Mia

"One-two-three-four,five-six-seven-eight." my team called out during our practice. I stood up on their hands and pulled my leg up in the air over my head.

"Go Cardinals!" I said finally letting go and flipping into my squads red and black colored arms. They praised me for the stunt. Although, I wouldn't be able to do it without them. I went to go get my water bottle from the grass and take a sip, I was exhausted. Our cheerleading squad has been practicing extra hard. It was the end of the year game and we had to make it a good one. I reached my lips to the cool tasting water and took a sip. Immediately I felt a bit better. The hydrating power of water I guess.

"Hey! Mia!" A familiar sounding voice called from a little ways behind me. I turned around and saw my quarterback boyfriend running towards me. He was just starting practice, since the coaches don't like the cheerleaders distracting the football players.

"Hey Jake." I said cooly.

"Do you have to leave?" He said suddenly serious. Of course he was meaning the element simulations. At the end of the year we go through a bigger simulation than usual that tells us if we are an elemental or not. The government tries to keep us from learning it, but I have an obsession over it, I really believe. An elemental is a person that has the powers of either water, air, fire, earth, lightning, darkness, or light. It's a rumor that these people exist, but why else would we have to take a big test? I wouldn't know what it's like to be an elemental, but I don't want to be! They are complete weirdos! I hope that I won't be one,they get made fun of and nobody likes them.

"No, I haven't gone through a simulation yet." I told him.

"So you haven't gotten results?" He asked to make sure.

"No."

"Then I won't tell you my results until you get yours." He argued.

"Come on!" I teased. It couldn't be that bad could it?

"No."

"Yes!"

"I have to move." Jake revealed. My world crashed down on top of me.

"I'm happy for you, but I was hoping that we would stay together longer." I told him upset.

"It's okay, you'll be with me soon," he told me. "Besides, I will see you around town."

"But we live miles away from each other!" I protested.

"I know, I guess we have to break up then." He said sadly.

"This world is stupid, it is ripping us apart," I said grabbing my things.

"Want me to take you home?" He questioned.

"Sure I guess," I said as we walked to his car. I stepped up the retracting steps and into his hover car. Every time I get in this car I get nauseous. I used to study the old cars, there were roads that the cars drove on and there were rules people had to follow. I couldn't imagine having to drive on just one side of the road if even at all, I mean i'm not that old to have driven on a road. I looked out the window at all of the trees below, I noticed they were starting to turn white.

As he levitated down towards my house I gathered my things in my lap.

"Bye, I will miss you!" I told him. He gave me a small hug, trying to avoid traffic, then left. I walked to my house and scanned my hand against the screen. "Mum! I'm home!" I yelled, grabbing a sandwich off the plate she had prepared for me and throwing my backpack on the couch. I looked around the house at the white painted walls while eating the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and at the rich colored wood floor. The house looked so comfy, I was raised in this house, I remember running down the hallway and sliding on the black and white tiled floor in my socks.

"Oh honey! What did you do at school today?"

"I haven't taken the simulation yet." I said to her. "Mum, what would you think it would be like, to be an elemental?" I whispered, we weren't allowed to talk about elementals because it was a childish thing to believe in.

"I bet it makes life exciting, I'm sure you would love it!" She told me reassuringly. I went up to my room and got on my holograter. I had a new holographic email from my friend Astrid.

"Hey Mia!"

"What's up?" I asked her.

"Nothing much." She answered, but as I was reading it I heard my mom call up from downstairs.

"Mist Kendall Briny! Get your stuff off this couch! I just cleaned!" I rolled my eyes and walked down the stairs quickly. I grabbed my backpack I had thrown and went into the kitchen to get something to drink. I got a small red cup and ran it under the faucet. I was about to bring it to my lips when I got the sensation of having to sneeze. I quickly turned around in the crouch and sneezed toward the floor.

When I looked downwards into my cup, it was empty, but there wasn't anything on the floor, so it couldn't have spilled. I returned to a standing up position and turned around, in my face was water in the shape of my cup, standing still in the air.

I screamed and the water immediately fell to the floor.

"What is it!" My mum and ran to me with a shoe in her hand, she probably thought there was a spider. I pointed towards the water on the floor. "Why are you screaming at water?" She asked confused.

"I-It was... up in t-the air and... then it fell!" I said describing what had happened. "Why did this happen?" I asked her. She replied with a small nod sideways, insisting she didn't know.

"I'm going to Astrid's house!" I yelled as she started to walk around and gather towels.

"Okay have fun, but don't tell anyone this happened." She informed me sternly.

"Alright." I told her, closing the door. I ran to my hoverboard and hopped on it, I hated cars and walking. So this is the only way I can actually get places without feeling nauseous.

I scanned my hand against the screen of Astrid's house, I had access to her house because I have been friends with her since we were little.

