Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-44907704-20200204214600

Water is like numbers, but less complicated. They don't lie — not unless you want them to, and even then, it's hard to lie when you know the truth. They change shape and size all the time, and can relate to all abilities across the elvin world — mostly fire, honestly, which is kind of ironic considering it can be extinguished by water.

That's what I've learned from Marella. Besides, who am I to want to put out a flame? There are so few of those around here that I don't have to start a fire, all I have to do is let them burn on. Let people realize the truth. Know that happiness and safety can only last for so long, and balance is key to making our world as best as it can be.

I manifested as a Hydrokinetic when I was... * shudders * young, even younger than Fitz and Biana. It's something I can be proud of and hate so much at the same time because I really want to tell someone, someone except Tam because I feel like he watches us too much, hiding in the shadows. He's waiting to see when my, no, our friends want to get to know me better. I try not to show him my urge to flood Havenfield or whenever I'm in Sophie's presence (mostly Havenfield, because she lives there) and scream over the crashing waves, "DID YOU KNOW I MANIFESTED AT THE AGE OF 11?" for good reason. He'll think they're not giving me enough attention and I'll try to convince him to get closer with the group, and then we'll go on and on. This isn't the time for fighting with our friends and allies (or twin brother, in my case), but it's also not the time to break old habits.

Tam's been different lately, though. I'm not really sure what I expected — he's not as concerned about my safety as usual, which is kind of odd considering he let me go over to Wylie's new hideout yesterday and talk about... stuff. I keep trying to persuade Tam to come — it's a shame, really, they'd make such great friends! — but he makes up a lame excuse like how he's going to practice his Shading. I tried asking Wylie what he's up to, and he made up a funny joke about how my brother was registering for the match — and I laughed along too until something in my brain clicked and asked: "What if that's true?" He would never make big decisions like that without me, but times have changed.

I'm not telling anyone about my suspicions, though, especially not Tam. He'll just make it a huge experiment for our friends to prove they're caring of me, and I don't like that mindset. They've got all sorts of stuff going for them, anyway, and I even overheard Sophie's conversation with Keefe about resigning from the nobility as a Regent. (We weren't eavesdropping — me and Biana snuck into Fitz's room when they came over to Everglen to check on him, and Della let us provided Biana could turn us both invisible and we tell her everything that happened. She even added a wink afterward, which just made us more excited! We didn't know if it was okay to tell her about Sophie struggling to make up for all the things she has to do, but it was all they talked about and we couldn't make up another excuse, and then Della made us show ourselves to Keefe and Sophie. Keefe's squeal was like a pig-ogre thrashing in his sleep.)

I'm a way different person in my head than on the outside, and I'm the most scared when they come together. Biana asked me to do make a water statue of her and I accidentally flooded Everglen's Reception Hall, which did not make Fitz happy. Something about Winnowing Galas, I think?

That's all I have time fo— TAM, THIS ISN'T YOURS! ​​​​​​

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