The Elementals #2 by Kiki XoXo (books for new readers .txt) 📕

I guess it will be up to them in the end. It's not like it really effects me anyways. I'll be going through my queen courses, and practicing walking down the isle when this is all over. God, I'm going to be a real queen. I've only ever known one queen and look at what happened to her. She went crazy! Crossing my fingers, I lean back against the walls and start humming. No more sad soppy thoughts. Lets keep a straight head about all of this and stay focused. If I lose focus I'll lose everything and everyone.

 A slow gust of wind wakes me up, and I sit up straight looking at my surrounding. I rub my eyesas my back cracks. Gosh I'm sore from sleeping in this position. I can't believe I actually fell asleep... outside even. Leaning against  a wooden wall, without a blanket and pillow. As I stand my back pops more, a long with my knees and ankles. It sounds gross but feels amazing!

"I was wondering how long you'd be asleep out here for." Chaston scares me, I turn around not understanding how she is behind me since it's a wall. I see her looking out the window, that she must have just opened.

"Morning..." I say, unsure on what she is doing exactly. I'm surprised she is even talking to me, after what she said yesterday. "I .. hope you slept well." She just scoffs at me with a smirk. I narrow my eyes wanting to know what her problem is.

"You know I thought I liked you, I tried to like you... but I just... don't. Yeah, I don't like you." She shrugs her shoulders. "I mean I'm greatful that you're protecting me, and trying to help Spridge, but I'm not a fan of you anymore. You're not you." She explains, looking me square in the eyes. She doesn't blink, or even falter with her words. She means it, and she wants me to know it.

"Well... I can't say that I'm a big fan of you either, to be honest." I scratch my eyebrow.

"You know... you call out his name while you sleep." She stands up smirking at me now. Who's name? What is that supposed to mean? "You're engaged to Thayer and claim you love Thayer yet you call out Dr. Drake's name in your sleep." I feel my face flush with embarrassment, but then it disapears. There isn't anything I can do. It's the bond.  "Poor Thayer... I mean he'd have to listen to you call out for another guy... that must have upset him. I don't understand why he even stuck around..."

"Because your crazy ass mother was threatening his home land." I stand up for myself finally. I can see in her face she wasn't expecting it either. "Now why don't you quit trying to scare me away, because right now I'm the only hope you have at keeping Spridge under your control." I lean against the window so my upper torso is inside the tree house. "Also... I'd be careful if I were you. If you keep going down this path, you'll end up just like your mother." With that I pull the window closed, and move away so she can't see me or saying anything more to me. Flying off the deck, up into the sky, I wake myself up wishing I didn't have to go back down and see Chaston. I shouldn't have said anything about her being like her mother.  I need to control my temper better then that from now on.

It saddens me knowing that Chaston and I used to be best friends apparently, and now look at where we are? I wonder why she doesn't like me? She almost seemed jealous about Thayer, but she has Chase and I'm pretty sure Drew. I wonder if it has something to do with the bond Elijah and I share. Maybe she isn't happy about that either.

Focus Lyra, none of this matters. It's all just dumb teenage girl drama, we're both facing a life and or death situation, and we're arguing over this petty shit. I'm not going to let her get to me anymore, and I'm going to keep that little altercation to myself for the time being. I don't need anyone else butting there head in where they aren't needed. Going back to the deck I smooth down my hair, and take a quick breath. Pushing open the door I'm greeted with everyone awake chatting and eating. We all stay kind of quiet knowing that things are going to get tougher as time passes. The queen just openly attacked again, and even took one of our own. Leaving both of her kids here as well. My empathy towards them grows, and I realize that could also be part of Chaston's problem. After a good twenty minutes though everyone quiets down, and things get awkward. Nobody is talking anymore, we're all just staring at nothing, off in thought. It's kind of weird with Thayer not being here. He was good at keeping up conversations, and just being entertaining.

"Okay we can't sit here like nothing is wrong..." Asia whispers quietly. I close my eyes guessing everyone was thinking the same things I was.

