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Alex

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Alex turned as he noticed Miss Drow behind him. The flickering lights should probably have been his first indication that she was there, but he had been busy trying to get the ink off.

"Yes, ma'am. I'm alright." He bowed a little bit, an apologetic look on his face. He took the note that excused him from missing classes and smiled, thanking her. He had missed at least homeroom and gym, so this would probably come in handy. At least he had a legitimate excuse. Still, he felt bad for missing the class because of his own foolishness.

"I'm sorry for passing out. I know I overdid it, but I wasn't actually sure what my limits were. It's been...a while since I've had the courage to push myself that far. I hate to admit it, but I've been scared of losing control for so long that I never came close. I'm not trying to make excuses, I'm just trying to explain so that you wont be too displeased with me. I want to keep training with you in the afternoons, if you will let me. For some reason it feels, easier, to let my power out a little more. I want to keep learning and improving, as long as your willing to keep teaching me, that is. I know I caused you a lot of trouble, so if you don't want to I understand." He said honestly.

He couldn't blame her if she didn't want to keep teaching him after all of the trouble he had caused her. But he really did want to get better. He wish he could read her face though, her face was always so blank for some reason. It didn't really bother him, but it did make social interactions a bit more difficult.

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4:00 pm - Underground.

Alex looked around at the people who had been called in his group. It would be interesting to see what this was all about. He looked around at the sunken zones with interest, wondering what they would be used. This looked like some kind of testing ground. After he had missed gym he was a little excited to see what was going to happen here. He was sad that he had missed out on gym because of his own stupidity. Although he wasn't sure how he would have participated anyways. That much metal would have been a pain for him.

Alex spotted Professor Manilow and and the headmaster, talking about something that Alex couldn't hear. Then he spotted Bhu sitting on a stone bench not that far away. He waved a little at her and hesitated a moment before walking over and sitting next to her.

"Hey. I heard gym class got interesting earlier." He said with a little smile.

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I'll post and respond to everything in the morning

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Alexander

4 years ago

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Alex pushed his energy into the center of his outstretched hands. The ball of lightening started to take shape as he continued to pour his energy into it...but.

A sudden sharp pain across his back made him flinch and let out a small grunt."Too slow!" sneered a pompous looking man. The man wasn't particularly tall but was rather thin with dark hair and a face that had the great misfortune of resembling a rat. "Your not pouring in enough power! And you lack control!" The man said, emphasizing the last word with another slap of the riding crop he used to "teach" his students the proper ways of using lightening.

Alex hated him. His methods were asinine and ineffective. But he had no choice. His father stood nearby, watching with the same dissatisfied glare he always watched Alex with. He had pushed Alex for as long as he could remembering, not just wanting, but demanding that Alex become a warrior like his father. A killer was closer to the truth but this was the hand Alex was dealt.

And so Alex pushed. He pushed more and more of his own power into the ball of lightening. He could feel it leaving his body and flowing into the shaky ball that was forming.

"No, no, no you aren't controlling it enough. You must force the energy to do what you want!" His instructor shouted without offering any real advice on HOW Alex was supposed to do that. Alex attempted to force his will on the lightening but it resisted his attempts. The ball of lightening kept growing, saping his energy as it did.

"Worthless fool you aren't listening!" His tutor shouted as he whipped the riding crop against the back of Alex's head. The sudden pain was too much. Alex wasn't sure what happened or how it did but he suddenly felt the lightening leave his control. There was a boom like thunder, a flash, and a sudden and horrible scream of pain.

Alex felt exhausted. His knees grew weak as slumped to the ground. He sat there for a moment, trying to comprehend what had just happened. Was the man..had he just... "You little fool.... Do you have any idea how much it cost me to hire that man?" The back of a large hand slammed into the side of Alex's face and sent him sliding across the ground. Alex couldn't tell if the pain made him more lucid or less. "Please father...I don't.."

"Silence." His fathers voice came out as a terrible whisper. "I hire you tutor after tutor and still you fail. You are pointless. And to think your mother died for such a worthless little cretin." Those words slammed into Alex causing more pain then anything that had happened so far today. Tears slowly started to flow as he curled himself up into a ball facing away from his father.

