A/N: I added a lot of things in this chapter because I decided that he next five chapters will have a different overall theme. I hope you enjoy the same starting letter for the same chapter thing which kinda connects the chapters (hopefully). Anyway, please do enjoy and review :)

PS I transferred the first part of this chapter to the last part of Chapter 4 because I felt like it belonged there.

Chapter 5: Sorceress

Louie was staring at his window in his new SeeD quarters. The folder he was just handed to lie on his bed, still perfectly sealed. All the lights were off. He liked it when only the soft radiance of the moon lit his room. It's peaceful. He decided not to go to the party. He didn't like people anyway, and attendance isn't compulsory. He was wearing a white shirt and his black pants. His raven hair was covering half of his face and was still wet from the shower he just took. The folder beside him was teasing the young boy. He reached out for it, and then stopped. Carlos made him promise to open it on the ride to Centra. That way, they wouldn't be bored of the ride and they could just ask the commander if there were any questions.

"Resist, Louie." he thought as he quickly rose from his seat and grabbed his gunblade. "A round at the training center would help." He figured couples from the inauguration party would be swarming the secret area that night so he planned to avoid that zone.

He opened his door and in the hallway stood Celine Branford and Elaine Faragon, his squad-mates in the SeeD exam.

"How long have you been here?" Louie asked, suprised. Garden decided years ago that it was not compulsory for newly inaugurated SeeDs to wear their SeeD uniforms at the party, so seeing both Elaine and Celine wearing formal gowns weren't a surprise for Louie. The two girls in front of Louie were dressed elegantly, compared to his white shirt, black pants ensemble.

Elaine was wearing a sleeveless deep blue silk dress and white gloves. Her dress hung loose and suspended up to her knees. Her blonde hair was pinned to the right side, flapper style and had intricate waves. Pearls beautifully clung to her neck. The pearl necklace matched her earrings and her clutch.

"We were just headed to the party and we decided to stop by your dorm. We wanted to ask you if you were going to the party." Celine asked Louie. The brown-haired girl was wearing a red long gown with a sweet heart neckline. There were glitter details on the top half of her gown and the bottom half was long and silky. A black shiny belt separates the two halves of the dress. Her hair seemed shorter due to the beautiful waves that ended just above her shoulders. She also wore pearl earrings.

"I told you he's not coming." Elaine was getting tired of waiting. "Let's just go already."

"Elaine's right, Celine, I'm not going." Louie replied.

"What? Why?" asked Celine.

"I'm... tired."

"What?"

"We were in battle all day. We killed like a thousand G-soldiers. It's tiring, you know."

"That's why we deserve a break, come on, Mr. Commander's son. It's fun."

Louie stared back, as if telling her to quit this. He then slammed the door.

"Let's go, Celine." Elaine said as she started pulling her friend's arm. "See you around, Louie!"

"Yeah, whatever!" Louie shouted from behind his door.

Celine started walking to the exit of the dorms when she stopped Elaine. "Wait, Elaine, go on ahead. I'll convince this slacker to go."

"Whatever." Elaine went on ahead. "I'll just see you at the party, then."

Celine walked back towards Louie's room and knocked. Louie opened the door after two seconds.

"What?!" asked Louie, irritated.

"You sure you're not going?"

"Yeah."

"Oh come on! It'll be fun! We'll eat and laugh and talk and dance... and drink some! Come on! It's just one night."

"Nah."

"Please, Louie! Come on, it's the only time we can do whatever we want without worrying about grades or scores." She looked at him intently.

"Why do you insist on this?!"

Louie exhaled. "Fine. I'll go." He gave in, realizing there's not much he can do until he says yes. Besides, he had nothing better to do and the party would be a great distraction from the envelope.

"Yey!

"Come inside. I'll just get changed."

"Okay."

Louie went back inside his dorm. Celine followed.

"Are the lights broken or are you just conserving energy?" Celine mentioned as she stood by the door, wary of the lack of illumination in the room. Louie just grabbed the envelope, which he planned to hide until after the party. He turned to his guest and walked towards her. She froze as he inched closer, his face right in front of hers. She heard a click. White light filled the room as Louie stepped away from her.

"Sorry. I like the moon. It's peaceful." Louie finally spoke. He grabbed the SeeD uniform that was hanging by his window and headed for the bathroom. Before he could open the door, he turned towards his guest.

"Make yourself comfortable. Just sit on the bed." Louie said as he went inside.

