"So Like This?" I say, trying to summon a flame.
"No, Alaric you're trying too hard to do it, Fire may be one of the more chaotic elements but to summon it you have to not try so hard to do it." Amelia tells me.
I nod and think about what she said, I didn't try so hard on this attempt I built up that tingling feeling in my hand a sorta flicked my wrist and all of sudden a white flame appeared in my hand the size of a baseball.
"Ah!" I yelled, surprised.
I tossed it in the air then caught it in my other hand then tossed it into the air again it hit my stomach but just disappeared into smoke.Amelia giggled at me being well me which I wasn't really offended because I like making her laugh even when it's at me.
"Alaric you're immune to being burnt, remember?" She asks.
"Yeah I think I demonstrated that for myself perfectly." I replied.
That got another laugh from her.
"Ok so the compass is pointing in that direction which on the map apparently is some kind of bridge." Kade Pointed out.
It's been 5 days since we left the camp site after the fight with Ruby at Mcdonalds still wish I got that cheese burger by the way.In these 5 days I have been trying to get better with my element which today seems to be to the biggest improvement, also Amelia's leg is now healed because to reason elementals naturally regenerate injuries and because some lady named Audrey Anderson gave us Themosi to make it heal quicker.
"And how far is this bridge?" I ask.
"About three more miles, and there's a Chick-fil-a on the way there so we can get something to eat on the way."
"Oh thank the elder elements."
We eventually did make it to Chick-fil-a, we sat down at the tables and ate our breakfast.Me and Amelia both got a plain chicken biscuit with hash browns, Kade got the hash brown burrito which lowkey looked like it tasted amazing.We eventually got done with our food and went outside and- you know why don't take a wild guess? Ding! Ding! Correct! something wants to kill us! Confetti! But anyway we went outside and we saw two people in pitch black uniforms with double swords drawn.Each of their uniforms had a logo on it that said "Nightshade" and they had some kind of giant scorpion pet behind them. I wondered if Jordy and him were valentines.
"Wow, first I got attacked by a demon bird that watches people in the shower, now there are two dudes with a mutant scorpion pokemon." I say.
"So you're the one Nightshade calls Alaric Whiteshadow?" One of the dudes says.
"What? You read about me in his dream diary?"
"Look kid, you keep giving me attitude. I won't hesitate to release big momma on you." He says, gesturing to the scorpion.
"Look man, I have already come across a lot of things that have wanted to kill me and we sent them back packing." I replied.
Amelia grabs me by the arm and turns me to look at her.
"Alaric that thing right there is a Slitherstalker, one of the first children of Darkness born to kill elementals and to terrorize human's lives so no offense but at the rate you're at you will stand no chance against that thing." Amelia says.
"Look little girl you think just because he stops giving me attitude I will still not try to kill him." He says.
All of sudden the dude holding the Slitherstalker with a lasso released him.Amelia drew her Katana,Kade Pulled out the bow he stole from Midas's storage building and drew an arrow,Me? I ignited a white flame into my hand and surprisingly it stayed and felt easier to control and also more powerful.The Two dudes got ready to fight one of the summoned vines which weren't like how Jade's are.Instead of being pretty and nice they were ugly and had thorns.The other guy did some hand motions which at one point looked like the Macarena dance, he tension of the wind around us felt more aggressive.The battle started Amelia and the viney dude got into a one on one match he hit Amelia with a vine and tried to strangle her but then Amelia made the ground beneath him crack making him fall into the cracks getting his foot stuck making him lose control of his vines.The guy got out of the whole though eventually and then he turned some vines into poisonous grenade like things which apparently is something you can do with the nature element.Has they were coming at Amelia out of stone she made armor around herself and it protected her from the poison grenades, then she sliced the dudes leg with the katana then she summoned a rock and hit the dude in the head hard enough to knock him out but now kill him.
"How's that for a little girl?" Amelia says.
The fight between Kade in air dude was really close, the guy summoned a gush of wind at Kade.Kade took control of it and transformed into a tornado and then slapped the dude with a gush of wind making him go into the tornado it beating him up in the process.Kade later desummoned the tornado and the dude that was in it was knocked out cold.Has those fights were going on that left me and the Slitherstalker, it instantly charged at me and tried to slice with its poisonous stinger I dodged it multiple times.One of the times it caught me off guard and I pulled out the knife Blake gave me a sliced the stinger of its tail.The Slitherstalker made a noise and turn to me instantly with more anger.
"Nice mutant scorpion?" I said.
It charged at me with Anger.
"Alaric!" I heard both Amelia and Kade yell.
