The Jack
concentrates on the flame, nudging it hoping to have it move around. A few
minutes pass before Jack wills it out of existence. “I should be able to do
this. I can make fire appear and reappear at will. I can control how much of it
too. Why can’t I do this, what’s wrong?” Jack pulls another flame into
existence. Playing with the size Jack makes it shrink and grow.
“It’s pretty cool.
Even if I can’t get all of the fine tuning down in one day, I can at least do
some cool stuff. How many people can actually say fire obeys them, or that they
are suddenly burn proof, or have super human attributes.” Jack gets a
semi-cocky smile on his face. Even though his life is changing somethings will
be very fun, very, very fun.
Jack continues
to make the fire change in size and makes it appear and disappear. The little
game entertains him for a while when, suddenly an idea pops into his head.
“What if I tried to make the fire appear somewhere besides above my hand…. Like
just floating in the air a couple feet away.”
Reaching for the mental switch that Jack has for the fire he pictures it
hovering in midair. A flame flashes into existence, but sputters out. Jack tries again, only to receive the same results.
“UGggggggggh, I guess not tonight. Oh, well tomorrow, then.” He then calls it a
night deciding that even a limited control is better than nothing. Jack crawls
into bed.
Just falling asleep, Jack is
awakened by the smell of smoke. Jack jolts upright to find that his sheets are
starting to smoke. Stamping them on the ground he keeps the blanket from
burning altogether. Jack opens the window to o have the nice cool breeze take
the smoke out of the air.
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