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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObawnC0DHm
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I floated down one of the chimneys on top of the building. There were instructions echoing inside.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeG0tS0Erd
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"Please remain seated until you come to a complete stop," the animatronic voice echoed.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsjTS35WOm
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYo1XimOFT
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The bubble came to a stop and popped. I almost fell but was caught by one of the people nearby.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZXFWNL19M
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"So, you the newest member of Dreamland?" He asked.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvsKDtf5jy
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"Yeah," I said. "I'm Ai."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIXWF2Qzgl
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31lrsoz0aE
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmPOPk6q3N
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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?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FhbNFT4ad
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"Fie, the little white snake."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2AzFeGhXM
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"Okay. And what did he say your power was?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlB89BNAWJ
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"Fire and water."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3JBYoNYzO
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BgFM42Lg3
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"What do you mean? Those are my only fears."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQrSg2xjDd
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuMni4Par8
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRojgRgJwMI
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"Hold this," he said handing me the orb.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAuKFIeX1u
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiOurz5ttH
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Outa quickly reached out and grabbed the orb an inch before it hit the ground.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5esSIJcZ1
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QlvrY8ePN
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Before I even realized it, I was huddled in the corner of the room.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRjijOAl9w
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAqBA8CqIb
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEDVq6sngX
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"I need your help," he said immediately.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3YjT0UCCv
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"With what?" The man asked.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b2lbhGTDM
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKt16Kf4Y9
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"Why would I care?" The man asked.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SVzcq4fyZ
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"Because she's special. She has two fears."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PPgrd4h5Z
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That caught the mans attention.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOC1rHE7qGU
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"What fears?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJi02IalpWc
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"Fire and water," I said.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMGlWakQzK
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"Fine."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyFzt61Ce3
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy35XHGzLGj
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"This is Obi," Outa said.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT165ko95Sz
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"Sit down," the Obi said.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERgZidGF9m
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I sat on the couch and Obj walked behind me.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGruBIxSYX
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1InJQY7Z3
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA9lXaJfny
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1beTuyeV1L
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I closed my eyes and felt two fingers press against each of my temples.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVthZSZa2p
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0SSYPCJoW
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKjolt4Fjv
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAsSprs4yK
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuNVVQIpjl
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I imagined the fire lifting itself off the couch and that's exactly what it did.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrq0JvU1SN
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"You're better than I thought you'd be. Now imagine it getting bigger."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb940sHztDH
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I did and the fire became huge.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnw89Jjpub
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"Good. Now imagine it disappearing."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcN8j00auP
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I did an the fire was gone.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW0lR9dvXE
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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?"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeD2c74Rq3
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5N0fxhSsEV
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBd8GGTDRB
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"Good," Outa said. "Thanks Obi. You can leave now."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBzUMHAvsb
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kWAx1Ka9p
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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."526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9kRK1KRHO
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There was a medium sized ball of water floating above my hands.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlCgCd8cmu
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"Good, now imagine it dispersing itself into the air." I did and the ball of water was gone.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBkIMvSAQ6
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbWsat2ERv
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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!"526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpddcbE0DqW
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZKzjYxkpT
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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. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD9ZkOcOAt
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