Trouble

Ember walked around the school, bored, as usual. It was probably about the thrid round across the school yard. She cursed at herself for allowing herself to get this bored. It was almost pathetic. She wanted to do something, anything. She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs, knowing she wouldn't be heard, she wanted to jump in a lake and know she wouldn't die, she wanted to do so many things, but didn't. And she didn't know why.

She stopped in her tracks and looked up at the sky. It was getting dark, and the stars were clearly visible. There were still clouds in the sky, partially blocking the moon's glow. She looked around adn found herself at the entrance to the forbidden area. She'd never ventured in there before, either she never thought of it before or she was just scared. Scared? ember? Yeah right. Inhaling and exhaling deeply, she headed into the forbidden.

She had heard stories about the forbidden area and how dangerous it was, but she never really believed them. Those were all campfire kind of stories, to scare people into not going in tehre or going in there as a dare. Ember was going in out of curiosity and boredom. As she walked deeper and deeper, the trees would thicken and blocken the light of the moon, so she conjered up a ball of flame to float in front of her.

Ember walked alone a small path in the forbidden area, the small flame was still floating in front of her. She still couldn't understand what was so forbidden about the forbidden, it seemed very peaceful and nonhazardous to her. Ember stopped for a second; she had heard something. It was faint, but she heard it, like something scrambling behind something. She turned her head and moved the flame around her, spotting nothing. She shrugged, guessing it was just her imagination and continued along.

Her walk was endless and led to nowhere. She thought that maybe it would never end. On occasion, she'd turn around, just to make sure that she wasn't being followed. Besides, it's not like she was going to some secret meeting deep within the forbidden area. During one of her checks, she thought she spotted someone duck behind a tree about 20 yards away form her.

Instead of going over to see if it was true, she decided to 'play along'. A small smile grew on her face, finally something to do.

She continued to walk along, as though nothing was up, before abruptly blowing out her flame, leaving her, and the person spying on her, in complete and utter darkness. Unless the girl could see in the dark, Ember's plan would work.

She shuffled her feet around to get the person confused before, getting a running start and jumping as far as she could, which was far enough. She landed directly behind the person and lit a fire ball in her palm asking, "What are you doing?"

Ember just had to laugh at the girl's reply. To see if she was up to no good. "Well, sorry to burst your bubble but...i'm not." She couldn't help but smile herself. At least she seemed normal. "Well, you seem normal too....i guess."

Ember shrugged, "Yeah, i didn't expect to find anyone out here either. You know, since it's forbidden and all. Ember extended her hand to Gwen. "Hi, Gwen, I'm Ember."

"I haven't got the slightest idea." She answered. At least her and Gwen were on teh same page. "Yes...you never know. Well, at least now we know that neither of us were up to no good..which is kind of borning becaus eI was hoping for some more entertainment than you following me." She said with a smile. If she hadn't spotted Gwen spying on her, who knows how long time would've gone by with her staying in the shadows? "I will gladly join you! It sounds like fun." She laugh and began walking ahead the fireball going back in it place in front of them. She was quite a way ahead and almost left Gwen in the darknkess. "You coming?"

"Yeah," She said with a smile. "It comes in handy when I'm trpped in darkness or to keep me warm." She looked around, seeing if she could spot anything out of the ordinary. At least more out of the oridnary for the school isn't quite ordinary. Ember noticed how Gwen had lowered her voice just in case they were spotted, so she did the same. "I've never met someone who can contorl air. That's really cool. So, can you make yourself float and stuff?"

She saw that Gwen and tripped, and out of instinct, grabbed her arm to help her gain balance. "You okay?"