This chapter is dedicated to Blackdragon41 for giving me the best advice in the history of the universe! I hope this chapter will be much longer than the others, since I am now following the advice. Also, I may not have time to update every day from now on, since I am working on writing longer chapters. I also have school and homework to deal with. Anyway, on with the story!
Aroura's lungs burned, her limbs aching. Why did Herobrine make her and Blazer run so many laps? Probably because they were the most powerful, but still, shouldn't everyone get the same amount of training? Her feet pounded on the pavement with heavy smacks from the too-thick rubber soles of her too-hot sneakers. She panted heavily with every step, struggling to get enough air into her lungs. Finally crossing it,both she and Blazer collapsed over the finish line.
"Too...many...laps...need...break...and...water...now..." Blazer said in between deep breaths. Aroura knew that Blazer was at least as tired as herself, if not more so.
"Yeah...water...break...good...idea..." Aroura said, coughing from her dry throat.
"There's no time for a break. You have archery next," Herobrine said.
Both girls moaned. Aroura attempted to get up, but collapsed again. Blazer just lay there, not moving. It took a moment to realize that Blazer was snoring softly. She had fallen asleep. It made sense. Blazer was half Blaze, and she absorbed power and energy from heat and sunlight. Now she had to "recharge" her powers and she would be good as new. Fortunately, the track was made of black asphalt, which was often very warm, and the open top often had several beams of sunlight shining through.
Blazer was awake and completely energized in no time, although Aroura was still lying on the track, attempting to draw power from the universe. Come on... There had to be some extra energy somewhere... Then she found a large amount of extra energy in the dimension Glorkz on a faraway planet, but she was able to draw it back to her, and was soon bouncing off the walls. They were both ready for archery.
Blazer aimed her bow at the target, squinting at the tiny circle several blocks away. How was she supposed to hit that? She could barely even see the tiny red dot, much less hit it with an arrow from several blocks away?
Here goes nothing, Blazer thought to herself, pulling back the arrow, the brittle wood giving her splinters as it moved across her hand. She set the arrow on fire, using a tiny portion of her powers. She loosed the arrow, using the fire around it to guide it as close to its target as she could. The arrow hit right next to the bullseye circle, burning straight through the target and continuing for a couple blocks afterward, eventually planting itself firmly in the dirt.
"Hmm, I wonder if an arrow tree will grow there?" Blaze said, obviously joking.
Aurora aimed her arrow, fiercely squinting as she concentrated on the arrow meeting the center of the target. Both objects began to glow with bright violet auras, which pointed out the path at which the arrow would travel. She loosed the arrow, it traveling perfectly along the purple path before it pointed straight down and nosedived into the soil.
"Both of you need to learn how to control your powers when someone else is countering them," Herobrine said. He had obviously used his powers to stop the arrow before it reached the target.
"We'll, two can play that game," Aurora said. "Let's do this." She looked at Blazer in a way that said, let's show him what we can do. Blazer nodded.
They each aimed their arrows directly at the tiny red dots at the centers of the targets.
Blazer glowed softly with a red-orange hue of pure power. Her arrow burst into flames, her amber eyes narrowing. She loosed the arrow and felt Herobrine trying to force it into the dirt. She angled the arrow upwards, balancing between forces and pointing straight at the bullseye. It burned through the target, leaving a large singed hole where the bullseye used to be.
Aroura's sunset-colored aura flared to life around her, drawing energy from everything around her except Blazer and Herobrine. A glowing black force field enveloped the arrow, blocking any powers excepting her own. The force field changed color from black to sunset, ready to be shot. She loosed the arrow, using her gift, power over the fifth element, Aether, to retain the magical effect of the force field. Even if it wasn't very extravagant, the magic took a great deal of power, she purposely drained Blazer's cell phone battery to keep up the effort. The arrow finally punched through the bullseye before sinking into the side of a hill.
Aurora sighed. "Sorry, Blazer. I drained your cell phone."
"Seriously, Aurora? Again? Couldn't you find power anywhere else? I didn't bring my charger!" Blazer said.
"Its okay! I can bring it here!" She said, teleporting away, using the power she took from Herobrine's phone (hehe) to go to Blazer's house. She grabbed her charger and teleported back to the army base.
"Sorry, Hero. Drained your cell." Aurora said.
Herobrine growled at her, taking the tiny phone and checked the power level, scowling. He hadn't brought his charger, either.
Aurora handed the charger to Blazer, yawning. Everyone else had gone to their cabins ages ago.
Herobrine read her mind. "Fine, go get your rest."
Aurora and Blazer jogged to their cabins.
Aurora, panting heavily, practically fell into her bed and was instantly snoring loudly, exhausted from her first day of training.
Blazer, however, still feeling completely energized, ran around in her cabin, singing-
I know a song that'll get on your nerves,
get on your nerves,
get on your nerves.
I know a song that'll get on your nerves
and this is how it goes-
I know a song that'll get on your nerves,
get on your nerves,
get on your nerves.
I know a song that'll get on your nerves
and this is how it goes-
I know a song that'll get on your nerves,
get on your nerves,
get on your nerves.
I know a song that'll get on your nerves
and this is how it goes-
Over and over and over again, only stopping when she started to hear birds tweeting outside her window. Had she sang all night? Better get to sleep, she thought. She lay down on her pillow, closing her eyes. Man, this was boring.
Thank you, blackdragon41, without you, this chapter would be a lot shorter. Yay, my longest written piece ever, and it's only one chapter! 1,000 words+! Yay! More long ones to come!