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Chapter Fifty-Seven

Chapter Fifty-Seven - Training Part 2

KARA

"There's a perfectly good curtain right there waiting for you to blow away, but sure, keep messing up my hair," Xandar huffed as he fixed his hair that my wind element accidentally messed up.

We've been working on the air element that's a little trickier than the water and earth. It's slippery and needs more practice to nail it down.

But I got there in the end.

Barely.

***

Extinguishing the fire on my palms, I checked my burnt fingers.

I accidentally dropped the fire and it almost burnt off my fingertips.

"You'll heal, don't worry about it," Xandar said, laying on the floor with his feet up. I rolled my eyes and tried again.

I flicked my wrist and fire appeared on my palm.

"Burn that target down and we can consider letting you juggle fire," he said while sitting up. I looked at the wooden target that was ten feet from us. I looked at the fire on my hand and made it slightly bigger before throwing it at the target, setting it aflame.

"Now about that juggling offer..." I looked at Xandar whose face fell.

***

"Okay, what the heck is this?" I asked while looking at the ball of lightness on my left hand and darkness on my right.

"Ether. The fifth element of nature. The force of life and death. Strongest and most magical compared to the other elements. It explains the phenomena in nature that others can't. For example, how light travels, gravity, how we're living beings, et cetera," he explained while observing the magic on my hands.

"So, basically a god?"

He looked at me, "You could put it like that. Now, let's focus on the light, also known as Aether," he said as he closed my palm that had darkness on it.

"This'll be hard to control, you need to focus, alright?"

I nodded and he stopped behind me, "Good. Now, this plant in front of you is dead. Bring it back to life."

I closed my eyes and focused purely on the Aether. I felt the light power run through my veins as the life force in me is being brought out to the front.

"Transfer the life force into it. Focus on the plant, and only the plant."

I felt the life force seep out of me and into the dead plant. When I opened my eyes, the once withering flower was now standing strong, full of life and color.

"It'll get easier and quicker with more practice. Now onto the Nether, the dark force."

With a flick of my wrist, the light on my palm was replaced with darkness. I focused on the Nether as it goes through my body, the light being pushed back and the dark brought out.

"Don't let it take over."

I kept the death force under control, barely, and waited for the next instruction.

"Now, kill the plant. Suck the light out of it and let it enter the dark."

I raised my hand so it's aligned with the healthy plant. I began to take away the life in it and watched as the colors drained and the petals wither into nothing. The life force transferred back into my body and I stopped abruptly.

"You did it," Xandar's voice broke me out of my trance. He kept me steady by holding my elbows, "Don't lose control with the Nether. You'll walk into the dark on accident and never be able to come back out."

I nodded, regaining my breath. He moved to stand in front of me and conjured a shield.

"Time to learn how to use them accordingly."

***

Walking back to the pack house, I was completely drained. Using the Ether element really took a lot of energy as one of the sources was the life force in me.

I entered the house and heard an audible gasp from the corner of the living room. I turned to look at who it came from only to see the maid. She quickly put down the feather duster and rushed to me.

"Luna, what happened?" she looked at me up and down. I took a look at myself only I remembered what went down back at training.

That fire juggling thing really was a bad idea. I got the hem of my shirt burnt so part of my stomach was exposed. My pants were slightly charred, just slightly though.

"Don't worry about it," I waved and smiled at her. She looked worriedly at me one more time before dismissing herself to go back to cleaning.

I missed you. – Connor

He must've heard me come in.

I missed you too. The other two too. – Kara

Dinner's in thirty, love. Take your time. – Connor

Alright. See you in thirty. – Kara

I disconnected and walked up the stairs and into our room. Quickly showering and changing into some comfy clothing, I went to my office.

At first, I was confused at what I was looking at and rubbed my eyes.

Oh, wait.

It's real.

Jake's on the couch shivering while a hoodie of mine was in his arms as he sniffed it vigorously. I didn't take a second to kneel next to him and hold him.

"Jake, it's okay. I'm right here."

He slowly opened his eyes and the shivering decreased. He wrapped his arms around me and buried his face in my neck, breathing in my scent. I softly ran my fingers through his messy black hair. He pulled away just a little to look at me.

"Do you wanna tell me what happened?" I asked, worriedly. He sniffled, "I had another nightmare...you weren't home so I came in here for your smell..."

I stroked his cheek gently and stared into his eyes that held fear.

"It's alright. You're okay now. I'm home."

His lips tilted into a crooked smile as he pecked my cheek.

"Home."

One more magic Kara has to learn. Get ready for Sunday! Thank you for choosing to read NOBT. Please leave a vote and comment! It means a lot to me.

See you!

-Phantom