Aftermath

She was totally speechless and stunned.

There was a burning sensation in her stomach which was totally foreign to her. Without hearing his reply to any of her pleadings, she left there. There was still an itchy feeling.

At first she thought, it may be because Rithi is one of her friends and she may be feeling protective. But no, it was not that. She felt envious of her for some reason. As she walked towards the crowd that was celebrating the festival, the only thing inside her head was Blaze and Rithi. The way they stood opposite to each other was irritating.

The next day when she was drawing a scenery, Rithi walked towards her and spoke

" Your paintings are getting better day by day. One can easily spot the realism in it. "

" I still have a long way to go." Aura corrected her.

" You are seriously one hard nut to crack." Rithi sulked.

They talked for a bit and Rithi left. She didn't tell about her confession though. Aura had no idea of how to react if she told her.

The next few days Aura deliberately avoided meeting him. The main places where they may end up seeing each other were in archery lessons, integrated classes and Elite classes.

She could easily avoid him in the first two places but the third, she can't.

Elite classes were made for the three of the elemental power holders. The Elite class is mainly intended to teach them to control their powers. They are under supervision of a retired soldier who had a reputed history in many battles between the different realms.

They only started attending such classes one year back, that is when they were 14 years old. It had always been a disaster for Aura and Blaze while Irene would just chill. Even their teacher had no idea about how to control their powers, but he was pretty strict with them.

It was during the elite class that the two of them talked to each other. Though they were only casual questions like.

" Can you dress in a lighter colour for the next class? It impairs my eyesight."

Blaze once commented about her dark emerald green dress that perfectly matched her eyes.

" I don't think about dressing in sky blue like you do "

" Light green would do"

" Not even in your dreams!"

Aura always dresses in dark colours. She was very fond of them.

Even though they don't get along well, they don't initiate much fights between each other. It's just that when they talk, they argue.

The next elite class, Blaze was late. Aura and Irene were practising together.

Irene took control of a bunch of rocks and maintained them in positions they wished. She had good control over her power, the earth. Aura wished she could do it like her.

Aura was the top of every class she attended except where it matters, the Elite class. She swirled her hand and a gentle breeze passed in its direction. By far that was the only thing she could do.

Their teacher used to tell them they have to be equipped with their powers before 20 years as teenage is the ideal age for learning power control. Beyond 20, it will be difficult to learn control of their already bewildered powers unless they are really talented.

Blaze came to the field of practice and started by conjuring a small concise fire out of nowhere. He also sucked in his control of powers. But unlike Aura, his simple abilities could attract tons of girls.

After about an hour they were on break.

Irene asked " How was the combat-wrestling match today ?" Irene was pretty smooth in initiating conversations and it helped them a lot in getting friends but for the first time, Aura was cursing Irene for initiating a conversation with Blaze whom she was trying her best to avoid.

" Pretty good! I won the match. How is the minister doing? I heard he was sick." He sounded a bit proud and looked at Aura.

" He's fine now." Irene said glancing at Aura to speak further.

Aura remained silent.

Irene stamped on her foot and she let out a painful whisper " Ouch "

" I have heard you are getting proposals from a lot of girls now. Are you planning on settling with one of them and bunking classes? Are you no longer interested in mastering the fire?"

Irene looked at her in disbelief. Out of all the questions she could have asked, she chose this.

Aura

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***