Disclaimer: Traci and Alana belong to themselves, and the Black Rider belongs to Susan Cooper. Everything else is mine.
Little are the people who know what exactly
the core of the earth is like. I'm positive that if anyone went, it'd have
people flocking there constantly to see it. I mean, it's this REALLY huge
cave, so big that if you strain your eyes and look up you STILL can't see
the top of it. It's like a large sphere. However, things are really weird
there.
Gravity affects us from the core, obviously.
But when you're IN the core, gravity pulls everywhere at once, canceling
itself out. Your weight is enough to keep you on solid ground, but you
can walk up and around the entire thing without feeling the least bit of
blood rushing to your head. It's incredibly amazing.
Unfortunately, I only had a short time to
fool around with this odd effect. I was here for a reason, after all. The
Dark Rider, or 'Blacky' as the two girls there called him, was going to
be here soon. Something, however was taking him much longer then expected.
Probably preparing something that would make him invincible, trivial stuff
like that.
As I mentioned, I wasn't alone in the cave.
The two elemental girls were there, but also a huge army of seven headed
hydras. They were all fire, terrible to behold. Needless to say, I stayed
a considerable distance away. No use taking any uneeded risks.
Behind where the hydras stood was a tunnel.
There were two tunnels in the sphere, one was what we had come through,
and the other was the route that led directly to the Fyre Orb. Some hydras
were in front of both tunnels, simply to throw the Rider off track.
We had formulated a plan. The moment the Rider
appeared, Traci would use her Wind magics against him. Alana would then
douse him with water, which I would freeze.
We were hoping the Rider would be ready for
Fire, and not for Wind.
If any of this failed, the Hydras would burn
him as much as possible. With so many attacks from all over, we were hoping
he had no way of defending them all.
But we weren't prepared for what he had done.
He appeared in the center of the cave. Around
him was a large sphere of water, being supported by a strong wind from
both sides. He was holding the Wind and Water orbs and had pocketed Earth!
Traci let loose the wind, but Craig simply
made the counter wind inside the protective sphere of water stronger. It
didn't affect him in the least bit.
The Hydras were shooting him with fire, but
it couldnt get through the thick shield of water. It was up to me, I realised
with a shock.
I ran up as fast as I could and stood above
him. He never saw me. Whispering a few words, I willed the air around him
to lose it's warmth.
Freeze, water. Freeze! I cried out silently.
And suddenly the Rider was encased in a block of ice. Craig beat on it
feverously, but no avail. It had worked!
Then I suddenly realised that the Hydras had
no idea that this had happened. They believed it was another shield of
his. The ice was melting under the flames!
"STOP!!!" I cried, much too late. Craig fell
out of the ice and slammed into the ground. Then his hand reached his pocket.
The Earth orb!
The cavern rocked as if an immense hand had
grabbed it and shook it. With the core shaking around the center of gravity,
we were all slammed from wall to wall repeatedly.
Finally, it stopped. I lifted my head weakly.
Craig had put on his shield of water and was running down the tunnel. He
had guessed right! Something told him where the orb was!
Gritting my teeth, I got up and ran after
him. The tunnel was long and winding. There was about a miles stretch,
but at the end I could see a glimmering metal door.
Suddenly, I had it.
I willed the minerals from the rock around
me to come to me. I built a thin iron shield around my body. Then I pulled
the electricity from the air and pulled it around me like a rope. I was
making my body into a magnet.
I added more electricity. I needed more pull...
*CLINK.*
I had flown down the tunnel and slammed
into the door! Craig stopped short, snarling. I thickened the metal around
me and leaped down to face him.
He blasted a stream of water at me, but I
froze it inches from my face. We fought without getting much of anywhere
for a brief moment, but then, suddenly...
The wall to my left caved in entirely. Standing
there was Ector! He leaped at Blacky.
I turned and ran through the metal door. In
the small room was the Fyre Orb on a pedestal. I knew what I had to do.
"Traci's going to KILL me..." I muttered,
before grabbing a piece of metal and smashing the orb.
The orb shattered into a million peices. A
huge burst of energy came from the center, charring the room and throwing
me back several feet.
A/N: I had to do it *shrug* R/R kthx.