Guardian of the Other Moon
By: Sheillia Creas
"That's impossible" said Jack, "well you didn't really think that the guardian's only existed on Earth now did you?" said Catherine. "No, I mean...only the man in the moon can
choose a new guardian, and last time I checked people can see you" he stated. "It works differently where I'm from Jack, and besides it wasn't the man in the moon who
choose me" said Catherine. "What do you mean...?" asked Jack, "well, there are five moons on Ambimorsia(her planet)... how it works is that every thousand years, in the
greatest time of need, a single child is born as a vessel to house the powers of the guardians, for which there are eight. Narraul, Guardian of the wind, Vol, Guardian of fire,
Gelu, Guardian of ice, Lillium, Guardian of Water and Nature, Mer, Guardian of lightning, Muse, Guardian of sound, Lux, Guardian of light, and Darkos, Guardian of
darkness..." explained Catherine.
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"Wait you have a guardian of darkness!?" exclaimed Jack, "I'm not finished Jack" said Catherine, "Now the guardians themselves are too
powerful, to intervene, because they are part of nature themselves and each represent raw emotion, that is why they chose me to bear their power because I'm mortal and
will use their powers to a lesser extent. And while naturally I'll live longer than the average person, I will still die in the end, taking my powers with me until the next vessel is
reborn a thousand years later, repeating the cycle that has been going on for over 8 thousand years." said Catherine.
Jack didn't know what to say, "all that power...in just one person" he thought, having enough trouble as it is controlling just one element, just one center, but eight?...that
was unheard of...and that raw emotion held in each of them, "How do you do it?" said Jack, "how do you control eight people all at once?" he asked, "You don't" answered
Catherine solemnly, "it's impossible to have total control over everything, you have to train day in and day out, just to have control over one at a time. Plus there's some
guardians that you just don't want to train for and some that are just too powerful to even try." stated Catherine. "Like Darkos?" said Jack, though it was more of a
statement really, "Yes, like Darkos...but also Lux too, and sometimes even Mer" said Catherine.
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"Remind me who Mer is again?" asked Jack, "she's the guardian of lightning...but she's also the guardian who chose me" said Catherine, who now grew silent. Jack stood
there quietly confused; he had this nagging feeling in the back of his mind that something had happened when she was chosen, something bad, something that grew her to
fear this guardian of lightning, but what? He needed to know. "What happened?" he asked in all his concerned seriousness, "What happened during the night you were
chosen?", Catherine gave a long sigh before answering him.
"It was raining..." (flashback)
...the ground was wet as the rain poured down; me and my sister were playing out in the rain, just enjoying it. I was just 13 at the time, normal, by Ambimorsian standards,
only recently having gained my full powers...me and my sister we were celebrating, playing in that rain, ignorant of the dangers that befell in a storm of that size...it soon
started thundering...and our mother called us inside, Ember, my sister, got inside first, but I had stayed to pick up a stray ball, well aware of the thunder around me I turned
to go inside, but...funny thing about lightning...you never know when it's going to strike...my time of judgment had come. As I was walking toward the door, I hear this
buzzling and crackling in my ear behind me...I only turned only for a second to see it...the lightning...it was so bright, then...PAIN...as it hit my hands, the only thing
shielding me from its raw power at the time...I could feel its power surging through me as I screamed...burrowing deep within me, judging, to see if I was worthy of its
power. Lightning on Ambimorsia is said to be the most powerful lightning in the universe, almost impossible to survive...almost...that little word that relied solely on luck...I
must have had it that day...even as I collapsed and gave into the burnt grass beneath...hands scarred and torn...even while slowly slipping into that darkness in my
mind...hearing my mother and sister call out to me, with their calls unanswered...I had it...for she had judged me, Mer...and I had passed...and a sense of knowledge and
misunderstanding took over me...as I had lived...as I had been chosen."
- End Flashback.
Wow, that was emotional, I haven't written anything like that in a while, it felt good.
I do plan on finishing this story, unlike my other ones, so please be patient when I put out these chapters.