Nero Awakening

l like any moment I could lift off t

cles are swirling through the air around me. It circles me, racing around m

ough this is the first time I’ve known someone was witnessing me wield Ner

the side of the island, and I feel it stretching beyond my gr

s, watching

my chest harder. My arms feel

’t lose m

swirling Neron

harder. I push my Neron into the water. I r

at first. An

step f

Neron as

to let a drop

t sand. But no

s the water in

ay from me. I want to give a big

forehead. My hands are shaking.

way from me. I’m trembling f

t release

ink. Mov

l the water within ten feet of me explodes, rocketing up

lose m

er blown back at me by the wind and the ocean r

there,

id

d the

to. But more than

this. I

d Neron to

finding Zara watching me from

catching up,” she says with a delighted gleam in he

igger than

ubbles we’re making with a d

we’ve pulled from the ocean. Gently, they drift up into the

indeed bigger

t to her, looking up at her bubbles, which she holds onto for a while longer. “Just imagine how embarr

d her bubbles pop, the brilliant blue particles disappearing back into

appreciatively. “You’re an excellent Nero, Kily. D

ell she’s fighting to keep th

s old, and I’ve certainly surpassed her abilities in the four weeks I’ve been

e class. “I wouldn’t want you to be embarrassed.” She says it in a mischievo

th a laugh, trying not

otally her own person already,