77Please respect copyright.PENANAuEDoRYHcdgThe gust of wind tossed Lucia back. She grunted as the bolt of energy shattered the trees near the target. Eilara shielded her face, her own hair whipping against her cheeks from the force of the blast.
Coach Ura gasped. "That’s very powerful, Eilara!"
"Thanks," Eilara mumbled, surveying the destruction. Broken tree trunks were scattered everywhere, and students in the wind group had been knocked to the ground. The other groups stopped practicing to stare. Zedrick approached them from the boys' training grounds, his expression grim.
"Coach Ura," he whispered urgently. "Coach Quinn has fallen into the Black River because of the sudden tornado."
Mary Beth gasped. "The Black River?!"
Zedrick nodded. "So have three other students. Quinn was training them by the river because they are fire elements."
Coach Ura fumbled for a cloak near the backpacks and rushed toward the boys' training grounds.
"How can they train all of them?" Eilara wondered aloud, her voice trembling. "Don’t they only have one element?"
"Because teachers are given more to train us," Mary Beth replied distractedly. "Zedrick, who are the three students?"
Zedrick hesitated for a second. "Leom Vander, Kireal Fenthom, and Maxem Levali."
The fire girl let out a strangled gasp. "Leom Vander? He’s my brother!" Without another word, she sprinted after Ura, charging toward the boys' grounds.
"It’s all my fault," Eilara realized, her heart sinking. She bolted toward the narrow path. "It’s all my fault!"
"No, Eilara!" Mary Beth cried, racing right behind her. "You're still unstable!"
In her panic, Eilara tripped. As Mary Beth reached to grab her shoulder, they tumbled together, sliding down the embankment and onto the boys' training grounds. Mary Beth popped her head up, surveyng the scene. The area was pure chaos. Students scrambled along the banks of the river, some gripping trees for dear life while others searched the churning black water.
"You three should be practicing!" Ura shouted at them. She had emerged in a violet swim suit with silver wires on her wrists, though she was still in her blue slippers; she tripped momentarily before a student helped her steady herself.
"Are you going into the Black River?" a student asked, his brown hair dripping wet. "We tried, but the current is too strong!"
"It must be just as difficult for them," Ura muttered. She sprinted to the edge, performed two backflips to gain momentum, and dove head-first into the river. Everyone watched the dark surface hopelessly as she disappeared, trying to find the missing.
"Kael!" Mary Beth called out toward a boy staring at the school castle. "Are you okay?"
"Better than the kids in the water," he huffed. "Maxem is someone close to me. If he dies, everyone will know that what the suit says is true: he will be dead."
"No!" the fire girl cried, her eyes puffy and red as she wiped away tears. "My brother will save them."
Eilara reached out, resting a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry..."
The girl whipped around and pulled away, her eyes flashing with rage. "It’s all your fault, Eilara. You are a murderer!"
The fire in the girl's eyes caused Eilara to stumble back, stung.
"That’s not nice!" Kael snapped at her.
"But it’s the truth!" the girl yelled. "She killed them!"
Mary Beth glared at her. "She is still training!"
"You think she is still training?" the girl challenged. "Coach Ura can't even master such power! No one who just got their power two days ago can cause a tornado!"
Eilara looked down at her feet, her voice a broken whisper. "I didn’t want to kill anyone."
"You should be in prison," the girl hissed. "Locked away in a cell." She tossed her hair and stomped toward the shore.
Suddenly, Ura broke the surface, gasping for air. "I found two students!" she panted. "I believe they are Kireal and Maxem."
Kael rushed to Maxem’s side, letting out a sob of relief when he realized the boy was still breathing.
The fire girl turned desperately to the coach. "Where’s Leom and Quinn?"
Just then, Quinn popped out of the water, his face pale. Leom’s limp body was draped over his shoulders.
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