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Anonymous Writer: Right now I'll be updating everyday or if not, there will be 2-3 chapters up every week. But now it's everyday :D
Aroara: ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception; it pretty much acts like a sixth sense. (hope that answered your question!)
Leaning Leon: Yeah the new book title doesn't really make sense now when I think of it; they're saying FATE, which means like future or 'what will become of', since this is the second last book, that doesn't really make sense. Hopefully a certain someone will get resurrected… I'm still grieving :'(
Anyway enough of my author's-noting and let's get back to the story. WHOOOO.
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John/Four POV
I can't even explain the pain I'm in now. It's like every inch of my body has been hit with a hammer and all the hairs on my body have been set alight; all burning into my skin. The heat. That's all I feel now, being burnt and cooked alive, but not a light lit. It's scary. But the worst thing are my hands. They're literally dead, they've been burnt to the extreme point, pins and needles now pulse throughout them, still the feeling of fire spreads throughout me.
This better be worth it. I don't want to die. There are too many things that I have to live for; I'm an Elder's child, my Legacies, my family, Brandon, Stan, Joe, Marina – my friends… and Maren. I want to tell her everything, how I feel about her, how I feel when I see her. I just hope that I can say all that…
The dark, black, nothingness I'm in now is actually quite peaceful; well as peaceful as you can get when you feel like you have been set on fire. The sound reaches my ears a few minutes later, I hear mixture of voices. My headache has long gone which is good, just my hands are now pulsing with pins, needles and a sh*t load of pain. The rest of my body has stopped burning and now I'm ready to awake.
"Let's try and poke him" I hear Joe's voice say,
"No" I think that's Maren's
"How about we put his hand in cold water?" that's Stan,
"Dude he will literally set the water on fire. I'm surprised his clothes haven't burnt away…" Joe says again, a few snickers follow. I can hear the grin in his voice. I groan loudly and try to move,
"Hey Brandon he's waking up" I hear Marina's voice say, there's a slight shuffle and shift and then I hear the warming voice of my Cepan,
"Hey kiddo, you OK?" I groggily open my eyes, my vision is doubled for a second, it's blurry but clears out as I blink, I'm in a room – the sick bay where the nurses office is. I groan to Brandon's question,
"It burns Brandon. It hurts so bad" I manage to croakily whisper out, I see him nod,
"It's OK, everything is going to be fine" he says, grabbing my shoulder, I wince, the slight burning pain is returning.
"What is it? W-what's happening to me?" I ask, my body becoming hot again; Brandon still holds on, not letting go. I'm about to cry from the extreme pain coursing through me.
"It's your first Legacy. Your grandpa has it. It's called Lumen" he says, still holding on to me, even though the heat from my skin must be physically burning his skin,
"P-please make it s-stop" I wince, I'm about to pass out again. This is just torture. Getting a Legacy that tortures you before you even use it…
"It's OK John, listen to me, everything's going to be fine; just concentrate on my voice… and take deep breaths" he says, I obey. At first I don't think it's going to work, but then the sweat dies down and the heat I'm producing stops. And soon it's just me, Brandon and my friends staring at me.
"T-thanks Brandon" I manage, he helps me up and I half lean on him for support, I look gratefully at him and instantly feel guilty when I see that his palms are burnt and peeling from his contact with me. I slowly look around, I see my friends before me. Stan is leaning against the closed door, a mocking grin on his face – I'll never hear the end of this. Joe is sitting on the chair, Marina is on his lap – she's giggling at something Joe said and then there's Maren. She stares at me from the side of the bed I was lying on, she has a worried look on her face, I try to smile at her but it turns out to be a grimace.
She smiles back which makes one thing in this painful day worth it.
Maggie/Two POV
I walk these halls slowly and with caution. Ever since the note I received I've been on my guard 24/7. I haven't found out who wrote it yet, but I'm definitely going to get to the bottom of this. On the bright side I found Britney, she's been quite distant lately; I guess we were never friends, we just new each other from class… she became head cheerleader after she got her first Legacy, so I guess I'm happy for her.
I walk out of the Math class and to my locker; Math. I love it, I guess because I'm good at it, I am your typical nerd after all. Just as I'm about cross the hall and go to my locker I trip, some idiot must've put his foot out. But before I fall a quick blur speeds past and around me. I'm stunned for a second before adjusting my eyes, I push my glasses up the bridge of my nose and straighten up. I'm standing up facing a guy. He is about my height, dark skin, buzz cut and very athletic looking.
"Whoa there, wouldn't want you to trip over now would we" he says, smiling nervously, his arm is outstretched and in it my books I dropped.
