*Ohh, nice work. Gives me an idea*
"Rose."
Rose stirred, unwilling to wake up. Surely it could wait another few minutes.
"Rose!" The call was louder now.
She sighed. Obviously not.
"What is it?" Rose opened her eyes to see Jeni standing above her.
"It's Zire," she hissed. "He's gone."
Rose jumped to her feet, suddenly aware of everything around her. Mira was just beginning to wake up, and the creatures of the night were moving. She closed her eyes and listened with hr ears and powers. After resting, even for just a few hours, her powers were sharper. The bump to her head must have been worse then she had first thought.
Water, and lots of it, was below them. Water... and darkness.
"He's alright," she said quietly. "But I don't know how he got there."
Mira stood up. "Got where?"
Rose bit her lip. She'd forgotten that not all mages could sense things. "He's below us. It seems he's found a lake."
"What?" they exclaimed in unison.
She shook her head. "Don't ask how. That's what we're about to find out. Start looking. Use your Crystals if you have to, and Mira, I don't care what you say, we have to find him."
After a few minutes, Rose found collapsed earth. "It looks like he slid down here," she said once they were by her. "Who's first?"
Jeni and Mira looked at each other, then her.
Rose sighed. "Alright. But you had better be right behind me." She put her feet down the hole and slid down the twisting tunnel. If her sense of direction was right, they were backtracking underground. She heard Mira and Jeni behind her, which was reassuring.
She landed with a soft thump, quickly getting up so she wouldn't get hit. Zire was crouching by the water, filling his waterskin. Rose looked behind him and saw the temple. Her jaw dropped.
"Any idea as to what this is?" she asked him.
He shook his head. "I've never heard of this place."
Gasps behind her let Rose know Jeni and Mira had landed safely.
Rose went to the edge of the water and cupped her hands in it. She brought it to her lips and drank. She felt her powers sharpen with every swallow. As a mage of water, she was effected by a lack of it more then most. After a few moments she stopped and looked at the water that was still in her hands.
Fire....
The essence of fire was in the water. Rose estimated where the water kingdom was and walked to that side of the lake. She put her hand in the water, sending her powers into it. A wedge, following the boarders of the water kingdom, glowed. Rose drank from that side of the lake, and felt even more refreshed.
She stood up and looked back at the temple.
"I know what this place is." Everybody turned to look at her. "It's the old palace for the continent, where the element mages ruled together."
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