CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

Mother Nature smiled at the sound of the drums as they filled the air. She could sense the arboris attacking those that got in their way. Just enough to get them out of their way, not enough so that they would be mortally wounded, but enough so that they could get to the portal. She walked over to the balcony of her room and watched as the inhabitants of her kingdom fought in vain against the arboris. Their bodies, that were filled with vines and grass, of which she controlled, were no match for them. They didn't understand that they all needed this…her plan to succeed so that things could go back to normal.

The Element World and Earth used to be connected then as the years went by, it slowly separated itself, nearly going into extinction. Then everything turned around and started to come back full force, more guardians were being made. She was surprised to see that the bond between Earth and the Element world was still so strong, even though they weren't physically connected anymore. Then she saw how the Elementals were being treated. Like second class citizens, there one day and gone the next when the authorities would go after them. She relied on Geneva and Gattaca to try and close the gap between the two worlds and to make peace, but Gattaca allowed his powers to take him over.

Now it was all in her hands.

Mother Nature hummed to herself as she walked through her room and over to the book that rested on the stand. Inside was the history of Earth and the Element World all up until a few years recently. There were incantations and different maneuvers inside that helped her keep her strength up as well as helped her with enhancing her own powers. She all ready allowed Geneva to use it, to hone in on her powers, and a little bit of Gattaca, though she was a bit more hesitant with him. Who knew what he could do with his powers and how it would affected Earth. Earth was all ready falling apart as it was, now with her plan they would realize just how much Earth needed the balance with the Element world, not push it away.

Mother Nature turned her attention back towards the balcony when she heard the drums go silent and the sounds of fighting stop. She turned on her heel and went over to the balcony and rested her hands on the railing, smiling as she looked up at the sky. It used to be a rich blue, but now it looked like they had literally opened a portal to space. The sky was darkening and stars were swirling into what looked like a black hole. In the distance, you could see the sun and two other planets in the background. The vast emptiness of space was visible to them for the first time in a long time. Below her, the arboris started to jump high into the air, getting pulled in by the black hole

Mother Nature's smile widened as she tightened her grip on her book.

The portal to Earth had been opened.

A/N: I needed another chapter with Mother Nature, and just like with the chapter on Core, it had to be short. Kind of like a mini scene of the antagonist in a tv show/movie. I hope you guys liked it, things are really starting to heat up now.

The other reason that this is a short chapter is because I'm slowly not liking the way the story went as it got to this part and that's probably because I focused more on the questions/hints I wanted to show rather than completely focus on the way the story went. But that's also because I didn't know how it was going to end until recently, so that may have something to do with it too. Then again, I'm never completely happy with my writing, but I'm glad that you all are enjoying it. I'll have another chapter up soon, most likely this weekend, to make up for this short one.

Either way, thank you so much for the support and that you're continuing to read as I slowly creep along with this story.

Cheers,

-Riley