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I couldn't help but smile at the little white snake. I slowly floated down to Dreamland. I took in some of the scenery around me. Trees with multicolored leaves and fruits, people who weren't quite humans, and then the big guild that I was floating down to on a bubble. That was a sentence I never thought I'd say.570Please respect copyright.PENANAzdf2PchxZh
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I floated down one of the chimneys on top of the building. There were instructions echoing inside.570Please respect copyright.PENANAX44izZBCaE
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"Please remain seated until you come to a complete stop," the animatronic voice echoed.570Please respect copyright.PENANAEuxcTlsixK
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The bubble and I popped out of the bottom of the chimney. Inside the building I saw at least 20 people. Most of them were busy working on something in front of them, but others were watching me come out of the chimney.570Please respect copyright.PENANA2tvM7vO7Cg
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The bubble came to a stop and popped. I almost fell but was caught by one of the people nearby.570Please respect copyright.PENANAPvekR67fOZ
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"So, you the newest member of Dreamland?" He asked.570Please respect copyright.PENANAg0Hf56wqxC
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"Yeah," I said. "I'm Ai."570Please respect copyright.PENANAIUcJrLyzPO
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"Well, Ai, it's nice to meet you. I will be teaching you how to control and not fear your new powers. You can call me Outa. Come this way."570Please respect copyright.PENANA2MZENSTcOv
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He pulled me into a room with two chairs in it. The room looked like it could withstand an atomic bomb.570Please respect copyright.PENANA6qMPi6QF6D
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"Okay then," Outa said. "Let's start your training. Question 1: who was your escort? The animal that brought you here?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAHatx7XhqkR
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"Fie, the little white snake."570Please respect copyright.PENANAiQ7RQYSdma
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"Okay. And what did he say your power was?"570Please respect copyright.PENANAWFcHUZkoJD
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"Fire and water."570Please respect copyright.PENANAnes77cVzLT
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"That's impossible. Only a select few people have the ability to control two different forces. And only half of those can control two apposing forces. What's your real fear."570Please respect copyright.PENANAuAcExw9Vdv
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"What do you mean? Those are my only fears."570Please respect copyright.PENANAEd4bNpCLy9
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"Okay. If you insist on lying to me then I'll have to give you a test. Stay right here. I'll be back."570Please respect copyright.PENANAK67wuEqaTF
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He stood up and walked out of the room. I waited for about five minutes before he came back holding a small orb in his hands.570Please respect copyright.PENANAY8rPGji62W
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"Hold this," he said handing me the orb.570Please respect copyright.PENANAsUYqZeyp0G
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I grabbed on and it began to glow both the changing colors of fire and the colors of water at the same time. I quickly dropped the orb. I never wanted to be near fire or water again.570Please respect copyright.PENANAegmsggSRsX
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Outa quickly reached out and grabbed the orb an inch before it hit the ground.570Please respect copyright.PENANAtBiLte6Q0O
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"I believe you," he said in shock. "And I also believe your fear of water and fire is more severe than I thought."570Please respect copyright.PENANAXsc1G9Xmom
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Before I even realized it, I was huddled in the corner of the room.570Please respect copyright.PENANAiH5cjLMFmf
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"And this is going to be a lot of work. Come with me. If we're going to train you we're going to need some special help."570Please respect copyright.PENANArgG5bDrF2M
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He pulled me off the ground and we walked back into the main part of the building. He walked up to one of the people at the front desk and started talking to him.570Please respect copyright.PENANA8clSufFkC4
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"I need your help," he said immediately.570Please respect copyright.PENANA8YL9cXWH3l
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"With what?" The man asked.570Please respect copyright.PENANAlEoIEFuUpB
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"This girl here," Outa said putting his hand on my shoulder, "has a fear that I won't be able to cure without some help."570Please respect copyright.PENANAVH8jkIVBsd
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"Why would I care?" The man asked.570Please respect copyright.PENANAzVfu8V4LDf
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"Because she's special. She has two fears."570Please respect copyright.PENANA3IhsKYNjls
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That caught the mans attention.570Please respect copyright.PENANAN0ywOQXfFo
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"What fears?"570Please respect copyright.PENANADW5I8mZmsj
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"Fire and water," I said.570Please respect copyright.PENANAUSgVeGBIOZ
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"Fine."570Please respect copyright.PENANABSwRH9iE54
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We all walked into one of the rooms deeper into the building. It was bigger than the room we were in before. It had a couch instead of chairs.570Please respect copyright.PENANA9EcreTC8KB
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"This is Obi," Outa said.570Please respect copyright.PENANA1yJ2AwtcIz
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"Sit down," the Obi said.570Please respect copyright.PENANAJFS5v0Ovz8
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I sat on the couch and Obj walked behind me.570Please respect copyright.PENANAXuEJiDoDw5
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"What we're going to do is make you relive the experiences that traumatized you until you can conquer your fear," Outa said. "It may seem a bit forceful but it is the best way to let you conquer them. Hold your hands up for me."570Please respect copyright.PENANAAsaLVchut1
