Explosions in the sky. Never did we think those explosions would herald our end. It was a time of festivity and it was all stripped away. My name is Sora. I am a Garde. This is my story.
"Sora, we're going out!" Comes my grandmother's voice. I can tell she's worried about me.
"Ok, Grandma!" I answer. I hear the door close and my grandparents along with my sister Tara have left. So I don't want to go to the festival this year... big deal.
I pull myself out of bed and stare through the large slanted windows that face the Belle River, the purest and most spectacular River on Lorien.
I absentmindedly turn to my full body mirror and study myself. My tan skin is the same shade as caramel while my eyes are icy blue. I have dark brown hair that curl on the edges. For 16, I'm not particular built and strong, but I'm toned and sturdy instead.
My bed is on a type of loft that requires me to climb a ladder to get to. Well, not anymore. I hop the railing and float gracefully to the ground. Having flight as my second legacy is pretty awesome. My desk has a numerous gadgets on it while my light blue walls are lined with posters of famous singers and performers.
I use my telekinesis to slide my bedroom door open and I descend the spiral stairs. Our den mostly follows the color scheme of black and white whether it be couches, rugs or walls. A holographic screen is floating against the wall opposite the long couch.
I wanna check out a few things but I here a knock on the front door. Of course, my Cepan is here. I open the door and meet the eyes of a guy who's only a few weeks younger than me. Edric is a special Cepan. When he was born, he was identified as advanced. Growing up, he was already learning extensively. By the time we were 8, he had already learned all there was to know and due to our closeness, he became my Cepan. Normally, people would see that as something nice. Well... Edric is a Guardian first, best friend second.
He has deep blonde hair that is spiked at the front. His skin is a bit pale and his eyes are as green as Lorien emeralds. I always see him as a sort of younger but more mature brother.
"Hey, Ed." I greet.
"Time to train." He answers. To be honest, I don't enjoy training. I'm pacifistic and I'll probably never have to fight. But, the thing that catches my attention is my chest which is tucked under his arm. Ed never really brings it out during training.
In the past he'd throw rocks at me to exercise my telekinesis, make me fly or super sprint in circles for miles, make me balance the four elements, and my personal favorite: make me use my blue electricity to charge energy crystals for hours.
The fact that my chest is here means it's gonna be different today.
Reading my face, Ed sighs. "Look, Sora. I know you don't wanna do this, but you have to. I've never seen a Garde have so many offensive capabilities..."
Great, here comes a lecture. To my surprise, it doesn't happen. He just leads me to our training spot.
When we arrive, I'm greeted by four familiar faces.
Two fellow Garde who are in my class and their Cepan.
The first classmate is a girl with auburn hair that cascades past her shoulders. She has peach skin and ocean blue eyes. She's a bit shorter than me, and has an innocent look to her. Her name, which is fitting, is Angel.
My other classmate is Sen. He has pale skin and brown eyes. His hair is chestnut brown and he's the tallest out of the three of us. He gives off a calm and strong atmosphere.
Their Cepan both look around their 50's with graying strands of hair. Despite that, they still look young thanks to Loric longevity. Angel's Guardian is Mina and Sen's Guardian is Hal.
Ed explains, "From now on, it's collaboration. We're going to test your Team work as Garde. When these sessions are over, you three will work together as a core unit."
Angel gives me a reassuring smile as she knows how I'm opposed to fighting.
Explanations are finally out of the way and our Guardians take us aside to open our chests. Ed and I interlock fingers and I hear the lock snap open. I don't know what it is, but that always makes me jittery with anticipation.
Ed goes through it and takes a few items out. A few I can pick out myself: Sustenance stones, Salt stones, Healing stones, but a few I don't know. Ed hands me black gloves that don't cover my fingers. When I put them on, they start to glow an icy cobalt blue.
"These gloves are going to help you channel your Legacies better. They will make controlling the elements and electricity easier. I'm pretty sure they'll help you when your main Legacy manifests."
Of course, the contents of the chest allude to a Garde's Legacies. Due to most my Legacies requiring my hands for use, of course my final one would use them too.
Ed then hands me two blue leather forearm sleeves. When I slip then on, ten inch silver blades erupt from under my wrists.
