Chapter-10 Summoning Training
Cole's head was still spinning from the encounter and he didn't want to open his eyes. He could feel someone to his right pacing, when all of a sudden, a vision of another reality flashed before his eyes.
"Ugh.." Cole mumbled. He hadn't had any trouble with his newly acquired vision since that first lesson with Kara. He didn't know why, but he was happy that he didn't have to worry about the splitting headache that came with looking into another dimension or reality.
"Cole?" Phoebe asked. She tried to restrain the worry that was about to escape along with her voice. She looked at everyone else to see if anyone noticed her difficulty. It didn't look like anyone had noticed, though when she looked at Kara, she had a glint in her eyes.
"Ugh my head hurts," Cole said, feeling as though he was having a major hangover.
"Well, of course you'd have a head ache Cole. That demon you summoned was actually pretty powerful for a first time summoning," Kara said cheerfully. Even though it had no special abilities, it was pretty strong and fast for Cole's first summoning. He didn't even go through the second lesson! Kara thought.
"Kara, you said that you would explain once Cole woke up. Which is starting to get a little irritating, but, now could you explain what the hell was that thing? Not to mention the demon that nearly killed all of us, and most likely the entire world!" Piper asked from the frustration of having to wait.
She went to Leo and he wrapped his arms around her trying to comfort her. He still had no idea what had happened. From what was said, made Leo very interested.
"Alright already! Hold on while he gets his bearings first at least!" Kara exasperated. They all then stopped and showed what respect they could at the moment. You did not anger someone who was that powerful and important. Even if that person was trying to help Cole.
Cole slowly rose from the couch, where he had been resting ever since the fight. He was still confused on what happened exactly. He turned to Kara and asked, "what did happen anyway?"
"Alright, now that you seem okay, I guess I'll start to explain. Beginning with why I couldn't help you. Yes, I know one of you is feeling that way. You see, there was a rule that forbade me from even speaking once the test had begun," Kara said, as she explained her quietness in the battle.
"What was the deal with that test anyway? If we don't pass, we die?" Paige asked sarcastically.
"Actually, yes," Kara replied sadly.
This answer startled everyone. They just stared realizing that they could've all been killed, and Kara wouldn't have been able to do anything.
"You see, if the guardian could not handle that simple test, then he would not be able to handle the stronger demons after him. 'They' believed that death was much better than eternal torment, nearly dying each time. I was not one of them though. I thought they should just remove the gate from the guardian and find someone else. But no, they have to be stubborn," Kara said angrily.
Cole just stared in shock. He saw the pain in his eyes and how she had desperately wanted to help him. He reached for her hand. "It's alright Kara, I understand," Cole said softly. He truly did understand what she felt. Kara looked at him, and smiled sadly.
"Could you continue on with the explanation?" Phoebe asked, disrupting the two.
"Oh, of course. As I was saying, the demon was sent after you. He was powerful enough to test all of you but not strong enough to break our hold over him. If you were able to defeat him, then you'd be able to continue your training, and Cole would be able to continue on with his Guardian duties. It's going to be very hard Cole, and I am so sorry for what might be coming," Kara said looking away ashamed.
Cole saw this also and turned her head by her chin. He looked at her like a father would.
"Kara, don't worry about it. I accepted this. I will deal with this and take on my responsibilities," Cole said, reassuring her.
Kara welled up with tears. Even though she had been partly responsible for this, he still cared for her. She may have been a powerful being of good, but she still had a part of her that was a young girl. She collapsed into Cole's arms and began to cry. Her tears ran down her cheeks in waves of sadness, worry, joy, and relief.
Cole looked down in surprise. He knew of how old she truly was, but at that precise moment, she looked like a little girl trying to find comfort by a dad. Of course Cole had no idea what to do. He then decided to trust his instincts, which he had come to rely on greatly, and wrapped his arms around her and he gave her a small, very quick kiss on the head, trying to calm her down.
Everyone was caught off guard when she plunged herself into Cole's arms. They were even more surprised when Cole wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. To Phoebe, it looked like he was the father, and she was the daughter. But that was impossible, wasn't it?
