Candles POV.
I knocked on the door, it was inside a small overhand. Sideways on the long rectangular house. The door had two parts, a screen and the wooden door part. Like the women said it looked like it was one floor. I have never lived in a one floor house, that made slightly wary.
Then I heard an unlock at the door. The wooden door opened and I looked at my friends with a wary face. I felt a bit of nervousness in my stomach, and I couldn't get rid of it. Then the screen door creaked open. There stood a woman who looked young for her age. Or at least I thought so, I didn't know how old she was.
She black hair that was starting to whiten at the very front. She had grey glasses on and her eyes were a dark chocolate color.
"Candle!" she exclaimed and hugged me. I was too shocked to hug back, I didn't even know her," I haven't seen you since you were a small babe. You have grown so much!" she said as she let me go.
"Come in, and your friends. I can't wait to meet them all. We have enough rooms for all of you and dinner will be one the table in a half an hour," she said as she stepped aside. Once I heard dinner and smelled food I remembered how hungry I was. It had seemed like forever since we had last eaten. I saw that the sun was down and stars were starting to shine between the small openings in the trees. So was the moon.
I walked in. The first thing I saw was a small kitchen. On the left was an oven sitting on a wooden shelf, just razed by a foot. Then above it was a 3 inch thick piece of wood and stacks of plates and other dishes. Right next to it was where the counter started was sink, it was the only thing that looked like the only thing that happened to be updated. On the other side was the stove and the rest of the counter.
Then in a small corner at the back of it was a table that sat four. Then behind it was a small shelf that you could see through. It held lots of random things, like keys and money. Some pen holders. Then behind that was the dining room. And off to the right of the room was a door. I was surprised to find out that it lead down to the basement. It had two floors in my mind now. Then out of the dining room was the living room, which also to my surprise had a stairway leading up to rooms. But I felt like I knew this whole house. I had known that there were floors.
Then I remembered that had dreamed about this house one time. There was the same fire place that you could see straight down when you entered. The rooms all looked the same, except for the bedspreads.
"The room you girls will be sharing will be this one," my grandmother said as she showed us the room," this was your bed, Candle. When you were 3 you wanted the bed by the window. Nothing to do with the bunk be behind you. I used to come in and see you staring out at the stars."
I smiled, and I felt my face getting hot. I had no idea I had been here before, and I didn't want my friends to know what I would do at night when I was three.
"That sounds like you Candle," Zach said and I turned around and saw he was laughing under his breath. I flicked some air at him while no one was watching, he started to blame Alex.
Mara, Sapphire, and I put our stuff in our room. They were happy to let me have my bed, and sleep on the bunk-bed. I was cool with that, I was hoping that they would say that. My Grammy, which she told me I could call her, said that dinner would be ready soon and that we had time to get washed up and change.
I was thankful, even though we were in a dry warm house, we were still drenched to the bone. There were three bath rooms. So Alex and Sapphire took each one. Sapphire took the one upstairs and Alex went to the one down stairs in the basement. I had changed into a blue plaid button down shirt. It was the only one that was semi dry, and I was glad it happened to be my favorite shirt. I liked button down shirts. They seemed more free to me. I had also put on a very free pair of jeans. I liked the jeggings, but right now I didn't want that.
I walked down stairs into the kitchen. I saw someone, I barely recognized, he had black hair and dark chocolate eyes. He had on black glasses and also had on a plaid button down shirt. Except it was green, red, and a small it of black. I had was talking to Grammy and I think the other man was my grampa. He also had black hair, but he had slightly lighter eyes.
I kept walking through, my steppes small. They were light like always, so I didn't make a sound.
"Hey, Candle," Grammy said with a happy voice as she looked up from cutting up some chicken. The two men turned and looked at me. Grandpa looked happy, but Dad looked stunned.
"H-hi," I stuttered.
"Hey cookie, haven't seen you in forever. What was it like, you were three when we last saw you. Then your dad went to the army, came back and help two jobs. A rocket scientist and a groundskeeper here," he said as he hugged me. I looked up at him, like Grammy he had a bug smile and looked like he enjoyed everything.
