p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A PLAN THAT COULD SAVE OUR LIVES, WHEN SUDDENLY SOMEONE IN A BLACK CLOAK APPEARED AND BLASTED A BUNCH OF VAMPIRES WITH FIENDFYRE. I GASPED - FIENDFYRE WAS VERY HARD TO CONTROL./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI WANTED TO UNLEASH A BARRICADE OF QUESTION BUT THERE WAS NO TIME. THE VAMPIRES WERE ALREADY REGROUPING. KIARA CAUGHT MY EYE AND NODDED. I SMILED, BARRING MY SHARP FANGS AND LEAPED INTO BATTLE. KIARA ALSO JOINED ME, HACKING AND CHOPPING DOWN ALL THE VAMPIRES./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSOON, THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 300 VAMPIRES LEFT(A COLONY HAS 500 VAMPIRES AND A HORDE HAS 150.) THE BLACK CLOAKED STRANGER RAISED HER ARM AND HISSED "FOOLS. ZIS IS MY FOREST. ZOU ARE LUCKY I LET ZOU STAY. BUT NOW…VELL, EXPECT TO FIND ZOUR RELATIVES AT THE DOOMHOUSE TOMORROW." SHE SMIRKED AS SHE SAID THE LAST PART(BTW WE CAN'T SEE HER FACE, BUT WE JUST KNOW SHE SMIRKED. DON'T QUESTION IT.). /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE VAMPIRES HOWLED IN FURY AND CHARGED, BUT THE BLACK CLOAKED GIRL BLASTED THEM WITH A HUGE WAVE OF EVERBLAZE. WE HURRIED BACK, ME MORE THAN KIARA CUZ VAMPIRES HATE HOT THINGS. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"SOON THE EVERBLAZE DISOLVED INTO THE AIR, LEAVING A SMELL OF BURNT LEAVES. WE STARE AT IT IN AWE. THE GIRL THEN LOOKED AT US AND SAID "WHY DON'T YOU TWO COME WITH ME." IT WASN'T A SUGGESTION-IT WAS AN ORDER AND WE BOTH KNEW IT./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND DECIDED THAT, WE SHOULD GO. SO WE FOLLOWED THE GIRL TO …WELL, WHERE EVER SHE WAS LEADING. SOON, WE ARRIVED AT A SWEET COTTAGE. THE COTTAGE WAS VERY NICE, AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN ROMANTIC… IF NOT FOR THE FACT THAT IT WAS SURROUNDED BY A BUNCH OF VERY POISONOUS LOOKING PLANTS AND IN A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE GIRL KNOCKED ON THE DOOR IN A STRANGE RHYTHM. SUDDENLY, KIARA STARTED HUMMING THE SAME TUNE! BOTH THE GIRL AND ME LOOKED AT HER IN SURPRISE. SHE ASKED US "WHAT? IS THERE SOMETHING ON MY FACE?" BOTH OF US SHOOK THEIR HEAD TO INDICTE 'NO'. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"KIARA JUST FROWNED AT US AND I SIGHED. "WELL, I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO RECOGNISE THIS TUNE." THE GIRL NODDED. "JA. EET VAS VERY SURPRISING." SHE HAD A LOVELY FRENCH ACCENT. "AND WHY'S THAT SO?" KIARA ASKED, RAISING AN EYEBROW AT US. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;""BECAUSE IT'S A FAMOUS VAMPIRE SONG, WRITTEN BY EZIRA.I. SHE'S VERY FAMOUS AND TALANTED. AND THE REASON WE WERE SURPRISED WAS BECAUSE IT IS ONLY KNOWN TO VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, ELFS, AND ETC." I REPLIED./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanNOW IT WAS KIARA'S TURN TO BE SURPRISED. SHE LOOKED BACK AT US, SHOCKED. "BUT…THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS! I'VE KNOWN IT SINCE I WAS THREE!" BOTH OF US HAD THEIR JAWS DROPPED OPEN(I ONLY ASSUMED ABOUT THE GIRL, BUT I COULD TELL.). /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"BEFORE WE COULD SAY A WORD, SOMEONE CALLED FROM INSIDE THE COTTAGE. "SHOULD I OPEN THE DOOR OR ARE YOU THREE GOING STAND THERE ALL NIGHT?" THE GIRL THEN REPLIED "NO ZOU VON'T. I SHALL BURN DOWN ZE DOOR." THE GIRL INSIDE LAUGHED AND OPENED THE DOOR. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"JUST AS WE WERE GOING TO ENTER, I GRABBED KIARA'S ARM. "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THE SONG?" I ASKED HER. "POSITIVE." SHE ANSWERED. I SEARCHED HER FOR ANY SIGNS OF DECEIT AND WHEN I FOUND NONE I LET GO OF HER ARM. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"KIARA RUBBED HER ARM. "THAT HURTS." SHE SAID. "SORRY." I SAID, SHEEPISHLY. SHE LAUGHED, AND WE WENT INSIDE. AND, FOR SOME REASON, the door sort of turned into a hall way. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"And because the girl went in first, WE COULDN'T RELY ON HER FOR DIRECTIONS. THE HALLWAY WAS SO DARK, I COULDN'T EVEN SEE. KIARA PUT AN ARM AROUND MY SHOULDER. MOST TIMES, I WOULD HAVE SHRUGGED HER OFF, BUT NOT HERE. NOW, I WAS GLAD. WHY, YOU MIGHT WONDER? BECAUSE IT ASSURES ME THAT KIARA'S STIIL HERE AND ALIVE. AFTER EIRA AND LIA'S DEATHS, I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER FRIEND. AND DESPITE MY COMPLAINTS AND CRITISM, I CARED FOR KIARA./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSHEESH, I'M GOING SOFT. EVENTUALLY I SAW SOME LIGHT AHEAD. I TURNED TO KIRA(OR WHERE I THOUGHT SHE WAS.) "DO YOU SEE THAT?" "YUP." SHE REPLIED, POPPING THE 'P'. WE THEN LET GO AND RAN TOWARDS THAT PLACE. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"SOON, WE ARRIVED AND THE LIGHT WAS SO BRIGHT, IT TOOK US ABOUT 5 MINUTES FOR OUR EYES TO ADJUST TO THE LIGHT. ONCE WE ADJUSTED, WE WERE INSIDEspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanA COZY LITTLE COTTAGE. THERE WERE TWO GIRLS INSIDE. ONE WAS SITTING AT A WOODEN TABLE WHILE THE OTHER WAS HOLDING A MATEL TRAY OF SOMETHING THAT LOOKED AND SMELLED ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE GIRL AT THE TABLE HAD LONG WAVY BLOND HAIR AND GREEN EYES. THE GIRL SERVING, HOWEVER, HAD BLACK SHOULDER-LENGH STRAIGHT HAIR WITH HAZEL EYES. WHEN WE CAME IN, THEY STOPPED. "VELCOME." SAID THE BLOND GIRL, RISING FROM HER SEAT. "PLEEEZ, HAVE A SEET." ME AND KIARA LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WEARILY. SOMETHING PASSED BETWEEN OUR EYES AND WE SAT. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;""I'M MARELLA." INTRODUCED THE BLOND GIRL. "AND ZIS,' SHE INDICATED THE BLACK HAIRED GIRL 'IS LINH. I'M SURE ZOU HAVE MANY QUESTIONS. AND VE VILL TRY OUR BEST TO ANSWER ZEM." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;""BUT FIRST,' LINH SAID. SHE HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, 'HAVE A SNACK. YOU TWO MUST BE HUNGRY." SHE THEN SET THE TRAY ON THE TABLE AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE ROOM WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE KITCHEN, AS A BUNCH OF DELICIOUS SMELLS WERE WAFTING OUT THERE. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"A SECOND LATER, LINH WAS BACK WITH 4 GLASSES, BOWLS AND PLATES. SHE PLACED THEM ON THE TABLE AND SNAPPED HER HANDS. SUDDENLY WATER FLOATED OUT OF THE KITCHEN, ALL WHILE CARRYING LOT'S OF INCREDIBLE SMELLING DISHES. THE WATER LET THE DISHES ON THE TABLE GENTLY./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI STARED AT HER IN WONDER. SHE LAUGHED. "I'M A HYDROKENETIC." SHE EXPLAINED. "AND I AM A PYROKENETIC." SAID MARELLA. "OH" WAS ALL I COULD SAY. I WAS SPEECHLESS. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HYDROKENETICS WERE SUPER RARE, JUST LIKE PYROKENETICS. THESE TWO WERE ONE OF A KIND. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"WE ALL RAISED OUR CUTLERY AND STARTED EATING. SOON WE WERE FINISHED. I LOOKED AT THE EMPTY GLASS, BUT BEFORE I COULD SAY A WORD, LINH SAID "THEY'RE MAGIC. IF YOU WANT A DRINK, JUST SAY THE NAME. WORKS WITH ANY LIQUID EXCEPT FOR ACHOHOL AND DRINKS LIKE THAT." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"I NODDED AND SAID "BLOOD." INSTANTLY, THE GLASS FILLED WITH DEEP RED LIQUID. KIARA SHIVERED. "I HATE IT WHEN YOU DRINK THAT." I JUST SHRUGGED AND RAISED THE GLASS TO MY LIPS AND TOOK A SIP. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE BLOOD WAS BETTER THAN ANY I'VE EVER TASTED. "MMM." I SAID, CONTENTLY. THE OTHER 3 LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SHRUGGED. SOON, WE WERE FULL AND SLEEPY. WE HAD JUST GIVEN LINH AND MARELLA OUR THANKS FOR THEIR HOSPILATY AND WERE ABOUT TO GET UP, WHEN THE DOOR OPENED AND A BLACK HOODED GIRL STUMBLED IN./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSHE HAD GHASTLY INJURIES. SHE TRIED TO WALK, BUT SHE STARTED TO SLIP. AS SHE FELL, LINH JUMPED UP AND GRABBED HER BEFORE SHE HIT THE GROUND. HER HOOD THEN FELL OPEN AND ME AND KIARA GOT A BIG SHOCK. WE BOTH JUMPED UP, ACTIVATED OUR WEAPONS AND SAID, IN UNISON, "TEMPEST?!" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI WANTED TO UNLEASH A BARRICADE OF QUESTION BUT THERE WAS NO TIME. THE VAMPIRES WERE ALREADY REGROUPING. KIARA CAUGHT MY EYE AND NODDED. I SMILED, BARRING MY SHARP FANGS AND LEAPED INTO BATTLE. KIARA ALSO JOINED ME, HACKING AND CHOPPING DOWN ALL THE VAMPIRES./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSOON, THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 300 VAMPIRES LEFT(A COLONY HAS 500 VAMPIRES AND A HORDE HAS 150.) THE BLACK CLOAKED STRANGER RAISED HER ARM AND HISSED "FOOLS. ZIS IS MY FOREST. ZOU ARE LUCKY I LET ZOU STAY. BUT NOW…VELL, EXPECT TO FIND ZOUR RELATIVES AT THE DOOMHOUSE TOMORROW." SHE SMIRKED AS SHE SAID THE LAST PART(BTW WE CAN'T SEE HER FACE, BUT WE JUST KNOW SHE SMIRKED. DON'T QUESTION IT.). /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE VAMPIRES HOWLED IN FURY AND CHARGED, BUT THE BLACK CLOAKED GIRL BLASTED THEM WITH A HUGE WAVE OF EVERBLAZE. WE HURRIED BACK, ME MORE THAN KIARA CUZ VAMPIRES HATE HOT THINGS. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"SOON THE EVERBLAZE DISOLVED INTO THE AIR, LEAVING A SMELL OF BURNT LEAVES. WE STARE AT IT IN AWE. THE GIRL THEN LOOKED AT US AND SAID "WHY DON'T YOU TWO COME WITH ME." IT WASN'T A SUGGESTION-IT WAS AN ORDER AND WE BOTH KNEW IT./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND DECIDED THAT, WE SHOULD GO. SO WE FOLLOWED THE GIRL TO …WELL, WHERE EVER SHE WAS LEADING. SOON, WE ARRIVED AT A SWEET COTTAGE. THE COTTAGE WAS VERY NICE, AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN ROMANTIC… IF NOT FOR THE FACT THAT IT WAS SURROUNDED BY A BUNCH OF VERY POISONOUS LOOKING PLANTS AND IN A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE GIRL KNOCKED ON THE DOOR IN A STRANGE RHYTHM. SUDDENLY, KIARA STARTED HUMMING THE SAME TUNE! BOTH THE GIRL AND ME LOOKED AT HER IN SURPRISE. SHE ASKED US "WHAT? IS THERE SOMETHING ON MY FACE?" BOTH OF US SHOOK THEIR HEAD TO INDICTE 'NO'. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"KIARA JUST FROWNED AT US AND I SIGHED. "WELL, I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO RECOGNISE THIS TUNE." THE GIRL NODDED. "JA. EET VAS VERY SURPRISING." SHE HAD A LOVELY FRENCH ACCENT. "AND WHY'S THAT SO?" KIARA ASKED, RAISING AN EYEBROW AT US. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;""BECAUSE IT'S A FAMOUS VAMPIRE SONG, WRITTEN BY EZIRA.I. SHE'S VERY FAMOUS AND TALANTED. AND THE REASON WE WERE SURPRISED WAS BECAUSE IT IS ONLY KNOWN TO VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, ELFS, AND ETC." I REPLIED./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanNOW IT WAS KIARA'S TURN TO BE SURPRISED. SHE LOOKED BACK AT US, SHOCKED. "BUT…THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS! I'VE KNOWN IT SINCE I WAS THREE!" BOTH OF US HAD THEIR JAWS DROPPED OPEN(I ONLY ASSUMED ABOUT THE GIRL, BUT I COULD TELL.). /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"BEFORE WE COULD SAY A WORD, SOMEONE CALLED FROM INSIDE THE COTTAGE. "SHOULD I OPEN THE DOOR OR ARE YOU THREE GOING STAND THERE ALL NIGHT?" THE GIRL THEN REPLIED "NO ZOU VON'T. I SHALL BURN DOWN ZE DOOR." THE GIRL INSIDE LAUGHED AND OPENED THE DOOR. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"JUST AS WE WERE GOING TO ENTER, I GRABBED KIARA'S ARM. "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THE SONG?" I ASKED HER. "POSITIVE." SHE ANSWERED. I SEARCHED HER FOR ANY SIGNS OF DECEIT AND WHEN I FOUND NONE I LET GO OF HER ARM. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"KIARA RUBBED HER ARM. "THAT HURTS." SHE SAID. "SORRY." I SAID, SHEEPISHLY. SHE LAUGHED, AND WE WENT INSIDE. AND, FOR SOME REASON, the door sort of turned into a hall way. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"And because the girl went in first, WE COULDN'T RELY ON HER FOR DIRECTIONS. THE HALLWAY WAS SO DARK, I COULDN'T EVEN SEE. KIARA PUT AN ARM AROUND MY SHOULDER. MOST TIMES, I WOULD HAVE SHRUGGED HER OFF, BUT NOT HERE. NOW, I WAS GLAD. WHY, YOU MIGHT WONDER? BECAUSE IT ASSURES ME THAT KIARA'S STIIL HERE AND ALIVE. AFTER EIRA AND LIA'S DEATHS, I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER FRIEND. AND DESPITE MY COMPLAINTS AND CRITISM, I CARED FOR KIARA./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSHEESH, I'M GOING SOFT. EVENTUALLY I SAW SOME LIGHT AHEAD. I TURNED TO KIRA(OR WHERE I THOUGHT SHE WAS.) "DO YOU SEE THAT?" "YUP." SHE REPLIED, POPPING THE 'P'. WE THEN LET GO AND RAN TOWARDS THAT PLACE. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"SOON, WE ARRIVED AND THE LIGHT WAS SO BRIGHT, IT TOOK US ABOUT 5 MINUTES FOR OUR EYES TO ADJUST TO THE LIGHT. ONCE WE ADJUSTED, WE WERE INSIDEspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanA COZY LITTLE COTTAGE. THERE WERE TWO GIRLS INSIDE. ONE WAS SITTING AT A WOODEN TABLE WHILE THE OTHER WAS HOLDING A MATEL TRAY OF SOMETHING THAT LOOKED AND SMELLED ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE GIRL AT THE TABLE HAD LONG WAVY BLOND HAIR AND GREEN EYES. THE GIRL SERVING, HOWEVER, HAD BLACK SHOULDER-LENGH STRAIGHT HAIR WITH HAZEL EYES. WHEN WE CAME IN, THEY STOPPED. "VELCOME." SAID THE BLOND GIRL, RISING FROM HER SEAT. "PLEEEZ, HAVE A SEET." ME AND KIARA LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WEARILY. SOMETHING PASSED BETWEEN OUR EYES AND WE SAT. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;""I'M MARELLA." INTRODUCED THE BLOND GIRL. "AND ZIS,' SHE INDICATED THE BLACK HAIRED GIRL 'IS LINH. I'M SURE ZOU HAVE MANY QUESTIONS. AND VE VILL TRY OUR BEST TO ANSWER ZEM." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;""BUT FIRST,' LINH SAID. SHE HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, 'HAVE A SNACK. YOU TWO MUST BE HUNGRY." SHE THEN SET THE TRAY ON THE TABLE AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE ROOM WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE KITCHEN, AS A BUNCH OF DELICIOUS SMELLS WERE WAFTING OUT THERE. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"A SECOND LATER, LINH WAS BACK WITH 4 GLASSES, BOWLS AND PLATES. SHE PLACED THEM ON THE TABLE AND SNAPPED HER HANDS. SUDDENLY WATER FLOATED OUT OF THE KITCHEN, ALL WHILE CARRYING LOT'S OF INCREDIBLE SMELLING DISHES. THE WATER LET THE DISHES ON THE TABLE GENTLY./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI STARED AT HER IN WONDER. SHE LAUGHED. "I'M A HYDROKENETIC." SHE EXPLAINED. "AND I AM A PYROKENETIC." SAID MARELLA. "OH" WAS ALL I COULD SAY. I WAS SPEECHLESS. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HYDROKENETICS WERE SUPER RARE, JUST LIKE PYROKENETICS. THESE TWO WERE ONE OF A KIND. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"WE ALL RAISED OUR CUTLERY AND STARTED EATING. SOON WE WERE FINISHED. I LOOKED AT THE EMPTY GLASS, BUT BEFORE I COULD SAY A WORD, LINH SAID "THEY'RE MAGIC. IF YOU WANT A DRINK, JUST SAY THE NAME. WORKS WITH ANY LIQUID EXCEPT FOR ACHOHOL AND DRINKS LIKE THAT." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"I NODDED AND SAID "BLOOD." INSTANTLY, THE GLASS FILLED WITH DEEP RED LIQUID. KIARA SHIVERED. "I HATE IT WHEN YOU DRINK THAT." I JUST SHRUGGED AND RAISED THE GLASS TO MY LIPS AND TOOK A SIP. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"THE BLOOD WAS BETTER THAN ANY I'VE EVER TASTED. "MMM." I SAID, CONTENTLY. THE OTHER 3 LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SHRUGGED. SOON, WE WERE FULL AND SLEEPY. WE HAD JUST GIVEN LINH AND MARELLA OUR THANKS FOR THEIR HOSPILATY AND WERE ABOUT TO GET UP, WHEN THE DOOR OPENED AND A BLACK HOODED GIRL STUMBLED IN./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Algerian;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSHE HAD GHASTLY INJURIES. SHE TRIED TO WALK, BUT SHE STARTED TO SLIP. AS SHE FELL, LINH JUMPED UP AND GRABBED HER BEFORE SHE HIT THE GROUND. HER HOOD THEN FELL OPEN AND ME AND KIARA GOT A BIG SHOCK. WE BOTH JUMPED UP, ACTIVATED OUR WEAPONS AND SAID, IN UNISON, "TEMPEST?!" /span/p