After five minutes, he opened his door again. He was wearing his SeeD uniform and his raven hair was brushed up. As soon as the Garden stopped requiring newly inaugurated SeeDs to wear their SeeD uniforms, the ladies immediately explored their options. The men, however, stuck with their SeeD uniforms. Louie wore a chain necklace which had a pendant that was hidden under his uniform.

"Lookin' good!" Celine complimented the young Leonhart.

"Thanks. You don't look so bad yourself." Louie replied. The pair walked out of the dorm. "Where's Drew?"

"Oh he's back in Trabia. As soon as he heard the news that he didn't pass, he took a train straight to Trabia."

"What? Couldn't he be here to celebrate with you?"

"Nah. I mean we talked about it and I didn't want him bumming my joy, so, it's fine by me."

The two reached the Quad on time, the party was on its full swing. "Hey, why don't we get something to drink?" Celine grabbed Louie's arm and dragged him to the bar.

"You know we're not allowed to drink alcohol yet. We're 17." Louie warned Celine.

"Oh shush. Don't be such a killjoy." Celine hands Louie a glass of champagne. "Bottoms up." The two toasted their glasses together and drank up.

"Listen, Celine. I won't be staying long. We have to leave for Centra by 10."

"Aww bummer."

"Are you gonna be alright being alone?"

"Silly, I'll be fine! Not like you, I'm a pretty friendly girl, even if I just transferred from Trabia! I got friends all over the place. I bet I know more people here than you do."

"I think we don't need a bet for that. It's pretty obvious that you know more people. I don't really talk that much."

"Why are you talking now?"

"Because it's you?" thought Louie.

"Must be the alcohol." Louie said with a grin. Celine laughed.

"Besides, it's not like you're obliged to be with me or anything. I mean I'm not your date."

"Yeah sure, whatever."

Suddenly, the party stopped. All of the eyes looked at the entrance to the party. It was Carlos Almasy, arriving late for the party. He wore his SeeD uniform and his blonde hair was neatly brushed up. He stunningly looked like his father, Seifer Almasy. However, his tardiness or his resemblance to his father was not the reason everybody was looking at him. It was his date. His date was wearing a green silk gown and an adamantine necklace. Her long white hair was flowing down to her back and her eyes were the color of pearl. It was Lady Sylphia.

"Where did she get her gown?" Celine whispered to Louie who was standing beside her, equally shocked.

"Really? The gown's what you're worried about?" Louie whispered back

Louie and Celine rushed to where the pair is as the party started to pick up again. "I'm just sayin' she couldn't have brought a gown with her to Timber. And I would've killed in that gown."

"Haven't you killed enough for one day?" Louie teased as they continued to walk through the crowd to get to the sorceress and her date.

"Lady Sylphia! Hi! So Carlos invited you to the party huh?" Louie opened with a smile, a fake uncomfortable smile. Elaine Faragon and Ariana Flowers quickly walked to the sorceress and the young Almasy.

"Carlos, can I talk to you for a second?" Louie said as he mentioned Carlos to come with him to the veranda. The two walked to the veranda as Celine, Elaine and Ariana led the sorceress to their table.

"What the hell were you thinking, dude?" Louie tried to control his voice in the veranda. "My dad told you not to have any ideas."

"Well, I wanted to see if she's okay. It turns out she had the room that was next to my new dorm room. So I wanted to see who my neighbor was and it turns out that it was her!" Carlos couldn't hide the smirk in his face.

"Stop smirking!" Louie almost shouted as he punched his friend in the arm. "Do you realize what you have done? Galbadians might be here, looking for her."

"So? I'll protect her."

"Yeah right. You're dead meat when my dad finds out about this." Louie said as he walked back towards the ballroom. Carlos followed.

"Dude you're not gonna tell on me, right?" Carlos worriedly shouted to Louie, who was already walking away from him.

"Whatever." Louie shouted back.

A little bit unnerved by the entrance and worried about the sorceress, Louie decided to let it all go and just try to have fun. She's not his date to worry about, anyway. He decided to go join the girls, the only other people she knew beside Carlos. He caught them in the middle of chitchat.

"Hey we were just talking about you!" Celine told Louie as she hands him another glass of champagne.

"Me?" he said as he took the glass.

"Yeah. Please don't be mad at Carlos for taking me. I was the one who put the idea into his head." Lady Sylphia said with her soft voice.

Louie laughed. "Don't worry about it. It's not me whom you're supposed to be worried about. It's my dad."

