Chapter eleven
Chris sat cross-legged in front of his father, "Now Chris, I want you to close your eyes and relax."
Chris did as he was told and Leo continued, "Now clear your mind."
Chris opened an eye and smirked at his father, "That's a little hard."
Leo smiled, "Just try."
He closed his eyes again and this time did as he was told; he shuddered as he felt his senses broaden with each passing second, "Dad, what's happening?"
"Chris open your eyes."
A veil of dark lashes parted to reveal deep emerald green eyes, Leo couldn't help but look on in shock, his son's eyes seemed to reveal a greater sense of wonder then he'd ever seen before.
"Dad," Chris breathed, "I can feel it."
"What?"
"Everything."
Chris sat there his green eyes drinking in everything around him his fingers digging into the dirt he was connected.
The Elder reached for his son's hand, "Chris give me your hand."
Chris reached out then pulled his hand away shaking his head, "Dad…I can't do this!" his original calmness disappeared and he started to panic, "Dad! Make it stop!"
Chris was frantic now the fourteen-year-old was tearing at his hair, "Dad it hurts!"
"Chris breathe!" Leo said trying to calm his son.
"I can't breathe!"
"Yes you can son." Leo had him by the shoulders, shaking him, "Chris focus on my voice!"
Chris' eyes rolled back in his head and his head slumped forward into his father's arms; Chris' breath slowly returned to normal and he sat up.
"What just happened?" he asked as he rubbed his over his face yawning.
"Well son," Leo was at a loss for words, "You connected with something primal, powerful…something I don't think you were quite ready for yet."
"I don't understand."
"Well, your powers are tied to your emotions. And with this power and your Elder powers…when you connect with your power you connect with everything. Including everyone else's emotions and maybe we need to take things in a different direction."
"You're not going to stop are you dad?"
Leo shook his head and smiled, "No Buddy. We're just going to try something else." He put a hand on Chris' shoulder and orbed them to a secluded lake.
Chris looked up at his father, "What are we doing here?"
Leo smiled, "We're going to try one element at a time. I want you to concentrate on making just ripples in the water, gradually moving to waves okay?"
Chris nodded, "'kay."
He stared out at the water, the wind stopped and he pictured a huge rock falling in the middle of the lake, ripples coming all the way to him.
Looking out at the middle of the lake he saw a person walking along the top of the water, "Dad, do you see that?" he asked quietly.
"See what?"
"There's a person on the water…"
The person came closer and Chris' eyes opened wide, the person looked just like him except he looked like he'd been playing in the mud, "Who are you?" Chris asked.
The boy cocked his head to the side, "Call me Kit. I'm essentially the powers you've developed."
"I don't understand-"
"I'm a demi-god Chris."
"It's not possible." Chris' eyes were practically popping out of his skull as he stumbled backwards.
Kit outstretched his hand and a strong gust of wind whipped around behind Chris and pushed him back to his original position, "Listen to me!" Kit demanded.
"What's going on Chris?"
"I think I'm pissing off a demi-god." Chris whispered.
"Damn right you are!" Kit hissed.
"Sorry."
"Look, I know this is hard. But if this power isn't going to kill you we have to merge."
"What?"
"I become part of you."
"No way."
"It will kill you otherwise. Chris you have the powers of a god. Not just the simple powers of an elemental witch, your mother had to be turned into a goddess to use these powers. We need to join. All you have to do is take my hand."
Kit's hand reached out and despite his hesitation Chris reached out and took his hand, a green light washed over the young whitelighter and soon enough Kit was gone.
Chris swayed and Leo caught him before he fell, "Easy there, what happened?"
"Kit and I merged I think."
"Merged?"
"He became a part of me. So I would be able to use my new powers without killing myself. Something about mum had to be turned into a goddess to use this power and I'm not just an elemental witch." Chris extended his hand, the wind picked up and the rippling water turned into raging waves, "Wow."
Green eyes turned up to their father, "How was that?"
Leo grinned and wrapped an arm around his son's shoulders, "Well done."