"It's Mia!" I yelled. Astrid immediately ran out to me from the living room. "I have to tell you something," I whispered in her ear. She nodded and took me to her bedroom.

"What is it?" She asked. I quickly told her about what had just happened to me with the water and sneezing.

When I finished I paused to look at her she had the reassuring blue-green eyes that I have always liked. She had long straight blonde hair that really contrasted to my dark black hair.

"Do you think you can do it again?" She asked.

"I really don't know," I said, maybe if I tried hard enough I could. "Maybe?"

"Try it before we start to freak out about it." She told me, then she left to go get a cup of water from the kitchen.

When she returned a wave of dread fell over me. If this is really me doing the water tricks then... Am I an Elemental?

"Here, take this and try to do something." she said handing me the glass of water. I took it in front of me and tried to raise the water out of the cup. Closing my eyes, I focused on the energy of the water and tried to raise it. I pictured it in a swirling motion rising up out of the glass. I opened my eyes slowly and heard Astrid gasp. The water was going around in circles. Like a whirlpool, then it started to rise upward and make a sort of hurricane. I tried to make it stop, but it wouldn't!

"Help!" I called out towards Astrid. She grabbed the glass out of my hands and swooped up the water. I glanced up at Astrid, she had a look of surprise on her face.

"Okay, I have to show you something too," she told me. I knitted my eyebrows together and watched her. "Come towards me." She commanded. I started to walk towards her and got pushed back by an almost invisible force. Then I looked closer and saw clear waves circling around her, like the heat waves off a car.

"Are we elementals?" I asked her.

"Yes, they're real." She replied. My head started to spin. Why would I be one? I didn't think I had any possible chance to be an elemental!

"Which one are you?" I asked Astrid holding my stomach from my uneasiness.

"Light, I found out today, it's obvious your water." She answered.

"What do we do?" I questioned.

"We can't tell anyone, that wouldn't be a very smart idea." She said.

"Are there any more like us?" If there are, then we need to find them.

"I don't know, but Mist, don't you dare tell Jake!" She said sternly.

"Don't call me that! Besides, we had to break up because he had to move." I revealed to her.

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

"It's fine," I said pausing to keep my voice from cracking."You didn't like him anyways." I smiled. She set the glass of water on a nearby table and pulled me into a hug.

"So, we know you can make shapes with water, what about other things?" She asked.

"Well I haven't tried anything." I answered.

"Let's practice with your control, I can tell it's hard for you." Astrid remarked.

"Sure." I agreed. Then she walked over to where the cup of water was and picked it up.

"Think fast!" She said throwing the water at my face. I quickly put my hands up to shield myself from the water. I braced myself to feel the cold liquid, but it never came. I moved my hands away from my face and saw the little droplets of water five inches from my eyes. When I moved my hands, the water moved too. I reached out and tried to touch the little water droplets, they felt like jello or some kind of clear jello. But if I pressed too hard it would burst into smaller droplets.

So I practiced with moving it around the room and then put it back in front of me. I quickly moved my hands forward, as if I was holding my hands up to stop someone, and the water got all over Astrid.

"Hey!" She laughed.

"What do I do at school tomorrow?" I suddenly questioned.

"Well, you haven't taken the biggest simulation, so you will have to do that and then come with me to a place." She answered, what will the simulation be like?

"What kind of place?"

"I don't know, but be prepared for the simulation." She informed me.

"Okay, I will. I guess I'll see you soon. I have to go home and explain everything to my mom."

"Bye, oh and don't cause the electricity to spark from some freak water accident."

"Sure." I said walking out of her room and started to head to my house.

"Mum! I have to talk to you!" I yelled.

"Good! I have to talk to you also, we have some visitors." She said from inside the living room. I walked to her, who could possibly be here? Sitting on my sofa was the principal.

"Hello Mist."

"Please, call me Mia." I told him shaking his hand. I hated him, he made the stupidest rules at school.

"Okay, Mia. How are you? Did you notice anything different about yourself lately?"

"Like what?" I asked not completely sure if I should trust him.

"Well, your mother says that you had a certain water incident." He stated. Great, thanks mother. There's no sense in lying now.

"Yes actually."

"We'll need you to pack right away."

"What?"

"We need you to pack sweetie." My mum said with her voice shaking.

"Will you hel-"

"I'm sorry, but that can't be permitted." Principal Walters cut me off.

"Well, why not?" I asked annoyed. "Can't I say goodbye to my mother?"

"No, I'm afraid we have to go right now, so go pack your things." He said fiercely. I stormed up the stairs and went through my toiletries. I also packed my photo screen and pillow. It was a special pillow that would show me my dreams if I had any. When I looked in the mirror above the sink in my bathroom to get my hair brush, I noticed that my hair was starting to get a blue tint to it. I put my hair in a better ponytail, then I put a water bottle in my purse next to my phone and went back downstairs.

