Sacrifices

Unsolvable

***

"What..." Hiccup muttered.

"How..." Heather added.

"What..." Astrid said.

"All valid questions..." Oakley admitted. Astrid spun around with the cushion still in her hands.

"You're telekinetic?" She thought.

"No." Oakley denied. "Well, yes but no." She sighed. "There's more to it than that."

"There's more?!" Hiccup wondered. The young girl nodded.

"I control the elements." She revealed. The others just stared at her in disbelief. "Well, control may be a bit of a stretch."

"What do you mean?" Heather questioned.

"Each element is tied to a different emotion. They sorta have a mind of their own." She explained. "I've been trying so hard not to use them. Honestly, I would do anything just get rid of it."

"What? Why?" Astrid wondered. "Having powers would be so cool!" Oakley's gaze dropped as she rubbed her arm nervously. "Oak, what aren't you telling us?"

"Have you ever been so angry it felt like your head was on fire?" She asked.

"Of course." They all agreed.

Oakley took a deep breath, backing up a few paces. She close her eyes and seconds later her hair lit up in bright blue flames.

"Woah..."

Her eyes squeezed even tighter, her hands balled into fists. StarGazer raced to the kitchen sink behind her and sprayed her with water, extinguishing the flames. Oakley wiped the water from her eyes before turning to scoop up her gecko-like friend and place him on her shoulder.

"Thanks, Buddy." She smiled gratefully, clutching her stomach as she took a moment to fight off her new wave of nausea.

"Okay, don't make Oakley mad. Check." Hiccup noted.

"I'd appreciate it." She chuckled, heading back over to check on Hiccup.

"It still seems pretty cool to me," Heather stated.

"Yeah, not so fun when you hurt someone." Oakley exhaled as she grabbed a towel from the bathroom and started drying her hair. Nobody said a word for a few moments.

"So, Fire is anger. What are the others?" Heather finally spoke.

"I'm guessing water is sadness?" Astrid thought. Oakley nodded.

"Ice is fear and air is happiness." She added.

"What about earth?" Hiccup wondered.

"I'm not sure. I haven't figured that one out yet." She shrugged.

"Umm, guys we have about seven minutes until Calculus." Heather reminded. Oakley dipped the cloth that heather had gotten out into the bowl of water and started cleaning Hiccup up, now he had finally stopped bleeding.

"Ow, ow, ow." He whined.

"I'm almost done, drama queen." Oakley teased. She waved her hand towards the kitchen, a cupboard sprung open and a dry cloth flew into her hand. She swirled her other hand over it, dropping a small block of ice into it. She wrapped it up and handed it to Hiccup before heading to Calculus.

***

"Hey, what did you get on the test?" Heather asked Astrid as the teacher handed her papers back.

"86. Math sucks. Good thing it was just a practice test." The blonde admitted with a sigh. "What about you?"

"94," Heather said. "Hiccup?"