Hidden Powers

Chapter 16 - Secrets and power

Jennifer's POV

" Jen, please calm down, I don't think we'll get answers if either of us blow up the school", whispered Derrick as he failed to calm me.

" How can I be calm when everyone has hid from me not only the stupid prophecy but another freaking element, how can I be calm when I am to gain another element based on who I am", I screeched.

I could feel my body heating up from my anger and within the library a cold wind emerged. Derrick stood at arms length away, his eyes pleading as he stood stiffly still, trying to tame his own powers as his reacted towards mine.

"There must be a good reason if everyone kept this from the both of us, I know you're angry but please let's just skip first session and go ask Miss Light", soothed Derrick.

I took a deep breath and tried to remember what my teachers had taught me when I grew angry or upset.

Close your eyes and take deep breaths, they would have said.  Relax your body and go to a memory where you were happy. I followed what they had taught me and sighed as my anger depleted. I could feel the heat leave my body and the cold wind to stop. "That's it Jen, thank you ", sighed Derrick.

I opened my eyes to see that Derrick had relaxed his own body but still kept his distance from me. I felt a pang of guilt, my powers were affecting his and he was trying to keep his powers under control to prevent anyone from getting hurt. While I was raging about being kept from the truth and the knowledge of another power, the unknown element. Stupid me!

Knowledge is power though, my subconscious whispered. Oh shut up, I told it.  " Come on, let's get to her office, I'm sure she'll explain everything", smiled Derrick gently taking my hand. I sighed quietly and allowed him to pull me away from the library. I had a firm grip on the book and I wasn't letting it go.

Derrick seemed to know the way and I followed his lead as we walked down the different hallways towards the principal's office. As we walked, I tried to understand why no one had told me about this unknown element.

Were they afraid that my new power would be dangerous or evil and by keeping me in the dark, there was a chance that it would not be as bad or my power might become good? If I had an evil power wouldn't that mean I was evil as the unknown element was based on who I was?

This sucked, I had just gotten some control over the nine elements that I had and now there was a tenth? Why me? I would have preferred to be powerless at this point, that or a really common power like oh I don't know, telepathy or something. I glanced sideways at Derrick and sighed. Derrick  would have been a better choice at being an Elemantal, he was much better at controlling his powers and emotions.

Then again, could he handle the pressure of being an Elemantal or would the power drive him insane? What was I thinking, of course he could. He was an energy wielder, a rare power just like an Elemantal. He had suffered longer than I had and he had the burden of the prophecy and protecting me as well. Guilt swam within me and I cursed myself for my stupidity.

We passed one of the advanced classes and I took a peak. Students a year above Derrick and I were practicing their powers. They were all wielders of an element, mostly water and fire. I watched them use their power by turning themselves into their own power or mixing their power with someone else's like how Derrick and I did in powers class.

What was it called again? A convergence, Derrick had said that day in the cafeteria. I never want to create something like that again. We passed the classroom and stopped at a set of double doors. Miss Light's office. Derrick knocked firmly and we waited unti Miss Light said come in.