I decided to make this story literally off of impulse. I think it'll explain some if anything.
Disclaimer: Look at the previous chapters and read.
Side Story 2: The Way the Wind Blows
The cliffs of Mushroom Rock towered over the ocean that crashed against their rocky bases and gave view of the sun, which set a fiery red in the distance. Hazel looked out upon the ocean and watched the sun's rays sparkle as they refracted off its surface and made beautiful colors. A girl of 7, she had spent most of her life by the shores of Mushroom rock and adored it's different sights and experiences as well as the sense of freedom it gave. Now she gazed upon the beauteous scene and felt the power that it emanated, felt its colors wrap around her in an embrace. She bent down and picked up a large rock and prepared to throw it into the ocean below. This was part of a favorite game that Hazel played often, she called it" Ripple." You threw a rock into the ocean and see how large the ripple was. Now she chucked the rock with all her might into the far reaches of the sea and observed it's decent to the surface. It hit the water and created an explosion of white bubbles that flew to the top as it landed and she laughed. Then her expression changed as the bubbles disappeared and in its place appeared a black spot. It began to grow outwards, like a poison taking over its host. The wind began to blow violently towards the hole and Hazel felt it begin to pull her in as she grabbed for a rock and held on to it with all her might. A large whirlpool was created around the black spot, and then it disappeared, swallowed by the ocean. Hazel walked cautiously to the edge of the cliff and looked down at the once again smooth ocean surface. She breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn when she saw a bubble come up and pop at the place where the rock had hit. BOOM! A massive vortex of water shot from the ocean depths and shot out directly in front of Hazel's frozen form. Inside the vortex was a massive whale-like animal that looked straight at her without moving. They stayed staring at each other for a while before the whale began to convulse wildly and its eyes began to bulge. Hazel watched in awe as it reared its head and coughed out a large red mass that shot out of its mouth and landed right behind her. The wind began to blow again and the whale started to descend to the ocean again. Hazel walked to the edge and stared at the now even surface of the water in wonder. She turned her attention to the red mass that had been expelled from the whale's throat. To her surprise, it was a man in a large red coat with a humongous silver sword on his back and dark sunglasses over his eyes. She kicked him in the side lightly, but nothing happened so she sat down beside him and stared to wait. After a couple hours or so, the man began to stir and with a violent cough, woke himself up with a start. His experienced hands flew to his sword and had already gripped it tight when he noticed that there was no danger to be seen, just Hazel sitting next to him staring.
"What do you want little girl" he asked in a tired voice that sounded as if it only was heard when it needed to be and was always law no matter what.
Hazel stood up and stuck her hand out" I'm Hazel. Nice ta meet'cha mister."
The man seemed taken aback by her introduction, but quickly shrugged the emotion off like he would a garment of clothing and chuckled back" I'm Auron. Pleasure is all mine."
He took her hand and shook it lightly before getting on all fours and raising himself to his feet. Now Hazel looked up at his massive height in admiration" Wow. You're tall. Can you take me back to my house"
Auron smiled at the girl and said" Of course."