The next morning I actually wake up five minutes before me and Purna planned.

Wow. That's a first. I slip out of bed and start getting ready. Five minutes later I wake up Purna. Fifteen minutes later we're ready to go. Well, except for breakfast. We wait patiently (sort of) for the woman to bring us food. We are happy to find that when she does arrive, she comes bearing waffles.

"Waffles!" Purna gasps as we open the door to find the nice lady. She smiles and hands Purna the plate, who takes it eagerly.

"Thanks." I say to the woman, closing the door behind her. We eat and get downstairs.

7:58. Perfect.

I look around and see that just about everyone is down here and Fulgur is standing by the door, watching everybody with a smile. Purna starts walking over to him and I scramble after her.

"Hey Fulgur!" Purna greets the short man happily.

He beams at her, "Hey Purna, Blitz!"

I look around at all the people, "Are you going to teach all of us?"

Fulgur shakes his head, "Oh no! No way I could! I'm just teaching the same kids that went on tour with me."

I sigh in relief as the boys from yesterday arrive. For the first time I get a good look at them. One of the boys has long blonde hair and a big blue eyes, the other one has short black hair and a mole on his nose while the last one has brown hair and freckles.

The girl from yesterday arrives and I look over her too. She is short with pointy ears and a grumpy gaze. For some weird reason she reminds me of an elf.

"Are we all here?" Fulgur asks as Elf Girl comes to stand to the left of Blonde Boy.

We all nod and he leads us back into the same hover-car as yesterday. Freckles climbs in first, the Blonde Boy, then Purna, and then me, then Mole, then Elf Girl. The minute we're all in, the car moves forward smoothly. We don't speak until we reach the Training Dome.

"Alright! Lets go!" Fulgur says, opening the door and sliding out. We follow him as he walks right up to the tall men standing on either side of the doors.

"Hello, good fellows! We're here to get some training!" Fulgur says up to them. They glance at each other and nod before pressing a button. Someone behind me gasps as the doors open up automatically and the field comes into view. It is, quite simply, a giant field. As we file inside, I notice white lines in the grass.

"What's this?" I call up to Fulgur curiously, pointing at the line. He appears at my side. "Oh! That's the borderlines. Each training group has a different area that they stay in to train so they do not disturb the others. We will be training beside Tegese's group."

He turns and continues to walk to our area. I am about to follow when suddenly someone behind me pushes me to the ground. I fall hard and scratch my hands on the ground, letting out a shout of surprise.

"Look guys, a worm fascinated by dirt!" A voice sneers behind me.

Worm. The name the other elementalists have for earth elementalists.

To be fair, we call them eels, but never to their faces.

I turn to see a boy with spiky yellow hair, a lip ring, and bangles sneering at me, three boys with similar looks behind him, snickering. I stand up and brush the dirt off my pants.

"Where's your dirt? I thought you live in it!" The boy says, his arms folded, his lip curled.

His friends laugh again and one of them mutters loud enough for me to hear, "Good one Zhen."

I glare at the first boy, Zhen. "Goes to show how much you know." I mutter. I hate people like this. Thinking they're better than everyone else.

His eyes narrow and he loses his care-free manner, "What was that?" He snarls.

I smirk. "You heard me."

He looks like he's about to strangle me when I hear Purna call for me.

"Sorry, got to go!" I say over my shoulder as I turn and run away from them. As I get nearer to everyone else, I start to breath slower. Wow! Did I just do that?

I chuckle slightly. Wow.

Then I stop.

Wait, what have I done?! Now that boy and his friends will be out for me!

I moan slightly as I come over to Purna. She shoots me a curious look but turns her attention to Fulgur who tells us to get in a line.

"Okay, first I will explain what warping is." Fulgur says, starting to walk back and forth in front of us like a drill sergeant.

Someone sighs. We all know what warping is.

"Warping is when you bend your element. Billions of years ago, way back when Lightning, Fire, Ice, Water, Earth, Metal, and Wind were all still alive, they discovered the first Shinju's." Fulgur stops for a minute in front of Blonde Boy. "They each received their element, thus creating the seven elements. Fire, water, earth, lightning, ice, metal, and wind. The Original's figured out how to warp and conjure and have since then continued to pass on how."

Fulgur smiles at us, "And now I'm going to show you how to warp."

I am surprised. Who would have thought we would be doing fun stuff on the first day? I start to get excited and Fulgur looks at each one of us.

"You're probably thinking, how do I warp electricity if it's not here? Why would I warp it? For earth and wind, it's pretty easy because it's usually near you, but electricity isn't, right? Well, you're right. It isn't as available as earth and wind, so you have to make it, like the fire and ice elementalists."

