Chapter 14

Stabilize

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's, Energy Magic and my Ideas

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Frea jumped down from the branch and landed neatly in front of Chase, who had stepped back a little to give her room to land. They both glanced to the side where purple and black magic started to swirl beside them, and Jynx appeared. Chase's eyes widened at the sudden appearance and he glanced back in forth between Frea and the ghost.

"Whose that?" He asked.

"This is Jynx." Frea explained. "She's part of Fairy Tail, and she's a ghost." She told him and Chase looked surprised for a moment, before tilting his head slightly.

"Why is she here?" He asked and Frea sweatdropped a little, while Jynx smiled. The kid didn't even seem fazed by the fact that she had just told him Jynx was a ghost...

"I was watching your training." Jynx explained before she could. "It is very interesting, I hope you don't mind." Chase simply stared at the ghost for a minute, before shrugging and smiling.

"Doesn't matter to me, its good to have somebody else up here." He smiled. "Teach doesn't exactly make good conversation." He snickered and Frea bopped him on the head, vein ticked on her forehead.

"Better watch what you say kid." She growled and he smiled in return. Jynx chuckled a little, and Frea sighed silently. "Whatever... Ready for the next part kid?" She asked and Chase nodded, eyes hard with determination.

"Sure I am." He replied and Frea smiled a little.

"Alright, but it's going to be a lot harder." She told him and began walking. "Come on you two." She called over her shoulder as she lead the way down the mountain, back to the clearing with the two stones. She didn't have to say anything as Chase took a seat on the smaller rock and Frea sat down on the larger, with Jynx sitting next to her.

"Next part, you need to stabilize your Energy in your hands." Frea explained. Her silver Energy Magic appeared in her hands and he glanced at it, "Like this. You can feel the worlds Energy around you now, the next part is to feel your own Energy, and bring it to the surface." She flicked her hands and her Magic disappeared. "Trying to bring your Energy out is hard, and trying to stabilize your Magic will be even harder." She warned and he nodded.

They fell silent as Chase closed his eyes and rested his open hands in his lap. Frea watched carefully, always watching to see if he was making any progress. Trying to push your Energy to the surface was hard, really hard. To be able to manipulate your Magic like that, required a lot of skill, strength, and patience. In her case, it had taken her a year to feel any Energy in the world around her, and another half a year to control her Magic enough to bring it into her hands.

She often blamed the extremely large amount of time she had to take to learn her magic, on one thing. But even then, she still learned it, and she wasn't half bad if she did say so herself.

As the sun started to set, Chase was still sitting there. His muscles had tensed up long ago and sweat was starting to drip down his face. Frea could feel his Energy wavering in and out, though it never actually showed itself to them. When the moon started to rise into the sky, she let out a silent sigh and got to her feet.

"Alright kid, that's enough for today. No use wearing yourself out." She murmured and Chase relaxed, opening his deep blue eyes and glancing up at her.

"OK..." He murmured and got to his feet slowly. Jynx gave them both a small smile, and nodded once, before fading away into a black and purple haze. Frea lead the way silently back to the shelter and the lake, with Chase following behind her slowly. "Hey Teach?"

"Hmm?"

"How long did it take you to learn Energy Magic?" He asked and she glanced over her shoulder.

"A long time." She murmured and he nodded.

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As the next month rolled by, then the next, still nothing. Chase hasn't been able to push his Magic to the surface and keep it stable, and she was starting to become a little worried. Frea was becoming worried that he might not be able to do it, but the simple fact that she had seen his Energy Magic, even if for only a few moments, back in the fight when he first arrived in Fairy Tail, kept pushing her to believe he could do it, eventually...

Jynx had been coming by everyday since the first day, and they had both gotten to know her a bit more. She acted calm and collected most of the time, but she still was a kid in some ways. Especially when Jynx would laugh at the most childish things. They didn't get into her past too much, though they were both fairly curious. The only things they had figured out were, Jynx joined the Guild around the same time Makarov first joined, and if her appearance didn't tell you otherwise, she had died rather young. They didn't know how though, but they were reluctant to ask. Something that was a little odd about the ghost, was the fact that she had never once called Frea by her name, or Chase by his name.

