Hi! Just a quick heads-up, this chapter will be a 2-in-1. By that, I mean 2 OCs will be introduced in the same chapter. Thanks to KorrianeAnders and Mywinx14 for submitting their OCs. I hope you like this chapter.
Anyway, let's go!
Los Angeles, California (No POV)
At a small beach in LA, a 17-year-old girl was getting ready for a swim. She had coral red hair that went, in curls, to her mid-thighs. Her eyes were a vibrant green. She was wearing short blue jeans, pink and silver high-heeled boots and an off the shoulder green and pink striped shirt with a small cartoon-like dolphin in the middle of it.
Coral's POV
The life of a mermaid is usually a difficult one. For example, if you're around friends, you've gotta make sure that they don't see you change. I swear, sometimes, it's like I'm living in H2O: Just Add Water, except I don't get my tail whenever I touch water, and I'm not Australian. My name's Coral and I'm originally from Puerto Rico. If your friends do see your tail and they ditch you, it's good to know that you have your family behind you. They've known about me being a mermaid since I was 10. Before then, I preferred to just swim alone by the beaches in Rincon, where I lived. The entire island is literally surrounded by water. I could just be myself.
So, imagine how I felt when our family got chased off the island, all because some idiot with a camera and an obsession with mythical creatures happened to be on the same beach as me!
Oh, well, I guess California isn't so bad. Still got really nice weather. At least there are still some beaches here, with plenty of water for me to swim in.
After about an hour in the water, I changed back to normal. I was just walking home, ready to see what was for dinner, when some idiot decided he wanted to be a NASCAR driver or something and went about a hundred miles per hour. It was coming way to fast for me to get out of the way, so I put my hands out and closed my eyes, realising I was about to end up as nothing but a mess all over the guy's windshield. I waited for his car to run me over.
It never happened. The driver was literally about a foot away from hitting me, when the car just... Stopped. I opened my eyes and saw a wall made entirely of water between me and the driver.
What the hell? I thought, not having any idea what was happening. Up until then, I'd only been able to control water when I had my tail. Then, around 5 seconds later, I saw this blue light surrounding me. It cleared not long after it appeared.
I quickly realised something was up when I saw the ground, and that I was a few feet above it!
"Whoa! What the hell?!" I screamed, not knowing how I was doing this.
It's simple, you unlocked your fairy transformation. Nice necklace by the way. I heard in my head.
Who are you, and how are you talking to me in my mind?
I'll explain later. For now, look to your right. I did just that and saw a man that looked like one of those guys you see in a biker gang. He had a black jacket, sunglasses, everything. He motioned for me to come over to him, which I did a few seconds later.
"I was talking to you in your mind because I can read minds."
"Oh, right. I'm Coral."
"I'm Ben. It's nice to meet you."
"You too, but... Why are you here?"
"I'm here because there's a war coming, and I need someone like yourself to help me."
"I... What? Look, I'm not good with that kind of thing, so I can't be the one you're looking for."
"Oh, you are. Listen, I can't explain right now, but I need you to come with me."
"Hold on a sec! You just show up outta nowhere and just expect me to do what you say? No, thanks!"
No POV
Realising Coral wasn't going to go with him of her own free will, Ben sighed.
"I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this." He said, before removing his sunglasses, revealing blood-red irises. As soon as Coral looked into Ben's eyes, she immediately fell into a trance-like state.
"Sleep." Coral's eyes closed and she began to fall to the ground, but Ben caught her and lifted her onto his shoulder with one arm. He then put his sunglasses back on with his free hand, opened a Portal and walked through it.
Meanwhile...
Gardenia, California (Selina's POV)
I arrived outside what looked like a big sports arena, when I heard a familiar voice.
"Great. Just great! I'm stuck looking for a bunch of little brats that probably don't even HAVE magic!"
"YOU!" I said, turning to face the woman. It was Darcy.
