Thunder Magic

Walking along the dirt road, I observe the late afternoon sky.

The sun is setting, and the sky is orange.

Spaced clouds fill the sky, giving color and contrast to the sunlight.

Arriving home, I immediately open the door.

"MOM, I THINK I'M GOING TO FAIN SO COME HERE." I scream into the house.

After a few seconds, my mother appears agitated.

"What do you mean, you're going to faint?!" She asks with a worried expression.

"It's because I'm going to activate Thunder Magic, and you already saw what happened to William, right?" I say with a smile on my face.

"Are you crazy!?" She says as she leaves the house.

I end up going back and allowing him to pass.

Hera trips over her own foot and ends up falling to the ground.

I have to stop myself from laughing...

" Pff..." William lets out a breath and immediately covers his mouth.

Hera stands up and looks at him with a challenging look...

"Well, then I'm going to activate my thunder magic, and if something bad happens, you help me, you hear, mom??" I say with an innocent smile on my face.

Hera lets out a long sigh.

"If I say 'no', will you listen to me?" She says with regret in her voice.

"No!" I respond with a thumbs up and a smile.

"My gods... Okay, but if something worse happens, don't say I didn't warn you..." She says.

Going to the backyard, I stand, my whole body relaxed and my eyes closed.

I need to concentrate...

Using Earth and Forest Magic is easy, but Thunder Magic requires attention...

Identify where I want the magic to emerge, transform mana into magic...

Create an electric current from mana...

These sensations... I can do this!

Magic is a funny thing. It's like I had a question and the answer was right in front of me, but I never realized it.

And when I finally understood, I feel like I can do whatever I want.

With this whirlwind of perceptions, I reproduce everything I had imagined!

Focusing all my mana into my right hand, I begin to produce small lightning bolts.

More...

More...

More!

All the mana in my body is centralized at a single point—in my hand!

When I open my eyes, that feeling becomes reality.

There are so many rays in the center of my hand that it feels like I'm holding a star.

Little lightning bolts escape from my palm. All energy is concentrated in the center.

The rays don't hurt me, it's as if my body was made for it!

Sweat drips from my head.

My mana... is running out...

I need to deactivate the magic before I pass out...

What do I do!?

Do I fire this ball of lightning, or do I make it slowly lose strength?

Calm...

Dispel the magic... Let... the mana flow...

My vision is blurry...

I can't see William or Hera in front of me, they look like blurs...

Almost there...

I look at my hand...

The violent lightning energy slowly disappears.

Just a little more...

My vision is getting dark...

Just a little more!

I finally manage to dispel all magic!

My legs can't handle all the tiredness, and I end up falling backwards onto the grass.

I hear my mother saying something, she's probably worried...

I look at the blue sky while lying down...

The clouds slowly move to the sides, and twilight tinges the horizon.

At least I can see this beautiful sky...

Suddenly, my brother and mother appear in my vision.

''Are you okay, son!?" Hera asks.

"I think so... I just need to rest a little..." I reply with a sideways smile.

My vision is already returning to normal. Apparently, I stopped sweating.

However, I am feeling extremely tired, like never before.

It's like running a marathon...