A cold, dark cave. Everything was deathly quiet, but yet a strange unworldly wind blew, and a strange black mist was in the centre of what looked like a bottomless pit. There was a strange creature that looked like it was talking to the mist.
"My time of awakening will soon be upon this world, but those wretched elementals will also be returning! Find the elemental of shadows, and keep her from the others, and if they should all meet, kill one of them!" a voice, unworldly and silent like a breeze, commanded the creature as it took on human form.
"It will be done my master," the creature said before leaving the cavern.
It was late, when many were asleep, that several teens, all about the same age, were going through strange dreams that felt more like nightmares.
"What? How...Why am I dreaming about this?!" one of them, a boy called Tyson, asked himself as he stood in front of an endless sea of black creatures, many of them looking the same. Behind them was a strange, serpent like creature emerging from lava and looking down at him through two glowing purple lights that were its eyes.
Another, a girl called Miranda, saw all this as well, but also saw something else, a silhouette that looked human, staring down at her with eyes like that of the creatures. "Take a look at all this, this is what could happen if you do not find the other six. Do not tell anyone of your dreams until you do, or you may never find them," a voice said. "What do you mean? What other six?" Miranda asked as she started to wake up.
"Tyson, would you wake up!" came a voice. "Wha...ooowww," Tyson said as he woke suddenly, banging his head on the ceiling. Rubbing his head, he looked down from his bed to see his sister, Amy, trying not to laugh. "Thanks for the wakeup call," he said sarcastically, sitting down and gathering his clothes.
"Either that or a bucket of cold water," she said, smirking as she left the room.
"I hate it when she does that," Tyson muttered, changing into his usual clothes, a short-sleeved black shirt with white sleeve ends, black jeans and his usual wristbands. One was mainly white with a thin black stripe around each side with a thinner light grey one, while the other was mainly black except for the white skull and crossbones. He went downstairs to have breakfast, putting two bagel halves into the toaster.
"Guess mom and dad are still tired from working late last night. We're going to have to take the bus," Amy said as Tyson ate, before sitting down and eating her cereal.
"So, how well do you think today will go," Tyson asked, pulling on a pair of black fingerless gloves as they got ready to leave the house.
"Pretty well, hopefully," Amy answered, opening the front door as they left. The bus stop was at the end of the street, and the bus would be there in a few minutes. "Hey, there's Cody, Gale and Sean," Amy said as they walked to the bus stop. There was also a girl with waist length black hair that came over her face, meaning that only half of her left eye could be seen through her hair, wearing pretty much all black, her jean legs being slightly ripped and torn and held up by a chain belt, along with black fingerless fish-net gloves that reached her elbow and, unless it was just the fact it was early in the morning, pale, almost ghostly white skin.
"Who would that be?" he asked, getting a funny feeling as he looked at the girl.
"No idea. Wanna ask?" Amy replied in a whisper as they got closer to the bus stop.
"Maybe later," Tyson said, but then felt a strange chill behind him.
"You'll maybe do what later?" said a dark, creepy kind of voice that made Tyson jump a mile high. He looked behind him to see the girl standing there, her violet hue eyes dark and threatening.
"Just...wondering who you were," Tyson said, trying to sound calm, but was still spooked from the girl sneaking up on him.
"Miranda, and that's all you're going to know about me," she said as the bus pulled up. Everyone got on board, but as Tyson got on, he saw someone out of the corner of his eye who looked like they were watching them. When he turned to look, he saw no-one. He shrugged, then sat near the back with Amy, Gale, Sean and Cody. He quickly glanced at Miranda, still a little creeped out by what had happened.
"Do you guys know anything about her?" Amy asked, glancing at Miranda.
"No, but she sure gives me the creeps," Sean said, almost jumping a mile when he saw Miranda's death glare. Her eyes looked like she was wearing black eye shadow and it felt like her eyes were sending daggers right through him. When she turned around, Sean seemed to turn back to his normal skin colour.
"Did that stare really make your skin turn almost white?!" Tyson asked in hushed tones.
"More than that, I think his hair turned white," Cody joked, looking out the back window to avoid Miranda's gaze, which was now focused on him.
"And you two are wondering why she's giving you the creeps. If you two stop talking about her like that, then she'll stop giving you death glares," Gale said, seeing Miranda look back to the front of the bus.
"I just hope she's not in our class at school. Hey Tyson, why are you..." Amy said, whispering the last part in her brother's ear "...looking at her like that?" Tyson snapped out of his trance, looking at his sister with surprise, then looked to see a small, mischievous smirk on Cody's face.
"You like her don't you? Admit it, you fancy the creepy gothic girl," Cody grinned, seeing Tyson's eyes widen and his skin turn white, his lips moving but no words came. He simply mouthed something, and before Cody could say any more, he felt a chill, then a sharp, painful slap to the back of the head.
Cody turned round and almost fainted when he saw Miranda, her face reminding him of a banshee. She looked apocalyptically angry, though her face was dark and emotionless, which seemed to make her more scary.
"You say anything like that about me again, and you'll see all of the creepy gothic ways I can kill you," Miranda said, her dark, creepy, whispery voice full venom. Everyone seemed to turn pale, almost white as she glared at Cody before making her way back to her seat.
"Nice going, now she probably hates us," Sean muttered loud enough for all five to hear. All eyes looked accusingly at Cody, who simply shrugged nervously. The bus stopped, and as they got off, Tyson watched Miranda walk the way they were going to go.
