Everyone agreed to search for Arylean and they set up a base in the dining room. Two hours flew by fast, but they weren't able to locate Arylean, who was in the meanwhile crying and hearing Copper's voice. "Arylean", he thought for about 30 minutes, until she responded.
"What do you want and how are you talking to me? I froze you!" Thought Arylean.
"Wait how can you hear me?! I was thinking not speaking!" Copper thought, "Wait we are connected beyond measure..... We're telepathic. Really should have seen that coming! Arylean would you stop crying! It's alright you blew up, but you need to stop running away. It doesn't solve anything." Arylean started crying again and Copper sighed. "Arylean don't start again, please. I'm really, really very cold."
"Just leave me alone and let me cry!" Arylean told him.
"I'm sorry for yelling, Arylean, but this is ridiculous, you were able to control your power a week ago!" He responded and then he realized what went wrong, he had made her afraid of her own power. "Arylean, I'm sorry this all my fault. I made you up fear your power. You were fine, until I messed up and told you couldn't do it." He finished.
"But you were right, I can't!" Arylean sniffled.
"Yes you can, you did it when you were carrying in the boxes and you can do it again." Copper encourage her.
"I can't and we both know that!" She responded, now getting mad.
"Arylean, if you continue to live in fear you will be controlled by it and whoever wants to use it to their advantage." He calmed her. "Please come back, please!"
"I still think your wrong so, no!" Said Arylean, back.
"Really! What do you feel when you lose control?" Snapped Copper.
Arylean pondered this a moment. "I was angry or afraid. Why? I just proved you right, didn't I?" She sighed. "Fine I'll come back, ok?" She said with an attitude, trying to avoid the rest of the conversation.
"So why are you coming back?" Asked Copper.
"What! Do not want me to come back?" Yelled Arylean, getting defensive.
"No, trust me I want you to come back." He started, nice and calm.
Arylean interrupted him. "Well, then you should be happy!" She took a breath. "I am coming back right now."
"Why? So you can blow up again? No you need to let it out now and don't come back until you do!" He commanded her.
"Excuse me! Did you just order me to stay out here?" Snapped Arylean, interrupting again.
"Arylean! Let me finish before you get mad! You keep interrupting me! Calm down before you come back! Why did you lose control?"
"What do you mean, why? I just did, ok?" Said Arylean, avoiding the question.
"Arylean, Answer the question!" He pressed. This back and forth went on for ten minutes.
"Fine, I was scared that I would hurt someone. So I accidentally froze everything and failed everyone." Said Arylean, getting defensive again. "There you happy? Can I come back now!"
"You didn't hurt anyone and let anyone down! So stop getting defensive." His voice started to calm. "Now will you, please unfreeze me! And before you ask yes I'm sure!"
"Ok, but I'm coming back." Said Arylean.
"I wanted you..., Nevermind!" Said Copper. She then unfroze him and started her way home.
Back at the house, "So how are we going to calm Arylean?" Asked Robert. This was the fifth time he had asked this question in the last half hour. When they all heard a knock at the door.
Mathew answered the door and bowed. It was their grandparents, "Well thank you, but why did you wait for thirty minutes before answering the door?" Asked the Queen.
"Sorry ma'am, we didn't hear you, until now. We didn't mean to keep you waiting." Said Mathew, apologetic. Arylean came in at this moment and Copper came down the stairs. This added to the chaos.
"What kept you all so busy?" Asked Eugene, sitting down on a stool.
"Um..." Hesitated Robert, looking at the table and countertop. Then he noticed that Arylean was back and Copper was unfrozen. "We just finished some training."
"What training involves tracking me down, Robert?" Asked Arylean, starting to giggle. Everyone else joined in, knowing Arylean had put Robert in a bad position. He sighed and explained what happened, whole everyone cleaning up the counter and table and made dinner.
In about 30 mins. they all sat down to eat and had a discussion about how to get Arylean to control her power. After dinner they tried training again and the same situation came up as before. Arylean was pushed to the limit again, but Copper encouraged her telepathically and helped her get through it. It was actually was harder and she still didn't lose her temper. Working together they cleared the hardest level of training.
After this they went to the living room and in thirty minutes their grandparents left, not mad at Robert anymore.
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Hidden Talents
FantasiTeens who discover they aren't who they believed were for their whole lives.
