by J. M. Lyons
there is never rain during the summer, let alone a massive storm.
Through my concentration I heard a deep evil voice. "Mia." It said,
which sent shivers down my back. I shook my head in complete
disbelief. "What, what did you see?" Elder Wing asked. "I heard a
voice calling my name." I said, turning to a stunned Elder Wing.
"Mia, the other night you floated into the sky, do you
remember that?" He asked. "Yes, I know I did but the energy that I
felt was so overwhelming. It was like I could barely control it." I
replied. "It has a lot to do with your emotions. You must control
that in order for your powers to be effective for you to use, if not
it'll just go haywire." He said. "Mia, what do you truly remember about your mother from
when you were a child?" He asked. "Not much other than she left
us; my dad, my brother and me. Why is that something that seems
to always come up?" I asked with a slight attitude, not
understanding what she had to do with anything. Just then Jon's
words came back to me, ringing in my head. “What if they are the
ones we had to defeat?”
"Did you know that your mother was apart of the reason that
your grandparents also left back then?" He asked. "Um; no I
didn't. I do remember that one stormy night she was sitting in front
of the fireplace with our dog, then dad took me to a closet with
Tucker and closed the door. The next morning she was gone and
so was my dog Dougie." I replied, starting to feel the hurt that I felt
when my dad told me that she was gone.
"Your mother Mia, is a spawn of the demons that have been
trying to take the red diamonds for well over thousands of years."
He said, just looking at me. "What?" I said, as I swiftly jerked back.
"I'm not sure how much your grandmother told you about all of
this, but if she didn't tell you then I will. I think you really need to
know, so that you understand what is being asked of you." He
explained. "What do you mean?" I asked suspicious of where the
conversation was leading.
"Mia, you will have to eventually defeat your mother." He replied
sincerely, trying his best to not sound so apprehensive.
"Alright, I can do that." I said, as I accepted his statement quickly.
"Mia this will test your ability to control your emotions, if you fail we
will all fail." He replied.
"I won't fail, I will not let her win." I said, as I shook my head.
I put my hands out and pulled every bit of energy that I could
from the forest around me, and I could fell that energy pulsating in
and out of me. The invisible force that I could feel nights before
was back again, as I continued to pull the energy in. "Hold that
energy in the pits of your body, Mia." Elder Wing said, as he stood
aside watching. "Focus it into a ball." He said. I did as I was told
and focused all that energy into a tight ball; a tight pulsating light
formed, and it continued to build in front of me.
“Now push it away from your body.” He instructed. I pushed
the energy out and away from my body, right into a huge rock that
was buried deep in the ground. The rock up rooted itself and flew
across the small open field over the drop then hit the lake with the
force of a plane, splashing the water high up into the sky. As the water lifted into the air I pulled the energy from the lake and felt
the water lifting, I put my hands out and pulled harder, I could feel
the water as it lifted higher and higher into the air; soon it lifted
above us, I closed my hands that were now positioned just above
my head and the water fell all around us, as the soft mists of the
water kissed our faces.
"Wow." I said, stunned at the power that flowed through my
veins. "I think wow, is an understatement." He laughed. "Come on
I think it's time that you meet with Elder Wolf." He said, as he led
me back along the long windy path, back to the camp. As the
evening air began to cool everything around us, we got closer to
the camp. Elder Wing held a steady stride well ahead of me.
I felt like something weird going on, like someone was
watching me; like something was close but I could not see it. I felt
an energy surrounding me, a bad energy; it was like something
was going to happen. I felt my body instinctively go into fight
mode. I pulled the energy from around me and let it build inside of
me. I felt the ball of energy building stronger and stronger within
me as the feeling of danger also grew around me.
Suddenly everything went absolutely quiet; not a single
movement could be detected, no wind, no trees moving, not a single animal or insect made any noise. I slowly looked around at
my surroundings taking note of everything, then I took notice that
Elder Wing was no longer in my sights, and I couldn't tell which
way he went. Thinking that he hurried along the path, I too hurried
along the path quietly, but very observant constantly looking
around. Then I could sense a large being behind of me on the
path. I stopped dead in my tracks, I didn't move, I took small light
breaths.
The energy ball continued to build, but the power that was
already compacted in me was immense. I spun around quickly
and released the ball of energy at this large being that stood there
behind of me, knocking it off it's feet. Before I could take notice of
what or who it was I pulled the energy of the wind right out of the
sky pushing this being on the ground back into a tree. "Mia, stop."
I heard. I quickly stopped the wind from blowing and I released
any energy that continued to build.
