First spell mastered

Jason Finley, a tall and muscular 17 years old teenager with short and curly black hair and grey eyes. He was 6"0 tall and had the look of a typical Playboy but in contrast to his looks, Jason was a quiet kid and tended to distance himself from anyone he didn't consider a close friend; which in his case was almost everyone.

"I didn't think you'd come to the party", Kyra said.

"Was I not allowed to?", Jason blandly asked.

"I just thought you wouldn't be here", Kyra said.

"The more reason to come then", Jason said. "I guess I've changed".

Indeed he had changed. Kyra could sense the change in Jason; it was more like she could smell it.

"I dunno. Just thought it'd be fun", he added.

Kyra nodded. She suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, Jason. If you don't mind me asking, why haven't you been to school since the term began", Kyra asked.

Jason was a quiet kid so not many noticed that he hadn't been coming to school since the term began but Kyra did. She was a bit worried when she noticed.

Jason suddenly tensed up hearing the question.

"Just had to get some stuff under control", Jason said.

Kyra noticed Jason suddenly get tense when she asked the question so she decided to stop asking.

"Wanna dance?", Kyra asked Jason.

Jason looked at Kyra with a complicated expression on his face. He thought for a second and said, "Sure, why not".

They both went to join the crowd of dancing teenagers.

*****

Kevin who didn't seem to be in the mood for the party decided to find a more quiet place so he went upstairs.

Walking up the stairs, Kevin noticed the couple who were vigorously practicing the lip martial arts. He immediately looked away and went upstairs.

He found a fairly quiet room with nobody in it. It a large and spacious room with only a large couch at the center. There was a sliding door made of glass that lead to the balcony where he could observe the party. He saw Bryce dancing with Emily. Kyra also dancing with that guy called Jason. Cashel, Daniel and Katherine still at the drinks table.

"What's up?", a voice asked.

Kevin turned around and saw Carter walking towards him with a smile.

"Nothing", Kevin said.

"Not enjoying the party?", Carter asked.

"Not really", Kevin said.

"Try this! It should help", Carter said as he handed Kevin a glass bottle half filled with a clear liquid that Kevin was certain was not water basically because of the strong scent.

Kevin gulped down a mouthful of the liquid without asking what it was and immediately regretted it as he felt it burn his throat.

Carter burst out into laughter when he saw Kevin's reaction.

"What the hell is that?", Kevin asked.

"Vodka. Took it from my dad's not-so-secret cabinet", Carter laughed. "Clearly isn't your thing", he said as he took the bottle of vodka from Kevin's hand. He still poured some into Kevin's cut that still had some kind of punch in it.

*****

Katherine was having fun but it was completely ruined immediately when Zane came over.

"You came", Zane said.

Katherine could smell alcohol coming from Zane's mouth. He even still had a bottle his hand.

"Are you drunk?", Katherine asked.

"Just a little bit, no biggie", Zane replied.

Katherine rolled her eyes.

"So how about a dance?", Zane asked.

"Not happening. You'd be the last person I would want to dance with right now. So if you don't mind. Please stop bothering me", Katherine said angrily.

Zane wouldn't stop trying to flirt with Katherine. Katherine couldn't take it anymore so she just grabbed Cashel by the arm and dragged him away from the table.

"Hey! what's going on", Cashel said but Katherine just kept on dragging him.

"Wait where are you going, come back", Zane shouted but Katherine completely ignored him.

Just then Zane saw Bryce dancing with Emily in the crowd and somehow got really angry.

*****

Bryce and Emily walked out the crowd of teenagers. They had been dancing for a while and decided to go get some drinks.

"I have never danced this much in my life", Bryce said making Emily laughed.

Bryce suddenly received a punch right in the face causing him to fall. The music immediately stopped playing which brought everyone's attention to the commotion.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!", Emily screamed. She went over and helped Bryce up.

Zane sent another punch which broke Bryce's nose causing it to bleed a little. Bryce got serious and punched Zane back right in the face. Zane stumbled back a bit and dropped the bottle he was holding causing it to break. Zane threw another punch which Bryce easily dodged. He threw another punch but Bryce dodged it again.

He kept throwing punches at Bryce until Bryce decided to fight back. Bryce punched Zane right in the stomach before delivering an uppercut which made Zane fall on his back. All the students at the party saw what was going on. Bryce was about to hit Zane who was on the floor but Kevin and Cashel; who witnessed everything from upstairs, pushed through the crowd of students and blocked Bryce as Carter and Mitch; who had also come to stop the commotion, helped Zane back up but he hit away their hands. He pick up a shard from the broken bottle and rushed towards Kevin. Seeing this, Bryce pushed Kevin and Cashel out of the way and tried to block the shard but it ended up in his palm as blood started seeping out.

