Runaway Elements (full)

Arthur Thomastien

As I walked through the woods, my heart ached and tears ran down my face still. I didn't want to do what I was doing, but I had to if the others were to find the Sword without a burden on their shoulders. I didn't want to leave Eve, but it was the only way to prevent myself from drowning and breaking her heart upon my death. I leaned against a tree and let myself cry there. Although I was protecting the Circle, I was breaking my own heart by leaving Eve.
A young voice said, "Your aura tells me that you're troubled."
I turned around and saw a strange girl dressed in green sitting on a boulder. Her hair was bloodred, like my eyes. All she was wearing was a dark green strapless dress, which seemed to bring out her eyes. I asked her, "Who are you?"
She answered, "In a way, I'm your half sister. We have the same mother, but different fathers. Like you, my father was white. Unlike you, my father welcomed me with open arms. My father calls me Red, but my birth name is Zina."
I asked, "Are you an Elemental, like myself?"
Zina answered, "No, but I can see and read aura. That I inherited from our grandmother- Mama's mother. It's a power that skips a generation." She smiled as she studied me. "You have red, blue, purple, and clear white aura about you, Razi. You are determined to survive, sad from an aching heart, intuitive, and divine. The latter calls you an Incarnate."
I raised a brow. How could she know I'm an Incarnate of Fire? I never told her so.
Zina explained, "Incarnates always have clear white in their aura. I know this because Mia told me you were alive. She said you were different. I knew you had to be an Incarnate. A few days ago, I met an Elemental who was covered with black and brown aura. I never saw someone with dark intentions like that person did. When I saw his aura, I was too scared to speak to him."
I shivered. So Zina had met Leo and frightened by him. I decided to make use of her. If Leo did see her, then the Circle might have a chance to grasp the Sword of Elements before he could. I said, "I might need you in case we both bump into him again. I've been caught by him and his comrades twice, but I'm not willing to get caught a third time without someone being with me."
Zina said happily, "Yes. I'd love to travel with you, Razi. We could do a little family time together." She got off the boulder and walked through the woods with me.

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*OOC: I had to keep things going. The name 'Zina' means 'secret spirit,' which will be explained later on. As for the aura thing, just trying to spice things up a little.*

Eve:
Razi was nowhere. I couldn't find him. Everyone else urged me to leave without him.
"He'll turn up," Lidz said, "He always does." I could tell she didn't believe it. I couldn't leave without Razi. I just couldn't.
"Could we stay another day?" I asked, "To wait for him?" The others reluctantly agreed. We waited. We gathered food for the journey ahead. I felt like a desert without him. Nothing could cheer me up. Night fell. I stayed up all night. But he didn't return.
The others woke up when the sun began to rise.
"Could-?" I began, about to ask for another day to wait for him. Wolf shook his head.
"Sorry, Eve, but we can't wait any longer. Don't worry, if Leo has him, he'll wait to use him as bait before he kills him," Wolf said. I wanted to stay behind. But it wouldn't do Razi any good. There was no sign of a struggle. He left of his own free will. He didn't want to stay with us anymore. I guess I couldn't blame him. We were kind of a target for trouble. He'd probably have better chances on his own. So we left too.

Athur Thomastien

As we walked through the woods, Zina told me about her childhood. She was accepted openly to the family by her father- who was an artist and a lawyer. Zina was three years old when she heard that I was born, but was also hated by my birth father. When I was brought back to the hospital by the police, Zina and her father came in hopes of adopting me since it was written in my mother's will that I should be given to Zina's father for adoption. However, Auntie and Jeremy took me in three days before Zina and her father could come to claim me. When word was out that I was on the streets at eight years old, Zina and her father tried vainly to find me so they could attempt to adopt me like they tried when I was still an infant. Zina found out she could see and read aura at sixteen when she saw my birth father, who was covered in red and black aura- angry that I was born and intending to kill me. It was two years later when my birth father killed Zina's father and almost killed Zina, who ran straight into the woods and lived there ever since. She concluded, "I've lived three years of my life here, being called a dryad since I was only seen in the woods."
I said, "I've been on the streets for ten years and didn't know I had a half sister who wanted to adopt me. I should've known I still had some family left, apart from Wolf and Leo who are my cousins by blood."
Zina asked, "Are they...Seshat's twins?"
I answered grimly, "Yes, but now Seshat is dead and I'm still running from Leo since he's a Corrupted Elemental."