"Now you cry?! What an embarrassment. I'm ashamed to call you my son." A sudden heat engulfed the room. Terror erupted inside of Alex but he was too weak to run like he wanted to. "But if you are so eager to act like a baby, I will give you something to cry about." A whip of blue flames streaked forward from his fathers hand. It danced in the air a moment, its eerie light sending chills, oddly enough, down Alex's spine. The whip cracked and a sudden and horrible burning pain exploded across Alex's back...

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Alex shot up, sucking in air as if he had just been struck. His hand flew to his back, expecting to feel the same monstrous pain that he had experienced 4 years ago, but there was nothing. Only a large, angry red scar that he could only just make out underneath his clothes.

Alex let out a little sigh of relief before looking around. Where was he? The last thing he remembered was.... Aww dammit, he had over done it. Alex smacked his forehead and let out a sigh. He had used to much energy. It wasn't all the surprising, he hadn't pushed himself to his limits in years, so he hand't actually been sure what they were but still, it was embarrassing.

Alex spotted black spot on his arm out of the corner of his eye and looked down to see "Less energy next time doofus!" scrawled on his arm. Great.

He stood and walked over to the nearby sink to try to wash it off, but it was stubborn as hell. It must have been done with a permanent marker.... Even better. Well, with enough effort rubbing alcohol would get rid of it....although it would probably leave his skin raw with how hard he would have scrub.

As he looked around the room he caught sight of his face in the mirror. Had she....had she drawn on his face too? COOL! THATS JUST FANTASTIC! Now he would have to scrub at his face for who knew how long too. Wasn't this childish behavior for a teacher?

Oh well, he probably deserved it. She must have dragged him all the way here. She probably didn't want him as a student now because of all the trouble he had caused her. This was gonna end just like all the others. Resigned, Alex searched the cabinets until he found rubbing alcohol. He then started the long arduous process of trying to get the ink off of his face at least. The ink was stubborn, and his face would probably be red and peeling by the time he finished, but he'd take that over this.

Still, one good thing had come from today. He had managed to overcome his fear of his power, at least a little. That dream, no, those memories, made Alex shudder a little. But it was time to move on, it was time to move past what had happened. He was older, he had more control now. Now he just needed to find that sweet spot between not using enough power, and using so much he passed out.

10 minutes later Alex would certainly be in front of the sink when Drow came back, still scrubbing away with rubbing alcohol, the ink very slowly dulling and his skin beginning to turn red.

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Yay I did a thing! Also that tree totally had it coming >.>

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Alexander

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Alex watched with a slight smile on his face as his teacher summoned an enormous ball of lightening. She made it look so easy. He knew that the teachers were strong, they had to be in order to teach. But she had just trumped every tutor he had ever had, and it didn't even seem to make her break a sweat. Hell her hair even did some cool wavy thing.

"Okay, I'll try." Alex said when she told him to do his best.

He thought about what she said, about putting way more energy into it and then letting the ball expand. It made sense. He knew that he had been taught that before, its just that last time... No, that was years ago. It was time to get over it and move on. He couldn't keep holding himself back, if he did he would just prove his father right.

Alex faced away from the teacher and towards the nearby trees. He always felt like it was a good idea to not aim at a person. He put his hands together like he had before, but instead of putting only a limited amount of energy like he had before, he pumped his energy into the ball, trying his best not to hold back.

It was hard for a second, he was so used to trying to control every little aspect of his powers that letting it flow so freely was unnerving, but after a moment he managed to get over it. The ball formed much quicker this time, if a little shakier then the other one had been, and became about the size of a baseball. He pushed more and more of his energy into the ball. It felt...exhilarating. Just letting go like this, it felt almost freeing.

He started to feel drained, but something inside of him wanted to push it, to see just how far he could push himself. He poured more and more into the ball, the excitement of just letting loose a little overpowering his usual caution. Finally, feeling like he was at the very edge of what he could manage, he let the ball grow. It went from the size of a baseball to a basketball, and then it was the size of a chair, and then a desk. Before he knew what was going on it had become roughly the size of a minivan.

