So here's Chapter 2. I think I have a rather good plot for this story, but we'll see how it goes :S
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"You think she's alright?"
"I don't know. Maybe we should splash some water on her. Chase?"
"Don't be silly, besides she's already wet"
"Poor thing but she needs to know"
Ginny groaned as the voices woke her up. Something stung on her left arm. She opened her eyes slowly before groaning again.
"Just what I need" she muttered trying to sit up.
"Hello sunshine!" said Steven happily, giving her a hand.
"Ow!" cried Ginny, tugging her arm back.
"Oh yeah, I'm sorry about that" the boy called Chase spoke. "You kind of tried to escape when I orbed you here and you scratched your arm against a tree while doing so". Ginny stared him with her mouth slightly open.
"What?" she asked in a low tone, "And where the heck am I?" she demanded.
"You're in our special headquarters" said Indiana. Currently there were in a huge kind of living room, designed with modern features and Ginny could tell everything was extremely expensive. She snorted in response.
"A right ray of sunshine she is" said Christine laughing in a friendly way. "Oh no pun intended". The others laughed at that comment.
"What are you all laughing at? You're mad! Now if you don't mind, I'd like to get back" said Ginny, feeling aggravated that she was being kept hostage by a group of people cracking personal jokes while she was desperately trying to assemble her broken heart.
"No Ginny you can't…well not just yet" said Indiana quickly.
"It's going to take some time to explain everything. All we ask is that you hear us out with an open mind" said Rhys. Ginny sighed deeply before sitting down again.
"Fine…explain" she said huffing.
"Thanks" said Christine. "Now keep in mind that some of what we say might sound a little bit uh…crazy, but its not!"
"Right" said Ginny slowly, looking at the five teens as if they already were lunatics.
"Ginny…we have brought you here to tell you that you are an Elemental" said Chase calmly.
"Eh? Ha! That's a good one, a little lame but good" said Ginny scoffing. She stopped however when she realised the serious expressions of the others. "Ok maybe not then. What the fuck is an elemental?"
"An elemental is someone who is gifted with extra powers, to control an element of some kind. There are six, and we've finally found the last…you" said Indiana.
"Yeah right" said Ginny under her breath.
"You're the element of Fire" said Steven. "Very fitting if I may add".
"How come I have never known I have these extra powers?" said Ginny making quotation marks in the air. "I'm sorry but it just seems very…fake"
"Look we get its hard for you to take us seriously; we all faced that when we first got told. We all amplify into our powers at different times…that's just the way it works, but not anyone can be an Elemental" explained Chase.
"Yeah, we are all destined to be who we are with these gifts" said Christine. "It's your fate to be the Element of Fire".
"Haven't you ever done anything unexplainable?" asked Steven. Ginny felt like answering with "Duh! I'm a witch!" but decided against it. "Anything unusual with fire? Or has the weather miraculously changed from being dull to really sunny or the other way round?"
Now she came to think about it, she had done numerous strange things that always resulted around with fire. She was furious at Ron last summer because he had somehow managed to dispose of her whole room. The next thing she knew his Chudley Cannon hat was on flames. Another time, when she was younger, her mother made her some hot chocolate but it wasn't hot enough for her liking, but somehow she managed to alter that. And just now…just now she was heartbroken because of Draco and suddenly the blazing sun had disappeared. Could it be true? But right now the thought of Draco had come rushing back to her and a wave of fresh tears spilled down her cheek.
"Hey, are you alright Ginny?" asked Chase sitting down next to her with a sad expression.
"Yeah – I'm fine, silly – don't want to talk about it" said Ginny thickly, wiping her tears away frantically. Chase 'hushed' and rubbed her back soothingly. Ginny had the lurking suspicion that they knew the source behind her sadness. If they did they kept it quiet, which she was thankful for. "I do remember making strange things happen with fire" she said quietly after a few moments of silence. "But it's still hard for me to believe".
"How about we show you what we can do?" said Rhys with a smile. "I have the element of Earth". Rhys got up and flexed his arm out over the floor. Suddenly the earth started to crumble and as he lifted his arms up, a massive chunk of earth ripped out of the floor and he lobbed it to the side of the room, shattering the glass table and breaking the walls. He grinned after he was done before returning the earth back to the floor. "Um do you mind clearing that up?" he asked sheepishly afterwards. Ginny was in total awe after that performance but nodded.
"Repero. Scrougify" she said waving her wand so that the room was returned to normal.
"Thanks" said Christine. "Right I have the element of Metal" she said grinning. She had glistening canine teeth. Ginny thought she faintly resembled a vampire. Christine looked at the large flat-screen TV that graced the room and with her hands and eyes tore it apart, bending the metal and all the wires within it, until it was just a large ball of metal.
"Wow" said Ginny in a whisper as Christine restored the TV back to its original state.
"Now me!" said Steven excitedly. "I am the element Electricity" he said smirking and as he said so, charges of blue electricity ran between his fingers. Ginny gulped. Suddenly the lights in the room went out and the fuse snapped and started smoking, the radio on the others side of the room started playing out of no where causing Ginny to jump and the air was thick of electrical atoms. "I think I should stop before I get carried away" he said and everything returned to normal.
