"My birthday is next week."
Hermione had been secretly training her skills with Swell in the invisible garden for quite a while now. Most people didn't see the change in her, but when you look into her eyes you can definitely see a matured new being. I had absolutely no idea how she was training, but I was curious. Hermione always dodged the subject so I stopped bringing it up. That same day she asked me if I wanted to watch her train.
"Sure!" I nearly yelled, I couldn't believe I acted so excited about this, so I coughed afterward, pretending like my voice just cracked. She just smiled at me.
Soon I found myself sitting on the grass next to Swell's house. She and Hermione were so far from me that I couldn't make out any detail to their faces. It seemed that they were just talking about something, but the sound did not carry. Soon I saw Hermione crouch low to the ground and Swell step back from her.
What is she going to do? Hermione had never spoken to me about her hybrid vampire powers but I certainly wasn't expecting what she is about to do. Hermione had sprang from her crouched position sprinted faster than I could fallow forward and then leapt into the air. Her legs had kicked off the ground at a slight angle because of the running, and not only was her body projected a good 50 feet or more into the air she was also moving towards me at an incredibly fast rate. I was in complete awe of her un-human attribute that I had not noticed that she was going to land on me. Closer and closer she plummeted towards me, her face was completely unemotional. She didn't seem to be worried that she would hit me. Obviously because once she landed I figured she knew precisely where she was going to hit and it was not on me but right next to my leg. She hit the ground with a graceful bend of her knee. She was now in a proposing stance with her head down. She looked up at me and smirked. My face must have been in a shocked position because she held out a hand and closed my open mouth by pushing up my chin.
"Good job, Hermione. You're doing great. Better than I had expected." Swell said, hiding the bitterness in her voice by prefect false smile.
"Thank you." Hermione said faking a smile as well.
"Well, I think we are done for today. Just remember to stretch." Swell pulled out a pair of sunglasses from her jacket. "Your birthday is coming up and your eyes will become sensitive to sunlight for a little while." She handed Hermione the glasses and was about to turn away.
"How long is a while?" Swell smirked at her question.
"Mine lasted two weeks." Hermione nodded. It seemed as if they felt a hidden tension but had no evidence to prove anything. Swell left us there in the garden. Hermione tried on the sunglasses.
"Stylin." I joked. She did look good in those blacked sunglasses. She grinned at me,
"Hell yea!" We walked out of the illusion garden standing together laughing.
