It was really simple, with a couple of benches and a worn down spot that seemed to be used a lot. It was surrounded by stone benches. Mila stood there doing nothing for a few minutes, when all of a sudden something jumped on her back. It was freezing Mila in her spot, literally.
Then she felt fire, melting the ice around her feet and scorching her legs. Mila turned around and blindly tried to kick whatever it was behind her, but her foot never touched anything. Again she felt fire, but this time it was scorching her whole body.
Then just as quickly as it had started, it stopped. Mila turned to see Rachael and Katara driving two others to the ground. Josh and Miko came out of a nearby bush with a boy and a girl following them.
The girl had long, straight, reddish hair and brown eyes that were clouded with confusion. She appeared to be very strong. The boy had short dark brown hair and green eyes and looked like he was almost twenty years old.
By now Rachael and Katara had pinned the two people to the ground. All four of them a glance that said more than any words ever could.
Then, amazingly, Katara and Rachael got off of the two and helped them up. The two people were a boy and a girl.
The boy had reddish brown hair and brown eyes. He was very tall and looked about the same age as the other boy.
The girl had wavy, light brown hair and blur eyes. The light of battle was still showing in her eyes.
Mila had no idea what to say, so she decided to keep her mouth shut. The boy and girl that had attacked her walked over to Mila. The boy opened his mouth as if to speak, but it was the girl that talked first.
"Sorry that we attacked you, but we didn't know you were with us. My name is Angel ,by the way, and this is Kyle," Angel said, pointing to Kyle.
The other boy and girl were walking over. They stood next to Angel and Kyle.
"Hi, my name's Gamot," the boy said.
"My name's Tiffany," the girl said excitedly.
"Did Kyle burn you?" Angel asked.
"I'm not sure but… how did you get the fire?"
"With my powers," he said simply.
"Powers? Powers?! What are you talking about?"
"Mila, calm down! It's okay. We only use our powers when we have to, and just for the record, you probably have some too, you just don't know what they are," Katara said calmly.
"Okay, it's getting late, and I'm hungry. We also have some important news for Kukilo," said Tiffany.
"Okay," said Rachael.
Mila realized that she hadn't seen the inside of where they eat, but she didn't pay attention to the thought because her mind was focused on questions racing through her head.
How did they get powers? Who has what powers? Do I have powers? Mila absentmindedly followed the others, with questions like that going through her head. As they went through the clearing Mila finally decided that all of the questions she wanted to ask would eventually be answered.
She turned her attention to a conversation that had started around her.
"So what did you bring?" Rachael asked.
"Three green apples, five red apples, a mango and a pineapple", said Tiffany proudly.
"Wow, so you're saying we should all go foraging tomorrow?" Rachael asked.
"Well…not exactly", Tiffany said cautiously.
Mila had a question that couldn't wait any longer.
"Why not share the news now and eat later?" she asked.
Her question was greeted by silence, and she didn't know if it was because she said something wrong, or if they didn't know how to answer it.
Finally, Angel spoke "Good point." At the same time, Josh said "No way"
Again there was silence, and Mila didn't like it. Everyone was looking at Gamot. He was apparently the one who was going to make the final decision.
"Well… it sounds like a reasonable thing to do" he said slowly. "Let's go" he finished.
"I'll start the fire" Tiffany offered. "Okay go ahead"
Tiffany ran ahead of them as the rest of them walked in silence back over to the clearing that they had just been in. Mila took a seat on one of the stone benches next to Angel. Gamot went to the worn down grass patch. "In case you haven't noticed, Mila has recently arrived here and will be staying with us for the next few days."
Mila could feel a few eyes staring at her but she didn't look back at them.
"We have also found out that some people are planning to raid our camp soon."
Shocked gasps rippled through everyone but Gamot and Mila.
"Are you sure?" Mila asked quietly.
"Yeah, we saw them", Angel said.
"But how do you know for sure? Did you hear them?"
"No, but why else would they be here?"
"I don't know, maybe they were trying to get to the other side of the mountain".
The mumbling that had started going on around them instantly stopped.
"Well, I never thought of it that way, "Angel said. "But most people that do come here are trying to attack us."
Now it was Mila's turn to be quiet.
"Well, not everyone wants to fight, at least I hope."
"Since that may be true, I think we should make sure of this before we do anything else" Gamot said.
"Mila does have a point. If they don't want to raid our camp then we would just be making enemies by trying to do something to them, " Miko said.
Mila realized that other than introducing himself, that was the first time that he talked.
"Tomorrow, Katara, Tiffany, and Mila should go and see if they are planning to raid our camp", Gamot said.
"Great. Now can we eat? Please?" Tiffany asked.
"Yes" Gamot said, annoyed that she couldn't stay focused.
"Woohoo!" Tiffany yelled.