"Bye Mum."

"Bye, Mia," She said. That was the first time she ever called me by my nickname."I will miss you, do what they say, okay?"

"Okay." I repeated. Then the principal tried to grab my elbow lightly. I pulled away and walked out my door and ducked my head into the long black hover car.

When I got to the place, I noticed it looked like a big school. I walked up to the doors and standing there was a girl and two boys.

The girl had red hair and looked seriously hostile in her black t-shirt and skinny jeans.

"Oh great, a cheerleader." She said chewing on gum. I suddenly realized that I was still wearing my uniform.

"Come on girls and boys, we have to get you to your rooms," The principal said leading us inside the building. The inside was a metallic silver color and each of the many rooms had a lock on it. The doors had holographic notes on the screen. "Read the names and if they are yours then that's your room." The principal explained briefly.

The one we were just outside had my name on it and another girl called Danica. I stopped in front of the room and scanned my hand. I quickly went inside and looked around.

The floors were glass, on my side there was water underneath that moved in waves, and on the other side there was lava. There were two beds with bedside tables that had small white lamps with three poles carrying a white glow ball, and a closet on either side of the bed with a door that I was guessing is the bathroom. There were also desks with holograters on them and a few windows above the beds. One bed with a blue blanket and the other with a red one.

I also noticed a small, round glass container on the bedside table, it was empty right now, but it had a small lid on it that probably meant we could put something inside it. I looked at the glass desk, it had a small slot engraved in the corner with a metal button next to it. I of course, being curious pressed it.

A holographic message appeared upward and displayed a schedule. I skipped through it by pressing the small arrow in the corner with my finger and saw instructions to the small glass ball. It read,

To use Element Displayer

Open lid

Gather desired element

Put inside

Close lid

I was extremely intrigued by this and so I opened my water bottle and focused on raising the water out of the bottle. A medium sized droplet raised upward. I opened the lid with one hand and levitated the drop inside. When I stopped focusing and closed the lid, the droplet stayed the way I put it.

Then I turned around and noticed a handle in the wall next to the closet. It was a silver color that matched the wall, when I pulled it open three blue double sided tridents were all in a row next to each other, one was small, one medium, and one large. Why would I need a weapon? I thought this was a school.

Next I opened the door that I thought was a bathroom, sure enough it was. The ceiling and floor were white and the walls were light blue. As soon as I walked in, there was a small white sink with a metal cabinet underneath and a mirror above the sink to my right. On the opposite wall from the sink, was a toilet and some cotton toilet paper on the back of it. The last thing I saw was a circular shower, almost like a globe with a small door in the front.

Leaving the bathroom, I unpacked my clothes into the closet, there were about five blue uniforms in it and then another different uniform that I'm guessing was the pajamas.

The first outfit I examined was the pjs. It was navy blue leggings with matching spandex, loose shirt, and a sports bra.

Next, I pulled one of our daily uniforms out and examined it, the uniform was like a full body diving suit, with holes for my heels to go in and a water droplet logo on my left shoulder with the name F.E.L.L.D.P.A.W underneath in the middle of an eight way white star. In the front was the zipper that would run through the middle of my body so it was easy to put on, the hem of it was black.

I was starting to get thirsty just looking at the water suit, so I got my water bottle out of my purse. I drank it and then heard the sound of the sliding door open. I took the drink away from my lips and standing in the doorway was the girl with skinny jeans. She looked as mad as I felt. I sighed in exasperation.

"I don't think we started off on the right foot." she said to me. I agreed and walked to her, shaking her hand. "My name's Danica, but I prefer to be called Dani."

"My name is Mist, you can call me Mia."

"Your parents liked water names."

"I guess." I told her, returning to my side of the room. I then tested out the bed after returning my uniform to the closet."Ugh, this bed feels like a rock!" Then I pulled back the bed sheets and, sure enough the bed was metal.

"Absolutely great, first they take us here and then doesn't even bother to make the conditions livable!" Dani exclaimed looking at her bed too. Then she looked in her closet. I got a bit nosy and peaked at her suit. It was a uniform like mine, only red and had a fire logo at the shoulder. "Do you have any idea why we're here?"

"Yes actually, have you heard of the people called Elementals?"

"The what's?" She asked confused looking at me. Then I explained to her about what they are and what they can do.

"So...we're supposed to be these...Elementals?" she asked, trying to wrap her mind around everything that was going on.

"Yes, we are." I told her.

"So, which one am I?"

"I don't know, what can you do?"

"I may have accidentally caught myself on fire once..." she admitted. I looked at her skin, she had no burns.

"You're most likely fire judging by your half of the room."

"Which one are you?" She questioned. Am I really about to admit to being a water elemental even though we are supposed to be enemies with each other? Can I accept the feeling that our friendship will go down the drain?

"Water." I replied.