Fire in the Roots

Chapter VI: Passed Out

"... Dear sister... sister... sis...ter..."

"...Huh? Ugh, ow... Where am I?" Cindy woke up off the ground of the ship they boarded. 

She looked around and saw Elliot and Lucas randomly passed out as well. It also seemed the sail was torn a bit for some reason. After looking around, Elliot and Lucas both woke up in pain.

"...Ow... What happened?" Lucas asked.

"I don't know. Ow! Why am I sleeping on the anchor!?" Cindy asked, very irritated.

They looked around and out of nowhere, lightning struck beside the ship. But, it wasn't storming... or raining. "BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T SLEEPING, NOW MOVE!!!"

As the three looked closer, a random person was falling falling from the sky? Wut? The three quickly rushed out of the way and the person landed on top of the ship's barrels. He slowly sat up and all layed eyes on him.

"Uh?! Who are you!?" Cindy asked.

The young teenager wiped of the dust on his vest and sighed. "I'm Marcus. Marcus Valenwood." 

"Why was a kid like you falling from the sky!?" Lucas asked.

"Okay, first of all, rude. Second, I fell from the lightning you saw. And third... I AM NOT A KID! I don't know why people get mixed with that! Is it the glasses? The vest!? Adults can wear vests, you know!"

"Okay, we're sorry. Why, or how, were you falling from the lightning?" Elliot asked calmly with her text.

"Heh, I like you. A lot kinder than these guys. Or just this guy, with the little denim jacket that looks kinda identical from yours." Lucas looked at him with surprised face. "Anyway, I'm the hero of electricity. Just like you guys. As you can tell, I am a nerd from my school. Sorry for accidentally shocking your boat. I sent a storm on you guys on accident and you knocked out. Though I don't recall knowing you three. You have powers. But you don't live on our island?"

Marcus Valen Wood (Valenwood is usually what it's called) is a young adult who graduated from his school and moved all the way to Midrot Island, mainly to learn his power of electricity. He has blond hair, green-ish yellow eyes and olive skin. He wears glasses, a dark green vest, with a white t-shirt under it. He wears fingerless gloves with a bright green glow to them, only to control his shocking power. He wears navy blue, denim pants and tall hiking boots.

"Eh, whatever. I should probably... OH GOD! THE ISLAND! I ALMOST FORGOT!"

"What? What's wrong?" Lucas asked.

"The island might still be attacked!"

"By what?" Elliot asked.

"A fleet of undead assassins under the control of Enzo."

"Wait you know Enzo!? We're trying to kill him!" Cindy said.

"You are as well?" Marcus asked.

"Yes. We're just trying to find Midrot Island. There we can learn our unknown powers." Lucas explained. "We can use our power to defeat him for real."

"For real you say? Hm... I can guide you to the island. It's the island that is being attacked. It get's attacked very daily, But we are almost about to fall. If you can help us, I can lead you to meet our teacher. He can teach you your power."

"So we just have to drive out the assassins from Midrot Island, and then you'll help us?" Cindy asked.

"Yes, we do need the help. If our island falls, all of Hoskar and the world falls."

"Seems simple enough. Very well... Lead the way, Marcus." Lucas insisted.

And with that, Cindy repaired the sail and Elliot used her magic to use the water, to push the ship in the direction Midrot Island was. The ride was a breeze. Except for Marcus, he almost threw up.

"You need to control that power of yours... blugh*!" Yep, he did it.

"I'm doing it the best I can. I never tried controlling water with this fire. I can't even control it as well as usual." Elliot said with an ungrateful face. She didn't even have a lot of fire in the process either.

"Here, Let me see if I can..." Lucas stepped in the back, and tried to use the water himself. Instead of using any other elemental power, he controlled the water itself.

"Lucas I think you can control water!" Cindy said happily.

Lucas was shocked in the moment. "How? This is insane!"

"Oooooooooooo... So cooooooooool. It's not different." Marcus said unpleasantly.

"Why do you make everything worse with your emotions?" Cindy asked.

"I was born to see these things. Nothing new to me. Or you." This made no sense to Cindy.

They arrived to a giant fog shroud at the end of the ride. It act as like a wall. The boat wouldn't flow no longer.

"Why'd we stop?" Elliot asked.

"It's our border, only magic can surpass it." Marcus answered. He slowly prepared a strike on the foggy wall. "Once I strike, we fight. Ready?"

They all nodded in response.

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And with that, Marcus struck the fog. The fog broke apart and the island was revealed in sight. It was beautiful...