Being the only three on the Mountain, it wasn't hard to keep track of who you were talking about, but Frea had overheard Chase and Jynx talking once. She was surprised when Jynx called her 'Energy Dragon' instead of using her name.

Everyday Chase had gone to the rock clearing and sat there for hours trying to do as she had asked. Frea had on occasion told him to forget about the Magic, and made him run or climb, or even brawl with her a few days every week. That way he stayed in shape, and it was a sort of stress reliever to let him come at her and let off some steam.

Today was no different, Chase was sitting on the rock, eyes closed and hands in his lap. Frea was sitting quietly in her own place with her eyes closed. She was focused on his Energy, it was wavering up and down, one minute surprisingly strong, then the next almost undetectable. She really hoped he would get it, despite never showing him, she was rather fond of the young man, and she really believed in him. Sure she might give him a hard time a lot, but he was enjoyable to be around, to the point where she wanted nothing more than for him to succeed.

She blinked her eyes open when she felt his Energy stop wavering in and out so much, and saw light blue light appear in his hands. It was faint, and rather unstable but it was there...

The Magic faltered until it disappeared, and Chase opened his eyes, panting. He glanced up at Frea with a smile and she smiled back.

"Good, now you have to stabilize it." She told him and he nodded.

She was impressed, really impressed... It took him two months to just bring his Magic to the surface, that was amazing... She had never believed he would get it so fast. She glanced over to see Jynx smiling too, she had been faintly aware of the ghost appearing next to her while she had been concentrating on Chase's Energy.

Hopefully it wont take Chase as long as it took me, to actually stabilize his Magic...

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That hope was slowly fading away. Now that another month had passed them by, and Chase still hasn't been able to stabilize his Magic. While his other less stressful training off running, climbing, and brawling never stopped. His actual Magic training was stalling.

Frea walked through the trees with her hands crossed behind her back and Jynx walked along beside her. The sun was setting behind them as they walked down the mountain, toward the rock clearing. Frea had started leaving Chase by himself as he tried to stabilize his magic, she didn't have any advice to give him, only hard work and concentration would help him now. But she was a little worried, Chase hadn't come back to the stone shelter for the past two days, though she knew where he was. He had been sitting on that rock, always trying, never quitting.

She was headed there now to see how he was doing, and hopefully convince him to take a break.

"How's the Guild been doing?" Frea asked and Jynx glanced over with a semi-surprised look. "Come on, you don't spend all your time up here with us. I know you've been checking in on Fairy Tail, so tell me if anything interesting had happened." Frea told her and Jynx smiled.

"Everyone is fine. There hasn't been anything extremely interesting had happened per say... other than the non-stop brawling in the Guild Hall, and the ever arriving Damage Reports coming in from the Magic Council." Jynx replied, and her tone became lighter with the last sentence. Frea couldn't help but smile too, she could just imagine everyone fighting, and Makarov's desk being piled high with complaints and Damage Checks.

"Sounds just like them..." Frea murmured. Jynx nodded in agreement and stopped suddenly.

"I am afraid I have some things to take care of. Goodbye!" Jynx smiled as she disappeared. Frea started walking again and slowed to a stop when the clearing came into sight. She stopped and leaned up against a tree with her shoulder, hidden partially by the trees shadow. Chase was sitting on the smaller rock, body tense and eyes scrunched closed, sweat dripping down his face.

Her eyes immediately trained on to the light blue Magic in his hands. It was wavering and flickering, still unstable. But as the minutes passed, the magic began to move slowly, until it stopped moving all together. Constant, controlled... stable.

Her eyes widened in surprise, he did it... and in less time that I ever thought imaginable...

Chase's deep blue eyes opened as he stared down at his Magic with a smile, breathing heavily. The Magic faded away as Chase swayed and his eyes closed, he began to fall off the rock. Frea was there in an instant, stopping the young man from falling and holding him on her back. He was exhausted, and she couldn't blame him.

But he did it, Chase stabilized his Magic.

She smiled, before heading away back to the stone shelter with Chase on her back.