Hey reviewers! Well this is my new story! "A Thorn Caught In The Crossfire" is the name and I really hope you all enjoy it! I would have never gotten the title, character development, and even some story moments without the use of my friend Brittney's brain! :D LOVE YOU BRITTNEY! Lol anyways onward to my Mortal Kombat story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Mortal Kombat, although if I did, it would be the fucking shit..I only own my OC's Alora, Hazel and maybe later on created ones.

Prologue

At a young age, Alora knew she was different. Not different as in having a disability or weird looking, but different as in..different. She discovered this when she was only 8 years old. When she was out in her backyard with her younger sister Hazel, she couldn't help but feel attracted to all the plants that were surrounding her house. She wandered out a little bit before coming upon a beautiful blue bud with thorns sticking out on the stem. Curiously, she picked it up and it started to open up revealing blue petals with white tipped edges, only to drop it when one of the thorns pricked her finger and drew blood. Placing her finger in her mouth, she starting to suck the little drip of blood. When it stopped bleeding she tried picking up the flower again, only to have different results. Instead of the flower starting to bloom like it was before, it wilted. Alora only stared as the once beautiful flower, started to die before her green eyes. She was knocked out of her state when her sister poked her and gave her a worried look. Shaking her head, she dropped the flower that had completely died, turning gray and lifeless, she turned to Hazel, who gasped at what she saw. Hazel started to scream. Alora quickly placed a hand over her sisters mouth and put a finger to hers, signaling her to be silent. Hazel nodded and looked around, picking up a metal watering can and handing it to Alora. She gasped and put a hand over her mouth, with a tear starting to form. Staring at her reflection, Aloras once striking jade colored eyes were now pure black.

Alora made Hazel promise not to tell her parents what happened on that day. They pinky promised and haven't spoken about it since. Alora thought it was only a onetime thing, something that she'll never have to deal with again. Her eyes turned back to normal after a couple of minutes, sort of. Her eyes were still green, but her left was lighter than her right. Days, weeks, months, even 3 years went by without her having an incident like that. It all changed one day when she was at school.

While outside during p.e, Alora stayed away from the other students because they teased her about her eyes. She went to go sit under a tree, watching the other students play and chase each other. Sighing, she closed her eyes and leaned her head back, oddly thinking about the incident that occurred when she was 8. While in her thought, she felt something thin starting to wrap around her wrist. Crinkling her nose and shaking her hand, she went back to thinking. The thing around her hand started to wound a little tighter and Alora jerked her eyes open. She looked at her hand and opened her mouth in shock. A thin root from the tree started to wrap itself around her hand and started to crawl up her arm. Gasping, she jerked her hand away and started scrambling backwards. The root squirmed a bit before sinking back under the tree. Aloras heart was pounding and she had short breaths. She swallowed the lump in her throat, got up and dusted herself off, while never taking her eyes off where the root had come out. She backed away slowly and then turned around and started running towards the other kids. She bumped into another girl who stared into her eyes and gave her a look of disgust. She scoffed and walked away. Alora breathed through her nose slowly and walked to a nearby bench, sitting down and waiting for p.e to be over.

5 years went by with Alora having minor incidents happening. Sometimes when she was sitting in the park the roots would wrap themselves around her ankles. While taking care of her moms rose bush, sometimes thorns would grow. Once went she went on a camping trip with her family, she was exploring the woods when vines suddenly started to follow her. Her eye that was lighter than the other, ended up turning light blue, which made her stand out even more. Her parents did nothing, only ignored that there was something going on with their daughter. Scared she went to the only person she could trust. Her sister Hazel, who was now 14, tried her best to come up with explanations to what was happening to Alora. Alora only shook her head and waved them off, telling Hazel that she has a wild imagination. But deep down, Alora knew something was going on with her, but didn't know what. Her family returned home after 3 days and Alora ran straight to her room, slamming the door shut. Her mother and father ignored it, simply because they didn't really care with what was going on in their daughter's lives. They only decided to go on the camping trip because their father had gotten a big promotion and wanted to show off his money by taking his family somewhere nice.