Kara felt so warm in his arms. She had never felt so warm or content before. Sure, it was a natural feeling of content and warm fuzziness up 'there'. But this feeling, she'd never felt before. She would've probably stayed there like that until she drifted off into a blissful sleep. A small voice in the back of her mind told her she had duties to perform. So Kara took a few more blissful seconds, trying to memorize the feeling. She then looked up and found herself looking at his eyes, which were so similar to her own.
She then whispered softly in appreciation, "thank you." He looked own and smiled back at her warmly. "Your welcome," was his response. Kara then got up slowly, and she felt a feeling of happiness and contentment that she'd never felt before.
"Now, we have to work on your physical training, Cole and Phoebe," Kara said, announcing that she was alright.
"What about us?" Paige asked indicating Piper and her.
"As I had said before, I was going to train Phoebe and Cole separately," Kara said.
"Okay. Phoebe, we'll see you after you're done here, okay?" Piper asked about to orb out with Leo.
"Okay," she said absentmindedly. She was still looking at Kara oddly. She knew that one display of emotion was important, but she couldn't quite place why. She looked back at Cole. She didn't expect him to react that way, like a father. She didn't notice as Paige, Leo, and Piper orbed out, back to the manor.
"Phoebe, you coming?" Kara asked, breaking her out of her trance. She seemed to be consumed by her thoughts lately.
"Oh, what? Where are we going?" she questioned, as she saw Cole preparing to blur.
"We can't train here for the physical parts. We're going somewhere else where we can't do any harm, if by some chance something goes wrong," Kara explained.
"Okay, who's going to bring me? Can you Kara?" Phoebe asked, not wanting to get close to Cole.
"Um, sorry Phoebe, but my transportation would most likely hurt you. You'd have to travel with Cole. I know his mode of transportation won't hurt you," Kara said biting back a grin.
"Oh. Fine," Phoebe said. She knew that she would have to hold his hand at least. Cole extended his hand for her to take. She took it hesitantly.
"I'm sorry, Phoebe, but this blurring is different from my shimmering. I can't control the field as much as I could with the shimmer. You'll need to get a little closer to me," Cole said. He knew that she still didn't trust her and he didn't want to force her. He loved her too much for that.
Phoebe was hesitant at first. She then noticed Kara looking curiously at them, wondering when they would be going. She then got next to Cole and looked down. The familiar feeling of his arm around her was actually nice. He always seemed to be able make her feel warm and content. She looked up at Kara and she was already going. She prepared for the blur and gasped as he blurred out. She could feel herself melding with him in order to get where they were going. She wouldn't admit it, but she liked it. When they emerged from the blur, she quickly took a step from Cole. She was starting to feel afraid of what she was feeling at that moment. She could never think straight when he was around.
She then decided to look around at where they were. The view was breathtaking. It was sunny and cast a golden glow at the already beautiful surroundings. It was a grassy meadow with wonderful flowers and a beautiful blue sky.
"Here we are," Kara said smiling. She always loved this place. Every time she was allowed on earth, she would come here.
"Wow," Phoebe whispered. She was just speechless from the scenery. Cole looked around also and he seemed to feel happy here for some reason. He then remembered why they were there and decided to break the peaceful moment.
"I believe we had training," Cole said sadly, wanting to just lay down and stare up at the sky. That shook Kara from her sense of happiness and reminded her once again of her duties.
"You're right Cole. Okay, now what should we work on first. What would you like to do? We could have either, summoning demons, your concentration, opening the gate, tearing a hole between dimensions, force fields, you're vision of realities, or you're control over all of what I just said," Kara said, listing the things out loud while she ticked off the points on her fingers.
Cole thought about which he should do first. The best thing he should probably be control.
"Control," Cole said.
"Okay, now you and Phoebe need to learn how to meditate properly. It'll give you control at all times if you were to meditate on a regular basis," Kara explained.
Their training continued throughout most of the day. Phoebe and Cole dropped down to the grassy ground panting. They were exhausted. The most difficult thing that Cole had to do was opening the gate. He was the only one who could do this, so Phoebe didn't have to do it. He was glad because it was extremely painful. Though when he looked back at her, he saw pain across her face as well, and he remembered their bond. He was pained even more by this, but he tried to hide it. Then he saw her wince, and he remembered they could share feelings too. It was frustrating so he tried to forget about it.
