(Sulking) My mom is pure evil. She's actually making me go to school the last three days next week.

Char- Aren't you supposed to be cheery? School's almost out, remember?

You're right. I should be patient and wait out the last few days of finger- breaking work I'm gonna have to do... (exercising fingers in preparation)

Char- I knew I was right- I'm always right, aren't I?

Don't push your luck, Char. We're having a moment, here. Don't ruin it.

Char- Sorry! (Smiling nervously)

WARNING- If you're queasy, skip some of the beginning of this chapter or the whole thing. It's even a little too gross for me and I wrote it!

The Departure

The two men on the sides of the guy in the middle unexpectantly grabbed her arms and held her out.

"So what should I do to her, guys?" asked the man that was in the middle. He stood over her.

"Beat'er to sleep!" said the one holding her left arm.

"Grab her legs and we all pull to see how far she can stretch until she breaks." said the other.

"How about torture?" said the one standing in front of her, presumably the boss. Sasha struggled. Why is everyone grabbing me all of a sudden?

"Leave her alone!" the shopkeeper demanded, still tied up. The boss stuck some more duck tape over his mouth. Then he got back to Sasha.

"Do you like weapons," he asked, "and blood?" He pulled out a silver sword with a gold hilt and a clear jewel in it- the Elemental Blade. Sasha struggled fiercely, but couldn't escape the strong grip of the brigands. They held her down as the leader held the blade to Sasha's cheek and slowly cut it. Sasha cried in pain. "There, there," the leader said. He looked at the blood on the sword and the same blood oozing from the side of Sasha's face.

"It's just blood," he said. He slit his arm and let the blood flow down his arm. "See?" he showed his arm to her. Then he smiled ferally as if he had gotten an idea. He glanced at Sasha to make sure she was watching him, then held his bleeding arm to his mouth and licked the blood of, swallowing. Sasha felt sick.

There was one thing she was sure of: this man was crazy.

He held the blade to the other side of Sasha's face and cut it too. She yelped again. He held his hand under her chin and let some of the blood drip onto his palm. He sighed.

"I love torturing people- especially kids."

After a few cuts to the stomach, Sasha was drenched in blood. She had had enough of this.

"Let me go old man!" she yelled. He slapped her, hurting one of the cuts on her face. Sasha glowed blue and the the two men holding her were temporarily frozen, giving Sasha a chance to break free from their grip. The leader jumped back a little startled. The he laughed darkly. "You're one of those- adepts aren't you? Doesn't phase me."

She kept a straight face, trying to hide pain and fear. He glared behind her at his cronies. "Don't just lay there- get the girl!" he barked. Sasha recast tundra as they charged for her, dodged their leader's swings, and cast frost on him. She used ply on herself, to stop the bleeding. Now for her next objective- get the blade. She snatched the Elemental Blade from the leader just as he and his cronies unfroze. She glowed six colors as she held the blade for the first time. First, her own elemental color. Then yellow, red, and purple. And finally a whitish- goldish color and black. Something felt new in her- like new powers. Sasha cast earthquake on the three men.

Did I do that? She thought. It had to be her- she was the only adept in the store(exception of the shopkeeper, who is tied up), and she was glowing.

Kevin, Taryn, and Alanna came into the store to get Sasha and their jaws dropped- her clothes and face were stained with blood, the shopkeeper was tied up, there were three men on the ground, and Sasha was standing there with a sword in her hand glowing. Clearly, they had missed something.

"Sasha!" they exclaimed. She wheeled around. "Uh, I think I know what you're thinking- even if I'm not like Taryn. We have to warn the villagers!" Before the others left, the three men got back up.

"Do you think a few blasts of ice and an earthquake are gonna stop us?" one of the cronies asked. The boss closed his eyes and shook his head.

"I think we should just kill them," he said in the same smooth, calm voice. They advanced and pulled out their swords.

"Ray!" Taryn glowed with violet light as some sparks lit up the room and electrocuted the three men. One of them swiped at Alanna. She cast fume, but he evaded. She immediately followed with a psynergy she'd learned a week ago- beam. The man was blasted against the wall. The rolled on the ground trying to put the fire on him out. Kevin cast earthquake on the other man. He hit his head and went unconscious.

"Douse!" Sasha called. The leader evaded. Then she cast frost and then tundra, locking him into two thick layers of ice. Alanna rushed over to her B.F's aid. She cast beam again, blasting the ice away, and he was knocked against the wall. When he stumbled to his feet, Taryn cast ray, and the boss was hit with volts of bright, electric energy. Kevin followed up with earthquake. The boss fainted. His goons tried to sneak to the door, but found the mayer and the townspeople, along with the guards from the jail.

"I believe you have been causing some trouble," the mayer said. The guards grabbed them. Isaac, Mia, Jenna, Garet, Ivan, and Sheba rushed in and went to their children but stopped to look at the bloodstained Sasha.

"My baby!" Mia took her child in her arms.

"What happened in here?" Isaac asked.

"Sasha!" Jenna exclaimed.

"We would like to hear all that happened- after we get Sasha fixed up and you all get some rest," the mayor said. The villagers went to untie the shopkeeper

Isaac. Isaac looked to see who called him. It was the Wise One.