"Um, uh thanks, thank you, I'm Maggie. Maggie Hoyle" I say, taking my books from his hand and shaking his other, he smiles,
"Hannu. It's nice to meet you" he says, I've never really paid attention to guys that much, but Hannu just seems friendly and nervous, a bit like me. There's a pause shared between us,
"Um, uh, I should get going now. Got Lunch now. Um, bye Maggie Hoyle" he says, waving and running off to his locker, he's just a blur but I can't help but smile.
"Bye Hannu" I whisper happily.
And for once in my busy life, I feel genuinely happy.
Marina/Seven POV
After John got half-carried away by his Cepan the rest of us just started to make our way back to class. I haven't let go of Joe's hand since, it's so nice to have someone like that in my life. As we're walking down the hallway the bell rings signalling the end of class and the start of lunch time. Joe laughs a bit; we missed two whole classes just looking after John. I drag Joe to my locker first, he groans jokingly as I pull him along, I just giggle. I reach my locker and unlock it, Joe slides next to me, leaning against the locker and playing with my hair,
"So, I was thinking about our date-"
"Ya know, you still haven't taken me out anywhere" I say jokingly, cutting him off and smirking, he grins and wraps his arm around me, kissing my forehead quickly before continuing. he bows in front of me and grabs my hand, kissing it,
"Well, where would this beautiful girl love to go to for our date?" he says, grinning and still bowing, I blush hysterically and giggle. I pull him up and peck his lips. And smile.
"As long as I'm with you" I say softly into his ear, he smiles,
"Well, there is a new place next to the Chimaera, it just opened up yesterday. I was thinking we could-" I don't give him time to finish, I just jump hug him and squeal excitedly – which I have to stop doing. He laughs from the surprise hug, I kiss his cheek as we pull apart. I've never been on a date before - I'm really excited. I quickly peck his lips again,
"Um, that would be really nice" I say, straightening up and blushing madly, he smiles and wraps his arm around me.
We walk to his locker hand-in-hand.
John/Four POV
The drive home is quiet, just Brandon white knuckled at the steering wheel, speeding us to get home. I'm quite nervous, I'm actually a bit scared of my new Legacy to be honest. We arrive at my place; grandma and grandpa are out for the day. I get out of the car and walk straight to the living room, dropping my school stuff at the front door. I sit down on the couch, Brandon does too.
"OK, Four, this is a very serious and important part of your life now-"
"I don't get why we have to do this now, Joe and Marina didn't do this when they got their Legacies-"
"That's because their Legacies aren't offence based. Four you have to control this Legacy, or else you could potentially hurt someone or even worse" Brandon says, his face darkening, I nod,
"So what's there to learn?" I ask, sitting forward to listen to Brandon's lecture,
"This Legacy you've developed, it's called Lumen. It allows you to produce heat, light and fire from your hands-"
"Will I burn every time?" I ask, he shakes his head and I sigh in relief,
"It's called an extension of your Legacy; you can pretty much never be burnt again; you can also create and control fire" he says, grinning towards the end. I smile widely,
"So I'm like fire resistance?" I ask, really getting excited, Brandon smiles at my excitement and nods,
"But you won't be able to feel heat again" he says bluntly, that statement makes my face morph into a frown, Brandon just laughs.
"OK here, give me your hand" he says, I put my hand out, he then brings a lighter out, I'm about to jerk away but his voice calms me down,
"Don't worry, your hands are automatically resistant when the Legacy manifests" he says lighting the lighter. He holds it at my palm, I'm about to wince from the upcoming pain, but nothing comes, I open my tightly closed eyes and see that the centre of my palm has a whitish-blue light coming from it, it's amazing.
"What's with the lights?" I ask, still staring mystifying at my hand.
"It's apart of the Legacy, I'll show you many ways to use it later. For now, you can just use it as a flashlight" Brandon says slightly laughing at the end, I smirk and roll my eyes. He starts to move the lighter up my arm, I still feel nothing – the flame against my skin is like a soft, small breeze lapping against my arm. As Brandon nears to my elbow the heat starts to come back, I jerk away when he reaches there. I rub the spot,
"Your body will be resistant soon. You just have to keep practicing and testing your limits" Brandon says, standing up and walking to the kitchen counter. I look back at my palm, I light up my Lumen and look at the light.
"This is really cool" I whisper to myself, I can't help but smile when I imagine the looks on my friends faces.
Author's Note: Thank you so much for reading, you guys are honestly the best reviewers; it makes my day! Thank you again for all the wonderful reviews, I hoped you enjoyed that chapter – sorry it was a bit short. Please review this chapter – tell me what you thought, this chapter was mainly getting the POV's up to speed with each other. Please tell me if you want certain POV's in the next chapter or so. I'm going to bring Adam in very soon, in the mean time I'm not sure how to bring in Sam… IDEAS PLEASE!
(P.S I think I've asked this before on my other fanfiction, but is it just me or does the Ubisoft Logo look like Number Four's symbol?)
Until time next,
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