"Rachael!!" Mum said while hugging me tight, "Are you alright!? You sounded so scared on the phone!" She was now checking me for cuts or bruises.
"Mum! I am completely fine. There's nothing to worry about! I just need to go upstairs and pack so I can meet Mr. Alfred to go to Elementary School!" I said quickly.
She stopped checking me when I said Elementary School.
"What did you say?" She asked, "did you say he is going to take you to Elementary School?" She stared at me in shock, "that's great!!! That means you've been chosen!!! Mr. Alfred is apparently a Chooser!"
"A what?! A Chooser?" I asked quizzically.
"They are people who have mastered their ability to hide their Element. Then they come to the human world and choose those who have Elements!! And apparently he has chosen you!!" She said proudly.
"He didn't pick just me," I said pausing, "he also chose Dominic!" I turned to Eric as I said this.
"What made the fire department come to your school? And why couldn't I come and pick you up?" Mum asked changing the subject rapidly.
"That was me," I said with a sad grin of shame, "Delancy Simmons was pulling my hair and flipping pencils at me. And I got very mad. And then the teachers desk exploded! Can I go and pack now?? I am gonna meet both him and Dominic at five o'clock!" I was extremely anxious and I wanted to be on time.
"Pack a lot," mum said, "pack a whole lot. You will stay at that school for the rest of the school year. There are no breaks what so ever!" She said warningly.
"Ok!" I ran up the stairs and into my room.
I was packed within an hour. All I did was grab all of my belongings and then shove them in a suit case. It was a very simple process.
I ran down the stairs with my suit case and back pack. It was now 4:23.
"Mum! It's time to go!!" I called to her, "I wanna be early!"
"Fine!!" She yelled from inside her room. She came out and helped me carry my stuff to the car. We went back in to get Eric and we were off!!
It was lucky I wanted to be early. Mr. Alfred and Dominic were already there and waiting for me at 4:45. Dominic got out of the car and came to help me carry some of my bags. I thought that it was very sweet of him.
I said my good byes,and we were off. I had absolutely no idea where we were going,or how long it would take us to get there. The one thing I did know was that I was on a road trip with my friends.
"So..." I said breaking the silence, "do Elements give you certain attributes?"
"Yes,in fact they do!" Mr. Alfred said.
"What are they?" Dominic asked for me. Apparently he wanted to know just as bad as I did.
"Water is intelligence and wisdom, fire is strength and agility, earth is peace of mind, ice is trickery, and air is speed," he answered. Dominic and I looked at each other and mouthed the words cool.
"Which one do you think I am?" We asked at the same time. We laughed at each other's eagerness.
"I believe yours,Dominic, is fire. You said you have always been good at making them even without the right things. And I also heard that you won first in track and in shot put. And you,Rachael, you are very difficult to say. But if I had to guess,I would say you would be water,because you memorized the periodic table in a day,"
"Wicked!" I said with a smile.
"Yeah. Awesome!" Dominic said in agreement, "so exactly how long are we going to be riding?"
"Probably about seven hours," Mr. Alfred answered. I turned and galnced at Dominic in shock of what we had agreed to do. 'Oh well' I thought, 'it's too late now,'
"When do we become Lords and Queens?" I asked.
"Whenever you master your Element," Mr. Alfred answered quickly. I remembered that I had already asked mum 'well duh!' I thought to myself.
"Are we already Lads and Ladies? Or do we become those when we are actually start school?" Dominic asked.
"You are already Lads and Ladies," he answered.
"Cool!" I said excitedly.
After about thirty minutes of not talking about anything I fell asleep. It felt good to finally have a deep sleep. I had gone about three of four days without sleeping well. This felt absolutely amazing.
"Psst!Rachael,wake up," Dominic was poking me in the arm.
"Wha.... Are we there yet?" I asked while unleashing a very large yawn.
"No. We are stopping to get something to eat. Mr. Alfred wants to know what you want," Dominic said kindly, "were at a McDonald's by the way,"
"I'll have a ten piece chicken nugget meal," I said still sounding very sleepy.
Mr. Alfred ordered and then gave us our food. He drove and ate his burger while Dominic and I sat in the back and munched on our food quietly.
"Would you like the rest of my fries?" I offered to Dominic.
"Yes,please," he said. I handed him the bag, "thanks!" He said while eating ten fries at a time, "how long have we been diving?" Dominic asked with his mouth full.
"About three hours now," Mr. Alfred answered, "four more hours to go!" He said happily, "then you can go to the best school there is!"
After we were all done eating,Dominic got very tired and fell asleep. He leaned on my shoulder(he was,of course,unaware of this). I could not move him(he was as solid as a rock.) I just sat there with him leaning on me. It felt very awkward but after a while I got used to it. I became very sleepy as well and I slept on his head which was leaning on my shoulder. It was not the most comfortable position to sleep in but we slept well anyway. Just before I fell asleep I noticed Mr. Alfred chuckling at the sight of us.
"Hey,sleepy heads! Wake up! We're here!!" Mr. Alfred said while poking Dominic and me on the head. Dominic jumped up realizing that he had slept on me. I woke up with a crick in my neck from leaning in his head weird.
"Sorry!!!" Dominic said sounding very flustered, "I move around a lot when I sleep.. I am very very sorry!" He said sounding very apologetic.
"Bruh, you're cool," I said trying to dismiss his worry, "but thanks for the apologies," I added.
We got our of the car .It was fifteen minutes till midnight.
"Where on this good earth are we?" I asked, "it looks like some kind of apartment complex!"
