The Elements

Chapter Nineteen

Asher was in a dream, but like the other dreams his friends had, it wasn't pleasant. He could see his brother up against a clone of Arabella, who looked ready to kill him.
"Jason!" Asher cried out, but soon he had his hands full.
Because a clone version of Flora walked up to him, and made plants trap him.
"What the-" Asher started to say, but he never got to finish.
The plants were too strong for him, but he had a secret power the clone Flora would never think of.
He was an Air Obtainer, which could've meant that he could fight off the Earth Element?
Or did it mean that he was going to loose?
"Ok, let me get this clear, you're not the real Flora?" Asher asked as the plants squeezed him tighter.
"Oh no, she's not. But there's something you should know about you brother. It may feel like I'm just telling lies, but dear, would I lie?"
"Well, I just literally met you so I probably can't trust you." Asher shrugged.
He looked over at Jason, who was now lying on the ground, the Arabella clone about to get him for the foremost and final blow.
"NO!!!!!" Asher screamed, and it felt as if he'd shattered glass.
"If he doesn't get back up, it may be all your fault, Asher."
How'd this voice know his name?
"He can't die! You can't let him!" Asher cried, desperate for his brother to leave the dream, alive.
"I could let him die, but where are my manners?"
Asher was not about to let his brother die in this dream. He was going to come out alive, and that was settled.
Asher broke free from the violent plants and sent a gust of wind towards the clone Arabella.
The Arabella clone vanished into thin air.
He ran over to Jason, hoping he was still breathing.
"Jason! Jason! You gotta wake up!" Asher smoke his brother, tears almost welling in his already watery eyes.
Soon his brother vanished without a trace.
Asher squeezed his eyes shut as tears made their way down his face, but he didn't care. He wondered what was going to become of Jason.

"Asher! Dude, you gotta get up!"
This was a voice he vaguely recognized as Cole's voice.
Asher opened his eyes and there was Cole helping him to his feet. Asher looked around and arrows were being shot, Death Mist was in the air, and there were screams.
Asher discovered Flora was leading the group followed by Arabella, Selene, Jason, Cole and himself.
"Where are we going?!" Asher yelled and excepted an answer.
Asher has asked Flora this question, but she didn't answer. She kept running as if she'd never heard Asher say anything.
Now it's so awkward, Asher thought feeling his cheeks grow warm.
They ran through they forest, and Asher knew everyone was exhausted, even him.
"They're gone?" Flora asked between breaths, and she sat on the ground.
"Yeah they're gone." Asher answered loudly enough for everyone to hear.
"Does anyone have any water?" Jason said, groaning as he sat on the ground.
Soon enough Asher realized his brother was in fact ok, and perfectly alive, because Asher had finally heard him say something. He focused his attention on the world around him.
Selene rolled her eyes." It's kinda obvious I have water." She chuckled, and swirled some water around in her hands.
"Where are we?" Arabella asked, voice shaky.
Asher looked around and saw that the forest was dark, foggy, creepy, and pretty bleak.
"I don't know." Jason said, marveling his surroundings.
"Isn't this the Death Forest?" Cole guessed, his voice just a little bit shaky, as Asher noticed.
"It certainly seems like it." Flora said firmly, examining a plant which looked just about dead.
Asher didn't really want to be in the Death forest, but if it meant they'd find the Moonstone then that was alright with him. It was quiet for a moment until Selene spoke up.
"Since it's called the Death Forest-have people died here?" She asked, voice unstable.
"I don't necessarily like to think about that." Cole said and glanced around, now seeing dead bodies.
Asher sighed." This better not be from the ambush that we ran into earlier."
Arabella carefully held and arrow in her hand, and examined it. "I think it is from the ambush. The Darkness is trying to find us so we don't get the Moonstone before them."
"Well, we definitely wouldn't have guessed that if we hadn't been in an ambush just maybe fifteen minutes ago." Cole huffed, and crossed his arms.
"Guys, there isn't time for arguing, we need to find the Moonstone like Arabella said," Flora said glancing at her best friend for a moment.
"But how are we going to find it? And how are we going to avoid the Darkness?" Cole asked, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow. Asher could tell he was worried, it was written on Cole's face.
"We need to create a plan," Flora said, rolling her eyes." And we're all going to make it." She stared down Cole when she said this.
"What are we waiting for?" Asher shrugged, trying to be helpful.
"I say let's do it, and we'll tell Lilly when we're done. In victory." Selene nodded, agreeing.
They started to form a plan, and Asher took watch to look for anything suspicious, but right now there was nothing.
At least for now.