Elementals

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I'm on a role, introducing new people every chapter! Do you think a book of backstories and inventions and alternate universes and other stuff not for the story line would be interesting? tell me! Don't forget to ask questions, I WILL give answers!

-----------------------------------------Stella's POV-----------------------

As we walk to the Teresa's workshop, I notice Violet is fiddling with her bandages. "You shouldn't do that. They might be uncomfortable but they do help."

"I know that they are, they restrict my moving." she said, wriggling her arms about.

This is stressful. I shouldn't... I... arrrggg! I have no idea what to say to her. 

She had moved to talk to Wendy. phew. "You OK?" 

I looked up. I'm so glad Isabella worries for me. "Fine... just confused. why didn't Mom tell us? Also, Violet is confusing. She talks like she knows the words but not the grammar...." I trail off

"It's more than that. You're worried she will change us, aren't you?" I nod, not saying anything.

"Don't worry. Maybe she wont even stay with us. For now, just be happy she was found." She smiled. there was something cold about that smile, but reassuring. I smiled back. 

---------------Violet's POV---------------------------

We stop at a door. Mom opens it and steps in. We follow her in. 

Wow... What is all of this stuff!?

Ok. this is so odd. I look around, taking a deep breath. the room was filled with... what are they called? well, thee was a desk like thing- a counter? running around the walls. lists, diagrams, maps and flashing lights were on the walls. the com... puter? i think that's what they are. Anyway, the screens were showing blue plans, apart from one. It had a bunch of mini people in it, talking.

Then i saw her. I don't know how she wasn't the first thing I noticed. She looked around ten, about one year younger than me. She was wearing a neon green dress/shirt thing with bright pink linings on the edges, paired with dark grey leggings. The leggings had some blood red hearts on one leg, yellow stars on the other.

her hairstyle was... interesting. On her right, it went down to her shoulder blades. On the left, her lower back. it was cut in a diagonal line from the one point to the other. The weirdest thing about her was her face. It was a pretty face, for the most part, but the right part was made of metal. From her chin up her nose through her eyebrow and to her ear, her face was completly... whats the word? Robatic? No, robotic. 

her right arm and leg, as well as her left foot, were the same. I shivered

A dog ran up to me his tail -uggh, robotic as well?- was wagging cheerfully. He looked happy. Hullo friend! My name's Monster!

"hello Monster! my name is violet."  I wasn't surprised he could talk. Most animals could. (Apart from the reeeaaally stupid ones: snails, slugs, most incects and a few types of zebra. Orangutans spoke something closer to Spanish, snakes more like Indian.) Mom and the others were already talking to the girl, apart from Stella, who seemed terrified i had just spoken dog. How can they just walk past this adorable sausage of happiness? poor thing, I wonder how he lost his tail.

------------------------Wendy's POV because i was bored----------------

Teresa was sitting on the floor, working on a new watch, her legs on Terence. OK, that sounded weird. Terence was working on her legs? No that's just creepy. ummm... Terence was using his tools to tinker with her legs to make them work better? too long. ugh, why am i trying to say this? 

"What is it?" she asked. "I can't walk right now."

"We need you to test Violet." 

Why? I remember her doing some tests on us, but not much else. maybe a DNA test.  

Teresa paused her show and frowned at us. "Why? I thought there were none left in the castle. Ter is busy with my legs, does it look like i can do anything?"

"Of course you can do something. You are talking to us aren't you? Or am I imagining this entire crazy day!" Isabella says sarcastically.

Terence answered. "It is really important. She can't dance at the moment, can she?" His eyes were twinkling. It was obvious he had asked her.

The dance was the only thing that anyone talked about in the Castle, and maybe the whole town. 

There was a poster about the dance on the wall. It seems Teresa had made up the rules: You had to have a date (you could go as siblings), but not (close) sibs. You could only come if you were older than 13, unless someone older than 13 asked you. 

Since we were only eleven we couldn't ask anyone, but luckily we all had dates. I was going with a guy named Jake. Surprisingly, Stella was asked first, Jake's brother Ethan had asked her. I didn't know who Isabella was going with. 

Teresa sighed. "Ter, pick me up and take us to the left room." 

When we got there, he put her down in a chair. She was telling Violet to put her hand in a machine. Violet clearly didn't want to, but she did it anyway.

I wonder if haveing violet around will be different. I guess it's possible that we will keep our normal lives and she just tags along, but it's highly unlikely.

Teresa pressed about 16 million buttons before looking up. "Oh... that's interesting...."

I thought I saw fear in her eyes. 

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Dun dun duuuuuunnnnnnnn! What do you think? What's Teresa scared of? What language can a tiger speak?(guess) 

Sorry about the long wait, we went on holiday for two weeks without WiFi! Thanks for reading my book!