Livius POV
Fire was cracking around the office.
"Damn it. They really did it this time…." I kicked the secret passage for such emergencies. I got down on my knees and crawled into the passage.
How juvenile of them, treating me like a child. I shouldn't have taken an afternoon nap. Well, I can get out through here.
I crawled out from the passage and onto one of the towers. "From here… What should I do?"
It's only a matter of time before the flames reach here, too…..
It was than I heard singing….
Harri POV
Nike and I quickly made a plan. It was agreed, while running back to the palace, that Nike should summon the rain. While I was getting better at controlling my rain, especially when compared to my childhood episodes, I still struggled with the production of rain. Thankfully, I never had an issue in controlling water already produced! I was to use Nike's rain and focus it on the flames. Easy.
Nike climbed one of the buildings. I followed her, after all she would be at the center of the rain fall. She started to sing.
The people of the Sun Kingdom turned their attention to Nike.
"What a voice…"
"The air is shaking..!"
Rain started to fall. Though it was a light rain. Nike was having a hard time making rain without inspiration..…
I sighed in sympathy, but then focused on my task. I took a big breath and held out my hands. Rain started collecting in front of me forming a mass of water. The mass started small, until the mass was bigger than my hands. When the mass was big enough to my satisfaction, I forced the water mass towards the fire in the palace. Sweat drops rolled down my face. The water was pushed out of my normal range of control. I commanded the mass into the fire, close to the ceiling in order to 'make it rain' in the room, and put out the fire.
Nike's singing was coming to an end. The fire was out, and all was good. Thank goodness, controlling that far out of my range wore me out. I sat down while I caught my breath. Rain and sweat mixing. Damn when there was intentional control behind my elements it made it so much harder to control at farther lengths such as the outer Kingdom to the palace. Though this was easier then me trying to control the fire at the palace. Fire was the hardest to control especially when I didn't produce it. Nike sat down, looking wet, after all I wasn't able to collect every drop of rain, but relieved….. and without sweat or exhaustion showing on her face. DAMN IT I GOT THE HARD JOB!
Livius POV
I looked up to see Nike singing, the same song mother hummed before… Though I noticed Harri to her right. He held his hand in front of himself. At first nothing happened, but then I could see there a small mass of water….. water that he was collecting from the rain?
Elementals….That's what Nike called Harri…. Mother had once told me a story about a group of people. People that wished for peace for they understood destruction. These people had the abilities to cause earthquakes, floods, and burn down a whole country with a single thought. They could even fly on the wind. With the winds these people were able to kill with air sharp enough to decapitate a person. Though these people were pacifists that wished for world peace. While Harri was young and inexperienced he was more violate then the elemental pacifists in the myths mother told me. Though that may be due to not having help control these powers. After all his family are Rain Summoners and can only help with rain… but then again Nike is using signing to cause the rain… Harri is using his thoughts to collect the rain, so his family may not be able to help in control at all.
He's like me…. He struggles and fights the cruelty of the world….. though unlike me he sees beauty of the world like his sister…. He understands me with that political mind unlike his sister who needs things pointed out to her. Harri most likely understood the reason to send them away unlike his sister, who most likely threw a fit about it.
The rain stopped, as the signing stopped. I looked down at the fire. The fire was out. I looked back to the siblings that put the fire out. hmmm…. Harri seemed to be struggling unlike his sister who was still standing… he was probably exhausted. To control an element to his will like that is probably harder then just summoning rain….
Nike and Neil found me ten minutes later up in the tower.
"Your Majesty you're okay!"Neil rushed to my side. Nike followed at a slower pace.
"Jeez. If you were safe, you should have come down from here…." Nike said. Then Nike's chest puffed up, as she spoke with pride and excitement. "Well, all that aside, you saw it, right?! How was your first rainfall?"
I looked at her with a bored expression. "It wasn't that great." I looked behind her. "Where's Harri?"
Harri had worked really hard and seemed to struggle to just walk. He needed someone to help him when he was such a weakened state. Especially with him being a male-carrier, if something happened…. I stood as I waited for Nike to answer.
Nike rubbed the back of her head, and chuckled softly. "He's probably sleeping by now. I was able to drag him back to the palace, and got him on a couch near the entrance. Though when he sat down…. he refused to move. So I left him there. He looked exhausted after controlling that much water out of his normal range."
I raised an eye brow in surprise. What family member would leave their sibling, in a weakened state, alone?! Especially after there was two assassination attempts. Sure the attempts were aimed at me, but still! "Why did you leave him there alone?"
"Why would I stay? Harri is fine, just tired. He would never sleep with me by his side. He's always struggled to sleep with people in the same room as him…. Mom always said it was something about his soul's past experiences, but I never understood." She shrugged.
My teeth clenched together a little in anger. "Aren't you twins? Don't the two of you look out for each other?"
Nike looked at me in confusion. "Twins we may be, but Harri and I aren't the closest. Harri may be youngest in our family, but he was forced to grow up faster due to being an Elemental. He needed to learn control. And when we hung out as siblings, Harri hung out with Mira and Nia."
"Mira and Nia?" I asked in frustration.
"Our older sisters. Mira is the oldest as Nia is the second oldest. If Harri wasn't with Mira or Nia he was with Mother. Harri has always did things his own way, and picks up on the smallest details in words…. Harri's just mature for a sixteen year old. Don't get me wrong he looks out for everyone, but he's always refused to have someone look out for him." Nike shrugged. "It's the way it's been since Harri and I turned ten."
I sighed. "Fine I'll go move him to his bedroom then." I walked off to find Harri. Neil staying behind with Nike.
It took twenty minutes to find the stupid blond. He was not where Nike supposedly left him. It would seem Harri made his own way back to his room after Nike left him. Harri way laying on his bed fully clothed on top of the covers. I walked out of the room and caught a maid, and asked (commanded) to dress Harri in his sleep wear. I waited outside the door, and entered the room again when the maid left.
Harri was under the covers and still asleep. His long blond hair was still in a high ponytail. I walked to the bed and ran my hand through the silky strands. I removed the hair piece and the blond stands fell across the bed and over the edge. His hair was beautiful.
I sighed, it had been an exhausting day and it was only lunch time. I headed to the bathroom attached to the blond's room and showered. After I dried off I returned to the bedroom naked, leaving the dirty clothes on the bathroom floor. Even with it being so early in the day I wanted to spend time with Harri, even a nap. Neil could deal with any issues that came for now.
I walked to the opposite side Harri was sleeping on. I was climbing into the bed when I heard a whimper. I looked at Harri. He's face screamed to be one of pain…. a nightmare? I slipped under the covers and pulled Harri into my arms. Harri's head rested on my shoulder and one hand laid on my waist. It took awhile, but Harri relaxed. I laid down with Harri still in my arms. Harri wrapped his arms around me with his head now on my chest.
I chuckled, "Your going to make my life much more interesting, Harri." Harri hummed, in what I believed to be agreement. I chuckled again before I kissed Harri's forehead and ran a hand through his blond hair. I quickly fell asleep to the calming atmosphere.
