Black Bulls Month 2023 Prompt 7 : Trust
"I'm not too sure about this." Lilah eyed the broom in front of her with uncertainty. Today Luck and I decided it's time she learned how to fly on her own. The broom we bought her for her grimoire acceptance ceremony hasn't been used yet and it would be a waste to just leave it on the ground.
"Oh don't be a baby Lilah this will be so much fun!" Luck chimed, already floating a few feet off the ground on his own standard broom.
"It will be fine. Luck and I will be nearby to help. We won't let you get hurt."
"You make it sound like I'm destined to fall off this thing." She grumbled. The slight pout forming on her face made Luck laugh. I had to fight to keep my own lips from curling.
"Everyone falls for the first time. But that's usually the thin standard broom. Yours is wider with cushion. You should be fine in terms of balance. It's more learning to control it. It takes a bit more precise magic to move it accurately."
The broom was very similar to my own Crazy Cyclone. It was purple though instead of red. Luck thought she was going to give me a hard time for the design. But she loved it.
Problem was she's afraid to fly it.
"What if I do fall off it?"
"Then we catch ya! A real man wouldn't let you fall without any backup."
"He's right Lilah! We'll catch you!" Luck's smile curled ear to ear. Like the cat who's been busted for something.
"Okay umm let's do this then." She straddled the broom and carefully began to flow her magic in. I could feel the cool energy that came with her mana. Like fresh snow falling. It wasn't long before she floated off the ground just enough for her feet to no longer touch the ground. "You sure you guys can catch me if I drop this thing?" Her hazel eyes glowed a bit due to the angle of the sunlight.
"Of course. You trust us don't ya?" I quipped back as I finally flowed my own magic into the Crazy Cyclone to match her height off the ground. Luck circled a few feet above her head. Occasionally teasing the poor girl for not going high enough.
Finally, she let out an exhale, "I trust you Mags. Okay let's do this." Her magic still steady as she floated higher off the ground. I stayed slightly below her just in case she lost her balance. Eventually we made it several feet above the treeline. Luck floated beside her, standing on his own broom, encouraging her to try the same.
"Hey!" I shouted from my position below them, "Let her get used to flying seated first! We haven't even moved yet!"
"You're just saying that because you don't like standing on the Crazy Cyclone."
"That's because you keep knocking me off balance!" The crazy mage would zap me off my broom. He always caught me before I made impact with the dirt but not before scaring the hell out of me first.
"You worry too much! Get up here and fly with us!" He chirped happily.
We flew slowly around the forest area close to the hideout for a while. Using the time to let her get used to flying, correcting her technique as necessary. Luck would occasionally encourage some type of chaos in good fun of course.
Until it was time to get serious.
I noticed the way the front of her broom was shaking. By itself it wouldn't be that big of a deal. It was the look of sweat and exertion she was exhibiting.
"Hey.." I floated until I was level with her left side. Our knees barely touched. "You wanna take a break? We've been up here a long time."
Wrong decision. I must have broken her concentration because the entire broom was shaking now. Quickly a grabbed hold of the handlebar closest to me and flowed a bit of my own mana into the broom to stop the shaking. My fingertips felt like ice touching the frost mages broom. I look over to Luck and nod. This isn't the first time we've given lessons and we know what to do in this situation. The lightning mage nodded back and flew out of my line of sight.
"Okay I think it's time we descend. Do you think you can do that?"
She was clearly anxious but nodded anyway.
"Okay keep your mana as steady as you can. When you're ready, slowly lower the amount of mana you're inputting into the brooo-!"
She lowered her mana too fast. The backend of the broom dropped from under her. The front end was upright barely from my own strained mana input. She was dangling from the handlebars. I lowered the Crazy Cyclone. While trying to keep her broom in the same spot. "Lilah can you hop onto the Crazy Cyclone?"
"Don't worry about the broom. Just hop on!"
I could see one of her hands starting to slip. She wasn't gonna make it on in time.
"I got it!" I looked down and he was a few feet below her.
"Okay new plan! Let go of the bars!"
"Are you insane!?" She screamed while trying to adjust her grip.
"You gotta trust me! Just let go!"
She scanned my face briefly. "I trust you." Was barely a whisper before she let go. Her following screams drowning the prior sentence out. Luck caught her in his arms and with that her screams cut off. There was a brief moment of silence as we all floated in place before their laughter was the only sound that could be heard. I exhaled a breath I didn't realize I was holding.
Eventually we all made it to the ground okay.
"That was fun! When can we do it again?" Luck was already zipping around us like nothing happened.
"No way, battle freak. Give us a break before we go back up." I quipped back before facing Lilah, "Are you okay?"
She looked thoughtful, "I'm fine Magna. The scare aside I had a lot of fun. Thank you."
All in all it was a good day for the three of us.
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