Opening the gate was very hard for Cole, it involved having to take it out of his right pupil. That alone was painful. Then he had to concentrate and pull the gate open with his will force. That put strain on his mind and he nearly collapsed and passed out from the effort after he closed it back up again.
Summoning demons, on the other hand was much easier. He had already done it once. Kara had told him that at that moment, he wasn't really concentrating and he just summoned a demon out of impulse. If he were to concentrate, he could summon one with powers. Phoebe could do this too, because she was closer to the gate than her sisters. The summoning had them put their left hands facing up.
Each symbol they drew in the air with their right hand above their left, represented an aspect of the demon. The thing was that you had to be quick. Once your left hand was in position and you started chanting the summoning words, you only had a short amount of time. Besides the aspects of the demon, you needed to be concentrating very hard.
When Cole had summoned that particular demon, he didn't include any special powers, but was concentrating very hard. That was why the demon was so fast and strong. Once the demon has completed his task, he'll go back into the rip that he came out of. In the practice, Cole summoned a very powerful demon that was slightly sorter than him if it stood on it's hind legs. It had a tail that was as long as Cole's head that ended in spikes. It also seemed to have the ability to throw fire, and it had retractable claws on all four of it's legs. As the demon saw there was no danger, he went right back into the rip that he came out of.
Phoebe however had summoned something that was a little more tame. It looked like a small little dog. It was cute on the outside but when something got close, he shot acid at it. Cole nearly got a burnt arm because of the little beast. Phoebe let out a giggle, when the creature decided to go back into the rip. Cole remembered Phoebe say that was cool.
Cole thought of the force fields that Kara had taught them how to use. To him they seemed flimsy and weak, but when he tried to throw two very powerful energy balls at an object that was protected by Phoebe's force field, they just shattered against it. He had looked at it in amazement.
Kara had said, "you see Cole, your magic and this certain magic are completely different. Your magic will cancel out because this is a completely different level of magic then you're both used to. That's why when Phoebe's sisters and yourself tried to use your magic, it didn't work," she explained.
Cole then had to learn how to control his vision of the different realities and dimensions. When he looked into the realities, he always got this splitting headache, and from the pain on Phoebe's face, she felt it too. Kara then helped him control and lessen the pain when he wanted one. Kara asked him to look into a different reality and tell her about it. As he concentrated, he brought one up. He looked toward Phoebe and could see she saw it too.
The reality he was looking into was at the manor, and he could see Phoebe and him kissing. They then turned around and looked into a baby's crib. Cole reached inside and carried a small infant to Phoebe. She greeted him by holding him and kissing him. She then turned back to Cole and kissed him to. The sound was muffled so they couldn't hear what they were saying clearly. Though they heard Phoebe say, "I love you Cole, and I love our little Ben here," she said bouncing him up a little, which made him gurgle, and then babble.
Cole shook off the reality as he came back to slap in the face. He had a few tears welling up inside, but he controlled them and ordered them not to come out. He looked to Phoebe and she just stared at the ground in shock. He now regretted looking at that particular reality.
After all the other things, Kara then decided to teach Cole how to rip a hole between dimensions. IT would allow him to go to other dimensions. Later on, he'll learn why he needs to know this. It was one of his Guardian duties as well. Kara had taught him how to open the gate first because ripping a hole between two dimensions was much like opening the gate. He had to concentrate even harder in order to rip a dimensional hole because with the gate, there was already an opening that was just closed. Cole had to focus his energy on one spot and try to literally punch a hole through the barrier.
On his first attempt, it didn't work. Kara then decided to have Phoebe help Cole by also concentrating. Together, Cole and Phoebe were able to make a small hole in front of them, which quickly closed. They then collapsed in exhaustion, which lead them to this very point in time. Kara then broke his concentration. His train of thought as he was reviewing his experience was broken now, so he decided to listen.
"Well done! Usually, the Guardian wouldn't be able to make that large of a hole, even with all three of his witnesses. It just shows you that you two are very strong willed and powerful. I'll leave you two alone so you could relax and rest," Kara said before disappearing behind a curtain of light blue light.