The Slitherstalker got me with its horns and rammed into a rock, it pinned me against the rock and roared loudly at me in the face damn these things need breath mints.The Slitherstalker looked like it was about to bite me to poison me instead of using its dislocated stinger.Has soon has it opened it's mouth I summoned a white flame and threw it into its mouth.It screamed out in pain and it disintegrated from the inside almost instantly.Kade and Amelia walked and looked amazed and surprised they looked back at the remains of the Slitherstalker then back at me.
"And you said you were a normal kid." Amelia says.
I was about to say something but all of sudden a lightning bolt came out of nowhere and hit me.I tumbled back slightly but nothing more than that I felt pain but also more energy at the same time.
"Guys why did they do so little to me? Why do I feel like I have more energy than before but also feel pain at the same time?" I ask.
"Fire elementals react differently to lighting than the other elements, since lighting has heat it gives you more energy but lighting can still cause you lots of pain just less than other elementals." Amelia replies.
"Wish I knew that earlier because I would have taken that lighting for you so you wouldn't have had that broken leg."
"Alaric just because you're immune to lighting doesn't mean you can be our human body shield, just because it doesn't feel like it lighting is causing you more pain than giving you more energy than it feels."
"Noted." I replied.
"Yall are we just gonna ignore Ruby standing there?" Kade notices.
Me and Amelia turned and saw Ruby standing there.
"I'm impressed Alaric Whiteshadow, being able to defeat a Slitherstalker at fifteen is not a normal feat." She says.
"Ruby, I'm not the bad guy here, I'm trying to retrieve the sword just in case Darkness comes back and I need it."
"They all say something like that Whiteshadow."
"Ruby please you have listen to me Matthew and Madison-"
I got cut off by another lighting bolt but luckily Amelia shielded me with a piece of stone before it hit me.
"Guys we can't beat her, the only thing we can do is run." Amelia says.
"Amelia but I need to talk to her." I replied.
"Well looks like she's not in the mood right now so schedule another time."
I wanted to protest but just sighed, we ran for the bridge that Kade mentioned earlier.Ruby followed right behind us, as we got on the bridge there were so much people on it.
"Guys we need to get these people of here." Kade says.
"Won't they already evaluate because they will see Ruby's lighting?" I ask.
"Alaric, mortals can't see what we see, the element of time makes sure of that." Amelia answers.
"What do they see then?"
"Probably a gun or something I don't know."
"Guys! Evaluate the bridge! There's a crazy lady with a pitchfork with electrically charged barbed wire around it!" Someone yelled.
The people started running off the bridge screaming.Ruby casted another lighting at me but I dodged and she hit the bridge making it start to fall apart.
"Run!" Amelia yelled.
We ran has the bridge started to collapse.Will I was running I spotted a little black girl who looked 10 screaming while running, the bridge's collapsing was starting to catch up to her.I ran back for the little girl.
"Alaric!." Amelia yelled, grabbing my wrist.
"We can't leave her!." I yelled back, running back for the little girl.
The bridge stopped collapsing but she slipped and fell over the edge but I was quick enough to grab the edge and grab the girl before she fell.The girl looked at me with fear and tears in her eyes.
"Hey, Um what's your name?" I say trying to calm her down.
"Angelia." She replies scared.
Her eyes were pleading with fear and it broke my heart.
"Well look, Angelia I'm gonna get you out here alright?" I say
She nods still scared.I pulled her up to safety then pulled myself up, she immediately hugged me when I got up there I was a little surprised but I hugged her back, she broke the hug eventually.
"Thank you." She says.
"You're welcome." I reply with a smile.
"Who are you?"
"Alaric, Alaric Whiteshadow."
"Are you a superhero?" She asks.
"Yeah you could say that." I say.
"Alaric!" Amelia said, coming running over here."You idiot! I swear to the element of time if you ever- Oh I'm sorry who are you?"
"Angelia, Amelia, Amelia Angleia." I say.
Amelia gives me a "Were not done yet I will punish you later for making me worried you little shit" look but then turns to the girl with a soft smile.
"You're very pretty." Angelia says.
"Aw Thank You." Amelia says.
"Is she your girlfriend?"
Me and Amelia's faces in sync go bright red.
"Yeah um where's your mom." I say, trying to change the subject.
It took a little while but me and Amelia eventually found her mom.
"Thank yall sm!" The mom said, giving us a hug.
"You're welcome." Me and Amelia both reply.
"Yall are good people, the world needs to be more like you."
We said goodbye to them and walked and met Kade.
"Where have yall been?" Kade ask.
"We helped a little girl get back to her family." I say.
"Turns out Alaric is good with kids, He should be a babysitter." Amelia says.
"I will gladly be one." I replied.
"Welcome to tennessee." Kade read, on the sign.
"Yeah I was very welcomed." I say.
"Shut up Alaric we got a sword to find."We then continued our quest in tennessee, which I would love to say was easy stroll in the park but if I did say that I would be gaslighting yall.