What am I up Against? (A Minecraft novel) book one

Chapter 22 - Magic

Shelly's POV

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"Master!" I exclaimed. "I want you to teach me your magic."

Herobrine turned to me with a smirk on his face. "I think that will work." He said.

"Awesome." I said. "Is there any mind-reading tricks I can learn?"

"Well, no." He said. "But I could teach you attacks." I was excited.

"I could help you defeat Madelyn." I said. "She is the only one who can defeat you. I might as well take care of that before she gets to you."

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Herobrine's POV

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I brought her into my alchemy station and put her in a chair in front of me.

"Now." I said. "If you want to learn my magic, you must promise me one thing. And it's to obey me."

She nodded. "No problem."

"Good." I said. "Let's begin."

We started with the basics. Fire. I held up my hand and fire appeared. "Try it." I said. "Think of the person who ticks you off the most."

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Shelly's POV

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I thought of the person who I hated most. Caitlin. She almost killed me. Just like that, I held up my arm and fire appeared in my hand. I smiled. I felt the warmth of it. I tossed it from one hand to another, then controlling it with two hands.

"Good." He said. "Now throw it." He backed up for me to see a target. It was a cardboard cutout of Caitlin. I threw the fire at it making it explode into flames.

"Now." He said. "Use it for defense. I will throw it at you and see if you catch and gain control of it."

I nodded and he threw one at me and I first dodged it. It singed a half inch of my blonde hair. "Come on." He said. "I thought you were doing good." He threw another one. I closed my eyes and put up both my hands.

I opened my eyes to see the fire levitating in front of me. I controlled it and fired it back at him.

"Why did you singe my hair?" I screamed.

It hit him in the shoulder. He regenerated. "Good job." He said. "But this time, don't fire it back at me." I laughed.

Next he taught me to make various potions. I learned the harming and poison. Could this day get any better? I thought as I successfully made a potion of instant damage.

"Will you teach me any more?" I asked. "If not, that's totally fine with me."

He shook his head. "I'm afraid not." He said. "However, if you get to fight Caitlin, use what I taught you, you will be successful, but don't overdo it."

"Why?" I asked. "It's like I am not going to turn into a blaze or something."

"Actually, if you do, then you soon will be hydrophobic and you might not want that." He said. "But with what I taught you, you are fire resistant."

A smirk appeared on my face. Watch out, Caitlin. I thought. I'm coming for my revenge.