We spent almost an hour chatting amongst ourselves, most of our talks were just reminiscing on our home world, we also talked a bit about the Centaurs and how a few are starting to warm up to us.
Suddenly, I thought of something, I couldn't keep this all to myself.
" Guys?"
" What's it?" Sanchez spoke and all paid attention to me.
" Have you guys felt different over these past days?"
" What do you mean different?" Sasha asked and made a glance at Belle.
" I've felt different, I noticed that I don't require as much sleep as I did and I haven't felt exhausted or anything of that sort. It's like I was made young again."
" Aren't you like thirty?" Belle asked.
" Well yeah, however, I feel like a teen, or more accurately my twenties. I can't really describe the feeling but it's there, I wonder if it's the ambience" I said feeling poised.
'My face should tell them that I wasn't delusional, I'm being really serious here and they better take me seriously'.
" Ahem...Ehemmm" Sanchez seemed to clear his throat.
" I feel the same as well man, I didn't question it, I thought it was the fresh clean air here," he said.
" Any of you else witnessing this phenomenon?"
" I haven't perceived that sort of change." Sasha spoke and she glanced at Belle once more.
This made me think that something was amiss, she was hiding something, I know so.
" Alright then, what other changes have you observed, it could be different for us all"
" It's a bit personal" she muttered.
" It's okay if you don't want to share the details, you've some changes ok. What about you Jake?
" Nah, I've got nothing"
" I thought about it, Miss Zephyr mentioned that we were imbued with Mana when she first met us, perhaps that is what caused the little changes we've observed."
" Well, we wouldn't find the answers here! Let's head back."
With the help of the landmarks, we easily found our way back, I saw one of those ratlike animals gnawing on fruit, the red plum ones we ate earlier.
Just as we left it, the village remained mundane, a few of the Centaurs were about, some just treading along, few engaged in some conversation.
' What exactly do these people do indoors all day? Don't they have duties'
Just as I was lost in my stream of thoughts, loud whoas took me off-track, the guys had gone farther and they were right in the middle of our huts and the large school.
" What?!" I hastened my steps as I saw them all surrounding someone.
I broke into the wall they made and there, something totally astonished me, Germaine had a ball of fire hovering over his light palm. It provided warmth and didn't feel the least bit aggressive.
" Don't tell me..... Since when could you do this?!"
" Since when you guys left" Germaine answered with a smirk.
The others as well asked him questions.
" Oh, you guys are back," Mustapha said as he sent his door back, none of us bothered to reply him however.
" What is it?" he questioned as he walked towards us.
" This!" I spoke.
" Whoa, you're a fast learner, as expected of you Germaine"
' What's with that reply? don't tell me you can do this too'
" Aren't you surprised by this development? this is magic!"
" I wanted to tell you guys about this but I wanted to understand it all before I proceeded"
Germaine suddenly extinguished the flame over his arm, he wanted to listen as well.
" I've felt a strange energy coursing through me, with my meditation, the sensation grows larger and with that, I realized that I could use a bit of magic"
" Whoa, so we're the ones far behind," I said with my hands tucked.
" What can you do?" Sanchez asked.
" This!" A visible wisp of wind came up and unprecedentedly grew gradually until it was as large as I was.
" This is..." I couldn't find the words, he wasn't bluffing.
' Let me connect this, he mentioned a strange energy coursing through him since he got here, so that means'
" How did you learn to tap into that energy?"
" Simply through visualization and one's Intent" Germaine answered.
" Visualization?! Just that?!"
' I refuse to believe it's that simple'
" Okay then, I'll try something"
I held my hands out, and with my eyes closed, I began to visualize a ball of water.
I felt a sensation like liquid streaming from my core towards my palm and as if that liquid thrusted out of my hand. Instinctively, I uttered, " Water Ball"
I felt a drop of water hovering at my palm, I couldn't see it but somehow I could feel it, the feeling grew stronger and then, I realized with all the noise my colleagues were making, a large ball of water was hovering just right after my palm. It looked so pristine and elegant and then " yah" I shouted as I lost concentration, the ball was in control and it tilted me until I sent it toward Germaine who was right at my side.
He looked ready for this however as he wore his ball of flame on his knuckles and counteracted the water ball with a punch of fire setting water vapor all around us.
"That was awesome Fredrick" Germaine yelped.
Others looked at me like they adored me.
" Whoa, I didn't think you would succeed on one go" Mustapha said.
" Perhaps you're the most talented amongst us"