E L E M E N T S : Book Two

Chapter Two

          

"Princess?" Her voice is sweet and soft, her touch brings warmness inside of me and I struggle to open my eyes to see her beautiful face. The woman in front of me is breathtaking. She has short jet black hair, and blazing green eyes, just like mine. Her smile is spread across her face, with her lips blooming in nice pink color. "Sweetie?" She asks me and I look up at her, with my small chubby hands touching her soft skin.

"Momma?" I ask in high pitched voice and giggle when she smiles at me. She nods and leans forward, kissing my forehead gently.

"We will come back soon, okay?" She asks me with raspy voice, her eyes tearing and her lips quavering. I nod and she hugs me tightly. "Be a good girl, okay?" I nod while she whispers in my ear.

My eyes snap open and I look around the room, covered in sweat and trembling. The unfamiliar sensation of pain rushes over me like a wave and hits me. I close my eyes in hope to remember the woman's face again, but nothing comes to my mind. But she seemed too familiar, painfully familiar to me.

I shake my head and stand up from the bed, unable to go back to sleep. I tiptoe to the window and look out at the dark sky and bright moon. The moment my eyes meet the bright shining circle, insides of me start twisting and something inside of me grows. I close my eyes in bliss and let the light pour on my face, filling me with its power and strength.

***

"So, basically if I don't win, I die?" I ask in bored voice and flip my long brown hair back. Winston nods and I barely hold growl from escaping my mouth. Recent days some strange things keep happening to me and I sometimes act like animal. Literally.

"It's not fair!" Luke shouts and steps forward.

"You can't do something like this." Jacob adds and stands next to Luke, his eyes never leaving mine.

"She is our friend and we will protect her." Kate says in a bit annoyed voice.

"We will side her." Marlee agrees and looks at me with smiling face.

"We can't leave a friend in need, can we?" Oliver turns to his sister, Chloe, who shakes her head and smiles, getting in a fighting position.

"Even though, I am not violent type..." Elle starts and roots start rising around her. "I can't leave her alone in this fight, can I?" She asks with smirk on her lips.

I look at them and then at others, who side them. I smile gratefully, pushing all my other thoughts back in my mind and ignore the voice telling me to get rid of them. I smile and push my tears back, so no one will be able to see them.

"Guys, thanks." I say in a loud voice for everyone to hear it. "But this is my fight. And if this old buddy wants me to prove that I am worth of being here, then I shall show him what it means to be Absolute Elementalist." I say with confidence I didn't know I had. I smile at them and step forward, looking directly into his familiar icy eyes.

"Nice speech." He says and looks back at his people. "One of the fighters will be Nikolas Sanders, another is Mr. Harrison, Alexandra Lewis, and I, myself." He says with smile on his face.

"Buddy, one time wasn't enough?" I ask with smirk and look at him, partly ready for the fight. Even though, I have good relations with Alexandra and Mr. Harrison, I know that they will obey the orders, thus kill me. And Nikolas was going to kill me without even order.

With the horn the fight starts and Nikolas sends a large piece of earth at my direction, which I am barely able to avoid. Without giving me a break Alexandra throws a gush of wind and makes me fly away from the place, fall on the ground. I barely manage to stand up, my body covered with scratches and thin lines of blood, as Mr. Harrison, whose name turns out to be James, produces waters from his palms and throws them at me, making me fall on the ground again, then Winston and James unite powers and they shower me in electrified waters.