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Chapter 6 – Learning to Fly
"Okay, lets go" Spectra's sugary sweet voice emanated from the ghoul in front of Ember. After they had come outside she and Bertrand had changed into their ghost forms in preparation for the tour around the Ghost Zone.
"WAIT!" Ember screamed at the form in front of her as it began to rise into the air.
The inky black nightmare drifted back down to her and looked into her eyes before speaking. "What's the matter sweetie?"
"I STILL can't fly!"
"There's no need to scream sweetie, though it is a bit weird that you can't fly, that's usually the first thing…" she trailed off as she realised that the rest of the sentence would have been 'I teach'
"Yea, well I was left on my own for most of my time here wasn't I. I've only just accepted that I am dead, I can't fly. Now what, are you going to teach me or do I just learn?"
Spectra brought a finger to her purple lips in thought. "Well, it's obvious, first we teach you to fly, then take you on a tour."
"Okay, start teaching." Without her noticing Bertrand had once again morphed, this time into a giant green bird. When he saw Spectra nod, almost imperceptibly, he pickedthe teenagerup in his talons and shot up 20 feet in the air before Ember could even scream.
She had plenty of time to scream when he dropped her though. She was left to plummet to the ground, all the while Spectra yelled at her about using her power, or her energy or something. The teen could barley hear her over her own screams. She landed on her backside and immediately swore, waiting for the accompanying pain. Very little came so she got up, rubbed it to try to take away the pain she did feel and glared daggers at the two forms in front of her who seemed to be havinga great laugh at her expense.
"THAT WAS NOT FUNNY!" she screamed at them, which only made them double over and howl with laughter. She just stood and continued to glare at them, waiting for them to recover enough so she could yell at them some more.
Eventually the laughter did fade and the attention shifted back to the teenager who was almost literally fuming at them.
"We're sorry sweetie, it's just something we like to do to newbies, it didn't hurt too much did it?" Spectra asked, genuine regret and concern evident in her voice.
"No but it was friggin' scary, and if that is what I'm gonna have to do to learn to fly then I would rather walk." She turned to storm off but a black hand on her arm stopped her.
"Of course that's not what you have to do to learn, that's just a little joke we like to play, though the shock of being dropped sometimes does make some people learn. Obviously you're not one of them"
"Obviously" Ember sneered, dislike beginning to blossom in her mind for the woman floating before her.
"Okay, we'll start with the real lessons now" Spectra said as she transformed back and landed on the ground, she intercepted Ember next comment before she made it. "It's easier to teach you like this, then I can show you in a form that is the same as your own."
"Okay, so seriously, what do I do first, and if he picks me up one more time I will just walk away, I don't care what it's like here."
"Don't worry, you won't be picked up again. Now it's up to you how you feel more comfortable but I recommend you remain standing while learning."
"Okay, so what do I do?" Ember asked as she began to get annoyed at all of the delays she was having to suffer.
"First, close your eyes"
Ember complied but with an element of mistrust for the green blob that was now standing on the ground watching the proceedings with what looked like boredom.
"Now, I know this is going to sound strange but you need to look inside yourself…"
"How can I do that with my eyes closed?" Ember asked with a grin
"Do you want to learn or not?" Spectra's voice took on a hint of anger as she placed her hands on her hips and glared at the teenager before her.
Ember opened one of her eyes before she spoke "Of course I do but it's so ridiculous, how am I supposed to look inside myself?"
"With your inner eye sweetie"
The reappearance of the name grated on Ember but she ignored it and closed her eyes again, thinking that this whole inner eye thing was just another joke they were playing on her. But she turned her sight inward, with a surprising amount of ease, and looked.
"You should see a light."
To her astonishment she did, it was a bright white light that seemed to float in the centre of her body.
"I do"
"Good, nowI want you reach for it"
This time,The rock starcomplied without a sarcastic comment or a complaint. She found that, despite her doubts, she indeed could 'reach' for the light. When she reached for it she found it felt…pure. The way she thought a soul would feel if it were tangible.
"Can you touch it" Spectra's voice interrupted her musings again
"Yes"
"Good, now I want you to remember how that feels 'casue that's the sorce of all of your power"
Ember opened her eyes to look at the woman in red, just to see if she was laughing at her while she wasn't looking, and to try and catch the truth in her eyes before she would have had a chance to mask it. It was there. she wasn't rying to make a fol out of her.
"What do you mean the source of all of my powers"
"Haven't you wondered about how you glow or how anyone around here flies?"
"Of course I have"
"Well sweetie, it all stems from that little ball of light."
Ember stood amazed "All of it, from that little ball"
"Yes, now are you finished asking questions?"
"Yes"
"Good, now the next step is to try and release that energy. First bring your hands up in front of you like this." Spectra demonstrated by bringing her hands up as if she were holding a basket ball a few inches from her stomach with her fingers webbed around it. Ember imitated, beginning to feel a little stupid but knowing that if it worked the result would be worth the effort.
"Good. Now relax, and listen. Listen to the centre of your body, until you start to feel a pull…"
"A pull?" Ember asked to which Spectra responded with a nod of her head. Ember shrugged and concentrated on feeling for this pull
"It will feel just like the light you just felt a minute ago"
Astonished, the teenager found that she did indeed feel a pull. "I can feel…something"
"Good sweetie, now don't try to fight it, just let it out"
Ember didn't quite understand what Spectra meant but she did as she was told and let the energy out. Then she figured out why she had been told to hold her hands up. When she looked down at her hands again she found something was starting to form between her palms, something that was very bright. As she concentrated harder she found that the thing was forming into a little ball of pure light, it felt just like the light she had felt inside of herself. Spectra encouraged her and within a minute she held a tiny glowing ball of pure white light between her palms.
"That's it, you've done it"
Ember was overjoyed with herself and she let the light sink back into her body as she looked up at Spectra who was also beaming.
"Congratulations, now we've just got to get you to use that energy, and that's the easy part. First, focus on that energy but don't release it"
"Okay" was all Ember said before she closed her eyes and concentrated on the energy.
"Can you see it?"
"Yes"
"Now, use it, take hold of it and push it down, down towards your feet."
Ember did as she was told, with a feeling of trepidation; she looked inside herself, took hold of the ball of energy and forced it down.
While she was internally struggling with herself on the outside it was obvious that she was beginning to win. A small wind began to pick up around her feet and swirl around her. A smile brought itself to Spectra's lips as she saw Embers boots lift themselves off the ground and she began to float.
End of Chapter
A/N: I've just discovered something else now. I write the most when I am at school and should be doing something else, I can't write at the weekend when I have al the time in the world to write. There is going to be loads more if I can only advance the story by about 30 seconds a chapter.
A/N 2: For any DBZ fans, you should recognise the way Ember was taught to fly, it's the same way Gohan taught Videl, I couldn't think of any other way so that idea isn't mine, it belongs to the creator of DBZ but i can't remember his name.
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