BeauxBatons Academy of Magic VI
April 15th, 1973
Agnes had slept terribly. She kept thinking about the river incident. She hated that she had lost the control of her new acquired power in front of her friends, putting them in danger. She reached out for her wand who had been resting on her nightstand. She stroked it slightly, feeling the curves of the wood under her fingers. It was safer to use her wand, after all.
As planned, the four students gathered in a corner of the school library. Jeanne had a large book on the desk in front of her. She waited for everyone to focus on her and opened the dusty tome. After a few seconds, she had found what she was looking for. She cleared her throat.
- What we have witnessed yesterday was an impressive but unprecedented act of magic. We all agree to say that Agnes is an intelligent and well-educated witch, and I do not doubt her ability to practice powerful spells.
- right right, said Antoine, eager to hear the rest.
- Oh, let me put the form at least. This is an important matter! Hm. Anyway, I have read throughout different books this morning and have found something which I believe is related to Agnes' s new power.
She read a part of the large page she had opened earlier.
" Wizards use their wands as the elongation of their magical power.
The source of their strenght resides within themselves, but is truly acknowledged when combined with a wand.
Some rare wizards however posess the power to connect their inner source of magic with their surroundings and acquire a higher level sorcery, thanks to their natural environments.
The elements of earth, water, air, and fire, were classed as the fundamental building blocks of nature. Magical creatures associated to each elements are
Gnomes, being of earth; Undine, being of water; Sylph, being of air; Salamander, being of fire.
Such magical being, human or creature, if having mastered all four elements, could beneficiate from immortality and share it to another mortal being after wed, according to the Rosicrucians in the Muggle world.
The very first elemental known to this day appeared in the late Early Middle ages."
The three friends looked at each other, in shock. Jeanne did not wait for their reaction and asked Agnes:
- Does it ring a bell? Did your mum ever told you about these sort of ... genes running in your family?
- Never. I had never heard of that before. The elemental wizards? That sounds crazy. Why don't we learn about that in school? Answered Agnes.
- Well, that's a good question! Would be nice to use magic without my wand sometimes. 'bit annoying to carry it around sometimes. Admitted Antoine.
- The book seems to say that elementals are born with such power, and it is not something one can acquire. Corrected Jeanne.
Agnes felt uneasy. Her friends were really helpful in her quest of discovering where she had inherited that strange magic from. But she could not help feeling like an experiment of some sort.
The lunch break was soon over and the little team had to join their afternoon classes. They all wanted to discuss more of their findings, and had promised to gather again at dinner.
So, what now? She was not a normal witch? She was a sort of mixture between a wand wizard and a no-wand wizard? Although it seemed like her new found magic only occured when associated with natural elements, and did not seem to connect with any sorts of spells she had learned in school so far. So she still had a use for her wand after all.
Why her, though? She was just a normal 15-year-old girl living among other 15-year-olds, nothing else. She had nothing spectacular about herself (other than her fast-learning capabilities in spells, she was pretty proud of that).
At least, now she had an answer to the source of her new powers.
Later that day, during their conversation over dinner, she'd made her friends swear not to tell anyone about her 'situation'. She had already been the subject of all sorts of gossip, didn't need to add one more to the list.