Walking out of the hospital, Pidge knew what awaited for her at her home. Chores and responsibilities that were never meant to be hers to bear. Glancing at Takashi, an idea sparked into her mind. She smiled awkwardly and inquired the elder, "Do you want to go to the park with me? I kinda feel like going there."
Takashi's eyebrow rose in bafflement. He stopped walking beside the young teen to peer down at her small frame with concern. "Should a recently discharged patient exert herself like that? Shouldn't you be resting instead?"
Pidge snorted in amusement. "Look, shouldn't patients be, you know, encouraged by others to take a simple stroll outside?" the girl mused with a scrunch of her eyes, "Plus, you'll be with me. It'll be totally fine. I... Also have some things to speak with you about."
Takashi still seemed a bit uneasy over the idea, so Pidge elbowed him teasingly with a charming smile. The boy frowned even more. "Didn't your mom say to go straight home?"
Pidge averted her eyes, looking ahead of them. "We'll just be taking a scenic route... Technically we will be heading straight for my house... From the park," the brunette chimed, already brushing forward into the parking lot. Takashi hesitated to follow her, but gave in after a few moments.
The park was dull and empty for a Friday afternoon. The two if them strolled through the concrete path, a few feet apart and a tranquil air settling among the pair. Pidge took to staring around the park, soaking in all the peace it provided her. Nature just simply spoke to her, soothing her being to its very core.
A hand grasped Pidge's wrist, tugging at her limb. She whirled around to find Takashi eyeing a young tree, chipped and bruised and near to death. Its twigs were ripped from from the base and half of the leaves plucked. Hanging from the few unaffected branches were trash—plastic bags, napkins, unidentifiable rubbish.
The two stopped in their tracks, looking upon the sight in bafflement and woe. Pidge approached the poor tree, crippled and stampeded upon. She reached out to place a dainty hand upon the defiled tree's stem. Closing her eyes, she felt resolve settle in her heart.
"I'll heal it," she announced confidently, brazing an unknown territory of powers.
Takashi shook his head violently at her decision, grabbing one of her arms and removing it forcefully off of the tree. "Pidge, you have no control over your powers yet. It is unadvised to try something like healing a tree in the middle of a public park. Remember the football field?" the older teen reminded, eyes trained onto Pidge's exasperated expression.
Even if his words angered her on the inside, she knew Takashi was right. She had no training and her wizarding abilities were alien and uncapped as of right then. Katie may have been able to control it perfectly fine but Pidge was not her.
At least she thought so.
An idea popped into her mind, eyes lighting and meeting Takashi's own pair with excitement. "Tomorrow. You can help me control them and I could see Rover!" Pidge chimed, smiling brightly at her own idea though Shiro looked hesitant, "I can bring his leftover food and his belongings."
The boy rose an eyebrow. "You're not going to take Rover back home? I thought you would," he explained, releasing Pidge's arm.
The shorter of the pair turned her back to Takashi, a saddened look overcoming her facial features. "Well it is best for Rover to not come back. I cant let my mom do something like this again. Plus, in a way, I can change her attitude towards me," Pidge admitted, picking off the trash from the tormented tree, "Maybe I could just try to heal it? No one's here."
Before Takashi could try to stop her this time, Pidge gripped ahold of the tree stem and closed her eyes. The brunette willed the tree to grow again, for it's branches to flourish, for the sad plant to become beautiful once more.
Pidge felt the familiar warmth of the green sparks fluctuate around her finger tips, entering the tree. In her head, she envisioned the tree becoming well and gaining its health back.
Takashi pulled Pidge back. "Stop! Look what you did," he insisted, voice firm and unwavering.
Opening her eyes, Pidge gazed at the tree. It was no longer frail and beaten. It was huge, far larger than it was before and the branches were in full bloom. Thick, intimidating vines swirled around its base and rose all the way to the top. Baby trees had begun to sprout at the base's sides, an entire forest ready to be born.
"I just wanted to fix the tree. I didn't mean to make it bigger or sprout more out of the ground," she whispered, peering up upon what she had done. Though beautiful, it was too noticeable for regulars visitors of the park.
Takashi cleared his throat and ushered Pidge onward through the path. "Okay tomorrow, two o'clock. I'll help you learn how to use your abilities," he concurred shortly.
Pidge nodded her head as the two exited the park in a bit of a rush. As they grew closer to her home, she pondered of ways of continuing the conversation. Then the perfect question came to her. One she wished he would answer for her.
"You said before that you are also a wizard. What can you do?" the younger inquired, stopping to wrap her arm around his and fix her shoe.
Takashi waited for her to finish adjusting it before answering. "It's nothing compared to earth magic. I can control the air," he answered dryly, appearing almost ashamed of his powers.
Pidge stared at him in disbelief. "Air? Like oxygen because oxygen is in all kind of things, like water and fire. With enough practice I'm sure you could form and extinguish both of the elements. You could take someone's breath away. Literally. I believe that is way cooler than some earth magic," Pidge droned, ideas endless on Takashi's abilities.
The boy in question just froze in his spot, eyes wide in revelation because he wasn't useless this time around. This time he wouldn't have to protect Katie—well, Pidge.
This time he wouldn't die so easily.
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Reincarnation BOOK 2 (Shidge AU)
Fanfiction|Celestial Witch Book 2| Katie and Shiro's story had come to a sad end, but after being reincarnated, they get a second chance to live their lives as Pidge and Takashi. Though, this love seems to be very unlikely even when the two learn that they we...