"Hello, Wise One," Isaac nodded. "Its been a while."

It certainly has, Isaac. Yet, you are just like you were twenty-five years ago. But you have matured much.

"Thank you. My kids said they dreamt about you."

They did. As you are now. I have something to tell you, Isaac. Your daughter is the one destined to wield the Elemental Blade.

"The Elemental Blade?"

It is the sword you saw her with today- the one she has been looking at in the shop. Her, your son, Alanna, and Taryn have to stop Alex. Only the one destined to wield the Elemental Blade can stop him. But she will need friends by her side. If Sasha and her friends do not defeat him, the world will fall into colossal ruin. But if he is defeated, you and Sasha will have a great destiny together.

"What will it be?"

That will depend on if Alex is defeated.

"So, I guess she should go, then..."

Yes. Just like you and Garet did years ago.

"Well, I guess... she and Kevin can leave. On one condition."

I am listening.

"Make sure they all train. So they can become stronger and protect themselves."

I shall see to that. It was nice talking to you again, Isaac. But now, you should wake up and prepare them to leave.

"We can- go?" Kevin was shocked at his parents' answer.

"But you said no last night," Sasha said.

"The fate of the world depends on you and your friends' abilities, Sasha," Isaac told her. "You too, Kevin."

"Take these with you," Mia snapped her fingers. Mercury djinn came out of nowhere. Sasha glowed as they materialized and entered her. Isaac did the same and Venus djinni came from nowhere and became one with Kevin. Isaac handed him the Hestia blade.

"Uh- thanks," they said in unison. Mia took her silver baret out of her blue hair and clipped it on the end of Sasha's ponytail. "Give this back when you're here to stay," she said. Kevin and Sasha knew that their parents were holding back tears. This made it harder to leave. "Are you sure about this?" Kevin asked.

"We have to," Sasha told him, though she felt the same as he did.

When they all went outside, they were suprised to see the whole village waiting outside their house. Sheba, Jenna, Ivan, and Garet were in front with their kids.

"Hey, guys," Alanna said.

"Where did the crowd come from?" Sasha asked.

"We don't know, " Jenna said.

"They just followed us up here," Ivan replied. Everyone walked to the Vale entrance.

Sasha, Kevin, Alanna, and Taryn looked around at everyone.

"G'bye everyone," Taryn said. Sheba hugged her son. She gave him a green stone.

"It's the hover jade. Take it with you."

Ivan walked over and handed him a blue gem. "You may need this as well. Teleport can really come in handy." And with this, their parents all gave them the items that helped them use some of the various psynergies they had known. The shopkeeper hurried to them. He carried a sheath that a sword was already in.

"Wait, Sasha! You may need this." he unsheathed the Elemental Blade. "I even shined it." he stated proudly. She took the sword and stared at it in awe.

"But- don't I have to buy it?" she asked him.

He shook his head. "Sasha, I have never seen such a great aura come from you when you held this brand. Clearly, you should have it. And I will not take no for an answer."

Sasha smiled. Jenna handed Alanna the Phaeton's Blade. "This helped me. Now it can help you." She hugged her daughter.

Sheba handed her son the Meditation Rod. "Don't lose it, Taryn. Ok?" Taryn nodded.

"Thanks for those little djinn- thingies," Alanna said said.

"We feel much stronger," Taryn agreed.

With a final farewell from the village and their parents, they reluctantly stepped outside of their home into unknown land.

"I knew that would get eveyone to see," Kali watched the four leaving their home from far away. She smirked. "I don't think the Wise One could've came up with a better idea." she pulled a strand of long, wavy black hair out of her face. Her snake hissed softly on the ground.

Lena looked down at it uneasily. "Yeah, what you said. But, did you really have to bring that thing with us?" She notioned to the long- glossy black snake. Kali picked it up and put it around her shoulders. "It's not gonna hurt you- Fang knows you're my friend."

"What about you?"

"Do you think poison will hurt a darkness adept?" Kali asked her. "Now, I don't know about a Sol adept- but don't worry, he won't hurt you!"

"I can't believe you sent those thieves to Vale!" Lena exclaimed.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures. And Sasha's parents clearly weren't gonna let her stop Alex without the proper proof, so..."

"But thieves? We could've told them ourselves!"

"Think about it, Lena. Us, the last adepts of our kinds, walking into Vale and saying, "Sasha, Kevin, Alanna, and Taryn have to save the world from some power-hungry fool."

"Yeah- no one would believe that there are still Luna and Sol adepts left in Weyward. Guess we're gonna have to wait until the right time to reveal ourselves." Lena ran a hand through her white hair. "But I hope they train and not just travel."

Ok, to get an understanding, Kali is a luna/darkness adept.Lena is a Sol adept. I got their names from some little name book I looked in at the store. Kali means 'dark goddess or full of energy.' Lena means 'light." Two names that sound good and describe their kind- a two for the price of one deal!

Also, forgive me if the short little fight scene was kinda suckkish- I am seriously not good at making fight scenes and I have never leveled up enough to learn every single psynergy. And about the weapons- I think I know they were a little off, but hey who cares(I don't). This is what I gave them (this time- I didn't use a password now)and I'm right at the end of the game.

Please review, and thanks for reading my story. I'll get the next chappie done soon.