"Maybe we should ask if she wants to come with us," Tyson said, getting surprised expressions from everyone. "It'll help her forget about that fiasco, and who knows, she might be nice when you get to know her," Tyson added, walking ahead of the group to catch up to Miranda.
"Hey, Miranda! We wanted to know if you'd like to..." Tyson said, but was interrupted when Miranda turned and glared at him, her eyes showing a venomous look.
"No, I just want to be alone," she said, a trace of anger evident in her voice and gaze.
"Look, sorry about earlier. You know how people like Cody can be. You kinda get used to it," Tyson said, still getting the same gaze. "And sometimes I can't don't feel right seeing people looking so lonely," he added, trying to give a friendly smirk.
"You wouldn't mind if a creepy gothic girl went with you guys?" she asked, her expression softening.
"I wouldn't mind even if the entire world stared at me for this, as long as you enjoy yourself," Tyson said, still with his friendly expression. "And I want you to feel like you have at least one friend," he added, a small sparkle in his eyes.
"What about your other friends?" Miranda asked, looking behind him to see Amy, Sean, Gale and Cody coming behind them.
"As long as you enjoy yourself, I don't really care what they think," Tyson said.
"Alright then, I'll go with you guys," Miranda said, giving a small, unnoticeable smile. Tyson saw it, and he smiled back.
"So...is she coming with us?" Cody asked, his nervousness showing as he tried to hide behind Sean without being rude.
"Yeah, and no trouble from you otherwise it'll be me you need to worry about," Tyson warned, poking his finger into Cody's chest to emphasise his point. Cody simply nodded, mainly because Miranda was looking at him.
"So, who wants to go and get something to eat?" Cody asked after a while of window shopping.
"Yeah, it is almost lunch time anyway," Amy said, the rest of the group nodding.
"So, are you enjoying yourself?" Tyson asked Miranda, the two walking a little behind the others.
"Yeah, more than I would if I was alone," Miranda said, her expression showing a little happiness, but not much. She may have been enjoying herself, but her face mainly always stayed impassive and emotionless.
The two of them caught up with the others, but when Tyson looked ahead he ducked behind Sean. Amy and Gale rolled their eyes, knowing why Tyson would hide from something. Ahead of them was a girl with red hair, and she seemed to be looking in their direction.
"You're acting childish. She's seen you already and just ignored you," Amy said, glancing back with an annoyed expression. Sure enough, she'd ignored them, and Tyson let out a sigh of relief, then froze as he saw someone ahead of him. The boy ahead was named Adam Young, and he saw Tyson, then glanced ahead to Ashley, an evil smirk on his face.
"Hey Ashley, there's your boyfriend!" he yelled, getting her attention. She whirled round, looking straight at Tyson. Trying to ignore the daggers being stared at him, Tyson slowly turned, anger evident in every movement.
"Oh, this could be ugly," Cody said, looking at the combined death glares from Tyson and Ashley looking up at Adam. "He is so dead," they both said in unison, suddenly running after him.
As Adam ran ahead, being older and taller than both of them, while Tyson was close behind, with Ashley snapping at his heels. Now they were running through the park, Adam trying to lose them by slaloming through trees. Being more of a natural runner, Tyson was able to turn easily, appearing to be drifting around trees. Ashley was still close behind, running in a straight path.
"Aw, the young couple have something in common," Adam said mockingly.
"Only a desire to kill you!" Tyson and Ashley both shouted, the comment making them madder, and faster. As Adam slalomed around a tree, Ashley caught him, tripping him. He fell flat on his face, Tyson arriving in time to see Adam look up and spit dirt out of his mouth.
"You two lovebirds wouldn't hurt me, would you?" Adam said, still with a grin on his face. He didn't notice what looked like fire burn in Ashley's eyes, and that Tyson's had suddenly turned light blue.
Without realising it, Adam started floating in the air, only realising when he flew back into a tree, his breath knocked out of him on impact. The next thing he noticed was a tree branch falling in front of him, alit with flames. After scrambling to his feet, he limped away as fast as he could.
"What...what the heck just happened?" Tyson asked, looking at his hands in time to notice a light blue glow fade away.
"Did we just do that?" Ashley asked, feeling a burning feeling in her hands. Surprised, she found it wasn't burning in a bad way.
"Did Adam end up in a bloody mess yet?" Cody asked, everyone finally having caught up. Ashley's friends, Jack, Shannon, Laura, Stephen and Maria were there.
"He almost got every bone broken and barbequed," Tyson said, still looking at his hands in surprise.
"Are you okay?" Amy asked, feeling a pain in her back with every step she took.
"What about you, you look like you're about to scream like a banshee," Cody said, not trying to be funny. At that instant, Amy yelled in pain, with something growing on her back. When she finished yelling, she fell to her hands and knees, gasping for air. On her back, a pair of huge dragon wings had grown, large enough to almost hit Stephen and Maria as they fell.
"What...the....?" Laura asked, trying to find a word to finish her sentence.
"Since when did people have dragon wings?" Sean asked no-one in particular. Amy tried to get up, but had difficulty with the new weight on her back.
"I feel like I've just been completely...drained...." Amy said before collapsing, her wings folding against her back. Before she hit the ground, Sean caught her.
"Is it just me, or has Amy become a heck of a lot lighter?" Sean asked himself, one of Amy's arms on his shoulder with the other on Tyson's.
"Nope, the same as usual. Maybe you've just been working out more," Tyson said as they took Amy to a bus stop, waiting for a bus home.