Last chapter of 'Academy of Powers'. Next in the series, Creation's Evolution. Look forward!
"Arian. I am so sorry." She said, almost slapping my back, it was so hard.
"Nothing to be sorry about." I whispered, staring at the wall. Mom? Her? My mother? My mother?
Saurus grinned. "The past is behind, the present is now, and the future will be to come. Arian, chill. For the sake of Pete, don't sweat it. Quote on my quote, the past is behind. Key word: behind. Past-behind. Yep, that's all there is to it." He straightened his black leather vest.
I started to snicker. So did Electra.
Saurus snorted curiously. "What? Is Liya saying Yoda-talk again?"
"Your bow tie," I was stifling a laugh. "It's......... poopish."
"What do you mean, poopish?"
"It's like, splattered with something brown."
Saurus looked down at his tie.
He sniffed it.
"Cat poo. No thanks." He took off the tie and threw it at the wall.
Sir roared from behind us. "HAVE WE ALREADY FORGOTTEN ABOUT ME???"
I had completely forgot he was here.
"I wish I could." Muttered Electra.
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Later at night, I was in the Resurrection room. To my left I heard heavy metal music that the lyrics seemed to say, "SUPER DEATH!!! CANNIBALS!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!"
I went out of the room and knocked on the death door. Sephtis came up. His black mamba was still curled around his neck. His PJ's were covered in cracked skulls.
"What's that music? It's really disturbing. Turn it off, or at least turn it down."
"Why did you really knock? I can sense you're lying."
"What? Lying?"
He let out an exasperated sigh.
"Lying, dur! Did you not get any education here? Oh, newbies start school tomorrow. Seen your schedule?"
"Okay, fine. I came because I wanted to see how your powers worked."
"How my powers--!," He looked at my feet. "Hey, wait. You aren't wearing shoes."
"I hardly see what this has to do with the subject."
"It has nothing to do with the subject, you rat. It's just........... at night, the floors reach -45 Celsius. How are you not freezing to death?"
"My feet are actually pretty warm. Tell me! Powers."
"Sheesh, fine. Come in here. Mad Hatter doesn't like it when we discuss powers."
"Mad Hatte--"
He had already went in.
I cautiously walked in after him.
Eve was in the death room, sitting on a solid gold chair. The table she was at was pure obsidian. She was sipping some herb-smelling white tea.
"Eve? Why are you here?"
"Me? Oh, Sir wants all the max-powers to meet together in here." She said disgustedly.
"Hey! It's not that gross."
"Yes, Sephtis. This place is not gross. You are gross." She placed her tea down.
"Um, so your powers? Both of you."
Eve sighed. "Mine? In times of extreme sadness, anger, or guilt, I can heal anything. If someone has been stabbed in the heart, but are still alive, I can heal them completely. But even though I am life, I can not resurrect. I must take my leave."
Sephtis stopped her. "Adara, sit!"
Eve raised her eyebrows. "You called me Adara. That's my last name. Call me Eve or Aspen, but not Adara." But she sat.
Sephtis thought. "Hmm. My powers. Um, I guess just...... I'm pretty much the opposite of Eve, but slightly more powerful." Eve shot him 'the look'. "Uh, just as powerful. So I can pretty much mortally wound things. Scar them for life. Like, you can die, but it's unlikely. You'd be about one percent away from death. And, unlike Eve, I only do this in times of extreme anger."
Eve stood up.
"Eve--"
She left.
I left.
I lay in my blue sheets, thinking about what Sephtis told me. But weirdly, my mind kept snapping back to 18 cabins to 17 powers. Sir had kept all the first years in his dorm. Not in that eighteenth cabin. And firsts only come every five years. He can't possibly have a cabin bigger than resurrection just for first years. It was ridiculous. So that means there's another power. But what was it?
I thought. For some reason, I had always thought the most powerful power to have would have been life. I know I'm wrong. The powers of a god.... what did God do? What did all gods in every religion to? The first thing they ever did?
