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

can’t, maybe they don’t want you to leave.
“That’s stupid I’m leaving after another year anyway.” I told him and his eyebrows rose.
“You’re leaving in a year?”
“Yes, the teachers here can’t teach me anything further. I just stay to train others and learn more spells and things like that.” He looked disappointed so I added more. “Besides once you’ve been here a year you’re free to leave as long as you’re sixteen.” His face brightened and I smiled. “Alright, this is the place.” When we got to the register it was like he read my mind.
“Two vanilla cappuccinos and two blueberry muffins.” He said and turned to me. “Correct?”
“Yes.” I answered and the guy turned to get it ready for us. “You know my coffee order?”
“Of course, that and I could hear you thinking it, you thought it very loud.” That made more sense; I didn’t think he was a mind reader. We sat down and he reached across the table and pinned a piece of hair that was in my eyes back behind my ear making me smile.
“So, tell me more.” I said and he gave me a confused look.
“Tell you more about what?”
“You, where you’re from, anything.”
“Alright well I guess I’ll start with the basics. My favorite color is green and blue even though it should be red.”
“Why is it blue?”
“Well it was just green but then it was a tie when I saw your eyes.” He said making me blush. “Let’s see, I’m an only child because my brother and sister died. Before I came here, I just kind of traveled around. I lived with the non-magickal. I have a lot of money from my parents. They were the prime ministers of magic. Now they are just business people.” He said and I felt my sharp intake of breath. I knew who he was talking about, I had read about the children’s untimely death; they had died in a wreck in what the non-magickal called cars.
“I’m so sorry.”
“It’s okay; it’s not the worst thing in the world. Anyway, let’s see, my last girlfriend was a year ago. I love being outside and I’m sixteen. My birthday is June Fifteenth and I can’t wait to celebrate it with you. I like to read and I love to meditate. I like to go camping and study the non-magick people. I like to try to make potions but then who doesn’t? That’s pretty much it I would say, at least that I can think of right now.” He seemed to think for a second before speaking again. “So what about you?”
“Well, I’m fifteen of course. My birthday July 19th, I usually celebrate it outside. I love to listen to the non-magick music and ours, I just love music. I love to meditate to and read. My favorite flowers are the white roses. Usually I’m what the non-magick call a California Vegetarian. My favorite colors are blue and green. I love to heal people, it makes me feel special. Hmm, well I also love beauty things not superficially but the way non-magick people do it is so different but I really love to see the ways that the colors bring out each other and blend together. My last boyfriend was a year and a half ago. Anything else you want to know?”
“No, I prefer to find out as we go along. Which leads me to the question that has been aching at me for a while. Would you consider being me girl..?” He said and in the middle of his last word I nodded furiously making him laugh. Then his face turned serious and he grabbed my empty hand, “Come on, and follow me.” He pulled me through the back door and as I was just getting out I saw why. Mackenna was heading in the door.
“Gosh, the place is just crawling with teachers lately.”
“Yes, that seems to be the case doesn’t it?” He said and then his eyes fogged over and let go of my hand. Wow, there is even a difference when he just lets go of my hand. It feels empty and heavy at the same time. Then he grabbed it again and started jogging.
“What’s wrong? Why are we running?” I felt a strong sense of worry and rush coming from him, it startled me.
“Just follow me, there’s something wrong at the school.” He rushed and then I started leading taking a short cut through the woods. When I got there I saw what was wrong. There was a huge fire coming to the school, Elle ran up.
“We don’t know what it is, help me separate them. I think if each group did something to help..” She said and I nodded. I studied the fire, it was large like a wild fire. It was yellow then orange that increased to red.
“Well, I have to go then.” Oskan said and let go of my hand, leaving for the fires. Before he left he gave me a kiss on the cheek and whispered in my ear, “You’ll do fine, don’t worry.”
“Yeah, we should do that. Airs could push the wind away, fires try to tame it, waters try to extinguish, and earths put holes in the ground give it less fuel.” I told her and we put people to work. We sprayed tons of water on it and I started to feel diminished. It seemed to start to go down and then rise up again. We couldn’t quite get it before it became larger. After fifteen minutes I was confused and started thinking about it. Why isn’t starting to diminish? Elle was thinking the same thing because she shouted.
“Everyone stop!” Everybody stopped and we saw why it hadn’t lost any power. It was a spell, it would die down and then grow larger but it didn’t come any closer, it just looked like it was. We turned to face each and said the same thing at the same time.
