Earth, in the Future

This new boy Matthew is starting to get on my nerves! He just goes up to Samantha and kisses her to create a powerful emotion! I mean, what kind of hot shot does this gut think he is. I don't even know what Samantha thinks, but it's easy to tell Hades is mad. He obviosly likes Samantha. Matthew looks a lot like Samantha, so for I moment I felt like I knew him. It's strange. I'm kind of glad the two boys in this group are falling for Samantha and not me. I like boys as friends, but anything like kissing, that's just gross! The first and last boy I kissed got a little shaken up. I think when I finally managed to bring him back down to the ground he had sprained a wrist. He broke up with me the next day. Since then, there has been no romance for me. If one kiss can shake me up like that, who knows what a relationship could do to me? I sometimes wonder if I would like a boy, if I could risk it. But I know I can't. I quickly shake my mind from boys, because Matthew is staring to come towards me, and I can't think straight around him. He looks at me and asks very quickly and nervously, "Do you think Samantha likes me?" He sounds so hopeful, I don't say anything but "I don't know." Matthew looks a little nervous, but slightly relieved.
"Does Hades like Samantha" He asks, and even though I know the answer, I don't won't to say. Matthew keeps pushing though, so I finally say "Yeah, I think he does. Also, if you like Samantha, you might not want to be so obnoxious about it." I stomp away, wondering what has gotten into me around Matthew.

I WILL KILL SAMANTHA!!!

i refuse to spend one more second around her. im going to the other side of the mountain and STAYING THERE. what kind of goddess does she think she is, dropping me almost out the side of the earth? and both Hades and Matthew are falling for her. URGH. it was a frigging DEAD TREE!!! i didnt even hurt it! did she think to check it? OF COURSE NOT!!! how would she like to be dropped into a hole that makes it feel like you are both blind and deaf? oh, she wouldnt care, that stuck up prat of an earth elemental. i hope they all get eaten by cannibals. except maybe posidonia. shes okayish. why did i even accept this spot in the stupid "elite squad". why are we fighting this war? i think she sprained my ankle, and shes the only one with healing powers. i think i know how to splint it, but i'm not sure. hang on, what if i do something worse to her? like see whether or not other elementals are flammable? oh, but hades and matthew will both stick up for her, stupid snob that she is. i wish that i could just get out of this blasted force field. even the normal academy is better than this. compared to this, id rather be in detention for the rest of my life! how did we even get picked for this? its all idiots who cant control their magic! AND theres a random hex floating around. i still have their necklace, whoever they are. good luck to anything that I happen to...

why is this so confusing? we're supposed to be trying to survive, not worrying about who likes who and fighting over silly things! Adena has stormed off after being trapped in a hole and yelling a lot. i don't blame her. She thinks i like samantha and would back her up. matthew might like her, but just thinking about liking samantha makes me gag. i mean, we're friends. that's all. i go after adena. I need to tell her the truth. she is still steaming over samantha. "Adena" i say. she whips around. "You! she yells."you're just here to-" i cut her off. you're wrong, adena! i don't like samantha and i never will. but" i swallow. "I think i'm a hex. And you have my necklace. And i need it back."
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why is this so confusing? we're supposed to be trying to survive, not worrying about who likes who and fighting over silly things! Adena has stormed off after being trapped in a hole and yelling a lot. i don't blame her. She thinks i like samantha and would back her up. matthew might like her, but just thinking about liking samantha makes me gag. i mean, we're friends. that's all. i go after adena. I need to tell her the truth. she is still steaming over samantha. "Adena" i say. she whips around. "You! she yells."you're just here to-" i cut her off. you're wrong, adena! i don't like samantha and i never will. but" i swallow. "I think i'm a hex. And you have my necklace. And i need it back."
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"oh. here." im in SHOCK. Hades? he seems perfectly normal. sort of. not really. i guess i should have figured that out sooner. he cant control his magic, he has serious problems doing anything with his element... but im SO glad he doesnt have a crush on that idiot samantha. shes so... perfect. all the teachers like her, shes a straight A student, she has so many friends, she can do magic without even thinking. and she's just annoying. shes like a doll. if i knew the only reason that i would get out of thathole would be from someone kissing samatha, i would have just stayed there. FOREVER. i wish that i could use ALL the elements. then i wouldnt have to ask her for help.

