Ok so this one took more time, my computer had crashed and the file got corrupted beyond recovery, Rewrote it though. So here you are!
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Ch 4
One thing that was know to all, no matter who, where or when, were the elements, the five primal elements to be exact, fire, water, wind, earth, and ether. The fact that no matter who, or what, you were you could control each and everyone of them was also known by many, thought the training to do so was dangerous, many had attempted it, not many had succeeded, even after the secret to controlling the five was discovered. Fire, the wildest of the five, only needed to be controlled once, with force, to obey fully. Water, the calmest of the five, didn't need much to be controlled, as long as it was given some freedom as to the shape taken would be. Wind, the freest of the five, only needed a push towards what was wanted. Earth, the only solid one, the easiest to control, only needed to be shaped accordingly. And ether, the most mysterious, the one that could bind the elements together in order to create new ones or to give different effects, needed control of at least two of the four other element to be usable. Of course some elements were better to fight against another, but it was nothing insurmountable, fire hot enough could evaporate water on contact, and enough strong enough winds could cut through anything.
Every once in a while, someone, something, mixed the elements in a certain, unique way, a new element of sorts was born, one that had special properties, properties unlike what it should have, only usable by the one who had created it as if it gained those properties due to the users own desires. One known story regarding that, was of a man wielding a strange sword, being able to summon fire that froze, and ice that burnt.
Andr PoV
It had been 5 days since they had left the village, Blaze and her, and they were almost at destination. She had been surprised that he asked her to travel, his reason had made sense though, he knew nothing of the world as it was now, having someone who knew about the world, the current world, would be helpful to him. He had promised to teach her things that had been forgotten by the world, when he remembered them. He had given her one of the two bags he had made and the strange bow, after she had assured that she knew how to use one.
Then they had set out, Blaze asking if she knew about any isolated location where one could train without being disturbed, She did, she had even proposed just teleporting them there, but he had refused, saying that travelling by foot counted as part of training, she suspected it was because he wanted to see as much of the world as possible, no matter how little.
While they travelled, Blaze asked her about the world, about what had changed from what he could remember, he had seemed disturbed, angered even, by the amount of knowledge that had been forgotten. She learned tricks like how to stop most mobs from attacking. How to stop a creeper from exploding. How to look into an enderman's eyes without them being aggravated, hearing how had made her laugh, it was so simple, how it had been forgotten she didn't know, all it was, is keeping a clear mind, which is probably difficult when something towers over you. He had also told her things from during the war, things he hadn't forgotten.
Then after the sixth day, they had reached destination, well almost reached destination, they had scaled a mountain and from the top, she had showed him, a valley, surrounded by a chain of mountains, making it look like a bowl of sorts, "This has been here for a long time. I don't know if there are others who come here, but I haven't anything the could indicate someone ever living here." she said gesturing to Blaze towards what looked like a path down the mountain, "I made that path for whenever I come here. It's easier teleporting from up here." she said leading Blaze down to the valley, "I don't know why but mobs never ever comes here" she had said.
Blaze PoV
He had followed her, Andr, his companion, for six days, both of them exchanging information about past and present, he had done his best to tell he as much as she told him. She had led him to a familiar place, he hadn't told her, it may just have been him, then she had mentioned mobs not going to the valley, or the mountains surrounding it, he could understand, he didn't know if she felt it, it was subtle enough, like something grazing at him, a presence that felt both hostile and peaceful. He hadn't told her, if she couldn't feel it, whatever it was probably meant her no harm, but whatever it was, didn't like him, the closer he got to the valley floor, the more hostile it felt.
When they reached the floor, the presence wasn't gone, it felt as if it was just beneath the ground, close enough that he could stab it with his sword, speaking of he had seen trees in the valley, from the top of the mountain, it had felt like he knew what they were, he could investigate later though. Andr had turned too him worry evident in he amethyst eyes, "Are you ok? You look bothered" she had said staring at him, he shook his head "It feels as if something is going to attack me." he had told her, she raised a brow, "I don't feel anything. Are you sure it isn't just you?" she had asked, making him shake his head "It could explain why no mobs come here, whatever it is, it feels like it's going to jump out of the ground and attack me at any moment." he had said and she nodded. "I'm going to trust you. This is the only secluded place I know of though. If anything does attack-" he had cut her off at that "If anything attacks, I'm not giving them a chance to cause harm." he had said with finality.
He needed to go make sure he could use all of his powers properly and had told her as such, saying that he would need space, in case he lost control of them, she had nodded, if hesitantly, before he went farther in the valley though, he had told her about short-warping, something he remembered, seeing endermen do during the war, it wasn't something that alone was dangerous, exhausting maybe all it consisted of, was teleporting, warping, no more than two blocks at a time, to evade an opponents strike, or to attack an enemy's weak spot and pull out quickly. He had left, leaving her to her own devices for the moment.
He had walked, getting far enough that Andr wouldn't be hurt if he lost control of the elements, and that she wouldn't be caught in the cross fire if the presence attacked, far enough that he had found the trees he had seen from the mountain top, they were iron-wood, he would need to gather some before he left, but now wasn't the time, he walked farther than those, not quite to the other side of the valley, but far enough to not accidentally destroy them.
Then he started, closing his eyes and reminding himself of what he had learned, starting with the earth element, making things out of the very ground, spikes and boulders, he could get more creative if needed, now he was just testing, after that came water, there was no source nearby, so he would have to either pull some from underground, or from the air, he settled on doing the latter, if he could that meant he was still as powerful as before, after a bit he had managed, to pull a satisfactory amount of water from the air, he would need to practise more, while that was good, it wasn't enough for combat. Next came the two he had used the most, first wind, he made breezes to start, going to gales strong enough to rip trees out of the ground and to blades of air strong enough to make gashes in the ground, then, he went to fire, the element responding instantly, as if it had been waiting for him to call it, flames ran across his body, as if greeting a lost lover, not burning, only wrapping around him, like a second skin, then he used it, launching balls of fire through the air, scorching the ground, this was just him, enjoying himself slightly, the one who had though him to control fore hadn't lied, the flames obeyed as they had done since he had mastered them. He kept going, switching the element he used, mixing and matching them, by using ether, to make sure he could still use it properly as well.
