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I hauled myself up and walked to the large silver doors at the edge of the arena. Winter was already there, waiting. The doors opened and we entered into separate changing rooms, I undressed and changed into shorts and a black T-shirt .Another door was at the back of the changing room, disguised as a mirror even though everyone knew it was there. I pushed it open and walked up the small staircase behind that opened into a hallway. It looked a lot like an apartment hallway, with rooms that had golden plaques on the door, but instead of numbers they were names. At the end of the hallway to your left was a door that said Cafe, it's where we have our meals. Winter came up the staircase after me and we both walked to the end of the hallway into the cafe. The other girls were sitting in spin chairs and each girl had a smoothie. Here's where I introduce you to the rest of the crew: Storm was the same age as Winter, she could blast sunshine, puff out clouds, make the water wave, and let's just say that you do not want to let her near any electrical appliances. Stuff explodes. Next, Firelily. She is hot, literally, Winter can't stand her, also literally. We've all had our eyebrows singed off at one point in time, but hey, hair grows back. She can sense lava tubes miles underground, can throw flames out of her hand, and is a natural prankster. Finally, adorable little Flower. She has a green thumb and a rocky fist, her specialty is flowers. (duh)She can make hybrids of flowers that can spew gases or darts, her bedroom is a practical jungle. The only weird thing about her is that she somehow always has three little butterflies following her around, we have no idea how she does that, but she's ten so, yeah.

Storm waves blindly at us as she sips her smoothie with her nose in a book. We each pull up a chair, even though neither of us are hungry, "Who won?" Firelily asked us. I sighed and let Winter explain her victory, "I did." she said smugly. Flower high-fived Winter. Storm still wasn't paying attention and I was exhausted, so I excused myself without a word to the others and walked out the cafe door, down the hall, until I got to the door with my name on it.

I loved my room, wouldn't change a thing. Being a telepath and telekinetic, I loved ancient things and meditating. A bookshelf covers the left wall completely and the other wall has a desk, computer, a Zen fountain, and my tall medieval wardrobe. My bed was on the opposite wall of the door and had dark blue canvas hanging from the tall bedposts. My wardrobe is awesome as well. Black leather jackets with hoods, gloves that only went mid-way up your fingers, Knee high combat boots with spikes on the ankle, and hard metal arm protectors that cover my upper and lower arm. I have other clothes too, cute t-shirts, jeans, shorts, tennis shoes, pretty much anything. We are treated very well, as you can see. We have internet access as well, but no one outside knows who we are, the scientists let us have computers so we would stop pestering them about visitors when we were little.

I flopped on my bed and lay there to let my aching joints relax. Finally, I flipped over and crawled to my pillow which was actually a large stuffed tiger that was in a laying-down position. Laying my head on its belly, I reached for my bedside table and grabbed a remote. After telekinetically lowering a large flat screen TV from a ceiling panel, I surfed through the channels until I found one premiering the new Twilight movie. I loved shouting at the TV, yelling at Edward that he didn't deserve Bella. After several programs, I switched it off and fell asleep.

THUMP! A huge shake rattle my room and threw me off my bed. I did a Chinese get-up and stomped to the door to see who was responsible. My door flew open and the hallway was filled to the ceiling, which was 20 ft high, in large plants. Flower, I thought. The other girls weren't happy either, because everyone was trying to get through the jungle to Flower's bedroom. I joined them while Winter was trying to decay the plants with frost. Firelily was clearly mad because her hair was smoldering, causing the vines above her to turn black and shrivel, "Flower!" she yelled and flames shot from her hands and caused everything they touched to blaze. The flames spread quickly, too quickly. Everything started catching fire and Winter's cheeks were turning red, sweat beaded down her forehead and she started gasping and coughing from smoke, "Firelily, stop." she panted. Sudden rumbling turned our heads in Storm's direction and waves of white water crashed down on us and we were flung into its current. I made a bubble of air around my nose and mouth as I flipped and twisted in the seemingly never ending torrent. Finally, the waves receded and I swan upward until my head broke the surface. The water continued to drain out somewhere and I found myself sitting in what I hoped was dark green mud. After picking myself up, I saw Storm helping Winter, "What happened to the plants?" Firelily asked and I noticed that the plants were gone, replaced by the dark green mud. Storm shrugged, "All the water came from the plants, I just sucked the water out of 'em." We all stood and gazed around the hallway, then Flower came out of her room coughing and spitting up water. I reacted faster and crafted a force bubble around Flower, protecting her from Firelily's hot blast of fire," You!" Storm tackled her and sprayed water in her face. Flower sheepishly smiled and squeaked, "Experiment gone wrong?"