A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed my last chapter. I still own nothing.
I have a bad feeling about this. I just pulled into the Earth's Magick parking lot. The shop was dark and…and just plain creepy. I hope Marcus is here. Well it's now or never. I took a deep breath, exited my car, and headed for the door. When I reached the door I froze in horror. Sitting at the cash register looking bored to death was Marcus' cousin Chris! Don't get me wrong I love Chris just as much as I do Marcus, but I came here for help; not an all out war!
Christopher Mathew Kingston the apple of her daddy's eye. That's right I said her. Christopher's father wanted only boy's, he was upset (at first) that Chris was born female. That didn't stop him from giving her the name he had already picked out for a son. When he found out that his wife couldn't have any more children after she had Chris; he started to spoil her. After all she was and always will be his only little girl; his only child, and as she grew he came to learn that it didn't matter if she was a boy or not; she was just as smart, just as powerful, and just as bloodthirsty as any of the other Warrior Elves (if not more so…at least more bloodthirsty). I swear she is the reason for that hell hath no fury saying.
Once when I was hanging around the Elven Court in the dimension of Relyke, she twisted a guys arm; breaking his bones and tearing his nerves and muscle tissue. When I asked her why she did it, she said it was and I quote "Because that chauvinistic swine made a crude comment about the female populace being the weaker of the species". I just backed away slowly and said she had every right to put him in his place. At the time I had no clue what she was talking about. I learned latter on that her father wasn't the only one who felt that males were better suited for the life of a Warrior.
It's the same age old prejudice as before. Too many males and even some females believe that females are not meant to be Warriors, Knights, Soldiers, or whatever the hell you want to call them. She has to work five times harder than everyone else, just so they will take her seriously. It didn't matter that she could and would to the same work as the males; just as easily as they could, to them she was never and will never be good enough, because of this she alienated herself from the rest of her fellow cadets at the Rystall Wood Academy, closed off her deeper emotions to those who weren't family or close friends, and earned herself the nickname Wrath.
Chris is a great fighter. Rumor has it; that she has yet to be bested in a fight. Chris like me is still very young. She is only nineteen years old. Her own central power core is like mine only a bit stronger. While she can perform simple spells like scent blocking; it would be dangerous if not deadly for her to use a spell for Puppet Mastery (the ability to use something or someone who is alive or dead as a puppet). Her elemental magic is still developing, while I haven't even learned what element I can control. Her element is water, which also makes it harder for her to be accepted as a Warrior.
Water is a healing element. There has been few Warriors who were able to control water. Even then those Warriors were kept on the teams as backup and incase one of the others got injured during a battle.
The elements we can control are supposed to be a reflection of our personality. However in Her case I would say that, that statement is a load of bull. If our elements really reflected our personalities then she was meant to be fire. Water is meant to be calming, soothing, and peaceful. She is violent, hot tempered, and slightly cruel. Many underestimate water and refuse to believe that it can cause damage; but I know for a fact that water can be deadly. After all I saved Buffy from drowning, hundreds have died in floods, and just look at the destruction caused by a Tsunami. One would think that I would avoid her or even dislike her for it, but I truly believe that she is simply misunderstood.
This doesn't change my current predicament. If Chris finds out that I am having a problem, her one and only solution is violence. If they can't be beaten into backing down, then kill them. She thinks it is simple and wastes less time if you just out right kill them. I asked her once if she would ever truly do something like that. She said, "Yes, I refuse to let someone walk all over me and treat me like dirt. If they have a problem with me they need to come out and say it, but if they insist on causing me problems then they will be silenced when I rip out there heart and shove it down their throat".
Chris is short, shorter than any other Elf I have ever met by at least four inches. She is about 5'5 maybe 5'6. Her height is a bit of an issue for her. I was told she would grow at least three more inches before she turns twenty-five. Her hair is shaggy like mine. The only difference is hers is a little longer and black. Her eyes are a deep forest green. They can't be described as emerald or jewel like, because they are to dark. You can tell she isn't human by her long pointy ears. She has the body of an athlete. She isn't overly muscled and she isn't sickeningly skinny. I would say she has the body of a soccer player.
"Are you going to hover in my doorway or are you going to enter my magical establishment Alexander?" I spun around and came face to face with Marcus. I leaped at him and grabbed his shoulders while slightly shaking him. "Not that I am not happy to see Chris, but could you please explain to me why she is here?" He looked slightly upset. "Chris is being punished for starting a riot. She was sent here in temporary banishment, until she has learned control of her temper and her powers". The temper thing made some sense, but I was at a loss when it came to the power comment. "Wouldn't it be better if she was at the Academy? I mean it can't be safe for her to learn in this dimension".
"Right now it's best if she stays here. With her powers being unstable; it means that anyone can take advantage of her. You know someone will request her as an apprentice; as is their right now that she is starting to come fully into her powers, but with her reputation, we can be sure that they will ruin any chance she has at a proper education". That makes me so mad. To ruin her potential just because she is a female makes me sick. I wonder if this is the reason my mother turned her back on the Elves in the first place.
"Well…it's not that I want to hide anything from her, but do you think we could talk in private first. I'll tell her what's going on, but I want your opinion and possibly your help. I would ask her considering her experience with fighting; however I am rather attached to my life in Sunnydale so I would appreciate if the town was left standing". He laughed at me. "So I take it the reason you're here could end in someone's death if we don't word it properly to our resident hot head?" I nodded.
"Come on then, we can head to me house". I sent one last look at a still bored looking Chris and followed Marcus to his car.