(a/n: Alright it's finally here sorry it's sooo late. R&R please)

Chapter 17: Training:

The girls hastily got out of the car leaving David in the driveway. They walked up the same old cobblestone sidewalk as the previous night. They rang the doorbell and waited. A moment later they heard David laughing behind them.

"They won't answer." He said walking up the steps. "No one ever answers around this time."

"What time? Rachelia asked.

"Training time." he answered.

He picked a key from his ring. And unlocked the door. They entered the foyer and walked through the house and into the dark hall where the door to the basement was.

Megana reached for the door and David cut her off.

"Ladies first" he said with a grin. He opened the door and they walked in.

The house was considerably empty compared to the party they had attended they previous night. The various tables that the guests had been huddled around with the oiji boards and pentagrams had been removed from the room. Now there only stood three others, Krystia, Jeremiah, and Karen.

"Welcome you two. We were afraid you weren't coming back." Jeremiah said first. "You seemed a little uneasy last night."

"Uneasy?" Rachelia spat. "Well, that qualifies for the understatement of the year awards."

"Any way," Megana interjected before Rachelia say anything else and might offend their hosts. "When do we start?"

"Right now." Krystia answered. "Follow me."

She led them back down into the basement they had been shown the prior night. The burn marks were still there as were the watermarks. One end seemed to be eroding into nothing. The smell was of charcoal and mildew. The sight made the girls a little uneasy.

They were split up and given to other instructors. Megana was taken off by a woman in blue jeans and a black T-shirt while Rachelia went with a very toned twenty-year-old trainer. Megana wondered if Rachelia was going to be able to concentrate.

"Alright," the girl started. "We will start by letting you getting to know your element."

"Element?" She asked.

"Most covens have four members and each have an element. For example, yours is water, Rachelia's is fire, Zackeriah's is earth, and Caryn's is air. Now lets get you in tune with your element."

She motioned to a stone basin near a moldy wall. Megana walked over and looked inside. There staring back at her was not the same girl that she looked at the previous night but a woman on a mission. A mission to kill whomever this Aubrey was that had killed her real mother. God, her mother. Her biological mother. She felt deceived somehow, lied too. Did Erica even know about her family history?

"Cup your hands and dip them into the water." The girl commanded.

She did as she was told. She brought her hands out of the water and held them out in front of her body. The water was lukewarm and clear as glass. She looked up from the water at her teacher.

"Keep looking at the water. Let it run up your arms and into your heart. Imagine it running through your veins."

She focussed on the liquid in her palms. She closed her eyes and concentrated on doing what she was told to do. The water started to ripple. It waved faster and faster. She could hear the girl finally give her more instruction.

"Okay now slowly remove your hands from under the water."

What! She thought losing her concentration for a moment. She felt it wave again and slowly removed her hands. The orb of water hovered in the air in front of her. Holy Shit! Megana thought to herself.

"Great! Now, put your hands behind it."

She held her hands between the orb and her body.

"Now, throw it."

Megana pushed the water with all her might but only felt it fall a little when she did.

"Not with your hands or muscles but your mind and heart. You have to want to help it move not make it move."

She focused again. All her energy went out from her heart and through her hands. And ever so gently she pushed. The orb went spinning from her hands and towards the wall. It moved very slowly. If she wanted Megana could have walked along behind it. Finally after waiting a few seconds the water finally hit the wall exploding.

Suddenly Megana was filled with exhaustion. She needed to sit down. She began to sway and felt her body hit the cement floor. The room around her went black.