Elementals

Chapter 1: My life got flipped, turned upside down

"So, my entire life story, huh?" a boy asked, clad in black. He was sitting on a gray folding chair in the middle of a dark void.

"No, just from the start of your journey up until now." a man responded. The man was sitting behind a desk in front of the boy.

"I hope your day's cleared, since we're gonna be here a while." the boy told the man. "It all started in the middle of October, 2017."

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The horrid beeping sound of an alarm clock woke up a boy wishing to stay in bed. He rose from his bed, wearing only his black pajama bottoms and a pair of socks. The boy slid into a pair of slippers and walked over to his mirror.

"Yep, lookin' like shit." he said to himself, he finger gunned his reflection with a deadpan expression. Looking upon his dark brown hair, all the boy saw was a mess, but he couldn't care to fix it. He had bags under his orange eyes, but he could never get enough sleep. He slid on over to his huge closet. He picked up a pair of black tattered jeans and a white tee shirt off of the floor.

The pajama bottoms went flying as the boy pulled up his jeans. He put on his shirt and walked over to his open door. He tugged his black zip up hoodie down from the corner of the door and threw it on. The boy grabbed his black and gray sneakers from next to his door and slipped them on before he left his room and slammed his door shut.

"Good morning, Aidan!" a feminine voice called out.

"Mornin' sis!" the boy called back. He walked down the long hallway of rooms and out into the giant room that was the middle of the mansion he lived in. Aidan hopped over the railing of the stairs and landed on the ground floor.

"Aidan, you've got to stop doing that!" a blonde girl yelled. She had on a blue button up long sleeve shirt over a cream sweater, black skirt, white long socks and black shoes. Her blue eyes attempted to pierce her brother's, but alas, his stone cold stare would never break.

"What's the problem, sis? I'm perfectly fine." Aidan responded.

"You're going to break your legs one day!"

"Listen, Dea, it's fine." Aidan grabbed the girl's shoulder, he towered over her. "My legs aren't gonna break from a short fall like that."

"That fall is three times your height!"

"See? Short."

"AIDAN!"

"Fine, fine, I won't do it... tomorrow." Aidan walked away and towards the kitchen. It was giant, with every cooking appliance in the world and then some. The chef was cooking up breakfast. "What's for breakfast today?"

The chef turned towards Aidan.

"Ah, mister Aidan. We are having Fruit Muesli with Berry Shakes for breakfast this morning."

"Cereal it is, then." Aidan told the chef as he grabbed a box out of the pantry. Choco Pafu Pafu written in large, Japanese text. "What weird fuckin' cereal does dad find in Japan?"

He poured himself a bowl and headed for the dining room. His sister sat across from him.

"Aidan, you can't just keep eating the same unhealthy cereal over and over again!" she screamed at him. "As your older sister, I have to take care of you."

"It's a bowl of cereal, sis, I'm fine."

"You've eaten that same cereal every morning for years now." Dea sighed. "Listen, you need to keep yourself healthy, Aidan. I know that you don't want to do martial arts anymore, but that isn't an excuse to let yourself go."

Aidan paused for a moment, and looked down at himself, a little bit of fat being built up around him.

"You do know that a lotta fighters keep fat on their body for extra power on their strikes, right?"