Battle of The Elements COMPLETED

Chapter 4

Titania

I woke in the morning to a soft, sweet humming sound coming from...everywhere?

I leapt out of bed, pulled on one of my dresses and ran outside. I heard people yelling, crying and screaming.

The sight outside the inn was terrifying. Children of all ages were walking to the forest. Towns people blocked their way and - what looked like - their parents tried to hold them back but the children kept moving. They had the same look in their eyes as the children in the cave. Some of the children even threw people out of their way. No one could stop those children. I ran to one of the trees on the forest's edge, placed my hand against it and pushed almost all my energy out, into the forests. I felt the tree's roost and branches spread out and twist around each other, forming a huge wall around the forest so thick not even a giant could break through. I felt the magic seep out of my body, leaving me weak in the realisation that I was on the other side of the wall.

I heard a rustle in the bushes. I shot around but it was too late. All I saw was a flash of red before something pulled me to the ground in a fast and angry mess of tackling. I tackled her on the floor, rolling, scratching and clawing at each other's faces. She grabbed my wrists and pinned them to the ground. For the first time I saw my attacker clearly. She had fair skin and huge, bright red hair. Her dark – almost black – eyes bore into my own. Her voice was rough and crazed "How dare you. You ruined everything!" She screamed.

I pressed the back of my hands against the dirt but nothing happened, I was too weak to do anything. "HELP!" I screamed.

"No one will hear you. No matter how hard you scream, you made those walls too thick dear. Too thick and too high." She said, her voice was starting to scare me. Her wide, crazy eyes were lingering on me and she started to hum a melody, the same hum I had heard when I woke, only a different tune...

...

I woke tied to a stone pillar in the middle of darkness. I tried to pull my hands away from the pillar but it was tied with some kind of metal. A light flooded the room and blinded me for a few seconds. Standing against the wall was the woman that attacked me, she wasn't smiling, instead she looked calm and angelic. Her curvy body and large breast fit perfectly into a black silk dress.

"You shouldn't have put that wall up. Now I can't go home." She said, her eyes weren't on me this time but somewhere in the distance.

"I wont let you steal children away from their home." I said – unlike her, I was aiming every ounce of my rage at her through my eyes.

"I need to." She said, a small degree of pain in her voice.

"Why?!" I shouted.

"They're not safe at home. I will save them all and take them to safe place." She said. This woman was insane.

"You're crazy..." I said.

"Perhaps. But you wouldn't understand. You weren't here when those children died." She said, I heard the anger rising in her voice then it was gone. She slowly walked towards me, never looking me in the eyes until she was just out of my reach. Her hand brushed my cheek before she lifted the hem of my dress up to my upper thigh. A look of surprise crossed her face and she looked up at me "Where is your mark?"

"Mark?"

What was she saying? "What do you mean 'found'?"

"Your friends don't know about you. About your magic."

She must have seen the panic flash across my face – was she going to tell them? Was she going to threaten me? – Because all of a sudden a gentle smile appeared on her face "I won't tell them. I understand what it's like to be scared of your loved ones. My family sent me to one of those labs. I would never make another go through that torture. All I want to know is what you are."