Summer's Secondary Magic Training [Private]

She remembered where she was…

She was in the east forest, trying to keep her cool and remembering everything that has happened in the village before it got destroyed, and everything that has happened recently, she has had become C rank, an impressive feat for the fireworks expert. From the moment of running away to being able to be welcomed into Golden Phoenix with open arms, to finding Laysha, and she even became a rising star too lately. However, she wasn’t fully satisfied with herself.

It has been quite a few years since she has perfected the use of fireworks as a magic, ever since she has been hit by that firework during the festival that almost killed her; it instead, made her stronger and managed to turn her into a magician. She doesn’t know why she got blessed with such a festive magic, but she was happy about it and that was all that mattered. Her happiness still didn’t help her unsatisfactory feeling towards herself.

Closing her eyes again. She would remember all them times when she was a kid, her mother was always very calm and elegant, while she took on her father's more adventurous side. Sometimes, while the boys were away and Summer was in the house with her mother. Her mother would take her to the garden and show her cherry blossoms appearing out of nowhere, she fell in love with seeing all of that beauty and she was so desperate to see all of that again. However, she will never see it at the hands of her mother. Her mother is most likely dead due to the invasion of the village, and her father was separated from the invasion.

She missed her mother, and she wanted to see her mother again but she knows that will never happen. But she knows she can do one thing if she put her mind to it.

If she can, she wants to try learning the exact thing what her mother used all them years ago. Maybe then, she will feel a little bit of her mother with her. She bets her mother is already watching her and so she sighed softly.

“Mother… just you watch, I will use what you used long ago.”

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Naturally, Summer picked off all the leaves and let them all float to the ground. She wondered what her mother started with in order for her to use the magic of cherry blossoms. She wanted to find out so much, however, she knew that she wouldn't be able to. She was getting highly frustrated with this new magic, but she also knew that she was probably the only one who is going to be able to pull this off for a while.

As the leaves slowly floated onto the floor, Summer closed her eyes and closed one of her fists lightly. "Mother, please guide me, please guide me..." She sighed softly as she opened up her hand and slowly opened up her eyes. Her hand suddenly felt soft and something light was on top of said hand. It was the petals from a cherry blossom tree! It looked beautiful and they were ranging from different shades of pink. Summer gasped lightly, they truly did look beautiful.

Suddenly, Summer felt some sort of presence near her, but she didn't understand why or what the presence was exactly. It just felt very comforting to Summer and she felt a lot more chilled out.

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--Flashback--

It has been a few days after the incident with getting hit by a firework, Summer struggled to control her magic as fireworks can be very unpredictable. She was nervous about her magic, and although she welcomed it with open arms, she didn't really enjoy almost hurting everyone. It was a new thing to her and her annoyance with it was shown almost all the time when she tried to control it.

On that day, Summer walked towards her mother, bored and annoyed that she had nothing to do. She knew her mother was a very busy woman, but somehow, she always seemed to make time for the fireworks expert. The moment her mother heard the girls footsteps, she would turn around and sigh ever so softly at her daughter.

"Mother... I'm bored." Summer would admit glumly at her mother. She really did look depressed because she wanted something to do, her father was out of the village for a little while with her two best friends: Jiang and Hung, so she had nothing to do.

Her mother couldn't help but giggle slightly as she held out her hand, hoping to persuade Summer to come to the garden with her.

"My dear, let's go into the garden, I have something very beautiful to show you." She stated to her dear daughter. Summer finally took a hold of her hand gently and was guided into the garden where her mother suddenly stopped and turned around to face Summer. "Okay, I want to show you something... please don't be scared when you see it."

Summer nodded. She didn't understand what she was going to be shown, but she did soon enough when her mother clenched her hand into a fist and then slowly opened it to show her cherry blossoms. Summer gasped softly, she couldn't comprehend how gorgeous it was in general and she looked up to her mother in complete shock.

"Mother, what is this??" She asked. "Is this magic??" Her mother nodded to her answer and then patted her head in a bid to comfort the young child. "Yes, Summer. This is known as cherry blossoms. It has been passed down the family line, I know you believe your magic is dangerous, but some can also be elegant and beautiful..."

--Flashback end--

Summer bit her lower lip as she remembers that flashback and smiled softly.  She let the cherry blossoms land on the floor and she clenched her fist again before opening it to see more cherry blossoms. She was sure that she could practice something to do with cherry blossoms now.

