Hey guys! I haven't posted a story (or chapter for The Lightness and Darkness) in a while but here I am! I'll be posting a new chapter for The Lightness and Darkness today, hopefully. This is a new story idea that came to mind that I just I had to put on here! It's kind of like The Lightness and Darkness but sort of different. Its setting is in a different state of Earth, more in the future, like how Panem (in the Hunger Games) is the future America (jk). More like an alternate universe. Enjoy!

Mystery of the Keys

Ch 1

Prologue

A young girl with long, auburn hair, ice blue eyes, tan skin, and a beautiful face ran through a field of sunflowers, laughing. Her older brother and sister, twin brother, and little brother and sister ran along with her. They were all so young.

This was before the world changed into the terrible place we live in currently.

This was the family, the story, the myth, that changed the world for the worse.

This family had incredible powers. The world had been a terrible place until this family came together.

Let us start with the descriptions.

The father. His real name is Father Time.

The mother. Her real name is Mother Nature.

This is probably the most powerful couple ever known. They control everything.

Their oldest son. He is the Commander of Fire. He controls everything fire-like. He controls lightning, lava, and light.

Their eldest daughter. She controls the water. She controls the ice, the sea, and the storms.

Their middle son. He controls the air. He controls the psychic abilities, the motions of the oceans and seas.

Their youngest daughter controls nature. She controls the animals and the growth of plants.

The youngest son controls earth. he controls rocks and sand. He controls the rocks of the moon.

What are you thinking now? Are you thinking I skipped the middle daughter? I did say "her older brother and sister, twin brother, and little brother and sister ran along with her"! There is another child. She is a girl, a girl named Brittianna (it supposed to sound as if it's said by a Spanish person).

Brittianna was the special daughter. She had something amazing happen to her...she had all the powers. Every single one of them. She didn't use them much, only when she needed to. She wasn't selfish about the powers, that's why she deserved them the most.

This family controlled everything. They kept the world in balance. They were hard to find.

They lived in a small, cozy cottage in the Meadows. The Meadows was probably the most peaceful place in the world. Nothing bad ever happened there.

The world was in a state of peace. There was no machinery to distract people. The world was warm and cool. No one was destructive in the world.

There was a realm that hated all this peacefulness. The leader of this realm was named Valentine. He was a master of darkness.

Valentine used to love the woman named Mother Nature. She loved him until Father Time came along. She fell in love with Father Time and out of love with Valentine. Valentine promised her that she'd regret the day she fell in love with Father Time.

Anyway, in the family of the powers, each family member carried a key. The keys were a symbol of their powers. If any of them missed their keys then the world would start to become chaotic. They would turn weak and defenseless if they were missing their keys, so they couldn't use their powers.

Valentine knew this.

One day, the day the children were playing in the meadows of the Meadows. They were having fun. The sky suddenly turned dark in black. They could not see. They saw something red in the distance. It was growing larger by the minute.

The oldest daughter, Brook, who had the water powers, picked up the youngest girl, Brice, who had the nature powers. The oldest son, Blaze, who had the fire powers, picked up the youngest boy, BJ. The elder twins, Brittianna (Brittany's her nickname) and Brayden, ran towards the house, hand-in-hand. The eldest siblings, still holding the younger twins (Brice and BJ), ran after them.

Brice and BJ were screaming as Brook and Blaze took them inside. Brayden and Brittianna stood outside the house. The mysterious red thing was getting closer. Brayden and Brittianna put their hands in two different directions. The shot something purple from their hands. The glowing purple somethings made a dome around the house. A force field.

Brittianna's POV

We ran inside once the force field was up. Brook and Blaze were cradling my crying little siblings. My mother, Bridget, was looking for something, and my father, Brandon, was mumbling something under his breath, looking worried. I ran to m mother and father.

I said, sounding alarmed, "What's going on? What's happening? What's that red thing in that black sky?"

My mother responded, "Brittianna, dear, Valentine has found us. He and his army are the red thing in the sky. He's coming to take the Keys."

My eyes became wide. They had explained this to us years ago.

I was even more worried now, "But we didn't decide who'd go into hiding to save the rest of us!"

My father knelt down in front of me. With a sigh, he explained, "Brittianna...we've chosen you...you have all the powers that the rest of us have..."

I had tears in my eyes now, "But Daddy! I-I can't!"