"Your dad's here?!" exclaimed Celine.

Louie faced Celine. "Why the sudden excitement?"

"I'm a big fan."

The rest of the table turned to the brown-haired girl. Then they all laughed.

"Anyway, my dad's not here yet. But he'll find out about this, no doubt." Louie said through the laughter.

Carlos joined them soon. The young cadets laughed and danced the night away. To Carlos's delight, there was no incident that concerned Lady Sylphia. The night was entertaining, nevertheless. There was a drunken incident with one of the students from Squad C.

Alas, the clock struck ten and it was time for Louie and Carlos to go. Sylphia decided that she would just leave since she felt unsafe without Carlos around. Louie walked towards Celine to say goodbye.

"So I'll see you when I get back?" Louie said, smiling.

"Alright. You take care."

"I will." and with that, Louie and Carlos sneaked away from the party and went back to their dorms.

"Where's Louie and Carlos?" Rinoa Heartilly-Leonhart walked up to the Ragnarok, carrying all their stuff for two days. Her raven hair was tied up in a pontytail and she was carrying two bags, one in each hand. Krys Kinneas was asleep in one of the chairs behind the pilot seat. Quistis was adjusting her seat while Selphie was getting ready in the pilot seat.

"Woah. It's been a while since I drove this thing. I don't know if I still can." said Selphie as she looks at the controls and tries to remember which buttons are which.

"We're here!" Carlos shouted as he ran up the stairs of the Ragnarok, carrying a big bag and his gunblade. Louie was walking behind him, also carrying a bag and his gunblade.

"So how was the party?" asked Quistis.

"Oh it was fun, mom!" Carlos replied as he brought his stuff to the seat behind Krys.

"Yeah. It was very fun, especially for Carlos and his date." teased Louie.

"Who did you take?"

"No one! I took no one. None. Nada. No date! Louie took Celine." Carlos hurriedly blocked out Louie's voice.

"Mom! Are we going straight to Centra?" Louie shouted.

"No, honey, we're going to G-Garden to get Seifer and Dash first. And T-Garden for Irvine." Rinoa answered

"Who are we waiting for?"

"Us." Zell shouted as he ran up the stairs with Squall.

"Sorry we're late." Squall said. "I had to take care of an emergency with the sorceress."

Louie smiled as he looked at Carlos with a grin on his face.

Squall walked towards where the two boys were sitting. "Apparently, someone took the sorceress to the party. I wonder who that could be, Carlos?"

"I have no idea who that could be Mr. Leonhart... Commander, sir." Carlos's panic-stricken face gave him away. Louie held in a laugh.

"Whatever. Just don't do it again, alright. You're lucky there were no Galbadian military officers there." Squall sat in another one of the passenger seats. The Great Country of Eshtar decided to give them Ragnarok as a gift for saving the world.

"Who else are we waiting for, dad?" Louie asked, taking a jacket as he noticed that the airconditioner was just turned on.

"We're waiting for the engine to warm up. It's gonna take about an hour." Squall answered. Louie looked out the window beside his seat and saw a familiar figure wearing a red long gown walking alone in the Plains of Balamb.

"Dad can I go down for a sec? It'll only take a minute." Louie didn't wait for his father's answer. He rushed down to the boarding ramp and opened the doors with a press of a button. The doors slid open and out came Louie.

"Celine!" Louie shouted as he ran towards his friend. The green-eyed brunette turned to look at the speeding figure who called out her name. Her hair has lost its curls.

When the young Leonhart finally reached Celine, she spoke "I knew you'd be in that thing. It looks so cool."

"It does doesn't it?" Louie answered. "It looks like you had fun in the party! Your curls are all gone."

"Yeah, well I didn't finish it. It was getting boring, and people are already starting to leave. I disn;t want to be left alone with the drunk people and the couples." Celine, feeling the chilling touch of the midnight Balamb wind, brought her hands up to her arms.

"Hey, are you cold?" Louie started removing his jacket, revealing his plain white shirt and a silver necklace with a lion pendant underneath.

"No, it's fine. You should use that. Centran nights are much colder." Celine replied, refusing the offer.

"It's alright. I brought a couple of jackets with me." Louie said as he handed the jacket to the brunette. The brown-haired girl finally accepted, grabbing the jacket and putting it over her shoulders without wearing the sleeves.

"So.. Centra, huh? Why?" Celine asked as she wrapped herself up more with his jacket.

