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Trouble

NOELLE'S POV

The rest of the week me and Roan practice water magic every day from dusk till dawn. On the first day, he explained to me that magic can't stay inside. It is like a well that fills up, it needs to be released otherwise the well boils over. When that happens you have no control over your magic and you don't know what the outburst will do to people close by.

So every day we start with doing some magic meditation. Simple peaceful spells just to make sure my magic does not bottle up. The magic we do in the meditation is quite fun. I can make small rainclouds, make shapes out of the water like butterflies for example and make fun currents for little sea turtles and sea horses.

But that's the fun part the rest of the day we practice more advanced stuff like protection and battle magic. So far I have been able to make a small shield. Roan can make protective air bubbles as big as cities. Today however we are gonna try making a vortex.

I think I might be better at aggressive magic because it matches my heated personality. Roan already went to a place where we can practice. He didn't tell me where it is because he wants to see if I can use my magic to figure something out.

I decide to shapeshift into a narwhal so that I can use echo sounds to locate Roan. I find him 15 minutes later. When I see him I change to my mermaid form.

Roan looks at me amused and chuckles, ''That is for sure not what I expected you to do, very inventive indeed.''

I bow to him and say, ''Always looking for a way to keep his majesty entertained of course.''

Roan smiles and responds, ''Okay funny lady let's get back to practicing some magic. Today we are going to try to make a vortex. It can be an effective battle spell because if your opponent’s get stuck in it they will be too busy to attack you. Now what I want you to do is make a round movement with your hand and picture the vortex in your mind.''

He holds up his hand moves in a circle and then a small vortex appears dragging stones and plants with it. He flicks his hand and the vortex is gone.

''Okay now you try and it's okay if nothing happens the first time,'' Roan says.

I give him a defiant look because I don't like him thinking I won't be able to do it. When I hold up my hand something inside me tells me that for me it's not the right way to do the spell. I decide to hold one hand up with my finger pointing upwards and the other hand keeps making circles around it.

Roan looks at me strangely and says, '' Uhm Noelle what are you doing?''

But then he looks at the ground because we hear a big rumbling sound. From the bottom of the sea, a vortex starts to emerge. It goes all the way up to the surface and everything in its way gets sucked in. I hold it steady in his place by holding both my hands out into a stop sign. I can feel the current pulling at me. But I have never felt more powerful and confident.

Roan shouts, '' NOELLE WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PLEASE STOP''

I can see he looks a bit scared so I put both my hands together and the vortex disappears. I immediately feel drained, Roan quickly swims to me and he says, '' Holy shit Noelle how did you do that?''

I look up to him and say, '' I just did what my instinct told me to do, It's just I feel so tired now like I am about to faint.''

Roan gets a concerned look on his face, ''That's because you used up all your magic. Such a powerful spell is asking a lot from someone quite new to this.''

he says, ''You should go back to the castle and rest. I need to go to the western village anyway so we are done practicing for today.''

I feel a bit relieved and sigh, '' That sounds good I will see you tonight at dinner then.''

Roan looks at me with warm eyes and puts a lock of hair behind my ear, ''Okay be careful.''

I can still feel his fingers on my cheek while I watch him swim away. I start swimming as well but after 20 minutes I must admit to myself that I am lost.

I have no more magic left to shapeshift back into a narwhal and I need to take a break. I can see a cave in the distance so I decided to go there and rest a bit and figure out what to do. When I go into the cave I almost fall inside because I am so tired. I don't even have enough magic to stay in my mermaid form anymore. I pass out as soon as I reach the floor. The last thing I hear before hitting the floor is someone walking into the cave and casting a spell to create an air bubble inside the cave.

I wake up because I hear voices. When I open my eyes I see 3 men standing over me. They look creepy because they only wear black and their eyes are red.

''Well well well what a nice surprise we find here,'' one of them says.

I try to sit up and ask, ''What are you? and what do you want?''

They all laugh and the biggest one answers, ''We are dark humans. We were just looking for some sea creatures to torture but seems like we have found a much better prize.''

He gives me a cruel smile.

''Put her back on her feet and hold her for me,'' he says to the other 2. I try to do magic but nothing happens so I decide to try kicking or punching but they are much stronger than me. One holds my legs while the other one stands behind me holding my arms to my back.

The big guy in front of me looks at me from head to toe. He licks his lips and says,'' Mmm let's see what delicious things you are hiding from us.''

He takes out his hand and a very long sharp nail comes out of his finger. In one swift motion, he rips apart my shirt. My breasts fall out and bounce on my chest. The first thing I feel is something hard poking in my back from the guy holding me. He doesn't say a thing but one of his nasty hands starts touching my breast. The big guy in front of me looks at me with lusting eyes and puts his mouth on my other breast. He licks from my breast to my neck.

I feel like I'm about to puke and whimper, ''Please stop.''

The guy just wants to put his other hand in my pants when the ground starts to vibrate. The last thing I see is Roan storming in with a feral look on his face. He gives a big growl and I see a wave of water hit the guy in front of me. Then I fall to the ground and everything goes black.

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