The next few days Chita and I worked
on the other types of teca. I found as
I went along that each type of teca had its own personality. The water teca was soft and welcoming after
you had shown it you had pure intensions. Fire teca was stubborn and often refused to conform to my whim until I
showed it I had a liking for mischief, a quality the fire teca seemed to
like. The earth teca allowed you to
handle it almost right away, but it was very difficult to shape. Air teca was difficult to handle and often
slipped away from me, but shaping it was extremely easy. Now I had mastered all of the elements but
one, Void.
I awoke from sleep and slowly sat up
in bed.
"Good
morning Cugin!" Chita greeted me.
"Good
morning." I grumbled, still half
asleep.
"You
have an important lesson today. And
after today's lesson you'll be ready to go ….go back to your realm." She
faltered on the end of the sentence.
I
don't want to leave either. I thought of the past few days I had spent
here. Even though the lessons had been
exhausting, I was away from my normal life, now gone to ruins because of an
overprotective ministry. I'll miss
it here but I must go. Voldemort must
be stopped.
"Alright lets start." I said.
"OK,
today you are going to learn to focus teca into spells, and learn how to use
void teca. Now the void teca isn't easy
to control, that's why I waited until now to teach you how to summon it. This form of teca is a bit different from
the others you have learned to summon. Void teca is the energy of the dead. It has an energy field unlike the other types of teca." Chita stopped and looked at me. "You look confused. What don't you understand?"
Wow,
she read me like a book. I had no idea what she meant by all
that. "Um…does that make it evil?
"No,
you see the teca doesn't decide whether it is good or evil, the wizard
does. Void teca works the workings of
the dead, zombies, space and time spells, and of course the void spell. These spells are borderline Dark Arts. Again the use of such spells define whether
it is good or evil." She paused and looked at me. "Now are you ready to learn how to summon it?" Chita asked.
"Yeah, I think I understand it
now." I said.
"Alright. This is going to be the hardest teca to summon. First you must go into the 'seeing' state
where you can sense the teca. Then you
must find its respect. Don't think it
will respect you right away. It may
take many tries before you can summon it." Chita explained.
"Ok let me try." I closed my eyes and began to think of the
swamps that sustain on the dead and decaying things found in it. I was suddenly aware of an energy all around
me. It was different from the
other teca. What do I need to show
it to make it respect me? I tried
to get a feel for what it liked. It
doesn't give away its feelings very readily. I stood still for the next hour trying to figure out its
feelings. Then I got a sure
feeling. It felt like it was different,
like everything rejected it. That
shouldn't be too hard to express…
I remembered all the feelings I went
through when the Fudge told me what was going to happen to me and tried to emit
them all around me. I did this for a
few minutes. I guess it's now or
never. I reached out with my left
hand, and cautiously scooped some into my hand. It didn't burn or shear me. It felt soft and lonely.
I
opened my eyes. "What was so hard about
that?" I asked Chita.
Her facial expression showed
surprise. "I never thought void teca
could be mastered that easily!" She
said finally.
"Well we do have a lot in
common." I said, with a smile.
"Alright, well I'll teach you how to
focus the teca into a spell using the void teca. If you can master it with void teca I bet you can make spells
with any of the other types." Chita
still seemed a bit surprised. " First
you must thing of a spell to form from the teca. Most spells can be made on the spot, as long as you use the
corresponding teca for it. Try to think
of a spell for void teca."
Space
and time spells… I know! "How about
a vacuum spell? One that would create
an outer space type vacuum." I asked.
"Yes that will do fine. TO do this you must describe the spell to
the teca. It will try to imitate what
you tell it to do." Chita
explained. "Here," she moved her hands
and touched the floor. A small shrub
grew there instantly. "Direct the spell
here so we can see if it works."
"OK here goes nothing." I imagined the air molecules and I imagined
an area of molecules disappearing. I
sent that picture to the teca. I
hope this works. I directed the
spell toward the plant. The teca
disappeared from my hand. I looked at
the plant and waited. Three seconds
later the plant withered for lack of carbon dioxide and atmosphere in
general.
"Good! I think you've got it." Chita said.
For the rest of the day I tried
spell over spell from every element. By
the end of the day I was able to summon and focus teca in a heartbeat.
"Cugin, I think you should rest now. In the morning it will be time to go." Chita said after I cast an earthquake spell.
"That's fine with me I'm wiped
out." I replied.
The next morning I woke up and got
out of bed. "Good morning!" I greeted Chita.
"Good morning. Are you ready to go back?" Chita asked.
"Yes Voldemort must be stopped. He has upset the balance of good and evil
for to long." I replied.
"Alright. Remember you must get those spellshaper cards from him." Chita opened a portal back to my realm. "Goodbye Cugin!" She said.
"Goodbye!" I yelled and then I walked into the portal.
I was back in the mundane office of
Cornelious Fudge.
"How did it go Cugin?" Dumbledore asked.
"Fine. The cards have stopped operating." I said.
"Good. Now please hand over all your cards." Fudge said.
Wow, it seems like I just
left. I took my cardholder off my
belt and handed it to Fudge.
"Alright. Let me show you your new 'home'." He
said.
Fudge
led Dumbledore and I down a long hall. He stopped at a large wooden door. "Here it is." Fudge said and
opened the door. On the other side was
a small room with a bed and a table. There was also a small dresser.
This
looks disturbingly like a prison. "Alright I guess I should get settled in. Are these my belongings?" I asked pointing to a brown bag.
"Yes." Fudge replied. "We had
them sent over here from Hogwarts."
"Ok I'll be fine from here. Thanks for coming with me Dumbledore." I
said.
"If your sure you're ok Cugin. Goodbye." Dumbledore said.
"Goodbye." I said.
Fudge and Dumbledore walked out;
leaving me to sort out my clothes and other things. Don't worry Dumbledore. I'm not defenseless anymore.