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         Seth had woken up, and then passed out again. His words this time sounded far away, probably because he was so weak. Jackie felt bad that Seth used all his energy to demonstrate. Truthfully, she still didn't know how she was suppose to 'loose it'. Sighing, she sat back in the snow and watched the sky, thinking.
"Okay, let's see what we know. Seth is an airmage and passed out when he demonstrated how to 'loose it'. Apparently, I'm a firemage and have to 'loose it' even though I still don't know what to do. But really, I just don't believe that I can create fire cause the thought is ludicrous." All of a sudden, she sprang up to her feet. "That's it."

Jackie looked at Seth and frowned slightly. Taking a few step forward, she explored the area around the rock that had been blasted by air. The objects originally around it were far from their starting points. A small tree caught Jackie's eye a few feet to her left and she walked over, examining it.
"Well, let's see if this works." Mumbling, she cupped her hands first and thought. She pictured a tiny flame, despite the fact that picturing the flame wouldn't create it. As Jackie opened up her right eye and saw there was no flame, she figured she would try harder. She thought again, only to come up with the same result. Frustration began to form in her and she grunted.
Why can't I do it? I just want to be able to do what I was told I could do. What if I actually couldn't? What if I was just imagining it this whole time. No. I couldn't have been. Ugh. One more time.

For the last time, Jacqueline tried picturing the flamesin her hand. Still, nothing happened. When she opened her eye and saw nothing there, her insides seemed to boil and she wanted to scream. Her emotions were getting in the way again, but she didn't bother to stop them. She pounded her fists against her thigh and screamed, but not too loudly. Her hands fould their way to her hair and she pulled, gritting her teeth as she did so. The heat she felt inside seemed to increase, but her anger seemed to decrease. It was just another silly fit. She always got over them as quickly as they came. However, this time it felt different. She felt totally calm, it was like this fire was raging inside her. The feeling was...pleasant.


It was then that she smelt the smoke. The leaves of the small tree were burning, creatingg black smoke to rise into the air. Along with the small tree, A much larger tree behind her was burning as well. She didn't know how the fire had started but she knew she was frustrated when it did. She had been told to loose control, so she knew that was what she was going to do, even though the urge to stop was great.

Focusing, Jackie brought the negative emotions up like Seth had told her to before he passed out. The feeling in her gut intensified and she looked at the ground, trying to focus on melting the snow if possible and stop burning the trees. It worked. Soon enough, the snow that had landed on the ground was melted around her. Her eyes scanned the ground, and it seemed as if wherever she looked, the blanket of snow was pulled back to reveal its natural ground. A smile formed and the feeling vanished, as if it had never even existed.