The Elementals | Book 1. The Cliffs of Immensi

Chapter 7

Concord woke. Why can I only see white? Maybe I've gone blind. Then he cast the thought aside as he spotted a glowing yellow circle on the white surface. A ceiling.

He tried to sit up, but it was a futile attempt. He thumped back down to meet a soft surface. He looked to his right and left. He was on a couch in a comfortable living room. There was a fire in the middle of the room. There were multiple comfortable chairs in the living room, where two people sat. They looked up when Concord turned to look at them.

"You're finally awake!" The girl sitting in one of the chairs exclaimed.
"Finally?" Concord asked, confused.
"You've been unconscious for a day or two." The girl nodded her head vigorously.

Concord took a deep breath. "How'd that happen?"

"Well, we were hoping you could tell us." The boy sitting in the other chair explained. "I'm Marco, by the way, and this here is my sister, Lynda.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Concord."

"Nice to meet you too, Concord. But we've been wondering if you could tell us... what happened out in that forest?"

"To be honest, I'm not really sure." But Concord knew exactly what had happened. I smashed into a tree with my moving boulder, and when I tried to jump off a shard of it hit me in the back of the head. Then I fell. I'm guessing that's how you found me.

But he couldn't tell Marco and Lynda that. I can't tell them that I can control earth and stones. Plus, I was weak. I couldn't stop that shard or hold up against it. I should be stronger.

"I was just ...walking in the forest when a boulder came down a hill in a landslide," Concord lied. "It hit a tree and shattered, then one of those shards hit me while I was running away."

Concord's excuse seemed to convince Marco and Lynda. "That must've hurt a lot!" Lynda exclaimed. "Are you really all right?"

"Yes, I'm all right. But my head does throb a little. Well, maybe more than a little."

Lynda immediately looked very concerned.

"But really. I'm fine."

"Well, all right." Lynda didn't look any less concerned.
"Really! I'm fine!"

Lynda sighed. "Okay. Just tell me if you need anything! I'll bring you whatever you need."

Concord gave a small sigh as well. He liked Lynda but she seemed to overreact to everything he said. It tired his brain. It took some serious thinking. For she was still looking at him, a bit concerned, and was bouncing up and down looking for something to do.

"You know, I could use some cookies." Concord said whatever came to his mind in the moment.

"I'll get them right away!" Lynda jumped up and ran across the house as fast as she could.

"And I'll have some water, too!"

"Yes, absolutely!" Clattering and clanging could be heard coming from the kitchen. CRASH! SCREEEEEECH! CLANG!

Concord covered his ears. His head hurt more. "Take your time! Don't hurry!"

"OH! Yes, of course!" The amount of crashing and clanging increased.

Concord groaned. "Does she always do this?" he asked Marco desperately.

"Yup."

Concord shook his head and immediately regretted it as it sent a wave of pain through it. He threw his arms over his head.

Marco stifled a laugh. "Is it really that bad?"

"Yeah, I would have preferred that boulder to the sound of the havoc that is probably happening over there."