"Amelia..."

Orion stared at the strange form Amelia had taken.

She was still Amelia, that was for sure. Her beautiful blonde hair were still here, but there was something different to them.

Her beautiful eyes showed one little change also, with a new particularity.

Her arms were visible but not completely.

And there was also something going one with her clothes.

"You don't see anything wrong with you?"

Worried, Karteira walk next to her.

"I don't feel different. Well, maybe a little, I feel my magic being drained at a fast pace."

She looked at the dagger in her right hand, newly named Vesta.

The bright fire it was made of showed how dangerous it was. The compacted flame had changed from a colorful red, to a lighter yellow.

They could feel it, its heat was incredible. One slash could be enough to burn right through a tree's trunk and set it on fire instantly.

Its shape was also interesting, the long curved blade look different than the straight blades of her other daggers.

It was made for slashes instead of the stabs the other daggers were used for. It was closer to Dawn in that matter.

"Wait a second."

Orion turned around and entered a portal.

After a minute, he came out with something in his hands, followed by Kamala now that the situation was under control.

"Wha- This!"

The first thing Kamala saw was Amelia's physical differences.

"Orion. This is?"

He nodded, thinking the same as her. Ignoring the need to answer her, he stood in front of Amelia with a mirror in his hands.

"Have a look."

Amelia froze, unable to process what was reflecting on the mirror.

"..."

"Amelia?"

Karteira was really worried at this point. Not only did she let this happen, but she also had to see the aftermath of it.

Unless Amelia returned to normal, there was no way she would be able to ease her nerves.

"This is... me?"

She looked at her arms. Maybe blinded by the happiness of forging the fire element into a weapon at last, she had ignored everything around her.

Ego was waiting for this moment patiently, where she could explain everything.

'Orion.'

'Ego? I see then, this is a normal evolution for her.'

The moment he heard her voice, he understood that it was part of her growth. But he was wrong.

'You are right, but also wrong.'

He remained silent. There was no need to question Ego when she was going to explain.

'Amelia, I said earlier that you've progressed. You've jumped two phases to arrive there. What you are right now is the form taken by those that have fused themselves with their elements.'

Amelia blinked a few times. She saw her eyes, having a flaming edge around her pupils. Her arms were covered in a layer of almost invisible fire, but it was there, and it was brighter on the arm were Vesta was gripped.

The end of her blonde hair changed, taking a crimson red color going from her waist, to her shoulders.

Kamala and Karteira looked at a scene were Orion and Amelia exchanged gazes silently while showing various emotions as if they were talking in their mind.

Ego was Orion and Amelia's deepest secret, Karteira knew too, but she wasn't really concerned so she had forgotten.

'Is it your own feelings that led to this? Is it the fire elements will to be strong? Is it because the fire element is strong to begin with? Or is it everything above, even I cannot answer that.'

'The fact is, your fire element evolved rapidly, without making a fuss inside your soul. It surprisingly remained under control while I helped stabilize its new strength, and it jumped straight to the first level of mastery.'

This sentence caught Orion's full attention.

'I thought there was only three stages? Currently, Amelia have all elements at an intermediate level right?'

Ego answered his questions.

'Indeed, except the fire element in this case. It has gone past the first stage, went through the intermediate stage almost instantly, and stopped at what you have there.'

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'It stopped because Amelia's body can't endure more power right now. This is the current wall inside her soul. To answer your very first question, which is linked to that wall, no, a mastery doesn't stop at the master stage.'

Orion and Amelia opened their eyes wide.

'Ego, why didn't you tell us about that before?'

Amelia was in shock, she was sure the end was the master level.

'Because I didn't knew. I told you, I can only speak about what I know. Just because I know Amelia will be able to master all elements at some point, doesn't mean I know what they will do, and how they will affect her.'

'It's the same for you Orion. Remember the Sixth Lock? I only knew it would help in such a situation. The way your body changed is something that even I didn't knew.'

Surprised, Orion remembered when he became a different being at that moment.

'!'

Ego ignored him, leaving him into his own thoughts, and finished her explanation.

'The mastery of an element is not necessarily its end. For some, it is an incredible burst of power, for some, it is the strengthen link between you, and said element.'

'You can always improve more. As I said, this is the early stage of the mastery.'

Ego's voice dissipated after making her last sentence. The link between Orion and Amelia's mind got cut off at the same time.

"I can't believe it."

Amelia stopped feeding the fire element.

In an instant, Amelia returned to normal. Nothing was different, and she felt normal inside, other than exhaustion.

Karteira was finally relieved. She walked to Amelia and asked her questions about what had happened.

Orion walked to Kamala, and spoke in a low voice only she could hear.

"That form. It is most likely what had happened to you in the past."

She twitched. This was still a sensitive topic, but she endured. She listened to him, knowing that he would not mock her.

"From a few informations I gathered, this is the mastery of an element. In your case, it was both of your element at the same time."

"I can't believe you mastered your elements at such a young age. When did your elements manifests anyway?"

Kamala realized how crazy this was. She opened her eyes wide.

"A year before."

