The Elemental Guardians

Chapter 1: The Meeting

It was a glorious summer morning in the town of Starkin, which was basically called "the sticks" of Mizi, a country in the planet Azuka.

Azuka wasn't a very independent planet. Political wise, it is, but environmental wise…not so much. That is why there are elemental gems, each guarded by a certain citizen of Azuka.

One of them lived in this town, Starkin. She was a wolf-dragon named Michelle; her duty was to guard the lightning crystals, which were small enough to keep in the pockets of her jeans.

She was just waking up, squirming around in her blankets. Her room was a decent size, big enough for her and some friends if she wanted to throw a slumber party.

The walls were light-blue, except for the walls that were made of rock. She had a NASCAR corner, Harry Potter posters, a keyboard, a laptop, and a collection of plush toys; one of them being a Knuckles Plush.

She never had a celebrity crush, she just liked to hear about Knuckles the Echidna in the stories she hears about a blue blur and his adventures that always lead to defeating the notorious Dr. Robotnik, a.k.a, Dr. Eggman.

She finally got up and looked to her calendar. "Friday…" she sighed, reading the note she put in that square. It read "Guardian Meeting Today! 10:00 AM".

She then looked at her clock. 9:45 AM. She jolted up. "Holy sh…I only got 15 minutes!" she exclaimed, swiftly getting dressed and grabbing her precious gems, then running to the kitchen to eat breakfast.

Her mother then walked in, giving her a look. "Michelle, what's the hurry?" she asked.

"Can't talk…must hurry…gonna be late…must eat," the yellow wolf-dragon answered, eating her cold cereal as fast as she could.

"Slow down, you'll choke on that!" her mother warned.

"Mmmph," Michelle commented, almost finished with her breakfast.

She got the last bite in her mouth, threw the bowl in the sink and left the cereal box on the table, rushing out of the house. She ran a few yards away from her house and stopped to take a breather. She didn't have a lot of stamina.

She reached into her pockets and took out two little, blue crystals with lightning symbols on them. She then clapped them together, disappearing with a loud "BOOM".

With another "BOOM", she appeared by a cave. This move was called Thunder Transportation. It got her to places in a jiffy, but it was very loud, therefore, it was not used in battle.

Michelle the wolf-dragon walked into the cave and came to a dead-end. She turned to her right and saw a scanner-type machine. She shot a little lightning bolt at it, and it lit-up green, opening a secret door and letting her in.

She walked through a tunnel that was lit by torches and came to another scanner. She placed the Lightning Crystals on it, and it also lit-up green, opening a door to a meeting room.

There were already two guardians in the room: a green kangaroo with purple hair named Adam (a.k.a., Aussie), and a yellow pig with light-brown hair named Wayne.

"Howdy, guys!" said Michelle, waving as she walked in, the door closing behind her.

"Hey, Michelle!" Wayne greeted, playing with a fireball in his hand.

"Eh-up, Sparky!" yelled Aussie.

The wolf-dragon sat down on a chair and looked around. The meeting room wasn't like the rest of the cave. It had a metal wall, and was lit by electric lights. There was a big table in the middle of the room, surrounded by chairs.

There was also a television, which was there for entertainment.

"Where are Zink, Sandra, and Venus?" Michelle asked, looking at the clock.

The pig turned to her. "They'll be here in a minute. Zink said that he was looking into something."

The yellow wolf-dragon sat back and twiddled her blondette hair. "What could he be doin'…?" she pondered.

After 30 minutes of a discussion as to why pudding and sombreros don't mix, the said three walked through the door.

One was a red bobcat with black markings and black hair, named Zink.

Following him was a clear-blue swan named Sandra, and Venus, a tan hamster wearing and eye-patch and a ribbon in her hair.

They all said their greetings, and sat down at the table. Zink looked at the table and noticed three cups of pudding and a sombrero. "…What the heck are tho-"

"Science," Michelle interrupted, blushing and taking a pudding cup. She didn't have a spoon, but she didn't mind eating pudding with her fingers.

The bobcat gave her this look of questioning, and then looked down, slowly shaking his head. "Alright, now for more serious matters. As we all have known, there have been recent thunderstorms that tend to only strike lightning at the Capybara residence…you know…where Brian lives," he said, glancing at the wolf-dragon

Everyone looked at her. She had her finger in her mouth, eating pudding. Her wolf ears drooped down and she kept her finger in her mouth, not saying a word as her blue eyes looked around the room.

"Zink, wasn't there a more important topic?" asked Venus, who was a more close friend to Michelle than the others…and also wasn't too fond of Brian the Capybara.

"Right. There is," he answered, getting a piece of paper from out of nowhere. "There have been some strange disturbances in Azuka's balance…more natural disasters than usual. We need to check on those areas, along with the evidence we-"

"Evidence? What is this, Crime Scene Investigation?" Wayne asked with a look of confusion.

"It might be now…Venus and I have been investigating the scenes. We have found a few things," Zink and the hamster got out some plastic bags with strands of black and pink fur, some strands far longer than others.

"Black and pink fur…at all the scenes?" Michelle asked.

The red and black bobcat nodded. "Yes. We need to find whoever left this…they might have something to do with it."

Adam the kangaroo gazed at the fur for a few seconds. "Wait…doesn't your sister have pink and black fur, Zink?" he inquired.

The bobcat's fists hit the table. "Are you suggesting that Zessa caused a wildfire, a category 5 hurricane, AND a tsunami?!"

"No! No…I was just pointing it out…she couldn't do all that, could she?"

"NO! She can barely even run; she's only three!" Zink exclaimed, bearing his teeth.

The green and purple kangaroo scooted back a bit, afraid of his shorter, but angry friend.

"Alright, calm down Zinkers. We all know your cute, little sister couldn't have caused such a wreck. We'll figure this out, OK?" said Sandra, trying to calm down the outraged bobcat.

He took a few deep breaths and sighed. "Alright…" He sat down, looking less frightening.

There was now silence in the room. There was no more news and the TV was turned off. It had been quiet for a few minutes…

"Hey, how 'bout we go shoppin'?!" Michelle yelled, tossing her empty pudding cup behind her.

The rest of the gang shrugged and nodded, all heading outside of the cave to go to the closest mall. The wolf-dragon smiled, knowing she had done a good deed…possibly.