When the dust settled I saw Elder Wolf crouching over with
his back against the tree, in pain. "Elder Wolf? Oh my god I'm
sorry." I said, hurrying over toward him. I pulled him forward off the
tree. "I'm so sorry Elder." I said, feeling so stupid, like maybe I
really wasn't ready for any of this. "Mia, that was the point of what I did. I needed to know that you could do it, and do it by yourself."
He said, with a painful voice.
"But I could have really hurt you Elder." I replied. "Ah yes, you
very well could have, but you controlled your emotions and did
what you needed to keep yourself safe." He said, as he shrugged
his shoulders. I helped him to his feet and we walked slowly back
to the camp, with elder Wolf limping slowly along side me.
When we got back to the camp I helped elder Wolf sit by the fire,
as the night air chipped at his painful body. "What happened?"
Dad asked, as he stirred a pot of something cooking.
"Ha, ha, ha; looks like she got you huh?" Elder Wing teased.
"She sure did. David your daughter will do fine." He praised, as
he tapped me on my head. Everyone began laughing hysterically.
All of a sudden I could hear birds chirping in the distance; this
chirping was not your normal sounds instead it sounded like it was
in a panic.
"Elders, Elders." I heard as the chirping got closer. "The
darkness grows just beyond the barricade. The Elemental's will be
back soon. Thomas got hurt." Wing said, fluttering his little wings
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br /> in utter panic. Dad, Elder Wing, and Elder Wolf picked up sticks
that were filled with funny looking patterns; that leaned on the logs around the fire; together they hit the ground very hard, and made
a bright red and green pulsing light with every time the sticks hit
the ground.
Suddenly the camp was surround by the red glowing eyes of
animals. "Go now and keep the Elemental's safe, and bring
Thomas back." Elder Wolf commanded, with that said the red
eyes disappeared back into the forest. The air grew very cold and
the sky grew very dark. I looked up at the sky and saw that the
same over cast that was above the town earlier was now swirling
around the forest stretching far and wide.
I put my hands up in the air to feel the energy that built above
me. I could feel a dark energy, an evil energy, and energy so
black that it began to burn the palms of my hands. I dropped my
hands down quickly; shaking it, trying to cool the burns that I felt.
A loud crashing sound grew louder and louder until I saw the large
bear come running out of the path to the old tree, he had uncle
Tom on his back. The bear brought uncle Tom to dad, laying on
the ground to make it easier for uncle Tom to get off.
"What happened?" Dad said. "That damn devil is just beyond
the barricade and her puppet's gonna get through it soon." He
replied sliding his body off the bear. I looked over toward the path and noticed that Steve, Jon, Jim and Tucker was running back to
the camp. "Is everyone here?" Steve asked looking around. I
looked around and nodded my head.
Steve quickly moved away from everyone in the camp and
waved his hands as he slowly spun around in a complete circle.
All of a sudden around the entire camp; Steve built Up a wall
made completely out of fire, he raised his hands high above his
head, raising the fire higher and higher until it was as high as the
tallest tree. He made his hands into fist, pulled it close to his body
then hit it on the ground, and the red and orange glow of the
flames, turned bright white. The heat of the fire pushed the tree
tops back and away.
I could hear a deep growling that slowly got louder and
louder, as it got closer to the camp. "That sounds like animals." I
said, taking a few steps forward trying to listen hard. "Those are
demons." The bear insisted. Jon and Jim took up post with Steve
near the burning wall. Jon stretched out his hands splitting the
ground until it opened up into a wide massive ditch, surrounding
the entire camp as well, placing it just behind Steve's wall of
flames. Jim knelt down and touched the ground inside the ditch
pulling the water up from under the forest floor filling the ditch to it's rim, then he closed his hands with a circular motion making the
water swirl in a counter clockwise circle right around the entire
camp.
I watched quietly, as the nerves built in my stomach. Tucker
stepped up behind of me. "Mia, are you ready?" He asked, staring
hard at the wall of fire and swirling water before us. "Yes; I have
never been more ready." I replied, as I felt the darkness getting
closer to the camp. “I saw them Mia.” He said still staring ahead.
“Who.” I replied looking back at him. Tucker never answered me;
we all just stood there quite.
Jon quickly ran over to me, and held on to my hand. he turned
me around to face him. With his soft smile he leaned in and kissed
me so softly on my lips. "I love you Mia." He said. I returned the
kiss and smiled. I didn't want to say anything, when this could be
the last time that I ever hear these words from Jon. I don't think he
minded because he didn't say anything more.
