The Magic Within

Chapter 12: Powers

Chapter 12: Powers

Damien sat me up and leaned me against the side of the couch.

"Before we go anywhere you need to transfer her power back into her. That's gonna be a lot harder than taking them was because she isn't strong enough yet to help with the transfer. If we don't do it now she won't be able to heal properly from our shots." Tobi spoke quickly over my head to Damien as my eyelids slipped down. "No Serena I need you to stay awake. Don't fall asleep on us just yet you'll feel better in just a bit." I opened my eyes obediently. "Good girl. Damien can you do it?" Damien glanced my way then back to Tobi and nodded.

"I've got it." He slide over to me and pulled me into his arms then leaned against the couch. "Just close you eyes Serena. Let me in." He took a deep breathe and I looked to Tobi for confirmation that I was allowed to shut my eyes. He gave me the okay and I relaxed into Damien's arms. "I'm going to give you everything back. It's going to hurt because you're aren't going to be able to help like last time. I'll try and get it over with as quickly as possible. Just clear your mind. Ready?" He whispered into my head speaking so gently, as if breathing on me the wrong way would break me.

"I'm ready." I spoke back. I felt Tobi a little further back listening and watching for any trouble. Damien placed one hand on my chest right above my heart and the other hand on the side of my head just like before. I cleared my mind and waited. His chest tightened behind me and I felt the first push. Sharp and cold. Ice. That was my winter and dark powers coming in. It was hard to focus. Like frost bite on my brain. I could barely focus.

"Stay with us Serena. I know you're in pain but you can do this." Damien's voice was far off, but I heard him and I listened. "Good girl that's it." The ice got sharper slicing into my head. I let out a small cry and tried to move away from his hand. He pushed my head against his chest and wrapped his legs around my hips making escape completely impossible. "If you resist it's going to make it a hell of a lot worse I promise. Just breathe and focus on just me." I took a deep, shaky breathe as I focused in on his voice. I opened my mind more to him and saw what was happening. Shadows swirled around us as it leaked from his body and back into mine. I let it flow into me right where it belonged.

Watching it happen now, it didn't actually hurt as bad anymore. It felt right the more he pushed into me. "Almost done with this part love." his voice was breathy against the top of my head. He was in pain and tiring quickly. I breathed in deeply stronger this time. I was beginning to feel more right. The smoke and shadows stopped. I look around into every crevice of my mind looking for Damien. He was sitting in a new spot now. I walked to him slowly. He was down on his knees breathing deeply. I touched his shoulder and gasped as I felt a fiery heat blaze through my chest. It wasn't unpleasant heat just startling and unexpected. Feeling it continue through me I sighed. It was almost pleasurable. Making my knees feel weak and my heart light.

Damien was glowing as he let go of the magic that was never is and it flowed through me quicker than ever. My physically body finally relaxed against his and he relaxed in response. I was so warm. "Okay deep breath darling. It's about to get a little worse." I should've listened. Fire tore through my heart unexpectedly as the last of my power was restored. This time I screamed before I could catch myself. I bit down on my tongue to keep myself from crying anymore. "I know. I know." There was pain in his voice as he whispered to me. This was hurting him too. Not just seeing me in pain but forcing this power out off himself physically drained him.

I breathed through the fire in my heart. Focusing on him and findings him in my mind again. Instead of shadows, tiny stars shown bright all around us. Nebulas burned and light brighter than any before let no darkness in at all. Damien was laying at my feet gasping for breath as the light flowed from him. I knelt down and ran my fingers through his hair focusing on the power he was giving me. He was burning up. I let my ice flow from my fingertips to give him strength and he began to cool off and breathe normally. "Almost done." he gasped looking up at me. I smiled down at him and nodded. Our breathing synced up as we both were trying to control the pain. I continued to keep him cool as I pulled his mental body into my arms to keep him cool and bring us closer so that transfer could be finished quicker. His eyes were shut as his breathing calmed. My fingers stilled in his hair as I felt one last push and then everything went dark.