So sorry for not writing in a long time! We really didn't have the time… But now we do! Here's the fourth chapter.
Nami's POV:
"Ohmigosh! It was so cool!" I announced for the millionth time. I couldn't believe it: I knew magic! I KNEW MAGIC! Squeee! All of us were sitting in the living room, Vi on a beanbag, and Jiv and I on the couch. We were discussing our first tries in magic. Sure, I pretty much flung my book across the room until just writing my name (to which the book complained). But still! I babbled on with Jiv, with her finishing my sentences, and I finishing hers:
"So like, they asked for a wand.."
"and I knew that it was the stick…"
"And it grew like twenty times its size!"
"Then there was the orb thing…"
"Where the star was…"
"Uh, guys?"
This remark came from Vi, who had been sitting silently throughout our conversation (Hey, did I mention? I KNOW MAGIC! Oops, I already did). We ignored her and continued rambling. "Guys?" she asked again. "GUYS!" she finally yelled. We turned to her, absolutely oblivious to the fact that she had been trying to get our attention. She took a deep breath. "Um, I know it's great, that we have magic? But um-?" she began. "Well, duh! Of course it's great! Why wouldn't it be? It isn't great?" Jiv interrupted. When excited, Jiv could act totally naïve and well, overly excited. Vi glared at her and continued, "Usually magic has some sort of base. Like, how, for example, Bloom has the power of dragon fire. So… what do we have?" She paused and looked at us. Jiv and I exchanged glances. We didn't know. But usually, when Vi asks questions like that (that we most likely don't have an answer to) she had already researched it and had the answer on the tip of her tongue. This was no exception.
"I did some research (didn't I tell you?) on it, and I have the power of-" she paused again, to make sure that we were paying attention. "I have the power of animals. I think this is what Griselda meant about the better power of animals. And you, Nami, have the power of water." I bounced on the couch, gleeful. Between the blue of my eyes and hair and that I loved water, it didn't come as a surprise. Vi continued, "As for you, Jiv, you have the power of, um, spirits? I think. Let me check." Vi whisked back into her room. I looked at Jiv. She raised her eyebrows at me. She looked deep in thought. Vi returned and plopped herself back into her beanbag, confirming Jiv's power. Then there was a silence. Not an awkward one, just where you need time to think it over and let it sink in. Jiv, as usual, broke the silence. "I say that we practice a bit more, and then go out to lunch. My stomach is going to eat itself!" she exclaimed. So we did. Practice magic, that is (we did have lunch, though). Unfortunately, we only got as far as levitating until our stomachs gave the call again. Can't be a sorceress with an empty stomach!
Vi's POV:
We spent the next few weeks doing magic. As we got better and better, our house actually changed. Jiv's room now looked like this: The floor was covered with an orange, fluffy carpet. Her desk was made of cherry colored polished wood, was connected with a roomy shelf, and had drawers with magic-based locks. Her bed was huge, with a translucent, thin, red cover, with funky pillows at its front. She had a beautifully arched entrance. If you looked up at her ceiling, you would see clear, hollow, glass tubes that seemed to have a light of their own. They were arranged in a swirl pattern, and they floated two inches away from the ceiling.
Nami's room actually had a miniature lake, with little fish swimming inside. Her walls were pale blue with green and purple streaks, and her "study" was underwater. Her bed was super soft and positioned near the "lake". Her light source was a large, circular stained glass picture depicting a wave, letting the sunlight (or moonlight) stream through. Mine was half outside and inside. I mean, there were still walls , but some were invisible. I had a forest in the corner of my room, and in this forest was a huge tree. So huge, in fact, that a crack in its trunk was big enough for my study. My bed was like Jiv's but instead of her red cover I had a green one. The floor had a grass-like texture. My light-source was a giant orb that looked like the moon.
Our house was bigger on the inside now. We had a grand living room, kitchen, a library chock full of books (to Jiv's delight), a room specially designed for magic tests with unknown ends, and a room with an interactive model of the universe (somewhat like the one in Solaria) floating in the center. We also had some pretty ordinary guest rooms. We were pretty satisfied with our progress. We were quickly learning the art of our magic, having the fun of our lives, and were safe in our now awesome house. What could go wrong?
Thanks for reading! Hopefully it wasn't too short. We want to write the next chapter ASAP!