When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Chapter 40

Azura watched Celeste turn and dive towards a lake. She smiled and followed her. "And being surrounded by water means it will make it easier. But I think I might have got it. You told it to me differently, and maybe I can influence water easily."

Celeste was pleased about it as Azura had not been learning too quickly about her abilities. But now it seemed like she will progress better. It was necessary as the cons will eventually get Azura, and she needed to be able to get herself out of situations when Optimus or any of the other autobots weren't around to assist. While Celeste did not know of the future, she knew that it was necessary for her safety and potential survival.

Celeste dove straight into the water and Azura followed, feeling the water around her whole body. She smiled as soon as she was underwater, finding herself looking at bioluminescent plants at the bottom of the lake, and numerous sea creatures she has never seen before. She couldn't help but feel the water all around her body. It was different to when she was in the bath, it felt as thought there was some kind of connection. Something that was new, but has always been there. Just as her ability to fly.

"The water feels different..." Azura gasped in surprise as she realized she could speak underwater. "Wait! Dragons can speak underwater?!"

"Yes, we can. On the world we came from, water was always the first element we could master. Without water, we would not survive. Nothing would. Same without the light of the sun." Celeste sighed deeply as she looked around. "Sometimes a part of me regrets leaving this world. But Unicron is a threat to all of us."

"Wait, is?" Azura frowned in confusion. "I thought..."

"He was banished, not killed, Azura, there is a difference. Unicron is too great of a being to simply destroy. Primus would be the only one capable of destroying him, but that is not in Primus's nature. Never has been, and never will be. Unicron is still out there." She did not like the sound of that all, and she hoped he wouldn't be around, but the fact Celeste was telling her made her think. "No one really knows what happened to him. But he will try to awaken again. And only Optimus can stop him with the Matrix."

Azura did not want to think on that as she knew it took thirteen Primes to stop Unicron. And Optimus was only one. She didn't want to think about that. "I hope that won't be the case." She looked at Celeste with some curiosity. "So how do I use my abilities better?"

Celeste smiled at her and gestured around her. "You can feel the difference when you are surrounded by water, do you not?" The girl nodded affirmatively. "Good. That is all you need. Make some bubbles, and see what you can do."

Azura didn't quite understand, but she stopped swimming forward and lifts her hands to concentrate on making bubbles. She widened her optics as she formed a bubble between her hands and watched it float upward. It was no effort at all. She just had to think of a bubble, and it formed. She did not want to believe it as that seemed too easy. So she tried again, and she created another bubble.

"I...what?"

Celeste chuckled gently at the girl. "It is as easy as flying through the air or swimming through the currents, your abilities are not as complex as you might think. It does take time to master. Especially when you learn how to control fire, and the weather on Earth. But it isn't as difficult as you think, Azura. This is in your blood."

Azura stared as she made some more bubbles before sighing a little. "Yeah, but...it seems easier here than when I wake up." She turned her head to look at the dragon. "I don't know why, but it seems easier."

"That is because your subconscious is open, Azura. It is the part of your brain that knows what it already knows. What you learn here, is just the same as when you wake up. It might take a little extra effort, but you have created your own river." Azura frowned and looked at the bubbles. "The way you made them, is just as easy as the flow of water. Do you understand what we are trying to say now?"