The Mark Of the Nether (A Minecraft fanfiction)

Training

Piper's POV:

We caught up with the others and followed them into the garden.

"So where's this 'Secret area'?" Sav said looking around.

"Over here." Micha went over to one of the walls surrounding the castle. The one that had a lush forest behind it. She began applying pressure and a part of the stone pushed into the wall. She moved it aside to reveal a small tunnel of branches and leaves. "Go on. What are you waiting for?" I hesitated before crawling through the tunnel. Sav gingerly went in after me, along with the others. When I got to the end of the passage I ended up in a large garden enclosed by a thick, tall hedge. There were a few trees that looked perfect for climbing. In three of the trees there were treehouses, all connected by rope bridges with a rope ladder hanging down from each tree. At the edge of the garden there was a shed. It had a tattered Minecraftia flag (Black flag with a grass block on it) hanging from the top. On the side of the shed the letters H, S and N were roughly painted in red. There were dusty targets and old wooden swords lying around in the grass.

"Looks like we weren't the first people to find this place." I examined one of the swords. "So what now?"

"Check in the book." Remeer gestured towards it. I took it out from its place under my arm and stared at the cover.

"What are we looking for?" I asked, still not taking my eyes off the book.

"Remember the day of 'the incident'?" Remeer asked. 'The incident' was now what we called the time I lost it in front of the entire school.

"You mean the day I screwed up everything? How could I forget..." I muttered.

"That wasn't your fault. If anything it was that jerk face's fault!" Sav said, angry.

"Jerk face? Really?" Nix sighed.

"HEY! I'm bad at insults okay?" She mumbled the last part.

"MOVING ON," Remeer changed the subject. "When you lost your cool I noticed some of the rocks that were scattered across the courtyard were floating. Maybe you have-uh- what's it called again?"

"Ooh! Ooh I know! TELEKINESIS!!" Micha jumped up and down. I chuckled and walked over to her.

"Good job mutt." I smirked while I ruffled her hair.

"Cut it out." She giggled and playfully whacked my hand away.

"Alright. Floating rocks, coming up!" I closed my eyes and flipped through the pages. It seemed like they went on forever. Eventually, I stopped and my eyes widened once I opened them, Levitating, was the title of the page.

"How does it always do that?" Sav looked over my shoulder, bewildered.

"Beats me." I shrugged and began reading.

When a person who is magically capable wants to levitate things, here is what you must do. Imagine you are lifting or moving the thing you want to move, concentrate all your energy on that. But be careful, the heavier an object is for you, the quicker you will lose energy and become tired. That also depends, however, on how powerful and experienced you are. Do not strain yourself for it will be your downfall. Instead, train.

"Okay.." I said after reading it. "Train not Strain. Let's give it a shot." Micha grabbed a broken arrow from underneath a pile of leaves and handed it to me, while Nixie set up a target.

"You have good aim, Piper. The best in the kingdom. So now, try to shoot the arrow without touching it." Micha stood back, smiling proudly while the girls hid in the shed and Remeer climbed the first tree he found as fast as possible. Honestly, I can't blame them for hiding. If I was using a bow they wouldn't be scared I was accidentally gonna shoot them. After all, I WAS raised by Skeletons. But this was something completely different. No bow, No hands, just a broken arrow  that I have to control using my 'all-over-the-place' powers. I took a deep breath and stared at the arrow. I pictured my hand reaching out to it and lifting it in the air. For the first few seconds, nothing happened. But slowly, ever so slowly. It started moving. I focused even more and felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my head. Then finally, it steadily rose into the air. Trembling. At that point I could keep it up anymore. It was too tiring. I dropped the arrow and fell to my knees. "PIPER!" Micha ran to my side. The others came out of hiding and followed along with her.