Jessica yawned, turned over, and squinted at the clock. It's so hard to see without my glasses... She felt around and found them. She yawned once more, tossed off the covers, and stumbled out of bed. She went to the bathroom, and turned on the light. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, Jessica waited until the static cleared from her eyes. She didn't expect to see a pair of wings behind her.

"Oh. My. Gosh."

This had happened to all five Elements, each with their own response. (Jacovie screamed.) The only thing they knew was that they somehow sprouted wings out of their backs, and didn't know where they came from. Jessica called Julie, who already woke up and was already testing her wings. Later, each of them met with each other, and pretty soon, they learned to control their wings, and learned to live with them. The teachers had been a bit suspicious, (Mr. Solomon had tried to pull Jacovie's wings off, convinced that he was celebrating Halloween early; Jacovie was offended, as he doesn't celebrate anything, due to his religion) but they also accepted the weird happenings that seemed to happen around the school. (Ms. Pope thought the windows were open somewhere; the classroom seemed rather cold, due to breezes) Jessica still wondered why she had been given the amulets, and what they needed them for. Based on experience, she estimated a month until she would know. She over-estimated.


"So they just spent millions of dollars on a pen that could work in space, when the same thing could be achieved by using a pencil. Idiots."

Mr. Solomon's comment was, like always, greeted with laughter. A brilliant mind he was, but still funny. Jessica, however was preoccupied. The joke registered in her mind, but the only thing she could think about were the mysterious things that had happened. It was so hard to take her mind off it. Why do we need these powers? Why did we get them? Why not others? These questions kept running through her mind, never leaving her alone, pestering her like crazy. Looking out the window, she wished that something would happen.

BOOM

Spoke too soon.

"What the h---?" was the statement half the classroom had shouted. The door was suddenly torn down, (as was half the wall) and a giant techno Viking stomped in, followed by others who looked similar.

"I am Gunnar the Conqueror, and we shall conquer your planet!"

Everyone (except a few) screamed.

"No, you won't."

The Viking turned to look at the person who spoke up. The girl in question (Jessica) glared back. She recognized him from the pilot episode of Loonatics Unleashed. (Loonatics on Ice) And she knew exactly what to do.

"Yes, we will," replied Gunnar stubbornly.

"No, you won't," Jessica said coolly.

"Yes, we will."

"No, you won't."

"Yes, we will."

"Yes, you will."

"No we will not conquer your planet!" thundered Gunnar, and he swung his sword around, tearing the table of elements. (but not the five natural Elements)

"Fine, have it your way," said Jessica, imitating Ace Bunny. Gunnar roared, and shot a bolt of ice at her. People screamed again, and Alex Peace dived under the table. Jacovie was frozen in place, debating whether or not to use his powers. On one hand, Jessica's about to be frozen. On the other hand, his powers are supposed to be a secret...however Jessica handled it well. She held out her hand, and the ice stopped. It rolled into a sphere. Gunnar stepped back, and the other Vikings backed away further. The ice hovered in midair, then vanished. Gunnar simply stared, but he regained his senses and attacked. Jessica flew (literally) out of the way. Gunnar kept attacking, and in his frenzy, he smashed the window. Jessica immediately flew out the window, and Gunnar chased after her. The class took this chance to run out the door, but Jacovie flew after Jessica. The security guards were in a panic trying to figure out what to do. Everyone started to evacuate, and Lauren zoomed out. Jessica and Jacovie are probably being chased or something...she thought.

Jessica zoomed away from Gunnar and his followers, not realizing she was heading toward Skinner. Jacovie was flying after them, with Lauren close behind. Jessica stuck her tongue out at the Vikings, which only caused them to get madder, and one of them shot some ice at her. She ducked, and the ice smashed through a window. Jessica looked behind her, only then noticing that the second grade class was screaming, the teacher pushing them out the door. That was when Jessica realized it was Skinner that was now the battlefield, not Whitney Young. Jacovie and Lauren noticed too, and Jacovie angrily formed a sword out of fire, melting one of the Viking's metal heads. The rest turned toward him and half of them started attacking him, while Gunnar and the rest attacked Jessica. Undetected, Lauren flew to the second floor. Peering through the windows, she saw Ms. Pope's classroom, the class looking rather confused, since there was so much noise downstairs, while Ms. Pope reminded them that they were having a test, and they shouldn't be distracted. That was rather hard to do, since a plant had just opened a window.

"JULIE, STEPHANIE, WE NEED YOU!" yelled Lauren. Ms. Pope turned around, confused. Julie and Stephanie both noticed the giant Vikings attacking Jessica and Jacovie, and with a quick apology to Ms. Pope, sped out of the window to help. Lauren tied down some of the Vikings with vines, while Julie shocked a few who fell down. Stephanie trapped some in a whirlwind, and Jacovie melted a few of their heads. Jessica took away their swords, which were curiously heavy. Finally, the Vikings gave up.

Jessica fell against the wall, panting. Never had she done so much work in less than ten minutes. The rest of them were tired too. Both schools' students were coming out, and some were examining the Vikings. It wasn't long before police arrived on the scene, and they looked a bit flustered, as if they had been doing some fighting themselves. The Elements didn't notice, due to lack of energy. Stephanie fell on the ground next to Jessica, who patted her little cousin's hair flat, as if to say, "You've done good." The police rushed over to them, thinking that they were injured, attacked by the freak metal...freaks...on the ground, but the children backed away, afraid of the police noticing their wings, afraid of being taken to a laboratory to be studied. But the police were kind enough not to do that. However, they had to be taken to the police station to be questioned. Some of the students who had seen them use their powers waved at them in thanks as they passed by, and they waved back. Stepping inside the van, the five children looked at each other, sighed, and buckled their seat belts.


Notes:

Jacovie, Lauren, and Jessica are twelve.

Julie is almost twelve.

Stephanie is almost eleven.

Jessica, Jacovie, Lauren, Stephanie, and Julie © themselves. Used without permission, hahaha. Y'know, I should actually tell Lauren I put her in here.

Gunnar and his Vikings © WB

Mr. Solomon © himself (also used without permission. Sorry, Mr. Solomon!)

Alex Peace © himself (gee, I really should ask people before I use them in stories. Eh.)

Ms. Pope © herself (yaaay, more people you readers don't know)

Mark T. Skinner Elementary School © ...uh...y'know what? Screw that! Who copyrights a school?

We're getting closer to the good part! ...eh.