Lullaby

Chapter 26 - training

 I breathed in and out a couple of times til I felt myself calmer, then I pictured throwing dirt at Pen’s face. I breathed in and as I did I pictured the thought again, but my eyes widened as I saw that it actually worked!

“Hey!” She squealed, sounding almost as young as I was for a moment before composing herself “That was good… brilliant in fact!”

“Really?” I asked

“Yes, I wouldn’t say it if it were not true, now I want you to do just as you had… but this time I want you to create wings” I stared at her wide eyed “It’s not that hard child”

“Maybe not for you”

“True, but my point still stands” I scowled at her after that but once more I took deep breathes til I felt all and any frustration simply wash away, before closing my eyes and  thinking of solid wings forming at my back, wings that would allow me to soar the skies but that would also act as a shield should need them too “incredible” I heard her mutter all too distantly, moments later I felt like someone was brushing my back… who the hell was it? My eyes flew open and I spun around to see if there was someone behind be… yet there wasn’t? So what was it?” Pen began laughing at me “Jen, why don’t you roll your shoulders a minuet… stretch too perhaps?” why was she asking me to stretch? Thinking ‘what the hell’ I rolled my shoulders and felt the similar static like tingle from earlier but as I stretched I was greeted with two golden wings that floated and flittered next to me… ‘Wow now that’s impressive’ I mused to myself… they really were beautiful

“I did it!” I yelped, almost jumping for joy

“Yes, yes you did… and I’m proud of you child… but I’m sure you’ll be quicker in time once you grasp what you can really do…” she walked across the room and began pacing again “… now how to unleash your other element… fire is always a tricky one… Stay here” she ordered, brushing past me she waltzed out the door and slammed it behind her.

  I wandered across to the other side of the room to where I saw the weird looking green gas that emanated from the edges of the room and stared at them, knowing better than to touch them… who knows what might happen? I sat down after a while, flexing my wings… trying to get used to them more than anything, they seemed light enough… but it didn’t make them any less weird… then it hit me, birds don’t walk about with their wings spanned all day do they? No... So why did I? I flexed them again and thought of tucking them back, it was sort of knotted and tense to begin with but the more I tried the more they actually loosened up, eventually they tucked behind and joined like two hands… I let out a sigh… this was getting complicated now ‘Complicated just isn’t the word… I’m getting taught by a woman of myth... I’m getting chased by what I was taught was the devil and his spawn… I’m falling for an angel who I’m not sure is my boyfriend? Once more I sighed before Pen waltzed back in the room with a…. torch?

“You think too loud... ya know that?” she aped

“Well don’t listen then!” I teased

“Now child…” her voice all serious and gloomy again “Here before you is torch, I want you…to make the flames rise and then fall… try to resemble it as breathing…” I didn’t bother questioning it as I knew what to do this time, focussing my gaze upon the inferno I breathed in and out… in and out... Well you get the picture, but I did that until I was calm... but as I did so I felt my heart grow warm… warmth was what was missing in this place… someone was needed here to bring warmth… “Focus Jennifer!” she scolded, I stuck my tongue out and felt all bubbly, and averting my gaze to the flame again I noticed that it was now in time to the steady rhythm of my breathing...