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sparkled merrily, along with her giggles. “Maybe you should try that on your broomstick.”
Their most careful witch never had any problems laughing at himself. “Maybe I should. But first, you try it with the candle spell. See it in your head, and then pretend one of those headless zombie dogs in the dungeon is coming at you and snap it together, nice and fast.”
One more time, teacher and student closed their eyes. And this time, the girl well-used to speed didn’t waver. Three quick moves and the spell she couldn’t see snapped together.
Mia opened her eyes and squealed at the lit candle in front of her.
She celebrated alone.
The eyes of every other witch in the valley had snapped to something entirely different. The huge inferno of magic rising up at her back.
-o0o-
Holy hell.
Jamie didn’t need to ask if everyone had seen it. Safety lines were snapping into place as fast as four extremely competent fire witches could land them, trying to ground the volcano of power Mia had called—and apparently couldn’t see.
Aervyn hovered at the top of the furnace on his broom, weaving a fast and wild tarp of power over the top. Nell and Jamie slammed down lines two at a time, nailing them into every available ley node they could find. Containing. Draining.
Devin sat at the edge of the action on full alert, ready to throw half the ocean over them all.
Rock-steady Govin never took his eyes off his student.
Keeping her calm. Good. Jamie banged down another safety line. If Mia panicked now, it was going to be a mess.
It’s not draining fast enough. Her channels are overloading , sent Govin quietly . I’m going to try something.
Jamie picked up part of the idea from Aervyn’s mind. And froze. That was insane.
Govin was already moving. He put his hands back in Mia’s palms, as if it were just another candle-lighting attempt. And gave her a gentle smile. “Now we’re going to try to put it out. Fire witches need to be able to do both.”
His student nodded solemnly.
“We’re just going to take this power and let it go down into this rock here.” The teacher demonstrated, Mia’s hands still on his. The inferno jumped at the new place to go.
Jamie winced at the enormous power torrenting into Govin’s channels. Someone was going to have a freaking massive headache.
We can all do what he’s doing, sent Nell, already reaching for a piece of the furnace.
No. Aervyn’s mindvoice was intent—and very convinced. Mia can do this.
Brotherly love didn’t always see clearly. Jamie had good reason to know. She’s just a baby witch, buddy. She can’t even see her power flows yet.
That’s okay. Govin’s holding them, and he’s helping her drain them. Look.
Jamie looked. It was bumpy, and ugly, and Mia had no idea the power she directed was her own—but in the hands of a teacher with nerves of steel, she was carefully pouring an inferno of energy into the magic-infused ground of Ocean’s Reach. Through the man holding her hands.
Damn.
Send it out this direction, if you can. Dev had moved, hovering on the ocean’s edge. The cliffs here get battered by the water all the time—they can handle it.
Jamie tossed his own power into helping Nell redirect. He had no idea what superboy was up to, but it felt complicated.
I’m making Mia’s magic less bumpy. So it fits better in Govin’s channels. Aervyn was almost grunting. It’s kinda hard—she doesn’t know about making it all go one way yet.
That was the understatement of the year.
Jamie knew better than to interrupt. He checked in on Govin and Mia instead. Channels holding. There’d be some headaches to go around, but they were somehow managing to use the flows of a candle-sized spell to drain a volcano.
It wasn’t fast. And it wasn’t pretty. But it was working.
Figures. Nell sounded almost amused. We all threw huge power at it, and Govin’s
Their most careful witch never had any problems laughing at himself. “Maybe I should. But first, you try it with the candle spell. See it in your head, and then pretend one of those headless zombie dogs in the dungeon is coming at you and snap it together, nice and fast.”
One more time, teacher and student closed their eyes. And this time, the girl well-used to speed didn’t waver. Three quick moves and the spell she couldn’t see snapped together.
Mia opened her eyes and squealed at the lit candle in front of her.
She celebrated alone.
The eyes of every other witch in the valley had snapped to something entirely different. The huge inferno of magic rising up at her back.
-o0o-
Holy hell.
Jamie didn’t need to ask if everyone had seen it. Safety lines were snapping into place as fast as four extremely competent fire witches could land them, trying to ground the volcano of power Mia had called—and apparently couldn’t see.
Aervyn hovered at the top of the furnace on his broom, weaving a fast and wild tarp of power over the top. Nell and Jamie slammed down lines two at a time, nailing them into every available ley node they could find. Containing. Draining.
Devin sat at the edge of the action on full alert, ready to throw half the ocean over them all.
Rock-steady Govin never took his eyes off his student.
Keeping her calm. Good. Jamie banged down another safety line. If Mia panicked now, it was going to be a mess.
It’s not draining fast enough. Her channels are overloading , sent Govin quietly . I’m going to try something.
Jamie picked up part of the idea from Aervyn’s mind. And froze. That was insane.
Govin was already moving. He put his hands back in Mia’s palms, as if it were just another candle-lighting attempt. And gave her a gentle smile. “Now we’re going to try to put it out. Fire witches need to be able to do both.”
His student nodded solemnly.
“We’re just going to take this power and let it go down into this rock here.” The teacher demonstrated, Mia’s hands still on his. The inferno jumped at the new place to go.
Jamie winced at the enormous power torrenting into Govin’s channels. Someone was going to have a freaking massive headache.
We can all do what he’s doing, sent Nell, already reaching for a piece of the furnace.
No. Aervyn’s mindvoice was intent—and very convinced. Mia can do this.
Brotherly love didn’t always see clearly. Jamie had good reason to know. She’s just a baby witch, buddy. She can’t even see her power flows yet.
That’s okay. Govin’s holding them, and he’s helping her drain them. Look.
Jamie looked. It was bumpy, and ugly, and Mia had no idea the power she directed was her own—but in the hands of a teacher with nerves of steel, she was carefully pouring an inferno of energy into the magic-infused ground of Ocean’s Reach. Through the man holding her hands.
Damn.
Send it out this direction, if you can. Dev had moved, hovering on the ocean’s edge. The cliffs here get battered by the water all the time—they can handle it.
Jamie tossed his own power into helping Nell redirect. He had no idea what superboy was up to, but it felt complicated.
I’m making Mia’s magic less bumpy. So it fits better in Govin’s channels. Aervyn was almost grunting. It’s kinda hard—she doesn’t know about making it all go one way yet.
That was the understatement of the year.
Jamie knew better than to interrupt. He checked in on Govin and Mia instead. Channels holding. There’d be some headaches to go around, but they were somehow managing to use the flows of a candle-sized spell to drain a volcano.
It wasn’t fast. And it wasn’t pretty. But it was working.
Figures. Nell sounded almost amused. We all threw huge power at it, and Govin’s
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