He kissed my forehead gently and whispered into my ear in a comforting voice, "We trust you, sweetie...you're our only hope..."

I slowly nodded, tears streaming down my face.

All of my family members gave me a big hug and kiss. They all told me that they loved me very much and that they knew I could do this.

My mother gently brought me to Brice's bedroom. She hurriedly pushed the wardrobe to the side. There was a keyhole.

My mom whispered, "Put your key in...it'll unlock a secret passage to safety that only your key can unlock."

I nodded and slowly took my key, that was around my neck on a necklace, off my neck and into the keyhole. I turned the key to the side and the ground opened up to a secret passageway. My mother ran out as I hastily went down the stairs of the passageway, taking my key with me.

The whole passageway entrance closed up.

There was a dark tunnel that gave me second thoughts about doing this. I looked back up at the entrance and I slowly descended down the staircase and to the tunnel.

I froze when I heard the painful screams of Brice and BJ.

I felt tears in my eyes and I quickly ran down the tunnel into darkness.

Outside the escape tunnel

The door flew off its hinges as men dressed in black cloaks stormed in. The Family of the Elements quickly scattered.

The young Brice and BJ hid behind the couch. They were only children. They thought it was a great hiding spot.

A large man came in. He smirked and stomped behind the couch. He picked them up and threw them across the room. They screamed in pain as they hit the the wall with a 'thud!'.

Bridget quickly heard and ran out of her hiding spot. She ran to Brice and BJ and she picked them up, comforting them.

Valentine walked in. He was smirking. He walked to Bridget and took the young twins from her.

Brice and BJ looked up at him. They were terrified. He smirked at them. He reached for their necks and he suddenly ripped the keys off their necks. They screamed in pain as their powers were ripped out of them. They fell to the ground. They were extremely weak. They were breathing lightly, their eyes closed.

The black-cloaked men ripped the keys off of each person and gave the keys to Valentine.

Valentine said to Bridget, "Are these all the keys?"

She whispered in pain, "Yes. There are no more keys." She was protecting Brittianna. She wasn't going to say there was another key.

Brandon whispered, "You can never control all the keys at once."

Valentine said, "Oh really?"

Valentine wrapped all the keys around his neck and the whole place exploded.

Years later

Every single place in the world was dark and cold. King Valentine controlled the entire world. He divided the world and cities. He divided the cities to where the kids could only be all boys or all girls unless the kids were found near the town and had to be put into an orphanage. Only the biggest cities allowed both gender children.

King Valentine locked up the Family of Powers.

Today, Valentine's sons, Alvin and Rex, were to become Prince Alvin and Prince Rex.

While Valentine, Alvin, and Rex were getting ready, the poor, sweet Queen Angelica came in. The poor Queen was kidnapped and forced to marry the terrible King Valentine. She was also forced into having the awful child named Rex. She didn't mind Alvin so much. He wasn't too bad.

Queen Angelica said to King Valentine, "I-I bring bad news."

He looked at her questioningly while polishing the Keys, "What?"

Queen Angelica looked away and whispered, "There is one more Key..."

His eyes became wide, he looked furious, "WHAT!"

Queen Angelica flinched and whimpered, backing away.

He looked at Rex and Alvin, glaring slightly, and said, "I want you to find the last Key. Bring it to me and whoever beholds it."

They nodded. They looked back at the Queen.

She said to them, "It is a girl. She's your age."

Angelica slowly pulled up a picture of a tall girl. She had the most beautiful electric, ice blue eyes anyone had ever seen. She had very long auburn hair and tan skin. She wore pink clothes and her hair up in a high ponytail. She was standing next to a lady that looked nothing like her. She was supposedly her mother.

The Queen said, "Her name is Brittianna."

Alvin seemed frozen at the sight of the girl.

He whispered, "Wow..."

Rex slapped his arm.

Valentine looked at Rex, he said, "I want you two to make her fall for you. Make sure she'll want to come back here."

Rex nodded, responding for himself and Alvin because Alvin was still in a daze.

Valentine said, "Go. Now."

Rex nodded and grabbed Alvin's arm and pulled him off.

Well, I hope you guys liked this. I've been working on it for awhile. I hope I'll get to update The Lightness and Darkness today. Please R&R! I love you guys! I'll love you more if you review!

~no1nosme~