Metal & The Afterlife

Magical Puberty...

IRIDIUM

"So what happened to you yesterday? You didn't answer any of my calls." Jason says, sitting at the counter of the coffee shop I work at.

"Elysium invited this weirdo to eat dinner with us." I tell him, still not completely recovered from what he told us.

"Oh what's his name?" I give him a look.

"I never said it was a 'him'."

"Just wondering if I should be worried." Yeah right.

"Not at all. His name's Logan and I'm pretty sure he's mental or something.

"You know I'm not." Says a voice from behind me. I turn around and see Logan. I swear he wasn't there a second ago. Jason seems way creeped out.

"What are you doing here??"

"You know what, Iridium. We need to talk, Elysium too."

"There's nothing to talk about. Please just leave me and my sister alone." I say, trying to focus on the espresso I'm making.

"Wait, this is the crazy guy?" Jason asks me. Logan laughs a little.

"I'm not crazy. Really I have to tell you something important. You want to know about your Shifting right?" I just stand there confused. Shifting?

"What's that?"

"Weird stuff has been happening to you right? Involving water?" How did he know that?

"Look if he's bothering you--" Jason starts but I hold up my hand to stop him and I swear I see water coming out of my fingertips. I quickly pull it down.

"Go on." I tell Logan.

"Water has been...appearing, where you touch, right? And then disappearing?"

"H-how do you know about that?" I ask shakily.

"It happens to all of us. Please. Just let me come and talk to you and your sister. Tonight. It's important." I look at him skeptically. He could be lying. He could be crazy. What I saw could've been fake. Either way, I couldn't have that much to lose.

"Fine."

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"So what's going on? Do you have an explanation for my heat thing too?" Elysium asks when Logan comes. She was eager to hear what he had to say.

"Yes. Well you're orphans right?"

"Our parents died when we were twelve." She answers softly.

"Right, well your parents...they were important people. In my world." Did I hear that right?

"Your...world?" I ask.

"Yes, you, and Elysium, and I are called Inbetweens. We're not full magical beings, but not human either. And what you've been experiencing, creating water and hear, respectively, are your powers."

"We have powers? Like magic?" Elysium asks excitedly.

"Precisely."

"Wait, you said you have 'powers' too. If you want us to believe you...show us." I say, trying to keep my voice even. Logan looks surprised and Elysium gives me one of those 'leave the poor guy alone' looks but I stand my ground. She may just believe anything that he tells us, but I need proof.

"Okay. Watch the vase." Logan says pointing to the vase on the kitchen table holding the dead flowers I always forget to water. Then, right before my eyes, it floats into the air, flies across the room, does a few airborne flips, then lands right back on the table.

"Oh my gosh...." Is all I can say.

"Believe me now?" Logan asks with a satisfied smirk I would've found annoyingly cocky on any other occasion.

"Well...yeah! So I can do that too?" He shakes his head.

"No. We all have different abilities. What you're going through right now is called Shifting. It's becoming less human, and more magical. Basically, it's when your powers first appear."

"So...like magical puberty?" Elysium asks with a laugh. Logan laughs too.

"Yeah something like that. All Inbetweens, Ins for short, have to learn to control their powers once Shifting starts."

"Wait so what are our powers?" Elysium asks.

"Well you can make and control fire and heat and Iridium can make and control water."

"Can you show me how to do it?" I ask nervously. Logan nods.

"Hold out your hand." I do. "Now think of what you want to do and focus on it." I think water. Water parks, water slides, water guns, pools, lakes, the time I kissed Jason in the rain, the time Elysium poured a vase of water (with the plant still in it) on my head to wake me up. I imagine myself as a melted version of Elsa, although maybe it's too early to compare myself to the queen...Then I feel it. The water shoots out of my hand with so much force that I fall backwards. Logan laughs helping me up. "Like I said, you'll need to control it, but good for your first try." I smile, ignoring my self induced headache and look down at my hands. Who knew they held so much power.

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How was that? I hope you like it. Vote and stuff. AnyMAZE if you have any suggestions for names of Logan's world, please you know suggest them or of his school. Thnks!!!! It's late, I'm tired, I love you so I'll let you go...