"With your speed and flight, those blades will be your most valuable close combat weapons."
Nodding, I will them to slip back into the sleeves. Something about them feels so right. It's like they were always meant to be mine...
Our first Teamwork training is to take down a Chimera. It's not just any Chimera though. It's my family's pet, "Hanna." Right now, she's in the form of a brown bear that has a lion's mane. She comes up to me and licks my face, happy to see me.
"Hey, girl." I greet.
Mina clears her throat and us three Garde line up opposing Hanna. Angel is wearing a silver ring on her left hand that has an Emerald engraved in it. She also wears a bracelet around her right wrist. It has little subsections for crystals, but instead, they're materials ranging from rubber, to metal, to stone, to water.
Sen carries two smooth black sticks that are around one foot in length. He also wears a red gem bracelet around his right wrist.
"Begin!" Ed says. Hanna takes to the sky as a giant bird with razor sharp claws. She dives at us and Sen raises his arms. A Lorelite blue forcefield forms around us and repels my Chimera. She screeches and takes to the air once more. Angel and Sen dart to the sides while I fly into the air.
I will the wind to form a dome around us. Hanna drops to the ground as a giant rhinoceros-bulldog. She charges for Angel, but I swoop down and carry her bridal style into the air. I then focus the air dome into a compressed ball and launch it at Hanna. The attack is enough to push her off her feet.
Sen pounds the ground with his sticks and sends seismic waves of energy at Hanna. She screams in pain and I kinda feel sick for attacking her. I mean, even my ball of wind wasn't supposed to hurt. I drop Angel next to Sen and I levitate slightly above them. Hanna transforms into a lion with wings and flies at us. I raise a stone wall from the ground and Hanna barrels into it. She soars into the air.
Angel and Sen are using their telekinesis to fling bits of my stone wall at Hanna. She's transformed into a smaller bird so she can avoid our assault.
Angel raises her right wrist to eye level. She touches one of the subsection materials, which holds water, and she changes. She completely turns into water. Angel's first legacy is Externa.
"Sora, launch me into the air." She says. I use my Hydrokinesis to lift her and she changes her form from humanoid to blob. She wraps around Hanna and causes the Chimera to fall. At the last second, Hanna expands into a gorilla with tiger stripes. I push Hanna away with my telekinesis.
"Trap her!" Sen commands. "I'll keep her busy." In a flash, Sen teleports in front of Hanna and enters a high speed battle. Angel takes my hand and says, "We can do this." As if she's reading my conflict, she smiles at me. I will the Earth at Hanna's feet to turn into mud.
"Sen!" I yell. Getting the message, he raises himself into the air with Anti-Gravity force. Hanna sinks a bit into the mud, and I raise it around her body, hardening it into stone. Both of Angel's eyes glow entirely green and tree roots wrap themselves around my mud trap while her green ring shines. Hanna is immobilized and we've done it.
Training ended on a high note. Putting our inheritance back in our chests, our Cepan let us go for today. Sen and Angel had dragged me down to the beach to see the festival. Hundreds of children, teenagers, classmates, adults and elders were having tons of fun.
Despite not wanting to be at the festival in the first place, I'd love to see my parents right now.
"Can't wait!" Angel says like a kid.
An explosion sounds in the sky. People cheer, believing it has started. I immediately know something's off.
Explosions in the sky. It has started, but now what we wanted. It is the beginning of the end.
A/N: So, what'd you think? Do you like this story? I mean Lore has given us life on Lorien, but he's never told us about the war in the perspective of a Garde
Anyways, this won't just be about Sora. After his story, I'll take on more stories. However, I'd like it if the future Garde weren't my creations. Please, Reader. If you want to make your own Garde and put him/her in the story, just leave a review or Private Message (I prefer it if you Messaged me) of his/her name, age, physical description, back story, family, personality, Chest items, Cepan, and most importantly their legacies.
Thanks! Read on and Later Days!
For clarification, here are the known legacies in order of personal discovery.
Sora: Super Speed, Telekinesis, Flight, Elemental Control, Electrokinesis
Sen: Anti Gravity, Telekinesis, Teleportation, Seismic Waves, Force Fields
Angel: Externa, Telekinesis, Nature Control
