Chapter 21 Playing With Fire! (1/2)
They just arrived in the woods.
Jessy drinks from the bottled water she's carrying. The wind was surprisingly chilly tonight, she pressed her jacket closer to her body.
”I will show you something...Jess,” said Adam.
He stops in the middle of the clearing, he gathered some dried woods and leaves and arranged them haphazardly on the spot where he was currently standing, as if making a bonfire. Then he went back to Jess' side.
”What is that for?” she motioned her head into the pile of woods and dried leaves in the center of the clearing.
”Am going to burn that dried leaves so that we can have a little bonfire here,” he said.
”Cool! How are you going to do that?” she asked curiously.
”Just watch...”
Adam fixated his eyes on the pile of woods and leaves and waved his hand on it. Soon enough, the fire started, it consumed the dried leaves quickly producing bright orange flames.
”Wow! Fantastic!” Jessy exclaimed.
She went closer to the burning bonfire and heated her hands above it, the heat and fire were real, it started to scorched her hands. She shoved her hands back to her jacket.
Then Adam held her hands and trace the visible lines in her palms. ”You want to hold fire in your palm, Jess?”
”Yes, why not. But no thanks I don't want to burn my hands,” she declined his offer.
”But what if I told you that the fire I'm going to make won't burn your hands?” he said.
Jessy frowned, but curiosity gets the better of her. ”Really? Is that possible?”
”Yes.” He fixated his eyes on her right palm, and soon enough a tiny fire started growing on Jess' palm.
”OMG! It's so cute!” the little fire glows...and grows into a size of a fist on her hand. ”Oh God, it's so beautiful!” she squealed. She did not feel any pain at all even though the fire kept burning on her palm.
Then Adam hold her left hand and created another small fire on it. Soon enough, Jessy already got two little fire burning in both her hands. She stared at the little fires with amazement.
”Adam, how come my hands were not burning? I don't feel any heat at all,” she managed to ask.
”Because it's just an illusion, my dear. The fire you are holding right now is not real, what is real is the little bonfire I made over there. That's the real one.” He motioned at the bonfire still burning brightly at the center of the clearing.
”Incredible!” she raved.
”Throw the fire away-Jess,” he commanded.
She throws the fire away from her hands and they floated in the air, after a few seconds, they landed back in her palms.
”Unbelievable!” was all she can say.
Adam smiled. ”It seemed your little fire friends like to stay with you, they came back running into your hands,” he commented.
”C-can I have them as my pet?” she said.
Adam let out a loud laugh, thoroughly amused. ”Silly girl. You can't make a pet out of a fire. Here, let me put them back to nothingness,” he waved his hand and both the fire in her hands died.
Jess felt dismayed. She pouted.
”Why are you pouting?”
”Because you had taken them away and I still want to play with them!” she complained.
Adam laughed again, he found her pouting so cute. ”Here-let me make you another one,” he created a small fire in her right palm.
Jessy smiled again. ”I so love it!' She finds the small fire so adorable.
He shook his head, amused by the silly attitude of his ladylove. They settled on one of the benches facing the little bonfire in the center of the clearing.
”So, aside from your ability to manipulate fire, what else you can do? Can you manipulate water, wind or sand?” she asked him.
”No. But my brother can manipulate wind, my father can manipulate water, my mother has power over sands and trees and my sister can control animals, any animals,” replied Adam.
”Wow! What a powerful family you had!” she gushed.
”But the most powerful being who can control and manipulate all the four elements, water, fire, wind, and sand might be you!” he said in a serious manner.
Her eyes widened. ”Oh, why? I mean I am just a weak girl,” she murmured.
”Am just wondering how powerful you will become when you finally transform into a vampire. How powerful you can be? I would like very much to see you transform one day. To witness how you will utilize your power to its full potential,” he said in wishful thinking.