The Trinity War (Book 3 of the Trinity series)

Chapter 38

"After all this time, I can't believe I'm seeing you again," Naomi said. 

"I thought they killed you....the people that took you away," Gerrard replied.

"He was the boy you had run after?" Trent asked Naomi disbelievingly. 

"You know about me?" Gerrard asked back. 

"I didn't know you would turn out to be a Magii," Naomi said, ignoring the two questions.

"I didn't know you would be either. Hell, I didn't even know if you were alive or not. I beat myself up for years after I found out you were kidnapped," Gerrard said.

"I wasn't kidnapped. The king found me," she replied.

"Your father-in-law?" I asked. "What was he doing in Europe?" 

"The king used to travel abroad in search of water masters to bring them here to Atlantis. This was back when he had more time on his hands. My parents were both prominent water masters that worked for the Trinity Government. They died fighting the last Trinity war and I was put in an orphanage. The king found out about my parents' deaths and that they had a child and went in search for me. But when he had gotten to the orphanage, I had aleady escaped, running after Gerrard. He found me before I could catch up to Gerrard and then he brought me here," Naomi told us.

"So you weren't kidnapped? You weren't hurt?" Gerrard asked.

"No. The opposite. The king brought me here to Atlantis and gave me to a couple that couldn't conceive. They raised me and then when I was 18, I was engaged to Trent," Naomi said, looking up fondly at her husband. "I always wondered what had become of you," she told Gerrard.

"I was adopted in a sense, too," Gerrard said, referring to Elijah. He glanced at Trent, who was growing more and more impatient. "But I'll tell you about that later," he said.

"That sounds like a good idea. We have a lot of work to do," Trent said. Gerrard nodded and Trent turned to me.

"So how are we doing this?" I asked. "Am I just going to show you the spells I know? Or are we going to do a mock battle?"

"I don't think you're ready for a mock battle just yet. Especially not against me. I think for now, you should show me the spells you know. There is a water supply over there if you need it for energy," he said.

"Is the audience necessary?" I asked, indicating Zayll and Gerrard, who were still standing around.

"If you're uncomfortable, just ask them to leave," Trent told me. I shrugged.

"Bye!" I told them.

"Seriously? I've watched you practice a million times!" Gerrard argued.

"So? This is different. I can't concentrate with so many people watching me," I said. 

"We're wasting time," Trent said as Gerrard opened his mouth to argue back. 

"Let's go," Zayll said, turning around and walking towards the exit of the training grounds. Gerrard gave me a fleeting look before reluctantly turning around and following him. This left me alone with Trent and Naomi.

"Ok, now that we're alone, shall we begin?" Trent asked. I nodded. I moved a bit away from him and Naomi and cleared my mind.

"Just show us the spells you know!" Naomi called out to me. I nodded, closing my eyes to think of the water spells I knew. There were only a handful, so they were easy to remember. But it had been a while since I had used my own elemental magic. In the nations I had visited, I mostly practiced mastering the other elements. I didn't focus on my own element. But now, that was all I had to focus on.