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“I’ve been doing everything you’ve told me, it’s not my fault that the stupid sparkles don’t appear.”
And let’s just say that keep moving your hand like a mime for what it feels like hours and watching other wizards looking at you mockingly wasn’t helping a lot.
“You are very impatient and that won’t lead you anywhere.” Wong was sitting behind you sipping his tea of who knows which mystical or magical specie; he would be walking on the training camp helping other students or warriors and stop to talk and giving them some advice, other he would only sight and nod in disagreement, but now that it was your turn of being watch, well… Sometimes he would cover his laughter with a fake cough, you didn’t know what you were doing wrong, if a kid that didn’t have any idea of the mystical arts could open some portals, why couldn’t you?
Maybe if you didn’t drink and start to teach me something useful
“Maybe if you paid attention and take a moment to breath, we would be having a hole different conversation” With one movement you were your ass was in the ground and Wong was holding one of your hands. “And you need to learn how to fortify your mind”
Your checks turn red, I mean, obvious this wasn’t the worst embarrassing moment of your life, but definitely wasn’t good when the person that take you in and decided to take care of you knew you were mocking him. While he was still holding you, you gained momentum and got back on your feet. You shook the dust off your ass and return doing the same exercise.
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Where am I?
“Wh-… you?”
I don’t feel my legs...
“Kid, I nee-… Can you-”
Light and shadows were before you but none of them made any sense.
While your brain couldn’t process the images your eyes were sending to it, you decided to focus on taking a deep breathe.
How wrong of you.
The moment you started to breath in, you felt how the air started to burn the trail from your nose to your lungs, like fire or little knives were cutting trough you, you tried to move but only resulting on making you panic even more, your arms and legs weren’t responding. You once again try to gain some focus on the images and the shadows that now were appearing in front of you but when trying to open your mouth, instantly the touch of another person on your chin stops you.
“Don’t!”
“Christine, I need her to speak!
“She can’t speak if she’s death! So kindly, stop ordering my in my E.R and fucking wait outside Stephen”
With a lot of effort and pain you finally move you left hand a little, you didn’t know if it was the action or if you actually get to touch her, but the woman attention return to you, she smiled at you with petty in her eyes but still with the sweetest smile you’ve ever had.
“Please don’t worry, we’ll take care of you”
A hand on your shoulder brings you back to reality and when you pay attention to you hands you see how the sparks were now actually doing the form of a circle. When you tried to do it bigger or at least try to make a little one with functionality the sparks disappeared and angrily you took the ring from your hand.
“Visualize”
As if you never heard those words before, you only rolled your eyes in response.
“Look beyond the world in front of you” The words slipping sassily out of your mouth. “I know!”
“You may know them, but you don’t understand them” making a pause the man walk in front of you. “And there’s a great difference in between”
Making it look effortless the man started to move his hand in circle and opening a portal you could see Christine on the other side. You look at the man in front of you and see the half smile when he looks at the woman.
“I think you should really start talking instead of showing off… Stephen.” You give him a little palm before running towards the woman that was already expecting you with her arms wide open.
You were saved eight months ago by these people and even tough you were frustrated because of your late recover and lack of advances in your technique, you were really grateful with them.
After recovering, “happiness” was not important to you, having had third-degree burns, broken ribs and even part of your vocal cords burned, you were able to recover, and yet, while your revering these people decide to stand by your side, a woman that everyday read to you and started to teach you the basic stuff of this world, a man that took you in and give you a chance to start over a new life and a smart ass that would help heal your wounds while mocking and teasing you wasn’t something that bad.
Happiness is something you decided to never take for granted.
You thought happiness was something only a few had the luxury to know, and you were not that far from the truth…
“I only feel you”
Why the words that once brought me joy,
“Mom, can you cover me?”
were now the reason of my despair…