"They are encroaching on my privacy"... Du, (Karina) said.
I sat on my bed smiling at the fact that my mother thought she had tucked me in for the night. Picking up another cup of soil I had hidden under my wardrobe, I noticed that one needed to be replaced. "It was that one Ren took from me".
"Argh". It was hard getting cups from the kitchen. Du's body was still so small and tiptoeing was a huge chore for me.
Then, something occurred to me.
I took one of the cups that had sand in it and wrapped my feet with the soil.
"Hmm". Stomping my feet on the ground, I couldn't hear any sound. The soil muffled the sound. "Great", I exclaimed.
"One part settled". The remaining distubance was my height.
I remebered one day when dear mother and father were asleep, I had gone into the kitchen to get cups. It had been so hard to reach the counter where mom kept the cups upside down... I suppose it was for them to dry out before she puts them back into the cupboards. Thanking the stars for that... because if she'd put them straight into the cupboards, that would have been a different matter all together.
As I reached for them, making Du's body levitate, my hands hit some of the cups which caused them to crash to the floor.
Then I heard the door to my parents room close.
[Someone is coming], I thought.
I laid on the ground and began to force tears out of my eyes as I cried.
It was Ren that came into the kitchen. "DU!", he screamed. "How did you get here?", Ren asked as he carried me off the ground and wiped the tears off my face.
I smiled inwardly.
"Water", I cooed. It was hard talking in the baby voice. I hated it with passion.
"How did you even get out of your room?", Ren said as he checked my body. I guessed he was chcking for injuries, thinking I fell down.
Ren looked behind him as he bent down reaching for the cups that were supposed to be on the floor.
"What?", he muttered.
They werent visible to him because I had cloaked them with my powers. I loved how my abilities came in handy.
I could feel his confusion, so I decided to distract him. "Daddy... sweep..."
"I know baby. You need to sleep", Ren said as he looked at the clock on the kitchen wall. It was 2:32am.
Fleetingly, daddy forgot about the cups that he didnt see anymore and took me back to my room, tucking me in yet again.
Now, I enetered the kitchen without a sound.
"This body I am in is so limiting". The smallness annoyed the hell out of me. Sometimes, when I meditate for long hours at night, Du's legs would ache so badly the next day.
One particular time I told my mother to carry me, that my legs hurt, the shock on her face was pretty obvious. I didnt know what shocked her... the fact that my legs were hurting or the fact that I had 'told' her.
Apparently, I was beginning to shock mom and dad a lot. I didn't care about it so much because I knew that they were in for more shock down the line.
[It's inevitable], I thought.
"Now, to get more cups", I said as I reached for a small stool and climbed to the counter.
I loved to practice as I never forgot the saying that 'Pratice makes perfect", and I sure wanted to be perfect in every aspect of my life, especially spiritually.
[No sound! YAY!], I thought... full of glee.
In my room now, I recalled a phone call mother had received.
Su Na... no, Marlena was coming to the house later that day. I didnt know if I was happy or angry, but I damn well felt something about her arrival. "It has been a while", I muttered.
So many hours... I had spent so many hours thinking about how I was going to go about dealing with Marlena. With how she dropped off the radar after I saw her sometime after my birth, there was no doubt in my mind now that she was really Marlena.
A shrill burst of laughter came out of my mouth. [Shit! That was not on purpose], I thought as I grabbed my mouth hoping that my parents were deeply asleep.
What gave me pleasure was the plan I had for Marlena.
Most of all, I will have to control myself when she comes around. I will have to surpress my energy and hatred!
Arranging my cups filled with soil under the wardrobe, I cloaked them very well.
The sand of the earth was a strong source of energy for me. Whenever I held soil in my hands, I felt a surge of energy run through me... and at that point, I could do whatever, see whatever and hear whatever I wanted to- It didn't matter the distance between me and whatever.
So, sand... soil... earth... those were precious elements and I would not allow anyone, not even Xue, come between me and them. [Especially Ren], I thought.
I was aware that it would take a lot not to scratch Marlena's eye out. It would take a lot to allow her carry me in her arms, because I knew that was unavoidable. I shuddered thinking about it. I was irritated like crazy.
"Anyway, time to travel", I said as I prepared my bed to put Du's body to sleep.
I was in the Intermediate level in the Spirit Training School. Everyone knew me there as a star student and I was proud of myself. The results showed in the things I could do physically now... and there were more to come.
Honestly, I was impatient to reach the Master level and find out what I would be able to do... even in Du's body.
I laid down and closed my eyes... welcoming sleep.
"I will beat Marlena at her game!", I muttered.