard him he could tell she started to panic.  "Don't come closer. I'm going to hurt you, I can't control it." He put his hands up in front of him while moving closer to her. "It's okay. Just do exactly what you did when you shifted into this form. Focus." 

He could tell she was trying to but she wasn't calm. Her adrenalin was still coursing through her. "You need to breathe. Do it with me, okay." He took a deep breath in "In" and then out "Out" he kept going like that and eventually he could tell she was calm again. "Now, focus on what you did earlier." She closed her eyes and after a few moment there was a green flash and she was human again. But she was exhausted and she fell unconscious, he was barely able to catch her. 

He held her in his arms and carried her back to the others. He went to Cassian and Nesta and told them that he was going to fly back to the house so that Celaena could rest. 

When he was at the house he brought her to her room and laid her down on her bed. He called for Nuala and Cerridwen and told them to shift her into more comfortable clothes and that when they were done with that they had to finish the nursery. He told them he was going to take care of bringing Celaena some food and water.