"We have to go save him." Sebastien stands up, running a hand through his hair. "My first order as king is to go and bring him back here safe and sound."  Everyone whips there head towards him, and he shrugs. "I don't see anyone else here to take the job!"

"You're right." I say stepping up, "In fact we all could probably go up there right now, safe him and take down Rashell. She is alone now, Donatello is no longer working with her."  My heart thumps in my chest, as everyone takes into consideration what I just said.  "...Although Sebastien and Chaston will stay back with someone to protect them... an elemental for sure."

"What?" Sebastien eyes me as if I'm stupid.

"You just said it yourself that you're king. If you die then Chaston takes your place. Right now you two are the only people in line for the throne, meaning you need to live even if it costs us our lives. That's our job isn't it? Protecting the royal family?"

I can tell by the look on his face he knows I am right. I can also see he isn't happy about it. Right now though isn't the time to slip up, we all need to focus and prepare. Chaston choose Flora to be the one who stays down here with them, which is smart since they're on ground Flora will be of more use down here then she will up there.  After a couple more battle/saving plans are figured out we break, and  get ready to go. We leave right now.

It's me bringing everyone up. Creating a bunch of tornados for us all to use, I get everyone situated on one and tell them what to do and what not to do. If someone were to fall off I wouldn't be able to save them because that would risk breaking the other tornados and dropping more people. Everyone takes it seriously and get the hang of it quickly.  I glance back up into the tree house, spotting Chaston and Flora in one window and Sebastien in the other. Sebastien is watching me, and as I get situated on my own tornado our eyes meet. He pulls a hand up and pressed it to the glass, sharing silent and deadly words with me. He wants me to come back. He wants me.  Tearing my eyes away before I do something stupid, I whistle at everyone signaling for them all to quite down and get ready.  I lift us alll of the ground, slowly taking my time at first to make sure eveyone can keep balance. Once we're over a hundred feet up though I speed up, not wanting anyone to get scared from lookking down and having that throw them off. It takes only seconds for us to get on the island. 

Holding our ground for a minute we wait to see if we're going to get ambushed. Then we all go over the battle plan on more time, and then we all put our hands in. We give each other quick looks, trying to remember everything and everyone. This might be the last time some of us see each other. 

"Spridge." We all say in unison, and then we scatter. Asia and Sierra go off together, trying to find a water supply, like a pond that will be our strongest weapon. Asia can control it, and Sierra can put high voltage in it making it a deadly weapon. Drew and Theodore went off together to. Drew is going to lead Theodore around and try and find Thayer, since Drew knows this place better then any of us other people up here. That leaves Janessa and I to be partners, since we also left Chase down on land. Janessa and I's main focus is the queen. She is bound to have some kind of small little army, and that's Sierra and Asia job. We run right through the main door of the small castle looking building, and there is just one hall that has ten door on each side. Then one big door, at the other end. That's I'm guessing where Rashell is.

We check everydoor way just in case, and it blows my mind and how much wasted and uneeded space was built into this place! Some of the door don't have one thing inside them, and other aren't even rooms! They're just door put in front of bricks! We don't find anyone, and we make it all the way to the big door at the other end of the hall. We both give each other the look. I count to three on my fingers, and then I blow the door open with a gust of wind. Janessa has flames ready to fire as we cover each others backs walking into the room. It is a throne looking room. It's got one chair, in the middle, and twelve off to the side. It has a couple tables, and then there is a desk on the left corner by the door.

Sadly it's empty.  We've messed up. Or we missed something. We didn't see one person... that's a bunch of bull shit. They're here somewhere,  they must've known we were coming. We haven't heard a word from any of the other either, so I have no idea if they're okay or not.

"Now what?" Janessa asks, but she doesn't loose her focus. she keeps her hands burning, and her eyes tight. I take a deep breath thinking thoroughly through my brain for an answer. I honestly have nothing though. I have no idea how to navigate this place, I don't know any secrets doors, or any other building on this island. It almost seems abondoned! "Don't lose you hopes Lyra, we'll find him." Janessa adds. Then the lights flick off, and Janessa's fire is the only light source. Even though the room is filled with windows, none of the outside light shines