*~~Hannah~~*
She opened the window and felt the warm air. Seemed
like it was going to be a warm day again. It felt like nothing could ruin the
day. Maybe she should grab a book and go read in the park? She decided to do
so, she had really gotten to like this book,A Game of Thorns,which
happened to be about another world. Now a days she found herself really into
fantasy. No wonder, she had experienced something out of a fantasy book herself
just a few days ago. She wanted, really wanted, it to be a dream, but she knew
it wasn't. She didn't want to think about it, it was scary. She had never
thought there were other worlds besides her own, now she knew...had been told...that
there was not just one more world than hers, there were many others. A white
woman had said she had powers, too. She had actually tried it once, the day
after. It had worked. She got so scared she hadn't tried it again. There had
been another girl in that white place, too. She had seemed to believe in it
more than Hannah. Well, Hannah did want to believe, really wanted to, but she
found it almost impossible, even though she had seen herself that she actually
had powers. It was too out of this world to be true. The woman had said that
Hannah and the other girl should get to know each other. Hannah supposed that
would be good, if they now were going to...fight...together, it felt weird to
just think it, but neither one of them had made contact with the other. Hannah
didn't plan to, she didn't even know the girl's name. What if she didn't
remember a thing? That would be incredibly embarassing. Who was she kidding?
That wasn't why she hadn't tried to contact the other girl. Either way, she was
going to read the book and try not to think about anything else. Just as she
was about to go, she heard someone call her name. She turned around to the open
window, and below on the street stood the other girl. With her legs apart, a
big smile on her face one hand on the hip and the other waving above her head,
like Hannah would see her better. The girl yelled her name again. She felt her
face get red. What was the girl thinking?! She was about to yell again when
Hannah stuck her head out.
"I'll come! I'll come! Just wait a second!"
She could imagine how she looked like, red and desperate.
"Great!" she yelled back.
Nothing could ruin this day, huh? How wrong she had
been.She hurried downstairs and locked the door behind her. Her family wasn't
home, her brother had slept over with some friends and her parents visited her
mother's mother and father. She met up with the girl, panting slightly. The
girl smiled at her. Hannah didn't feel like smiling.
"You look awfully sullen" the girl said,
smiling even bigger, which Hannah had believed was impossible.
"How did you find out where I live?" Hannah
said, not getting any happier.
"Well" she said scratching the back of her
head, her smile faded. "It was actually pretty easy. Ingyacame to me in a
dream last night, she said Tenso wasn't that happy that we hadn't talked
yet..." A shudder seemed to go through her body" She then showed me
how I would find you, and that's the short story of how I found you. I sure
hope you haven't forgotten anything, that would make this conversation extremely
awkward. Oh, yeah, that's right. It already is, if you don't talk soon."
The confidence in her voice was back, and her voice was like acid in the end.
Then her face lit up in a smile again. "Nah, just kidding. But seriously,
it's getting awkward. "Hannah sighed. She didn't wish for any of this, all
she wanted right now was to read the book.
"I guess you're here to say that we must
practice, or something, right?" She tried to sound as unwilling as she
could, then maybe the almost annoyingly happy girl in front of her would get
the hint and go. It didn't seem like she did, though, or she just ignored it,
she didn't seem stupid.
"Yep, you don't happen to know a "people
empty" place? I'm really new here, so I don't really know this town yet,
ya know?" She said it all very fast, like she was nervous Hannah would cut
her off and say she didn't want to see her again. Well, shedid think the girl
was a little rude, she had just showed up outside her window, of all places,
they barely knew each other, either. Hannah didn't even remember the girl's
name! Unwillingly, she answered.
"Yeah, I do know a place. The forest just outside
of town should do. It's not far, we don't need to take the bus or
anything." She didn't show even a hint of a smile, but the girl's face still
lit up.
"Really? Great! Let's go! Oh, and by the way, you
have forgotten my name, haven't ya?"
"...No" Of course she had, 'they' had just
mentioned it once or twice. Besides, she had never been that good with names.