"hades? i think that samantha sprained my ankle. i totally wish that i didnt have to do this, but could you ask her to give me a painkiller? i refuse to talk to her, but i promise not to hurt her. for now. but the second she uses anything on me that would injure me or anyone else, i swear that i will set fire to her." i hope he didnt notice that unless i want it to, it doesnt hurt. that would kind of make my threat not work so well. he just gives me a funny look and agrees. i hope this works. i dont think i'll be able to walk for much longer without hopping, and that would be freaking embarrasing.

((I made a mistake earlier. Samantha's mom isn't dead, just really sick))
I still cannot believe Samantha hurt Adena. The two boys are still padding on after her. I listen to the wind and hear Adena talking to Hades. He denies liking Samantha. Come on! It's sooooo obvious he's in love with her! Then I hear Hades telling Adena he's a Hex and needs a necklace she has back. Adena is now begging Hades to get her a painkiller. I think I might get one for her myself. I march straight up to Samantha and say, "Since you have such a 'special' connection with the Earth, you've probably forgotten what it means to be human! Give me a painkiller I can take to Adena because you've freaking sprained her ankle! You know, of you need such a 'powerful' emotion as a boy kissing you to make you do what's right, why don't you just crawl into a cave with that cat and stay there, humming little healing songs. Hurt the Earth. Bah! You did something much worse. Animals die in the course of life, and I feel bad about damaging the creature, but to be outright mean to your teamate! Your more loyal to dirt than to friends." Samantha looks shocked and a little hurt by my words, and I want her to be. Then she says, "It was on accident. Besides, she was hurting a tree...." she trailed of looking at my venemous look.
"Well, she didn't hurt the tree! You know that just as well as I. The wind told me the tree was fine. It felt a rush of warmth, making it think that it was being hurt, when really it wasn't! If you hadn't been dropping people into holes, you might've noticed that the tree didn't have a single mark on it. Just give me the pain killer and leave Adena alone. She is twice the elemental you are because she is nice, strong, and doesn't need annoying little spells to make her life complete. If your mother knew..." I trailed of because Samantha was looking hopefully at me. She says "My mother? How is she?" I swallow, wondering what mess I've gotten myself into. Ms.Elizabeth is sick, so what can I say to Samantha?

((seriously guys, you're kind of controlling my character. i don't want to have a crush on samantha!!)

I run up the hill, and I see Pos. already confronting Sam. It feels kind of good, because before all the others came along and it was just me and Sam., it was so embarassing that she could do magic while I really couldn't. I remember Sam's words, though..."Hades you can never go back just accept the mage in you" "I seem to be having a little trouble doing that, don't I?" I mutter. This infighting thing is really destroying the whole point of this. Matthew likes Samantha, Posidonia and Adena hate Samantha and possibly each other, Posidonia thinks I have a crush on Samantha, and probably it's just about now a cannibal would show up and devour us all. I take the painkiller and go back to Adena. ARGGGG! I yell. "What?" Adena says. "It's just so...COMPLICATED!! Why can't we go home already?!" She looks me in the eye. "I wish I knew" is all she says. I lower my voice to a whisper. "I have a plan to sabatouge their chances."

"a...plan? why would you want to sabotage their chances? i don't seriously want to hurt anyone, except maybe Samantha, and i believe you about your not liking her. it kinda looks like you do, but ill give you the benefit of the doubt. i don't hate posidonia, shes pretty cool. now will you just give me that painkiller?" why would he think that i would want to hurt them? its not a contest, is it? i just want to get out of here.

Jon Whitebane used the wind to listen to the infighting and chuckled to himself Just like my training there was a lot of fighting. Alot of noise which attracts unwanted attention that's how the cannibals,bears,and much older threats found us. I was smart enough to leave the yelling and go fend for himself it worked well since he was the only one to survive. He wanted to help them but this is a lesson they have to learn themselves.

"hey, guys. maybe it would make sense to SHUT UP? all we're doing is attracting unwanted attention. maybe what we should do is have a group of us go and figure out what we're getting into. Whitebane was kind of vague about the threats, and it would make sense to find out what we're up against." i shiver, but continue. "who wants to go and scout the territory? having at least one person that can read the earth or wind would be good. i'm going, but that's because i have a good idea of whats up there." oh. i hope that Samantha isn't going to volunteer...

