Master of the Elements
Prologue
A Befuddled Flight
It was a beautiful night. The inky black sky with a hint of dawn to the east blended perfectly into the silhouettes that were once buildings of a small town in the daylight. The air was comfortably warm with an occasional cool breeze to rustle the stilled grass. Not a creature stirred in sight, all for a small Pidgey who was awakened earlier for some reason it did not know.
It silently flew its way over the town when on the outskirts of the buildings it decided to rest a while. The bird chose a magnificent oak tree that sat right beside an ordinary, well constructed house that was the last building before the city limits. It looked like a friendly home and as if it housed a small family. But not two seconds after the bird landed when three dark figures appeared out of nowhere. Startled, the Pigdey thought it might be too dangerous to stick around. But something told it it should wait a little longer. But as it watched the three figures, one of them held out its arm and there was a flash of bright light. Blinking out the purple dots and fighting against instinct, the bird noticed that one of the figures disappeared. Before it could wonder what happened to the figure, the other two figures went up to the front door. There was a slight pause before the Pidgey heard a small click and the two walked inside.
What is going on? Then after a few shorts minutes of pondering the question, the Pidgey heard a short, stuffled scream. The bird's instinct made it almost fall out of the tree because at that momont, a large beast flew out of nowhere and landed infront of the house with a loud whump. A figure quickly jumped off the beast, ran through the open door, and into the house with the beast on its tail. Then there was a gun shot.
Okay, said the bird's instinct, now would be the best time to go. But something still kept it from flying away. Then another three figures materialized out of nowhere infront of the house and with another flash, the third was gone. They immediately ran into the house. There was then another yell, as if in anger, and a few seconds after, another gun shot. But this time, the bird felt as if something worse had happened than before.
Then some sirens started to sound in the distance and soon a few police cars appeared infront of the house. Two figures that were faster than the others quickly jumped out of one of the cars, ran up the door steps and into the house. But as this happened, two figures came out from the back door with two lumps on their back. There was another flash and a third joined the party. Then they were gone. The Pidgey switched it's attention back to the house when it heard a wailing and a small sobbing from inside the house. Then everything went quite again. The early sun started rise on it's ceaseless cycle. The bird had already let it's instinct take over some time ago as it continued its befuddled flight.
