"I'm getting a bad feeling." Elora murmured.
"I don't feel a thing." Tsutsami responded to her, but soon they all were forced back into the wall by a strong wind.
Elora screamed painfully as the wind held her up against the wall. The same was for Tsutsami and Harry. Their arms were pinned against the wall, so Harry couldn't reach his sword.
"Elora, are you okay?" Harry said while trying to force himself forward.
Elora gasped for breath, "Hard... to... breath, but.. I... should be fine, Harry. Tsutsami... how you doing?" Tsutsami growled, "I'll be fine. This must be the power of the Air -"
Tsutsami was interrupted when a voice echoed through the halls, "Wind Guardian!"
Elora, Harry, and Tsutsami fell to the ground. They all caught their breath and looked down the hall. "Who are you?" shouted Elora, "Why did you do that?"
The voice replied to Elora, "It's 'WIND' Guardian! Everyone calls me the 'Air' Guardian. It's not PROPER you know?"
Tsutsami stood up and laughed, "We call you that because you can take our breath away. Literally."
"Be Quiet!" the voice shouted, "I will tell you when you can speak."
"Oh shut up already!" Elora shouted, "Show your self!"
The hall was quiet for a moment. Then a wind started to pick up, dust collected a few feet in front of Elora into a tornado, and a figure appeared within the cyclone shape.
The figure was of a small girl around four feet five inches, her hair short and black cut near her ears. She had blue eyes hiding behind glassed and wore a blue cloak designed with white clouds. "Are you the Ai-I mean, Wind Guardian?" Harry asked, gawking at the girl.
The girl nodded, "My name is Velicity."
Tsutsami pushed Harry back, "Hey twerp! What gives you the right to order me around, eh?"
Before Velicity could respond to Tsutsami, Elora stepped in front of Velicity and gave Tsutsami an evil stare. "Tsutsami, be nice!"
"Yeah Tsutsami." Harry said, "You did the same to Cecil and I."
Tsutsami gave a low growl. "You must be Elora." Velicity said.
Elora turned around, "Yes I am. How did you know?"
Velicity smiled, "Iceabelle told me that you're the leader, so I expected you'd be bossing your friends around."
Elora coughed lightly, "Um.." Tsutsami laughed.
"Velicity," Harry said, "Did you meet Iceabelle? Where is she now?"
Velicity giggled. Tsutsami growled and pushed Elora aside, "Talk, small fry or you'll get a drench of a life time!" But before Tsutsami could touch Velicity, Velicity disappeared just like she appeared.
"Velicity?" Elora shouted, "Please come back. Tsutsami didn't mean it." Before Elora could say more she was pinned against the wall (again) but this time with icicles, one cutting through her shoulder. "Argh!" shouted Elora painfully.
"Elora!" Harry shouted. He tried to pull the icicles off, but no luck.
"Iceabelle!" Tsutsami growled, "Don't be a wimp! Fight like woman!" Her shout echoed down the hall.
From an ice crystal formation some feet away from Elora, Harry, and Tsutsami, Iceabelle appeared with Velicity at her side. "Tsutsami. Why should I fight? It's more pleasurable this way!"
"You said you wouldn't hurt them!" Velicity shouted at Iceabelle.
"Shut up, brat. You've done your job. Now let me do mine!" Iceabelle said while pushing Velicity away.
Harry still tried to free Elora from the icicles, blood now showing through her cloak where she was cut. "Velicity." Elora gasped, "Hear me, Velicity. Help us."
Velicity's head turned to Elora, then to Iceabelle and to Elora again. She nodded then turned to Iceabelle, "Iceabelle?"
Iceabelle growled, "What do you want?"
Velicity extended her arm to the side; "I want YOU to shut up!" Velicity waved her arm forward with great force, and with it a strong wave of wind forced Iceabelle back into a wall, rendering her unconscience.
"Good job, twerp!" Tsutsami laughed.
Velicity smiled, then ran up to Elora and Harry. "Are you okay?" asked Velicity.
Elora smiled down at Velicity; "I'll be fine. Thank you Velicity. You made the right choice. Now stand back."
Harry, Velicity, and Tsutsami stepped back. Elora closed her eyes. Soon Elora's body was surrounded by fire, the ice that pinned her to the wall melted. "Wow!" Velicity exclaimed, "You're the Fire Guardian?"
Elora fell to the ground softly and smiled at Velicity, "Yes, Velicity. I'm the Fire Guardian."
"Cool!" Velicity shouted.
Harry laughed then introduced himself, "Velicity, I'm Harry Potter."
Velicity turned to Harry, "No way! THE Harry Potter!!"
It was Elora's turn to laugh, "He's just a normal guy Velicity. He's also the Lightning Guardian. Tsutsami here is the Water Guardian. You'll meet the Forest Guardian soon, his name is Cecil."
Velicity smiled brightly at Harry, "Can I get your autograph?"
Harry laughed again. He was interrupted when Elora and Tsutsami walked around him toward Iceabelle, still unconscience on the floor. "How are we going to bind her? She got through Cecil's vines, what else will hold her better?" asked Tsutsami.
"Easy!" Velicity exclaimed while running up to them, "Iceabelle was strong against the vines. Use something she's weak against."
"That's ingenious, Velicity. How old did you say you were?" Elora said, smiling at Velicity.
"I didn't," Velicity replied, "but I'm eleven if you want to know."
"Wow!" Harry laughed, "Did you just start at Hogwarts?"
Velicity looked bewildered at Harry, "What's a 'Hogwarts'?"
Harry's mouth fell right open. Elora patted Velicity on the head, "We'll tell you later."
Continued: Chapter 18 - Darkness Appears