Darkness around us

CHAPTER 3- The gift

A few hours later my dad came back into the room.  "Marisa, you need to come with me now, ok?" I sat up and looked up at him, he was wearing this weird blue cloak thing that reminded me of a fairytale wizard from a children's book.  I didn't question him though, he looked as if something very serious was happening.  I got out of the bed and followed him slowly down a long hallway.  We turned a corner and came to a large room.  What the heck? It looks like a court room, I didn't do anything wrong, did I?  A part of me wanted to run, part of me wanted to ask what was happening.  I never had the chance to do either because the large wooden door closed behind me.  My dad sat in a chair just to the left of us, he gestured for me to sit down beside him.  Suddenly, a deep voice called my name.  I looked to where the voice came from, a fairly large man sat in front of us.  Oh my gosh, this is some sort of court room! What did I do?!

"No need to be afraid Marisa, you are not in trouble."  We just need to talk.  "Where am I and who the heck are you?"  I asked in a quick low voice.  "You are not a 'normal' teenager.  You aren't who you think you are."  He ignored my questions, so I asked him again.

"I am the head of the elder counil. My name is Clent Rickson, and you young lady have many questions you need answers to."

"How'd you know I had questions?"

He let out a small chuckle

"You fell and blacked out and wake up in a new world, of course you have questions!"  He had a point.  We were then excused.  My father and I walked in silence.  I was in my room for a few minutes when my dad walked back in, two people following close behind. 

"Marisa, you have a certain ability only a couple other people have.  Those head rushes you've been having lately are you powers developing." I stared at him, disbelief written all over my face.

"Your mother had the samee powers you do.  She could see monsters, even if the rest of us just saw people, she also had elemental powers, such as fire, wind, water.  She was able to control the powers perfectly, exept for one."  The sadness in his eyes made me realize what must have happened.

"Fire" I say in a voice just above a whisper.  My mother had died in a fire a few weeks after I was born.  I was always told she lost her mind and became a pyro-maniac.  But now I know the truth.

"She died when she was working in controlling a flame, she got in a terrible argument and lost control and let her anger take over her mind-"  His voice cracked a little as he spoke, but still he continued

"The hole room went up in flames and the door was locked.  I couldn't do anything to save either of them."

Then he started to cry, I sat down next to him on the bed and tried to comfort him.  Once he had composed himself again, he gestured to the other people in the room.

"Marisa, meet the only other people in this world who have the same powers you do."  I looked at them, the female was around my age and the male seemed to be in his mid teens as well.