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I couldn't help but smile at the little white snake. I slowly floated down to Dreamland. I took in some of the scenery around me. Trees with multicolored leaves and fruits, people who weren't quite humans, and then the big guild that I was floating down to on a bubble. That was a sentence I never thought I'd say.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNq5ATyJn21
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I floated down one of the chimneys on top of the building. There were instructions echoing inside.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalOt4kZ8j0
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"Please remain seated until you come to a complete stop," the animatronic voice echoed.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq58wMhWLIL
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The bubble and I popped out of the bottom of the chimney. Inside the building I saw at least 20 people. Most of them were busy working on something in front of them, but others were watching me come out of the chimney.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk2vhFvX6G
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The bubble came to a stop and popped. I almost fell but was caught by one of the people nearby.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcDrtoOk3N
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"So, you the newest member of Dreamland?" He asked.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2sHZXd8UJ
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"Yeah," I said. "I'm Ai."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnH9M6TPXW
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"Well, Ai, it's nice to meet you. I will be teaching you how to control and not fear your new powers. You can call me Outa. Come this way."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ5CvqvPAl
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He pulled me into a room with two chairs in it. The room looked like it could withstand an atomic bomb.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqy9v7OnZJ
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"Okay then," Outa said. "Let's start your training. Question 1: who was your escort? The animal that brought you here?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggY9N0vNaD
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"Fie, the little white snake."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6qJKlS78x
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"Okay. And what did he say your power was?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeuaEfDIQQ
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"Fire and water."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbHL8T7lkC
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"That's impossible. Only a select few people have the ability to control two different forces. And only half of those can control two apposing forces. What's your real fear."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WuSy10EQE
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"What do you mean? Those are my only fears."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZLKQ5h0Pw
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"Okay. If you insist on lying to me then I'll have to give you a test. Stay right here. I'll be back."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5JdAdGrh2
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He stood up and walked out of the room. I waited for about five minutes before he came back holding a small orb in his hands.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg00S6OcUaA
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"Hold this," he said handing me the orb.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBukDHXKFYg
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I grabbed on and it began to glow both the changing colors of fire and the colors of water at the same time. I quickly dropped the orb. I never wanted to be near fire or water again.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzTLtG7vcK
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Outa quickly reached out and grabbed the orb an inch before it hit the ground.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVtQRRcjNB
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"I believe you," he said in shock. "And I also believe your fear of water and fire is more severe than I thought."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9mrT0PRQx
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Before I even realized it, I was huddled in the corner of the room.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkSes1JVqR
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"And this is going to be a lot of work. Come with me. If we're going to train you we're going to need some special help."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQg7N6NV4a
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He pulled me off the ground and we walked back into the main part of the building. He walked up to one of the people at the front desk and started talking to him.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbi8qKrUWi
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"I need your help," he said immediately.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHfrDkQPW4
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"With what?" The man asked.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzELb2mJpPd
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"This girl here," Outa said putting his hand on my shoulder, "has a fear that I won't be able to cure without some help."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dy9cLB5dj
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"Why would I care?" The man asked.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonD4pICS7f
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"Because she's special. She has two fears."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj28tbXayH
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That caught the mans attention.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUifdgshBI
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"What fears?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXrz2QWCJx
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"Fire and water," I said.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl3GAmvd2O
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"Fine."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8k0qyfIGW
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We all walked into one of the rooms deeper into the building. It was bigger than the room we were in before. It had a couch instead of chairs.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUz3LRHXQQ
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"This is Obi," Outa said.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATWqIi1XHW
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"Sit down," the Obi said.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBseYt9CnZH
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I sat on the couch and Obj walked behind me.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwuCZiigHo
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"What we're going to do is make you relive the experiences that traumatized you until you can conquer your fear," Outa said. "It may seem a bit forceful but it is the best way to let you conquer them. Hold your hands up for me."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsETRJLdioV
