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9.late night walks

"Wow, every story is just, so different and so pretty, although most of them are sad they're still beautiful (Tedra)

-When will we be able to talk to our past lives? (Flynn)

-past life recalling is only allowed during moment of immense dichotomy for an individual, it's not something you can do on any random day, the time will come when it comes (Zelta)

-and now what are we supposed to do?

-continue living your lives as normal, just try to find some time every one or two days to train on your magic to be able to unlock its full potential."

...

Opal and Flynn stayed together the rest of the night, it was awkward at first but it got more comfortable overtime,

"So, you don't want to go back home do you?

-Not really, they're probably still up, I can only get some peace when they're asleep. Even then, insomnia does its job pretty damn well.

-You know, I can literally make you forget your parents ever existed, with my siren gaze, but I don't think running from your problem will fix it, I believe you should face it.

-Hah, I've been facing it for years, I've had enough, if I wasn't scared I would've killed myself a long time ago.

-Scared of what?

-Going to hell.

-Oh.

-What? Do you not believe in hell?

-Not really, no.

-How come?

-I'm not in the mood to debate god right now, some other day when I have the energy we'll go into detail about it.

-It's okay, you don't even have to, whatever works best for you.

-Flynn are you okay? I've never expected those words to come out of your mouth, I expected an offense out of you for going against your belief, you wanted to beat me up over a game 2 days ago.

-Sorry about that, I get very competitive, winning is the only thing that reminds me that I'm still worth something.

-I like how you're aware of your behavior and thinking process, I hope you're as aware of the causes too.

-Oh, I am. And I guess you are too, you stole my memories haven't you?

-well, yes I did, and yes I think I know what messed you up.

-good, then I don't have to reiterate, I hate bringing up my trauma, talking about those days makes me feel like they happened yesterday. What about you though? I can't invade your brain to know what happened to you before, is everything okay?

-Oh don't worry about me, I've had connections to Xancore since I was 8, even during tough times he helped me get through them fast.

-Must've been a bit frightened knowing about your spirit at such a young age, you've had responsibilities not even adults have.

-I've known I was different way before turning 8, I just needed something to happen so I can prove it, and when Xancore felt like I needed to know he appeared to me, and no, it was not scary or intimidating, I have accepted my purpose in life extremely fast, I knew what I needed to do, and it was to show the naïve that they need to think more, and show the miserable that their pain is felt, and the first one is done through my eloquence, the second one is done through my music.

-How many songs have you written?

-A lot.

-And do you always write them for people?

-What do you mean?

-Like "hush", do you always absorb people's energy and experience then write from it?

-No, sometimes I just hearing about a story gets me high on emotion enough to write, I don't need closure to the person in order to feel their pain, sometimes I write without a certain trigger, my mind just goes into crazy activity, gets flooded with creativity then empties it out in poems, and other times a topic circles my mind a lot so I keep building emotions towards it until I explode, one of my favorite songs of mine have been written that way.

-That's very interesting. What's the song called?

-"Dry elixir pond"

-what does it talk about?

-I'll be performing it when it feels right, you'll figure that out when you hear it.

-Oh, I'll wait until you do then.

-the sound is a bit different, I hope it is as enticing and captivating as I've always pictured it to be.

-This tells me that you have some stuff already prepared.

-Of course, some are just mere titles in my notes app, some are ideas, and some are bits and pieces that I haven't welded to each other yet. Usually I pick the title and topic first, then wait for the day where the lyrics decide to flow through me.

-I can't wait to see you showing off all of your work.

-What, you're not ashamed to be seen with me anymore?

-Well, I don't think I can hangout with you at school, I've built a reputation that I don't want to alter, as it's protecting me, but out of school? Probably yes.

-I can work with that. However, you do realize that one day this fake sculpted image you created for yourself will need to crumble so you can finally start living for yourself instead of the validation of others. Either that or spend a lifetime being a slave.

-I know, I will break out of my chrysalis eventually, I'm just not ready yet, still developing.

-I understand, take your time, but do rush yourself, don't get too comfortable being uncomfortable.

...

The next day of school rolled around, everyone of the holders was a bit tired as they stayed up late, except for Jin, it seemed like sleep didn't affect her much.

Pha was particularly more tired than the rest because she spent the whole night playing with her magic and got no sleep, she was able to resist it the first few hours but then she couldn't help but rest her head on the desk, quickly dazing off. The teacher woke her up angry.

"Pha, this isn't your bedroom, if you're not ready to pay attention then why even attend the class?

-fine" said Pha, she packed her things and started heading out.

"Where do you think you're going?

-You told me to leave. What? Did you expect me to beg to stay, stroke your ego and make you feel powerful so you would then finally keep me in class? I don't do that. I don't pick fights with people like you, you don't know what happened yesterday at home that got me so tired today, for all you know my mom could've gotten a stroke and I stayed by her side at the hospital all night and barely made it to school today. If you're too arrogant to ask for the reason behind my lack of attention and directly punishing me for it instead, then I have no interest in staying in your class. Learn the cause of the behavior before judging it, you're a social studies teacher you should know better, Pha is out."

"(Yinx) You do realize what you just gotten yourself into? That teacher won't let you off the hook that easily, she holds grudges a lot.

-I want her to try, I will literally take all iron out of her blood and put her in an instant coma, I will break the glass off her glasses and render her blind.

-Holding me doesn't excuse impulsively induced behavior, I won't allow you to hurt her just because she caused an inconvenience for you, our magic is meant to serve people, not your own selfish personal needs. Conflict is a natural part of the human experience, learn to deal with it maturely and rationally instead of scaring people into submitting.