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I focused again on ony, away fro screahit loose on the tornado without apology

The colors flashed brighter and faster, working their way through the color wheel in rapid succession Again, I forced y outside the eye of the storm and to the very recesses of the source of the wind

The flashing colors began to take a more distinctive hue and the royal blue I had coic beca when I would run out coer

As the blue hues increased in the color cycle, the heat lessened and the sound diminished The winds continued to speed up, however, and I kneouldn't be able to hang on er before I lost all control coer stay of blue, the winds did what I considered playing dirty, they tookpillar, finishing the job time had started Rocks and rubble fell all around and on top of h the center of the pillar and forced out the other side I laid there with a broken body wishing the ould finish me; this was too much

There was silence for a e, pulling ain This time the rocks trapped in the tornado continued to batter ht the hateful wind and healI could win, believing I would be the victor I had nothing else to hold on to I centeredthe electricity with all of the force I had left and letting go, unleashing every last ounce of energy The air was stained in er a rainbow but a solid force of nature color All at once, in one final effort to slay me, the cyclone threw me violently into the stone wall and I slid down to the cool cave floor, the blue light glistening off of every single thing in the cave, washing overme with the color

I lifted my head, afraid of what I had done and the color itself robbed ainst the rock wall of the cave and as I laid there unable to breath, blood pooling aroundI had breathed my last breath

Eden Eden!

I woke slowly, entle, soft breeze liftedto wake et in Please tell nized Avalon's voice in that it sounded like him but I had never heard him so afraid

I openedon the cave floor, broken, in pain, and filthy, but I was alive I was soentle and soft now,I sat up slowly, very sloorking on finding ers to my bloodied head They caic quickly to heal the painful gash that went from my temple to back of the head

Eden! Avalon screaic quickly there too, to save ain

I'h of relief, exhaling slowly and letting tears fall down my dirt stained cheeks

Oh, thank God Oh, thank God Avalon repeated and I had never been more thankful to have him back inside my head

The cool breeze played with the bottoround and back down again The colored air was now permanently blue and held a connection with me that I felt deep inside o where I wanted it to; it obeyed, floating around the destroyed pillar before picking up so it to the side like I coain with bigger rocks I controlled this wind Whatever happened before I lost consciousness or after, I noas connected to this act of nature on ato Avalon, who grunted in response Is this nor if this hat the Eternal Walk was like for everybody

Avalon was on his cell phone in seconds before answeringback and forth with A the details of what had happened as soon as I had entered the cave and eventually what color ic turned the breeze

Ae the color of the wind Avalon relayed to me and I tested the boundaries of ht about a different color but when nothing happened I released ic into the wind and that worked The blue turned from royal to navy to black and then to a vibrant yellow just to test what I was capable of

Avalon, having full access to what I was doing noas back on the phone with A what little questions the now speechless Ae, like Angelica's and turn up the velocity of the wind a little bit and finish your walk Amory says now that you can control the color you can prove to Lucan that you're nobody special Do not let hie and only a little violent He says it shouldn't be able to pick you up off the floor, but it should be difficult to walk and you should be sweating It should be a little bit hot, too Avalon instructed word for hat I already heard Amory say to Avalon the first ti