Chapter four: Learning
That was the weirdest class ever.
As soon as I had my "Discovery" and re-entered reality, or whatever this school was, I collapsed on the floor in a clumsy heap. When I regained consciousness, I realized everyone was staring at a picture. A picture of what I had seen Beyond the tree. I looked at it, and realized I had made a perfect replica of what I had seen Beyond. And no one else had before.
"Amy-Lynn, where did you see that?"
"Um, the Tree showed it to me. Someone said that it meant the Tree liked me, and it meant I was special..."
"Yes. The Tree only shows that vision when something is going to happen. It could be good or bad, but when this Vision is shown, it means the person it was shown to is going to bring a change to the world. "Oh my goodness. She just told me I was a part of something I had no idea about, much less what was even going on. Now I'm supposed to like, save the world...?
So, these Abilities, they were more than normal human senses. Not quite superpowers I didn't think, but sort of like advanced and enforced senses. I wondered which I had. I racked my brain to remember what different ones she had said earlier. Sight, Hearing, Speed, Heart, Intellect, Observation, and Strength.
I knew in an instant that A.J. had a form of Sight. She could see people's Auras, and show it to them. She could picture a person in her mind, and display it to them. It was magnificent. It was what she was showing me on the first day we met. Goodness, was that really just yesterday? I wondered if I had Sight, or whatever else. But all I knew was I had more than one Ability.
"What is a Discovery?"
"Well, the class is for discovering what gift you have and discovering yourself. A Discovery is when a new student has come to the realization of what Abilities are, and that they are in fact different."
"I am One with Many, aren't I?" I didn't say it shy. It was more of a statement.
"Yes. We have seen the possibility of many different Abilities apparent in you."
Just then, the bell rang and it was time for Learning. I hoped it wouldn't be like this during the next Session.
I was dead wrong.
When I got to the classroom, everything started out like it usually did.
"Good morning, please take your seats. This class is called Learning. It's where you will learn abouthow to use your Ability for the betterment of all, others who have had your Ability or Abilities, and the full extent of your Ability..." I still wasn't sure what my Ability was. I hoped it was something cool and mysterious, like A.J.s. I kept thinking about how everyone stared, awe-struck, at the Vision I had drawn. What did it mean? The large moon, and small one to the upper right. The large green pasture, and barely visible blue lake. Not to mention the purple hill.
It somehow was related to the picture A.J. had shown me to my Aura. They both seemed so familiar, and yet so foreign. But how? They were completely different. One was a place, a place Beyond. The other was me, the deepest parts of me reflected in colors. It was brilliant, everything and yet nothing. It was a supernova in the middle of a black hole.
Yet somehow, I knew they were connected.
How was I suddenly figuring all this out? In a matter of less than two hours I had finally realized what Abilities were, what she meant when she said Vision, and Tree, and Discovery, and all the words she had used to describe everything that had happened. I just...knew all of the sudden. I could suddenly process everything.
Yes, it was frightening. I mean, almost all of this stuff no one would believe. I wasnt even sure what my parents knew or didn't know about it. It was supernatural, magical, fantasy, everything. But it was real. Even more so than the normal "reality" of most people's lives. With this one, I could learn and grow so much more and experience things most humans dream about.
Most humans.
Humans.
I realized in that instant, with that thought, that I wasn't a human.
I was something else. Not necessarily alien, but not fully human. We were a different species, semi human. I wasn't sure what they called us, but I wanted to know.
I wanted to learn so much, I wanted to know how things worked and what my Ability was, and....I just wanted to learn. I wanted to be taught, and rack my brain for answers, and be told them too. I wanted to think about and ponder questions meant for philosophers. To find a train of thought that led nowhere, and make it go somewhere if it meant I could somehow learn something.
I couldn't explain all this. I desperately listened to the guidance lecturer, hoping she would teach me something; anything.
So here's what I knew: Abilities were heightened senses. As in, they were more progressed. I had more than one, which is called "One with Many". The Tree liked me, and gave me the Vision, which I didn't even notice at first. I wasn't human, but a different humanoid-like species that I didnt know the name of. This Academy was for teens like me. And each class was about these Abilities, covering different aspects of them.
I realized I was finally processing all the information from the last two days. Good, thats a good sign. I continued with my train of thought.
Discovery. That class was about discovering your Ability, and how far you can go with your gift.
Learning. This was about...well, I wasnt sure.
It was then that I realized I had dazed off again. And everyone was staring at me.
Again. Crap.
It was deja-vu, because again the guidance lecturer of this class said the same phrase as in the previous session.
"Class, Amy-Lynn is Learning..."
