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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi8QeKEqC9
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I floated down one of the chimneys on top of the building. There were instructions echoing inside.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MFGv4ac8e
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"Please remain seated until you come to a complete stop," the animatronic voice echoed.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpglJq8cEmY
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yI6vjTJXk
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The bubble came to a stop and popped. I almost fell but was caught by one of the people nearby.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmGaxfpfIe
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"So, you the newest member of Dreamland?" He asked.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2CWpSqRJl
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"Yeah," I said. "I'm Ai."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZHxTdiPIi
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTyMrtxq6A
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NEh8ckoOX
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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?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuwETBYqCk
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"Fie, the little white snake."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwHAiRag00
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"Okay. And what did he say your power was?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmdihNGirj
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"Fire and water."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZHs7rcgxC
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDrUrcqbzz
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"What do you mean? Those are my only fears."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo96YKw0fa2
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fStKGHviR
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT4nR788G8
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"Hold this," he said handing me the orb.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLYBRykSfo
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9muai9i5H
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Outa quickly reached out and grabbed the orb an inch before it hit the ground.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MZg5JE4r0
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvzexgPJDS
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Before I even realized it, I was huddled in the corner of the room.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMUm8bffP6
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CGdWf6vcr
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOi6bL8XaB
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"I need your help," he said immediately.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OGTcZoPtK
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"With what?" The man asked.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS7sByeN9b
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFujNTndjLl
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"Why would I care?" The man asked.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lv8Neuiqx
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"Because she's special. She has two fears."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL44C8u5rn
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That caught the mans attention.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAMnudwyom
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"What fears?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEekJaj20HW
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"Fire and water," I said.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqwx9gtrpm
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"Fine."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs6eVCYYRk
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsKbx4WwIQ
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"This is Obi," Outa said.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozl2VvAGPE
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"Sit down," the Obi said.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡype6PNoy84
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I sat on the couch and Obj walked behind me.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx83tQYUS1
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCQLBGUF5W
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8jCR66Uw9
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZoJ57ufHi
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I closed my eyes and felt two fingers press against each of my temples.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyqNItre0V
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7ebshjoR2
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQTMeJH6KL
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv9gi4amFc
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbmfAuVbS0
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I imagined the fire lifting itself off the couch and that's exactly what it did.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Cg8uQgYoE
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"You're better than I thought you'd be. Now imagine it getting bigger."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwb4LB7Rlrn
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I did and the fire became huge.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTYcbs0JdY
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"Good. Now imagine it disappearing."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZx5qVNESa
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I did an the fire was gone.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLPS9MWWen
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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?"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l26vQHf8s
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlw4x6EWu7
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEC9xHJ03a
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"Good," Outa said. "Thanks Obi. You can leave now."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRciZD3Nvie
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57Kmw2xUl1
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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."564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pazCcWebh
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There was a medium sized ball of water floating above my hands.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQoRXvKUms
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"Good, now imagine it dispersing itself into the air." I did and the ball of water was gone.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFviZgfYWR6
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eoOhN9pG6
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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!"564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIHBwBSsv0
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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.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigwdSGJyin
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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. 564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxVd4x9dZN
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