Zane who had realized what he had just done out of anger, sobered up a bit, while Bryce instead of pain, suddenly felt a rush of pure rage. His green eyes suddenly glowed with a bright cyan color. Zane who was stunned by Bryce's eyes changing color received a super punch from Bryce. Zane was pushed by the force of the punch and fell into the pool that was only a few steps away.

His eyes returned to normal as he calmed down. Jason's eyes went wide when he saw Bryce's bloody hand. He immediately used his hands to cover his nose and ran away from the party a spell that even an athlete would be jealous of. He probably had hemophobia or something.

"What the hell is going on here", Kyra asked.

Bryce also ran out of the house with his bleeding hand. Kyra turned to say goodbye to Jason but he was nowhere to be found. She and the others all tried to follow Bryce but he was so fast that neither of them could keep up with him. Even Kevin and Daniel were shocked at how fast Bryce was running.

As they were staring at Bryce's figure slowly disappear into the night, Katherine's eyes fell on a man who could be said to literally be the incarnation of 'devilishly handsome'.

The man was looked to be in his late twenties. He was 6"2 tall with baby blue eyes and short black hair and was wearing a black leather jacket on top of a white t-shirt and black jeans. He walked pass the group without even looking at them. For some reason, Katherine found him to be really familiar.

"What the hell happened back there", Cashel asked.

*****

Bryce stopped in the middle of the street. After running so fast, he wasn't even sweating not was he even panting. It was as if he had done nothing.

He stared at the shard in his palm. He could feel the pain but it wasn't the right amount of pain he should be feeling. Right now the pain that he was feeling was like being scraped with a sharp tipped object.

He pulled the shard out of his hand and didn't even flinch. The wound immediately started closing and soon disappeared as if it wasn't there. The blood on his hand was the only proof that there was an injury.

Bryce was bewildered by what just happened. He touched his face and discovered that his nose had also healed and there weren't any bruises on his face either.

*****

Saturday morning after breakfast, Charles led the boys down to the basement. He open the basement door and it was so dark that you could hardly see anything. The whole basement lit up as a ball of light appeared floating in the middle of the basement. Charles was really good at wordless casting.

Charles had been preparing the the basement to teach the boys magic. He filled shelf with magical tools and artifact and books related to anything supernatural. He took everything he would need to teach the boys to the basement.

"Today I'm going to start teaching you how to use your magic", Charles said.

"What is all of this", Kevin asked.

"This is where I'll be teaching you all you need to know", Charles said.

The stood around a table that was at the center of the room. Charles placed three candles on the table, one in front of each.

"The first spell I'm going to teach you is a basic fire spell. It's like the first spell I mastered when I was just 7 years old", Charles said.

"𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑠"

He picked up another candle and casted the spell and immediately then the candle lit up.

"Now you try. Close your eyes and concentrate. Try to feel the magic that is a part of your just like your fingers. It is yours to control. Once you do that, just like moving around your hand, think of what you want your magic to do for you and then say the spell", Charles explained.

The boys closed their eyes and did exactly what Charles said and they could feel their magic. It was apart of them just like any part of their body and it was under their control. They opened their eyes and concentrated on their candles.

"𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑠", they said together.

The candles in front of them immediately lit up after they had successfully casted the spell.

"As expected. You guys are fast learner. No wonder the gems merged with you", Charles said. "The gems have made your magic stronger, an ordinary witch wouldn't have been able to light it as simple you guy did on their first try", Charles said.

Charles willed it and the three candles floated of the table and a bowl of water floated to his hand. He poured small amounts of the water on the table in front of each of them.

"Practicing magic could be like your muscles. The more you train it, the stronger it becomes. If you overuse it, you're just causing harm to yourself", Charles explained. "Try to set the water in front of you on fire".

"How?", Bryce asked.

"The same way you did with the candles", Charles said.

"𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑠"

Kevin was going to ask a question when they said Daniel cast the spell. The water in front of Daniel immediately lit up in flames.

Bryce and Kevin were stunned as they looked at the burning water in front of Daniel. It was only Charles' voice that brought them out of their stupor.

"Impressive! Very impressive! Good job, Daniel", Charles said while clapping. "Now, you two try it".

Kevin and Bryce both looked at the burning on more time, seemingly motivated.

"𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑠"

They casted the spell simultaneously and the water in front of them both lit up in flames. Bryce and Kevin both looked proud of themselves.

"Very well done!", Charles said with a clap.

"You guys mastered your first spell in a very short time. Only a few minutes", Charles said.

The three half-brothers were excited to hear that news.