Mage Academy For The Gifted

Basic Meditation Class

~ Daryn ~

Our eyes lit up in surprise after realizing that the classroom wasn't what we expected it to be.

It was no regular classroom.

There were no chairs or tables, just a smooth floor which was padded with a really soft, black material.

Everyone was seated on the ground, with both legs crossed, as though they were meditating.

"You must be the last students on our list...come sit with us"

The teacher was a blonde lady who wore a pair of glasses and had a rather calm, but matured voice than her physical looks could tell.

She was seated in front of the others, and therefore was the only one who could see us without turning her head.

I shot a brief gaze at Daemon before assuming the same position as everyone else, so did he.

"Oh, before we begin... I'm Mrs Tanxi Lee, but you can call me Lee"

"First, we begin with unlocking your torrent of energy"

"You should --"

She got interrupted by a curious person whose hand was put up, signalling that he had a question.

"Um...what's a torrent of energy?", he asked.

"Yeah, we need to know", the crowd murmured as well.

Her lips remained pursed while she maintained silence, following the person's question. Shutting her eyes, she took a deep breath and had both palms clasped together.

Everyone else remained calm, peering at her in expectation of something unique.

To everyone's awe, bright red sparks appeared in between her palms and began increasing until it reached the size of...maybe a tennis ball.

My eyes widened and I couldn't stop staring at the ball of energy in her hand.

Meanwhile, she calmly peeled her eyes open to see the shock in everyone's eyes.

She began in a relaxed tone, "your torrent of energy is the source of your supernatural strength...it's what makes you different from humans."

She smiled.

"Now this will be a practical class...and I want everyone to repeat what I've just done"

I switched my anxious gaze to Daemon, while everyone else murmured again.

"But how?", someone else asked.

"Yeah, I mean...we just saw you conjure a magical ball, but we don't know the tricks behind it", another added. 

I could guess how upset she was, but she did a good job in trying to conceal it.

She took another deep breath.

"I clearly see that this batch of freshmen are  rude, but you haven't met your combat instructor yet", she paused and took some time to glance at our faces.

"Just meditate...close your eyes and remain calm; don't think, just let your energy flow through you...then slowly channel it out"

A few minutes passed after following her instructions, yet I felt the same. My eyes were twitching, since I began losing patience and concentration.

I murmured under my breath, "it isn't working"

Fortunately, Lee's calm voice yanked me out of my futile struggle.

"You can now open your eyes and see what you've created", she instructed.

I shamefully peeled my eyes to realize that everyone else merely achieved sparks of energy and nothing more, except for one person - Zora.

My gaze remained fixed upon her and the glinting yellow ball of energy she held in both hands.

"Wow", I managed to say.

Turning to Daemon, I realized that the tiny sparks of energy he managed to create began swirling until they formed an energy ball as well.

"You've all done well, especially you, Miss Zora"

A glinting smile beamed upon Lee's face while she kept on staring at Zora as well.

I gulped immediately she shot at me with a disgusted gaze; then she flicked her palm, causing the red energy ball which she held to disappear. 

I lowered my face in shame as everyone else's gaze shifted to me, murmurs filling my ear.

"It wasn't working...I...", I stammered.

"Are you sure you belong here?",  she asked with a frown.

I heaved an almost silent sigh.

"What supernatural are you?"

"I...um...I'm a Phoenix", I stammered.

"You're lying", she responded with a frown.

Daemon suddenly cut in;

"He's not lying...you can ask the headmistress"

I slowly lifted my gaze and noticed how she averted her gaze from me to everyone else.

"Let's move on to the next phase...energy transformation"

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The basic meditation class was finally over and everyone began scurrying out of the class.

"Hey Zora...Zee!", I called while rushing towards Zora with Daemon beside me.

She was almost leaving the classroom when her gaze was averted to me.

"Oh, Hi", she beamed.

Turning to Daemon, I said, "Yeah, um...this is my friend, Daemon"

"Nice to meet you", he beamed, exchanging a brief handshake with her.

I rubbed my nape as she shot at me with a warm gaze; 

"I...uh, wanted to ask how you easily got through the basic meditation class", I requested. 

"Oh, I don't really know...I guess it was easy cus I meditate all the time"

I shook my head while smiling sheepishly, even though I wasn't wasn't satisfied with her response.

"Oh...okay, thanks...I'll be seeing you around", I beamed again.

"Yeah...you're welcome", she said after adjusting her purple glasses.

I just stood there frozen, with my gaze fixed upon her as she turned and walked away. It wasn't until Daemon yanked my arm, pulling me back to reality.

"Let's go"

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