Light in Darkness - Tammy (learn to read activity book .txt) 📗

only two options. One I didn’t like so I went with the least likely.
“That he’s stronger.” I said, but I could see that she knew that I knew that wasn’t it.
“That we should bond. I refused.” She said, fully annoyed and mad about it.
“So you don’t want to. Why should you have to?”
“They think that the power is too much to turn down. Just because he is bright doesn’t mean he is the one that compliments my flame. Besides he may have potential but Leo has experience.” She said angrily.
“Well, they can’t force you so just say no. I’ll see you later, I have to go to the pond.” I told her, she nodded. I left to go to my ponds, like she was given that area for meditation, I was given an area with two ponds. I pulled off my shoes then I sat at the edge and put my feet in the water. How dare they suggest that. They know that she and Leo are meant to be together. After a moment Oskan came and pulled off his shoes and socks.
“May I come in?” He asked, hopeful, I didn’t see any harm and nodded. “Why were you and Elle annoyed earlier? I felt annoyance toward me.”
“We weren’t annoyed.” I tried to lie but the honesty of water made me smile when I said it. Stupid water, always in the way of things.
“Don’t lie. I can tell there was something bothering you.”
“Okay, fine. Some.. teachers… suggested, that you tow should bond. Elle was annoyed and mad about the suggestion… so I was too obviously.” I shrugged as if I wasn’t annoyed about it at all.
“Oh. I don’t wish to bond with her either.” He said, looking straight at my eyes and I felt a wave of something, like electricity. I looked away, what is wrong with me? I can’t crush on a fire. Then Leo came in and Oskan ducked under the surface. What an idiot.
“Hey.”
“Hey. What are you doing here?” I asked, he hardly ever came to the ponds. He sat in the other pond and the water began bubbling.
“Do you see why?” He asked and I knew he was cooling off.
“Yes.”
“Would you like to come in my Jacuzzi?” He joked.
“Thanks, but I would rather not waste energy cooling off.”
“Sounds like you’re scared, you chicken.”
“Whatever, I can cool off water anytime.” I saw him smile; hopefully he’s cool enough for Oskan to come up. Oskan! I pulled him up, “You can’t stay down there forever, you’ll die!” I told him. Leo glared and Oskan turned to him.
“Hey buddy, pal, best mate.” Then the pond Leo was in bubbled furiously again.
“Oh shut up.”
“Why are you so mad?”
“Nothing it’s just that you’re going to steal my girlfriend.” The bubbling increased and I grew concerned.
“Please don’t evaporate my water.”
“Why do you care? It’s just a pond.”
“Yeah, my personal one.” I said and he cooled down a bit.
“At least you’ve learnt that I can control myself, unlike your sister.”
“Don’t insult her.” I said, cross and stern. “I will give you excess water.”
“Like you could Miss Water.” He sneered, I hate that, he must really be mad.
“Is this about what the teachers said?” Oskan said not thinking. His hand flew and covered his mouth. “I have to go.” He got out, grabbed his shoes and started leaving.
“What?”
“Aqua or Elle can tell you.” He said and hurried out. Leo turned to me.
“What did the teacher’s say?” He asked, suspicious.
“Nothing.” I tried and failed at lying.
“You’re lying, tell me.”
“Okay. The teachers just, sort of, kind of, suggested to Elle that they should bond.” The water he was in suddenly had flames on it. “She said no.” The water became a bubble, a furious one but still only a bubble. “You know, you don’t have to worry about her. She said that Oskan may have potential but you have experience. Right now she would be proud.” I gestured to the water that was cooling, trying to make him calm down. It worked, he smiled.
“It’s not her I’m worried about, well a little but not really.” He got up and started to leave. “Bye.”
“Bye.” I sat there a while then went back to the dorm. There was a note from Elle saying she was with Leo and would be back soon. Then I heard a knock and I opened it to see Oskan, again.
“Come in.” I said and he complied. He smells good. He must buy Ralph Lauren. Stupid! You can’t crush on him. It’s too dangerous and he probably doesn’t like you. We sat down and I held out a cup of tea from the pot I made earlier. I was always making tea, it was good for the senses. Besides that I like using the teapot my father had left me, it had such a beautiful design of fire on top of water all around it. “Tea?”
“Sure.” He was thinking about something, I could tell.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Well, nothing really, it’s just you and your sister speak as if you’re closed but the words you say are open. Why?” I shrugged.
“We just speak that way, maybe it’s because we’ve been here so long.”
“Oh, also, why doesn’t your sister have a name about her element like you?”
“My mother sensed a strong water and so she named me after the element.”
“She couldn’t sense that about Elle’s fire?”
“She could.”
“Then why not something like Ember?”
“Maybe she felt it wasn’t right for her. Elle is a strong name too though.”
“I suppose.” He shrugged and then became stiff. I knew something must have changed in the atmosphere.
