Dawn

Chapter Matt Smith: The Ignis Cabin

Beep, Beep is what I wake up to. It’s obnoxious and loud.

My feet are tangled up in the black and white sheets. My hand creeps out of the blankets and turns off the alarm. I yawn and rub my eyes. My feet touch the cold tile floor; it sends a chill up my spine.

I walk toward the dresser and the note catches my eye. I re-read it and wonder what she means by, strong powers and they’ll find out. My stomach does a backflip and I worry a bit. It was late last night and I wasn’t paying attention.

My eyes dart around and see that there are labels on each of the dresser drawers. How great. Apparently, my guess at pajamas was right. I see one drawer that says training on it. I assume that’s what we’re doing today. I grab some black and white striped shorts and a white tank-top. My hair actually looks good with a second-day curl but, I don’t want it to go all crazy so, I pull it back. There’s a drawer labeled socks & shoes. I open it and there, I see, five or six pairs of my favorite shoes; Converse. There are some white high-top ones and, black ones. Not black and white. White converse and black converse. It’s the same for the regular ones. One pair is black and white so, I get some low cut socks and lace up my shoes.

I open the door to take a step outside.The cool breeze feels really good on my face. I walk out of the cabin and see lots of children walking around. Apparently Mr. Pearson has set up sword fighting and archery stations for us to practice at. there are other things to do, too. There’s a pool, an empty field filled with long green grass, another empty field but no grass is growing. It’s just dirt. There is also a field with just stone on the ground. Each one is about the size of a football field. That includes the pool.

I look over at at the cabins and see Jessie emerge from the beaded curtain. Her long black hair is down to her waist. Her choice of a knee-high baby blue dress suits her well. She walks on the bright green grass and spots me. “Dawn!”, she screams, “Come over here!”

I walk down the few front steps i have and meet Jessie by the fire pit. “What’s up?”, I ask.

“I’m not sure”, she says, “What are we even supposed to do, here?”

“I don’t know either”. Right after I say that, a horn sounds.

I then hear a female voice yell, “To the pit!” I assume that means the fire pit. Well, I’m already here. I guess that means not much walking to do. Everybody starts to file around the pit and there in the middle is a woman. She has long black hair like Jessie’s and tight black capri-pants. She also has a tight black V-neck and tall black boot-heels. She looks like she’s Asian.

“Hello, campers”, she says, “In case you were wondering what you’re doing here, I’m going to tell you”. The way she talks is like a teenager but, her face seems like she is in her mid- twenties. “You’re here to learn how to harness your powers”.

Everyone’s face was just as surprised as I was when I found out.

“Each one of you controls an element. Fire, water, earth, air, and in some cases, time”

All of the campers look around in astonishment. Me? I feel like my heart is about to crash into my stomach.

“Each of you has a special power. The people in green, come forward. Don’t come in here just outline the pit. The rest of you back away”, she announces.

The campers do as she says. “You, in green, have the power of Terra. That is basically the trees, dirt, grass and plants. You guys will be at the grass field. Now, The people in blue come forward and the green go to your destination”.

They do as she says.

“You have the power of Aestus. That’s any type of water You’ll be at the pool. People in white, come up and blue go to the pool”.

“People in black, you have the power of Ignis. That’s fire. You’ll be staying here. Now for the people in white. You have the power of Aeris. That’s air. You’ll be at the stone field.”

I wait for her to call me. I have no idea what’s coming up for me.

“Now for you in the black and white, You’re a master of Quo. Correct? I talked with Mr. Pearson last night and he told me everything. You’re going to be training at the dirt field. Okay?”

I nod my head and look back at the Ignis to see what they’re doing. I look at the faces and I don’t see Ashton there. I decide to take this into consideration so, I ask the lady in black.

“Um, excuse me Ms-Ms”- I get cut off.

“Kristie, but call me Kris or something”, she says with a fun and spunky voice.

“Have you seen a boy with black hair? He goes by Ashton. He would be in the Ignis. Is that right? Ignis? Well, he was in black. I don’t know where he is and I need to talk to him”, I tell to Ms. Kristie. I’m wondering what he was upset about yesterday and I want to know. If he doesn’t want to talk about it, that’s fine

“I’ll see”, she says with concern in her face. She calls his name and nobody seems to notice. I start to get kind of worried about him.

“Could I go check in the Ignis cabin for him?” I ask.

“Yeah, sure. It’s the one with the rocks around it”.

“Okay”, I say as I jog towards the black and red cabin with a long rock garden-thing.

When I get to the front steps, I feel something; it doesn’t feel right. It’s more like an eerie chill you get while watching a scary movie. My hand finds its way onto the doorknob and starts to turn it. I step into the cabin and it is like nothing I’ve seen. It has bunk beds all down the back wall and black floors. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but the ceiling, wow. It’s red and has fire drawings on it with words that are notEnglish. Aside from being completely astonished from the room, I call for Ashton.

I hear a sigh from the far left of the room. I look and see someone. It’s Ashton.

“Ashton? It’s Dawn. What’s up? You’re not outside where you should be”, I say in a calm and quiet voice so he wouldn’t be creeped out or anything.

He sits up and looks at me. He looks different. Bloodshot eyes with bags under them, baggy clothes, tousled hair, shaky hands. This-this is not Ashton.