He felt overjoyed at the size of it, but it shook violently. The ball of lightening pulled at his control, demanding its freedom like it always did. Usually this would be were Alex would just let the ball dissipate, but something felt wrong. It had gotten to large, to powerful for him to force away. It demanded and direction to flow, it demanded its freedom, and he was too tired to stop it. If he let it go it wouldn't dissipate it would search for the nearest path, and right now that was Miss Drow. It was gonna be just like last time...it was gonna head straight for Miss Drow, she would get hurt and he would get punished just like before...he was worthless... he was....

NO! A small voice shouted in his head. He had been younger then, with an incompetent man for a tutor. For whatever reason he couldn't just make it dissipate, but he would be damned if he let it hit his teacher. In a split second he scanned the area. It was good that he had faced the nearby treeline. There were no students around and it was far enough away that what he was about to do wouldn't hurt him or Miss Drow.

With one big push, he forced the large ball of lightening away from him and Miss Drow, towards the tree line. Free from control, the ball of lightening shot forward in a flash and slammed into one of the trees with a boom. Part of the tree broke off from the impact and slammed into the ground, sending chunks of wood flying away from the tree, but because no one was around none of the shrapnel hit anyone.

He..he did it. He had actually done something with his powers! He started to turn so he could smile sheepishly at Miss Drow and apologize for the tree, but as he turned a sudden dizziness overcame him. His legs felt week and wouldn't support him anymore. Before he could actually say anything his vision went black. The last thing he remembered was a mild pain in his side as he hit the ground, having exhausted most of his energy.

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@liferusher Its all good no worries. Ive been busy as hell anyways and things are just now calming down again.

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8:12 AM

Alex had the feeling that the new teacher was almost as nervous as he was in a lot of ways. Somehow, that made him feel better. She seemed very pleased that he had agreed to the extra lessons, she even smiled a little bit. That was the most emotion he had seen from her and it actually made him feel good. She seemed, well, a lot like Alex. Maybe all lightening elementalists were this way. It seemed like a rather rare element, so maybe it effected them all in a similar manner?

Alex looked at the watch on his wrist checking the time, 8:13. He didn't have time to start lessons now, still, maybe he should giver her a little idea of what he could do. "Homeroom is about to start. So maybe after classes today? Oh but I should have time to show you a little. I am having trouble I guess you could say. I understand the theory behind it and what I'm supposed to do. But I just cant seem to control the lightening very well."

He took a few steps back, as a safety precaution, and then continued. "Here's what I mean." Concentrating, Alex looked down at both of his hands. He steadied his breathing and relaxed his body. He could feel the the electrical pulses in his body. Feel the potential power in his finger tips just waiting to be called upon, so he did just that. Slowly at first, spark started to form around his fingertips. Scattered at first, they quickly began to form a steady stream of electricity between his fingers. This was easy, making electricity didn't take a lot of effort, it was the part that came next that he struggled with.

Alex pushed the electricity away from his body and towards the empty gap between his hands. The bolts met in the middle, crackling slightly as they collided. Pushing against the lightening with his mind, he forced the bolts to form a ball. With both hands he had found that he could do a little better then just one handed, so the ball of electricity became roughly baseball sized. It wasn't anything huge or impressive though, at least not to Alex. Could he do better? He tried to increase the size, but as he did the lightening seemed to push back against him, refusing to be bound. With a sudden zap the ball of lightening disappeared.

Damn, I lost it. He thought to himself, feeling disheartened by his failure in front of the teacher. At least he wasn't tired. He had heard that a lot of students got hungry or tired after using their powers, but that didn't happen a lot to Alex.

"Sorry, that's about the best I can do. I know I can do better but..." Alex trailed off looking down. Would she even want to teach a failure like him? She was probably better off concentrating on more promising students.

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I had a feeling it might have been but I was totally gonna roll with it

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That took me way to long to post...oops.

Als, its kinda awesome that Alex is roomed with a teacher. Maybe he wont be as awkward. Yeah right