Andr PoV
As soon as she couldn't see Blaze anymore, she had tried to short-warp, that's what he had called it, she had failed, instead of being only a few blocks farther than were she had been, she was the same distance she would would have been if she tried a normal teleport. "Ok this is more complicated than it sounded like", she wouldn't give up though, she knew he had told her about it to distract her from following him, she could understand though and at least he had given her something to do, and he had told her something her people had seemingly forgotten.
The elder had mentioned that some techniques that her people had used being, not forgotten, but kept secret, she didn't understand why this particular one had been hidden from them though, was it because there was no war, no she could swear she had seen some of the older endermen, and women, do it now that she thought about it, then it hit her. It hadn't been kept away from her or anyone else, it just hadn't been taught, as if the elders wanted them to learn it by themselves, like some kind of test.
She shook her head, whatever the reason for short-warping not being taught was, she didn't care, she knew about it now, and she would master it, not only it would let her impress Blaze if she did, it would give her something to show off during the next meeting held for the rulers. She smiled to herself, trying again, and again, slowly getting closer to what Blaze had said it was, she wouldn't get it in one day, that was for sure. She hoped they would stay long enough for her to get the hang of it, if not she probably could practice while they travelled.
Blaze PoV
He wasn't sure why it had happened, he had been training his control of the elements, playing with them really, then something, what had felt so hostile to him, had burst out of the ground, a dragon-like worm creature, he had never seen anything like it before, it looked like it could swallow him, it had tried it as well, the only reason it had failed was that he had pushed himself away with a blast of wind.
That thing had attacked him, it had challenged him, that made him smile, more a wild blood-thirsty grin than anything, and launch himself at it, flames bursting from his hands, he punched it, sending it rearing back, before it retaliated with a swing of it's tail, launching him some blocks away. That only made him grin more, seems like this would be fun, his earlier punch had left a mark on the worm though, and even if it had felt the hit, the one from that tail, had been stronger than he would have liked, his armour had been made with normal leather, and he hadn't enchanted it yet so it wouldn't protect much from blunt force.
He shook his head, seems like he wouldn't get to enjoy himself on this one, and held his hand out, palm facing the monster, he didn't know what it was named, and a ball of sky blue flames formed, seemingly emitting no heat, the draconic worm had roared probably loud enough that Andr had heard it. The he shot the ball of blue flames at it, it had moved to dodge, but not fast enough and had been hit, where the flames had touched instead of more flames or burns, there was ice, ice that kept slowly creeping on the skin, spreading as if it had a mind of it's own, the creature had already lost, and it seemed to know, as it launched at him again, pursuing him even as he hit it with more of the freezing blue flames, it seemed intent on taking him with him, but he had no intention of being defeated, he had fought abominations, creatures, that had been made to kill without mercy. An enraged, dragon-like worm, was nothing compared to those, it was already slowing down, he smirked putting some distance between himself and the creature, still launching balls of freezing flames at it, until it slowly stopped moving,
That, had been entertaining, seems like things wouldn't be as boring if there were new monsters around, maybe even some new mobs, he chuckled, approaching the creature's body carefully, it could just be faking death, after getting closer to it, making sure it was dead by plunging his sword through, hopefully, it's head deep enough to have pierced something vital, he checked the body, searching for anything that could be useful, the ice had rendered most of it useless, he only had the skin that was still intact, he probably had enough to make armour with, seemed resilient enough for it. He contemplated letting the corpse rot naturally, but that would probably make this place reek of death for a long time, he incinerated it, making sure to have gotten all he could from it once again, before making flames coat the body completely, and heading back towards where he had left Andr, he would need to tell her that he would stay a bit longer.
Andr PoV
She had heard a roar, something that sounded enraged, she didn't go see though, with how powerful Blaze felt, whatever that had been would not be dangerous to him, she would go see if he was fine, later, she had brought him here for two reason to be honest. First was because, he had asked for a place secluded place to train.
The second reason, was that the mountains surrounding this place, were filled with ores and gems of all kinds, he had told her about how the hilt on his sword was temporary, and he had told her what materials where needed to make a new permanent one, she would tell him later, for the mountains, he seemed to have seen the trees when they were going down the mountain earlier, the only problem would have been the leather, but that was just tanned animal hide, he had said he could treat it himself to what he needed, and that the only reason he hadn't made some of the leather was that he didn't have the other materials for it, or enough normal leather that he could make a full set of armour after he had treated it.
When he walked back, carrying what seemed like a lot of skin from whatever had roared, and told her that he would be staying here a couple of days, she had smiled at him and told him about the mountains, the look smile he had given her had made her heart flutter. She also asked if he knew he could turn that skin into leather, he had nodded, saying something about it being stronger than normal leather and that he probably had enough to make more than enough for the hilt, he had mumbled something that she didn't get, but he had looked at her calculatingly, before dropping the skin on the ground and burying it somewhat, to keep it from drying in the sun, probably, and heading back to the iron-wood trees, he would probably put whatever he got close to the skin before going to search for, silver and gems was it, in the mountains, he probably had a way to find them easily too.
Ok so thanks for reading, the first arc is getting to a close, also first actual battle scene
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Date/time of completion: 2017-07-08 5:50 am