He starts pacing along us again. "You don't know how to conjure yet, so I'll conjure for you. You will each practice warping mine and once you've all gotten good, we can buddy up and one of you can conjure while the other warps." He stops pacing again and now is in front of me. I start to fidget. I'm not good at standing still for long periods of time.

"Blitz!" He says suddenly. I jump.

"Yes, sir?" I ask kind of quietly.

"There will be no indoor voices out here. You will shout and I will shout." Fulfur barks.

"Yes sir." I say louder.

He nods. "You will go first. Just concentrate on what you want the electricity to do. Command it. It must obey you. Remember, it's okay to use your hands and body movement if it helps." He winks, "It also looks cooler." Fulgur puts his arms out in front of him, his hands up, and stares at his palms.

"Remember." He mutters, clearly concentrating. "Concentrate. Concentration is key."

I gasp slightly and hear the kids behind me do the same as a small ball of electricity appears inches above Fulgur's hands. For a minute I forget what I'm supposed to do as I stare at it, but Purna's voice from behind snaps me back.

"Come on Blitz." She says.

I glance back at her before turning my gaze back to the ball. What should I do with it?

I decide to make it move upwards. You know what they say--baby steps.

I put my hands out in front of my and stare at the sparking ball of electricity.

I can do this. I take a deep breath and concentrate. I imagine the ball moving up slightly so it's eye level. The sparking ball doesn't move. Fulgur is clearly concentrating still but manages to mutter an instruction to me, "Use your Shinju."

I look down at my yellow pearl and touch it lightly with my finger. A jolt of electricity goes through me and I look back at Fulgur's electric ball. As I concentrate I tap into my Shinju's power and gasp.

There is a seemingly endless amount or electricity buzzing in there. How can all that possibly fit into the tiny pearl?

I shake my head and return to the ball of electricity hovering over Fulgur's palms. I can feel the electricity tingle at my fingers and my hair gets staticky.

Move up! I think with all my might, pouring the Shinju's electricity in as well.

The ball of energy does as I command. Slowly it rises until it is level with Fulgur's eyes, which have widened. I grin, feeling my concentration slip as my heart lifts with pride. I snatch my concentration back and decide to make sure that wasn't just beginners luck.

Now, come toward's me. I command the ball. It obeys and moves over to me. Faster this time. I relish the tiny sparks jumping off the ball and onto my skin.

I decide to have a little fun. Change shape. Become....I grin. Fulgur.

The image of the man plasters itself into my mind in detail, the fact that he is standing in front of me making the task much easier.

I watch on in amazement, my concentration never wavering, as the ball of electricity becomes a tiny replica of Fulgur. Someone behind me laughs, but I think the others are to stunned to react. I am stunned too. I'm pretty sure this is unusual, especially for someone who has never even seen an electric elementalist warp before.

Now....go away! I shout with my mind, sweeping my arms across the air. The mini Fulgur dissolves and I am left panting. Warping really takes it out of you.

I turn around and see everyone watching me. I awkwardly play with my hair while everyone stares at me in silence, their mouths dropped.

"So...umm..." I give a nervous chuckle, "I guess it's Purna's turn!"

For the rest of the day we train. Fulgur doesn't ask me to try again and I don't volunteer, deciding I've had enough attention. By the time Fulgur tells us we can stop, Purna has managed to move the ball up an inch, the three boys have gotten it toward them, and Elf Girl has managed to get it up to Fulgur's eye and made it disappear like me.

None of them were able to make a mini Fulgur.

We get back to our rooms and the minute the door is closed, Purna starts questioning me.

"How did you do that? Did someone teach you?" She asks.

I sigh, shrugging, "I really don't know."

Purna looks me up and down as though making sure I'm not lying.

I was worried about this. What if Purna is jealous and hates me? Or thinks I'm a freak and doesn't want to be near me? I watch her nervously, waiting for her to start calling me names, but to my surprise her face breaks into a smile and she jumps on me in a bear hug.

"I'm so happy for you." She says in my ear, squeezing me before letting go.

I smile at her, "Thanks Purna."

The door rings and she goes to get dinner, coming back with spaghetti. We eat and get into bed, the day having tired us out.

"Thanks Purna." I yawn to her.

"What for?" She asks, also yawning.

"For not hating me." I whisper, falling asleep.

I think she might have turned to smile at me, but I am already asleep.
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I know, I know, another short chapter, but you know what?

I'M SORRY!!! I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SORRY!!!

I just finish the chapter, feel like I wrote a lot, go to read it over, and realize I actually didn't write as much as I thought I did, so I'm sorry, but I try!

XOXO
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