The Elements

chapter 4

I  finally woke up from my nap hoping that my siblings wouldn't drool on me while I was sleeping. ‘’ hey wake up ‘’ i said as i began to shake bridgette and louis awake. They were finally woken up by my parents shaking then awake as well since we were already entering the earth section and were already reaching the earth mansion. The mansion was a lovely colored white with tons of vines with cherry blossoms trees growing around the mansion. The mansion was in the middle of trees. The family loved earthy things so it was expected for them to live in almost all earth area.it felt very peaceful here. I felt a sudden burst of air knocked out of me as i began to feel some heavy weight on my chest ‘’ mari you made it ‘’ i hear my best friend luna say as i began to hug her back luna was in a sage green kimono that had white on it as well. Luna is asian so her culture, unlike mine, is completely different but I always wanted to learn Luna's culture and she has always wanted to learn mine. Luna had straight but wavy dark blck hair, she didn't have the same eyes as her parents they kinda looked alot like mine, and she had pale skin which she would joke around saying that she can be a ninja and hide really well in bright light, i didn't like making jokes about her skin it always felt wrong but she seemed to not mind hen the other zodiac children said jokes about it. Luna and I are short but she's a few inches shorter than me but we're both still equally shorter than everybody else. ‘’ Luna please don't hurt our guests already they just came ‘’ I can hear Luna's mother say as she walked up to the front door with her husband by her side and Luna's older twin brothers right behind them both arguing about something. ‘’ sorry mother ‘’ luna said in a happy tone as she let go of me and began to hurry me in the castle so i can change into the blue kimono she got for me to wear, ‘’ come on i want to help you put it on right since its been years that you haven't worn one ‘’ luna said jumping around very happy that she was going to help me put it on right. ‘’ it's been a while since i have worn a kimono and been here in your room it looks so different than a few years ago ‘’ i said as she began to make a bun in my hair that she wanted to do to my hair to resemble her bun that her mom loves to do to her, the kimono looked very pretty on me luna said after she helped me put it on right all i needed was the accessories she said. When we were finally done she began to show me around since it's been a few years and many things have changed since i had been there. Luna began to show me the cats and other animals they had around the property, she then began to show me the little offerings they give to spirits she said, i already knew not to touch them since i dont want to anger any spirit at all, luna then began to show me her hot spring that they installed in their home two years back the ater felt warm we promised we would take a dip in there after diner. While she was showing me around the other zodiac mafias arrive and got changed into their kimonos that lunas family had provided for them with their own color assigned to them my family's color was any shade of blue, lunas family was any shade of green, airs colors were white and grey, and for fire any light or dark red and possibly orange. It was a long tour but finally we began to walk slowly to the dining room that Luna described was big enough for everyone coming. As we were walking we felt as if we were being followed….