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Chapter 3

"True Element"

Hikaru could hear voices around him, as they conversed nearby. As he became aware of his surroundings he realized he was lying in a bed. He tried to open his eyes but they felt so heavy. He could only open them a creak and even then everything a blur of colors and shapes. He blinked his eyes tiredly, trying to clear his vision.

Hikaru could still hear the voices nearby, and looked around trying to locate the source. As his vision became sharper, he saw that he was in a large room. He was in the far corner of the room; to his right was a row of beds that went to the other end of the room. A table was set up in the center of the room, and Hikaru could see a group of people sitting around the table, talking in hushed voices.

Hikaru used his elbows to help prop himself up as he tried to remember how he had gotten there.

Mia, Felix, Jenna, Sheba, and Isaac sat around a table debating the events at the lighthouse and what it could mean. Mia looked over at Hikaru for a moment as the others continued to talk. She jumped from her chair as she saw the young boy struggling to sit up. When Mia rushed from the table the others rose automatically, and then followed when they saw Hikaru.

"Hikaru, don't push yourself. Your wounds have healed but you still need rest." Mia said as she helped steady him in a sitting position. Picking up a cup from the bedside table she gentle placed it in Hikaru's hands. He drank it and the cool liquid felt good as it slide down his throat. When he finished it all, and handed the empty cup back to Mia, he turned to Felix who stood at the foot of his bed. "Where am I?" He was surprised by how weak his voice sounded.

"You're in a village near the lighthouse, Contigo. You've been asleep for a full day."

"Contigo. You all brought me here. Thank you. I don't remember what happened, one moment I was talking, then everything went black and I woke up here."

"Yeah, when we were about to leave you suddenly collapsed. We were worried so we rushed you back here." Sheba explained to him. Mia interrupted them before they could continue on, "You still need your rest Hikaru, we can talk more after you have recovered your strength. Now then everyone let him get some rest." With that they left Hikaru in peace to rest up.

Later that day Hikaru woke again. The sun was just setting as he looked out the window by his bed. Slowly he managed to get out of bed and stand, slightly shaky. When he was sure he had his balance he made his way downstairs to the main lounge. Not having changed Hikaru was still wearing the loose cream shirt and pants he had slept in and his feet were bare. The inn keeper had set up two tables together to accommodate their whole party for dinner. Hikaru realized he hadn't eaten in over a day and he was starving.

Hikaru, you're up." A voice said behind him. It was Isaac; he smiled down at the younger boy. "Come and eat your probably hungry." He beckoned Hikaru to follow him as he made his way to there table. Sitting between Felix and Jenna he surveyed the table before him. It was laid with a large variety of foods some Hikaru had never seen.

Hikaru hesitated at first as the others got their own food. Mia, who sat across from him, noticed his hesitation. "You should eat as well Hikaru, you need your energy."

"Ah." Hikaru agreed as he filled his plate as well. As he ate his food he watched the others around the table. Everyone was enjoying the warm carefree atmosphere. Piers, Felix and Isaac were all talking together about weapons; Garet and Ivan were fighting about the food Garet had tried to steal from Ivan's plate. Jenna and Sheba were laughing at the two other boys and Mia and Kraden were talking about Psyenergy.

Hikaru thought that they all seemed happy just to be together. Sighing sadly he couldn't help but feel a little left out. When he felt a slight tug on his finger he looked at the hand he had on the table. Sitting around his hand were two small purple creatures, they were Jupiter dijinn.

They stared up at him for a moment then one stepped forward and spoke. "Are you alright, Hikaru?" the little dijinn asked. Hikaru was a little surprised by the dijinns concern for him. Shaking his head Hikaru replied, "I'm alright, thank you. What are you names?"

"I'm Haze and this is Blitz."

"Thank you for your concern, but my wounds have healed already, thanks to Mia and Piers."

"That's not what we meant…." Blitz trailed off as the little dijin hopped from foot to foot. The whole table's attention was now on the two dijin and Hikaru. "Blitz, Haze what are you trying to say. It's alright, its best if you say it."

"We thought something was wrong…, Hikaru felt like he was hurting. But not the normal hurt, hurt on the inside."

Felix looked at Hikaru as the dijin finished. Hikaru stared at the little creature, his eyes wide. Bowing his head he let his bangs cover his face and eyes.