Once inside her room, Alora jumped on her bed and buried her head into her pillow. Looking up she saw the bonsai plant that Hazel had given her for her birthday this year. Knitting her eyesbrows together, she walked up to the plant and stared at it. Nothing happened. She closed her eyes and started thinking about all the incidents that have happened to her in her life. Taking a deep breath she concentrated hard when she felt something brush against cheek. Squinting one eye open, she opened her mouth in shock when she saw the root of the bonsai plant brushing lightly against her face. Opening both eyes she did her best to remain calm. Taking a quick breath through her nose she put up her hand gently pushed the root away. It stayed there in midair, looking like it was waiting. She swallowed the saliva that starting to form and put her hand up, moving it slowly to the right. She gasped loudly when the root followed her hand. She tried moving it to the other side when a loud knock broke her concentration.

Her sister came in, telling her that dinner would be ready soon. Alora nodded quickly and her sister left closing the door. She turned back to the bonsai plant, to see the root had stopped and was dangling on the side of her dresser. Sighing she tried again, picking up her hand and concentrating on the root. It came to life and followed her hand. Alora gave a small smile and a mental scream.

Everyday Alora practiced her new ability. She practiced on vines, roots, branches, and even thorns. Every day she got a little better than the day before. She didn't tell Hazel what she discovered because she wanted to keep it to herself. What she didn't know was that there was someone watching her, keeping track of her and her progress. The shadow followed her everywhere, watching her in secrecy, watching her practice. When the shadow saw enough, he returned back to his home world, telling his emperor of this girl. Hearing this, the emperor ordered that he kept keeping an eye on the girl, he may have use of her later on.

A year later, Alora had almost perfected her ability. She had control for a couple of minutes before she lost her concentration. She found it strange that she couldn't control flowers and couldn't make things grow. She ignored it, thinking that she would have to work on it later. One day she was walking out alone at night when she felt a presence behind her. Stopping, she tried to listen, but heard nothing. Confused she continued walking home when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around quickly to find nothing behind her but the emptiness of the sidewalks and street. She was under a street lamp when she felt something under her feet. She looked down and stumbled backwards, falling down. A black figure rose from the ground, staring at her. Alora did nothing but stared back, not taking her eyes off of the figure for one second. Suddenly another black figure appeared, but it was created from the first one. Like it separated itself from it. Widening her eyes in shock, she stood up quickly and started running away. She heard one of the figures give a dark chuckle and they started sprinting after her. Aloras heart was pounding rapidly when she was knocked down. Turning to face the ambusher, she tried to punch him in the face only for him to grab her wrist and grin. Getting angry, she kneed the figure in the stomach and he groaned. She scrambled up and started running again. She ran till she saw a familiar park. Giving a small smile to herself, she ran faster till she ran up to a tree. She quickly turned around to find that none of her attackers were behind her. She scrunched her face and looked around. Seeing nothing she leaned back against the tree, putting a hand over her heart. Suddenly she felt something wrap around her torso. Turning her head to the side, she saw that one of the black figures had wrapped himself around her and started to cover her mouth. The other figure appeared in front of her and crossed his arms, laughing. Alora felt herself getting angry and felt her eyes becoming black. Suddenly, roots bursted from the ground wrapping themselves around the attcker in front of her and started squeezing tightly. Her attacker struggled, while the other one let go of her and ran to help the other one, but ended up getting wrapped up in a root also. He ended up becoming free and sunk into the ground. Alora looked around a little before feeling something sting into her neck. She felt herself becoming tired and falling to the ground. She saw the two figures laughing and saw them become one. That was the last thing she saw before she blacked out.

AAANND that completes the prologue of my new story! Oh no! What happened to Alora? Who were her attackers? What is Aloras ability! Leave your answers in your reviews! Btw right now Aloras 17 incase iduno some of you guys got lost or w.e lol
DUN DUN DUN TILL NEXT TIME MY DARLINGS!