“What is it?” I was alarmed.
“I sense something.” Then Professor Josephine burst in.
“What are you doing in here? With a water?” She asked Oskan, oh no.
“It’s not his fault. He was asking some questions, Elle wasn’t here to answer them so I thought I should.”
“You know better than that. By doing so, you missed a duty of yours. May I remind you of the younglings?” I sighed.
“I’m sorry, it won’t happen again.”
“I certainly hope not.” Then she left and Oskan stood.
“Thanks, I guess I have to leave.”
“I suppose, see you around.”
“See you.” As soon as he left, I felt empty and stupid. How could I have invited him in? I knew the consequences and stupidly ignored them. Then Elle came in about thirty minutes later.
“You have a message from Brooke. She said that next time you cancel a meeting to tell her.”
I let out a groan, “That’s the second time today.” She laughed.
“It’s not like she won’t forgive and forget.” Then she looked a bit confused, “second time?”
“I was alone with Oskan and Josephine came in. She chewed me out for being alone with a fire, then forgetting about the young ones.” She nodded and after a second I decided to ask her what had been aching at me all day. “Am I stupid for liking a fire that I’m not sure is controlled?”
“No, we can’t help who we love. Besides, it isn’t unheard of. It is possible; if I train him I will try my best to help him come into control.”
“Thank you. I will be at the pond.” I told her and she nodded. I was comforted by her words and wanted to meditate. I opened my eyes to see Elle and Leo walking into the other pond.
“So you two are fixed then?”
“Yes, Leo understands that it was not Oskan’s fault. He also understands that neither of us likes each other.” Leo nodded; he still was trying to keep himself under control, not angry but jealous. Then Oskan came up and I suddenly became nervous.
“Hey Aqua.” He smiled and waved then turned to Elle and Leo. “Hi Elle, Leo.” He seemed nervous.
“Don’t worry I’m not mad anymore.” Leo said, Oskan smiled, and I noticed how beautiful his smile was. Dang it! He’s a fire he’ll never like a water. I can still feel tension between them, I wonder what’s going on. Then he came and got into my pond.
“Well isn’t this nice me and Leo in this pond, you two in the other.” Elle said, mischievous. Oskan and I rolled our eyes. I saw him heat the water, so did Elle.
“Careful, you can hurt her doing that you know.”
“I’m not going to burn her.” He said but cast a worried glance in my direction. But he managed to keep the heat around him. He must have more training than he though because it takes quite a lot of training for a fire to do that.
“It’s fine, the heat is around him only. I’m perfectly cool right now.” Oskan smiled triumphant, and then I felt a tug to leave. Then I remembered that I had rescheduled my class to a few minutes from now. I trained young ones, well I suppose they weren’t that young but they were only ten and eleven years old. “I have to go.” I said, standing up and pulling on my shoes. I saw Elle give me a questioning glance and I just shrugged.
“Where are you going?” Oskan asked.
“I have a class to teach, and I prefer not to get in trouble a third time.”
“Oh, bye, see you around I guess.” He looked disappointed and I smiled at it. He is so sweet. I nodded and waved.
“I’ll be in the dorm afterward.”
“Kay, see you.” When I got to the room I was to teach in I was a few minutes early. My students were already waiting for me. They immediately ran to me, all smiles, and eager to learn from me.
“What are we learning today Aqua?” Lucy, my star asked.
“How to create a cloud. Don’t get excited, just a small one, however, still hard to master.” I said, smiling when they did. They were always up for the challenge. “First, we need to get outside though. This room will trap your energies, so you need to be outside so your energies can flow.” I led them to an open area. It was very wet, I hoped this would help them. “The first thing you need to do is to concentrate your energies and make water, get a good puff like a cloud shape going.” Once they had done that I move on. “Now elevate it above your head. Then, condense, evaporate, and re-condense it. Add more water until some falls.” After about a half an hour we had managed a few dark clouds. Our time was up though. “Okay, nice work everyone. Practice over the weekend and we’ll pick up on Monday.” They groaned and I just smiled. “Goodbye young ones. I’ll see you Monday.”
“Goodbye Master Aqua.” They waved and left, the clouds evaporating with them. I headed back to the dorm. As I was getting closer, I felt more relaxed. I wondered where Oskan was, Stupid! Stop think about him. Yes he’s cute but he’s a fire and an uncontrolled one at that. Then my thoughts were interrupted. I ran into something very warm, I felt arms catch my fall, they were scalding.
“Ow!” I said. I looked up to see Oskan which would explain the warmth. I couldn’t believe how hot he was just walking around.
“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t see you there. Are you okay?” He asked, concerned, for a second I got lost in his eyes. Stop it! Stop thinking about him!
“Yeah, I’m fine. Do you need something? I mean I just assumed because you’re standing in front of my dorm.”
“Yeah, is Elle here? I had some questions to ask her.” I shook my head.