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(Kalinda's PoV)
The boy from my dreams reaches out his hand. I look at it hesitantly, like it's going to burn. He doesn't smile like he usually does, instead he's grimacing. He reaches out his hand further and I grab it, quicker then I thought I would. His frown turns into a grin as our hands touch and a light erupt from, not him this time, but me. The light surrounds me and I wake up. I clutch onto my stomach, and bite my tongue, so that I don't make a noise and wake up the body next to me. I put my hands onto my eyes and stare at my bed through my fingers. But I realize that I'm not actually sitting on my bed. I take my hands off of my chocolate brown eyes. I let a squeak escape my mouth and I reach down to touch my bed cover. Oh my gosh, I'm floating! I think. I look around my room and become aware of the also floating form next to me. I scream and I try to stop floating. I grab the edge of the bed and pull myself down, but i end up crashing to the floor. I roll next to Jophia and my arm touches her skin. A shiver is sent up my back, her skin is icy cold.
I get up and look at Jophia, her body is covered in scars and bruises. I put my ear next to her mouth and only a little amount of breath escapes. I pull my head back, just at the right time as well, for her body shakes and she collapse to the ground. I shake her body and half-yell/half-scream, "Jophia! Oh please wake up." I fall on my butt with tears streaming down my eyes, like a cascade of water. "Jophia...Jophia please wake up," I whisper quietly as I shake her body back and forth with the little amount of energy I have. I feel my stomach rumble and I grab my churning stomach, ready for the pain to come. I lean over onto my left, to avoid Jophia's dead corpse, and. I cough out a huge amount of blood and vomit. Once my mouth is no longer spitting up, I rub it with my left hand, to get the extra debris around my lips, off.
A light comes through my door and I stand up. I rub my mouth with my arm, my eyes go big and I realize that I have a straps of yellow fabric twisting up from my right hand to my arm. I jump over Jophia's body, and dash to my mirror and I put my hand to my mouth so I don't wake the rest of my household. I look at my reflection, I'm no longer wearing my pyjamas. I find myself in a bright yellow tube top (that shows my stomach), a yellow puff-out skirt, and twisting yellow straps of fabric on my left foot, left leg, and right hand and arm. I put my hand on my head as I wobble around. I sit down and stare at the floor, until my dizziness stops.
Another gust of light enters my room through the creeks of my door. I look up slowly, taking my hand off of my head. I slowly open the door and I back up. I'm looking at the boy in my dreams. He walks in proudly and his mane of hair falls in front of his face. I blink a couple times and when he's still there i pinch myself, also a couple times. He looks at me, with an arched eyebrow. "Is this some sort of thing humans do?" he asked. I look at him dumbly. He rolls his eyes, his golden eyes. I let my eyes melt into his. We stare at each other but I then pinch myself again. You have a boyfriend. Stop gazing at him, it's totally not you. "Are you alright? You keep pinching yourself, it's kinda odd." He leans down slightly and I feel like I'm a little girl.
"I-I'm fine, it's just you seem like someone I dream ab-" I stop whispering as I blush. This guy was going to think I'm a freak, oh well.
"But I am the 'someone' you dream about. Don't you remember me?"
"Should I?" I fall to the ground, tripping on a book.
"Stop playing games princess. I have to go soon and you need to fix this disaster." He leans down and rests on his knees. He stares at me for a moment and I try to lose his gaze. But suddenly he closes the space between us and kisses my forehead. I stumble back on my butt, in shock. I try to get out of the strangers grip but he holds tightly on my arms.
I hear a rustle come from outside my door and it opens widely. Doug's eyes become jumbo sized and he grabs the strangers shoulder. He tries to pull him off of me, but he doesn't let go. "Let go of my girlfriend!" He yells. In a couple minutes, the stranger lets go and I push him away. I stumble to my bed and I sit down onto it.
The stranger pushes Doug off, and he ends up hitting my closet. I try to glare at the stranger, but I just can't. "Do it Kalinda, you know you can." I look at him, and I see the anxiety in his eyes. But strangely, I know what he wants me to do. I stand up and Doug looks at me curiously. He glances up and down my outfit and I blush at his gaze. I put my hands up and close my eyes. I whisper some words that I don't understand, but I feel the stranger smile at me. Suddenly I feel the world escape from under me. Everything that happened rewinds and all I can do is open my eyes and wait. I hear a 'Stop' in my head and my voice halts. I look around me and I put my arms down.
Then I hear a scream, "Kalinda," coming from Jophia. Her face is covered with tears and scraps as something attacks her. I jump from my bed and scream, "FLAMING RAYS!" A burst of fire is free from my hand and attacks the creature.
Jophia coughs, "Kalinda, stop that spell." I open one eye and sigh with relief. The attacker was gone and nothing is in ruin. I look over at Jophia, she's casting some sort of spell and the same light falls from somewhere in the room and touches her face. Some of her scrapes disappear but not all, she still has a cut on her lower lip. The stranger from before flashes into the room and a smile is on his face. Jophia gasps and gets into a bow. He rolls his eye and motions for her to get up.
"Please Jophia, formalities are only for Arthèus." He turns towards me, "Well done Kalinda. You have uncovered your magic and are ready to go to Alfea, which Jophia will take you too." He flashes out and Jophia glances at me.
"Goodbye Sunny," I whisper under my breath.
"Nice outfit," Jophia ruins my thoughts. I throw a pillow at her head and she sticks out a tongue before I throw another one.
I let my back land on the grass. I tuck my arms under my head, and close my eyes. Beside me is Jophia, she is looking around the grass, screaming every time a bug crawls through the lawn. She decides to sit in the shadow of a small tree in the front yard, not to far from where I am. She tucks her legs close to her body and wraps her arms around them. We sit like this for a couple minutes. Finally Jophia breaks the silence. "Thank you for saving me," she whispers into her knees. I hardly catch what she says but I open my eyes.
"No problem. But what was that?" I reply. Jophia shrugs her shoulders, showing that she doesn't know. I get up from my tanning position and crawl as close to her as I can without ending up in the shade. "So I guess magic does exist," I sigh.
"Of course it does Kalinda, that is what I was trying to tell you," Jophia tilts her head on her knees and looks at me with her chocolate brown eyes.
"How did I go back into the past?"
Jophia looks at me curiously, but she answers anyways after a moment of thought, "I think your power is the sun. And...you can control the cycle of it as well. And when you turned back the cycle of the sun and you went back into the past."
"Hmm," I ponder on the thought of my magic. "What's your magic?"
"I don't know yet...but I'm going to take you to Alfea anyways. So you can help my family eventually."
"Alfea? What is that?"
"It's a college for fairies. It's beautiful and next to it there is a college for heroes, Red Fountain and a school for witches, Cloud Tower."
"Will Doug come?"
Jophia's eyes narrow at the mention of his name. Great this girl holds grudges. "Depends on him," she replies coldly.
I roll my eyes. She gets up and looks at my moms flower bed. She's cooing over flowers. I lie back down on the grass and close my eyes, with the sun smiling down on me.
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