He let go and turned me to my dad. He got up out his chair and walked over to where I was.
"Candle? How old are you now?" he asked.
"Um..., thanks for the hello. I am 14," I said.
"It has been that long!" he exclaimed, as he sat down again and picked up his mug of coffee.
"Um, so. How long has it been?" I asked. He seemed to be lost in thought.
"11 years since I have last seen you. Where is your mother?" he asked. I felt my heart crush a little. I didn't know how to tell him that she had been taken.
"Oh, um...," I trailed off looked at Grammy. Then Gabe walked in.
"Your mom?" he asked.
"Yeah, um Dad. Just asked where she was," I explained. I saw him bite his lip.
"Candle?" he asked in a soft voice.
"Mom was kidnapped by the British government. Because, um well you see...," I trailed off for the second time.
"Why, she didn't do anything. Clara would never," he said, a look of worry spread across his face. I felt my face get hot and my nose get tingly. Those were the first two signs I got before I cried.
"I can't explained it until everyone is here," I whispered and turned Gabe. I felt a tear fall down, and I hugged him.
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An hour had passed, I was in my room now. Everyone else was in there as well. Even my dad, grammy, and grandpa.
"So, Candle. What happened to Clara?" Grandpa asked.
"About half a year ago, I met my friends here. Except for Gabe, I have known him since 6th grade. I asked if they would like to come home with me, so we could talk about what had happened that day. On our hands were burned the 4 elements and one sword. Each of us help one sign. Except for me I held all 5. Water, Air, Fire, Earth, and sword fighting," as I said this we each held up our hands.
"Mom called the others parents. Then she called us down when they had all come. She explained. That we were, um..., you see. There are these old legends about the world before ours. How they had benders, of the elements. She said we were descendants of the most powerful ones that ever lived. Avatar Aang was the last Airbender that lived in his time and the only one who control all four elements. Katara was the most powerful water bender that lived. Toph was the most powerful Earthbender that ever lived. Zuko was the most powerful Firebender that ever lived. Sokka was the best swordsman who ever lived.
"I was told to travel the world to try to stop this "Darkness", as we call it. He has come back to life, I guess you could say. He is still sleeping, he can only take over the minds of his allies. I have a year and a half to master all the elements and sword to defeat him. I came here to learn the other half of Airbending. Forest, Mountain was what I had learned back in YellowStone," I finished.
"I see, so you did inherit that," Dad said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You see, we are all benders too. Firebenders," he said and then Grammy, Grandpa, and Dad all moved there hands in a rhymed movement. Then fire started coming, they moved it in circles and around the world. I stared wide-eyed. I didn't know what to say, I was surprised that I never knew this. That my mother never told me this.
I guess that was why I never really saw my father, but I didn't know why she would keep me away from something that could have helped me in so many ways. This traveling the world for bending thing would have been so much easier if she didn't keep me away.
"I don't understand why mom didn't let me see you often," I said.
"That is something I can not answer. She was always thinking for the best of our family though," he smiled.
"Now, time for dinner. I am glad I kept it hot in the oven," Grammy said and then walked down stairs.
We followed her down, the last ones to leave were me and Dad.
"You wear glasses?" he asked.
"Yeah, only since last year in 7th grade. But I think it gets worse every month, I have to wear these all the time," I said as I pointed to them. He smiled and laughed.
"I had glasses when I was really young, my eyesight is pretty bad. I can't see anything when I have them off, you should have seen me when we figured out I needed glasses. I was stumbling over everything. Broke my ankle once when I took them off, then I had to go out of my room for some water. Feel down the stairs," he explained as we walked out. I laughed a little and then almost stumbled down the stairs.
"I told you," he laughed as we walked into a very loud happy room. The moon hung over the house and every light was on, on the main floor. My friends were talking and getting food all over the place. They seemed to be having the time of their. I only hoped it would be like that for this trip.