forum "Awaken, Elementals. Your time has arisen." // 4/4 // CLOSED

Started July 30, 2019 by Deleted user

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Alex jumped slightly, staying in the air perhaps a touch longer than normal, staring at Memphis. "I-I have homework!" He stammered.

"I haven't finished my school work!" Cordelia said, a bit annoyed. And also scared out of her mind.

"Homework won't matter when you come to save the world from the darkness," Memphis snapped, purple eyes burning. "And you shall return shortly."

Thalia groaned. "Listen, Memphis. Whatever you drugged us with, I just want to let you know I'll be calling the cops when I wake up from…" she looked around her. "This pretty cool place."

Alex was silent again, glaring at Memphis. "So. Who the fuck are you, again? Some mythical shithead or something?" He snapped suddenly.

Cordelia stepped back, chewing her lip. "M-mx, where are we?" She asked, trying to control her nerves.

"Oh, you're awake," Memphis smiled at Thalia. "And the cops won't help you. No, I'm not a mythical shithead, I'm your mentor. And we're in a forest, clearly. Listen, you have a purpose. You can ignore it all you want, but you know deep down for it to be true." Dalia was the only one who remained quiet during this.

"We- we could die. We have lives! We can't just throw everything away for some random mythical person claiming to be our mentor!" Cordelia snapped, wrapping her arms around herself.

Thalia nodded in agreement with Cordelia's statement. "She's right you know. I have a test here pretty soon, now that I think about it…"

Alex nodded. "Yeah." He agreed, crossing his arms.

"Your test won't matter when you're saving the world. Since you won't simply take the information, I shall show you." The space around them warped again, but this time they weren't going anywhere. The space was a deep purple, littered with what seemed to be constellations.
"Many years ago, the elements were formed. There was earth, fire, water and air." They pointed to each of the teenagers in turn. "But there was also two others: time and darkness. There was no light, as the five elements other than darkness were meant to take those positions. From the beginning, there was one person with each element, but no one with darkness. Darkness hovered in empty space, being able to persuade people but never being reincarnated in someone. Since then, there have been many generations of Elementals, each embodying one of the main four elements. The time elemental would only reincarnate when their time had come, when they needed to move on. Their have only been two of these elementals. I am one of these. For the first time ever, darkness has been reincarnated in someone. So you four need to overcome them."

"And…so?" Alex said, cocking an eyebrow. "There literally can't be light without darkness. That's how the world works." He shrugged slightly.

"And what did darkness even do that we need to take them out?" Cordelia asked, voice quiet.

"I don't think that this is worth arguing," Dalia said suddenly. "I mean, we're literally embodying the elements Memphis described. Cordelia's hair is water and my hair is literal fire. Thalia is green and Alex is basically translucent. And the ground beneath my feet is burnt."

"Yeah, but we shouldn't have to die because of it!" Alex said, crossing his arms and trying to seem unbothered by the fact that he was nearly see through.

"But why?" Cordelia asked, turning to face her. "You're just going to go along with this? How do we know this isn't something else? How can we trust them?" She snapped, more than a bit angry.

"I'm not saying that we go along with it! I'm just saying that there's more evidence for they're saying than there is against it!" Her hair flamed higher above her head.

"So what, we should all just…die?" Alex asked, wind whipping faster. "Lambs to the slaughter? Do what this…person tells us to do just because of some convenient evidence?" He snorted.

"I'm not saying that!" Dalia yelled. "But they have given the only explanation as to why the fuck this is happening to us, and they're our best bet!"

"How do we know they aren't a psycho?" She hissed, tugging at her sleeves. "How do we know they didn't drug us? How do we know they aren't going to do something to us?"

Thalia sighed, "Listen, Memphis. This sounds great and all and I would love to help defeat the… darkness guy or whatever. But I can't help you, because I don't know how." She smiled and continued, "So, why don't you just end this little game of yours so that I won't beat you to a pulp?"

Alex shifted. "You aren't doing a very convincing job, Memphis. If that's even who you are." He watched Memphis carefully.

"Hmm? What?" Memphis asked, snapping out of their faraway stare. "Oh, yes. You see, you have no choice. You can go back to your normal life, but this will still happen. Whether you like it or not, you are the new Elementals. Your appearances will not change back to how they were. You are stuck like this, and you don't have a choice."

"W-what?" Cordelia asked, voice faltering slightly. "You- you can't be serious."

"What? I can't…i liked the way I looked!" Alex replied, frowning. "Granted, i looked like an albino, almost, but I still liked how I looked!"