I was thrown into my cell and hit my head on the cement. I sat up and began to rub my head. Looking around I couldn't see Aubrey. "Aubrey," I called lightly "Please tell me you're here."

Silence filled the room. I got into a corner; I saw food a couple inches away from me. It didn't look appetizing. The main meal looked like a lump of mush, and whatever was next to that I didn't want to know. I saw a cup of water and took a sip-it was salty. I spat it out and lay against the wall. I let my eyes wander around the room and gradually it came back to my salty water.

I used my hands and started to play with it. I would lift it up and make shapes with it. Little sphere droplets danced along the air to the music I had in my mind. I made a tiny dancer to join in and soon had a great performance to entertain me.

Gordon told me that my species are powerful because our powers consist of elements; water, fire, air, and earth. Most Nelum only have one element, some lucky ones have two. I'm special because I have them all. I only know how to use water though; he was going to teach me more before I was captured.

My thoughts travelled over to my friends. Why would they betray me? I wanted to know the reason. Just to get Aubrey back? Aren't there better ways? I missed them and I wanted to know they were okay. I started thinking of my parents. I wasn't as mad at them; I understood why they didn't tell me. They couldn't, it seems that this whole Nazar thing was hidden from everyone. My parents probably didn't know. I missed them too, a lot more. Did they know what has been happening to me ever since they left?

The wall in front of me turned clear and I saw Aubrey. "Aubrey!" I yelled rushing over to her. She couldn't hear me; I saw her door open and Nazar walked in. Her stared at me but didn't say anything. He just smiled devilishly then turned back to Aubrey. She stood up with all her might and stared him in the face. He smirked and tapped her shoulder, she whimpered as she fell down.

"I have to admit Aubrey," Nazar said circling around her "Your ambition and senseless support for True is unfailing."

Aubrey looked at the floor "It's not senseless, she's my best friend. We stick together."

"If that's so true," He laughed at his bad joke "Why does she cause you so much pain?"

He pulled out his staff and I straightened up feeling the hairs on my neck stand up. He pointed it towards Aubrey who looked at him defiantly. Then a line of blue shot out of the staff and hit Aubrey. She jumped and screamed, shaking and crying for it to stop. Nazar pulled the staff away and Aubrey stopped moving looking exhausted. He looked at me through the wall "You see True? This is what happens when you disobey."

He laughed and the wall returned to thick cement again. I leaned back to against the wall with tears pricking my eyes. I couldn't let him hurt Aubrey again, and then I had a plan to get out of here. I smiled then heard the door open and wiped it off my face. To my surprise it was Louis.

"Hello True, good morning."

Morning? It felt like night. "What time is it?" I asked.

"About 9 o'clock." He answered "Would you like to see your friends?"

Yes! Of course I did, but why would he ask that?

"Why?" I asked.

"Why not?" He smiled "We are feeling generous right now. However if you don't want to I can understand why-"

"No!" I cut off; I changed my tone to sound less desperate. "I mean, yes. I would like to see my friends."

He smiled "Excellent. Follow me."

I stood up to follow and he held up his hand "First I have to put a charm on you."

I got defensive. "Relax; it's just a spell so you won't run away." He explained. He waved his hands and I felt stiff.

He took my hand and guided me into the hall way. It was breath taking, tall twenty foot walls with red velvet covering the walls. Pictures hung on the wall of famous paintings. The scream, Mono Lisa, and other famous paintings. High on the ceiling was Michelangelo's painting of babies, God, and the devil. If I actually liked the people that lived here I might have actually enjoyed myself.

We walked into a room with a table in the middle. It had four objects on it. A rock, a cup of water, paper, and finally sand. "What are we doing here?" I asked.

He let go of my hand a sat behind the table. "Just a little test, that's all."

I walked towards the table and the four things began to do crazy things. The rock began to crack and was lifted in the air, falling down in pieces. I looked at Louis with confusion and fear. He just nodded and wrote on a clip board. The cup of water didn't scare me as much, the water was lifted into a spiral and soon grew into a thicker and thicker spiral and then I commanded it to stop and it fell into the cup. The paper began to burn, and soon it was burnt to a crisp. Louis looked at me with surprise and wonder then wrote more on his clip board. The sand didn't do much; it just lifted itself up and spun around.

