The Magic Within

Chapter 10: Drained Completely

Chapter 10: Drained Completely

Carefully I lift her up so I can sit under her like the night before. I watched her yesterday during her training with Tobi and saw how weak she was already. It should take me about a month to drain her completely. I pulled her blanket up around her to keep her warm and placed one hand on her temple and one right above her heart. I took a couple deep breaths and then my hands began to glow above her. She let out a small groan and tried to move away.

"It's alright love. Just stay calm for me." I whispered soothingly to her. I closed my eyes and just focused on our connection, letting her power flow into me and mingle with mine. Her heat and ice mixture mixing in with my own pure ice and darkness. My breathing calmed down to match hers. I felt like she was the one controlling me.

"Stop. Please. Why are you doing this to me?" I heard her soft voice cry to me. But it wasn't out loud. She was in my head. She shouldn't be strong enough for this. She shouldn't be able to talk to me especially when we are like this.

"Please just relax, try and sleep." I whispered back to her through our mind link. Everything around us began to shift and we were soon in a empty void filled with fog. It was dark all except for a little flickering light. It was getting harder to see and fading quickly. I slowly made my way over, my steps echoing. It was her. She sat on the ground unable to stand, head hanging low. Her hair fell covering her face from me as her whole body continued to flicker from the inside.

"Please. Tell me why you're doing this to me? What have I done wrong now?" She didn't look up. Her voice was weak. Full of despair. It stabbed into me.

"I'm so sorry. It's my job. I have to. By orders of the king." I wanted to fold her in my arms and comfort her. I wanted to keep her safe, but I was the one causing her harm. Suddenly her head shot up and her eyes stared so deep into me, I suddenly felt like the helpless one. Her light grew brighter.

"I know who you are. You are Damien. Head knight of the dark king's court. He ordered you to kill me? No, wait. I can see what you're thinking. Not kill me. He doesn't want me dead, at least not yet anyways. You're draining me. You're taking away all my powers before I have a chance to get any stronger and use them at all?" Her voice grew louder in my head, she was furious. There was an actual pain as she spoke to me. "He's scared of me. He's scared of what I can do, and so are you!" I took a gulp and flinched at her words then took in a deep breath. She was getting even brighter now. I took a step closer and shouted.

"Enough!" her light dimmed back down.

"Honestly though, I don't know what you could be so afraid of. I don't want to hurt anyone. I don't want to be in a war, or fight on anyone's side. I'm no one special. So I have a parent from the two strongest sides of the faerie realm? They both abandoned me so I must not be important. Continue if you really feel the need. I can handle the pain. Just try and get it all over with quickly. Tonight? Damien, I have to tell you though. Tobi and I will find you, and I will do whatever it takes to get my power back so no one else may use them to hurt anyone. Also, I can see it."

"See what?" I was stunned into silence by her speech. It took me a few seconds to respond and now I could feel a chill run down my neck as I waited for her response. Her ice blue grey eyes glowing bright boring into mine.

"The light." My eyes went wide. "I can see it. Tobi told me everything. I know your kind and, well, I guess mine too don't have very many emotions. You aren't supposed to feel love, or sadness or fear but you do. I can feel it. Don't ever forget about that light Damien." And with that she pushed. I felt it and I gasped as I felt her power flow into me as she gave it up and stopped holding onto it. She gave out a sharp scream and we were back in her room. It was done. She wasn't moving but she was still breathing. I felt it pulse through me like it was alive inside me. I felt the warmth of summer and ice of winter twisting together creating something unlike anything else. She was deathly pale now. I laid her back and slipped from her bed. It was morning now. I had to go quickly before Tobi was alerted. I pulled out a teleportation potion from my belt and activated it quickly making my escape. Leaving her behind. Completely helpless without her powers.

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My room was blinding as I opened my eyes. The sun shone in through my open window along with a light breeze. I used all my strength to sit up and slide out of bed. It didn't work the way I played though and I literally slipped out of bed and onto the floor by my nightstand. I pushed myself back up carefully. My head swam and I felt cold and empty. I tried to recall everything from last night. Damien. He came to me. I gave up. I gave him my powers, but I wasn't going to let him or the king keep them. They belonged to me, and in the hands of anyone else they were dangerous to say the least. I know that now. My hands shaking bad. I leaned against the wall and carefully made my way out the door. I could here everyone downstairs cooking and laughing. They didn't know yet. Good. I should probably keep it that way. I stood up straighter and took a deep breath before making my way down the steps. I put on a fake smile and put up a shield. I made sure to keep a sliver of my powers. Enough that if Damien had scanned me he would think I had nothing left. I pulled on a glamour the way Tobi had shown me a few times when we were just goofing around. Everything was coming easily to me know, it was like he woke up my powers and I could do anything I wanted with just a thought. I smiled as I walked into the kitchen.

"Morning love. How are you feeling?" Ellvie's eyes shown bright as she helped Ryley make breakfast.

I hugged her as I slid over to the refrigerator and grabbed the orange juice out. I poured a small cup and leaned against the counter beside Tobi. "I'm alright. Tired. I think I'm gonna go out for a walk and explore some today if it okay with you guy? I just need to take a breath on my own to make sure my heads in the right place so I can focus on my training with you guys." Tobi looked at me, his eyes scanning.

"Yeah that ones up to Tobi Hun. He's your head guardian so you'll take that up with him." Ryley didn't look up as he spoke. I looked over to Tobi and put on big puppy dog eyes.

"Pretty pretty please Tobi? I promise to call you if I get into any trouble, and I'll love you forever I promise!" I pouted and fluttered my eyelashes. He let out a long sigh.

"That is not fair, at all, but okay you can go. Just keep me posted on where you are and if you need me to come pick you up. Don't make me come looking for you cuz that will just piss me off." I lept off my chair hugged him, downed the rest of my oj and then rushed up the stairs. I quickly changed into a pair of dark jeans. I slipped on my converse lacing them up quickly. I opened a drawer and pulled one of the black long sleeved shirts out and over my head. I went to the closet and pulled out a black hoodie. I went to the vanity and brushed through my hair tying it up into a knot. I brushed my teeth, grabbed the cell phone they had given me off the nightstand along with some headphones and an iPod. I jogged back down the stairs said my goodbyes and made my way out the door.

At first I just walked. I needed to wait till I was far enough away so that they wouldn't be able to sense anything. Once I felt there presence gone I took a deep breath standing in the middle of the empty dirt road. Focus. I felt deep down inside of me. I could track it. I could track him. I shouldn't be that hard, there! There he is! I started running. I needed to get there as soon as possible. I didn't care how dangerous this was. I was going to get my powers back today. I was going to find Damien.