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The gathered crowd laughed.
A circle of icicles rose up around me, blocking me in. I sighed. It wasn’t even fair. I could melt these with a single touch.
“Come on, man,” James said.
I caught Raven’s eyes. She wasn’t laughing. She looked like she was holding her breath.
That’s when I felt it, a surge of magic rush through me that didn’t belong to me. It was Raven’s magic and it was wild.
It felt like a million tiny pins entered my skin at once, then as quickly as they came, the pain stopped. My magic hummed to life, embracing Raven’s entangling with mine.
The icicles around me caught on fire - the ice literally burned. Stunned gasps sounded from the crowd.
I wasn’t sure how I did it or what I did to cause it, but it created quite the spectacle.
With a flick of my wrist, I summoned the flames to melt the ice. Then I sent the flame in a straight line toward James.
James jumped to the side, but I was ready. The fire surrounded him, blocking his exists the way he’d done to me.
Quickly, James sent his ice to the flame, but the flame grew taller. I felt my magic grow, intensifying with every passing second.
James continued to throw ice at the fire but it didn’t stop.
“You want to see what I can do?” I asked, drunk on the magic swirling through me.
James looked at me, eyes wide.
I snapped my fingers and he fell to the ground, asleep. Then, I made him stand and commanded him to walk toward the flames.
Raven could stop time and alter it.
I could command sleep and make the sleeper do what I wanted. It was a cruel gift. One I’d taken care to hide.
“Stop,” Raven called.
I turned to her and suddenly, the impact of what I’d done came crashing in around me. I commanded the flames to die out and let James fall to the ground.
He laid there, unmoving, surrounded by a circle of black ash.
“Well,” Coach Miller said. “You learn something new every day, don’t you?”
I swallowed and kept my jaw set, not wanting to give him anything more than I already had.
“Wake him up, Demon,” Coach Miller said.
I turned to James and called to my magic, using it to wake him from the very deep sleep I’d sent him to.
James sat up and looked around, groggy. It took him a minute, then he seemed to remember what had happened. He groaned. “I guess I deserved that.”
I grinned, glad he was taking it well.
“Never encourage a demon,” Violet said.
“Good advice,” I said.
I walked over to James and offered my hand, helping him up.
“Thanks man,” he said.
