Meeting death

Chapter 17-2 more days

By the time I had finished running, my legs felt like jelly and my lungs felt like they had burst. I fall to the ground breathing heavily not knowing where I was. I lay there feeling my Heart beat slow and my breathing become even. I slowly get back up and see myself on an old dirt road. I frown and spin in a circle, but all I see is forest, forest, dirt and...more dirt. I hear a russle in the bush and spin around feeling the hairs on my neck stand up. I brace myself for an attack, but all that come out.. is a teenager that leans on a tree

"Hello" he says, his voice gruff and deep. I frown.

"...hello...who are you?" He chuckles. He has dark brown hair, and forest green eyes

"I'm Victor, and this is Zaela." Something drops out of the tree that land in a ninja like stance. It is a girl with dark Urban hair, and Emerald green eyes. She smiles at me.

"Hello." i frown.

"Um....ok....can you please tell me how to get out?" They look at each other and smile as if it is some private joke.

"When can show you the way....But only if you do us a favour first" i narrow my eyes in suspicion.

"Within reason." Zaela claps her hands.

"Yay, ok, well, you will need to follow us first, and then you can help us." Victor pushes off from the tree and walks. Zaela gestures for me to follow, so i do and she walks behind me.

We walk for a while until we get to a little meadow surrounded by willow trees. I take in the beauty and we stop just outside a little hut. I look at them confused. Zaela sighs.

"Ok, well, we need you to rid this land of the dead." I step back surprised.

"How did you-" Victor puts his hand up, motioning me to shush.

"We are the children of Gaia, Goddess of the earth and everything else. Some call us earth elements, or earth benders." I feel as if my brain has stopped.

"So you guys can control earth?" They nod.

"But unfortunately, our powers do not extend to raising earth that has been tainted by the dead, and we knew what you were the minute you stopped running." Zaela says. I sigh. Taking dead bodies from one part of land is....disrespectful, but sometimes it has to be done.

"I'll give it a go." They nod and step back. I close my eyes and concentrate on the feeling of something cold. I feel....eight of them. I open my eyes and look at Victor and Zaela.

"This is an ancient viking burial ground...What do you guys need it for?" Zeala looks at Victor hesitantly.

"We need it for....our...um...training." i frown.

"Training?" Zaela looks down, Victor speaks up.

"Yes training. We train with the earth and we command it." Im taken aback.

"So you just want this big piece of land just to dig it up and re-plant it again?" Victor nods. I glare at him.

"I am not moving eight Viking ancestors just for you to practise on their land! It is their land, and they were here first!" Victors eyes grow a shade darker.

"Our mother gave them their home! our mother was here first!" i feel the earth tremble a bit and i keep my balance. I look at Zaela who is keeping out of it.

'There is plenty of other land that you could have. Even Zaela knows it, but you, you want this part for some reason..." Victors eyes grow completely black.

"How dare you accuse me of wanting more than just the earth! The earth is all i need" He bends down, picking up some soil, and rolling it through his hand while muttering. I quickly put up my shield and the earth below me cracks and shakes. I run forward as the earth behind me cracks and falls in on it's self. I mutter a light spell and time slows. I run towards Victor and steal the dirt. Time sped back up and the earth has stopped moving. Victor looks around confused and then he sees me letting the soil fall through my fingers.

"Try it again and you will have and army on your hands." I hear a voice growl. I turn around and see Hayden standing there looking dangerous. My insides tingle. I shake my head and mentally slap myself. He lied to me. I look back at Victor.

"I am not raising those Vikings." i turn around and walk past Hayden into the Forrest. I walk and walk and then i hear a pair of boots clomping behind me.

"Shade...Shade!" i keep walking, and then he is there in front of me. I feel a lump in my throat form and i Walk around him. He grabs my arm and i yank it out of his grip.

"No! I will not listen to you! you lied to me! you made me feel as if i was the only thing that mattered and you destroyed it! Why didn't you tell me?! Why didn't you say anything?! When your father dies you will become a monster!" I shout at him. His eyes turn black. I keep yelling.

"You will become like him! you will kill my children's children just to rule the world!"

"NO! I WILL NOT HARM ANYONE!" He yells through his teeth. I see red and i keep yelling.

"No? Is that what your dad said to his father? That he wouldn't become a monster? What happens when you do huh? What happens when you become everything you despise most in life? I love you and i will not let that happen to you." I whisper the last part. I feel a knot twist in my stomach as i say the last words.

"I am not going to kill your father. I will let him continue being the monster. I'd rather it be him than you. I will not let you become him, or anything like him. I will not let you become a monster."

And everything goes black.

Haydens P.O.V

when she feints I catch her and sweep her dark hair out of her face, her sleeping/unconscious form still held beauty. I feel anger in my veins as I look at victor.

"cousin, if I ever see you again......I will kill you" his eyes flash, but before he can say anything I take Shade and travel back the house.

Shades P.O.V

my senses come to me first, before my eyes open. I feel the soft sheets of my bed underneath my fingers, and the familiar smell of Hayden. I open my eyes and look around my room. My eyes feel raw and puffy. I hear deep breathing on my left side just by the window and see Hayden. My heart gives a tight squeeze as i see the face i know and love fill my vision. I quietly get out of bed and grab some clothes for a shower.

As the hot water runs over my shoulders i think of what is to come tomorrow. Yes i had done some training but i hadn't done enough...I didn't need anymore training, i wouldn't need it. I close my eyes as i think of who badly i am going to hurt him so much....all because i loved him.