Cole's head was still spinning from the encounter and he didn't want to open his eyes. He could feel someone to his right pacing, when all of a sudden, a vision of another reality flashed before his eyes.
"Ugh.." Cole mumbled. He hadn't had any trouble with his newly acquired vision since that first lesson with Kara. He didn't know why, but he was happy that he didn't have to worry about the splitting headache that came with looking into another dimension or reality.
"Cole?" Phoebe asked. She tried to restrain the worry that was about to escape along with her voice. She looked at everyone else to see if anyone noticed her difficulty. It didn't look like anyone had noticed, though when she looked at Kara, she had a glint in her eyes.
"Ugh my head hurts," Cole said, feeling as though he was having a major hangover.
"Well, of course you'd have a head ache Cole. That demon you summoned was actually pretty powerful for a first time summoning," Kara said cheerfully. Even though it had no special abilities, it was pretty strong and fast for Cole's first summoning. He didn't even go through the second lesson! Kara thought.
"Kara, you said that you would explain once Cole woke up. Which is starting to get a little irritating, but, now could you explain what the hell was that thing? Not to mention the demon that nearly killed all of us, and most likely the entire world!" Piper asked from the frustration of having to wait.
She went to Leo and he wrapped his arms around her trying to comfort her. He still had no idea what had happened. From what was said, made Leo very interested.
"Alright already! Hold on while he gets his bearings first at least!" Kara exasperated. They all then stopped and showed what respect they could at the moment. You did not anger someone who was that powerful and important. Even if that person was trying to help Cole.
Cole slowly rose from the couch, where he had been resting ever since the fight. He was still confused on what happened exactly. He turned to Kara and asked, "what did happen anyway?"
"Alright, now that you seem okay, I guess I'll start to explain. Beginning with why I couldn't help you. Yes, I know one of you is feeling that way. You see, there was a rule that forbade me from even speaking once the test had begun," Kara said, as she explained her quietness in the battle.
"What was the deal with that test anyway? If we don't pass, we die?" Paige asked sarcastically.
"Actually, yes," Kara replied sadly.
This answer startled everyone. They just stared realizing that they could've all been killed, and Kara wouldn't have been able to do anything.
"You see, if the guardian could not handle that simple test, then he would not be able to handle the stronger demons after him. 'They' believed that death was much better than eternal torment, nearly dying each time. I was not one of them though. I thought they should just remove the gate from the guardian and find someone else. But no, they have to be stubborn," Kara said angrily.
Cole just stared in shock. He saw the pain in his eyes and how she had desperately wanted to help him. He reached for her hand. "It's alright Kara, I understand," Cole said softly. He truly did understand what she felt. Kara looked at him, and smiled sadly.
"Could you continue on with the explanation?" Phoebe asked, disrupting the two.
"Oh, of course. As I was saying, the demon was sent after you. He was powerful enough to test all of you but not strong enough to break our hold over him. If you were able to defeat him, then you'd be able to continue your training, and Cole would be able to continue on with his Guardian duties. It's going to be very hard Cole, and I am so sorry for what might be coming," Kara said looking away ashamed.
Cole saw this also and turned her head by her chin. He looked at her like a father would.
"Kara, don't worry about it. I accepted this. I will deal with this and take on my responsibilities," Cole said, reassuring her.
Kara welled up with tears. Even though she had been partly responsible for this, he still cared for her. She may have been a powerful being of good, but she still had a part of her that was a young girl. She collapsed into Cole's arms and began to cry. Her tears ran down her cheeks in waves of sadness, worry, joy, and relief.
Cole looked down in surprise. He knew of how old she truly was, but at that precise moment, she looked like a little girl trying to find comfort by a dad. Of course Cole had no idea what to do. He then decided to trust his instincts, which he had come to rely on greatly, and wrapped his arms around her and he gave her a small, very quick kiss on the head, trying to calm her down.
Everyone was caught off guard when she plunged herself into Cole's arms. They were even more surprised when Cole wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. To Phoebe, it looked like he was the father, and she was the daughter. But that was impossible, wasn't it?