Nobody gets it. First of all, that tree was hurt, there were marks on the tree and it was still alive. Are these people blind? Posidonia demands painkiller. I would never give anything to anybody that rude and:
"I can't, I used all of the painkiller," I say quietly.
"What?!" Posidonia says.
I show Posidonia a huge gash on my leg.
"How did you get that?"
"I have no idea,"
Posidonia continues a speech.
"If your mother knew..." Posidonia says, that is the only part that i heard.
"My mother would understand completely, you need to get your facts straight before you are rude to somebody. I have a disorder, but that is none of your business,"

I'm sick of Samanth. She's just so...perfect. When I last saw her she was fun and funny, less hard core, and more appreciative of a good time. Then again, that was a long time ago... And what does Ms.Snob mean a disorder? The only disorder she has is over studying. You know what, I'm willing to accept that Hades doesn't like Sam, but Matthew sure does. I'm positive I need to get away. I just take one scornful glance at Sam, and run into the woods. Usually I'm loyal, but I make few friends, and I don't know these wierdos. It's been 3 days, so only four to go until I'm free from here and meet that Jon Whiebane everyone here is always talking about. I take a deep breath. The ground feels treacherous to me so I try something I've only done a few times. I take a deep breath, and imagine I have wings. Long, beautiful wings, but I'm still human. Then I fly away, and land on a cloud. I open my eyes, and there I am, on the very thunderhead I'd hoped to be. Just to annoy Sam, I fly my cloud to directly over her head, where she's just sitting, thinking. I see her rub her legs... and the the world around me is a whirls of lightning and rain. My element, my life, my safety zone. The weather. Hades and Adena should be okay, but sam, she'll be soaked. And while I know she'll be soaking up water like a tree, eventually, I know there will be too much. Only the will I pull away. Sam doesn't know it's me because I'm not on the ground. Sure she can send an earthquake, but I can send a storm.

Jon felt the days go by quickly he took off his armor on the second day underneath his armor was simple leather pants and a white cloth shirt. He found that while his dramatic students were in their own little dramatic world's he was thriving he found this week was a great chance to train and catch up on lost practice time he also set up his own personal training area using his sword he resharpened his skills with a sword. He found that this training he is using for the kids has been dulling him no wonder his old trainer was unable to beat him in combat when Jon had to fight him.

Posidonia just acts like she is amazing at everything. The wind this, the wind that. Okay, just kill me already. Don't torture me more than you already have. There is no reason to treat me like I am a serial killer. Of course Posidonia wants to make me suffer, so she sends a storm. I wonder what's going on in her head.
"Hahaha, I bet this will make Samantha cry, I can't wait to see this! Maybe she'll bleed to death after that!"
I know it's Posidonia, who else? Let's see who wants me dead and can control clouds? I don't care how much water lands on me, I am not doing anything. I'm just waiting for death, there are lots of choices. Starvation, drowning in rainwater, being killed by Hades, Posidonia, or Adena, and being killed by some creature out here in the woods. Ughh, this disorder is the reason that I am suicidal. I wish I could just make it stop. The only way to make it stop is death. I can't stop thinking about death. I start crying, I bet Posidonia is laughing and is going to tell Adena so that she can watch. I look at my gash, the pain makes me look for some more herbs.

((Posidonia you're too powerful. You can't both learn everyone's secrets AND fly. Choose one.))

I am about to answer Adena. "Sorry.....I guess I'm carried away." I would say more, but I hear a noise and go investigate. Samantha is crying in a pool of rainwater raining only on her. Matthew would never hurt anyone like that. I imagine Posidonia, smug and pleased, sitting on some cloud causing all this. Gosh!! I wonder where Matthew is. He's the only one who isn't totally hate-able out of us. Samantha threw Adena in a hole for no reason, Posidonia rains on Samantha and Flies around knowing more about people than they know themselves, and Adena has a temper to control. If I can convince Matthew not to like that awful know-it-all, we could be friends. He's the only one I'd trust. I find him alone in the woods. "Hello," I say. I explain how everyone else will just hurt us in the infighting, and it would be best if we teamed up and stayed out of harms way. He says that makes sense.

I see all the craziness happening around me. Of course everybody has gone crazy. I don't understand what the problem with Samantha is, I could hear that she has a disorder all the way from here. She was yelling that, do people not get it? I can tell that nobody cares. I am the only one who isn't at all in this. Hades explains what is going on. That makes sense. I see Samantha in a puddle crying, I am tired of this Posidonia chick. She isn't even pretty. Wait, I am a water elemental. I take control of the water droplets in the cloud and I move them away, causing Posidonia to fall into her own puddle and get mud on herself. I lose control and the cloud disappears. Damn! Magic is so difficult! Hades is behind me and I swear I heard him giggle a little bit, but when I turned around he stopped and put a serious face on.

