The beginning

The beginning of the end

The first I met was Avani, her name matched her perfectly, a Sanskrit translation meaning earthly. Tears fell from her viridescent eyes, she hugged her arms around herself, soft brown ringlets falling into her face. I approached her to comfort her, I just remember the sorrowful look she gave, she was so trusting of me. We instantly connected despite our differing elements, she became a sister to me. She was my happy. She was all that was good.

Keyre was calm, his soft temperament never clashing with my mood swings or Avani's sensitivity. We met Keyre in the first hurricane, he saved us, rushing in like a hero dragging us to safety in the chaos. His rich skin always beautifully contrasted with his pale hair and eyes, giving him the ethereal kind of beauty air always possessed. He had a tranquil disposition which melted all your troubles away. He calmed my anger, he was my opposite and everything I aspired to be.

Then there was him, I think I knew the instant I saw him, that he was different, like me. He always had an air of power and strength. His anger and possessiveness, clashed constantly with mine. Being so similar we infuriated each other, he maddened me but I couldn't stay away. Phoenix was fire personified, I hated it, and I loved it all at the same time.

We were a mismatch of elements, an abomination to society. But it was the end, or the beginning depending on the way you look at things. Nothing makes sense when everything you know is crumbling all around you, and we helped each other survive. The stares we got and the hatred thrown our way didn't matter because we were lost, we had nothing except each other. They were my everything, the be all and end all.

I'm the only one left, not just out of the people I classed as my family. I'm the only one left at all.