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“Since we have to do it again,” Luka said.
Raven looked at me. I nodded. She turned back to Professor Flora. “We’re ready to learn.”
“Alright,” she said. “Our first step is to heal your magic. You five should be using that bond in your favor. You have an advantage over anyone else in this academy but if one of you is broken, you will all feel it.”
“How do we help her?” I asked.
“Each of you will need to transfer a little bit of your magic to Raven. You’ll be weakened for a few hours, but yours should recover quickly. As if you used too much in a spell or as if you just shifted.” She nodded to me.
I straightened. “That sounds easy enough. What are we waiting for?”
“Do we just hold hands?” Matt asked.
“Ben, get over here, I want to hold your hand,” Luka said with a wink.
I shook my head but cracked a smile at his joke. “You’re too much sometimes, you know that?”
“Are you looking at this like a healing spell?” Zach asked, returning the focus back to the task at hand.
“Well that is an interesting approach to it, Mr. Obscura,” Professor Flora said. “How would you suggest going about it?”
Zach looked a little flushed now that all of us were looking at him. He glanced over at Raven, then looked back at the professor. “I’d probably go one at a time. Starting with the mages as our magic is more similar to hers. Then if needed, Luka and Ben could transfer some of their magic as well. But it might not be needed. And in a real-life situation, I’d rather keep some members of the group at full strength.”
“That is an intelligent strategy,” she said.
“Good work, Zach,” Raven said, grinning.
“Mage magic will transfer most easily to Raven, as would fae,” Professor Flora said. “Most often, healing magic works best when like magic is used. So it won’t be as beneficial to get magic from another kind of magic user. However, I think your bond would allow for it. What are your next steps?”
“I think we should go with Zach’s plan,” I said.
Zach looked surprised.
“It’s a good plan,” I said. “A solid strategy like the professor said.”
“Alright,” Luka said. “You two get her fixed up. What do you need from me and Ben?”
“I guess just hang out till we know if she’ll need any extra magic,” Zach said.
I didn’t like feeling useless, but I reminded myself that they were going to be draining some of their own magic. Which meant that Luka and I would have to step up if something bad happened.
Normally, that shouldn’t be a threat outside of the trials, but given Raven’s history, who knew what could happen. Especially with that shadow fae still waiting to make his return.
“I’ve never actually done this spell,” Raven said. “I read about it in our textbook, though.”
“Don’t worry,” Zach said. “We’ve done it a few times.”
“You have?” she asked.
“Good way to get out of trouble when you end up breaking a bone doing something you’re not supposed to do,” Matt said.
“Your childhood was so different than mine,” she said.
I stood and moved out of the way, Luka joining me near the door to the classroom. I felt like an outsider as I watched Matt and Zach sit down on either side of Raven. Each of them took hold of her hand and they all closed their eyes. Zach said something at a whisper I couldn’t make out and Raven nodded. Whatever they were doing, it was mage magic and I wasn’t part of that.
“This is much more typical,” Professor Flora said.
I hadn’t even noticed her approach us. Were all fae so damn sneaky? “What do you mean?”
