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make yourself light….” She was hovering ten feet above the roof with a cocky smile, as my instruction was cut short. “Well, since you don’t seem to need a refresher course, we’ll just get on with it then.” I shielded and joined her, taking her hand. “Lead on, fearless Lady.”
She took off straight up so quickly that I almost lost my breath. She was dragging me behind her as we passed three thousand feet. She stopped there and looked around. “How high can we go? I’ve seen birds that I thought were this high but I feel we could go higher!”
“When we go above a mile it starts getting cold. That won’t be a problem if you can heat your shield . Over two miles, the air starts getting thin and we won’t be able to breathe as well as we should. Much higher than that, I guess you’d pass out, and that’s a long drop to the ground.”
She nodded happily. “Can we try going higher?”
I laughed. “I said that this was your day to learn; if you want to test your flying limits, then by all means, let’s do it.”
She took off skyward like a shooting star in reverse. Her flying speed straight up impressed me and I heated my shield as the cold started sinking in. She didn’t slow and I knew she must have heated also, because she wasn’t shivering. That’s when trouble began for me. I started seeing bright spots in the corner of my vision and my breathing became rapid. Worried, I called out, “Carol, we have to stop. The air is too thin and I can’t breathe. Much higher and we’ll black out!”
She stopped and hovered in front of me. “I don’ have any trouble breathing. Maybe it’s ‘cause of that air magic? Can I try somethin’?”
I smiled at her willingness to experiment with her new magic and the way the excitement affected her speech. I nodded, and suddenly I was warmer and could breathe! My vision cleared and my wonder grew. “Carol, what did you do?”
“I just made my shield bigger so it would go around both of us. Did it help?”
I nodded, amazed that my novice wife had thought of that on her own. “I’m fine now. What are we going to do?”
She grinned. “I bet we can go higher and I want to see!”
I shrugged. “All right, but if you start feeling funny, you let me know. If you pass out up here, I will, too. I don’t think Father will like the mess we’d make if we landed on the castle.”
She grinned and took off again. I watched the world recede below us and still we climbed. To the sides, I began to make out the curve of the world and knew if my eyes were better, I could see both oceans from here. We finally began to slow and I looked up at Carol. She was staring in rapt amazement at the stars above us that were visible even though it was early morning. She pulled me close and kissed me. She whispered, “These can be the stars that will guide our future together. We’ll know that they are always here, day or night.”
I hugged her tightly. “Thank you for showing me this. I thought that I’d show you the wonders of magic, but you’ve shown me.” We began descending.
“This is as high as I can go, so that must mean it’s time to go back. I’d like to learn healing and some combat spells, just in case. I do want to learn how to stun someone, too. In my past, it might have come in handy and with the clothes I had Aunt Isa order for me, I might need it.”
“That reminds me, you’re a student of Wizard’s Castle now, for all intents and purposes. You could wear the uniform, if you’d like.”
“The clothes that I’m getting are in that style, but the color is that green that you said you liked on me. I’m not going to be staying at the castle; I’m going to be staying with you. For the school trainees and the instructors the uniform is fine, but I’m not sure that we’d always want everyone to know we were magical. We might go places where magic isn’t welcome and that could cause problems. Besides, I wouldn’t want to wear that one lightning bolt
She took off straight up so quickly that I almost lost my breath. She was dragging me behind her as we passed three thousand feet. She stopped there and looked around. “How high can we go? I’ve seen birds that I thought were this high but I feel we could go higher!”
“When we go above a mile it starts getting cold. That won’t be a problem if you can heat your shield . Over two miles, the air starts getting thin and we won’t be able to breathe as well as we should. Much higher than that, I guess you’d pass out, and that’s a long drop to the ground.”
She nodded happily. “Can we try going higher?”
I laughed. “I said that this was your day to learn; if you want to test your flying limits, then by all means, let’s do it.”
She took off skyward like a shooting star in reverse. Her flying speed straight up impressed me and I heated my shield as the cold started sinking in. She didn’t slow and I knew she must have heated also, because she wasn’t shivering. That’s when trouble began for me. I started seeing bright spots in the corner of my vision and my breathing became rapid. Worried, I called out, “Carol, we have to stop. The air is too thin and I can’t breathe. Much higher and we’ll black out!”
She stopped and hovered in front of me. “I don’ have any trouble breathing. Maybe it’s ‘cause of that air magic? Can I try somethin’?”
I smiled at her willingness to experiment with her new magic and the way the excitement affected her speech. I nodded, and suddenly I was warmer and could breathe! My vision cleared and my wonder grew. “Carol, what did you do?”
“I just made my shield bigger so it would go around both of us. Did it help?”
I nodded, amazed that my novice wife had thought of that on her own. “I’m fine now. What are we going to do?”
She grinned. “I bet we can go higher and I want to see!”
I shrugged. “All right, but if you start feeling funny, you let me know. If you pass out up here, I will, too. I don’t think Father will like the mess we’d make if we landed on the castle.”
She grinned and took off again. I watched the world recede below us and still we climbed. To the sides, I began to make out the curve of the world and knew if my eyes were better, I could see both oceans from here. We finally began to slow and I looked up at Carol. She was staring in rapt amazement at the stars above us that were visible even though it was early morning. She pulled me close and kissed me. She whispered, “These can be the stars that will guide our future together. We’ll know that they are always here, day or night.”
I hugged her tightly. “Thank you for showing me this. I thought that I’d show you the wonders of magic, but you’ve shown me.” We began descending.
“This is as high as I can go, so that must mean it’s time to go back. I’d like to learn healing and some combat spells, just in case. I do want to learn how to stun someone, too. In my past, it might have come in handy and with the clothes I had Aunt Isa order for me, I might need it.”
“That reminds me, you’re a student of Wizard’s Castle now, for all intents and purposes. You could wear the uniform, if you’d like.”
“The clothes that I’m getting are in that style, but the color is that green that you said you liked on me. I’m not going to be staying at the castle; I’m going to be staying with you. For the school trainees and the instructors the uniform is fine, but I’m not sure that we’d always want everyone to know we were magical. We might go places where magic isn’t welcome and that could cause problems. Besides, I wouldn’t want to wear that one lightning bolt
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