House of Night: My Story Joanne Clarke
I had gone to bed the previous night utterly confused. I mean I had experienced the elements last night but it seemed as though no one else had. I woke up and went about my normal routine. Went for a shower, got dressed then went downstairs for breakfast. I had done this a bit earlier than usual though, I wanted to go by Nyx's Temple first and pray to my Goddess. I had dressed in a black sweatshirt with the third form emblem, I had a white cotton shirt on underneath and wore a pair of black skinny jeans with my black boots. I had a quick bowl of cereal and ran out the dorm. I slowed down as I made my way towards the temple and my breath caught at its beauty this early in the morning. I made my way up the steps and into the now lit foyer. There were no candles because the light streamed in through the windows, I made my way past the fountain and towards the room we were in last night. I wasn't sure if this was the place that everyone came to so they could pray but I just thought I would come here. I placed myself in the centre of the room and knelt down, closed my eyes and started my silent prayer.
"Um...hi Nyx. I'm praying to ask a question about something that happened to me last night. When each element was invoked I felt that particular element surround me and fill me with energy. I was just praying so that I could get some guidance as to what this means. So maybe if you could please send me a sign or something that would be very much appreciated. Thank you Nyx." I finished my silent prayer and slowly opened my eyes.
When my eyes were fully open I wasn't in the temple, I was back in the Otherworld. The beautiful green meadow with cherry blossom trees and the lake. Yet again Nyx was there on the slab of stone. I walked over to her this time and when I reached where she was sitting I sat down in front of her. I bowed my head slightly and looked back up.
"Daughter, we meet again." She said with her silky sweet voice.
"We do indeed Goddess." I laughed slightly. "Why am I here? If it's alright to ask."
"It's perfectly fine for you to ask my child. You are here because you asked of me to assist you. You are here so that I may explain to you why you experience the elements like so." She explained. "You are connected to the elements, they are you affinity. Every vampyre get's an affinity from me, like a gift. Your affinity is the elements, all five of them. You are lucky with this as not many people get all five elements as their affinity."
"So I have an affinity of the elements; like I'll be able to control them and summon the at my command kinda thing?" I asked.
"Kind of like that yes child. They will be able to protect you; you will be able to use them against your enemies if you are to ever have any."
"Wow." I whispered "Thank you so much Nyx, for giving me this gift and for guiding me in how to use it."
"You are very welcome Daughter, now you need to go back or you will miss class." She smiles softly at me and then I was opening my eyes to find the brightly lit hall that I was in before. I checked the time on my phone and saw that there was just under an hour until classed started (yeah that's how early I got up this morning). I rose from where I was and started to make my way out of the temple.
I ran to the tree and when I arrived there I threw my book bag down by the trunk and stood up straight. I centred myself, took three deep cleansing breaths and spoke clearly.
"Air come to me please." I said. Almost as soon as the words had left my lips I could feel myself being swirled in a mini tornado. The wind ruffled my hair and I was smiling like mad that I had done this. I then summoned Fire and was blasted with the same intense heat as last night. It mingled with the air forming a warm breeze that you get on summer nights. After Fire came Water I summoned that and all the intense heat was washed away by the coolness of water. Again I could hear the ocean lapping against the shore and smell the sea; it was amazing. Earth was the next element; I could hear the birdsong again, smell freshly cut grass and feel the grass under my feet. I could feel all the elements around me, all swirling together. I moved on and started to summon the last element Spirit. The insides of me were tingling as my soul was almost jumping out of me to join all the elements. I wondered if I could play with fire and water within my hand and stuff like that. I sat down by my bag all the elements still surrounding me. I held my hand out palm facing upwards, in my head all I was thinking about was trying to create a small ball of fire in the palm of my hand. I stayed focused on that thought, staring at my palm; and soon enough a small ball of fire was in the middle of my palm. I started bouncing it up and down almost collapsing from the amazement I was feeling.
I stayed out by the tree for ages until I had to start making my way to class. I dismissed the elements and made my way to first hour. The school day went on, I learned and socialized. Lunch came around and everyone was confused as to why I was so quiet.
"Why so quiet Joanne?" Craig was the first to ask.
"Well I'm just thinking really." I answered snapping out of my daydream.
"What about?" Erin was the next to ask and Shaunee echoed her.
"About my affinity." I blurted out absentmindedly.
"Your what!" Kelsey asked almost shouting and spraying her food all over the Twins.
"Huh... oh I said that I had an affinity didn't I?" I asked and they all nodded. "Oh well yeah I was gonna tell you guys later. I may as well tell you now; I have an affinity for all five of the elements, I wasn't sure at first so I went to the temple to pray and ask Nyx for guidance as to what it was that happened to me last night and then I met her face to face again. She explained to me what an affinity was and that I was special enough to have one for all five of the elements." I continued to explain the rest of what had happened including last night's details and what I had managed to do with fire this morning. They were all sitting there with their mouths open. Then they all ambushed me with their shouts of 'show us' and 'how awesome'. I told them id show them once we finished our lunch; they all started shovelling their lunch down, eager to see what I could do. After our lunches we made our way out to the tree and they all sat down by the trunk of the tree. I repeated what I had done earlier; I centred myself and took three deep, cleansing breaths. I started with Air first again.
"Air please come to me." Once again as soon as the words left my lips a really strong wind blew around me, ruffling my hair once more. I heard all of the shocked gasps of my friends as they witnessed my new found affinity. I smiled to myself and move onto Fire and this time the intense heat returned mixing with the wind and I blew it over towards my friends so they could feel the heat as well as the wind that blew around them. I moved onto Water and it turned down the intensity of the heat that was surrounding us. The air all around us was filled with the scent of the sea and the sound of it played as well. Earth was next and the smell of hay and the birdsong filled the air, Spirit was an interesting because once I had called it to me I felt uplifted and full of energy just like before but my friends all gasped as though they were feeling it too.
Once I had called all the elements, I started to show off a bit and brought the ball of fire back into my hand. They were all so amazed. The bell rang to signal the end of lunch, I quickly thanked the elements and sent them away, and then ran to catch up with my friends. The last two classes flew by and before I knew it I was back in my dorm changing into my casual clothes. I stripped off my uniform and changed into a pair of grey baggy joggers with a white tank top. I walked back downstairs to where all my friends were situated in front of our usual plasma screen. I got comfy on the couch and started to watch the TV. We were watching a 'Scrubs' marathon; I absolutely loved 'Scrubs' it was probably the best show ever! We were halfway through Season 5 when we thought we would stop and continue it tomorrow. We all dispersed into our dorms rooms, Craig came back to our room with us so me and him could work on a sonnet we were doing together for Lit class. We worked on that and then the three of us all done our homework together, helping each other whenever we were stuck.
I was sitting finishing writing a play for Drama when I felt a shiver go down my spine. I thought nothing of it but little did I know that my life was about to change yet again; though maybe not for a good reason this time.
Oohh, a bit of suspense there! Hope you liked this chapter and thank you to all the new readers who have read and reviewed this story.
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