Lost Hope

THREE

my eyes slid across the page; words jumped out at me; the right position for... When you… How to… the words were meaningless why papa wanted me to read this is beyond me, He told me that I had powers that no one had ever had and that I should learn how to control hem and along with that train how to fight; to defend, he told me this yesterday when it was my ‘birthday’ the day they found me since they did not know my real one; it has been 4 years since that incident an Im now 10 years old “We will start you early” they told me Jazz is also starting since he is the right age” I had frowned and said

“Then why don’t I start when I am his age?” Mama and Papa had smiled gently at me but did not answer i was so annoyed that I had ran off not letting them tell me anything else; it was out of the question I was NOT going to train. But of course as soon as I came back a book was placed in my hands and the words written on it was ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FIGHTING. I had stormed up to my room and refused to come out; I had brought the book with me, for the fist while I had started at it thinking about how I could stop all this mess.. Until I could not hold it back an more My hands itched to open the book and find out the secrets hidden in the pages; my mind wanted to absorb the knowledge in the writing some of the stuff was quite interesting, for one thing there was a chapter that was about battle Techniques, the fighting skills were quite dull I would rather learn about them by experiencing it not reading from some book, I finally came to the last chapter after the antagonising hours of going through it; the good and bad parts of it. Chapter 150 Mysterious powers this seemed interesting enough. I turned the page to find a beautiful artwork of someone holding their hands up lightning bolts were flashing everywhere around her; the way that the artist had portrayed the wind was amazing; the girls hair was flying everywhere as far as it could go. The eyes were a blinding white I stared memorised at the picture, looking down I found the information in small letters Storm Syrens: Has the powers of wind and storm, usually females, highly dangerous, thought to be none left. Eager for more I turned to the page to come to another picture the artwork was made by the same person that did the Storm Syren. This time it was a man with Hair on fire and bright orange eyes flames were swirling around the person; as if they themself were a fire looking to the bottom of the page I saw the same small handwriting Fire Prince: not really a prince, has the power of Flames, usually males, dangerous, few still alive. Excited for more I turned the page to see two people one female one male, the female had long hair that flowers had been woven into to make a crown of flowers if you looked closely you could see points on her ears like elves, she wore a dress that looked like it was real nature, she was holding her hands up anything that resembled a branch had grown from the ground and curled around her wrist, her eyes were glowing green, the male looked the same; except he was a male, and that he held a staff. Looking down to the bottom of the page I read the few lines of information Spirits of nature: Powers of nature, Both men and women, slightly dangerous, Many still live today but bide out in forests in fear of being Killed. Next page I thought to myself as I looked down at the next picture I smiled, it was Woman holding a ball of water, in the background as a man Holding his hand up to a water monster, underneath it said: Water Crystals: Magic is water, Both Men and Women, Quite dangerous, Location unknown. The next page held a person standing next to a frozen statue the eyes were cold and were glowing blue, she looked as if she didn’t care that she had froze a person, Ice Mage, Usually female, Stay away unless they know you Highly dangerous, found in mountains. I turned to the next page, It was a simple person staring towards you their eyes were glowing gold, nothing else was depicted in the picture looking down I saw lines of information: Magic Dwellers: the name does not explain what the magic dweller is, The Magic Dweller is a being both Man and Woman, that can read other magic beings and their powers; they are very shy though and hardly will talk to anyone, if were kidnapped and enslaved; forced to check everyone's magic they would become unstable… For more info turn to last page. I stared at the picture an shuddered the thought of the person knowing my power turning to the next page was yet another image of A person standing next to a weirdly distorted person the eyes were a straight silver, Silvers: Has the power to change appearances, Dangerous, Unknown of how many and where they are. The last picture was of a girl no older than me she was split in half, one side was bright like a light.. The power of light? The other side was dark her hand holding what looked to be a purple flame the eyes were a different colour; one was purple and the other was yellow Unknown name: Powers of light and Dark, unknown gender. Something to be feared, last seen was thousands of years ago. That was not a lot of information I frowned the at the very top of the page was a small note last time this power was around it was a female. Smiling I studied the fierce look on the girls face wondering what happened to her turning the page I found an artwork of all of the people with powers in it. On the page beside it was lots of writing, Theses powers are the most sought after there is. There are other powers like the floating Mystic (Power to move objects) and the Tigers roar (Power to talk to animals) but they are trivial compared to the ones mentioned, If one of each kind is brought together (except the Unknown) by an evil force with a power we will not mention bound them together an indestructible force would tear the world apart, the only known way to stop it is for the bonded (one of each kind hat were tied together by the evil force) would be to kill themselves (all of them) the terrible force would be vanquished but one problem still remains.. The evil force would still live there is a theory that maybe the unknown could be the one to stop it but sadly we will never know due to the fact that NONE ARE ALIVE. Hopefully this will not happen due to how hard it would be to find a Storm Syrens and Flame Prince. if they… I turned the page to find another picture and a page torn leaving only the last page about the Magic dwellers, Ignoring the fact that there was a page missing So unstable that they would slowly start sucking everyones magic from them, the only way to stop it is if they were put in a room that held a stone that they chose so they could do the sacred ritual of putting all their power into that stone, and become a normal human, The stone in question would become a necklace and the Magic Dweller can either keep it or give it to someone they trust. If the stone falls into the wrong hands it would be a lethal weapon due to the fact that it has the music Dwellers powers in it, the stone can stop any type of magic kinds power, the only way to stop the stone is to have the same Magic Dweller to consume their power again; they would have to go into hiding because the magic would be even more unstable and might never be able to come out again. In some cases the Magic Dweller has been able to stabilise their power and go back to living peacefully. If you were to break the stone it would still work and you would have just made more Magic Dwellers magic stones that suck the Magic out of every one. If the Magic Dweller were not able to do the Ritual then their magic would tear them apart and the magic would explode out at random times bringing Humans down onto their knees, for it could slowly suck out their soul… when Magic dwellers start to suck magic out of the Beings that would become more unstable. I have no knowledge if the Unknown is affected by this. The book ended at that turning to the front I smiled I would be nice to know how to identify each Magic kind even the minor ones, Deciding at last I picked up the boo and ran downstairs “Mama?” I ask turning a conner and looking at her “Do you have a book about Magical beings and how to recognise them?” Mama smiled at me

“So you did read the book sweetie” she laughed at my face “I sure do come with me!” I nodded and followed her down the hallway to the library

“What Magic do you and Papa have Mama?” I asked she laughed and turned her head to look at me

“You father is a Spirit of Nature and I am a lowly Wood Nymph” I frown at how she said she was a lowly Wood Nymph

“Mama You aren’t a wood nymph” I said “when I focus really hard I can feel lots of power radiating off you” my statement took Mama by surprise she then frowned and mumbled to herself

“I had heard that…” I ignored what she said would would probably be something unimportant anyway.