SAM

My hand moves slowly stroking thin lines on Mia's hair on my canvas. Finally, after a hectic weeks of college stuffs, the painting is almost finished. I'm sure with a combination of rose bouquet, this will be a perfect gift. It's the first day of spring break, and my co-worker got my morning shift covered so I can spend more time with Mia. Even though it would be just at the hospital's garden.

"SAM!" my dorm door suddenly bangs open. I spontaneously yelled at the blonde jock standing at the threshold. A big heavy sigh of despair came from my mouth when I saw Mia's face divided into two diagonal sections by a thick brown line. "Can't you just knock?!" I said while pouring and combining colors on my palette. Jake ignores me and crosses the room in three big steps, "Have you seen Felix?"

"Nope. Have you checked his room?"

"He wasn't there."

"Maybe he's already home for the break."

"He wasn't there either."

I roll my eyes, "Then call him."

"Went straight to the voice mail." he paused to take a deep breath, "We have to find him. And you're gonna help me."

"Not interested."

Jake grabs my wrist, "This is important, Sam!"

"Dude!" I free my hand from his strong grip, "What's wrong with you?!"

"He's been experimenting with magic again. And this time, it's not a good stuff. We have to stop him before he does something more dangerous and collapsing the multiverses."

I scoffed, "You're being delusional, Jake. We all lost our power. No more magic. Permanently. Now, if you can't stop being a fuss, then leave me alone. I have a painting to finish and a birthday to celebrate."

"Look at this." he took a piece of paper from his pocket and give it to me. I open the fold and read it, recognizing Felix's messy handwriting. From the words I can tell that it's a spell, which sounds creepier than usual. On the other side of the paper, there's a list of ingredients for a ritual, dates of celestial events highlighted with different markers, and the word 'BLOOD' written in bold blocks.

"Ookay... That doesn't sound good. Where did you find it?"

"Under his bed along with some stuffs on the list."

"Ew! Gross!" I throw the paper imagining a long rat tail laying on top of it. Jake takes it and put it back in his pocket. "Do you believe me now?"

My had hangs between nodding and shaking, while my mouth opens and closes like a fish for a while before I finally able to speak. "Well, actually… I was kind of suspicious." I rub the back of my neck nervously, "Something happened to his roommate. It was a big deal here. I don't know why no one bothered to asked Felix about that, but I did. And, well... He was mad, and shut me out completely."

Jake frowns, hands folding on his chest, "What happened to his roommate?"

I put my brush down, "He went missing for days and was found wandering around the woods, shocked, and from what I heard, he kept saying that he was 'hexed'. But, no one believed him because he was kinda…" I point the side of my head and make a spiraling gesture with my finger, "He was sent to the hospital and no one ever heard about him ever since." I remember the word 'BLOOD' on Felix's note and winched, "Do you think Felix did something to him?"

Jake shrugs, "I don't know. When was the last time you spoke to him?"

"A couple months ago." I continue working on the painting, "And then I became so busy with assignments and taking care of Mia after the accident. Then, I realized that he has been skipping classes lately."

"Do you think we should call Ellen? She found Andy, maybe she could find Felix too."

I paused to turn to him, "Do you think she would care? Or at least, not sending us a big fat cloud that rains ice stakes?"

"If you have better ideas, I'm all ears."

"I don't know…" I shrugged, "She clearly said 'no more Felix Ferne or I'm gonna kill you!'."

Right after I said that, a big explosion blows all the windows behind me, followed by a spiraling wind that strongly push me against the wall. I grab a pillow nearby and use it to cover my head from the sharp edges of broken glass flying around in the room.

"Jake!" I shouted. But no answer. I take a small peek and see his blonde hair beneath a pile of books. Once the typhoon is over, I run to free him from his paper graveyard. "What the hell just happened?!" I asked, more to myself, while looking at my wrecked dorm room. Everything isn't at where it used to be, and there's a whole can of paint spilled on my painting. "No! Not the painting!" my eyes started to water when I see that Mia's face is completely covered with bright yellow paint. I raise my fist to a hollow window and yelled, "Stupid typhoon! You ruined my masterpiece!"

"Forget your painting." Jake taps my shoulder and nods at the sky, where dark clouds starting to form at the sky. It then changed into a strange symbol, before completely disappeared along with the remaining winds from the typhoon. Jake and I left the room, running through the empty hallway. When my arm stretched to reach the dorm front door, I was stopped by fire that suddenly formed and circling around me. Between the dancing blue flames, I saw Jake grabbed a fire extinguisher and use it on the fire, only to make it grows even bigger.

"Hang on!" Jake shouted before his figure is completely blocked by the flames, leaving me alone inside the fire circle that doesn't seem to radiate any heat at all. I touch the flame to check it, and scream in pain when the fire burn it. I blow at the sizzling red flesh at the tip of my index finger, letting a drop of tear falling down my cheek.

"You're such an Airhead."

My head turned to the voice, and see Felix stepping out from the flame. His dark hair has grown long enough to be tied into a bun, and he looks paler and skinnier than the last time I met him. Although the pendant on his chain is reflecting the substance that just burned my finger, it doesn't take the coldness in his expression. He looks at me with disgust in his hazel eyes, especially when he sees how hard I try to hide the painful hisses escaping my mouth.

"What is this?" I asked. But he doesn't seem to be in the mood to explain the mini hell around me. Instead, he takes a step closer and bent a little so our eyes are on the same level. "Don't try to find me." he said it with high pressure in every word, sending shivers through my body. I gulped, my nerves has dropped at the minus level. But, I ignore the feeling, and stay as steady as I can in my position. "If you're really doing this, Felix," I can hear my voice trembles, "If you've been practicing black magic…"

Felix pulls himself away, walk closer to the fire and put his hand in it without any sign of pain or burning. "You're judging me, like always. You, Jake, and Andy… When all I wanna do is help us." he took his hand out, examines it, and somehow looks disappointed finding that it's still whole. "I'm trying to bring our powers back. I've done research, and there's no way that our magic could completely disappeared. My dad gave up, but I don't." he turns to me, "As you can see, my magic is back. And I got more than just the Fire Element." he lifts his hand and form a spinning wind on his palm, "I've mastered the Air Element. Your Element. Along with the others. I believe you had seen how powerful I am."

"The typhoon... Was it you?!" I shouted in shock, "Did you try to kill us?!"

"Collateral damage." he answered coldly, "Always happen when I travel between Universes."

I shake my head, "This is wrong, Felix. You have to stop it."

"Or what?!" he glares, and the flames going wilder. It grows bigger, almost touching the ceiling, and the color swiftly fading into very pale blue. Sweat dripping on my body as a respond of the sudden heat blasting around me as Felix raising his voice, "I can do whatever I want! I'm powerful! I have no weaknesses!"

Just then, a thick cloud begin to form above us and pour a heavy rain. Felix looks up and scowls, his hands are balled into a fist. "Ellen…" he whispers under his breath. He raises his arm and a portal formed behind him. He jumped into it as more flames are extinguished, revealing Ellen and Jake standing in the distance. I got a glimpse of black and white room inside the portal before it's closed, which, looks so familiar. I know that place, and I had been there before.

"Negative Space." I told my friends as they approached me. They look at each other before giving me a confused look. "Negative Space!" I repeated, "That's where Felix is."

Note : I'm not sure if Felix has hazel eyes. If anyone know the right word, please tell me :)