“A distraction.” We dashed to the building where we saw a boy running; Elle zapped his ankle with fire making him fall. He turned around angrily.
“Let me go! I didn’t do anything wrong.” He defended himself but I could sense honesty.
“Then what were you running from?”
“That!” He shouted pointing, we turned and he ran. I could understand that though, there was a huge black shadow on the ground coming toward us. It engulfed the whole corridor. It got hot but I saw Elle shiver which was bad. I felt angry as it came closer but Elle pulled me out of it.
“Run!” She said and we ran into the sunlight and turned around to see it. It hovered at the edge of the corridor as if it couldn’t come any further. I wished for it to go away for some light to hit it and make it disappear. Then it turned to hundreds of black birds and flew away. Then Oskan and Leo ran up.
“What happened?” Leo asked Elle, seeing her face. “Are you okay?”
“Are you okay?” Oskan asked me and I hugged him, burying my face in his chest. I refused to cry, that would be a betrayal to Elle. Tears were surrender; they were defeat and meant you could be hurt.
“I think so I’m just really shaken up is all.” I said and he hugged me tighter.
“So what happened?” Leo pressed after a few minutes of him comforting Elle.
“Well, we realized that the fire was a distraction so we went to see what the real danger was.” I started and Elle picked it up.
“We saw a boy running and stopped him thinking he was the one who had done it. He said he was running from something and pointed; we saw it and decided to start running. It was huge; it engulfed the hallway and brought a cold feeling for me, a warm one for Aqua. It also made me feel angry like I don’t know but angry.” She said and drifted a little so I continued.
“Then we were near the sun. I remember turning with Elle and I wished for it to go away. Then it exploded, into birds.” I said and they raised their brows.
“The black mass turned into birds?” Leo asked, looking doubtful but then Elle backed me up.
“Yes, black ones, ravens and crows.” She said and he nodded, needing her to say it before he could believe it.
“Well then, what should we do next?” Leo asked.
“We should tell the teachers, there the only ones who can know what it is.” Oskan said and I nodded, it seemed like a good idea.
“Okay, we should go then. I’ll get the fires; you can get the waters Aqua. Leo will come with me and we’ll get the winds as well. Oskan will go with you and you can get the Earths.”
“All right, I’m on it.” I said and Oskan grabbed my hand as we separated. Before we had walked far he pulled me behind a tree.
“Are you okay?”
“I think so; I was just really shaken up earlier.”
“Okay then, just making sure. However, just because you weren’t hurt this time doesn’t give me an excuse. I promise I will take better care of you, I will protect you better. I won’t let anything hurt you, ever.” He said and I nodded, feeling guilty. I didn’t think he should waste his time like that; I could take care of myself. Then he did something unexpected, he kissed me leaving me winded. Then he grabbed my hand and pulled me around the tree. We started walking to the head of the Earths, Terran. He was a man around forty years old with dark hair graying in the middle and throughout there were flecks of gray. He wasn’t very tall only five feet and four inches but full of power. If you were to first meet him when you were young like me then you would almost be afraid. He cascaded off a sense of deep power and knowledge.
“You know, you don’t have to protect me like that. I’m perfectly able to take care of myself.” I said and he looked the same and then I realized why. He had felt responsible for what happened to me. “Listen, you are not responsible for what has happened to me. It could have happened to anyone, don’t blame yourself. I didn’t even get hurt.” I said but he didn’t respond which worried me, why isn’t he responding to me? After a short walk we reached Terran.
“Terran, we need you to gather all the Earth instructors. Something has happened.” I told him and he immediately stopped what he was doing and turned to me.
“What happened? Were you injured?” He asked, knowing I was a valued person and I shook my head no. I explained and he fired off a message to the rest of the instructors. “I will see you there, be careful.” He said before disappearing. We headed to the head of the waters silently, Yara. She was as strikingly powerful as Terran but as a water more open and wouldn’t frighten you. In fact when I had first come to the school she had held out her hand and I grabbed it. I stuck to her leg like glue until I met Luna. Yara was making a sphere of water when she acknowledged me.
“Yes Aqua? Is there something you needed?” She asked and I saw it catch Oskan off guard again for someone to do that.
“Yes, we need you to gather the waters and meet at the four corners. Something has happened and my sister and I need your help with it.” I told her and she nodded sensing that I had not been hurt but the level of importance was