(Nikki P. O. V)
The next day, after breakfast everyone except me, Emma and Kelvin left to go back to the pack-house. Then Emma takes me inside the forest to the lake where I and Cole have come and have some rest when we have gone for a run. She told me to do whim Hoff and do some exercises.
“Have we known, you are gifted with 3 powers, one to control time, control nature’s elements like earth, water, fire, air, and thunder, and the last to control the mind, and all three powers need a lot of concentration to control it, so first we are going to work on concentration, by doing meditation, sit on the ground and close eyes,” she said to me and I did just that.
“Clear all the thoughts from your mind and listen to your surroundings, listen to the birds cropping, frog croaking and listen to the sound of nature,” she said to me and I followed her instruction. I tried to do meditation for some time but failed miserably, I tried many times but all to avail. I give up and look at her.
“You are putting too much stress on your body and mind, in concentrating, it does not work like this, Nikki,” she said to me.
“Don’t put too much stress on your body or mind, and try to relax, close your eyes and remove every thought from your mind,” she said and I followed her instructions.
After 5 minutes, I heard a soft and relaxing melody play in the background and felt her messaging my body. after some time, the melody stops and I feel her withdraw her hands and able to meditate for some time on my own but not for a long time.
“It’s alright, it will take some time, now let’s begin some real training, let’s begin with your nature’s powers. Close your eyes and relax your body and mind, feel the calmness and relaxation in your mind, then flow your calmness through your body and to your hand and convert into the water, in your hands,” she said to me and I followed her instructions and feel the coldness in my hands. I open it to see water coming out of my hands.
“Now, concentrate on forming it into a ball, start by, forming it in a small ball,” she said and kept trying for some time but all to no avail.
“If you’re going to put so much stress on your mind, and if you keep glaring at your hand you will get a headache and will not be able to do anything,” she said to me.
“Then what do you want me to do?” I ask her.
“Close your eyes and relax, then imagine a small ball of water forming in your hand,” she said to me and I followed her instructions.
“It’s happening, good, now slowly-slowly imagine it growing larger and then very slowly open your eyes while keeping your concentrating on the ball,” she said and I followed her instructions and open my eyes slowly to see a ball in my hands. A smile formed on my face when I saw the medium-sized ball made of water. but it didn’t stay there for a long time, because the ball got busted and all the cold water, fell over me and Emma started laughing at me.
“It’s not funny,” I said while glaring at her.
“Oh, but it is funny, for me,” she said still laughing at me.
“Don’t worry just imagine all the water around you and on you forming in a ball in your hands,” she said after composing herself and I followed her instruction to see the drops of water collecting in my hands and taking the form of a ball.
“Now throw it on the tree, before it bursts on you again,” she said and I throw the ball on the tree.
“Now, let’s go back to the mansion to have lunch and after that, you can have 2 hours of rest, and then we will work on your spells and potions skills,” she said and led me back to the mansion. After dinner, I go to my room to have a nap. I get up after two hours, do my business, get fresh and walk to the living room to see her already waiting for me and the bundles of books flowing beside her.
“What is this?” I ask her while looking at the bundles of books.
“This is the books, that I want you to read, to know everything about potions and spells,” she said to me.
“And I thought that we were going to practice spells and potions while doing magics and all,” I said to no one in particular.
“Oh! we will, but before that, you need to know everything about spells and potions to know, what things are needed to prepare what potions, and which words are used to perform which spells, etc, etc,” she said to me.
“But they are too much to finish in a day,” I said to her.
“Don’t worry, I am not expecting you to complete it all in one day, you have 6 months to complete it,” she said ruffling my hair and walking out of the room leaving me alone with the bundle of books. With a sigh, I grab the book and sit down on the couch.
“Magic spells and potions,” I read the title of the book and started reading it.
* Magic Spells
An incantation, a spell, a charm, an enchantment, or a bewitchery, is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung, or chanted. An incantation can also be performed during ceremonial rituals or prayers. In the world of magic, incantations are said to be performed by wizards, witches, and fairies. Some spells are normal and work can be done by just chanting, the words, while some need a special sign to perform spells and some need special preparation to perform them.
Like summoning the strongest Demon, taking someone’s powers, or driving someone’s life. Performing this type of complicated spell needed a lot of powerful witches and a lot of preparations before the ritual was done. You can only revive a dead person if he died for an hour or a day, the longest. A person who died many years ago cannot be revived. The dead body of the person is also necessary to have to rewind that dead person. *
*Magic potions,
A potion is a magical type of liquified medicine or drug. The term philtre is also used, often specifically for a love potion, “supposed to be capable of exciting sexual attraction or love”.
In mythology and literature, a potion is usually made by a magician, dragon, fairy, or witch, and has magical properties. It is used for various motives including the healing, bewitching, or poisoning of people. For example, love potions for those who wish to fall in love (or become deeply infatuated) with another; sleeping potions to cause long-term or eternal sleep (in folklore, this can range from normal REM sleep to a deathlike coma); and elixirs to heal/cure any wound/malady. *
I read the book and don’t know when to fall asleep. Kelvin wakes me up for dinner. After dinner, I go to my room and call Cole. We talked for some time, and I told her everything I had learned that day and got inside the bed. As soon as I put my head on the pillow, I was out like a light.