Opposites Attract: Fire,Ice&Lightning by Cara Coppola (snow like ashes txt) 📖

his jet black hair.
“Ah um well..yeah I was because I had to check if you had symptoms of the tattoo forming, which you did. You kept rubbing your forearm and looking at it like something was burning it. Also you felt more of energy right?” I nodded my head, feeling weird about all of this. “When you were doodling on your paper,” did he really just say doodle? “You drew the images your mark had because you were seeing them in your head right? And they were perfect drawings even if you had no past artistic talent right?” I nodded my head some more starting to believe him.“Oh and did you feel more rebellious and got in trouble more than usual and didn’t care right? Yeah. That happens a lot with our kind because we usually skit around the law because in order for us to be we have to with our missions we have.” missions? Even though this sounded insane I was starting to believe him.
"okaay well then let me see your tattoo."
"whatever." Nicholi then lifted his left sleeve so it reached his elbow. On his wrist was swooping lines that looked like clouds mixing together endlessly, and in the middle of it looked like an eye drooping with sleep. It was detailed so incredibly, it remined me of my own almost.
I looked down at my own arm and something crazy told me to go with Nicholi. I think this crazy suggestion was my instinct but righ tnow i wasn't sure if mine was telling me the right thing to do. "Alright I'll come with you, but first, where are we going?"
"Oh thank you God, i mean um Goddess Avaliene, um yeah anyway. We are going to Camp Tat"
"Alrighty then, can i have a couple minutes to get changed?"
"yeah sure, I'll be waiting outside."
"okay." Nicholi walks out the room and I grab my favorite yoga pants that have a stitched back together hole at the knee, and I throw on my soccer t-shirt from my u-18 spring season. I played up with 18 year olds even though i was only 15 because my old team fell apart and the u-18 was made up with sophmores, juniors, and seniors, i was the only freshman though. Just as i slid on my white nikes, I hear someone calling me on oovoo. I look down at the laptop screen to seen Matt calling me, I hurry to click the answer button only to see Matt's face crinkle in confusion to see me brushing through my hair and then put in my contacts.
"Why are you putting in your contacts?"
"Well um because I'm going out and I would like to see." I replied in my most sarcastic voice, hoping he would just get mad and hang up.
"But it's Thursday night and it's 11. Do your parents know your going out?"
"No? Why would they know that i'm sneaking out, don't act like you never done it. I mean come on the whole lunch table hears what you tell your friends."
"Alright yeah I guess. Well you better go then." For some reason he looked really sad and it almost made me ask him what's wrong but i didn't feel like dealing with it so i just said bye and hungup. I look down at my arm and just stare at it. This was officially the weirdest night of my life. I was stalked by a seriously hot guy in school, he then shows up in my room telling me that i need to go to some camp with him and a tattoo magically appears on my wrist. I walked silently out of my room, avoiding any creaky spots on the floor, wondering if i belonged in a mental hospital.

While walking down my stairs i noticed it was completely silent in my house and realized no one in my family was awake. Not even my three year old sister who insists on going to bed at 11. I look into my living room and see my sister sleeping soundly on the couch with my dad on the other. My other sister was already sleeping in her room. I was disturbed to see them sleeping but i could see them breathing so i told myself not to worry too much.

I walk out my front door, not even checking to see if my dog followed me since i saw her sleeping as well, when i see the most beautiful car. It was my dream car, a black mustang gt with two thick blue stripes running down the middle. On the sides i see there is blue flames that seem to be extending from the ground and reaching for the door handles. It was my dream car except it had to be blue with black stripes and no flames on the sides. Nicholi of course had to be obnoxious and scream out the window
"Can you please stop admiring my car and and just get in so we can get this over with?"
"Alright you dont have to scream i was just looking at it."

Chapter 2

lightening is hot

"So since i'm marked or tattooed or whatever, do i get a special power?" I asked curiously while we were driving down a highway in silence except for my only question about heading to Ohio from New Jersey. Now Nicholi said it would only take an hour so which sounded like complete craziness to me but the whack job only said that time was distorted and the car would make it there and back before dawn. I was starting to regret my decision of getting in the car.
"Yeah you do get powers and the more detailed your mark is the more powerful you are."
"Oh, well mine is really detailed."
"Yeah i know. You're going to be a very important person very soon." Once he said that i was kind of freaked out and i just kept my mouth shut for about 10 minutes.
"Well what can you do?"
"I can make people or things fall asleep or wake up whenever i want." Now i'm not going to lie that power didn't seem so significant but his tattoo ws really detailed.
"Yours is pretty detailed. does that mean your powerful?"
"Considering in a fight, 9 times out of 10, i would win because you would just drop on sight if i commanded it, i would say i am pretty powerful." Well i'm not always right.
"Oh. That's cool. Can you try it on me?" I was really curious about his "power".
"Sure, ok expect to be asleep for 5 minutes."
"I'm ready." Then Nicholi simply rasied his hand and snapped his fingers, and then I just compltely dropped on my seat.

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In what felt like only a second i squinted open my eyes and looked at the clock, 11:43. That's strange considering i fell asleep at 11:41, and i was suppose to be asleep for 5 minutes... Then i heard Nicholi talking on the phone to someone.
"Yeah i got her, yeah she is actually sleeping on the front seat." I was thinking about speaking up and saying something about how his powers didn't work that good against me but my insticts told me not too.
"Mhmm, she fits just about everything in the prophecy. Beautiful maiden. Check, adn let me tell you, she is really hot so you know what double check. What oh yeah sorry i know. Ok. Dressed casual. Check. Going to either prevent or cause casualities. Guess we have to find out. In a war of vengance. Well it's coming soon so future check. She will either accept or ignore forgiveness. Well, she seems like she would be forgiving but has an attitude so i guess we have to wait and see."
He said all of this as if it was a normal day to day conversation. I wasn't handling this prophecy stuff too well and he heard the breath catch in my throat. Feeling him looking at my i did my best to steady my breathing again. I didn't understand anything he was talking about, a war of vengance? What in the hell was that and me accepting for ignoring forgiveness? This sounded utterly ridiculous.
"Yes, i know there is a whole prophecy and i only said a stanza but she seemes to fit the description right?" He stopped talking as if he was cut off by the person on the other line. "I don't know if she has curly hair because it's like striaght at the moment but it looks like it's curling from the humidity or something and no it's not that long. But it is brown."
This is when i decided i didn't like hearing this whatever he was talking about anymore so i started shifting in my seat to act like i was going to wake up. Then i fluttered my eyes to seem groggy but not entirely awake.
"ugh, she's waking up, i gotta go, wait this isn't right, she's waking up after only 3 minutes." He paused and i shifted one last time."Ok. Whatever bye."
That's when i fully sat up and looked over questionly and asked, "Who were you talking to?"
"Oh just the camp director. She's really excited to meet you."
"Oh ok, when are we getting there?"
"Little under an hour."
"Alright." Then we just rode in silence as i wondered what exactly i was getting myself into and what i was going to deal with once i actually got to the camp.

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