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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi1pLzMzFL
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I floated down one of the chimneys on top of the building. There were instructions echoing inside.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPOwCZEsdw
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"Please remain seated until you come to a complete stop," the animatronic voice echoed.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hDBX9rV6T
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu5FROA6T8
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The bubble came to a stop and popped. I almost fell but was caught by one of the people nearby.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pp1W34vsx
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"So, you the newest member of Dreamland?" He asked.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5mypT8xmV
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"Yeah," I said. "I'm Ai."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeu83aPh12
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgx0yfBJepS
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2Zl4dn3Rq
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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?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa1sp5a1L1
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"Fie, the little white snake."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdi0GGUIbe7
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"Okay. And what did he say your power was?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVNndQRSjl
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"Fire and water."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJJcHLktGC
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTGzCIgy1s
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"What do you mean? Those are my only fears."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb7uPQtfUf
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiZ86rER07
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmAhED9UzY
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"Hold this," he said handing me the orb.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlCqlcOwny
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfbhrhRj6T
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Outa quickly reached out and grabbed the orb an inch before it hit the ground.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC0qfdWu2m
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLpmMK2Gja
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Before I even realized it, I was huddled in the corner of the room.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWRo2vk0c2
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LQWj3J8RM
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mAtRLRzGh
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"I need your help," he said immediately.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflDVfu3GvS
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"With what?" The man asked.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix3tU5MCN9
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzQpD7E9pd
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"Why would I care?" The man asked.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9z34oPY7Jq
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"Because she's special. She has two fears."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9ASF62993
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That caught the mans attention.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8zCMgWagS
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"What fears?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaJuPmmLcp
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"Fire and water," I said.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwl4NOZfFm
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"Fine."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOC2QjPagag
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZGHKjr3FG
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"This is Obi," Outa said.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCyhnEyhDz
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"Sit down," the Obi said.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSq5iGx9NF
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I sat on the couch and Obj walked behind me.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ErHvj9Mqk
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsFChd9W09
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6kFw3LBBB
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlPEXn7rDj
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I closed my eyes and felt two fingers press against each of my temples.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYHmGMGAmo
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQzgZyGtzN
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VAXrPzsRs
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXLewji63m
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gsrxCOooa
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I imagined the fire lifting itself off the couch and that's exactly what it did.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q4ssmVs6G
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"You're better than I thought you'd be. Now imagine it getting bigger."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUY0SKNqU4
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I did and the fire became huge.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w1VzMFlEb
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"Good. Now imagine it disappearing."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt7vQ0c2tT
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I did an the fire was gone.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vgbIWRNUi
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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?"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9O6jUMburp
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcWro8dFoP
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuaYaahXAW
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"Good," Outa said. "Thanks Obi. You can leave now."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihMLZLMOqh
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELOYF8H842
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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."631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwiTcCpT7C
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There was a medium sized ball of water floating above my hands.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVe5D9pwUh
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"Good, now imagine it dispersing itself into the air." I did and the ball of water was gone.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vs3AKpOlc
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7EmoNxruy
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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!"631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlBdXA3wll
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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.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjszsrsZr3
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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. 631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbKyGxhtur
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