(Valkyrie Cain and Dexter Vex love story)The Descendants

The Glowing

The world on the other side of the portal was cold and grey. Thunder grumbled like a hungry old man and the lightning flashed like energy streams across the sky. Rain poured down like it was a giant's funeral and the tears were dropping to earth. Alice, Ellion and Vivi were suddenly soaked to the skin within seconds of standing out in that weather. But they shouldn't be out in the rain in the middle of the backstreets. They should have come out of the portal back at their house in the dry, warm environment. Alice looked around quizzically at Vivi for an answer as to why they ended up where they were to see her neck strained to face the sky. Her tongue was stuck out to try and catch the rain in her mouth.

Then Alice caught sight of the Ice-cream store and she needed no further answers as to why they had come out of the portal there. Alice shivered and Ellion pulled her closer to his side. She made a point of pressing against him to make him feel like she needed him. That was another thing she'd heard guys found attractive. Like she would know. She'd never had a boyfriend before. All her experience came from binge watching T.V shows like Teen Wolf and Girl Meets World.

"Do you think you could do something about the rain?" he called to her over the storm.

She nodded and brought her hand up. She only wanted to stop the rain from hitting them but it was like her magic took over her and she had to fight hard to control it. Alice felt her vision go brighter, bringing the entire storm to a stop and the night air became warm. The clouds dissipated and the twinkling stars were visible in the midnight blue sky. She felt more alive than ever. She felt magic and power coursing through her body and it was a like a breath of fresh air before she went back to drowning in abnormality. Alice took a shaky breath and looked up at Ellion who was staring at her in wonder.

"What? I hate being wet." she shrugged.

"No, it's not that. When you used your magic flecks in your eyes started glowing gold and emerald green and your hair...it was like glittering light was scattered through it. You seriously didn't notice anything strange?" he sounded scared. She shook her head, wondering about her new experience with her magic.

She had definitely felt...refreshed when she had used her magic. But she hadn't felt her appearance change. What did they see? The young girl finding her way through an unfamiliar world that she thought she was? Or something more? Something powerful and dangerous?

(And yes, that was a twist on what Valkyrie thought during the remnant attack in The Mortal Coil. It's not just copying something awesome I read and forgetting that it actually comes from the fandom my fanfic is about like I sometimes do.)