Amaya's Storm (Book One)

Fox had his arm draped over my shoulder as we walked back into the village. Georgie ran up to us as we came into the village center, “This place is so cool. Did you know they have a,” he paused with a thoughtful look on his face, “I don’t remember what it’s called, but it’s where water goes over a thing. Berto took me. It’s so pretty.”

“A waterfall?” I asked, making him nod his head enthusiastically. Fox chuckled, “Yeah! I think I’ve seen it before. Maybe the first time I came here?”

“I wouldn’t mind seeing this waterfall,” Fox said.

I smiled, “I don’t think I remember the way-”

“I do! I can take you!” Georgie all but shouted, jumping up and down excitedly.

Fox and I laughed, “Lead the way Little Dragon.”

He skipped ahead, not waiting on us to make sure we were following. As we walked to the waterfall, Georgie talked the entire way, only stopping a few times to look around and make sure he’s going the right way. Soon I heard the waterfall, “Do you guys hear it?” Georgie asked excitedly.

“We hear it, Little Dragon,” I said with a chuckle.

Finally the jungle let out to a beautiful waterfall. “Wow,” Fox said quietly.

“Have you used your abilities before, Georgie?” I asked him, looking down at him.

He shook his head, “Joseph didn’t let us.””

Fox and I shared a look, “Do you know what your dragon allows you to do?” He shook his head again, “Do you talk to your dragon?” He nodded his head enthusiastically, “ask him what you can do. He should know.”

Georgie closed his eyes tight, trying to concentrate. After about a minute he opened his eyes, but instead of his hazel eyes, he looked at me with bright cat eyes, “My queen,” his dragon said, with a slight bow of his head, “I’m Halwell. We have all the abilities that a storm dragon is gifted with by the goddess.”

I squatted down and brought our foreheads together, allowing our dragons to meet, “It’s so nice to meet you Halwell. Would you like to try out your abilities?” I pulled back and Niamh grumbled over the loss. Halwell nodded, “Okay, give Georgie control back and we’ll work on it.”

“Yes my Queen,” he responded before giving Georgie control back. I watched as his eyes returned to normal as Halwell fell back and allowed Georgie to take back control.

He swayed slightly as he did, “Georgie are you okay?”

He looked up at me, “Yeah. Halwell doesn’t usually take over like that.”

“Are you still up for a little bit of practice?” He nodded quickly, causing Fox and I to chuckle, “Okay Little Dragon, but if it becomes too much for you tell me. It takes a while to build up the strength it takes to use your abilities for a long time. Promise me you’ll tell me if you start to feel tired.”

“I will. I promise,” he said with a serious look on his face.

I sat down with my legs crossed in front of me, “We’re just going to work on water today. Sit down here and close your eyes,” I said, patting the spot next to me, and he quickly did as instructed. “Feel the water that’s in front of you,” he started to lean forward to stick his hand in the water, causing me to chuckle. “No Little Dragon,” I gently poked him in the chest. “Feel it right here. Sense the water around you, then allow your magic to flow out of you freely.” I watched as his forehead crinkled, trying to do as I had instructed. Finally I saw the water start to move a little, “good. Now visualize in your head what you want the water to do. Try to make a small ball with it.”

I watched as a small ball of water separated from the pool of water. He opened his eyes, “I’m doing it!” As soon as he exclaimed, the small ball of water dropped back into the pool, causing his face to fall.

I rubbed his back, “It’s okay Georgie. It took me a long time to learn how to use my abilities, and I’m still training with my new abilities.”

-Fox’s POV-

I watched Amaya training Georgie and was so impressed. She was a deadly assassin, yet she had so much patience with him. I sat down next to her and grabbed her other hand, giving it a squeeze. She looked over at me when I did, and I gave her a smile and kiss on her forehead. She gave me a smile, before turning back to Georgie, “Close your eyes again,” he did as he was told, “Okay now do the same thing. Visualize what you want the water to do.” Again a small ball of water was pulled out of the pool. “Good, now before you open your eyes, keep the visual of what you want to happen in your head. Don’t lose that visual as you open your eyes.”

Slowly Georgie opened his eyes, “I’m doing it and it’s actually staying!” He said gleefully.

“Great job. Now visualize it moving,” she said, and his brow furrowed a little under the strain. It took a few seconds before the small ball started moving, and his face lit up with happiness when it did.

It was moving for just a few seconds before it fell back into the pool. “Why does that keep happening?” He asked in a frustrated voice.

“Your abilities aren’t fully developed and it takes a lot of training before you will be able to fully control your abilities. It’s just going to take patience.” She said, rubbing his back gently, “How do you feel?”

“I feel okay. Just a little tired,” he said.

“You’re doing great Georgie,” I said to him, causing him to look at me with a smile.

“Thanks Fox,” he said with a small smile on his face.

-Amaya’s POV-

Fox had silently been watching the entire time, until Georgie started to get a little discouraged by his inability to hold onto the water. I squeezed his hand in a silent thank you. “It’s time for a break, Little Dragon.” Georgie started to object, but I stopped him, “We can keep training when we get home, but I don’t want you to overdo it today.”

“Okay,” he pouted.

“Amaya? Where are you? I just landed. Meet me in the center of the village, please,” Daniel linked me.

“We’re at the waterfall. We’ll make our way to you,” I linked back. “Come on. Daniel’s here,” I said to Georgie and Fox.

We stood up and Fox picked Georgie up and put him on his shoulders. “Why do you call your dad by his first name?” Georgie asked, looking down at me.

“I wasn’t raised by him, so usually I call him Daniel unless I want to call him Dad.”