"It's Uncle Cid's birthday. We gotta go check on Matron."

"Matron?"

"Sorceress Edea."

"Oh." Just then, they heard a few explosions from Balamb Garden. They turned around and saw fireworks spewing out from the terrace at the Training Center. It lit the starry sky with flashes that seemed brighter than the faraway stars. The two adolescents felt the child inside them ready to burst with glee from the bright colors in the sky. It was a fleeting moment of exhilaration that slowly started trickling away after the last of the fireworks died down. The two were silent as they continued staring at the night sky.

The silence was broken by the young Leonhart. "Hey. Coffee? I know this great coffee place in town."

"Aren't you leaving?"

"No. The thing's warming up. It'll take an hour. That thing is old and it needs new parts." Louie answered.

"What a pity."

"It's sad, really. But Eshtar's got parts and repair things so we can take it there." Louie smiled as they started walking towards the town of Balamb. The town was peaceful at night. The alabaster moon and the dim light of the more or less empty shops in Balamb are the only light sources in town. It was quiet. The serenity of the small town added to the moment as the two walked on the moonlit pavement.

Celine looked up at the sky and saw the stellar splendor of the moonlit sky "I've never been here at night. I never knew it was so..."

Louie looked at the brunette and continued her lingering statement. "... beautiful?"

Celine turned to Louie, and then quickly looked away, hoping he didn't notice the rosy tint that was building up on her cheeks. "Oh there's a coffee shop!" Celine pointed to a coffee shop in the opposite direction. She ran to the shop as quickly as she can, wishing the speed would bring down the blood that rushed to her cheeks. Louie followed the brunette. They entered the shop and were greeted with a warm smile from the crew.

"Good evening, Sir Leonhart, your usual?" the girl on the counter was smiling at Louie. She had brown hair with blonde highlights that was covered by her mandatory hairnet. She had a round face and her nametag says Julia.

"Yes, I'll have the usual, thanks, Julia! Oh and Sir Leonhart is my father. Louie would be nice" Louie replied as he led Celine to the counter to order.

"Alright, Sir Louie!"

"What'll you have?" Louie asked the brunette beside him.

"I'll have a latte, please. Decaf." Celine ordered. "So. You're a regular here?"

"Yeah. I know it's a bit old fashioned but I love coffee. And the coffee here's the best! Not to mention, the waitress is pretty nice." Louie replied, grabbing his usual order.

"You like her?" teased Celine, grabbing her coffee. The two young cadets headed for the door.

"No. She has the same name as my grandmother. You know, the singer."

"Oh yeah! Julia Heartilly! I love her song. I don't care if it's old, I love it."

"You know that song was written for my grandfather?"

"General Caraway?

"No my other grandfather."

"What?!" Celine's smiled and turned to Louie.

"I'm dead serious." Louie had a straight face. A moment.

Suddenly, they both laughed at the thought.

"Must be fun being a Leonhart. You must feel like a prince."

"A prince?! That's ridiculous. I don't have a crown"

"Seriously. I just figured it must be how it feels like."

"Well it's not."

"How come?" Celine asked, taking a sip from her cup of coffee. Louie and Celine walked to the parking lot and sat by the edge of the platform, the moon reflected on the waves on the ocean. Everything was serene, even their thoughts.

"I don't wanna bore you with the misery of my life."

"Come on. Tell me."

Louie smiled.

The Ragnarok engines were running at full capacity and everyone inside was asleep, including the pilot, Selphie Kinneas. She had set the airship to autopilot to Centra before she had taken her nap.

After an hour or two the engines stopped and the automatic voice in the Ragnarok boomed.

"You are nearing your destination. Please prepare for landing." The sudden voice from the speakers blared inside the airship and woke everybody up, the moon was still shining beautifully in Centra. A lighthouse was slowly starting to take form in the horizon. It was Centra. Everyone's face slowly lit up. They were home again.

The large airship landed and a gust of air spewed out as the large doors in the boarding ramp. The ramp opened up and out came the orphanage gang, albeit a little more experienced in life. Upon seeing the Ragnarok, Edea Kramer walked excitedly towards the open ramp.

It was Quistis who first came out of the Ragnarok with Seifer, carrying both their baggages, following behind.

"Matron." Quistis said warmly as she raced to hug the lady who was the only mother she had known. Edea Kramer hugged back. Oh how she missed her dear children.

"I see you made Seifer carry all your bags?" Edea said as she released Quistis from the hug.