((I guess I screwed up. I think that instesd I can call down clouds to pick me up.))
I don't really care I'm covered in mud. I never do. It's not like I wear desighner clothes. but whateves. I think I'll just leave. This place is getting on my nerves. I hop on a cloud and float away. Pretty soon I reach a place where I can be left alone. I don't know what's wrong with me. Why did I hurt Sam. I run my fingers through my hair and pull out one strand that is a steady white.

((I don't understand your post, what do you mean hurt the same?))

i think i'm going to try something, since little miss i'm-better-than-everyone-else-so-i-refuse-to-fix-anything-stupid-that-i-did used up all the painkiller herb. "Posidonia? leave her alone. her stupid disorder might kill her. we're wasting too much time and energy on making her suffer. now, unless you want to get burned, please move out of the way." i lift my sprained ankle and bathe it in flames. almost instantly feels better, but its not perfect. i wish that i knew how to find that blasted herb.
"i'm starving. is there any horse carcass left? oh, and Posidonia? do you know of any elemental's that can use all of the elements?" it doesn't look like it. Blast. knowing how to use all four elements (five if you count the legendary spirit) would be helpful. in so many ways. it would be easy to escape, you would know stuff almost before it happened, that would be AMAZING.
"and have we found any more food? this blasted horse is rotting."

((crap. i'm sorry, i started that post this morning and all your other posts just showed up seconds ago. please insert between Hades answering Adena and whatever post makes more sense.))

I stand up and limp. I see a fire, I slowly walk over there until I am almost crawling. Adena is talking about elementals that can use all four elements. I am okay with air, pretty good with fire, but I am not good with water. I am trying to use all the elements.
"Here Adena, your not the only one limping." I say angrily
I hand a tiny, blue herb to Adena.
"It is a painkiller, I found more." I say. I realize that Adena was trying to grab an herb that is close to the fire. "Don't touch that! It is poisonous! That is obviously the artemeritius nevarid plan-- I stop myself. Nevermind..." I don't want them to get pissed off just because I know every plant. I smell the rotting horse, I check my bag. I have tons of herbs.
"I can hunt and find food for us, unless you want to murder me right here. If that is your wish, hand me the artemeritius nevarid plant and send a letter to my mother. Since everybody loathes me with a passion, why am I even here?" I say.
"I can also give you an in-depth description of my disorder so that somebody doesn't think I am lying" I say looking straight at Posidonia.

"yes, i seriously dislike you. no, i don't loathe you with a passion. and i don't think that you are lying. you kind of seem to have a thing kid of like being a hemophiliac. i'll help you hunt, and i promise that i wont hurt anything unless you give me permission, okay? i think that whitebane is probably laughing his head off at us now. all his classmates died, remember? i think that spending energy hating you is wasting energy that could be used doing something productive."

"Well, it's okay because I seriously dislike you too" I say with a smile. "Also, my disorder is the reason that I am doing all of this. My disorder is emotional and I go on a rampage whenever somebody hurts the earth and I am suicidal"
I suddenly remember hearing Adena ask if elementals are flammable. I heard this from the earth. "By the way, I am not flammable. Fire elementals are born fire proof. I am studying to master the elements, so far I have earned the ability to be fire proof. All elementals have certain powers. Fire elementals are fire proof, air elementals can use wind to move clouds around, if water elementals are very skilled, they can control the water in a human body and can control the body, and if earth elementals are very skilled they can take control of anything that is in the earth. This means that earth elementals can take control of anything that is dead, they can perform necromancy." I say.

((really, gwenlover? heeheehee. I know you got that last bit from me!))

I see Sam. and Adena fighting. AGAIN. Then I remember. With all this chaos, no one has bothered to keep track of the days except me. But today is our last day! we'll get to leave at 3:00 today!! I tell everyone and they seem overjoyed. No one really enjoyed this little "camping trip". I want to do something that would impress Whitebane and prove that my magic may be suck-y but I'm still good for something. I think. Of course! I can (try) to get them to stop fighting! If I could I might actually get to go on a real mission. I start with flattery. So you're fire-proof?" I say to Samantha. "That's so cool! You don't ever have to worry about being burned! Can you do any of the other skills?" Then I remember: everyone thinks I like Samantha. So if I only flatter her they will think that even more. I go find Posidonia. I tell her about the skills and ask her if she can do any of them. I know that if an air elemental is really powerful they can shapeshift, and also levatate things. I am going to tell her that I thought she seemed so powerful she might be able to.

((we weren't fighting. really. actually, we're getting along fine, honestly.))