Create.
The 18th power. The godly power.
Creation.
Saurus grinned. "The past is behind, the present is now, and the future will be to come. Arian, chill. For the sake of Pete, don't sweat it. Quote on my quote, the past is behind. Key word: behind. Past-behind. Yep, that's all there is to it." He straightened his black leather vest.
I started to snicker. So did Electra.
Saurus snorted curiously. "What? Is Liya saying Yoda-talk again?"
"Your bow tie," I was stifling a laugh. "It's......... poopish."
"What do you mean, poopish?"
"It's like, splattered with something brown."
Saurus looked down at his tie.
He sniffed it.
"Cat poo. No thanks." He took off the tie and threw it at the wall.
Sir roared from behind us. "HAVE WE ALREADY FORGOTTEN ABOUT ME???"
I had completely forgot he was here.
"I wish I could." Muttered Electra.
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Later at night, I was in the Resurrection room. To my left I heard heavy metal music that the lyrics seemed to say, "SUPER DEATH!!! CANNIBALS!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!"
I went out of the room and knocked on the death door. Sephtis came up. His black mamba was still curled around his neck. His PJ's were covered in cracked skulls.
"What's that music? It's really disturbing. Turn it off, or at least turn it down."
"Why did you really knock? I can sense you're lying."
"What? Lying?"
He let out an exasperated sigh.
"Lying, dur! Did you not get any education here? Oh, newbies start school tomorrow. Seen your schedule?"
"Okay, fine. I came because I wanted to see how your powers worked."
"How my powers--!," He looked at my feet. "Hey, wait. You aren't wearing shoes."
"I hardly see what this has to do with the subject."
"It has nothing to do with the subject, you rat. It's just........... at night, the floors reach -45 Celsius. How are you not freezing to death?"
"My feet are actually pretty warm. Tell me! Powers."
"Sheesh, fine. Come in here. Mad Hatter doesn't like it when we discuss powers."
"Mad Hatte--"
He had already went in.
I cautiously walked in after him.
Eve was in the death room, sitting on a solid gold chair. The table she was at was pure obsidian. She was sipping some herb-smelling white tea.
"Eve? Why are you here?"
"Me? Oh, Sir wants all the max-powers to meet together in here." She said disgustedly.
"Hey! It's not that gross."
"Yes, Sephtis. This place is not gross. You are gross." She placed her tea down.
"Um, so your powers? Both of you."
Eve sighed. "Mine? In times of extreme sadness, anger, or guilt, I can heal anything. If someone has been stabbed in the heart, but are still alive, I can heal them completely. But even though I am life, I can not resurrect. I must take my leave."
Sephtis stopped her. "Adara, sit!"
Eve raised her eyebrows. "You called me Adara. That's my last name. Call me Eve or Aspen, but not Adara." But she sat.
Sephtis thought. "Hmm. My powers. Um, I guess just...... I'm pretty much the opposite of Eve, but slightly more powerful." Eve shot him 'the look'. "Uh, just as powerful. So I can pretty much mortally wound things. Scar them for life. Like, you can die, but it's unlikely. You'd be about one percent away from death. And, unlike Eve, I only do this in times of extreme anger."
Eve stood up.
"Eve--"
She left.
I left.
I lay in my blue sheets, thinking about what Sephtis told me. But weirdly, my mind kept snapping back to 18 cabins to 17 powers. Sir had kept all the first years in his dorm. Not in that eighteenth cabin. And firsts only come every five years. He can't possibly have a cabin bigger than resurrection just for first years. It was ridiculous. So that means there's another power. But what was it?
I thought. For some reason, I had always thought the most powerful power to have would have been life. I know I'm wrong. The powers of a god.... what did God do? What did all gods in every religion to? The first thing they ever did?
Create.
The 18th power. The godly power.
Creation.
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