Treasure Jakes

" My name is Treasure Jakes, I'm sixteen years old and I have a skill of liquid control" she said.

At this point, every fresher was focused on her. She seemed to have a kind of charisma which was very obvious in her voice. I wondered how raw beauty exposed itself even in her voice.

"She is special", I heard someone whisper from the line ahead of me.

Soon, it was my turn. I stood up and cleared my voice.

"My name is Jack Andrew, I'm seventeen years old and I have the skill of speed. Thank you".

My introduction was applauded and I sat down. I had earlier decided not to mention my other skill of discernment because it would have caused quite an uproar. Only the principal knew about it and I didn't plan on telling anyone else.

I looked to my right and it was now the turn of the guys beside me.

"Good day everyone, my name is Marcus bin, I'm seventeen years old and I have the skill of fire creation and manipulation, thank you". He took a bow and he sat down.

Once again murmurs sprang up. While some found his skill interesting, others thought it was dangerous.

About that same time, I observed that the other guy had left the hall and his introduction had to be skipped. The microphone was passed on to the next person.

Minutes later he walked in with a strawberry juice.

" Did I miss the introduction?", he asked.

"Yeah", Marcus answered.

"Good!", he said excitedly as he sat down.

"Why the excitement?", I asked and it seemed like I wasn't the only one surprised as everyone around turned to him waiting for a response.

"What's wrong with that? I'm just happy", he said

"Jim, you're pretty weird !" Marcus observed. Everyone fantasized about the day he/she would take up the mic and give an introduction. It was quite odd to see someone who was opposite.

"You're Jim right?", I said as I shook his hand.

"Yeah, nice to ..."

There was a sudden power outage.

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It had been 5 minutes and the whole hall was in darkness save for the flashlight on people's phones. It didn't occur to me how long we have spent in the hall. It was already past 8PM and now that the heater installed in the hall was not working, the cold was really intense.

I began to look around the hall and once again, my eyes got to Treasure. I stared at her with a knowing smile since the dark ensured that no one saw me .

And then, the light came back on without warning and jeez she was staring back at me!