"You have! How rude!" The girl said jokingly
as they began to walk. "Oh well, it's Arabella. Arabella Joy. Since it's
really girly, please call me Arbell."
Hannah just had to laugh. It was so funny, a name as
Arabella didn't suit the girl at all, she was right, though, it was too girly
for her. Arbell was too. Arabella looked questioning at her.
"Arbell? Isn't that feminine, too? If you don't
want to have a girly name shouldn't you call yourself Ar, or something?"
Arabella laughed, too. Hannah was actually a little
surprised, she had thought the girl would pout.
"I have thought of it, but I don't want to be
mistaken for a pirate." They laughed even more.
It seemed like the day wasn't ruined after all.
~~*~~
"Have you...tested it?" Hannah asked when
they had reached the forest about 10 minutes later.
"Tested what?" Arabella turned to her. The
green from the leaves and the light from the sun made her blond hair look like
something from another world. Hannah got a little annoyed. She would have
preferred not to ask a second time, it was embarrassing.
"You know what."
"Well..." she scratched the back of her
head. "No, not really. Actually, I decided not to think about it."
She looked away, like she, too, found it embarrassing. It wasn't something that
should happen, after all.
"Not to think about it?" She didn't
understand, couldn't she have gone against Ingya? "But you came to
me?"
"Yes..." She cleared her throat.
"Well...Um...I wouldn't have done that if Ingya hadn't come to me in that
dream. She showed me her memory of Tenso when he had said it...He was pretty
pissed." She shuddered. "I thought he was calm.
"Are-are you serious? For real? That was the only
reason? You seemed to believe in it more than I did back there!"
"Yeah, but then I got home and thought about it,
'No way that it can be true' I thought. Besides, I don't have anyone to try the
power on, I live alone, and my power, it feels so weird to say it, needs people
for it, ya know?"
"What could you do, again?" She felt
something in her chest. She recognized it. It was excitement. Even though she
felt it was incredibly hard to believe, she wanted it to be true.
"Control people's feelings, needs and memories.
Awesome, right? What's yours?" Hannah had no idea how she could say it
with a straight face.
"I...I can change the shape of things." She
felt her face get warm. "Not as impressive as yours." She added. She
couldn't fight or do anything important with her power. It felt like she had it
for fun and fun only. Arabella could fight. Heck, she couldcontrolpeople.
"I tried it once. I made a notebok look like a bed. It looked so freaky
that I lost control and it turned back."
Arabella laughed. Hannah looked angrily at her. It
wasn't funny. It had been really scary.
"How did it look like?" She looked so
curious Hannah felt as if she couldn't refuse.
"Imagine a bed that's as small as a notebook, and
a notebook that has the exact same shape as a bed."
"I would have loved to see
that!" She looked up, as if she would see it. Hannah thought that was a
little stupid.
"Whatever." She didn't want to show it
anymore. It felt like she was some kind of freak being forced to entertain. Her
sour voice made Arabella look at her.
"Aw, come on" she said, as she entered
Hannah's personal zone and put her arm around her neck. "Did I hurt your
feelings? Sorry, if that's the case, but seriously. I would love to
see that. Besides, I'll see it sooner or later, whether you want it or
not." Well. That was true. "Or do you want me to start?"
"....No." She didn't want the girl to think
she was weak. "I'll go first." The place where Arabella's arm had
been was still warm.
"Great!" Arabella lit up in a smile again
and took her arm away. "Guess we should start small. Wanna what Ingya
said?"
"You mean turning a tree into a flower
shape?" She said in a doubting voice. "How about a rock instead? I
don't feel ready for a tree."
"Sure! Do what you feel is good!" She looked
at her like a child look at Christmas presents. For some reason, she didn't
mind.
"Well...." she said awkwardly. "I guess
should get started."
She began to stare at a rock next to her, intensively,
like she had done with the notebook, imagined a lily, getting a little annoyed
that nothing happened. She glanced at Arabella, she was looking intensively at
the rock, too. No! No! The focus should be on the rock. Why isn't anything
happening? Something should have happened by now, it went faster when she were
at home....If only she hadn't lost her concentration befo...Nononono! Focus!