Louis quickly took my hand again "I thought we were going to see my friends?" I asked.

"Yes we are headed there right now." He said as he pulled me though the hallways.

We pulled up to a silver door. It was gigantic; mostly it reminded me of a bank. Around the edges there were vines and flowers, it was memorizing to the eye. "Who lives here?" I asked.

That would be Charlie." Louis stated simply.

"Just Charlie?" I confirmed.

Louis nodded "He was rewarded for bringing you here so we gave him a nice room and he gets edible food,"

So he admits the food isn't edible.

"However he is punished for fighting Nazar and his team so he's put in isolation."He finished explaining.

Poor Charlie. He was so much fun to be around but he was the leader of his family, it must be killing I'm not knowing where they are.

"How do I get in?" I asked.

"Figure that out for yourself." Louis said.

I looked around the door and there was a lot of earth…which gave me an idea. First I tried to open the door by the handle but it was useless. It was locked. I commanded in my mind for a vine to come down and it did. It went into the key hole and unlocked the door. I heard Louis scribbling on his clipboard but I didn't care. I walked in and saw the Amazon jungle. It was amazing.

Tree's high up to the ceiling, I couldn't even see the walls. Colorful tropical flowers popped up every wear and I heard running water somewhere in the room. The only thing I didn't hear however was animals. No screech of monkeys, no roar of lions. It was completely absence of animal noises. I heard a rustling in the tree's and Charlie dropped in front of me.

"Ahh!" I yelled in alarm.

"Relax True," laughed Charlie "it's just me."

"You seem pretty happy," I noted "How have you been?"

"Oh just great." He drew out "I have a nice room, good food, excellent service, and get this; I haven't seen a human or even talked to one since I got here!" He began to laugh more "I'm having a ball." He said disgustingly.

"I'm sorry." I replied sorrowful. "This is awful."

"No True," Charlie said back "I'm sorry, it's not your fault I'm in here, it's mine. It was my idea to trade you for Aubrey; I should have known it was a trap."

I smiled at his apology "I forgive you." I quickly looked around the room; no one was in here not even Louis. "I have a plan." I gave him a slip of paper and whispered quietly in his ear. He looked up and nodded then I said goodbye and left.

I watch Louis and he grabbed my hand again and led me to sixteen similar boxes. It was further down the hall and when I looked behind me I couldn't see the greenery of Charlie's room. Up in clear boxes were Charlie's brothers and sisters.

"Why are they here?" I gasped "They look like testing subjects in a lab."

"That's because they are." Louis explain "You see True, we have a lot of experiments that we need to continually try and these sixteen Geegors are perfect since they don't die easily and can practically have anything happen to them."

I looked closer at each Geegors. They were sad, and looked miserable. Some had broken arms, others had bruises. I hated it they were being treated like Rats! I felt wind around me and pictures on the wall began swaying. I started to fly up to the boxes but Louis raised his hand and stopped me.

I looked at him and the winds grew stronger and heavier, now everything was blowing everywhere. A statue fell to the ground and broke even the boxes began to wiggle out of there cubbies. I raised the winds more and more then Louis held up his hands "Stop!"

I heard a loud booming voice and fell down to the hall way carpet. Stunned I just laid there, and then I heard Nazar come out "What is the meaning of this?" He yelled. I felt his gaze on me and I prayed that it would go away. "My my," He whistled "If you could do this to my hall way, imagine what you can do to armies." He began to laugh and I tried to stand up again to fight him. I couldn't then I heard him leave.

When I was finally calmed down Louis stood me up and wrote on his clipboard, curiously enough it was the only thing still in perfect condition. He looked up at me pleasantly "Shall we visit the next room?"

I nodded like I was pulling taffy.

We walked to a cement cell that looked very similar to mine "Is this Gordon's?"

Louis shook his head "This is Shelby's room; we don't have many rooms that can fit giants so this one had to suffice. However, because it is a cell she doesn't get very good treatment either."

I opened the handle and gently walked in "Shelby?"

I looked in the corner at a hunched pile of skin and then it looked up at me and I saw the bright blue eyes and her stringy hair "Shelby!" I called. I ran over and gave her a hug. She began to cry "True I'm so sorry," Her nose started running and she sniffed it up "I didn't know it was a trick and I just got all excited I'm so sorry." Her giant tear drops got me all wet.