"Heh, I guess you're right, I am hurting on the inside. I've always tried to ignore it so I guess it has become a part of me. Thank you for your concern Blitz, Haze." Hikaru's voice was quiet as he said this. Then he looked up at the others, "I haven't had anyone who cared about in a long time, and you all have done so much for me. The least I can do is tell you about myself and my past."

After everyone finished eating they all packed into the boy's room. "I feel that it is right to tell you all about my past, maybe something good can come out of it all."

"I was born on an island known as Kascent Island. My parents and I lived on the island in a small village, we all worked together to make a living. We were happy." Hikaru said in a serene voice. Felix noticed how soft his eyes had become as he talked.

"When I was nine my younger brother, Mori, was born. Our lives were normal, a few years later was when everything changed. It was then that I learned of my powers. One day when I was sixteen and Mori was seven we went out together by ourselves. We were at the western part of the island, there was a cliff not far from were we stopped. I was watching Mori carefully so he didn't get to close to the edge."

Hikaru lowered his eyes not looking at them. "I had a strange feeling and looked away for only a second. Then I heard him shout. He had gotten to close to the edge and the ground was unstable. It gave way under his feet. When I ran to the edge he was unconscious on a ledge that was jutting from the cliff side. I yelled for help, I kept yelling until someone heard. My parents and some of the village men came to help. As they were trying to rescue him the ledge he was on began to break as well."

Hikaru paused looking out the window before continuing.

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"When I saw him about to fall it was like I lost control of myself. It was as if I was outside my own body, that my body was being controlled by someone else. I saw myself jump from the cliff, my parents trying to stop me. I saw my body land on the ledge as it break apart, I saw myself grab my brother as we fell, below rocks jutted out of the ocean.

"I felt myself falling, the weight of my brother in my arms pulling us down. I saw the rocks that we would surely hit. It was as if time slowed down but at the same time it only took a second. I thought as we fell, 'We're going to die, we will drown or be crushed by the rocks.' Then I thought, 'I don't want to die, I want to live with my parents and my little brother.'

"Then I felt something shoot through me, a strange but familiar power. Then there was pain. It felt like fire was running through my body, melting me from the inside out. Then I was above the cliff, the faces of my parents and the other villagers staring up at me in shock. Then we landed roughly on the ground. I heard loud voices and shouts but I couldn't focus on anything. The pain had increased and my body felt like it was being ripped apart. Through the pain I could feel something growing from my back, my wings. After that I blacked out."

Hikaru eyes were still down cast as he paused for a moment.

"When I woke up I was locked in a wooden room, the door was locked and barred. The villagers had locked me up, afraid of my strange powers. My parents tried to free me but the mayor forbid it. I was treated well enough, given enough food and water to bath. I learned that Mori was okay, and that he did not remember what happened. They would not tell him what had become of me though. I was imprisoned for five weeks when everything changed. I woke in the wooden room in the middle of the night. A man was in the room with me, though I didn't recognize him. He asked if I wanted to learn more about my power, how to control it and use it. And if I wanted to be able to live again. I…said yes."

As the adepts listened intently it looked as if Hikaru shivered.

"He freed me from my prison but what I saw when I was free was from a nightmare. Everything was burning, fire leaping high and lighting the night sky. Monsters were roaming the village, attacking anyone they saw. When I found my house it was burned to the ground, and then I found them. My parents-dead. Mori was there as well. He was crying as he tried to wake our parents up. When he saw me he was afraid, thinking I was a monster. I did not have the control to change back to me original form."

"Before I realized it a monster had snuck up behind us. It went for Mori and I jumped in front of him, protecting him. I was impaled by the monsters long claws, luckily I would survive. Angered at what had happened that I had lost nearly everything I held dear, I snapped. My power ran wild and I easily defeated the monster. The wound and my uncontrolled power was too much to handle, and I past out. Before I was consumed by darkness I heard Mori calling my name."

Hikaru had stopped talking, unable to go on. Sheba walked over to him, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. He looked into her lavender eyes before going on.

"Mori was gone when I woke again. The man from before was standing over me. He said he had 'freed' me and left me his name, 'Arama.'

The group gasped as they heard the name.

"What you said at the lighthouse, it was Arama who destroyed your village. How could someone be so cruel?" Ivan said as he balled his hands into fists, as he trembled in anger. A hand patted him reassuringly on his should. Isaac gave the younger adept's shoulder a squeeze, claming the young boy.