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Arthur Thomastien

I found it hard to believe that my birth father would be so murderous. I knew he hated me more than he hated my mother for being a black woman. From what Seshat said when he arrived to kill me, I was a few weeks old when my power over fire surfaced in my defence. Since then, my birth father had burns on his arms that were the size and shape of a several-week-old infant. As for Zina's father, he knew his black wife was a Fire Elemental, yet embraced that fact openly and would've done anything to protect both her and her two children- Zina and myself. Despite being a white man, Zina's father- whose name was Arthur but christened Zuberi by his wife- was a strong man who was willing to accept anyone into his family against his own grandfather's wishes. When Zina was born, Zuberi was there to witness the birth of a lovechild and accepted her with open arms. Zina's life was beautiful and peaceful until my birth father killed Zuberi in cold blood.
I felt bad for Zina, but I knew this was not the time for remorse. I had to do something to protect the Circle from Leo and his comrades. However, this I realized as I listened to her story, I might end up caught with Zina if Leo spotted me being away from the Circle. I had to get Zina away from me to protect her. I described the Circle to Zina and asked her to send them a message that I was still alright. When she left in a flash, I went on walking. I couldn't let Zina get caught by Leo and his comrades with me. I rather get caught alone than with someone else at my side.

Rain:
Eve is sitting in a corner, silent tears running down her face. She could hide them if she wanted. She could separate the molecules and send them away in the air. She must not care. I wish I could talk to her, but I have no idea what she's feeling. I've never really loved someone. I've never truly been loved like all the other girls my age. I'm too different.
Stupid, stupid Arthur. Doesn't he know how much he's hurting Eve?

Lidz ¬

Arthur was like a brother to me; Eve like a sister. Did he know how much he was upsetting her? I squeezed Wolf's hand as I walked over to Eve and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Little sister, he WILL come back. I can .... feel his time escence not to far from here-"

She looked up at me with hopeful eyes. I shook my head. "Too far to travel; he had all night to get there,"

I smiled soothingly, but fresh tears poured down her cheeks. I hugged her quickly. "C'mon Little Sister, we're nearly there,"

Arthur Thomastien

The day welcomed me with the warmth even a child could sense when in the mother's arms. I felt a movement in the bushes. When I looked to where the sound came from, I sighed. It was my murderous birth father. I asked, "You still want to kill me even though I'm your son?"
He slapped me across the face and hissed, "You are no son of mine. You're a freak, an abomination to all of humanity. I should've drowned you when you were a wretched infant, but you left burns on me and let the police take you back to the hospital while I was sentenced to eight years in prison. Where did that pale Voodoo witch hide you when I heard you survived for the last ten years? Did she hide you in her room, or in the closet that her and your fellow abominations tried to protect?" He slapped me again, sending me off my feet and on my hands and knees. "You shouldn't be alive, boy. Your ilk are nothing but demons in the form of humans. I see right through you, boy."
I growled, "I'm not a boy, but a man." Three rings of ghostfire surrounded me, forcing my birth father to back away. I got on my feet and smiled madly. "Have you forgotten, Father, that I've recently turned eighteen? That said, I'm now a man. I've reached my manhood. My rite of passage: become an Incarnate of Fire. I've reached the peak of my power as a sign of my manhood. You can't touch me and you know it."
He threw water at the rings, putting them out and leaving me defenceless. He smiled and said, "You forgot that I know fire hates water." He tossed more water at me, then punched me in the stomach. While I was still on my hands and knees, he pinned me down with his foot and tied my wrists behind me. After tying my ankles together, he slung me over his shoulders and began carrying me away. He said slyly, "Leo would be very pleased to see you again. At least we'll keep you alive to get the others before I take the pleasure of chopping off your head."
I shivered. So my father decided to work with Leo in order to get what he wanted: the chance to kill me like he tried twice and failed. I whispered, "Find the Circle, Zina. Help them find the Sword of Elements before my father kills me."

