Hidden in the Immortals (Book #1)

Chapter 3

"Chad Garrison Addams, bring that down immediately!" Serena scolded; shooting daggers at him. "That fence is only so high! We have neighbors!" Chad hastily brought the water back down into the bottle as he glanced at his mom with a sheepish look on his face. As soon as all of the water was back in the bottle I was nearly bursting with excitement to try.

"Can I do it now!?" I exclaimed as I hurried over to Chad and grabbed the water bottle from him. I moved my hand up and down, trying to get the water to rise.

Chad let out a quiet chuckle and grabbed my hand that was in the air. "Easy there, tiger." He grinned. "Let me give you some pointers." With his hand still on mine, he moved mine right over the top of the water bottle. "It's not enough just to move your hand up and down and expect the water to move with it. You have to command the water to do what you want. You really have to focus on making the water do what you want it to do." He instructed and let go of my hand. "Give it a shot." He took a step back.

I let out a deep breath and closed my eyes. I opened them back up and focused on commanding the water to move out of the water bottle. I focused with every fiber of my being; screaming inside my head to get the water to rise, but nothing happened. I looked up at Chad. "What am I doing wrong?" I asked. 

He shook his head. "Nothing; water probably isn't your element." He noted. "It's the most common so I just assumed." Chad walked over and took the water bottle back and grabbed the top of the ground and twisted it back on.

"Wait," I started, excitement filling my body once more. "Does that mean I can control other things?! Other elements?!" I sounded like a kid on Christmas morning.

Chad laughed again. "Yeah, earth, air, or fire." He replied. "Most likely earth. After water it's the next most common." He gestured over at Serena. "Mom manipulates air, which is pretty uncommon," She flicked her fingers in my direction and a gust of wind hit me in the face. She smiled at me. "But not as uncommon as fire. Most Vampires won't see a fire wielder their entire life." He crouched down on the ground and grabbed a handful of soil.

I shrugged. "Why is that?" I asked. "Why is fire so uncommon?" Maybe it had something to do with fire being destructive and an Immortal having that kind of ability was dangerous; some Immortal evolution thing.

"No one knows for sure," He walked over to me and placed the soil into my hand. "But a lot of Vampires think it's the rarest because it's the only element that can be produced without them being near fire. Like the Vampire can produce the fire out of their body."

"Sounds powerful." I commented. I would imagine it would feel amazing to have that much control at your fingertips. I'm sure all of the elements feel great to be able to manipulate in their own right, but I think fire would be the best of all.

"Well from what we've been taught, it's not all it's cracked up to be." Chad crossed his arms. "Vampires who wield fire have bad anger and when they get too angry they lose control and shoot fire." Maybe I didn't want to wield fire after all. "All of the elements come with emotional drawbacks though, so it's not just fire. It sucks because the more power a Vampire has over their element, the stronger the negative emotion it comes with." He gestured towards the soil in my hands. "Okay give earth a try; same thing you did with the water." I let out another deep breath and held my hand above the soil in my other hand. I concentrated with all my might to get the soil to move. Yelling 'move' in my head as powerfully as I could. Nothing happened. I gave it another shot. Focusing, concentrating with every amount of strength I had.

"I feel nothing." I threw the dirt onto the ground and wiped my hands vigorously on my jeans. "I'm probably doing something wrong," That had to be it. There was no way I wielded an element other than water or earth. "I'm just stupid." I sounded like I was growling. I was angry with myself. I should be able to do this, but I couldn't.