A Song in the Rain by Lydia Deyes

Author:Lydia Deyes [Deyes, Lydia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733477604
Publisher: Lydia Deyes
Published: 2019-09-22T18:30:00+00:00

XXVII

“You’re special, Sheer,” Kevin said. “I just know it.”

“What makes you say that?”

“Can’t you see? You’ve lost so much, yet here you are, a leader and a friend. You’re deaf, but you’re talking to me as if that didn’t hinder you at all. And you have special powers that, as far as I know, no one else has ever possessed. I wish I had been there when you used them. It must have been amazing!”

A hint of pride blossomed inside me. Everything he had said was true… maybe I was special. “Thanks, Kevin. You know… I could show you. If you want.”

Kevin’s eyes widened with excitement. “Would you really?”

“Just give me a moment to think of something.” Kevin’s expectations were high, and I wanted to exceed them. After his encouragement, I was full of confidence and felt sure I could accomplish anything. I wanted to try something new. I’d manipulated matter in the past, from rocks to bears to even my own body. But what about air itself?

I stared at the rain outside the hollow, concentrating, and steeled myself against the fear. My instinct was to close my eyes and draw back from the water, but I wanted to see my creation.

As I watched and focused, a small sphere devoid of rain formed among the downpour. I allowed it to grow to twice my size, then held it steady. Rain fell on and around it, curving around its shape until it was a shimmering, watery orb. Finally, I released it. The sphere fell apart, and the drizzle filled its place as if nothing had happened.

“Wow,” Kevin said when I turned back to face him. “That was beautiful, Sheer.”

We watched the rain fall for a while, then drifted off to sleep. When I woke in the morning, the rain had stopped. Kevin was gone.

He left to go back to his family without saying goodbye?

I didn’t have much time to sink into my disappointment, because Amery suddenly popped her head into the hollow.

“There you are! I’ve been looking all over for you. Breakfast is starting.”

“Oh… okay.” She turned to go back to center camp, but I stopped her. “Amery, wait. About earlier… I’m sorry. I miss Samuel, but I shouldn’t have said that I wished you had died instead.”

Amery turned back to face me and sighed. “It really hurt me, Sheer. But I forgive you.”

We flew back together in silence. When we got there, I stopped in surprise. Kevin was there, eating breakfast.

“Amery, why didn’t you tell me that Kevin was still here?”

“Why am I supposed to keep track of him for you? Is he leaving?”

“Just, I don’t know, be more informative next time. We were together all of yesterday, and suddenly he’s gone, and you were just here, so you must have known. He’s leaving this morning, and I didn’t get a chance to see him off.”

“Well, now you know. Why’s he leaving, anyway?”

“Does it matter?”

“Yes, Sheer… why would someone come here, join Samuel’s family, and then leave the next day? Don’t you think that’s suspicious?”

“He’s going to see his family, if you must know.

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