Pantheon High

Chapter 3: The goddess of Love, Not What You'd Expect

“Not hungry are you...?” Alia sweat dropped as she saw the large stack of pancakes I was having for breakfast.

“Not my fault.” I said in between bites, “I didn't eat last night.”

“Even so you shouldn't eat all that food at once.” Alia said, “It's bad for you. Right, Le-” She turned to Lex, only to see Lex was eating an even bigger pile of food than me. “Oh nevermind…” Alia sighed, sweat dropping.

“Oh,” I said as I remembered something, “Today I'm gonna learn to use magic.”

“Oh that's exciting.” Alia smiled, “Magic may just be my favorite part of this whole school.”

“So you guys know some real cool magic right?” I asked.

“Of course.” Alia nodded, “Here, I can show you a little.” she held her hand in front of my plate. She focused and one of my pancakes floated up off the plate and slowly spun in the air.

“Wow,” I said, “That's cool.”

“Thanks.” Alia smiled, suddenly accidentally dropping the pancake on my head. I frowned at Alia as she giggled at my new edible hat.

“Hey.” Lex said, catching my attention as I took the pancake off my head, “Check this out.” she then put her hands together as an icy blue light shone from them. As Lex held out her hand, I saw there was now a piece of ice in her palm shaped perfectly like a trident.

“Whoa.” I gasped, “Ice magic?”

“Yep.” Lex smiled, “Water's my main element, but I'm also pretty good with ice magic.”

“Man you guys are cool.” I smiled. They smiled back at me.

After breakfast, I went back to Miss Blair's class, ready to learn.

“You've done alright so far.” She began, “Your godly instincts have kicked in and helped you learn armed and unarmed combat fairly quick. However, magic is much more complex than either. It'll no doubt take you a while to understand some of these.”

“I understand ma'am.” I nodded.

“We'll start with a basic fireball spell.” she said, “Magic is more about your mental strength. You have to see the fire in your mind and feel its warmth in your hand, make it real.” She held out her hand, palm facing up. As she focused, a red circle appeared over her hand, then a ball of fire appeared in her hand. She then threw the flame at a training dummy, which immediately caught the dummy on fire. Miss Blair snapped her fingers and the flaming dummy was put out. “Now you try.” She said. I nodded, held my hand out, and focused. Nothing happened, making me frown. I tried again, but nothing happened. I kept trying for a few minutes but I wasn't doing anything. Miss Blair stopped me. “Seems you need a little help.” She began, “So here's a tip. Try chanting the spell you want to perform.”

“Really?” I asked.

“Yes.” She nodded, “Just say fire as you're envisioning the fireball.”

I nodded, and began to try again. This time, I exclaimed, “Fire!” I was surprised as a ball of flame suddenly appeared in my hand, but it didn't burn me. “Wow…” I breathed, “So, chanting the spell helps use magic?”

“Yes and no.” she shrugged, “Technically, it doesn't do anything. But like I said, magic is about mental strength more than anything else. It may be a cliche to say, but you have to believe that you can turn your energy into fire. The chanting helps your mind believe. In time, you will be able to use magic without chanting, but for now this will work. Now get rid of that fireball so I can teach you some more.”