He turned back towards dad, who was totally concentrated on
uncle Tom who was hunched over in utter pain. The Elder's stood
diligently watching the flames that surrounded the camp, listening
to the growing growl's that were just beyond the flames. "Mia, do
you know where the scrolls are?" Elder Wolf asked. "Yes, and they are safe." I said aloud. Suddenly the growling stopped and
all that could be heard was the sound of the crackling flames and
the swirling water.
"Mia, I've come for you my dear." I heard a woman saying in
the most evil voice I have ever heard. The thought of what elder
Wing told me about my mother made me think; I’ll bet this is her;
then it made me angry, very angry. The very thought that it was
because of her my grandparents left us so long ago, the thought
of her leaving me as a child. I felt the anger burning and bubbling
in my body.
"Mia, I've come for you Mia." The voice said again. At that
very moment I knew that it was her. I fell backward to the ground
this time, feeling the evil starting to flow from the ground. The wall
of flames began to get smaller. "You fools, you really think your
cheap tricks, are going to stop me from my destiny." She said with
a laugh. Steve pushed harder with every bit of his being making
the flames burn brighter and hotter. Suddenly Steve fell back onto
the ground weakened by the evil that sucked his power from him.
Jon helped him up, slowly backing up toward the safety of the
camp. Steve laid there still, all his energy sucked out of him. The
wall of flames slowly started to go down and dim back to it's orange and red color. The flames began to slowly flicker.
Jim pushed his power forward, holding his fists tightly close to
his body, then lifting it into the air above his head; lifting the water
high, just as high as Steve's wall of flames once stood. "Ha, ha,
ha. Keep hiding behind your little magicians Elders; I'll get those
scrolls." She said still laughing. The Elders looked at each other
worriedly, as they watched her slowly overcome each barricade.
Tucker got next to Jim and called the winds to him. He
pushed it outward right in front of the wall of water and swirled it,
creating a perfect tornado that spun around the entire camp. "Ah;
my son." She said. Suddenly a small portion of the wall of water
opened up and a tall thin shape stepped through, before it closed
up again. The thin shape put it's arms up and blocked the wind as
it got closer. "Ha, ha, ha. Like I said Elders, the scrolls are mine."
As the shape got closer I notice that I knew who this person
was. "Dad; it's James." I said out loud, looking over at dad. James
got closer to Tucker and in one powerful kick Tucker went flying
across the small clearing fronting the camp. Jon ran over and hit
James a few times, but James overcame him, throwing Jon into a
tree. I watched as Jon's limp body hit the tree with such a force
that the tree broke in half as his body slide slowly to the ground. "Jon." I screamed, as I took a deep breath. I stood up from
Steve's side, I noticed that James was walking toward us. I felt my
anger grow, I felt my hatred grow, I felt the energy that surrounded
me. I felt the weakened powers of the Elemental's, the old power
of the elders and uncle Tom and my dad. I felt the energy from
the weakening flames, the water and the wind that surrounded the
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camp, the energy from the ground of the forest, the energy from
the Weeping Mountains.
A red light pulsated from my body, instinctively I place my
hand in the sky above me, pulling the dark energy from the clouds
that had built up above us. I pulled the energy out of the sky
making it very weak, allowing the moon that was now high above
us shine it's light throughout the forest. James got closer to the
camp; he was getting closer to Steve, to my dad.
"Mia, you will not win. Join us and help us conquer the
world." James said, now glaring at me. The energy flowed
throughout by body, throughout my blood. Suddenly the light of
the moon began to change, it's brightness dimmed until it burned
bright red.
"No." I heard the woman say. The light of the moon shined
directly upon me as I pulled an energy that I have never ever felt before into my body letting it fill my every being. I floated off the
ground with my eyes closed, as I continue pulling the energy.
Then I could see her, through the wall of water, through the dust in
the wind. I saw my mother.
"You will not win mother." I demanded. "Yes I will." She said,
with her evil laugh. I slowly floated back to the ground where
James and I stood face to face. I took a step back and braced
myself as James came charging at me. I pulled a small ball of red
energy between the palms of my hands and threw it at him,
pushing him back as he dug his feet into the ground. Again and
again he charged, and with every charge another energy ball met
him head on. But I got impatient with this and I wanted to
challenge my mother.
"Is this all you've got?" I screamed out toward my mother. I
raised my hand into the sky and felt the energy of the moon
building even more; until finally I threw my hand forward and a red
pulsating light emitted from my palms right through James,
sending him flying back toward my mother. The wind that swirled
around the camp fell, as did the wall of water. My mother was
gone, and any animal that was there, was gone as well. James hit
a tree in a powerful thud, shaking the ground like an earthquake. Just as that happened, the bear ran off toward him. I heard a
loud scream, so I squinted my eyes to see what was happening.
The bear took James arm off in one bite. On the second bite he