Kara felt so warm in his arms. She had never felt so warm or content before. Sure, it was a natural feeling of content and warm fuzziness up 'there'. But this feeling, she'd never felt before. She would've probably stayed there like that until she drifted off into a blissful sleep. A small voice in the back of her mind told her she had duties to perform. So Kara took a few more blissful seconds, trying to memorize the feeling. She then looked up and found herself looking at his eyes, which were so similar to her own.
She then whispered softly in appreciation, "thank you." He looked own and smiled back at her warmly. "Your welcome," was his response. Kara then got up slowly, and she felt a feeling of happiness and contentment that she'd never felt before.
"Now, we have to work on your physical training, Cole and Phoebe," Kara said, announcing that she was alright.
"What about us?" Paige asked indicating Piper and her.
"As I had said before, I was going to train Phoebe and Cole separately," Kara said.
"Okay. Phoebe, we'll see you after you're done here, okay?" Piper asked about to orb out with Leo.
"Okay," she said absentmindedly. She was still looking at Kara oddly. She knew that one display of emotion was important, but she couldn't quite place why. She looked back at Cole. She didn't expect him to react that way, like a father. She didn't notice as Paige, Leo, and Piper orbed out, back to the manor.
"Phoebe, you coming?" Kara asked, breaking her out of her trance. She seemed to be consumed by her thoughts lately.
"Oh, what? Where are we going?" she questioned, as she saw Cole preparing to blur.
"We can't train here for the physical parts. We're going somewhere else where we can't do any harm, if by some chance something goes wrong," Kara explained.
"Okay, who's going to bring me? Can you Kara?" Phoebe asked, not wanting to get close to Cole.
"Um, sorry Phoebe, but my transportation would most likely hurt you. You'd have to travel with Cole. I know his mode of transportation won't hurt you," Kara said biting back a grin.
"Oh. Fine," Phoebe said. She knew that she would have to hold his hand at least. Cole extended his hand for her to take. She took it hesitantly.
"I'm sorry, Phoebe, but this blurring is different from my shimmering. I can't control the field as much as I could with the shimmer. You'll need to get a little closer to me," Cole said. He knew that she still didn't trust her and he didn't want to force her. He loved her too much for that.
Phoebe was hesitant at first. She then noticed Kara looking curiously at them, wondering when they would be going. She then got next to Cole and looked down. The familiar feeling of his arm around her was actually nice. He always seemed to be able make her feel warm and content. She looked up at Kara and she was already going. She prepared for the blur and gasped as he blurred out. She could feel herself melding with him in order to get where they were going. She wouldn't admit it, but she liked it. When they emerged from the blur, she quickly took a step from Cole. She was starting to feel afraid of what she was feeling at that moment. She could never think straight when he was around.
She then decided to look around at where they were. The view was breathtaking. It was sunny and cast a golden glow at the already beautiful surroundings. It was a grassy meadow with wonderful flowers and a beautiful blue sky.
"Here we are," Kara said smiling. She always loved this place. Every time she was allowed on earth, she would come here.
"Wow," Phoebe whispered. She was just speechless from the scenery. Cole looked around also and he seemed to feel happy here for some reason. He then remembered why they were there and decided to break the peaceful moment.
"I believe we had training," Cole said sadly, wanting to just lay down and stare up at the sky. That shook Kara from her sense of happiness and reminded her once again of her duties.
"You're right Cole. Okay, now what should we work on first. What would you like to do? We could have either, summoning demons, your concentration, opening the gate, tearing a hole between dimensions, force fields, you're vision of realities, or you're control over all of what I just said," Kara said, listing the things out loud while she ticked off the points on her fingers.
Cole thought about which he should do first. The best thing he should probably be control.
"Control," Cole said.
"Okay, now you and Phoebe need to learn how to meditate properly. It'll give you control at all times if you were to meditate on a regular basis," Kara explained.
Their training continued throughout most of the day. Phoebe and Cole dropped down to the grassy ground panting. They were exhausted. The most difficult thing that Cole had to do was opening the gate. He was the only one who could do this, so Phoebe didn't have to do it. He was glad because it was extremely painful. Though when he looked back at her, he saw pain across her face as well, and he remembered their bond. He was pained even more by this, but he tried to hide it. Then he saw her wince, and he remembered they could share feelings too. It was frustrating so he tried to forget about it.
