A bit of magic

twenty three

Looking up the mountain Antonia did not know what to do,yesterday required logical thinking, today's quest required more brawn then brain,and that was not something she could also boast of. Not to be put off for long ,she looked around her and she saw that nearly everyone was already climbing the mountain,it was one mean looking piece of rock. Her power was predominantly heat, what could that help her in this situation, she scratched her head as continued to think of all possible ways to make her powers work for her now.

Guinevere continued to think as to which way she would be able to climb the mountain, she still had not figured out her powers yet and she will not allow her sect to lose this challenge like the last. She had come out from the maze ,she did not know where the fire flies look alike had come from but she knew it was from her and she will harness that power today, she placed her hand on the mountain and it was as though it shook when she held it. During gym class in her former school ,she practiced rock climbing ,she was sure it won't be the same here cause If not the ominously looking mountain ,what about the more that average every day kids.

Jeffrey had started climbing the mountain but he soon realized that this wasn't going the way he planned,if he was to succeed in this challenge it wouldn't be by placing one foot in front of the other, he had to think because something told him the mountain won't just allow him to reach the top like that, he then did what he promised to do as only his last resort, he gently tapped into the life force of the mountain, what he felt was akin to lightening running through his body,he almost lost his footing and, that will be terrible since he did not seem too fond of plunging to his death, before he could think too deep as to what he felt, the piece of rock he touched was shifting, he didn't think he just reacted and jumped to hold on to another piece or rock,why couldn't he have been wrong and the mountain a normal piece of rock?, he lamented to himself as he starting jumping and trying to out smart the mountain.

Tonia knew immediately the moment the idea took hold in her head,while it was a crazy idea since she wasn't trained to use her powers in that way but that was the only option available to her, what If she could propel herself upwards with her flame. She didn't waste much time pondering on the advantages or disadvantages of her plan, she just acted , she looked deep into herself and felt the flame in her soul and she channeled it into her feet, and before she could say flapjacks she was lifted off the ground ,and this was were not thinking things through got her in deep trouble, how does she control her propellers?.

Guinevere did not need to be omniscient to know trying to climb this piece of dump normally isn't working for her and since she didn't know to what her powers really were,she thought back to when she controlled Lucas. If she could do that to Lucas why not a rock also?, the idea took deep root in her mind and she looked to the rock she was holding on to and focused on making it like a stair , and she wasn't even surprised when it worked,maybe she was getting a hang of this,she quickly stepped onto the stair and quickly focused on making the rest into stairs,she ran up the stairs as she made it,mid way to the top of the mountain she caught sight of Sophia, she was looking directly at her and the expression on her face was malicious but she quickly covered up the expression with a bland one, she then looked down on what was Holding Gwen up and soon the stairs had shifted and crumbled.

Gwen was falling and it was the cause of Sophia,what was she going to do????,she did not want to die right now. She was screaming at the top of her lungs when she realized she wasn't falling again,but was instead she had been thrust on a hard rock. She quickly scrambled up and checked what she was on, she was on a large piece of rock and it wasn't going down, she looked around as to who would have helped her but she saw no one,the hairs on her prickled as she felt as though she was been watched, she turned around but saw nothing.

she was about to give up locating the person who was watching, when she saw a pair of eyes and that was all she was able to discern,when the rock in which she was upon was thrust upward and she was soon at the top of mountain, she hurriedly stepped off the rock and looked around to see who had already gotten there,there was screaming and shouting,and people she didn't know coming to hug her,what could be going she thought,she tried to get out of their midst using her eyes to search frantically for any of the other sect members, that's when the light bulb went on in her head, she was the first, she actually got to the top first.

Jeffrey couldn't keep up with jumping from one foothold to the next he was physically fit but this was pushing his boundaries , he had no other choice ,he held on to the side of the mountain and tapped into its life source,the energy he felt coursing through his veins was pure and like something he had never felt before although he still felt some malevolence from it,but he couldn't concentrate on that for too long,like the last time he felt the mountain changing and he knew he would not be allowed to use the power to get to the top.

Antonia was way over her head, her self made gravitational defying feet were not easy to control, it was a Topsy-Turvy ride while it was kinda fun moving from place to place,this won't make her win the challenge ,she soon focused and started directing her legs in the right direction, wait something just occurred to her and she looked at her feet,her boots were not burnt,or even singed ,but that line of thoughts were cut short when she saw a familiar figure struggling, she moved closer and saw that it was Jeff,and he looked exhausted ,what could have happened,no where in the rules did they say one could not help their follow sect member, so she rushed forward and grabbed him by his hand, wow was he heavy.

"Huh?" Jeff said disoriented,he looked to see who was pulling him.
"Hello?" Tonia replied and smiled at him.
"What is going on?" He asked since his brain was taking time to comprehend what was happening.
"Am repaying a favor" she replied with a smile, before he could form a suitable reply to that,they had already gotten to the top of the mountain ,and were soon enveloped by school mates screaming and shouting.

Soon all of the sect members had gotten to the top of the mountain ,but unfortunately for sect B all of sect A members made it to the top before theirs could,and the winner of the challenge was sect A.
"As we all can see sect A members made it to the top of the mountain first and they have won this challenge, with one more challenge to go who will win the this year's tournament, the last challenge would be announced soon" the headmistress voice boomed all around them.

Tonia walked towards were jeffrey was sitting and sat down next to him,in companionable silence. They were already back at camp.
"So what next?" Tonia asked
"The next challenge I guess,but I don't even know what that may be" he replied
"What's wrong?" Tonia asked,she sensed there was something off about him.
He did not answer her question,he did something even better,he drew her in and he kissed her, all thoughts fled from Tonia's head as soon as his lips met hers, it was gentle at first, just a light caress and then he deepened the kiss ,they say good things come to those who wait and that is definitely true, Tonia saw stars with that.

Authors note:what will happen after kiss,and where is Lucas?.