Ok, get ready for a boring chapter. One so boring that I didn't even force Kelsier to come along. But it's important anyways, so just read it.

I do not own Mistborn or Death Note.

Iron: Pulls on nearby sources of metal; stores physical weight. An "Ironpull" is when an allomancer pulls on a metal while burning iron. If the metallic item is lighter than the user, it is pulled toward the user and the user acts as an anchor. If the metallic item is heavier than the user, the user is pulled toward it, and acts as an anchor. A misting that burns iron is known as a "Lurcher."

Steel: Pushes on nearby sources of metal; stores physical speed. A "Steelpush" is when an allomancer pushes on a metal while burning steel. It the metallic item is lighter than the user, it is pushed away from the user and the user acts as an anchor. If the metallic item is heavier than the user, the user is pushed back, and the item acts as the anchor. A misting that burns steel is known as a "Coinshot."

"I already knew that," Zara said to herself. She was reading one of the many research books on allomancy in her room. She had been wandering around, trying to find something to do, and had stumbled across the bookshelf. She hadn't been big into reading in her younger years, but the book on allomancy had intrigued her. She had never read a book that explained it all; she had learned from experience.

She flipped through the book, trying to find something that was different. And then she spotted something.

Atium: Sees into another person's future; stores age. A metal with god-like powers. It could make a person practically invincible. Was said to be mined at a place called "The Pits of Hathsin" in the days of the Final Empire. However, it has long since been extinct in the world, and has become only a legend. There were never reports of misting who could burn atium, although it has been thought of in theory. It is said that the Lord ruler stayed immortal by using a combination of allomancy and feruchemy, as well as the metal atium. He burned it, but instead was able to unlock the power of limitless age rather than the traditional power of seeing into another person's future.

"Now that's interesting," Zara said to herself. She had never heard of this "atium" metal, or how the Lord Ruler had stayed young for so long. And what was that mention about "feruchemy?" what exactly was feruchemy, anyways? Zara had never heard of such a thing. She flipped another page.

Malatium: Sees into another person's past; stores are unknown. Was once known as the legendary "Eleventh Metal." It is said that it was used to defeat the Lord Ruler and officially collapse the Final Empire. However, it also became known as a "God Metal" along with atium, because it was no longer seen after the collapse of the Final Empire.

Zara looked up from the book. She had never heard of malatium, either. Did it really exist, or was it just a myth inspired by those who defeated the Lord Ruler? And what was up with this feruchemy business?

She got up and looked around, spotting the albino (she still hadn't learned his name yet,) and Matt, the red head. She walked up to the albino boy, figuring he might know what all this business was about atium, malatium, and feruchemy. After all, he had been the one to tell her why she was here, and why the others were, too.

"Excuse me?" she asked.

He looked up at her from his card house. It was already over 2 feet high, with a balcony. "Yes?" he asked.

"Do you know what these words mean?" she asked.

He cocked his head in confusion. "What words?"

"Oh!" she pointed to the book. "These ones right here. Atium, malatium, and feruchemy."

He looked at them more closely, then took the book from her hands to stare even closer at the words. "I don't know," he mumbled. "I mean, I've heard these words before. The inquisitors were talking about them. But it was never actually explained. Especially this feruchemy business."

"Really?" asked Zara.

"Yeah," agreed the albino. "And one more thing." He pointed to the beginning of the steel section of the book. "Why do you think it says that steel 'stores physical speed?'"

Zara took the book from his hands, looking closer. "I don't know…" she trailed off.

"Just something to think about later," he said. "Now if you'll excuse me…" he waved his hand at her as he got back to his card house. It looked like he was trying to make it into a real house shape—something Zara had never done before.

She walked back over to where she had been reading—a corner by the bookshelf. She had ended up reading that book to find answers to questions about allomancy, so why did she come up with more questions than answers now? What was feruchemy? Did it have to do with why the steel section said "stores physical speed?" Or was it something else; something she had no knowledge of? Also, she hadn't realized the Lord Ruler had used anything other than very powerful allomancy to keep himself young. If anything, Zara had believed it was because he was just that powerful and had a connection with god.

She opened the book again.

Tin: Increases senses; stores senses. Pewter: Increases physical abilities; stores physical strength.

Zinc: Riots emotions; stores mental speed. Brass: Soothens emotions; stores warmth. Copper: Hides allomantic pulses; stores memories. Bronze: Allows one to hear allomantic pulses; stores wakefulness.

Cadium: Slows down time; stores breath. Bendalloy: Speeds up time; stores energy. Gold: Reavels your past self; stores health. Electrum: Reveals your own future; stores determination.

Chronium: Wipes allomantic reserves of target; stores fortune. Nicrosil: Enhances allomantic burn of target; stores investiture. Aluminum: Wipes internal allomantic reserves; stores identity. Duralumin: Enhances the next metal burned; stores connection.

They all had it. they all said "stores something." And it was always different, for each metal. But why? How could someone ever store "connection" or "warmth" or "breath?" Zara pondered this for a while.

She had heard of all the metals before, except atium and malatium, but those didn't really count. However, quite a few were too rare to be found for someone like her. Bendalloy , zinc, and brass had been too expensive for her family, ever since she was born. Also, the price had sky-rocketed ever since. Plus, duralumin was almost impossible to find since only mistborn ever used it, and mistborn were always taken by the inquisitors.

However, when she thought about it, chromium explained why Zara had reached to her metals during her fight with the inquisitors to find that they were gone.

There were too many questions for Zara, though. Too many to think about and too many to answer. Zara felt as though the answers were so high in the clouds and so far away that she would never reach them in her life. But she would try to find out, because she needed to know now.

What is feruchemy?