Eve:
I made lunch. Lidz offered, but I felt like I needed to be busy. I noticed Rain staring at me and I forced a smile. It seemed to hurt to smile. They complimented my cooking, but I know Razi would've done a better job.
One thought keeps going through my head:
He left us. He definitely doesn't want to be with us. Any of us. Even me. He was just being polite.

Arthur Thomastien

For ages, my father carried me to only heaven knew where. Every so often, he stopped for a nature call, but he didn't allow me to dry up. He sometimes purposely dropped me in the river, then slung me over his shoulder all soaked. I started to catch a cold and my ghostfire was slowly burning out. I tried to get free, but I couldn't. My father kept me soaked to the core, not letting me dry myself.
I started coughing violently. I needed to dry up if I were to live. I thought of Eve and felt the ghostfire burn slowly higher. If the thought of Eve can keep the flame inside me burning, then I'll let it burn until I lose my life.

Eve:
A strange girl stepped out of a clearing. She smiled at us.
"I'm Zina," she said, "I have a message from Razi. He's fine." Anger whelled inside of me, like a tsunami. He left us, and all he could say was he was fine.
"Is that all?" Lidz asked glancing at me. Zina looked at each of us, studying us.
"Yes," she said, cheerfully.
"Want some fish?" I offered. She smiled and sat down next to me. I smiled back. I could do this. Maybe.

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*OOC: I'm gonna let Zina in this group, since I have what I need to keep her going.*

Name: Zina "Red" Lucario
Age: 21
Element: None
Physical description:

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She wears a dark green dress that brings out her eyes, is parchment pale, has a small bust despite her age, and lithe body build.
Personality: Zina is unusually calm, but kind to those who are kind to her. Beneath her calm exterior is a very vile temper that gets in the way at random. Unlike some people, she knows the law and won't hesitate to use it against anyone who attempts to break the law. She has a weakness for painting and loves to draw at her spare time.
History: Zina is the only daughter of an American laywer/artist and an African woman. Both Zina and her father lived happily together when they heard that another child was born- the illegtimate child of a murderous man and Zina's mother. Zina and her father attempted to claim this child- since he was given to them for adoption- and raise him as one of their own, but it was too late to adopt him before his relatives could claim him. Little Zina was sixteen when her power to see and read aura surfaced, on the day she saw her half-brother's birth father. Two years after that, Zina saw her father get murdered by her half-brother's father. Before the latter could get to her, Zina ran straight into the woods and lived there ever since. So far, she is fully aware of her blood relations with Leo and anyone else who are African by blood alone.
Other: Zina has the power to see and read aura, a trait from her mother's side that skips a generation. This power affects her emotionally, but she has a faint feeling that she might control fire at her own will if she has the right pep talk to get her going. As the daughter of a lawyer, she knows the law like the back of her hand and won't hesitate to use it against anybody. She has an African accent, but you won't hear it unless she's angry.

Eve:
I notice Zina drawing in the dirt and look to see what she's drawing. She's drawn a tree in the dirt.
"Nice tree," I say.
"Thanks," she replies. She smiles up at me and, to my surprise, I smile back.
We start off again in the morning. I put on a brave face and try to get to know Zina better.

Zina Lucario

I looked at Eve. Like Razi, Eve had clear white in her aura. In fact, all the others had clear white in their aura. Eve, however, was different. Her aura was clouded with blue, much like Razi's aura. I said calmly, "I see you're sad. Why is that so?"
Eve said, "Razi left us. I was hoping he'd come back to us, but he hasn't."
I admitted, "He was sad himself when I met him. He didn't want to leave all of you- especially when he loves you still- but he didn't want to burden you from your journey. His dilema in swimming might hinder you from getting your goal, so he had to leave."
Eve asked, "How can you tell he was sad?"
I smiled and answered, "I saw it in his aura. I can see and read aura, so I know who my friends are."

Lidz ¬

Zina made me nervous. I don't know why. Maybe because she reminded me so much of Razi, and I hadn't yet come to grips with the fact he had just left us. His time aura moved futher and further away, but I stopped myself following him. Sometimes I'd worry: had he been caught? He hadn't been killed- I could sense him. I stayed close to Wolf as Zina and Eve chatted over a drawing in the ground. I didn't listen to what she said; I clung onto Wolf as if he was a life jacket. But I always wondered.

Why?