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I remember awaking in a dark temple, lit only by the sunlight that managed to trickle through the thick ivy that covered the crumbling walls. Long purple wisps danced around me, like ribbons gliding through the air. I was awake, but where?
I walked around my birthplace, my mind eerily calm.I tried to remember my last memory, but all that came to me was blank. As I walked, the wisps danced in and out of my sight, following me. I felt like they were my friends.
As I sat on a fallen column trying to think, I heard scratching at the wall near the sunlight. There was a loud yelp before the wall crumbled and revealed 5 boys of varying size and age. I ran behind a pillar and watched carefully as these people walked in. I had no clue what they'd try to do.
"Bloody hell, Jett. Did you really need all that TNT?" A very annoyed and surprised voice asked, the words coming out of a man with sandy blonde hair, green eyes, and enormous wispy eyebrows.
"I think Jett was awesome, idiot! And Zack, good job on the support!" A young boy no older than 10 shouted. He had slightly browner hair and blue eyes.
"No one asked your opinion brat. Demarco, stop helping Jett and Zack to kill each other. They're your brothers." The eyebrow argued.
"But Arthur, I need to win against (Insert name here) and (insert name here) at rugby! I need to prove I'm better than them!" The 3 other boys said. The first, Demarco, had very dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, and tanned skin. The second, Jett, had slightly smaller eyebrows than eyebrows himself(Arthur), tanned skin, and green eyes. The third, Zack, had dirty blonde hair, green eyes, and little hair curls that looked like sheep horns on either side on his head.
And all three of them were arguing. I instantly cringed. The oldest, Arthur, tapped his heel impatiently before shouting at the boys. They all silenced immediately.
"STOP! Remember, we're not here to argue. We're here to find the cure."
"Are you sure that there even is a cure? The General's curse is known as incurable." Peter, the youngest, worried.
"Don't worry. We'll find the cure for Feli's disease. There's no such thing as eternity or incurable."
"Ok, whatever you say, idiot."
The boys poked around as I watched. Fascinated by their language and actions, I decided to reveal myself. I slowly edged out from around the pillar to find myself nose to nose with Arthur.
We screamed, backing away from each other. There was terror in Arthur's eyes, as if he'd seen a ghost.
"Wh-Who are you? What are you doing here? Why were you hiding?"Arthur demanded a minute later, when he'd gathered enough breath to stutter out a sentence.
I felt immediately shy as all eyes turned on me.
"I...don't know who I am. I just woke up here and a few minutes afterwards, there was an explosion and I hid, fearing for the worst. I really didn't mean to scare you." I replied hurriedly. I felt as if they were just getting angrier at me.
I was completely wrong. Zack and Demarco came up and hugged me, with Zack going full on comfort bear hug while Demarco gave more of a rough buddy hug. Peter and Jett swarmed around me, asking so many questions I couldn't think. And Arthur stayed where he was, thinking deeply.
After 5 minutes of being mentally and physically confused, the brothers finally gave me some space. I let out a small sigh of relief as I slumped up against the pillar. Arthur continued to stare off into spare, muttering occasionally.
He then snapped his fingers.
"Ummm...Boy, do you have any memory of what happened before you awoke here? Anything at all?"
I wrinkled my nose at the name "Boy". It didn't seem to fit well, but I had nothing else at the moment.
"I just remember a flash of violet and dark blue light engulfing me before an immeasurable amount of pain overcame me. Nothing else. And that memory's really hazy."
Arthur muttered and paced as the other boys looked at me. Finally, Zack suggested to Arthur, "Why don't we take him home to see Mariana and Antonio and the others? The see the island? Please?"
Arthur agreed almost simultaneously, obviously shocking the boys. it was apparent he wasn't usually so quick to agree.
The boys led me outside of the temple ruins. The sunlight blinded me, And for the first time, I could feel every part of my body. I felt awake. Alive. The boys led me down to the shore of the land, where a large boat big enough to hold 15 people was docked. They led me aboard and set sail for the open sea.