"I think that's a good idea sweetie" said Indiana, kissing him softly on the lips.
"Ohhh, so they're a couple" thought Ginny making a mental note.
"I have the element of Air" said Indiana and she conjured up a small but powerful tornado in the room which started ripping apart furniture until she stopped.
"And I" said Chase "am the element of Water". He got up and focused and from his palms gushed gallons of water, threatening to flood the place before he twisted the water around to make a huge hallow ball.
"Cool" said Ginny and Chase grinned his slightly crooked grin before making the water disappear.
"Ok so now I believe you guys and that was all totally awesome. I mean its magic after all but I can't do anything like that with fire. I mean I can't even control it and stuff" said Ginny.
"It takes time to develop, but in a few months you should be a pro…with our training" said Rhys smiling.
"Yeah I'm the newest member…I only joined about five months ago but I think I've done pretty well" said Indiana smiling brightly while Rhys kissed the top of her head adoringly.
"Do you think I could do anything now?" asked Ginny timidly.
"Hmm, well our powers are all connected to our emotions, so they are particularly strong if one is angry or happy" said Chase.
"I can definitely do angry" thought Ginny bitterly. "Ok, so what do I have to do?"
"Focus on the emotion, let it fill you up and as it does so, let the blood in your veins turn to fire, let it consume you and you should get a result" said Christine. Ginny closed her eyes and inhaled deeply letting the pain and anger of Draco and Hermione's secret affair wash over. She let her heart pound furiously for the way Hermione had simply smirked at her and the pain of Draco doing nothing. She suddenly felt on fire…from the inside. Everything was hot, but not in an unpleasant way. She lunged into the curious feeling, letting it take its course and then next thing she knew an angry spiral of fire erupted from her hands, as the emotion and power became to much. Ginny panted after it was finished.
"Whoa!" said Indiana.
"Fo' shizzle! That was awesome!" said Steven with wide eyes.
"Really? I feel kind of weak though" replied Ginny with her hands on her knees.
"Here, take a seat" said Chase, leading her to a coach. "That was pretty powerful for a first attempt" he said smiling. "And you feel less tried the more accustomed you become to using your power". Ginny just nodded in response.
"But now you can also see how important it is for you and us alike to control all emotions. Dangerous things can happen unintentionally when we hold such supremacy" said Christine. Ginny shuddered at the amount of damage that could be done.
"I think that's enough for one day. Besides its getting late" said Rhys checking the time.
"You still have a lot to learn and we need to hold lessons to teach you" said Christine thoughtfully.
"Best place would be here of course, but we need to sort out days and times" said Steven.
"We can do that next time. I think Ginny needs to get some rest" said Chase with a hint of concern. "I know you have many more questions and they will be answered soon" he said chuckling as Ginny opened her mouth and then pouted in disappointment.
"One question please?!" she begged.
"Oh go on then" replied Chase rolling his eyes.
"Why do you need to train me…why are we needed?"
"That's two questions" said Chase in a teasing tone "but I shall answer them anyway. Ginny there is still evil in the world, a lot more evil then you can imagine".
"Is that it? What does that mean?" she asked eagerly.
"I do believe you have crossed the limit of your questions and like I said all will become clear. Now it's time for you to get back" said Chase, the corner of his lips twitching.
"Ok fine! Well goodnight guys" said cried to all of them as Chase got up with her.
"See you tomorrow Ginny" they shouted back.
"Uh how do I get back?" she asked feeling a little stupid for enquiring, but she really didn't know where she was. Chase laughed quietly.
"I'll orb you to your dorm" he said. Ginny looked at him with a puzzled expression. "You'll see" he said again. "But I need to hold you" he said quietly. Ginny nodded slowly as he wrapped his strong arms around her. The last thing she saw was Steven and Christine smirking at the pair and the next thing she knew was she was in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Cool! Can we all do this bizarre travelling thing?" Ginny asked excitedly.
"Yup, but we all do it slightly differently and before you ask you will learn how soon. I promise" he said with his crooked smile. Ginny smiled back. "Will you be alright?" he asked softly.
"I um, well it's a lot to get my head round" said Ginny quickly. Somehow she got the feeling he wasn't asking whether she was alright about being an Elemental.
"You will find it normal soon enough" said Chase. "Well goodnight Ginevra" he said stepping closer. Ginny gulped again. "You are worth so much more" he said quietly and smiling sweetly. Ginny stared at him as he disappeared into a thousand tiny orbs of sparkling water. She stared at the empty space before her and then smiled a tiny smile. As she gave the Fat Lady the password ("Heathcliff") and walked into the Gryffindor common room, she felt a very minute piece of her heart had been fixed.
Sometimes I wonder if anything's absolute anymore. Is there still right and wrong? Good and bad? Truth and lies? Or is everything negotiable left to interpretation, grey. Sometimes we're forced to bend the truth, transform it, because we're faced with things that are not of our own making. And sometimes things simply catch up to us.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this Chapter. 3 should be on its way soon.
Please review and let me know what you think, and if there is any room for improvement!
PunkAngel91 xxx