Justine was exhilarated. He thought it was impossible for him to awaken, but alas the impossible occurred. The age of awakening was completely random, but it commonly takes place between the ages of thirteen to fifteen. It can be later than that or be earlier than that.
The last few days were hectic for him. Powers related to darkness and shadow was especially rare, so Alexandria Tate, Justine's adoptive Mother mentored him temporarily upon discovering that he had awakened.
She was still looking for a suitable instructor for me. But since it's proving to be difficult finding an instructor possessing an affinity related to shadows and darkness, she insisted on teaching Justine the basics of wielding the power that he possessed.
"I want you to feel yourself." She instructed him.
"What?" Justine asked with a deadpan expression.
"Feel yourself, it's not that difficult."
Trying to understand the meaning of her words, he began to touch himself only to be met with a smack to his head. Groaning from the pain and with some tears close to falling down from both of his eyes, he shouted "I just did what you told me!"
Alex positioned herself to headlock Justine and said "What's so hard following my orders!? and why are you shouting at me huh!?"
She tightened her hold on Justine's neck and added "you don't shout at me little brat, you're still a brat!"
"Okay, OKAY! I give!" Justine responded.
Alex loosened her hold, and Justine fell on the ground. Breathing raggedly, he muttered "feels like a gorilla is teaching me."
"Did you say something?"
"None at all ma'am." He responded with a straight face.
Standing up, rubbing his back from the pain he questioned "What do you mean by feel myself anyway? please be more specific."
"It's not that difficult kid, you're still learning how to control your power."
"But you should be able to feel the energy gathering in the center of your chest whenever you release your power." pointing at her own chest, she continued speaking "Let me show you"
Justine's body dropped down, the weight of his body much heavier than before. He felt like something was pushing him down and it was not getting lighter anytime soon, in fact it only grew heavier. On his knees making an effort to fight the pressure, his mother spoke "Look at me."
Fighting the intense pressure, he took a glance. What he saw was a purple hue circling around her chest. It was a sight to see and it was beautiful. "Gathering energy at your chest strengthens the uses of your abilities, though it won't necessarily appear visibly like this when using your power."
The pressure completely disappeared and his body became lighter. She continued "Just because you gathered energy and centered it to your chest doesn't mean it's going to be visible like mine. It was visible only because I wanted you to see it.... that and also because I'm very powerful."
Justine was still having difficulty in breathing, but even despite that, he was absorbing every bits of information his Mother was giving him. He couldn't help but feel pride and joy upon learning that he was being mentored by someone like her. It was truly a blessing for him to be adopted in this family.
Alex then asked Justine a question. "Can you show me how you control the shadows?"
Justine complied and moved his shadow in a circular motion, similar to what he demonstrated to his sisters. Alex raised her eye brows and followed up with an additional question "That's it? your sisters informed me of how pompous you've become and you're only capable of doing that?"
He frowned, gritting his teeth and answered in a sarcastic manner. "I've awakened recently.... can't expect a new born baby to walk a few days after he or she was born right?"
"It's weird how you're comparing yourself to a new born baby." she crossed her arms and lowered one of her eye brows while staring at him. Continuing, she said "Oh well, I've told you everything you needed to know."
"Just keep this in mind, learn how to feel your energy first and after doing so, find out how you can move the energy to the center of your chest. Once you master it, you'll only get stronger as you grow."
Justine was about to open his mouth to ask a question, but Alex brought her index finger to Justine's mouth. Shutting him off and spoke.
"Don't ask me anything else in regards to fighting, we all have a completely different powers from yours. I'll Leave that kind of problem to your future academy instructors." and with that, Alex kissed him on the forehead, turning around to leave and said. "I'll get going now, I still have a client to meet."
***
The key to feeling the energy that comes with awakening was by constantly using my abilities until I can get used to it.
I'm trying to do just that, but with the progress I'm making, it might take a year for me to accomplish just that.... okay I'm just exaggerating at this point, maybe it'll take me half a year if I'm being generous.
My sisters Rosalyn and Regina felt their energy in just three months prior to their awakening. Surely I can do the same right? upon researching, the average time a super can sense their own energy was during five to eleven months of consistent practice.
In that category alone, my sisters are considered geniuses.
I want to be genius too, I'll show them that I'm capable of such a feat by training everyday consistently without slacking off, and by training, I mean shaping my shadow into a bunch of shapes like a circle, triangle, and a few other shapes.
Extending my shadow to more than two meters is already a challenging task for me. Difficult and very exhausting, so limiting my control to only one meter is just enough for me to train without draining stamina.
It's been a few days, and I haven't had the chance to go to school since awakening. I also ignored John's bombardment of calls and text messages.
I spent the past few days training with my Mother and spending time with the rest of my family. They allowed me to skip school for a few days, and to get a grip of my abilities.
But now I think it's time for me to go back and continue studying, just because I awakened doesn't mean I'm suddenly exempted from studying.
With that being said, I was on my way to my classroom. But there was no one there, no- there was nobody here to begin with.... what am I doing again? and why is it so dark in here? I could've sworn it was just a normal morning a second ago.
"Hello... friend." muttered by an unknown voice.