"It's fine, Matron." Seifer spoke while he walked down the ramp.

"Get inside you two. Where are the others?" Edea motioned for Quistis and Seifer to enter her house. The two quickly followed.

"Here we are, Matron!" Selphie and Irvine Kinneas walked down the ramp and the former ran to hug the sorceress. "We'll just get these bags inside."

Zell and his wife, Sophie walked down the ramp next. Sophie was the girl who worked behind the desk in the library. In her youth, she wore pigtails. However, as she matured, she grew out of the pigtails phase and just wore her wavy brown hair down. She became a SeeD a year after Zell became a SeeD and they got married another year after.

"Matron" Zell greeted the sorceress. "You've met Sophie, right?"

"Of course, Zell! I was invited to your wedding, remember? Put the bags inside." Edea replied

Squall and Rinoa came out next, the former holding all the bags and the latter holding Squall's arm.

"Good evening Matron. Where do we put the bags?" Squall said with a warm smile.

"Just put them inside. Where are the children?"

"Here we are, Matron!" A voice from the airship resounded. It was Dash Dincht, the son of Zell and Sophie. Dash had brown hair and blue eyes. His face had the same shape as his father's and his spirit and pep reminded everyone of the young, 17-year old Zell Dincht. His brown hair was spiky yet he had no tattoo on his cheeks. He would've wanted one but his mother wouldn't allow him. He was wearing an oversized red shirt and blue shorts.

Squall and Rinoa stepped inside and the children made their way towards their Matron. Louie, Carlos, and Krys all looked exhausted from the flight but they still were able to smile at the warmth of their Matron.

"Matron. How are you?" Louie was the first to ask, compassion and sympathy on his face.

"I'm getting by, dear. Why don't we put those bags inside, huh?" Edea replied as she led the way to her house. The open ramp on the Ragnarok closed automatically as they walked away from it. As they went inside, Ellone greeted them.

The house was the same. It had been rebuilt to be functional again but its old Centran heritage had been kept. The stone walls gave it a cool atmosphere inside. They all headed to the room that was prepared for them. It wasn't big and they had no single rooms, but it was perfect, just like they all used to be. The room had 12 single beds and 12 nightstands that had a lamp each.

They all removed their jackets and went straight to their beds, not even bothering to turn on the night light that was provided for them. The room was not airconditioned, not ideal for them but somehow, it felt as if they all belong there. It was home. They all laid down as the ocean waves lulled them back to undistrubed sleep.

It was an hour later when Louie Leonhart was awoken by a pulsing pain all over his body. His eyes jerked open as he felt the pain getting more and more intense. It was becoming more difficult to breathe. Cold beads of sweat were visible on the forehead of the young sorcerer. Tears were welling in his eyes.

"MOM!" Louie screamed and at once, everyone in the room turned on their night light. Rinoa and Squall rushed to her son's side and opened his night light as well. Rinoa knew exactly what was happening to Louie but she couldn't help but feel sorry for her son. Louie held his mother's hand tightly as the pain reached his head. Edea Kramer came rushing to their room and saw Louie's condition.

"Quick. Carry him to somewhere spacious." Edea ordered as she opened the cabinet that was in the room. Squall carried Louie out of the room and to the flower fields beside the orphanage. Edea followed them, carrying a black book that she retrieved from the cabinet. Everyone else soon followed, unaware of what was happening.

As soon as Squall laid Louie down in the flower field, he curled up into a ball. Veins were visible in his neck as he held back his screams. Louie bit his lip so as not to scream from the pain.

"Rinoa cast a curative spell." Edea said calmly. Rinoa complied. A white glow transferred from Rinoa's hands to her child. At that moment, a pair of colossal black wings violently came out from Louie's back and tore the shirt he was wearing to shreds.

"Give him some space! Rinoa another one!" Edea ordered, a little bit more panic in her eyes. The pain that Louie was experiencing was becoming unbearable. At the moment that he knew he couldn't take it anymore, he screamed.

Suddenly, the wings retracted back and the pain was all gone. Louie's body was dripping with cold sweat. He started breathing heavy sighs of relief. Rinoa cast another curaga spell on him and he finally had the strength to get up.

"It's over." Edea said, smiling. She opened the book that she retrieved. "How did you feel, dear?"

"It was horrible. At first I felt like I was being restrained by a force. I don't really know where it was coming from. It feels like it was coming from all around my body. Then the force started growing and it felt like something was squeezing me." Louie replied, sitting up.