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Post 3

The moment the fireworks expert finally opened up her eyes to a different view than before. Some of the trees weren't green anymore like the leaves, some, in fact, had lots of cherry blossom trees stuck onto their branches and they all looked very oriental, she loved it and she had to incorporate this into some sort of move. Or she could just leave it the way it is in order to confuse enemies when the need arises.

It has been a few days after the incident with getting hit by a firework, Summer struggled to control her magic as fireworks can be very unpredictable. She was nervous about her magic, and although she welcomed it with open arms, she didn't really enjoy almost hurting everyone. It was a new thing to her and her annoyance with it was shown almost all the time when she tried to control it.

The fireworks expert laughed and smiled as she ran underneath one of the said trees and just danced around, she was happy and she just wanted to show off her happiness to the world. Not that she can show anyone that happiness, she has no mentor, she has taught herself and currently, nobody was around her. Not that she minded, she can show off her new magic later to the world later, when she was ready to. But for now, she had to learn more about what this new magic has to offer her.

Finishing off her little dance with a spin. She saw a figure in the distance, the figure looked rather elegant in a hanfu, a type of traditional clothing that only some of the oriental people wore. The hanfu looked very familiar in the sense of the style and grace. It looked very much like  the ones she seen now and then back in her little village... did some people survive the invasion other than her?? She wanted to find out. She walked towards the figure, but they mysteriously vanish, only for the cherry blossoms on the trees slowly flow down to the ground.

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“Mother… no.. wait… It can’t be.” Summer mumbled to herself as the figure slowly vanished once more. “No, mother! Wait!” Summer exclaimed as she held out her hand. She didn’t want her mother to go, but it seemed that it was just Summer’s imagination going crazy. Or was it?? The figure suddenly appeared again, this time it appeared right in front of Summer. The figure lifted up her hand and placed her ghostly palm upon Summer’s cheek, she felt strange, yet she felt motivated too. This was indeed Summer’s mother, also known as Chunhua Guiyang. The woman that her father has loved all her life and took care of her dearly.

Summer’s eyes slowly filled up and the female started to cry, why didn’t she realise sooner, she should’ve known her mother worn that hanfu when the invasion started. She couldn’t believe it, her mother was dead, yet here she was, stroking her own daughter's cheek in an attempt to calm down the fireworks expert. The tears kept falling onto the same grassy floor that the cherry blossoms fell on top of the floor slowly. “Mother… you’re dead… why aren’t you resting in peace… mother… please talk…” The tears kept rolling down her face, struggling to contain them.

--Flashback--

Horses could be heard in the distance and the flames raged on, the households in the area have been mostly demolished, the debris obviously getting in the way of the escape of the townsfolk. The death count was slowly and surely increasing. So far, Summer, her mother and her father were encircled around the invaders and doing their best. Like always, her mother was fighting with the power of cherry blossoms while her father fought with his good ol’ chinese sword. Like with all chinese sword users, he was quick and swift while her mother’s moves was elegant yet powerful. Summer’s magic however was fierce and speedy. The three seemed unstoppable, yet it changed quickly the moment she spotted Jian. Jian seemed to be different, his body language looked different to the fireworks expert.

“Jian, what are you doing here!” The fireworks expert shouted while her father and mother continued to fight. Summer couldn’t quite grasp what was going on until her mother and father got separated. Jian clasped onto her arm aggressively before dragging her away from the fighting. Summer didn’t understand what the hell was happening, but she would very much like to get back to the fight scene as that is very important. Jian didn’t seem to care however, he only seemed to worry about her. What the hell was going on??

A chuckle could be heard from Jian’s very own lips before he forcefully planted his lips on the fireworks expert, stealing her first kiss. Summer tried pushing him away, but she was immobilized as he continued to kiss her. It was as if he wanted to keep her with him and not let her out of his sight.

“Let’s go Summer… I can take you somewhere very special…” Jian stated before he picked her up bridal style, what was he doing to her?? He completely paralysed her and she was within his grasp, something wasn’t right about this encounter with her best friend. Jian acted like a big brother to her and now he was acting like he was… obsessed over her.

“Noooooo!” Another voice could be heard as another male shoved Jian up a wall. The female was dropped out of her hands and the male who performed the shoving grabbed Summer and ran. Summer would see her father and mother getting separated, and her mother getting killed before she ran away from the place with her other best friend, Hung.

--Flashback ends--

“Mother… I will master the power of cherry blossoms for you…”

The ghost of Summer’s mother smiled softly, she really was mute, but she seemed to approve the fact that she was learning cherry blossoms and placed her motherly hand on her daughter’s forehead. The female felt comforted, tingly and warm inside. It was the mother’s touch she yearned for a long time.

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