The dark-haired young woman bent over as she picked up something from the dirt ground, brushing her fingers on her emerald-green dress. A piece of charred rock lay in her hand, one side burnt black and still sizzling softly. She touched the cloth band she always wore on her forehead gently.
"I didn't know rocks burned," the man beside her commented. He looked about the same age as her, with dirty blond hair swishing into his freckled face.
"Anything the Dark Lord touches, burns," said another woman, this one a blond, rather harshly, as she stepped out from behind a tree. Parts of her long hair were neatly braided, but the smudges of dirt on
Title: The Elements: The Power of Four
Author: Coni
Rating: PG-13 for violence in later later chapters…and mature things…
Summary: Four teenagers find about their destiny, the reason they were born, to unit as the Elements, each with a special power to fight the Dark Lord Smerytod who has risen again.
Chapter Summary: The Elements meet each other without knowing their true destiny; Chrysta meets the Headmaster, and she also meets Chavez.
A/N: Thanks for reading this far…this is the first chapter of the Elements, the first in its series, or so I hope…please review! If you would like to beta for this story, or be on my update list for thin
Chapter 2
He was in a forest.
It smelled of smoke; and he could see burnt logs and leaves as he walked. Dead leaves crunched under his steps, and somewhere in a direction a bird called: a long, piercing screech. He could feel the warmth, the fire burning inside him, his veins pulsing, flowing with adrenaline. A golden salamander scurried from by his boots, but he hardly noticed. He was nervous, but determined, and he walked briskly forward, certain of his destination.
He reached a clearing, and saw that the rest of them were already there: the dark-haired girl with sea-green eyes; the tall young man dressed in gold; and the second girl wi