Of Fire and Flames (Open)

[Bee]

Quietly Bee sat atop a cliff over looking a mine. She had traveled away from the city and made her way to the mountain mining section to do some training. Bee had improved greatly since she left Guro. However that was not enough. She now held the one tome she would ever need, volcanon. Its power was the pinnacle of fire magic and with it she was sure there was nothing she could not overcome with her flames. However she was far from perfect. Bee had so many flaws. First off Bee could not draw upon its full power. Second she was not strong enough to use the tome for extended amount of time and lastly she was no warrior. If Bee hoped, no dreamed of one day defeating Guro she was going to need to become much stronger than she was now. Her fire magic was strong and would grow stronger, however casting a spell did not equal victory. Bee needed another weapon, something else to tip the scales in her favor.

"There ain't no way I can use a sword", spoke Bee as she looked at her fist. She knew she needed to come up with something, but at the moment she did not have a idea. Still that did not stop her for making a plan. "Alright first I need to practice my fire magic at least three hours a day", spoke Bee as she began to scribble down her personal training regiment down on paper. The maiden already had the words running and throwing stones on the list. Bee realized that she was going to need to build up her body. The mage who was all flab was dead in a combat situation. Bee needed to be able to defend herself against anything that came her way. Guro would not be the only opponent in her life.

As Bee sat there and began to think on things she was drawing a blank. There was nothing she could think of that would help even the playing field. "Well that is enough of that", spoke Bee as she closed her book. The maiden then pulled out her tome that she valued so much. She opened the pages and began to read the words inside. "Alright lets see what I got", spoke bee as she closed the book and placed it into a specially designed book sheath on her right side. Bee touched the cover of the tome and began to call upon the power of the spirits in the air. She could feel the fire spirits. "Alright lets try this", spoke Bee as she took a deep breath. Taking control of the spirits Bee began to change the very nature of the air flowing out of her mouth. She ignited the oxygen and caused flames to appear in the air "One", spoke Bee as she breathed in. "Two", she spoke as she exhaled. The air turned to flames as she began to user her magical power. "One", she spoke as she started the process over again.

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"One", spoke Bee as she began to breath in. "Two", she spoke as she breath out and with it flames. It was a very difficult training exercise than one would think. First Bee had to control the fire spirits and move them into place. However she had to control them only when she was breathing out. If she allowed them to linger she could end up breathing fire into her own face, and that would be bad. "Two", spoke Bee as she began to breath out again.

As Bee sat on the cliff attempting to increase her control over the flames things in the mountain began to sir. High up in the mountains a old bear began to move through the forest. He was too old to hunt deer and to big to sustain himself on rabbits. His diet was now mainly populated through scavaging and the hunting of the one prey that it could run down, humans. As the bear began to march through the forest its nose picked up on a rather peculiar scent. It smelled fire, but onto only the flames, but also the flesh behind it. It smelled Bee and its mouth began to water. Moving through the rocky mountain region the bear made its way toward the young mage. Bee at the moment was caught up on her mage craft and did not notice the fleeing birds.

As Bee came into view the bear stopped for a moment. It was a old bear after all and knew better than to just attack the first human it saw. Humans where social creatures and it knew if anyone else was around it would pay dearly for its assault. Taking a sniff of air the bear ruled out the presence of another man and Bee was soon added to the menu. Moving to engage the bear began to move down the hill. Its decent however was annocued by the rocks it knocked out the way and sent tumbling to the ground below.

"What in the world is going on", spoke Bee as she stopped her training to turn around and see the cause of the rock fall. She was sure she was here herself and for that reason she was shocked to see a bear moving down toward her. "A bear", spoke Bee with confusion as she looked at the animal. Most of the time Bears where peaceful creatures, well peaceful enough. They usually do not attack unless you attacked first, but the way the creature moved toward Bee the maiden knew better than to fall back on that knowledge.

"Oh crap", spoke Bee as she began to draw upon the power of the tome. Bee hated the idea of fighting such a burly and majestic creature, but the bear kind of gave her no choice. As the bear moved into attack Bee took a deep breath. Her eyes narrowed and she was focus on the magic inside the tome. "Erupt", spoke Bee as she held out her hand. From the front of her arm shot out a jet of fire. The flames and heat caused the bear to stop in it's tracks and back up as the maiden announced to it and the world that she was not on the menu.

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From the young maiden's hand came a stream of fire. It was a fearful sight for the animal as its easy prey suddenly turned into a natural disaster. Immediately the bear backed off. It was more keen to try and find some berries than try and eat a human that can call upon fire. Still it was hungry and the feeling of hunger in its stomach made it turn around. If it passed up this meal it was not sure if it could find another. So in all foolishness the bear turned and attempted to make another charge at the mage.

"Yet it comes again", spoke Bee as she called upon more flames from her tome. The maiden lifted her left hand and fire soon followed. The jet of fire, like the first time raged forward and burned the ground in front of the beast. Its crimson blaze once again set off the primal fear of the bear and caused it to fall back. However hunger, the invisible fire that burns though us all, sent the bear coming back toward the maiden. It was at this point that Bee realized that she was simply going to have to kill the beast.

"Alright that is it", spoke Bee as she took a strong step forward and thrusted her palm toward the beast. From the center of her hand came a ball of flames. The fire shot forth and slammed into the bear's face causing it to scream in both agony and fear. Its primal fear of fire had vanished, but the flames of the blaze had wrapped its body. Bee's attack of fire tipped the scales and the bear was now committed to the hunt. However at the same time its face was on fire and as a result it could not properly see.

With a fearsome growl it rushed forward to where it thought Bee was. It was pretty accurate, but Bee had moved to the side some since her fire ball attack. Rushing forward the beast attempted to maul the young maiden, but Bee' retreat to its right side prevented it from knocking her over.

"Ignite", spoke Bee as she snapped her fingers. Once again calling upon the power of the flames Bee created a small ball of fire in the air and then made it suddenly expand. Beyond that she did nothing and simply let the fire take its coarse. The heat consumed the oxygen and covered the bears fur. One moment only the bears face had been burnt by the flames and now its entire body was on fire. Screaming in agony the bear began to flail around in all directions before it slipped off the cliff and feel to its death.

"That was not pretty", spoke Bee as she looked at the flames. There was something wrong with the fires, thought Bee to herself. They did not seem pretty to her. Maybe it was the bears last screams of anguish or maybe it was simply not her day. However the flames where not the same as they usually where.
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