Trying to use his magic by all means, Kevin was giving it his best. The thought of Anna wiggling her butt for him was enough motivation to get him very serious about using his magic.
He didn't need to think too much about a happy memory, all he had to do was think about a moment in his life where he was lying on a bed and Anna was on top of him straddling him. Naked. The thought did more than what he wanted it to do and opening his eyes, he was looking at his body.
Kevin was looking at his body and he was confused. How can he be looking at his body?
"Kevin you did it." Anna said walking to Kevin's body. His eyes were now showing nothing but cyan colour and he wasn't moving. "Kevin?" Snapping her fingers in front of him, Kevin still didn't move. Anna even wiggled her butt in front of him and he still didn't move.
"I can watch that all day." said a person beside Kevin's body.
"Kevin?" Anna asked moving to the person who had just spoken.
"In the flesh. Well in the soul, not flesh."
"This is really creepy. How did you possess him?" Jake asked coming over to meet both of them.
All the students had stopped using their magic and had gathered around Kevin's body and the body he possessed.
"I don't know." Kevin answered Jake. "I did what our beautiful Miss Anna told us to do, I used an emotion as a trigger and all of a sudden, I open my eyes and I'm looking at my body."
"Looks like you did it Kevin. You finally used your magic." Smith said.
"That's right Smith, I did use my magic. Which means Miss Anna, you owe me more than butt jiggling."
"I'll think about it. How do you feel in there?" Anna asked.
"It feels weird somehow, like I'm seeing through a window or something. Now that I'm in here, what happens to this person's soul?"
"His name is not 'this person'. His name is Mike." a student said.
"Yeah whatever." Kevin said.
"His soul is still in his body. You simply took over his body but his soul is still in there."
"So when I leave he'll take over his body again?"
"Yes."
"What if I leave him and possess you Miss Anna?" Kevin asked smiling with roguery.
"I know you will certainly try Kevin, but too bad you can't possess me. I'm way stronger than you, stronger than every single one of you in this room. As a matter of fact even if you all were to fight me at the same time, you would still lose."
Jake had no problem believing that because he had witnessed her prowess firsthand and after seeing the strength of her magic, he was sure she could beat them all with one hand behind her back even if they used magic.
"Then I'll just have to get stronger than you." Kevin said to Anna.
"Ha. You really think you will ever be as strong as her?" Max asked.
"Not really. But you know what I think? I think we have a secret weapon." Kevin said.
"What's the weapon?"
"Jake! Jake is our secret weapon." Kevin said smiling as if he just unveiled something very important.
"How is Jake a secret weapon?" Smith asked.
"Don't you guys get it? Jake has magic mimicry. All he has to do is learn how to use practically every single type of magic out there and he'll be unstoppable. Think about it, Miss Anna's magic is very strong, if Jake mimics it and learns how to use it, he'll be just as strong as her."
"He has a point." Smith said.
"He does, but you forgot something genius." Jake said to Kevin.
"And what's that?"
"How do I learn how to use every type of magic out there?"
"You will figure it out. I'm tired of staying in this body and it's beginning to take a toll on me. How do I get back to my real body?" Kevin asked Miss Anna.
"You know this isn't your real body, so all you have to do is feel your real body. Try to connect with your real body, after you possess a person you will always be able to return to your real body no matter where it is. Well that's unless... Never mind."
"Unless what Miss Anna? You can't say never mind without telling me what to never mind."
"You can always return to your body unless the person you possessed or your real body is kept in something like that pod over there." Anna said pointing to the pod which nullifies magic.
"Wait a minute." Jake said. "The pod nullifies magic, shouldn't it force Kevin to return to his real body?"
"That's why I said something LIKE the pod, there are also machines that can make a person get stuck using magic. Kevin feel your real body, when you can feel your real body, you'll be able to return whenever you want."
"Okay, I'll try." Closing his eyes again, Kevin tried to feel his real body. He didn't know what he was feeling for, he was just searching for anything in his mind that would connect him to his real body.
Finally feeling a connection with his body, Kevin focused on the connection. Opening his eyes, Kevin was looking through his own eyes. "I did it!"
Smiling, Anna said to all of them "We're finally getting somewhere." Anna had watched them all use their magic, though some used their magic better than others, they had all made progress in the control of their magic. "You all are doing well in using your magic, but you should be able to use your magic without the need to trigger it first."
"How do we do that?" Smith asked.
"When you trigger your magic, I'm sure you all feel the magic flow through you. That feeling of the magic flowing through you is what you need to recreate without the need of triggering your magic first. Trigger your magic, then try to hold on to the feeling of your magic flowing through you. If you can hold on to that feeling successfully, you will be able to stop using whatever memory you use as a trigger and focus on flowing the magic through you. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"Not really." the students said.
"I actually understand it." Smith said.
Looking to her side, Anna asked to Smith "Seriously?"
"Yes. When I use my healing magic, I've felt the magic flow through me just like you said. Then one day I decided to try focusing on the way the magic flows through me and I was able to keep using my magic without using any memories or thoughts."
"Wow Smith. Looks like you aren't the smartest for nothing." Jake said. "You're already a step ahead of us."
"That's why he's my favourite. None of you could figure it out but he already did it, he used magic without a thought. All that's left for him is to start the flow all by himself and I know he'll get that very soon."
Jake rolled his eyes at how melodramatic Anna was being and decided to not mention that he too was already learning how to start the flow by himself. He had not learnt it as much as Smith but what mattered is the fact that he was also learning it.
"All of you, spread the mats on the floor and sit. You are going to practice concentrating on the flow of magic in your body."
Spreading the mats on the floor and settling down, the students paid attention to what Anna was saying.
"After you trigger your magic, concentrate on the feeling of magic flowing through you. It might be a bit difficult because this is your first time but you just have to keep trying. So, are you guys ready to learn something new?"