I gently toughed her arm "It's okay." I coaxed "Stop crying, everything will be all right." I pulled her ear down to my level and whispered the plan I had. She bolted right up and smiled "I knew with True!" She yelled. I Shhhed her "Be quiet, you hav eto pretend I didn't tell you anything okay?"

She nodded. I noticed her hair was everywhere so I took some water and dabbed her hair with it "Good bye." I said leaving. "Good bye." She replied back.

I came out of the cell soaking wet. Louis looked at me confused "She cried." I explained "You monsters made her cry."

I drew the water out of my clothes with my hands and then spread them up in the air. They fell on us like mist. Louis wrote in his clip board and took me to another cell, Guppy's.

I walked in and saw Guppy pacing trying to figure a way out. I smiled at his loyalty "Guppy." I called. He stopped moving and turned to me "True! How'd you get out are we free? Did you kill Nazar? What is-"

"Guppy," I laughed "No, I'm not free yet. Are you okay?"

He frowned "No. I'm hungry and I want to get out."

I looked behind me and Louis was staring at me. "Guppy, things happen for a reason." I coaxed. He was about to complain and I winked at him. He relaxed and shrugged "Whatever, bye."

I blew him a kiss and left the cell with a hidden smile on my face.

I looked at Louis and he stepped back "Did you know your eyes are on fire?"

He showed me a mirror and I stepped back myself. The pupil of my eye was fire like, and the rest of my eyes seemed to turn red. I gazed into them deeper; they seemed so mystifying and alluring.

Louis cleared his throat and I backed out of my Trance. "We have one last visit, with a request hooked to it."

"Gordon?" I hoped.

"No, you are not allowed to see Gordon. This visit though will hit home with family." He explain walking me down the hall way.

I groaned, my brother. He was a trader. While I did feel sorry for him even that was a feeling buried deep and isolated. We came to double doors and Louis knocked on them.

"Who is it?" A spoiled voice called.

"Your sister and I." Louis said.

"Come in!" The voice said dramatically changing its voice.

Louis opened the door and showed me in. "Leave us alone." Arthur said to Louis. He smiled at me "I'd like to spend some quality time alone with my sister."

"Yes sir," Louis said bowing out and shutting the door.

I heard the door snap shut and immediately wished I could race out of the room, it was beautiful and all because he chose Nazar's side. His room was beached themed. With light blue walls and sandy carpet. The bed it was I loved most though. The frame was of the ocean, waves were sketched in and little fishes glowed on the edges the comforter on the bed looked thick and warm, it was soft satin.

Arthur noticed me looking at it "Want to sit down?" He offered "It is a very soft bed."

I shook my head. Like I would ever sleep in a trader's bed.

"You know it's a shame." He said pitifully "There you are a perfectly good Nelum and yet you choose to live in a basement."

"I'm forced to." I reminded.

"No, you chose it." He fought back "Because you could have what I have. A nice room, with nice food, and having everyone respect you."

"Respect?" I gasped "Try fear. This whole castle is ruled by fear. How can you live like that?"

"I stick with family." He fought "And because I did I don't have to stay in a basement with rats and bugs."

"You sided with Nazar." I stated "May I ask how you found out about him?"

He stayed quiet "It doesn't matter how. All that matters is I'm supporting the family. You know our father isn't that bad."

"HA!" I belted "Really? He rules in fear and torment, he imprisons anyone who makes a wrong gesture to him and tortures anyone when he wants to and how he wants too. He is incredibly bad."

"What is you could change that?" He challenged "Imagine the good that he could do."

"He's not going to change. Don't you know what he did to my mother?" I asked.

Arthur looked like he was hit in the chest "My mother is fine, she lives in the castle and has a wonderful life."

"You've seen her?" I calmly asked.

"Well, no but-"

"They are telling you lies Arthur. Your mom might be in the castle but she's a Henith. Either that or maybe she was never an angel in the first place."

"Take that back!" He yelled as he threw and chair at my direction.

He has the element of wind. I realized.

"Arthur, stop. I don't want to fight you." I said calming him down.

"You just don't get it do you. Nazar loves us, we are his children." He said.

"No," I replied calmly "He doesn't love us because we are his children, he loves us because we are his weapons."