When we arrived, the first thing I noticed was that this was a large series of islands connected by bridges, ropes, and zip-lines. The people were all of different races, but they all shared some qualities. According to Demarco, all of the married men had a unique blue symbol on their left shoulder blade and all the married women had a matching symbol on their right. Each symbol pair was entirely unique and every line represented what they wanted their future to hold. The children and unmarried citizens wore a beaded bracelet of shells and crystallized water beads. I noticed that there was an abundance of older citizens, married and unmarried women and children. Very little young or middle aged men. All of the islanders seemed solemn.
(Pretend the beads in the bracelet are in real shells and the beads are made up of water. The bracelet is made up of woven dried seaweed strips.)
The boys led me up a series of wooden steps to a hut placed in a niche in the largest mountain. In the hut was 4 people. A man with dark dreadlocks and tanned skin was yelling at a man with straight brown hair(except for one weird curly strand) and slightly paler skin. They looked ready to kill each other. A woman and a man sat on a bench, cooing over how cute the fighting men were, like they were their own children. Then the couple fought over whose "child" was better.
According to Peter, the dread-locked man was Carlos, The other man was Lovino, the woman was Mariana, and her half brother was Antonio.
The whole room fell silent as Arthur cleared his throat. Lovino ran up to Arthur, eyes filled with what looked like tears.
"Did you find the cure? For Feli I mean?"
Arthur shook his head. Lovino fell to his knees, cursing Arthur half-heartedly.
"But we did find someone who may be able to help."
Lovino looked up, his face etched in bitter hope. "Who?"
"This man. We found him on Loayip Island, in the old temple. He was hiding fromus because someone blew a hole through the temple without warning."
Jett let out a "Hey!"
"As I was saying, he doesn't remeber squat from before he woke up. What if he's a water speller?"
"Water spellers are extremely rare, you bastard. Why'd you give me so much hope on a whim?"
"Because I feel he's different."
Antonio put his hands up. "Guys, calm down. We first need to give this poor fellow a name and some clothing. Look how he's dressed. He's wearing a coat from the Hisqa Village. He must be dying in this heat."
I looked down, surprised to find that Antonio was right. But I didn't feel hot in the slightest. Oh well. As for my name, I tried thinking up one.
Matthew Williams...It's the name we chose for you, young Yammoni.
I shivered. I could've sworn I'd heard voices in my head. But I ignored that for the time being. The name I'd thought of seemed to fit.
"Matthew Williams. Call me that. Please."
The people stared at me. "Are you sure? That's such a...Laliifian name..."Arthur wrinkled his nose in disgust.
"It's not like yours isn't Artie." Jett teased.
"That's not the point!"
Everyone but Lovino burst out into laughter. Lovino tugged on my jacket before getting up from the ground and silently leading me to another hut higher up the mountain. The walk was completely silent.
"Enter, please. But be quiet."
I walked into the hut to find that other than the one torch lit in the corner, the room was almost entirely dark when the fabric door was closed behind me. In the center of the room lay a boy around Lovino's age. His face was gray and covered with sweat. His veins looked almost black. Shallow breaths escaped his cracked lips. His face was gaunt.
"This is my brother, Feliciano. He was cursed by the Silera when he fought in the war. General Winter's curse to be exact. He's the last survivor that came back." Lovino whispered. "Please, if you have any way of healing my brother..."
I nodded. I didn't know what I was doing, but my mind put my body on autopilot. I watched my body lean over Feliciano and chant a slew of ancient words. I understood what it meant, though I didn't know how.
"Dduwies Dduw Hylia o ddŵr, gofynnaf am eich cymorth wrth iacháu'r corff gwael hwn. Rydw i'n tynnu'r elfennau ohono'i hun a gofynnaf i chi fendithio wrth i mi eu rhoi yn Feliciano. Nawr, help!"
(Great Goddess Hylia of water, I ask for your assistance in the healing of this sickened body. I pull the elements out of myself and ask for you blessing as I place them in Feliciano. Now, help!)
My body's hand glowed a faint blue as I gently pressed them on Feliciano. There was a burst of energy through my body, and then everything went black.
