"Well, probably because typical humans can't access magic like that." she said with a smile. Melissa motioned for Sydney to take a seat, if she wanted to. There was plenty of ground to go around. "I'm a witch. It runs in the family." On both sides. If Sydney thought that this was impressive, she would have dropped from what a well trained witch could do.
"But this is nothing, really. My best friend once caused a massive thunder storm to sweep into town in seconds." and that had been by mistake. Melissa was being careful to not try anything like that. The last thing this island needed was some sort of monsoon. Many of their shelters probably couldn't handle that.