Chapter TEN

VOILA! Enjoy! I still have the fez and am working on a mop and a toy vortex manipulator!

Betwarde had taken us to a vast, barren field, with several targets positioned at the far end. The Doctor had argued with Betwarde for at least ten minutes, saying it was impossible for Time Lords to control the fire, water, earth or air, as well as anything like that for that matter and that they controlled time. After a hell of a lot of arguing, he had agreed to let me try. So here we were. Betwarde and I were standing in the middle of the field, facing the targets, him behind me. The Doctor, Amy and Rory had positioned themselves a safe distance away from the target area, so they could observe without getting in the way.

"Okay, we'll start with fire." Betwarde said, as I kept my eyes on the targets. "You should be able to summon fire, whereas with water you would need some nearby. Of course with earth and air, you can get them constantly. The link between you and the elements is physic, so you have to think it, when you're using them you should be able to feel each of their presences in your mind."

"How do you know so much about this?" I asked him, turning to look at him quickly and then returning my gaze to the targets.

"The people who spread the word, no one actually knows who they are but they taught me about this, they must've known I would meet you."

"Oh" I said, I had thought this to begin with, it just felt necessary to ask. "What do I do know?"

"Well as I said, it's all in your mind, you just have to command it, and it will do your bidding." He said

"Okay," I said, taking a deep breath nervously "I can do that!"

I closed my eyes and focused everything on the element. Fire! I thought. I summon you. I opened my eyes when I found a presence in my head, like a tingling, a pleasant burn, that'd be the fire. It was then I saw my palm face up and within it a burning orange fire ball, its flames licking my skin but never burning. I heard the Doctors gasp and turned to see that his eyes were wide, with wonder and the slightest hint of...Fear. I turned away from him, not wanting to see it and focused on the targets. I slowly brought my palm up to my lips and blew. The fire shot forward in a long stream of heat, taking out a target and an awful lot of the wall. I smiled at myself, having way more fun with this then I should be. I carefully tilted my palm until it was upside down. The fire stayed fixed on my skin as I held by other hand underneath it and rolling it between the two. Using all the strength in my arms, I brought the fire ball back in both hands, to one side of my body, before pushing it forward. It all left my hands, taking out four of the five remaining targets and practically the entire wall, leaving my hands empty.

"Wow!" I said, and heard applause from behind me. Amy, Rory and the Doctor were clapping and I also noticed a lot of people standing behind me on the hill, they were also clapping. With the crowd were Kaysa, Edswa and Losele, they were smiling.

We finished up and headed back to the TARDIS to freshen up. Lord Betwarde had promised me, we would go down to the river later, to practise with some water. He seemed even more exited then me.

When we got to the TARDIS, I was exhausted; it had been a hard day and had really taken its toll on my ankles, every muscle in them screaming at me to sit down. I skipped food and heads straight to my room, instantly collapsing on my bed, before absentmindedly summoning a fire ball, and playing with it lazily. It must've been about 15 minutes of me just lying there thinking, when I was interrupted by a knock on my door.

"It's open" I said, guessing it was the Doctor. I was right and I was glad, I wanted to talk to him.

"Hi" he said as he opened the door and stepped in, looking at the fire ball in my hands as I pressed my fingertips together to extinguish it. Then he came and lay down next to me.

"I have a question." We both said at the exact same time and then laughed at it.

"You first" I said, deciding it better to have a little bit more time to phrase mine in my head.

"I just wanted to know..." he said, seeming to hesitate.

"Go on" I said, hopefully encouraging him.

"It's just... if you want to go back to the normal human life, that's fine, I can take you back" he said, but why would I want that?

"Doctor," I said, trying to let him know that this isn't what I want.

"I mean, I know how nuts this life is and I don't want to drag you into it" he continued, ignoring me.

"Doctor!" I exclaimed, trying to stop his babbling.

"If I hadn't landed in your house, you would've still been a normal, human and wouldn't have been dragged into this!" he said, ignoring me again.

"Doctor!" I said, rather loudly, as I sat up. I gripped onto his arms to pull him up with me. "I don't want a normal human life, that's boring! I want this life, and don't blame yourself for all of this, because 1: I'm happy and 2: it would've come out eventually anyway. Okay?"

"Okay." He said, as we stood up to go back to Betwarde. My question forgotten.

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