More intense staring. Then, something happened. The rock began to change, to
almost bubble. More bubbling, and then...things really began to happen. The
rock became longer, wider at some parts and slimmer in some, it was as
astonishing to see as the first time. The petals began to form and then a lily
in stone stood before them. It wasn't perfect, but she knew she had done a good
job. She glanced at Arabella, who leaned forward so much, Hannah was sure she
was going to fall, her face showed her surprise, when she went forward and
touched the flower gently, gently, she looked up at Hannah with something that
looked like awe and admiration in her light blue eyes. Hannah couldn't help to
feel proud. She was quite astonished herself, she had made a rock look like a
flower. Shehad done it! And someone else thought she was
incredible, which she actually was right now. She felt great.
"That was so awesome." Arabella breathed
staring at the lily. She got over it pretty fast, though. Too fast, Hannah
thought. "It was a little slow, though. But that must be because its only
the second time." Did she really have to be so honest? Hannah wished she
could say something...less honest. Maybe said how nice the lily looked. She
knew Arabella liked it, but she wanted to hear it.
"Yeah...It was. Could you show yours?"
"You're ready to be my test subject, then?"
She smiled teasingly.
"Uh..."
"You know if you want to see, you actually have
to feel, since I need a living human to demonstrate" That was true, but...
"Yeah, I know, it just feels weird to experience
it instead of seeing it...."
"But you'll be my test subject?"
"...Yes" She really, really wanted to see
(well, feel) it. "Just please don't call it test subject." Arabella
smiled again.
"Fine then, person who has first class tickets.
Now, let's see what I can do..." She sounded confident, but Hannah saw her
eyes, the trembling hands and the slightly shinier face. Arabella stared at
her, trying to do something, what Hannah didn't know. The girl's staring made
her uncomfortable, she had never really liked when people stared at her, just
presenting things in class required courage. As Arabella tried to make things
work, Hannah started to think what she would do. Would she change any of
Hannah's memories? She couldn't see Hannah's other memories, right? What if
something went wrong? What would happen then? She didn't feel anything. She
could feel Arabella's stare and almost feel her determination. She would have
liked to glance at Arabella, but thought it would be awkward. Unlike Hannah,
she wasn't annoyed. Suddenly, she felt different. She forced herself to glance
at Arabella, a smile played on the girl's lips, she didn't tremble anymore and
her eyes looked almost wild. Anyone could tell she felt the power running
through her. Hannah felt happy for her. Really happy, actually. She felt happy
for herself, too. She had created a lily out of stone! She smiled,
big, and couldn't stop. Her chest got warm and her brain had a hard time trying
to figure out what the heck happened. Her cheeks began to hurt and she had a
hard time standing still. Then the happiness started to disappear and soon it
was gone. The girls looked at each other and began to laugh. They had done it!
They did actually have powers! They began to talk in each other's mouths and
soon it was almost evening.
*~~Tenso~~*
He was in the more holy part of the castle, in one the
Mirror rooms. There was no door, just a hole in the wall, and no windows. The
walls were empty, except for the big mirror that took up a whole wall, from
floor to ceiling. He watched the two girls' joy and remembered his own. He made
the mirror change, he wanted to leave the girls alone, and watched one of the
girls he would soon meet. Her long, black hair was up in a ponytail and her
fingers moved gracefully across the piano, her eyes and mind was somewhere
else, far, far away. Through the mirror he heard the piece she was playing, no
one could deny her talent for the instrument. He made the mirror change again,
this time it showed a brown haired girl with two other girls that looked like
her friends. The brown haired girl, however, didn't laugh as her friend laugh,
didn't smile as her friends did. He made the mirror blank again and went to
find his right hand. He found her sitting by the holy pond, just as he knew she
would. When she heard his steps she turned around, her eyes opened, like they always
were by the pond. They were as mesmerizing as always.
"Come" he said. "It's time to bring ad
great the two new ones." She rose and walked to his side. Together they
walked back to the Mirrors. They went to the biggest one, she changed,
disappeared and he walked to the hall by himself.
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