"Welcome…to Devin's training class, first we're going to work on increasing your energy reserves". Devin vocalized.
It was the first day of Devins's training classes, he brought me over to our usual field. I liked the environment, it was comfortable. Devin was dressed in black. His joggers were black and he had on a black compression shirt.
I on the other hand had on a red-cropped hoodie and red shorts.
"Hey did you get all that?", Devin asked me his eyebrows raised slightly. I shook my head, "Sorry, I was lost in thought".
"Ok listen up, if you increase your energy reserves, you'll be able to use your ability for longer without getting tired. Additionally, you'll be able to use more powerful sub-abilities. Did you get that". He asked me again.
"I did you, moron, what do I do to increase it then ?", I quickly asked back.
"Well, it varies, what works for me… might not work for you. I usually just meditate. If it's working, you'll feel a sensation in your body. If it's not, then I guess you'll feel nothing". He stared down at the ground.
He sat on the grass and crossed his legs, he closed his eyes and began to breathe in. He signaled to me to copy his actions. I got in the same position and began to repeat his actions. I tried hard to feel something, a sensation in my insides. Nothing worked.
"Yh this isn't working dude", I sighed out loud.
He opened his eyes, "so what do you think will increase your energy? It's crucial because if you don't increase your energy, you can't get stronger. Although it will increase subconsciously, we just don't have time to wait that long."
We began to think and try different methods, but nothing worked. I stretched out, I lay down, I curled up in a ball nothing worked. I really didn't know what to do.
"Hey maybe you could use your hair to do it, stretch it out maybe that will work". He snapped his fingers. Seemingly a lightbulb moment for him.
I nodded in response.
My hair slowly flowed down to my back, I waited a few minutes to see if I would feel anything. To my utter surprise, my insides did begin to tingle. It was working!
I punched Devin smack in the guy, "it working!". Devin didn't react to my punch which shocked me. Usually with Daniel he would either pretend to gasp for air…or…actually gasp for air. I guess they really had different personalities.
"So if you constantly keep your hair at that length, instead of your default shoulder length, you would be getting more energy inflow. I wish it was that easy for me. You can increase your energy constantly." Devin ruffled his hair as he spoke again.
"I advise you to do it constantly, but…you will be constantly tired for the first few days, until you get used to it. Well that's all I'm going to teach you today". He sat on the ground in silence.
"So can I go…or you want to talk or something?". I mumbled the air falling a bit awkward.
"So will you tell me what your ability is now?" He asked confidently.
I didn't think he was still interested in knowing what my ability was called.
"It's called prehensile hair", I replied with a blanc look on my face.
"How does it work" he asked. I quickly shot back, "why do you want to know".
"Call me a curiois cat, just tell me" he began to beg.
I rolled my eyes at him and punched his arm…I got no response to that.
"Basically my powers allow me to stretch out the hair on my scalp, naturally my hair won't grow past my soldiers. Also, occasionally my hair moves on its own like it is alive. However, when I grow out my hair, I can't reduce the length. I have to cut it off, and after I cut it off it disintegrates.it's pretty versatile". By the time I was done, his face was scrunched up.
"You could do a lot with that, now that I know how your ability works, I can help you figure out to develop other sub-abilities". His hands had found a way back to his hair.
"Now what's your ability called, you can't tell me no", I asked him sharply.
He waited for a few seconds before responding to me, his face looked as though it had different thoughts going through it.
"I don't know what my ability is called", he said plainly.
I blinked at him a few times, "what? How don't you know?…it comes to you. Like it comes to everyone else.
"Well, something happened while I was a kid, after that, I could remember what it was called. What I do know is that It does a lot of stuff. The more power I put into it, the more the golden aura spreads through my body. For now, at my full strength, it stops at my right arm. It also enhances my physical ability. Im sure if I can remember the name of the ability, I will be able to figure stuff out way faster." He had a very lost look on his face at this point.
I honestly thought Devin was an obnoxious brat, it seems I was wrong. He's just a nixed kid.
"I'll get going now, I need to go get some lunch", I said as I began to get up.
As I got up, I felt very tired, I was still actively increasing my energy reserves so I was feeling a little bit tired.
I waved Devin goodbye and he waved one back at me. After getting some lunch at the cafeteria I decide to go to the library.
The library was huge, it was made of beautiful wooden material that was intricately carved into the walls. Books!! They were everywhere. I stepped in walking past the Liberian. I walked over to the fiction section, I was always very fond of fiction books so I was excited to get a new book to read.
After a few minutes of searching, I found a certain book that piqued my interest. The strange title caught my attention.
'The race that once was'.