Edea scanned her book. Rinoa asked. "What is it?"

"It's Gravity." Edea answered.

"What is?" asked the young sorcerer. It seemed like everyone else knows what was happening but him.

"You. Gravity. It's your... expertise" Edea smiled. "I'll explain everything tomorrow morning. For now, you get some sleep." the sorceress said as she got up and walked back to her room.

"Where's my shirt?" Louie suddenly realized that he had nothing but his boxers on. He felt the cold air of Centran nights in his back and he shivered.

"It's kinda wrecked, honey. Your wings tore it apart." Rinoa answered. Everybody else slowly started going back to the room.

"I'll let it go for tonight, I'll find out everything tomorrow." Louie thought as he walked back to his empty bed.

It was morning in Centra and everyone has just finished eating their breakfast. Edea Kramer and Louie Leonhart were sitting in the stone steps that overlooked the flower field.

"So, Matron. What happened last night?" Louie asked.

"It was the final manifestation of your power." Edea replied. "All sorceresses, well in your case, sorcerers, have a specific "area of expertise". We do not choose this area and it manifests itself through our powers."

"But I use gravity spells rarely."

"Well, you may not know it but you may have used a gravity spell in the guise of a water or a quake spell. You may use it really often and you don't even know it. Sorcery blurs the lines between spells. It's all interconnected into one network of spells. I must warn you, though. Gravity is really tricky and extremely powerful. Be careful."

"What about last night?"

"Last night, happens to all sorceresses sooner or later in their lives. The pain that the sorceress experience is indicative of the power he or she specializes in. For instance, I felt that my entire body was slowly being frozen when it was my time. Slowly, I felt my fingers getting frost bite and it crept up to my arms and my neck and finally my head. I have blizzard."

"Does anyone die, during these instances?"

"None that I know of. You see the event is designed to show you the limits of your power. You must experience immense pain before you are given tremendous power. It's a way of telling you that your power is both a blessing and a curse."

"Oh. I see." Louie replied. He looked down, worry in his eyes. Edea noticed this and lifted his chin up. He saw a comforting, motherly smile upon his Matron's face.

"Honey, I know it's hard being a sorceress. And I know you didn't want to be a sorcerer in the first place, but you were given this gift and you should use it well. You are the first male sorcerer that I know of. You can make a change." Edea smiled. "I know how much you are like your mother. How much you want to make a change. Start with this."

The young sorcerer sighed.

"Okay, Matron. Thank you."

"One more thing. I talked to your parents about getting you a knight. I know you wouldn't like it but a knight keeps a sorceress in check. With the immense power you have, your greatest enemy is yourself."

"But Matron. I don't really think it's necessary."

"Then talk to your parents about it. They'll understand. I just brought it up to them as an option."

"Matron, I don't want to burden anyone with my abilities. I don't want anyone to constantly think of me like I'm their plaything or their pet. I... I don't want to be seen as an evil person by anyone." Louie sighed. "I'm not going to be corrupted by my powers. I promise. I mean, now that I know what I'm capable of, can't I keep myself in check?"

"No one truly knows what they're capable of, sweetie. It's best to prevent things."

Louie sighed. It seems like there is no winning with this woman. Edea sighed as well. She didn't want Louie to do something he doesn't want to do.

"At least think about it." Edea said as she stood up and walked back towards the house.

A strong gust of wind blew towards the only boy left in the stone steps overlooking the flower fields. Louie stood up and walked towards the invisible source of the wind. He thought about changing the direction of the wind. He closed his eyes as a wave of energy built up inside him. Without lifting an arm, the wind blew the opposite direction. The wind was now moving away from him and the flower petals and pollen that it took were moving with it. He smiled as he succeeded in changing the path of the breeze, but his smile disappeared as he realized something.

The wind is strong. But even it bows down to the abilities of a sorcerer. Will he be like the wind, strong in its path but easily swayed by the abilities of a sorcerer? By his own abilities?

Louie looked up and saw something that gave him hope.

It was a petal that was dancing in the air, not knowing which way to go. All the other petals are flowing with the flow of the wind he just reversed but that single petal was standing idle. It started moving slowly. What gave the young sorcerer hope was that the petal wasn't moving with the wind he created.

The petal was moving in the opposite direction, desperately trying to overpower the force that was created by his sorcery. The petal flew past the young sorcerer. It fell on the spot he was just sitting on while all the other petals moved away from the orphanage.

Louie smiled.

It won.