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I held my hands up and he pulled a large rock out of his pocket. He stared intensely at the rock and it began to change shape without it being pulled. I watched in amazement as the rock snaked itself around my wrists forming cuffs.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7FGhGUCwQ
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"Just to make sure you don't hurt anybody. Now we'll be watching to make sure nothing happens that may worsen your fear. Okay? Now close your eyes."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpn6JBpDcD
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I closed my eyes and felt two fingers press against each of my temples.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMr8nuqM71
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I jumped into the first floor of my house and searched everywhere. I noticed the two bowls sitting on the kitchen table. I ran upstairs and checked everywhere. Then I went into the bathroom and relived the rest of my nightmare. We went over it 13 times. Each time I screamed and felt the pain mark my shoulder in the shape of a hand.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAFPDcGCqF
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I had a realization. It wasn't the fires fault that Mom and Rin had died. It was the person who had set the fire they were the one to blame. They were the reason behind Mom and Rin's death. The fire was not to blame. I felt a certain peace fall over me. I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGhflTP8Qi
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I opened my eyes and looked behind me to see both Obi and Out partly in tears. Another thing I noticed was that the couch was I fire around my hands. But I wasn't afraid. In fact, I liked it. It didn't burn it actually felt good. It was a warm comforting feeling.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOemlUrJOl
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"I'm now going to teach you how to control your fire powers mostly because I don't want the building to catch on fire," Outa said. "Imagine the fire itself while keeping eye contact with it. Do you have an image of it in your head?" I nodded. "Good. Next I want you to imagine it lifting itself off the couch. It might be hard because it's your first time."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5zByXAYnC
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I imagined the fire lifting itself off the couch and that's exactly what it did.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcS2eLvibe
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"You're better than I thought you'd be. Now imagine it getting bigger."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33RMLL6cNJ
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I did and the fire became huge.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1wlmT6vsa
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"Good. Now imagine it disappearing."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbWk0v7515
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I did an the fire was gone.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxod9twEWB
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"That's amazing! I've never seen someone master their powers that quickly. Now you can pretty much do anything you want with fire. Even walk through it without being burned. Now close your eyes again. We'll be reliving your fear of water now. Is it as bad as your fear of fire is?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY81h7zGP9g
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I nodded and closed my eyes. I felt two fingers press against each of my temples and was suddenly underwater. I felt the pain of the fishes teeth biting down on my ankle. I saw Dad swim down and pry me out of the fishes mouth and get pulled down in my place. I relived this one over 20 times mostly because it was my fault. After a while I had the same realization as I did with the fire. Except this time it wasn't the water, it was the fish who was pulling me under. I felt the rest of the wait be life's off my shoulders and I felt a sense of freedom.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirwlRmQQOF
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I opened my eyes and saw Obi and Outa with the same half in tears look on their faces. I could feel water at my feet. I looked down and noticed that my feet were in a foot tall pool of water.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALeipFExok
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"Good," Outa said. "Thanks Obi. You can leave now."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8I5FnQfLU
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He walked out of the room. Letting most of the water out with it. Outa removed the rock cuffs from my hands.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmszqoJisl
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"Water is a lot like fire. It's mostly in the air like some of the chemicals that make fire. You can pull water out air if you want to. Now imagine the same thing that you did with fire. Imagine all the water on the floor connecting into one place."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkt4J7jaAb
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There was a medium sized ball of water floating above my hands.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWPGrRKpZD
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"Good, now imagine it dispersing itself into the air." I did and the ball of water was gone.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY6kPts7xj
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"You should be able to breath under water now.Now I'm going to try to teach you how to use them both at once. I may not be good at this because I, like most people, only have one power. But I want you to try. Start by holding out both of your hands." I did. "Now imagine water appearing in one hand and fire appearing in the other." I did. A small ball of water appeared in my left hand a ball of fire appeared in my right. "Good. Now let's see if you can control them both at once. Try making the fire go in clockwise circles and the water go in counter clockwise circles." I did and that's exactly what the fire and water did. We spent the next hour making more intricate shapes and patterns with the water and fire.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3ARxkv0uS
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"Congratulations!" Outa yelled. "You have officially master your powers of fire and water. You are now free to roam the world of Dreamland!"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CNY3qV7la
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I walked out the door and started to walk to the nearby mountains. I looked back once but kept walking. I was going to do exactly what Mom wanted me to do.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJlINOiQN0
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I raised my fist into the air. "I'm going to live!" I announced for everybody who felt like listening to here. 544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0deAdjSPUV
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