"Kamala. You have more strength than you think. You have one week remaining to find the source of your mastery. Give it your best."

Orion turned around and was about to leave her to her thinking.

"Don't be scared of your own elements, they are not your enemies. Never forget that, and you will grow stronger."

He said that because she was in her core like Amelia.

Amelia always had been apprehensive of her fire element because of her trauma. The same could be said for Kamala.

The trauma of killing her own mother, and her lose of control led her to forget. She locked her strength behind a wall, forever forgotten to the past.

But Orion and Amelia slowly chipped away at that wall, revealing what and who she really was.

Not many managed to attain the linked mastery level. Noah was the very first to bring it into the light.

After making his point clear, Orion returned to Amelia and Karteira.

"Orion. I'm sorry for creating such a mess when you wanted to relax."

He shook his head at Amelia's words. She was really apologetic, and didn't knew if he would be angry at her.

"At first I was worried, so much I almost lashed out at Karteira.

The smile he gave Karteira made her heart melt a little more. She was in shambles mentally for the past three weeks.

Following Orion's gift, she looked in his books to learn about the flower's meaning, and she was surprised at his criteria for picking it.

She was lost, not knowing what her emotions were. She respects him greatly, and it should have stopped there, but she was also growing.

The time she spent with Orion was poison for her heart.

"But I trusted you. I always do in the end."

Amelia blushed and nodded shyly.

"Also, thanks to you three, I had an idea on how to break my limits again."

Jaws dropped to the ground.

'It can't be?!'

Amelia realized what he meant by that.

"All it took was one afternoon?! How stupid!"

Karteira instantly returned to herself and looked at him with disbelief.

"What can I say? I pride myself for being resourceful."

He shrugged and opened a portal.

"Let's go home for today. Knowing Amelia has finally managed to break from her fear and improved in using all elements is something to celebrate."

"I'll even coo-"

"Never!/NO!"

Orion fell in silence after hearing Amelia and Karteira reject is offer so strongly.

"Why?"

Kamala walked next to the girls and asked the reason why they were so adamant on not letting Orion cook.

"If you want to eat otherworldly meals that taste like nothing or everything at the same time, go for it. I want no part in it."

Terror appeared on Kamala's face as she slowly turned to face Orion.

"It's not as bad as she makes it sound!"

The girls remained quiet and entered the portal.

Orion looked at the starry sky, a single tear dripping on his cheek.

~

It was finally time. The last week passed relatively fast.

The objective Orion placed on Kamala was attained not long after she told her story. She was now able to fight for a few hours without feeling tired.

She even developed a few muscles. Firmer thighs from running around, stronger arms from fighting consistently, and a loss of excess fat all over her body. She luckily retained her breast size.

Training was a concern for women, as the more they exercised, the more fat they were losing. Their breasts were always at risk.

*ahem*

There was no real progress toward the mastery of her wind and earth elements, but cracks were forming. She needed more time.

Concerning Amelia, she developed a new way of fighting. The fire element was more unruly which led her to be more aggressive in her attacks.

She tried many things, some working, others not. Karteira was a great training partner, and together, they worked toward a way to fight and support each other.

This was also a work in progress.

Each night, Orion left the house for a few hours, saying he was walking around to clear his mind.

During that time, he thought, again and again on how to break his limits.

The only thing he had in mind was to create a linked mastery with his own elements, excluding the void because it was still impossible to completely understand yet.

What was strange about Orion's forgotten elements was that they had always remained in a mastered state.

They began in their mastered state, and never underwent any progress on their own. The few changes that happened were just him using them differently.

So the fact that they were difficult to link with was frustrating to him. Once again, he was missing something.

This time, it was not knowledge he was missing, it was something else.

That 'something' would not happen yet.

Even though he managed to recover from his frustration, it was still encroached in him. But he knew that nothing could be done, and continued to teach Kamala how to fight, and to help Amelia and Karteira improve.

He was slowly falling behind their efforts.

But that's what bursts of power were. They were more irregular than constant improvements like Amelia, and their conditions were harder to clear too.

No amount of wishes and whining could help that, only efforts.

And here they were, ready to finally leave this space after a month.

"Are we ready? The moment we get out there, we have to create a plan against Ivan. Kamala, it's all on you. You give us your order, and we will follow. Right girls?"

They nodded, with Kamala showing her determination.

"I will."

Orion opened the portal back to Triazils, and walked last into it.

They arrived as expected at 5AM, in the small room he previously created a portal in.

'I'll keep it working. It might be best to live her a chance to come back if she wants to.'

He chose to leave a portal in her house that would only activate when he was inside the space. Due to the flowing of time variation between the two places, there was only a small frame of time to enter if Orion was inside without noticing them prior to entering.

"Lady Kamala! Are you well? You've changed."

Timothy smiled when he saw how Kamala was now. She looked ready, in shape, and free of her own feelings.

"Yes, Timothy. I'm back."

"Please follow me."

He opened the door and led everyone to the living room.

They sat on the couches while Timothy stayed behind Kamala.

"Let's begin our plan."