Isaac turned to Hikaru; he could see the pain of what had happened in his eyes.

"Can you tell us what happened after that?"

"He tried to take me with him, but I escaped. When it was safe I went back to the village. I buried my parents, and I searched the remains of the village and the island, I couldn't find him though, I couldn't find Mori. I couldn't even find a body. I had the slim hope that maybe he survived, I've always held out hope."

"I still had little over my powers, but I was learning. When I gained some control I decided to leave the island."

"I traveled for weeks. Most of the villages and towns I can cross were scared of me. Though I was learning to control my powers I still was unable to control my appearance, and I was taken as a threat. Sometimes I was chased away by me with swords and other weapons. Then I found myself at the lighthouse, were I stayed there until you all found me."

The group stayed quiet for a moment as Hikaru finished his story. The scraping of a chair was loud in the room as Felix stood.

"Arama is a dangerous man; we can't let him run around so freely. He is probably planning something and we have to find out what." Felix's eyes were full of determination as he looked around the room at his friends.

"I agree something must be done." Sheba added stepping forward, hands on hips.

"Yeah, we just went through lighting the lighthouses and stopping Alex. We can't just let this guy take over." Jenna said crossing her arms.

The rest of the group agreed, including Kraden. As Hikaru listened to them a memory came to him. He remembered the release of alchemy he had felt soon after coming to Jupiter lighthouse. He had been taught about the lighthouses and how they were sealed. He hadn't been paying much attention to it before but he realized that the lighthouse had been lit when he was there.

Hikaru had heard on his travels stories about a group of Adepts who were traveling the world and were looking for the four elemental lighthouses. Hikaru gasped as he realized the truth behind who the adepts were.

Hearing Hikaru gasp Isaac turned to the younger boy, who was staring wide eyed at them.

"Hikaru?" Isaac called in a concerned voice, unsure of what was wrong.

"I remember now…you are the ones I heard rumors about. The adepts who were traveling the world in search of the lighthouses. You released the Alchemy in order to save Weyard. That's why you came to the lighthouse, you all were checking up on it."

Felix walked over to Hikaru, looking him in the eyes. His brown ones showing no hesitation or guilt.

"Yes we were the one's to release the alchemy, if we hadn't Weyard would have perished. Lighting the four Beacons was the only way to save Weyard."

"A-amazing, you all are truly warriors of Weyard. Maybe now Arama can be stopped, and I may even find my brother." Hikaru said as a sort of relief filled his voice. "We're here to protect our world from people like Alex and Arama. We'll get through this together." Together they could overcome any obstacle.

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After midnight….

Sheba, Jenna, and Mia shared a smaller room off of the boys. Sheba turned restlessly in her small bed. A vision appearing in her sleep.

A group of people were before her, four were kneeling as another stood over them. The one standing spread his arms wide as he turned and Sheba could make out his face. It was Arama. The furthest person to Sheba's right looked up through dark hair at her, flat golden eyes staring at her lifelessly.

"Hikaru!" Sheba called to her new companion, though he didn't react to her. The person who kneeled next to Hikaru stood and spoke.

"You who have saved Weyard once are the hope for its future, you must find the true Elements of our world and together they can save Weyard. You have met two and acquired one; find the last three Elements before the Evil one comes. Look to the sea and find its hidden jewel, then in a fiery pit lies the dragons kin a fearful power frozen in time, I lie beneath the earth with which I once ruled waiting for the time of freedom."

"What does Arama plan to do, what are these 'true Elements'." Sheba asked but she got no answer. As the vision began to fade she heard his last words. "Find the True Elements before the evil one can possess us."

Sheba lay in bed staring at the ceiling of the inn. She sat still for a second then got out of bed and going to wake the others.

When everyone had been woken they all gathered in the boy's room; they were all still wearing their sleeping clothes. Sheba explained to the others about her dream and what she had learned. Though it gave them a better idea of the situation they were in the thought of what dangers may lay ahead were unknown. The most curious thing was the "True Elements". They were puzzled about the meaning behind it and what had they acquired. They thought over it for a while in silence. "Oh!" Karden and Piers said at the same time as the others looked at the two. "Hikaru" Piers said looking at the young boy who looked back, wide eyed. He knew what Piers was thinking though it was slightly scary to him.

"M-me, I-I am one of the Elements?"

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