in which Vienna Silva achieves
her lifelong dream of joining the
Specialist Academy, and meets
Sky of Eraklyon along the way
skyxfem!oc
started: 31/01/21
S1 ended: 01/06/21
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The shadow fairy walked deeper into the room with Farah trailing behind her, her brows knitted together as her gaze fell on the wooden podium standing in the centre of the room with a large yet shallow bowl resting on top of it. As she moved closer to the bowl, she realised there was a cluster of glowing crystals resting along the curved bottom.
"Today we're going to work on materialisation," Farah spoke as she moved to stand opposite Vienna. "Shadow merging and travelling are useful for stealth, but having the ability to transform them into physical beings will be useful in a fight. You saw how Terra ensnared the Burned One with vines. With practice, you'll be able to do that with shadows."
"I'm still struggling with it," Vienna admitted. "I can somewhat conjure shadows.." she held out her palm, allowing a small ball of wispy shadows to form in her hand. "..but they disappear seconds after they turn into a solid state." She let them disappear with a small sigh.
"That's okay. We can work on that," Farah said with a soft smile. She gestured towards the bowl in front of her. "These crystal shards have a magical affinity and help amplify your powers. Hold out your hands above them, and let the magic flow through you."
With a nod the girl hovered her hands above the shimmering crystals, letting out soft steady breaths as she did so. Her eyes transformed into a bright violet as she felt a surge of magic rush through her, and looked down to find wisps of black weaving through her fingers, small tendrils branching off as if they had a mind of their own.
"Good," Farah praised, "now remember, to any other fairy, shadows simply exist as they are. But to a shadow fairy such as yourself, they're a part of you. They're essentially an extension of yourself, and you can manipulate them in any way you desire.
Vienna furrowed her brows in concentration as she stared at the dancing shadows, her fingers curling slightly as she tensed. The shadows continued to move around her fingers, unbothered by her obvious advances to try and make it materialise in the air.
"Don't think too hard about it Vie," Farah advised. "You need to stay relaxed and focus more on how the energy feels rather than trying to force it." Vienna nodded as she listened to the woman, and gave another attempt.
With crystal shards enhancing her magic, Vienna finally managed to see progress after half an hour of disappointed sighs and words of affirmation from Farah. Rather than lasting a few seconds, the shadow branches could now last about a minute in corporeal form before turning into a mist again. She still had a long way to go until it became a second nature to her, but with Farah's guidance she was positive she could do it.
