Stacey was standing outside. She sky was dark, you could tell it was going to storm soon. You could feel the stillness in the air like a blanket. Lightning shot through the sky silently. She smiled. She lifted her arms up, palms facing the sky, and slowly turned her hands to face each other. Small bolts of lightning shot between her palms. She rolled her hands together, making the lightning form a ball. She threw it in the air and waited or it to come back down. She turned around, looking up, following the little ball of lightning, and she bumped into someone.
Leah caught the orb of lightning and pressed her palms together. "You know, it's dangerous, playing with lightning. Almost worse than playing with fire. But it's so much more accurate." She said, holding her palm out, and sooting lightning at a tree. It left a small spot, right where Leah had intended for it to go.
Stacey smiled at Leah. "Yea, I know. But fire doesn`t burn me." Stacey explained. She snapped her fingers and a large flame appeared. She held it under her arm and the flame licked around her skin, touching her, but not burning her. "See?"
"Cool." Leah said. "I'm not too good with elements, but I'm best at lightning." She held her palms out, facing each other, and lightning crackled between them.
Stacey smiled and made a a sheet of lightning zip around her, making her hair full of static. "I`m pretty good at all elements related to fire. Then I`m okay at the other elements. Not so hot on air though."
"I'm trying hard to work on air, but it's so hard! But I'm concentrating mostly on lightning still." Leah said. "I can only do a few things, but I just learned how to shoot it long distances. What can you do?"
Stacey smile became mischevious. Lightning shot all around the twwo girls, filling the air with electricity. Stacey`s hair flew wildly around her face. She raised an eyebrow, the only movement suggestion that she made made the lightning.
"Cool." Leah said, looking around her. "I wonder..." She reached out and touched the wall of lightning. She flew back and slammed against the other side of the spinning wall.
The lightning disappeared and Stacey was at Leah`s side in a second. "Are you alright?" She asked, not doubting for one second that she was perfectly fine.
Leah just chuckled. She couldn't stop herself. She rolled over and vomited, quite severely. She was laughing the whole time. Then she wiped her mouth and said, "That tickled!"
Stacey rolled her eyes. "You amaze me. You it there, puking up your lungs, laughing." She complainded.
"Oh I hardly puked up my lungs... once I actually almost did!" Leah said, continuing to laugh. She knew that could've killed an average human, and she got off easy.
Stacey rolled her eyes. "It`s a fihure of speech, Leah." She explained. Her eyes flickered purple.
'Normally, but not that night!" Leah said. She shivered with a chuckle and smiled. She winked at Stacey and then held her palm out. Lightning shot out, and went racing for a tree. It darted to the side, missing it by millimeters. Then Leah concentrated really hard and squinted, making the lightning bend. It darted back, and retreated into Leah's palm. "The boomerang effect"
Stacey nodded. "What do you use that for?" She asked curiously. She only just recently was able to use lightning and didn`t know much about it. Her arm flew into the air and a small lightning bolt shot down from the sky and into her palm. Stacey wrapped her fingers around it, not bothered by the heat or energy it was giving off. "The calling effect." She said happily.
"I don't really use it all that much... but I like that... How do you do it?" Leah asked, tilting her head slightly, putting her palm out like Stacey had.
Stacey shrugged. "I`m not quite sure." She said distantly as she twisted the lightning bolt still in her hand.
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"Hmm..." Leah said, trying to pull the lightning from the sky. She wasn't having much success though.
Stacey watched Leah. "Try using your mind to call it to your hand." She suggested thoughtfully.
Leah nodded and reached out with her mind. Her eyes were closed, and she concentrated really hard. ~Lightning? Can you come into my hand please?~ She thought. She opened one eye and saw that nothing had happened. ~Lightning... I have a present for you! Come and get it!~ She opened one eye. Still nothing. ~LIGHTNING! GET DOWN HERE NOW!!!!!!!~ Nothing. Leah sighed. Nothing was working.
Staey tilted her head as she watched Leah. She smiled as Leah tried to yell at the lightning. "Um, how about trying to picture the lightning in your hand." She said. "In a nice way." She added. She didn`t think lightning had feeling, but you never know....
"Good idea..." Leah said. She closed her eyes and pictured what Stacey had done, but instead of Stacey it was her. Suddenly lightning came down to her hand, but immediatley shot back up to the sky.
Stacey smiled. "Try again." She said. The lightning was becoming restless in her hand and she let it go quickly. I flew back into the dark clouds.
Leah tried it again, this time with her eyes open. The lightning shot down from the sky, and she tried to grab at it. She was a little too late however, so it flew back up to the sky.
Stacey`s smile got bigger. "Don`t be afraid of it, act like it`s master." She sugested. She looked up into the dark clouds, her eyes bright orange.
Leah glared up at the heavens and lightning shot down into her hand. She grabbed it and smiled. She danced around and then tried to look at it. It slipped through her fingers and flew back to the sky.
Stacey clapped. "Wonderful!" She exclaimed. "See what else you can do!" Stacey twirled around and lightning formed around her, moving with her and never touching her skin.
Leah smiled, then her face hardened. The lightning flew into her hand and she caught it. She opened her hand and the lightning flew out, but she commanded it back down before it could reach the clouds.
She was breaking a sweat.
The lightning crackled between her fingers. Every so often some would escape, but she got it back almost every time.
Stacey watched Leah. "That looks really cool from back here." She said, backing up a dozen paces.
Leah looked over at her, her concentration breaking. The lightning flew back to the clouds. She took a deep breath to cool herself down.