Guarders: Playing With Fire

Chapter 4

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As Lightningstar led Flameheart and Fireflame into the camp, Flameheart caught her breath. The place was massive! Guarders from all four elements milled around, some talking, some training. She spotted some Unicorn Foals playing while a group of Guarder Apprentices watched them, laughing.

Flameheart smiled. It felt like she finally belonged. This was her home, but she hadn't even been here for two hours!

As Flameheart entered the camp, led by the Guardian and flanked by the Element Keepers, all the Guarders and Unicorns paused what they were doing, and watched them silently walk by. Flameheart ducked her head shyly, uncomfortable under the questioning gazes of the other Guarders.

Lightningstar stopped, and searched the crowd. Her eyes landed on a young Fire Elemental Apprentice.

"Kennaspark! Emberheart! Come here please!" The Guardian called out.

The Guarder and her Companion made there way up to where Flameheart was standing.

"Kennaspark, this is Flameheart. She is newly Chosen, and I would like you to show her around Camp and help her get settled in. She is in the Fire Barracks, Room 176 Regulus Hall. Got that?" Lightningstar instructed.

The girl nodded. Lightningstar turned to Flameheart.

"Flameheart, this is Kennaspark and her Unicorn Companion Emberheart. Stick with them and you will soon know your way around here."

Flameheart smiled hesitantly at Kennaspark, who grinned warmly back at her.

"Come on I'll introduce you to the other Apprentices. You'll love it here." Kennaspark grabbed Flameheart's hand and started to pull her over to the group of Apprentices that she had noticed before. The two Companions followed behind them nickering to each other, obviously having a conversation.

They reached the other Apprentices, and immeadiately Flameheart started to act shyly.

"Girls!" Kennaspark announce happily. "This is Flameheart, and her Companion Fireflame. She's new, but I can already tell that she's a lot like me, so you're gonna have two crazy Fire Apprentices to look after!"

The Apprentices laughed. Flameheart noted curiously that they were all girls. They all wore the same clothes as Flameheart, just in different colors, with the exception of Kennaspark. Instead of cherry-red jodhpurs, there was a blue for Water, green for Earth, and purple for Air.

One of them, obviouusly a Water Apprentice, stepped forwards.

"Hi Flameheart! I'm Oceanfrost, and my Companion is Hailcloud." She greeted.

Flameheart nodded and said a small 'hi' in return.

Oceanfrost nodded to the Apprentice in green. "That there is Willowheart, the Guarder to Leaftail. And the one wearing purple is Breezestorm, who's Companion is Cloudsky."

The two Apprentices grinned and waved. Flameheart waved back to them. Already she was starting to feel comfortable with these easy-going girls, even though they had just met.