for another strand of energy. It is harder to find a single strand. It is like searching for the end of a ball of string after throwing it around—everything gets tangled together in an unruly mass. Finally finding the end, I grasp onto it and pull, separating it from the rest. Thrusting it forward, it slithers towards the branch.
The branch lifts in the air, but won’t move towards me. It’s hovering a few feet off of the ground. I search for another wave of energy and push it forward, sending it towards the branch with more momentum than the previous one. When the energy hits the branch, it begins to hurtle towards me.
I scream and feel a hand on my arm, pulling me to the ground. I land with a thud on my stomach. David falls beside me as the branch crashes to the ground behind us. I look behind me and see the skid marks in the grass from the branch. That would have hurt.
“Are you okay?” David asks while helping me stand up.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” I’m a little winded, but overall, I’m fine. “Sorry about that. I realized that I pushed too much energy at it a little too late.”
“Don’t apologize. Do you realize how long it took me to get anything to come towards me? I started off with a salt shaker, which was way smaller than that branch, and that took a lot of energy. You did it in less than a minute.”
“Oh….”
“That was excellent Ryanne. I had a feeling that you would be able to do that. Thank you for explaining everything David. Your powers are incredible. Are you okay to keep working? We can stop if you are getting tired.”
“No, I actually feel good. I’m not tired at all. I can go on.”
“Good. You probably won’t like this next thing though. I want to see if this will work. I want you to bring that rock over there and place it in front of us.” That doesn’t seem too difficult. I concentrate solely on the rock and send one larger strand of energy into it, instead of a couple smaller ones like I did last time. The rock lifts off of the ground and slowly moves towards me. I release the energy and it drops to the ground a foot in front of us.
“Excellent. Now, I want to see if you are able to liberate a single element of weather. I want to see if you can strike this rock with lightning. Just lightning. No storm. Just manifest the energy into a lightning bolt to strike that exact spot. I have a feeling though, to do this, you’ll need to be angry though. Do you need someone to help you with this?”
I nod, “Liam, can you help me?” I told Liam everything about me when I met him in the field after being shot in a vision. He knows most of my fears and other issues that will induce anger.
“What do you need help with?”
“I need you to make me angry. Please.” I need to know what I am capable of. I want to know everything that I can potentially use to help others. He stares at me, searching my eyes for any sign of apprehension, and finally nods. He understands. I’ve tried to push everything into the back of my mind. I avoid thinking about anything that would allow for me do what Claire is asking. Liam saw what happened to me, the end of it anyways, so he knows what to say to make me upset.
Claire and Tom take a couple of steps backwards, giving us enough room. David walks back to the log and sits near Colton, Logan, and Emma.
“I’m so sorry for anything I’m about to say,” says Liam.
“Claire, is this really necessary? Hasn’t she been through enough already?” yells Colton.
“I’m fine. Don’t worry.” I tell everyone. Turning towards Liam, I ask if he is ready. I don’t wait for a response. I just turn and put all my concentration on the rock.
“I’m really sorry, Ryanne,” he repeats. He really doesn’t want to do this, but I need him to. If he can’t, I’m sure I can think of enough stuff to manifest anger, but it’s easier to get mad when someone else is telling you everything. “Your father abandoned you when you were a baby. You’re mother left you a year ago. She saved your life, but left you alone when you needed her most. Now, Jane spends all