THE HEIRESS

Control

I was suddenly wide awake, adrenaline pumping through my body and making my limps work through the shock of the coldness.

I pushed myself up and up until I finally reached the ice. I began banging my fists against it but it wouldn't buldge. I then laid my palms flat against the surface and tried to make my powers work but not even a splinter of light would escape my hands. This was bad.

Suddenly I could see a hand above me through the ice and I jerked away. The hand pushed the snow away, laying the ice free and replaced itself with a face.

Since the snow was gone I could see the panicked face of my brother crystal clear. He shouted my name so loud I could hear it even through the thick layer of ice between us.

I swam up again and desperately banged against it. The ice moved along my hand.

Johnny shook his head violently and waved his arm, signaling me to move. I did as told and saw him pull out his wand. He hit it again and again but the ice just wouldn't move. Of course it wouldn't, it was magical.

I felt myself getting lightheaded which made even more adrenaline rush through my body. I had told Cedric a while ago I could breath underwater but that was only partially true.Though I was able to stay underwater much easier than regular wizards I still had my limits. Soon they would be reached.

I saw multiple flashes around me, probably more people trying to break the ice. Nothing worked.

I swam up to the clearing again and laid my palm flat against it. Johnny stopped hitting the place with curses and looked at me in desperation.

No. I would not die by drowning after freezing myself shut. Just what is wrong with me? I'm the heir of a creature ruling the elements yet I let them rule me? That must be a joke.

Fire. That's what fights ice and what I needed right now.

I clenched my eyes shut and concentrated extremely hard. I felt electricity spark through my veins and when I looked up to Johnny I could see the reflection of my shining eyes in the ice. Then flames burst out of my hands with the power of a thousand suns.

The lake was illuminated by the fire I had created yet the ice stood its ground, not melting or cracking. I cried out, letting more water into my lungs, before pushing even more.

It was too much. The amount of fire I had pushed through my hands had sent me away from the surface, making me fall into the depth of the water.

As the fire around me gave out so I did I. The clearing, my brother's face, were only a small spot of light in the dark sea,too far away from me to reach.

How was this possible? Hadn't I created the ice? Why wouldn't it bend when it was only there because of me in the first place?

As I felt myself sinking deeper and deeper I suddenly saw the face of my grandmother, though she was more of a translucent shape.

"It is you who is in control, my dear child. You must know how to take it. Not your powers are the ones that take you over but you who must take over them," I heard her distant voice say.

All those things that had happened, all the times I couldn't handle it...was it because I had let it? Had I never even tried to turn fate around because I was so overwhelmed by it?

I blinked up, the realization of what I had to do slowly coming to me.

My powers had never been acting up. I had.

It was time to put myself together.

I reached my hand out and in my mind I demanded the water to engulge me. At first it didn't listen, just brutally curled itself around me. I pushed past the fear, past the suffocating feelings of my lungs getting filled...and tried to take back control.

I pushed both of my hands away from my body and the water around me came to a sudden halt. Then, it gently formed around me, stopping me from sinking and holding me.

It had worked!

I looked up to the surface and clenched my jaw.

This would take everything I had left.

I reached my hand up to the sky and spread my fingers. A shock wave went through the water, pushing me away if it hadn't been for my other hand still bending it, but I could finally feel myself connected to the ice.

Then I made my hand into a fist.

The sea illuminated as the ice began to crack oh so slowly. I clenched my fist again, making it break completely but leaving the places where people stood.

I had done it. As I smiled at my triumph I felt my eyes shut.

My heart, previously pumping wildly because of the adrenaline, suddenly stood still.

I had done it...but I was still dying