GIFTED: CURSE OF THE DARK QUEEN

SO WE ARE BASICALLY SUPERHEROES NOW..COOL.

"What are we going to do..exactly?" Aindrik asked with a raised brow, we were walking through the middle of a forest with The Master of Realms. According to him it's a great place to train, so like earlier..he poofed us all into a forest with no cell connection apparently. So now If I die in the hands of this crazy master I can't even call for help, Ishika whispered to me "I'm telling you, this guy is giving me serious serial killer vibes!" I nodded my head, agreeing with her. Master of Realms stopped at a empty space surrounded by trees and shrubs, the light from the sun was peeking through the leaves of the trees. Boulders were littered around the area and sounds of birds flying away was heard, Master of Realms stood in the middle of the area and we settled near a boulder, he looked at us and started "As you have already figured out Why I have brought you here...I won't waste your time anymore and jump to the point." He cleared his throat "Your powers...the divine energy gifted by the gods to you are locked inside of you. These powers usually manifest during your toddler years, but are automatically locked away as magical abilities in a toddler's hands would have been a disaster...but these powers slowly start to manifest again as you grow up and can be used when you are in danger. Now..." He looked at us "I will use my magic to unlock that energy within you..let me remind you though, dormant energy rushing into a person's body can be volatile so when I complete the unlocking ritual you should prepare your body and mind." We nodded at him, even though we didn't have a single Idea of how to do it. Master of Realms signaled us to gather around him, we slowly formed a circle around him and he took a deep breath and closed his eyes...slowly, white energy crackled in his hands and the energy took the form of a ball, the master opened his eyes and stared at us, he said "Remember..when I release this energy ball you have to be ready!" and thus saying, He closed both of his palms and then opened it making the ball disappear in the process. As soon as the ball disappeared a rush of energy went through my body, my limbs started getting heavy making me stagger back and almost falling down! I staggered back and gripped on a boulder, the others were also gripping on something to prevent themselves from falling down..it felt as if all my strength has been released in my body by some invisible force! a minute or two later my limbs started returning to their normal state, I slowly steadied myself and muttered "Remind me to never, ever, experience that shit again." The Master of Realms looked at us "It seems like you have perfectly handled yourselves." He said with a smug look on his face, Vinnie glared at him "Man, I swear to god! It feels like YOU are the one who's trying to kill us." Master let out a chuckle "I apologize for this, this process isn't exactly hard as it looks like as in earlier times..people discovered their magic quickly but..as it was dormant inside you for so many years the energy must have taken a toll on you." Ishika rolled her eyes at him "Whatever..now start your damn training." Master of Realms nodded , and pointed at Aishik, he signaled him to come forward..Aishik took cautious steps toward him and stood beside him Master of Realms said "Each of you have special abilities, and when you conjoin your magic it grows stronger. Your magic is reflected on your personality..as for you, Aishik..." He kept his hand on his shoulders and said "You are often seen as the..Jester friend of the group am I right?" Aishik nodded his head slowly, even though he's seen as the 'jester' friend of the group none of us were unknown to Aishik's manipulative mind. Once he convinced a guy that a dead girl was searching for him all over the school, let's just say that ended up in a messy manner. Master of Realms continued "But I'm also not oblivious about your manipulative nature..if you know what I'm talking about..so, here's what we will do Aishik, you will imagine about..any place you want to visit and then we'll see what happens." Aishik asked "Um..what's going to happen after that?" Master of Realms didn't answer him and just smirked, Aishik huffed out and closed his eyes...minutes passed away without anything happening, when suddenly! the ground beneath me turned warm and powdery and the air around me started to get warmer. I looked downwards only to find out that I'm standing on sand! "Are we standing on a freaking Sand Dune?!" Vinnie's ecstatic voice brought my eyes back to Aishik and I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing! We weren't in the forest anymore we were in a Desert! like a legit Desert...Aishik opened his eyes and slowly the Desert faded away bringing us back to the forest, Master of Realms clapped "Well done Aishik, Well done!" He clapped and came forward Abantika asked "What just happened!?" "That my friends, was an illusion..create by Aishik here." Master of Realms patted his back and said "Aishik's ability includes manifesting illusions, whatever he imagines turns into a very realistic illusion!" Aishik grinned "Guess I don't need a ticket to visit places after all.." Ishika asked "Where did you take us earlier?" Aishik sheepishly replied "Sa--Sahara desert." Aishik had a huge crush on Ishika since middle school, but Ishika being Ishika never reciprocated it back and whenever Ishika asked him something directly, he stuttered. A sharp ringing sound had everyone covering their ears! the noise was shrill and high pitched... Master of Realms almost shouted "AISHIK! LOOK INSIDE YOUR POCKET!" Aishik removed one of his hands from his ears and put it inside his pocket, and in a swift motion