Opening the gate was very hard for Cole, it involved having to take it out of his right pupil. That alone was painful. Then he had to concentrate and pull the gate open with his will force. That put strain on his mind and he nearly collapsed and passed out from the effort after he closed it back up again.
Summoning demons, on the other hand was much easier. He had already done it once. Kara had told him that at that moment, he wasn't really concentrating and he just summoned a demon out of impulse. If he were to concentrate, he could summon one with powers. Phoebe could do this too, because she was closer to the gate than her sisters. The summoning had them put their left hands facing up.
Each symbol they drew in the air with their right hand above their left, represented an aspect of the demon. The thing was that you had to be quick. Once your left hand was in position and you started chanting the summoning words, you only had a short amount of time. Besides the aspects of the demon, you needed to be concentrating very hard.
When Cole had summoned that particular demon, he didn't include any special powers, but was concentrating very hard. That was why the demon was so fast and strong. Once the demon has completed his task, he'll go back into the rip that he came out of. In the practice, Cole summoned a very powerful demon that was slightly sorter than him if it stood on it's hind legs. It had a tail that was as long as Cole's head that ended in spikes. It also seemed to have the ability to throw fire, and it had retractable claws on all four of it's legs. As the demon saw there was no danger, he went right back into the rip that he came out of.
Phoebe however had summoned something that was a little more tame. It looked like a small little dog. It was cute on the outside but when something got close, he shot acid at it. Cole nearly got a burnt arm because of the little beast. Phoebe let out a giggle, when the creature decided to go back into the rip. Cole remembered Phoebe say that was cool.
Cole thought of the force fields that Kara had taught them how to use. To him they seemed flimsy and weak, but when he tried to throw two very powerful energy balls at an object that was protected by Phoebe's force field, they just shattered against it. He had looked at it in amazement.
Kara had said, "you see Cole, your magic and this certain magic are completely different. Your magic will cancel out because this is a completely different level of magic then you're both used to. That's why when Phoebe's sisters and yourself tried to use your magic, it didn't work," she explained.
Cole then had to learn how to control his vision of the different realities and dimensions. When he looked into the realities, he always got this splitting headache, and from the pain on Phoebe's face, she felt it too. Kara then helped him control and lessen the pain when he wanted one. Kara asked him to look into a different reality and tell her about it. As he concentrated, he brought one up. He looked toward Phoebe and could see she saw it too.
The reality he was looking into was at the manor, and he could see Phoebe and him kissing. They then turned around and looked into a baby's crib. Cole reached inside and carried a small infant to Phoebe. She greeted him by holding him and kissing him. She then turned back to Cole and kissed him to. The sound was muffled so they couldn't hear what they were saying clearly. Though they heard Phoebe say, "I love you Cole, and I love our little Ben here," she said bouncing him up a little, which made him gurgle, and then babble.
Cole shook off the reality as he came back to slap in the face. He had a few tears welling up inside, but he controlled them and ordered them not to come out. He looked to Phoebe and she just stared at the ground in shock. He now regretted looking at that particular reality.
After all the other things, Kara then decided to teach Cole how to rip a hole between dimensions. IT would allow him to go to other dimensions. Later on, he'll learn why he needs to know this. It was one of his Guardian duties as well. Kara had taught him how to open the gate first because ripping a hole between two dimensions was much like opening the gate. He had to concentrate even harder in order to rip a dimensional hole because with the gate, there was already an opening that was just closed. Cole had to focus his energy on one spot and try to literally punch a hole through the barrier.
On his first attempt, it didn't work. Kara then decided to have Phoebe help Cole by also concentrating. Together, Cole and Phoebe were able to make a small hole in front of them, which quickly closed. They then collapsed in exhaustion, which lead them to this very point in time. Kara then broke his concentration. His train of thought as he was reviewing his experience was broken now, so he decided to listen.
"Well done! Usually, the Guardian wouldn't be able to make that large of a hole, even with all three of his witnesses. It just shows you that you two are very strong willed and powerful. I'll leave you two alone so you could relax and rest," Kara said before disappearing behind a curtain of light blue light.