Two sides Same view

chapter one- The barrier

                                                                                   Scarlet

I stared at the Barrier wondering what my twin was feeling when she decided to run across it for the man on the other side. In my honest opinion, I think it is stupid to risk your life for a stupid Sathder. I mean how can you fall in love with someone who physically cannot keep up with you. What is the point of trying to pass through something that you know will not allow you to? Something that you know will kill you if you even try. Sorry I realize I'm getting a little ahead of myself, I tend to do that a lot. My name is Scarlet Knight, my mother and father fought in the war to protect our people. They meet in that war; my father saved my mother's life.

I sank to the ground in front of the barrier and began to cry uncontrollably. It had been months since we had buried my sister, but the pain was still as unbearable as the day she passed away. The pain and anguish were making the power in me build up. It was getting to be too much to contain, I let out a scream from the bottom of my soul. Blue fire erupted around me and began to burn the grass around me. The louder I screamed the farther the flames spread, and the hotter they burned. The power was burning so hot I thought it would rip through my soul. I was losing control, fast. I needed to find a way to calm down or this would end badly. Just when I thought I would lose it completely I felt a gentle but firm hand on my shoulder and calming magic jolt through my body.

"My daughter, you must learn to control this, or it will hurt you" The deep voice resonated in my ears adding to the calming magic. "I'm sorry father it's just so much harder without her with me." My voice was rough from crying and screaming. I stood up from the ground and turned to look up at my father. He towered over my small frame; his short dark hair looked a little messy but the good kind. The look of anguish on his face matched my own. The pain my family felt was immense and more power than some of us could handle. Many of those in my family have burned out completely because of the grief. The amount of pain can make anyone of any level of magic completely burn away.

There are six levels of magic each level puts you in a certain class ranking. At the bottom you have the magicians, the ones who can do just normal street magic, like slide of hand or basic card magic. Above them you have the spell-casters, they can use a small bit of the magic language. The next level are the Witches and wizards, they can use the magic language to a moderate degree and use their emotions to power their spells. Enchanters come next, they use the magic language and knowledge of elemental properties to enchant people and things. Magi now they are amazing in my opinion, they are strict elementalst. Their knowledge on the element of their expertise far surpasses that of any person. There are five elements; fire, water, earth, air, and spirit each Magi can master 1 to all 5 elements. The more they master the harder they must study because of the amount of control it takes to manipulate any one element. At the very top you have Sorcerers and Sorceresses, which is what me and my immediate family is, we can use the entire magic language and use chaos magic. Chaos magic is the ability use strong emotions to fuel your own power to make it stronger.

My own magic has become unstable because of the loss of my twin. Our magic was tied to each other, so when she passed, I gained all her power as well. It is a lot for a 15-year-old to manage on her own. It constantly fells like my soul is trying to tare itself apart. My emotions are completely out of control and these outbursts have been happening a lot more often. If I don't learn how to control all this power, I could end up burning up completely. It was all that stupid Sathder's fault, he is the one that made her cross. He is the reason that my twin is no longer with me. The one who made me absorb her power and made me the way I am. I can never forgive him no matter what he thinks he can do.

This man tried to apologize to me when I was at the barrier mourning for her as I was this morning. I glared at him and screamed at him; it was the first time that I lost control of my magic. I'm pretty sure I scared the hell out of him and I'm glad about that maybe it'll teach him not to mingle with our people. I turn around and look at my family, not wanting to approach them anymore I walked out of the building and sat outside. It was a bright mid-summer day, one of my sister's favorites so it was easier to miss her more. I kept walking and somehow found my way to the boarder. Why do I keep coming to the place she died? To be honest even I didn't know the answer to that one. Maybe it was to punish myself for not noticing the changes in her. Maybe it is because I feel closest to her here, or maybe it was to catch a glimpse of the man who I had seen on the other side.

I don't know how long I sat there but soon the sun started to dip lower in the sky and I knew that parents would worry more if I did not come home soon. I stood and looked at the barrier on more time before I turned away, before I got too far I heard a sound from behind me. I turned and saw a dark figure on the other side of the boarder I rubbed my eyes and it disappeared. Must just be seeing things, with one finall look I turned and walked away from the barrier to my home.