Soulmate

Fire and Ice

Rose and her friends were waiting in the classroom for Mr. Pinto to show up but  that didn’t happen. After few minutes, they heard an announcement that every student should be gathered in the great hall for a meeting.

“Oh my god! Who went missing now?” Ronny said as they briskly walked to the hall.

Mr. Pinto didn’t show up, was it him this time? How come they were sneaking in? Didn’t they do the sheild like Jesse said they would do? Was it someone who was helping them? Rose mind was occupied by thoughts.

“What is the meeting about?”

“Is anyone else missing?”

Everyone had questions and the hall was filled with loud chatter when someone cleared their throat that grabbed everyone’s attention.

All their teachers were standing on the raised platform little perplexed. What made the teachers nervous was another question?  The sound of clicking heels resonated in the silent hall. Everyone drew in deep breath waiting to see who it was.

There were so many gasps in the air when a lady walked on to the raised platform.

“She is Elisa, Isn’t she?” May people adored her and there was none in this world that didn’t know her.

“OmG! She is Elisa…” Shreiked some girls, clapping their hands.

“What is she doing here?” Ronny asked.

Helen just shrugged her shoulders. Jesse found their way towards Rose.

“Do you know anything about this?” Rose asked.

“Don’t worry, just listen.” 

“Wow! Isn’t that something? I mean there won’t be any exams?” Helen pondered.

“But…what did she mean by a real life task that may lead to life or death situations?”

Everyone stared at each other. None knew what she really meant but they were happy they won’t be any written exam.

“You are missing the point. Why the sudden change of education system there should be really something threatening or else they wouldn’t take such drastic changes.” Les  always the thinker pointed out.

The images of souldrinkers attacking humans flashed through her mind, she knew the reason and so did everyone. Rose could see the realization drawn on each face.

The new time table was attached to the temporary notice board. Students didn’t quite get used to the idea of reading things on notice board, they missed Mr. Dom. They had an extra hour each day for honing their gifts, and each weekend combats between the selected few.  The selected students list will be displayed on every Thursday.

The healers and trackers piled into the room, they were excited about the new class.  They were chatting when a person in black cloak walked in. The person stood in the center room and Rose could feel the familiar strange vibes emitting from him. He pulled back his hood.

“Shadow…?” Helen was confused. She didn’t understand how he came to the academy. He was not a student.

“I’ll be your instructor in this class…” his voice had unknown effect on all the girls. They practically drooled over this unearthly beautiful guy.

“Let’s see what each person can do… I want each person to step front and show what their gift was and I’ll be accessing at what rate you can use it…” The girls practically fought to impress him.

Even the calm and thoughtful Les wasn’t an exception to his charm. But, the other noisy girls just pushed her back in the line and she gave up after a few trails. Rose never had a chance to watch trackers use their gift. Most of the class Shadow was giving them instructions on how to use their gift in different ways instead of using it just the way they knew.

It was Ronny’s turn to show his gift. He seemed nervous, Rose smiled and squeezed his hands with an assuring smile. Ronny once told her how he was afraid to use his gift, he was intimidated by it’s power that were his exact words.

Ronny stood at the center, he seemed to do nothing, Everyone waited to see what  his gift was. But, he stood there prespiring and wringing her fingers. Rose gave him an assuring smile. Shadow watched him as he stood still and looked at Rose.

“Perhaps, some motivation is required.” Shadow said advancing towards Rose.

Rose knew what he meant by that exactly. She also knew that he wasn’t going to physically harm her but she should make it look like it. Ronny had no idea who Shadow was so it was only fitting for him to act like that.

Shadow beckoned Rose to step forward.  He twisted her hands back and held them while his other hand snaked around her neck.

“Would it be difficult for you to loosen a bit…” Rose managed to say in between the chokes.

“Should be realistic…” Shadow whispered.

“Use your mind control to motivate him further…” he whispered.

Ronny didn’t know what to do, he just stood staring at them. He knew he had to stop him from choking her. She could see the pain in her and it hurt him very much. He couldn’t let his friend suffer because of his lack of courage. He let go of the control over his senses, the very first feeling he had was fury that burned his throat reaching his eyes. A red flame like glow enveloped his body and flames ejeced from his fingers.

“Now, concentrate all your energy on the tips of the fingers. Hold on to the rage…” Shadow shrieked as the flames started to flicker and die down.

He looked at her and gestured her to use her gift. Rose fueled his anger by triggering his emotions. Ronny glared at Shadow with burning eyes. Ronny was using images of his father mistreating his mother to fuel his burning anger, he remembered how he never ceased to hate him. The room’s temperature increased, beads of sweat dropped on those who stayed close to him. They moved back fanning with their hands.

Ronny was burning like that guy in fantastc four and Shadow feared that he would explode any second.  He asked Rose to let go off the control.

“I stopped controlling a few minutes before…” Rose admitted.

“Try reaching out into his mind…” he shrieked.

“How do I do that?”

“Just control his mind before he is going to blow up”

“Use peaceful images…What does he like?”

“How do I know?” Shadow sighed.

“You…”A girl from the trackers team walked tentatively towards him.

“Use your gift…”

The girl tentatively stertched out her hand. She touched his hands the fire crackled.

“Let go of your energy, your energy will automatically travel into his body due to the physical contact.”

Her blue flames,started spreading through his entire frame; the blue,red flame mixed  to form an orange flame that enveloped them both. It was an awesome sight, it was as if they were one.

The girl, Sara realized what that meant. She looked at Ronny longingly but Ronny’s head was thick he just enjoyed the ticklish feeling.

Ronny fell on the floor as soon as she let go off his hands. Ronny collapsed on to the floor, his face looked perfectly peaceful but he shivered from cold. Shadow wrapped his black cloak around him and took him to the nurse.

Everyone stared at each other. They understood what they were getting into. These classes meant serious business no fooling around and that’s what Shadow said when they came back.

*******************

What do you think about Ronny and Sara? What do you think the task they were taking about?