Magical Girl Quest - The Fire That Burns

Since there wasn't really any pressing matters to attend to, you decided to dedicate the next few days to training.

On Thursday, it was trying to see if you could improve your flight somehow. It was mostly trying to improve your agility by jumping from platform to platform. You had frustrating lack of progress until you had a sudden realisation. You could Halt yourself. You smiled a little as you tried your next jump, making it to the right position and casting on yourself.

You instantly stop dead, stomach lurching for a singular moment, before the momentum from that is also stopped.

You hang there in the air for a brief moment as you feel a crushing sense of trapped begin to set in on you. You struggle against your own bindings for a moment before you remember to release them, dropping to the ground with a thud that cracks the concrete. You stay there, panting as your heart races, until Daiyu walks over.

She gently sets a hand on your shoulder. "What is wrong?"

You shake your head as you control your breathing. "N--" Deep Breaths. "Nothing is wrong, just a little out of breath." She doesn't seem impressed by your expert acting, gently pulling you to your feet and walking you to the cafe on the training ground. She makes sure you sit down at a booth, walking off to order for the two of you.

When she comes back, tea and cake in hand, she settles across from you. She doesn't say anything as you drink your tea, taking little nibbles of your cake until your heart has stopped beating frantically. You look at her, waiting for something, but she just smiles at you and takes a sip of her black tea.

After several minutes of silence you let out a frustrated sigh and dip your head, but before you can say anything she shakes her head. "Do not need to tell now, later if want." She nods firmly at you. "Calm now."

You stare at her for a second before leaning back, a tiny soft smile playing across your lips as you rest your head on the seat behind you.

Some things are better left forgotten.

The next day, you claimed a room in the Gym and locked it behind you. You didn't want any distractions while you were working on this, it would be hard enough on its own.

You settle down in the middle of the room, getting comfortable on one of the mats. Then, you gently pull your magic back from where it waits. You pause halfway through, metaphorically tilting your head as you look at it.

You try, but you can't really make sense of what you are seeing, only that it is big.

The second you think that you feel slight flick to the side of your head. It startles you enough that you lose control of your magic, a massive clump of it rushing out before you can corall it back. Once you have everything back under control, you start on figuring out what the fuck that was.

Something similar had happened the other day with the snow and you were getting a little worried now. You carefully follow along the same steps you had before and look at the nonsensical layers as you think. Is this sentient somehow?

It took you all of two seconds after having that thought, along with a tiny thrill of foreign amusement, before you got it.

Gaia

"Oh shit." The words slip out of your mouth without thinking as you hear a silent hum.

You look around you, but you are still alone, it was just you and the fucking planet.

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