"Well, if it isn't Selina, the TRAITOR who locked me and my sisters in a BOOK!"
"How did you escape?"
"We had help from some... Friends."
"Seriously? The Trix, actually making friends? OK, admit it, how much did you pay them?"
"If you must know, we didn't pay them anything."
"Whatever." I said with a smile on my face. Enraged, Darcy tried to launch a spell at me, which I simply caught and crushed into nothing.
"Oh, Darcy. Don't you get it? Even without Acheron, even without the Legendarium, I was always more powerful than you." With a flick of my wrist, Darcy flew backwards into the windshield of a nearby car. She hit it with that much force, she literally went through the windshield.
"Now, if you don't mind, I have a magical hybrid to recruit." I said, before teleporting into the building.
Inside the arena (Elizabeth's POV)
Well, I guess I don't know where to start, really. My name's Elizabeth Rose Jones-Kirkland, I'm 17, and I'm originally from London in England. My family and I moved to Gardenia when I was 15. As it turns out, both the government and the citizens of the US are much more friendly towards people like me than back home.
Oh, right. You don't know what I'm talking about.
The short version is that, if you saw my powers, you'd probably describe me as the result of Storm and Pyro from X-Men having a child. I can control fire and the weather, except that, unlike Storm, my eyes don't go all weird when I use that side of my abilities.
Anyway, I first discovered that I had powers when I was 14. My family was at a barbecue to celebrate my friend's birthday, and it was raining, so they couldn't light it. Everyone was naturally pretty annoyed. I was upset that I couldn't do anything, and wished that the rain would just stop. To my surprise, a few seconds later, it did!
Did I just do that? I thought, not realising what was going on. I figured that if I could stop the rain just by thinking about it, then maybe trying to light the barbecue in the same way is worth a try. I concentrated on the barbecue and visualised it lighting up on its own, which, to everyone's shock, it did a few seconds later.
Wow! I must have superpowers or something. I thought, although I realised pretty much immediately afterwards that I wouldn't be able to tell anyone, but that wouldn't be a problem, as nobody seemed to notice, or so I thought.
"Mum, can I talk to Elizabeth for a second, please?" My brother James said. He was my age, and had the same dirty blonde hair as me.
"Sure, just be back soon." With that, James quickly took my arm and led me inside the house.
"What the hell was that?" He said.
"What are you talking about, James?"
"What happened outside. First, the rain just stops out of nowhere, then the barbecue lights itself? That's just too strange!"
"Look, I..."
"I know what it is. It's magic. Trust me, the same kind of thing has been happening to me for a few months now. We need to run away." James then clicked his fingers. Almost immediately after that, 2 large suitcases appeared in front of us, then shrank down to a small enough size that we could hold them in one hand. I took one of them and James took the other, then we disappeared.
No POV
Selina made her way through the crowd. Once she got to the front, she looked on her phone and, underneath the name 'Elizabeth Rose Jones-Kirkland', saw a picture of a girl with blue-green eyes and dirty blonde hair in a ponytail, which Selina thought reminded her of Darcy's hair colour with Icy's hairstyle. She then looked up from the phone and saw a girl that looked like a perfect match to the photo. She wore glasses, a pink blouse, purple and orange skirt and heeled gladiator sandals. She was stood right next to her.
"This band is amazing! I love 30 Seconds to Mars!"
"I know, right?! You know, I didn't even like them until they released The Kill. That's their best song!"
"Oh, I think they're starting it now!" Selina was right, for a few seconds later, the voice of the lead singer, Jared Leto, could be heard.
What if I wanted to break?
Laugh it all off in your face?
What would you do?
As everyone in the arena sang along with Jared, no-one noticed a certain white-haired Ice Witch in the nosebleeds...
Well, that wasn't the best cliffhanger I've pulled off, but it only gets better from here. The next chapter will be on Linphea and will only feature 1 OC.
Also, The Kill is owned by 30 Seconds to Mars.
