The Potentials

Benthea

Chapter 12

It's Ben's turn first. We have to show everyone what we have learned in training so far. Ben walks in front of us, across the river.

"Ok so my power is controlling air. If you didn't already know that." He winks at me and my heart flutters. He move his arms and creates a ball of air. He throws it at a tree and the tree falls upon contact. He creates small balls of air under his feet and walks upon the water. Then he flys towards the lake. We all follow him closely. When he gets above the water he goes in and creates a bubble as he goes in so that he can breathe. He comes back up about 5 minutes later. I am the first thing he looks at. He creates some fog and makes small tornados around us to pick us up. Around me he puts a bigger one. It lifts me high above the others, up to Ben. My hair is flying wildly and it feels amazing! A smile grows bigger and bigger on my face. Ben comes over and grabs my hands. I look up at him and he looks into my eyes.

"Do you like it?" He asks me.

"How could I not! It's amazing! I feel so free! And with you here I am so much more happy." My face gets red as he pulls me close to his warm body. His arms wrap around me and there is some pressure behind his hands. He wants me closer. After some time he pulls back and kisses my cheek lightly. I return the favor. His hands grab my hips and he smiles as we get closer again. I love him. I love this. I put my head on his broad shoulder and his hands wander across me, filling me to the brim with butterflies and happiness. That's when Donavon calls up to us.

"You two love birds done yet?" Ben smiles at me and whispers in my ear

"We'll continue this later." We start to descend and some how I end up in his arms as we land on the ground. Next is Donavon. He steps in front of us and says proudly

"My power is earth. I control rocks and plants." He starts by shifting his weight and moving his arms in an upward motion. I chunk of the earth comes up with his hands. He throws it into the lake with a giant splash. To block the water, vines grow in mass quantities behind him. Flowers grow around his feet. They are bright yellow and resemble the sun because they seem to glow. He moves rocks into a giant stack and then, as they began to fall, he made them stop in mid air. The whole time he did this, Ben had his arm around my waist so that I could be closer to him. His hand twirled my hair and I loved every second of it. Donavon did a good job. Now it's my turn. Ben reluctantly let's go of me.

"Ok so I control water." I say awkwardly. I take a deep breath in. The water from the river behind me seems to react to my breaths. It rises as I breath in and falls when I breath out. I make a stream of water come up from the river and circle all of us. It spreads out into a water bubble then turns to ice. Snow falls inside the ice dome. We all walk towards the lake, then go in. We are safe in the bubble. After I show them some fish which encircle the bubble, we rise to the surface. They are safely back on land and I rise above the water using water vapor in the air. When I return to the ground, I land on water. It turns to ice as I walk on it. Ben looks impressed and amazed.

Since Autumn has taught us and already demonstrated her capabilities it is time to retire for the night. We eat some stew which I helped Autumn cook. It tasted of fresh herbs and juicy plants with bacon and mushrooms. We also ate some left over deer from the other day. After dinner Ben and me go to the other side of the cave.

"Hey." I say as I look up at him.

"Hi." He walks towards me. "So what do you want to do?" He asks.

"Well, I don't know. Kiss you. I want that." He looks at me with hope and wanting. He puts his arms around me. He holds me for a second and then hugs me. He then pulls back to look at me. He leans down, our eyes locked. And we kiss. Hesitant at first, then passionately. He pushes me against the cave wall as we kiss again and again. The pressure feels nice though. And his lips feel even better. Autumn and Donavon went off by themselves to do who knows what so we were all alone. My hand is in his hair pushing him to me, and my other hand is on his face. His hands are moving everywhere and one stops on my face to pull me as close as can be. We lie down on the cave floor. It is covered in lush green moss like a bed of pillows. All I want is to stay like this forever. My head is on his chest and his arms envelope me. We lie there together for a while before we drift asleep in each others arms.