Okie dokie, Second chapter. Thanks to all who took the time to read my story!

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Chapter 2: Home at last

"Ugh, finally!" grunted the girl with short, blonde hair. She walked over to the vanity and picked up a brush. She began brushing, causing a mass of sand grains to fall out of her hair. "So glad that's over…" An equally blonde haired boy with shining violet eyes walks up to her.

"Yeah, I should've expected that there'd still be Storm Lizards running around the desert." He holds his hands outward as a small wind swirls around him, picking up all the sand in his clothes and scattering it across the room.

"Hey hey! I just got here, Ivan. I don't want my room to be full of sand" the girl said, annoyed. She brought an arm forward, causing a small breeze to sweep up the scattered sand into a pile.

"Oh, sorry Sheba," Ivan smiled, embarrassed. He watched Sheba continue brushing her hair. There was something about her that appealed to him. Although they were of the same element, they were two very different individuals. He was quiet and shy, but she was more outgoing and confident. Maybe that's why he's had this sudden interest in her. She's everything he wasn't and wanted to be. It's strange that she would end up the way considering she was revered as "Child of the Gods" and was kidnapped against her will. He had to admit, she was strong.

The fact that she was so pretty probably had something to do with it too.

"Hm? What's wrong?" Sheba had caught Ivan gazing at the mirror, unaware that he was admiring her.

"Nothing, nothing, just thinking," he turned away to hide a slight blush. Sheba raised an eyebrow as she looked at him through the mirror's reflection. She put the brush back down on the vanity and patted her hair.

"Whew, no more sand-head!" She whirled around to look at Ivan, who was no longer blushing. "I appreciate you coming with me," she said, smiling.

"Ah, it was nothing." He averted his gaze from Sheba's Emerald irises, "I'm just glad we made it pretty much unscathed." They both remembered back to when they were wandering the desert.

Four figures shrouded in cloaks were walking against the wind.

"Wow, this wind is crazy!" said one of the figures in a deep voice. He was carrying a spear and was wearing heavy armor.

"I don't think we can make it to Lalivero under these conditions," the figure next to him remarked. He also donned armor and a spear, but he wore a helmet that covered his face, unlike the other who's short brown hair was at the mercy of the desert sands. The two shorter figures behind them looked at each other.

"I think we should use our psynergy to ease things up," suggested one of them, whose violet eyes shone through the hood. The other with green eyes nodded in agreement. He walked in front of the taller men and raised both his arms, closing his eyes in concentration. The two men were baffled as to what he was doing, but were pleasantly surprised when the wind suddenly eased up.

"He must been one of them whatchamacallits!"

"Adepts?" the other man sighed.

"Yea yeah, those!" The girl pulled down her hood revealing her short golden locks and walked towards the one who calmed the winds.

"Now why are these two with us again, Ivan?" she asked him. He pulled down his hood and turned to look at her.

"They figured youngsters such as our selves would need escorting through the dangerous desert" he whispered, doing funny hand gestures that made Sheba giggle.

"Seems to me like we're going to do most of the escorting!" she mocked, both of them laughing. The two soldiers moved towards the laughing teens, and signaled to them that they should keep going. They walked a good half hour until a small purple light erupted from Ivan's shoulder. It quickly took the form of a creature with large blue eyes, a long feather like head, two wings and a stubby purple body.

"Hey hey," it whispered into Ivan's ear.

"What is it?"

"Nothing."

"Breeze, you must be bored again…" Ivan said, rolling his eyes.

"I'm always bored" it lamented, "I wish some monsters would come out to spice things up!" Suddenly the wind kicked up again, obscuring their vision with sand. Ivan raised his hands again to attempt to calm it, but it didn't work this time.

"Huh?" he said with a growing look of concern.

"It didn't work?" Sheba asked, growing concerned as well. The small group stopped moving as the winds suddenly started growing stronger.

"I think something is using psynergy to create this storm!" He deduced. The little Jupiter Djinni on his shoulder started to hop around frantically.

"Oh uuh um I guess I'll be going. I might get blown away!" and with that, he dematerialized back into purple light and disappeared back into Ivan's shoulder.

"Dang it Breeze!" Unbelievable, Ivan thought. He asks for something to happen, gets it, then runs and hides. The gusts blew with growing intensity. Sheba started to slide backwards before Ivan grabbed her hand.

"Ack!" yelled the helmet-less who fell over from the wind. Right as the trio gathered around him to help him up, they heard an ear shattering roar. Horrified, they looked upwards to see a twelve foot tall purple lizard with large frills around its neck. It let out another roar as the frills flapped outwards making it more menacing than it already is, and lunges straight at them with claws extended.

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A little bit longer this time. In case none of you got it, it went into a flash back. I'm not sure if I described the transition very well…

(Bright Purple flash of light)

Breeze: Yay! My grand entrance! My rise to star-dom has begun!

Me: (O.o) Uh sure… Tell me what you guys think!