“What?” Cassie asked, a bit taken aback. “I don’t like to repeat myself,” Serena sighed, “I want to see what you can do.” “R-Right now?” “You wanted to learn something, right?” Serena groaned, “Hard to teach you anything if I don’t know what I’m dealing with.” “But we’re up in the mountains. My element is earth,” Cassie remarked hesitantly. “If you can do what you claim, that shouldn’t be a problem. Besides, last time I checked, rocks are a part of the earth,” Serena shrugged and sat down on a large rock next to the spring. “I just…. Last time I lost control of my powers, and it nearly killed me,” Cassie muttered and rubbed her sweaty palms on her pants. “How did that happen?” Serena frowned. “I was trying to draw strength from my element instead of using my own, and it kind of we

