The Elemental Council

The hybrid got up from her squatting position and walked over to Aster, whose silver wings were shining brilliantly in the sun of the island. "So this is the Diamond Dragon, huh?" She looked at him with her bright purple eyes, which for some reason made Aster nervous.

"Uhh, hi?" Aster said nervously. The hybrid's eyes flicked to lock with his, and then she said suddenly, "I'm Artemis, the elemental of space and gravity, descendant of Hermes. If I were you, I'd stay out of my way, or else I'll have a meal." She smiled menacingly with her teeth still glinting in the sun, until she heard a deep booming voice address.

"Artemis, back off. If you push it too much, he could kill you with ease, even though he has no idea of what he's capable of." A rather large man with thick brown hair that fell to the base of his neck, wearing brown clothes and carrying an eight-foot long sledgehammer walked up and looked at Aster with kind eyes which calmed his earlier nervousness. "Name's Ridge. I'm the earth elemental and descendant of Gaia. Don't worry about Artemis, she's just a little psycho is all. She wouldn't harm you."

Artemis nodded and said, "Yup, just messin' with ya is all." She smiled again and her teeth flashed once again.

"You tend to mess around a little too much, Artie." Artemis growled at the shore when a woman manifested herself out of the water present. She walked forward towards the group and the first thing Aster noticed was her deep emerald eyes. They were much like his, but they were a bit darker. Her blue hair nearly covered her face and blended with her blue shirt. Her jeans were a little worn, but were still good. When she stopped, Aster noticed two sapphire orbs floating up from the water towards her. They stopped and began to float about her. "You really need to know when to stop, from what I saw you scared the living crap out of him."

"DON'T CALL ME ARTIE!!!!" Artemis roared, "You know I hate that nickname!"

"Artemis, you know there is no way that you can make me do anything." She said matter-of-factly, "Now as for our newest member. My name is Leda Swan. I'm the water elemental and descendant of Aquarius." Aster nodded in acknowledgement, then shivered at a blast of cold air that suddenly passed through.

"Here comes Fringe." Scrierea said boredly, "This oughta be fun."

Suddenly the ground started to freeze in one area. Then a spire of ice shot up from the ground, and then several more seconds later, and then even more until they shattered revealing a man wearing dark blue combat garb with light blue hair and icy blue eyes. On his left he had a sword on his belt with a white colored hilt. He walked toward the group, sizing up Aster in the process. He stopped in front of him, continuing to size him up, and then he spoke, "This is our Diamond Dragon? Is this the one we've been searching for?" He looked at Ultima, "I think you got the wrong one, Ultima. He seems to be too small to be one of that caliber of power."

Ultima looked at Fringe and he flinched under the intensity of the light elemental's stare, "Don't forget, Fringe. You were small when we found you as well. Even smaller than Aster is now." Fringe looked away at the recollection then faced Aster, "I am Fringe, the ice elemental. I am a descendent of Skathi, and will be your teacher in the ways of ice."

"We all will be your teachers, Aster" Sora added, "But I think that Voltic will be the first to teach you, of course."

"I still think he is the wrong one." Fringe added arrogantly.

"He is not." A voice echoed throughout the island. "There is no one else besides me who has the blood of Janus."

There was a distortion in space and time, and then a man appeared. He wore clothes with silver and black colors all over. His hair matched Aster's except that his hair was more black than silver, whereas Aster's was reversed. His aqua eyes looked directly into Aster's green eyes. After a second, both pairs of eyes flashed silver, proving their lineage. "My name is Dekrosna, the elemental of time, and descendant of Janus, as are you, Aster. Out of every elemental here, I am the oldest at sixteen centuries, and Ultima is a close second at fifteen and a half."

Aster gave Ultima a bewildered look. "It's true. His race is even thought to be extinct. And I lived during their golden age."

"Exactly." Dekrosna took over, "The Dracorans no longer live except for me and you as well. You have a little Dracoran in you, or else we wouldn't be related."

"And now that the council is formed," Ultima continued, "We should go inside to discuss what we should do about Rogue and the dark elementals, before they get any further to accomplishing their goal."

Everyone agreed and they entered the Temple of Time, in which time flowed differently than the outside world.

In the Darkest Reaches of the Earth

Rogue stood, with her council of dark elementals. She looked a little distressed at Ultima's strategy and disappointed in her own powers as she couldn't detect them after they walked through the Door of the Compass. Behind her jet black throne stood a raven made of onyx. The eyes on the statue pulsed purple every now and then, as a sign of her power. Currently, her council was arguing on their next move, now that the Diamond Dragon was awakened, they had to move very carefully.

Rogue rose from her seat "Silence!!" Immediately everyone in the room fell silent. "Our next move must be swift. We must smoke them out, and if I know Ultima like I think I do, he'll come to the rescue of innocents when they are in danger. We must wreak havoc upon the world, and we'll start at the Force Points, as all but one have been left unguarded."

The council began to whisper amongst themselves at the announcement of their next move, but with a wave of her hand, and the appearance of her jet black wings, Rogue silenced them again. "Sasha and Fulgora, go to the Force Point at the Continental Divide, where the Water Force Point is located."

She turned to another pair, "Megumi and Rift, go to the center of Antarctica, where the Ice Force Point is."

She turned to a rather hefty member, "Adamant, go to the peak of Mount Everest, that is where the Earth Force Point is."

Then to another, "Praxis, take care of the Wind Force Point directly between the Rocky Mountain range and the Appalachian Mountain range."

Then to the last, "Zereth, go to Mount Fuji, the location of the Fire Force Point."

"It will take all of us to take care of the Force Point of Light in the North Pole. Ultima hid it well, and it is heavily guarded by pure aura, which makes most of you sick when you come into contact with it. As for the Gravitational Force Point, it's not even on Earth, it's on the Moon. We can't even come into contact with the Time Force Point, which is where they are now, because it is undetectable even by me. I want you to wreak havoc so we can lure them out, and kill the Diamond Dragon before he becomes more than a hatchling. Now go!" The council bowed quickly, then disappeared into the shadows to attack their assigned Force Points.

Okay, time to give some credit. Fringe, Praxis, Adamant, Ridge, and Voltic belong to Arrowsight. Sora belongs to Luna345. Megumi belongs to Sabby-San. Leda Swan belongs to Koarse Krimson. Sasha Rennie belongs to Dawns Eternal Twilight. Scrierea belongs to My Chemical Necromance. Zereth, Dekrosna, and Rift belong to Dekrosna (Sharidak). And Artemis belongs to Black Cyrus. Everyone else belongs to me.

I put in a few references to some games that I've played. See if you can find them all. Hope you liked the chapter.

Review please!

-Ultima