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A/N If you have not read The Snake Games, you may not understand Catching Elements.
Chapter 1: Dreams
Acciala's POV
I woke up to Lloyd huddled against me. I sighed; he usually crawled in my room whenever he had a bad dream. He's not the only one. Ever since we became Winners of the 2nd annual Snake Games, along with Cole, it seems like Lloyd and I both have bad dreams. Dreams of the fighters, dreams of what would of happened had I not found him or if one of us died. I don't know about Cole, neither of us have seen each other in a while. A while meaning since we won the Games. I gently pushed Lloyd off of me, unsuccessfully. Lloyd woke up once I moved him off me. He looked around franticly before he realized I was right in front of him. He hugged me and I comforted him.
"It's alright Lloyd. We won. They can't hurt us anymore. We're Winners now." I told him. He seemed to calm down. "What did you dream about?"
"It was so scary! I was in the cave with Cole and you never returned! Then Leon appeared and killed Cole!" Lloyd said, crying into my shirt.
"Its okay, its alright. I'm here. Cole is just next-door from us. I won't leave you. You'll be alright." I comforted him and put my arms around him to show him I would never leave him. "Are you hungry? I could make some breakfast."
Lloyd nodded his head, which was still buried in my nightshirt. He calmed down before picking his head up. His eyes were red and puffy from crying. I felt heartbroken and pity. I couldn't take away his nightmares, and I couldn't change the course of time to make it so that neither of us went in the Games.
"Hey, isn't your birthday next week?"
Lloyd seemed to become instantly happy again. "Yeah! I'm turning six!"
I hugged him and got off my bed to go into our kitchen to make him breakfast. Since he was under the age of 18, and he would never let go of my arm when we were being assigned houses, the Serpentine who assigned houses decided it would be appropriate to have him live with me. His dad, Lord Garmadon, was also assigned to live with us. Not that I ever would mind, he's very nice when he's not dead-set on recreating the world the way he wants it. I reached the kitchen and look out the window behind the large table to my right. Cole's house. I still remembered his words as they ran through my head. "Well, remember before the Games you asked me if I had a girlfriend back home, I denied, and you pushed me so I said I really liked this one girl. Then you said all I had to do was win and I won her. I told you that she came here with me. Well, I think we can all put the rest together." I sighed and shook my head to clear my thoughts. I walked over to one of our many cabinets and opened it to find some pancake batter. I finished making pancakes just as Lloyd walked into the kitchen dressed in his black hoodie that had a green five on it and ribs that he painted on.
"Those smell good! I'm hungry!" Lloyd said, back to his old cute little hungry self. A few minutes later, Lord Garmadon came into the kitchen with his chest plate on. "Hi dad!"
Lord Garmadon smiled at his son. He seemed to only smile when he saw Lloyd or when Lloyd was around. "Good morning Lloyd. Good morning Acciala."
"Good morning." I replied. "I'm going to get changed now." Lloyd's intense green eyes followed me as I left the kitchen. If I ever announced I was going somewhere, his eyes would follow me until I left the room. I came back into the kitchen a few minutes later to find Lloyd done with his pancakes. "Lloyd, did you plan on eating or wearing your pancakes?" I asked jokingly. He smiled his cute little smile. Then I remembered that I had promised Faolan I would meet him in the Fields when I got the chance. "I have to go! I'll be back in a few hours."
"Where are you going? Can I come?" Lloyd asked.
"No Lloyd. Don't worry I'll be back in time to make you dinner. You won't starve." I said as I hugged him.
I jogged to the high, barbed wire, and venomous fence. It should be venomous to the touch, but it never seemed to be active. Nor was it ever on to electrify anyone. I always thought it was just there to scare people. I crawled under the three-foot wide gap that was hidden by a thick, strong pine tree. Once I was on the other side, in the Fields, I started to look for Faolan. I was about fifty miles away from the fence when I heard a familiar howl. Soon, the tall, muscular, 'I-will-never-wear-a-shirt-no-matter-what-you-tell-me-and-I-don't-care-how-cold-it-is', Faolan was standing in front of me, his silver hair shimmering in the early morning sunlight.
"I haven't seen you in a while. Where have you been?" He asked.
"I was helping Lloyd. Faolan, he's so scared, his dreams have now turned to nightmares. When I wake up, he's usually right next to me." I explained. "You know how I am better than anybody, you know how I can't help but help the young. Lloyd is no exception."
"I was never saying that. I just wanted to know where you were. I never want to start a fight with you." Faolan said. "So anyway, what's going to happen next? You know, with being a Winner and everything. Is there some kind of celebration?"
"Yeah, there's the Winner's Tour. Basically, the Winners, Cole, Lloyd, and I, go to every Element Quarters. I for one think it's a rubbing-in-the-face."
"I agree. But I'm not trying to insult you."
"I know. You never would. And neither would I."
After hanging out for a few hours, I remembered Lloyd.
"I have to go!"
"I understand. For Lloyd."
"Thanks for understanding, Faolan. You're the best."
"Bye Acciala."
"Bye Faolan." And with that, I left the Fields and headed back to Winner's Wonderland.
A/N How is it? For those who read The Hunger Games, Faolan=Gale (But not in a bad way, Faolan is not the kind to just erupt when he doesn't get something he wants, as hopefully seen in this chapter.) PLEASE REVIEW! For your information, I allow anonymous reviews! I also LOVED the really nice reviews from you who have read The Snake Games and reviewed it; the reviews really touched my heart! Thanks!