forum Elementals Chapter 4: Celestial Tides (OPEN)

Started July 16, 2020 by Deleted user

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"Frik. That doesn't look good. Run." Marlin pushed her ahead of him, "Come, on faster please!"

Sage turned once she got over her shock, running, heels digging into the soft dirt, kicking up leaves and slipping and stumbling on ash and sending birds into frightened flight and she wanted to join them.

Trish couldn't believe what she had seen, simple as that. She'd remain unseen during the events that had taken place in the forest but she had seen it all. The fire, the magic, the strange people.
Trish trailed behind the two people, eager to avoid the man who had caused the original chaos, she listened closely to their conversation.
Elementals. She hadn't heard that word in a long time, but she knew what they were. What she hoped they weren't anyway.
A twig snapped by her foot, directly behind the pair and she held her breath.

Marlin ran behind the girl, away from Astra, away from the seal, and the bright light. Where was he going? He needed to get them both somewhere safe, that was his job. Get the girl to safety, then he could go back and take a look at the circle. And maybe find Ignis, who at least seemed to know something he didn't.

Sage glanced behind her, hiking her skirt up and speeding up. All she wanted was to get back to her family's flower shop, get back to her room, and hide under the covers until this was confirmed to be a really weird and bad dream.

Aria climbed up another tree, prepared to remain up there for as long as she had to. She had some food on her, and her sister wouldn't wonder where she'd gone for a few days.

"Hey, do you know the way out of here?" asked Marlin running up beside her. "Because I have absolutely no clue."

Sage nodded. "To that giant pine tree, turn left, and then keep running!"

"Great, are you going there too? Or do you have a small cave you live in? I don't know anything about forests and forest people." he said, still jogging along beside her.

"I'm going back to my family's shop." She said, breaths coming out in short pants.

Aria jumped down from her perch and silently followed behind Sage and Marlin, curious as to where the two were going. She had no intent of making her presence known. Yet.

"Parents shop. Good, you won't get lost then. Stay safe kid, don't except candy from strangers, I gotta go!" he turned around and ran back towards the beam of light coming through the trees.

Sage waved, running back to town, slipping through alleyways and finally reaching her parent's shop, running straight to her room, finding comfort in the paper gazes of 60s and 70s band posters.

Aria noticed the girl run into the shop, and decided to turn around and go somewhere else. Where? She had no clue. Rain started to pour down on her head, and Aria ran into an alleyway, trying to find something to shield herself. She noticed a discarded table, with part of one leg missing. It was tilted on its side, so all the rain was sliding down and away from the dry spot under it. Aria crawled under the table, pulling some old furniture and garbage cans on either side, to serve as makeshift walls. And it was there where the girl sat for the rest of the night, watching the rain fall.

Ignis ran back to the seal as he felt a great power overwhelm him, "No!" He felt the rain begin as he quickly made his way through the forest. When he approached the seal, he was in shock. Legends speak of the great seals. Astra, Ignatias, Celestia, and Riott, the four elementals had used their magic to keep dark secrets away. Before man, there were beasts.

Sage sat on her bed, staring into space as she tried to process what had just happened. Something went wrong back there… something that wasn't supposed to happen.

Marlin was standing by the seal, being drenched in the rain when he saw Ignis. "Hello there."he said waving "Back with more about elementals I assume?"

Ignis looked up at Marlin with his horrified face unmoved. Then his face went dark, he looked at Marlin with a dark expression, "Run…" A shockwave burst out and travelled as far as past the village.

Sage felt the shockwave, clutching her pillow tight. "What the…?"

Marlin stumbled backwards and fell against a tree. "What- Astra? Ignis what's going on." He curled his fists, ready for the worst. "What's happening?"

Pushed back by the shockwave, Ignis slammed against a nearby tree. "There's another who must have powered the seal! It's breaking!" A white flame escaped Ignis's chest as he cried out, the flame travelled into the seal. Now weak, Ignis looked at Marlin, "RUN!!"

Marlin grabbed Ignis by his collar and sprinted away dragging Ignis behind him "Does this happen often or…" he shook his head and just kept running.

Ignis pulls away but continues running, "Shut up! I am a fool for ever letting any of you know about me! How is it none of you know of your abilities? I give you knowledge of the past, and you accuse me of any of this?!" Ignis felt strange, as if something was wrong. As they ran out of the forest Ignis stopped., "I-It's gone…"

"Why would I want to use my ability?" Marlin snapped. "It's useless." He held his hand out collecting water in his palm. "My 'powers' or whatever have never helped me before." Marlin threw the water on the ground and turned to look at the forest, feeling slightly irritated he had been dumb enough to admit he had magic.

Ignis saw Marlin's ability and grabbed his arm, almost by instinct. Dragging Marlin along, Ignis ran back through the forest and towards the seal.

"We were JUST running away from this!" yelled Marlin, trying to get away from Ignis. "I am just about done with all this running to and from the stupid glowy thing."

Ignis ignored Marlin's words, his own mind screaming over all other noise. As he rushed Marlin back to the seal, he seemed to constantly whisper under his breath. As they moved through trees and roots, Ignis's grip remained firm. When they approached the seal, now slightly open, Ignis forced Marlin's hand on the seal. "Descendant of Astra, child of water. You can seal it once again! Use your gift to correct the mistake I made!"

He scowled at Ignis, but kept his hand on the seal.Water flew from every direction, gathering under Marlin's palm, and covering the seal's opening.

As the they awkwardly waited as the water finished to seal the seal, Ignis's skin began to pale. His eyes rolled to the back of his head. As the seal closed Ignis spoke softly as he smiled creepily, "We have awakened… we are the darkness that will soon take the world…" Then Ignis collapsed, cold to the touch.

Marlin stared at Ignis' body. Then he kicked it. "You alive, creepy man?"
Ignis didn't respond. "Ah, frick." Marlin flicked a bit of water on his face. "Wake up, wake up, waaake up!" He started pacing back and forth ignoring the faint glow of the seal. "Please don't die." he whispered, struggling to kept panic out of his voice.