Hello again, I am back for chapter 2!

I am hoping to make this a really long story. It will have at least 20 chapters, but if my imagination is still awesome after that, there will be more.
I am aiming to write a reaaaalllllly long story, with like, 60 chapters or something, oh well, let's see how this one goes!

Also, Marina well get her legacies in a different order, and in different circumstances, also, she is going to have super-badass legacies, cause she is my favourite character. And the other Garde will have lots of legacies too, because they are meant to take the Elders' places right?

BTW: For the bracelet, it is my profile pic J

Disclaimer: Do I sound like a frickin' Loric to you?

MARINA

From that moment on, training is a priority.

I train every day, always managing to get away for at least an hour to improve my hand-to-hand or my other skills. I now know how to use an opponent's force against them, and how to dice someone up pretty well.

Months blur by as I am fully immersed in training. After I turn eleven, Adelina starts teaching me Loric.

I argue that a language can't fight a war, but she always says the same thing.

"You are a Loric, and if we survive this war, what are you going to do then? This language is a part of you, just as much as your legacies are, and that is why you need to know it."

I am reluctant at first, but after a few lessons, I can't help but anticipate them each day. Adelina is right, I feel a connection to these words, recognise them, and I soon feel more at home speaking Loric than I do English, or even Spanish.

I learn how to write and read it as well as speak it, and whenever I get it right, Adelina will always congratulate me.

She has begun to call me 'little bird' reminding me of that day, when One died.

I soon begin to associate the nickname, not with One's death, but with my Cepan.

It brings me sense of comfort and joy when she calls me that, and I feel like nothing can hurt me.

It's quite surreal actually.

I wait in anticipation for my first legacies, even though Adelina says it will be years until I develop them.

According to her, some Garde develop legacies as early as age 11, whilst others can wait until they are 17. 17! I can't imagine waiting that long, but Adelina says it isn't a joke, as that could very well happen to me.

My twelfth birthday isn't a large affair, but I learn to swim shortly before, so Adelina gets me a beautiful bracelet. It is made of thin leather cords, all attached at one end, with gorgeous, freshwater pearls attached at irregular intervals.

I adore it, and wear it everywhere.

It isn't until I am thirteen, after two years of extensive training that something does happen.

We are sitting in mass, again.

I find this weekly tradition boring and pointless, but I must endure it, for the sake of keeping my cover.

A gust of wind blows in through the window, making me shiver. It isn't that cold today, 19°C, but I have felt cold all day.

I rub my hands up and down my arms in an attempt to warm myself, but my hands are cold and it only results in more goose bumps.

I place my hands on the seat beside me, crossing my legs, but I continue to shiver.

The girl next to me, a fifteen year old named Zelda, shivers.

"Why is it so cold all of a sudden?" she whispers to me.

I shrug in response, trying to keep my teeth from chattering.

My hands close down on the edge of the seat, and I feel it is cold too.

I look down, trying to figure out the source, and nearly scream.

A fine layer of frost covers the seat, starting where my hands are positioned.

I instantly pull my hands off the seat, and spread my dress around me to hide the frost.

I search frantically for Adelina, and find her sitting near the front. The nuns find me rebellious and impertinent, but they adore Adelina's calm, composed attitude. She has quickly moved up the ranks since we arrived, while I have only sunk.

I hear them begin the final sermon, and breathe a sigh of relief.

Good, at least I can get out of here soon.

It must be my first legacy. I think, and a rush of excitement runs through me. Finally I will be able to fight for my race. I don't understand what this legacy is though. Temperature control? Something else? Adelina warned me that some legacies aren't as noticeable as others, like regenerative health, which she told me is the legacy that allows injuries to heal about ten times faster than normal.

That would be cool.

The minute the mass is finished I jump up off my chair and race over to Adelina, who is making her way over to me.

"Code Green, I think." I say.

Adelina's eyes widen, and she instantly takes my arm and leads me away from the chapel, into her own room.

We made up a whole system of codes, so that we can tell one another what is wrong, without having to spell it out.

Code Blue is 'another Garde killed' (thankfully I have never had to use that one so far)

Code Green is 'I am developing a legacy'

Code Yellow is 'I need help'

Code Red is 'The Mogadorians are here, be prepared'

I love our system.

I haven't had to use Blue, Yellow or Red so far. Today is the first time I have ever used green.

It is quite exciting.

My Cepan sits me down on her bed.

"Show me." She says, sounding excited.

Not really knowing what else to do, I place my hands on her bedside table, and frost instantly spreads outward from my hands.

Adelina sits back, smiling.

"Brilliant, I knew you would get something like this."

I look at her, confused. "You knew?"

"No," she says, shaking her head, "I knew you would get a powerful first legacy, and this one is."

"What is it?"

"Cryokinesis, if I remember right, the ability to manipulate and generate snow and ice."

My face lights up, and I grin. "Cool."

I wince, realising what I just said.

"Ugh, bad pun."

Adelina laughs.

"Come on, we'll need to train even more now that you have a legacy, and this one will be very hard to hide, and very powerful."

"Why will it be hard to hide?"

"Because, if you get angry, or frustrated, and you can't control it, boom, ice sculptures."

I grin, imagining La Gorda as an ice sculpture.

Adelina shakes her head, probably knowing what I'm thinking about.

"Don't get caught up now, you first need to learn how to touch things without having them freeze."

I grin sheepishly.

She just shakes her head fondly at me, smile adorning her face as usual.

Not for the first time, I'm glad I showed her those paintings.

Done! No action, except a new legacy, but the beginning is a bit boring, as I have to explain what happens to Marina now that her Cepan is once again a part of it. Please review, and tell me what you thought!

~SparkyDill128