Chapter 12 - First Time In Forever

*Aurora's POV*

I groggily opened my eyes, rolling a around on the queen sized bed for a dew seconds, I saw faint sun light filtering through the curtain in my room. I still felt extremely tired. I was kept up all night by the event that happened last night. I got to Kaler's house around 730pm last night, thinking he would already be home. To my surprise, he wasn't. His parents were absolutely elated to see me, however, when they realised that i got hee before Kaler, we all knew something went wrong.

For an hour and a half straight, we were in a panic, we had no idea where he was, where he went are what he was doing. I could feel myself breaking down. I thought that he didn't want to see me, that's why he didn't come home, that's why he talked to me less and less over the years.

I still have no idea what is wrong with him. I wanted to know, but he never opened up. When he came back last night, he looked like a whole different person. However, any way I looked at him, in terms of personality, he was still Kaler. Not the one I knew though, that Kaler is long gone. And that kiss… I had no idea what I was doing. My instincts took over. However, I was ok with it,i wanted it. The question was whether he did too.

I noticed that the room was a lot warmer than it should have been. I sluggishly sat up and saw that the air conditioning unit was deactivated. Odd. "Alexa, turn on the air conditioning." I tried to call to the AI. However, after waiting a few seconds, there was no response. Something's up. I lazily got off the bed an walked to the bathroom, flicking the switch before entering. Nothing happened. "What in the…" I mumbled. I flicked it on and off a couple more times and nothing happened still.

Perhaps there was a power trip in the middle of the night? I had to walk to the circuit box myself, since my mother and father were rarely home. I grabbed my phone from the table in my room and walked downstairs. The breaker box was next to the front door. Opening it, I saw nothing out of place. However, it seems that everything in the house has still been disabled. A blackout?

I started searching the internet for anything happening last night. Just as I suspected, there was said to be a blackout about half and hour ago. The authorities got to the scene to find the bodies of 10 people laying there and that the generators and circuit boxes were all overloaded. It would take about 3 hours to have everything back online. There was footage of what happened. I played the video. It seemed to have been taken from a nearby secturity camera. The footage was pixelated and was not even inside the power plant, how would it capture anything?

Just as i was thinking that, a large yellow dome of electrical energy emanated from the power plant, knocking out the power and the security camera. My eyes widened seeing it as i covered my mouth with my hand. I have seen this energy, this pulse before. Kaler?! But it was far too powerful to be his…

"Ding Dong!" The doorbell rang. Conveniently, i was standing right next to the door. However, i struggle to think who would visit this early in the morning on a weekend. I pressed the button beside the door to check the camera, forgetting there was a blackout. I facepalmed for being such a fool. I looked through the peephole. My eyes widened. I saw a young man wearing a hoodie and jeans with a skateboard in his hand. His hood was pulled on. He appeared to scratching his head and his mouth was moving. It was Kaler…But what it he doing here? I belayed that thought as i saw him turning to leave. I hastily and clumsily opened the door and flung it open.

"Kale!" I called out, bending down slightly, rushing from the adrenaline. Kaler turned back and looked at me with a surprise expression, a slight smile creeping on his face.

"Hey Aura! Sorry if I woke you up but… WOAH!" He stopped mid sentence and looked away from me. His face appeared to be flushed. I tilted my head. " Could you um, put some clothes on?" He asked sheepishly.

I looked down at myself and realised I was still wearing my night gown and nothing else. I felt my face burning and quickly ran inside and grabbed my mom's robe from the stand nearby, quickly wrapping it around myself. I heaved a sigh of relief and walked back to the door. "S-Sorry about that." I apologised, covering part of my face with the robe to hide my own embarrassment.

"I'm sorry for coming here so early…honestly I'm surprised you are awake…" He said apologetically, but his second statement was too nonchalant. I folded my arms and stared daggers into him. I knew he was trying to defuse the tension but it was still too early in the morning to deal with it. "My bad… Um…May I come in? I think it is better if we talk inside…" I was taken aback. This it the first time he came to my house in well…forever. After blankly staring for a second, I gestured inside, inviting him in.

He cautiously walked in and took off his shoes and socks, he put his skateboard beside the door and flicked the switch. He was taken aback when the lights did not turn on. His face darkened as he mumbled something under his breath. I could not hear what he said. "What did you say?" I attempted to pry. As expected, he snapped to his sense and wave his hands, signalling that nothing was wrong.

He walked to the kitchen, down the hall. I did not follow him, instead admiring him from the back. I was not hallucinating last night. He really did become much bulkier, and taller too. He continued walking as i kept gawking. This new looks suited him. He was always so active and energetic when we were younger, and now, he looked like it again. Just…much more handsome…

"Hey Aura? You alright?" He voice woke me from my daydream. I shook my head violently. Why was I thinking such things? "Aura?" He called again.

"Oh! Um…I'm fine, don't worry about it. You can help yourself to whatever is in the fridge." I offered. I walked in the kitchen and saw that he poured a glass of cold milk for me as well. I was stunned by this. He still knew that I would like it. I looked at him and saw the young boy and companion I had since I was 4. I could not help but smile at this simple and small gesture.

We both took a seat at the table and sat in silence for a few seconds. I could see him looking down at the table, drumming his fingers. This was odd behaviour from him. He looked like he was thinking, contemplating, and he looked extremely worried. I could see his eyes darting back and forth in their sockets. He occasionally frowned and jerked his head backwards. It was extremely creepy. However, I kept watching with creased brows. Something was up.

After a minute or two of watching this freak show, he finally looked at up at me in an anxious and stiff movement, like a soldier saluting.. It kinda scared me. Just as suddenly as he did that, he suddenly asked, " Aurora…Train me to use magic!"