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I held my hands up and he pulled a large rock out of his pocket. He stared intensely at the rock and it began to change shape without it being pulled. I watched in amazement as the rock snaked itself around my wrists forming cuffs.570Please respect copyright.PENANAZs8GwuRuSh
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"Just to make sure you don't hurt anybody. Now we'll be watching to make sure nothing happens that may worsen your fear. Okay? Now close your eyes."570Please respect copyright.PENANAK2cEQs4iRF
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I closed my eyes and felt two fingers press against each of my temples.570Please respect copyright.PENANA6gLWCrSadB
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I jumped into the first floor of my house and searched everywhere. I noticed the two bowls sitting on the kitchen table. I ran upstairs and checked everywhere. Then I went into the bathroom and relived the rest of my nightmare. We went over it 13 times. Each time I screamed and felt the pain mark my shoulder in the shape of a hand.570Please respect copyright.PENANA70fOAiGP3B
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I had a realization. It wasn't the fires fault that Mom and Rin had died. It was the person who had set the fire they were the one to blame. They were the reason behind Mom and Rin's death. The fire was not to blame. I felt a certain peace fall over me. I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders.570Please respect copyright.PENANABDlfOzmw8L
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I opened my eyes and looked behind me to see both Obi and Out partly in tears. Another thing I noticed was that the couch was I fire around my hands. But I wasn't afraid. In fact, I liked it. It didn't burn it actually felt good. It was a warm comforting feeling.570Please respect copyright.PENANAPVElPMqaTY
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"I'm now going to teach you how to control your fire powers mostly because I don't want the building to catch on fire," Outa said. "Imagine the fire itself while keeping eye contact with it. Do you have an image of it in your head?" I nodded. "Good. Next I want you to imagine it lifting itself off the couch. It might be hard because it's your first time."570Please respect copyright.PENANAMGacK62kGT
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I imagined the fire lifting itself off the couch and that's exactly what it did.570Please respect copyright.PENANAuQpAus8bEi
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"You're better than I thought you'd be. Now imagine it getting bigger."570Please respect copyright.PENANAiHBfuNNnAN
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I did and the fire became huge.570Please respect copyright.PENANAzM31rEr9R0
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"Good. Now imagine it disappearing."570Please respect copyright.PENANAyEdxYat9B7
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I did an the fire was gone.570Please respect copyright.PENANAIWbhpOZM0y
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"That's amazing! I've never seen someone master their powers that quickly. Now you can pretty much do anything you want with fire. Even walk through it without being burned. Now close your eyes again. We'll be reliving your fear of water now. Is it as bad as your fear of fire is?"570Please respect copyright.PENANADw3O09jUT5
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I nodded and closed my eyes. I felt two fingers press against each of my temples and was suddenly underwater. I felt the pain of the fishes teeth biting down on my ankle. I saw Dad swim down and pry me out of the fishes mouth and get pulled down in my place. I relived this one over 20 times mostly because it was my fault. After a while I had the same realization as I did with the fire. Except this time it wasn't the water, it was the fish who was pulling me under. I felt the rest of the wait be life's off my shoulders and I felt a sense of freedom.570Please respect copyright.PENANAmIvfi3EWce
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I opened my eyes and saw Obi and Outa with the same half in tears look on their faces. I could feel water at my feet. I looked down and noticed that my feet were in a foot tall pool of water.570Please respect copyright.PENANAZUkIMFvnf2
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"Good," Outa said. "Thanks Obi. You can leave now."570Please respect copyright.PENANAje6A16yO8S
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He walked out of the room. Letting most of the water out with it. Outa removed the rock cuffs from my hands.570Please respect copyright.PENANA31gxx2CP4R
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"Water is a lot like fire. It's mostly in the air like some of the chemicals that make fire. You can pull water out air if you want to. Now imagine the same thing that you did with fire. Imagine all the water on the floor connecting into one place."570Please respect copyright.PENANARFnMLFHyDW
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There was a medium sized ball of water floating above my hands.570Please respect copyright.PENANAZSxnsLzUpf
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"Good, now imagine it dispersing itself into the air." I did and the ball of water was gone.570Please respect copyright.PENANAX6C96QoKmr
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"You should be able to breath under water now.Now I'm going to try to teach you how to use them both at once. I may not be good at this because I, like most people, only have one power. But I want you to try. Start by holding out both of your hands." I did. "Now imagine water appearing in one hand and fire appearing in the other." I did. A small ball of water appeared in my left hand a ball of fire appeared in my right. "Good. Now let's see if you can control them both at once. Try making the fire go in clockwise circles and the water go in counter clockwise circles." I did and that's exactly what the fire and water did. We spent the next hour making more intricate shapes and patterns with the water and fire.570Please respect copyright.PENANAIaBP8alTVe
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"Congratulations!" Outa yelled. "You have officially master your powers of fire and water. You are now free to roam the world of Dreamland!"570Please respect copyright.PENANACD63BR4mKg
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I walked out the door and started to walk to the nearby mountains. I looked back once but kept walking. I was going to do exactly what Mom wanted me to do.570Please respect copyright.PENANAlprOKktWca
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I raised my fist into the air. "I'm going to live!" I announced for everybody who felt like listening to here. 570Please respect copyright.PENANAuH32A5l1eb