I came out just outside the library. Everyone followed behind me, everyone seemed to have "buddied up" with one other person; Caleb and I, Tim and Lisa, Lin and Sam, Chris and Sidney, Kev and Tiffany, Cindy and Andrew, Luke and Carol, Mike and Amy, Jason and Sarah, and Candy and Edward.
You noticed that too, huh? Caleb asked, coming up behind me.
Yeah, it's rather strong. They're not actually friends, but they would protect each other with their lives if it was necessary.I know, we better get on with your secret and it better be good. "Alright, let's just go down the line," I announced to everyone. "All our senses are amplified, just like yours. But we have added abilities as well, Edward and Sidney, would you care to start?"
"Sure, we have black magic. It is not evil magic, but literally black magic." Sidney formed a black orb in her hand to demonstrate her point.
"It also is illusions of the eye," Edward continued. "The barrier Vi put up earlier was using a little black magic, to make all of us vanish." He vanished from sight for his example.
"Sam, Lisa, you're up." I called.
"We have the opposite of black magic, which is, of course, white magic." Sam began, "We can vanish as well, but we use the light instead of the shadows." He followed Sidney's example and created a white orb in his palm.
"They tend to be better at using stealth, we use distractions." Lisa finished.
"Those are the most difficult to describe, the others can be easily demonstrated."
"My turn!" Amy volunteered. She pulled the water particles from the humid air and condensed it into a little stream. "Water, obviously. I can also heal things."
"Fire." Tiffany snapped her fingers together and a small candle flame appeared above her pointer finger.
"Air." Sarah created a small tornado around us all.
"Earth." A flower appeared at Carol's feet. "But I can heal things as well."
"Erik and I are the eldest son and daughter, so we have all seven of the powers." I finished up.
"What is so dangerous about telling us that?" Caleb asked.
"That's not what the important secrets are, this is though." I signaled for them to follow me into the library.
"Does it ever end?" Luke asked sarcastically, gawking at the rows and rows of book shelves.
"Actually, no, it doesn't." Sam answered distractedly.
I explained as Sam moved under the unbelieving stares, "There is a book on everything, every place, every event, and everyone that has or will ever exist." I paused and let everything sink in, then continued when the same suspicious look crossed everyone's face. "Yes, that does include all of you." I then continued to lead them to the back wall.
If you had a book on each of us, then why didn't you know about our talents? Caleb muttered in my mind.
We don't read about anything in here unless we have a reason to. "The only books that aren't in here are the books about us, they are hidden. But to get there, we must go through a passage that is designed for us to know our surroundings, but others won't. So, to get there, you're gonna have to have some serious trust in us."
They turned and looked at Caleb. After a quick glance at me, he nodded to them. The floor dropped down after a simple, but unique, spell. Leaving us in a pitch black hallway, due to the spell that had been placed before I could sense every little detail about the place.
Caleb? How is the seeing issue? I asked, our minds were connected but I was getting no sign that he was disoriented.
I'm fine.
Interesting. Everyone held on to their "buddy" as we walked down the passage, whether they realized it or not. Caleb and I were the only ones who didn't. As we walked in silence it occurred to me, but was smothered quickly, that it was possible that Caleb had found out about previous thoughts, the ones I didn't want him to know about.
He let out a small laugh that clearly meant I had to be faster at concealing my thoughts.
What previous thoughts? Nothing! I thought a little too quickly and then went back to concentrating on not thinking about it.
Oh, come on, let me see! I could feel his mind trying to search mine.
Absolutely not!
Why not?
Too embarrassing! This hall is longer than usual. He laughed again,
I won't tell anyone.
Yeah, I would rather they know before you! I'm not entirely sure that some of them haven't already guessed. My mood had been steadily getting more and more annoyed during that conversations, and apparently he sensed it, because he allowed us to start walking in silence again.