he brought out a gold coin from his pocket..the ringing sound subsided as we stared at the gold coin with wide eyes!"what the hell is this..." Aishik muttered as he checked the coin, we swarmed around him to get a better look at the coin. The coin was made out of gold, it was round a little bigger than normal coins..like a 'mohur' and it had a engraved picture of a stout man, wearing a Indian attire and throwing coins from his hands "Aishik..you have been claimed!" We turned towards the Master of Realms, he said "You have been claimed by the richest of richest, the one who's mansion is made from pure gold..the banker of the gods, Lord Kubera." Aishik grazed his thumb over the coin and turned it around, a writing was engraved on the back of the coin he read it out loud "Swarnamudram" with a swirl of energy, the gold coin started to change its shape and slowly it molded itself into a sword, Our eyes were almost popping out of the sockets after looking at what happened. Master said "This is a gift from your father Aishik, a proof...that you are under his protection and you have been claimed by him." Aishik flashed a grin at us and kept the coin in his pocket "Now.." The Master of Realms turned towards Ishika "Come forward child.." Ishika muttered "let's hope I get some useful powers." Ishika went forward and stood where Aishik was standing, She looked like a bored cat The Master said "You, my girl, are the one who has no patience, one..who's time is very precious so..why not we try to control that time however we want to?" Ishika raised her eyebrows, a mischievous glint appearing in her eyes, The Master gave her a small smile and stood a bit far from her. Without giving Ishika any kind of warning he launched a white energy ball at her, Ishika's eyes widened and she shrieked throwing her hands in front of her in defense, the ball of energy halted in the air as soon as Ishika did that movement and a blue energy stopped the ball from moving anymore! It was almost as if she had frozen the ball mid air. "How the fuck did I do that?" Ishika exclaimed, not believing her own eyes The Master of Realms smiled "you, Ishika, have the power of manipulating time at your own will, you can either freeze the world or you can jump into the future with a snap of your fingers." Ishika's eyes were still wide, she was staring at her hands intently when a sizzling sound was heard and Ishika hissed in pain "Shit what the---" She quickly folded up her top's sleeve only to find a hibiscus tattoo on her wrist, it looked like it was burned into her skin Ishika looked at the Master "What's this suppose to mean?" Master of Realm's eyes gleamed with excitement, he said "You have been claimed Ishika! You have been claimed by the goddess of time and destroyer of evil herself...YOU HAVE BEEN CLAIMED BY GODDESS KALI!!" Ishika looked like she was going to faint at any moment, she quickly took a few steps back and whispered in my ear "I always knew that I'm going to be claimed by someone badass." "Now, Anaya! please join me." Anaya looked at us and then slowly took small steps towards the master of realms, He asked "Anaya..do you believe in witches?" "well Given the circumstances..I don't see a reason why I shouldn't believe in them." Anaya chuckled lightly, The Master of Realms said "Very well, Anaya.." He closed his eyes and a brown parchment appeared in his hands with a twinkling sound, He reached out his hand towards Anaya "Take this paper from my hand...and chant this quietly..in your mind." Anaya took the paper from his hand and muttered whatever was written on the paper, no sooner did she stopped muttering the paper suddenly caught on fire! and a violet aura pulsating energy formed around Anaya's hand. Anaya looked at her hands completely bewildered, she curled her hands into a fist and a loud crack of thunder was heard! We looked towards the once bright and sunny sky slowly getting filled with dark storm clouds, the breeze started to blow faster than before and dust started swirling around, we covered our eyes from the dust with our hands. The Master went towards Anaya "Anaya, you started this storm! you are the one who can stop it." Anaya looked confused, but she quickly opened her palms and waved one of her hand with the violet energy still pulsating around them! the storm started to calm down and it stopped, all the traces of the storm was gone in a second like it never happened Aindrik muttered "What the fuck, witch.." Anaya flinched at the nickname and looked towards Aindrik, Aindrik looked like a deer caught in headlights . Master of Realms came near Anaya "That storm..was one of the many spells you can do Anaya." Anaya gave the master a confused look "Spell?" she asked, The master of Realms said "You are not only an gifted but also a witch, a sorceress to be exact just like.." "The Dark queen." Anaya said grimly, I grimaced at the name. I really didn't wanted to think about her and how she's planning to eat the world, Master of Realms slowly nodded "She was an exceptional witch indeed..but she used her powers to fulfill her evil intentions. While you..are going to stop her from fulfilling those." Anaya nodded slowly, "LOOK!" Aishik shouted while pointing towards the sky, we all looked at where he was pointing and noticed a small, peacock feather was floating down from the sky! it fell on top of Anaya's head The Master of Realm's chuckled "...And who else might be your gifted father than the master of mystic himself, lord Krishna." Anaya took the feather from her head and looked at it, a gentle smile played on her face. Anaya slowly walked away from Master of Realms and stood next to Shivangi, The Master of Realms said "I think it's enough for today..lets continue tomorrow." We all nodded and started walking away.