Oceanside

Training

[First Person Chapter]

[Solei, Age 12]

Madam's "Cats" weren't the cats that I expected...

Instead of cute, balls of fur. We got a giant cannon ball, eyes. A mouth full of razor sharp teeth...that barks...

(Chain Chomps from Mario)

"Aren't they just precious..." Madam gloated over her cats and then petted them.

"Uh, maybe we should start training...?" I suggested. Mirasol looked at me.

"Yeah! That's a good idea." She ran out to the deck and I followed her. We traveled through small corridors with pipes on the ceiling. we eventually made it to the deck.

Immediately the sun shone down on me and I got hot. I wiped my forehead like sweat was pouring down my body. Even though it wasn't.

We looked forward and saw Scruffy in a bathing suit. Despite the normal accusation of elf bodies- he was actually in good shape. He was sun tanning. I decided to go and get his attention.

I walked over to our elf teacher and smacked him across the face. He screamed like a little girl. From behind Mirasol giggled.

"You little brat!" He growled. He stood up. And raised his hand. I was prepare for the punch he was going to throw at me.

Sadly his anger had dissipated. Instead he actually decided to teach us.

"Listen girls. Today's high is suppose to reach a scorching 110 Degrees F. Although this is common in summer months, since Mr. Military is on the loose and King Oceanside is gone. The world is out of balance. The weather will feel like a 2,395 Degrees F. But since the world is at 110 we won't be killed. Because of this we will do our lessons in bathing suits. And if you get to hot do NOT hesitate to jump into the water."

Mirasol and I nodded. I walked back to Mirasol's side but then we were grabbed by two feminine hands.

'Crap...' I thought.

~15 Minutes Later~

I tugged on my red, two piece bathing suit. Meow-Meow had forced me to wear this because it looked: Fan-F**king-Fabulous. She gave me a red one since my hair was red and she gave a blue one to Mirasol. Who's Hair was blue. After that she dumped 5 bottles of sunscreen on both of us.

I managed to walk out onto the deck slipping with every step. Since the deck was wet I couldn't resist any longer. I took a step and I slipped, did a double backflip, then landed on my back. I groaned in pain. I looked up and saw Mirasol sliding on her belly. I narrowed my eyes and got up sliding like Mirasol, towards Scruffy.

"Bout Time..." He muttered.

"Well since you guys are here I shall explain to you your magic powers. So Mirasol, after some investigation I have discovered that your secondary power is Water. Now your water can be used with your swords or on its own. Now try."

Scruffy had me stand back as she focused her energy. She started glowing blue then.

~GLUUUB~

A ball of water shot out of her hands.

I clapped furiously.

"yeah! Mirasol!"

She smiled and then ran behind me. Pushing me forward. Now Scruffy was looking at me.

"Now Solei. I understand that you haven't mastered your magical ability, mainly because Mr. Military kept hypnotizing you so you couldn't do anything with your body, thus holding your powers primitive. So now I want you to focus all your energy and shoot one ball of poison and then one ball of fire."

I did as I was told and shot one poison.

"Now fire..."

I got nervous. I couldn't shoot fire. And the only time I actually managed to I fainted. So I mustered all my energy. After a couple of seconds fire stared to appear. But it slowly started to turn green.

Then an image flashed in my mind. My fathers tortured corpse with the arachnid appendages piercing his back.

I felt anger move through my body. The green then turned back to a bright red and then.

~SIZZLE~

Fire left my hand.

I smiled and jumped for joy. When I landed I slipped and hit my head.

"Ow..." I muttered. The wet floor of the deck felt like concrete on a hot day and I got a burn on my head. Mirasol then slid over and threw me into the water. She slipped and fell in with me also.

The water was cool and soothing. I then regained strength and climbed back up to the boat.

Scruffy then had Mirasol use her sword to project the water. She did it flawlessly. It was now my time to use my guns to project my powers.

I stood there and focused my energy on my hands. I felt poison in my left and fire in my right. I then shot.

Both bullets of magic nailed Scruffy in the face. I heard Mirasol burst into laughter while I stood there motionless.

I did it

On my first try!