Legends of Olympus: Awakening

Chapter 7 Elliott

*Photo is of Elliott*

chapter 7

Elliott

Darkness.... pure darkness. Then a light, a tiny flicker of light. A voice, a woman's voice, saying a name. Whose name? "Elliott.." the word hang in the darkness, then again "Elliott".. This time echoing, was it his name? "Elliott" this time the light flickered again. "There is good in you" the voice chimed, good?... for some reason the word seemed Alien to him. "There is hope.... you just have to fight for it "Hope... Good.. Fight.... all these words swam around in his head, and then he thought, where am I? "Elliott" the voice spoke once again. Elliott, was that his name? "ELLIOTT" the voice yelled "RISE!"

Suddenly his eyes burst open, Elliott was awake....

Ash and a sense of evil lingered in the cool air, the smell of death and hatred, the smell of war. Elliott scrambled to his feet, turning full circle, taking in his surroundings. He was standing in the centre of a forest clearing; the floor around him charred black, small tusks of smoke rising from the ground. Then he noticed the trees... Hundreds of them, torn from their roots and forced to the ground, they were burnt and smoking too, some still flickered with tiny flames. It looked as if a meteor had struck directly where he was standing, desiccating part of the forest. Did he cause this?

Elliott tried to remember how he got here... but his mind was blank, he couldn't remember anything, all he could remember was the woman's voice when he was asleep. "Elliott" that was the name she had called him. The name seemed familiar, was it his?

Suddenly a large orange ball of fire erupted in front of him, Elliott backed up quickly dodging the embers that were spitting from within. It looked like a small sun, fire rolling and churning. Then quickly the ball expanded, exploding, sparks ripping through the air.

Elliott turned to shield his face and when he looked back, five battered and bruised people materialised out of the flames. Four of them looked like teenagers and the other was a small man in sports clothes like some sort of coach.

The group seemed to be slightly disoriented, but one of the girls was staring at him. She had deep red hair, with sea blue eyes. She took a shaky step forward and blinked quickly, like she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Then she said one word which lingered eerily in the air..... "Elliott.

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