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Eric seemed to know what he was doing, or at the very least, he knew how to pretend he did. Ezra followed his best friend blindly and he didn’t mind, and somehow he didn’t seem to be lost like Ezra was. "Maybe it has something to do with your ability." he suggested and Ezra simply shrugged. Maybe he was right. There was no way he had been here before yesterday. ”yeah you’re probably right. Lead the way boss” he added with a subtle smirk. There were all kinds of hallways and rooms that blended together like some sort of spider web. Who knew what they were heading towards. As they walked, a large wooden door slowly came into view. It was at least 3 times the size of all the other doors. It was just asking to be opened. Ezra nearly shouted out that they should go explore what was behind them, but quickly remembered Eric was supposed to be in charge. He remained quiet but hoped that Eric would have the same idea.


Unfortunately for the two of them, Grayson had no idea where they were either, and they had no idea where they needed to get to. Gray mentioned something about wanting his muse to appear and Remi half agreed.He wanted to see what his muse would be like, but he didn’t want someone around nagging him about what to do. The blonde was about to voice his opinion but was suddenly shaken when Grayson pulled him in a random direction. Remi’s eyebrows skyrocketed. it was odd seeing Grayson take charge over him like that, but the blonde followed obediently. ”what’s this way?” he asked curiously, wondering if Gray had seen anything. Maybe there were some kind of signs that would lead them to Talia, some kind of flashing lights that spelled “this way” but there was nothing of the sort. The only option was to keep walking. ”You’re going the wrong way, you know?” a familiar voice said from behind them. The tall blonde turned around to see a smaller blonde looking back at them. If the confusion wasn’t obvious on Remi’s face, his voice certainly gave it away. ”what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be in school?”. Out of all the times to show up, it had to be now?

The three skipped and skipped until Willow's calves burned and she didn't think she could anymore. She didn't know how much exercise skipping actually was, and she gave props to all the little kids that seemed to go on for hours at a time skipping. She looked back at Kelsey and Lucas, who seemed to have just as much energy as they had when they left. Willow raised an eyebrow, surprised, and shook her head slightly. Kids were full of surprises and that was one of her favorite things about them. She never knew what was going to come out of their mouths or how they were going to act. She stood up straight and proceeded marching with the kids like she had done before shaking with them. The kids followed her league and she turned down another hall. It seemed slightly familiar than the others, and she slowed her pace, allowing the kids to end up alongside her more than behind her. She kept walking until she approached a door that seemed the most familiar and stopped. She looked at the kids and took hold of the knob cautiously, turning it and yanking it open. She peered her head in and looked around. The room was nice, but certainly not the one she and her son had slept in. It was odd, so why did it seem so familiar to her then? She looked around and nodded her head once. Well it certainly was suited for her needs right now. Toys off all kinds and all varieties were stacked, sorted, and separated neatly and put into certain sections of the room. There even a large bed and desk, one in which had a laptop on it. Willow stated at the room, and she felt a tug on her pants. She looked down to see Lucas, standing next to Kelsey, looking up at her. "Mommy, do we get to play in there?" Willow smiled at her son and looked back at the room. It was odd. It seems she had been lead here and the room was so conveniently stocked with everything she needed right now. Was it Celeste, or did the mansion just conveniently have so many rooms in which everything they all needed was provided? She didn't like the house. It seemed too good to be true, but good or not, it was where she now had to stay. Even if it was a bit mysterious or questionable.

Greyson had no idea where "this way" would get them. He was just suggesting they take some random route with the idea it would lead them somewhere that wasn't familiar to where they have been. Remi was trying to figure out what compelled Grey to pick this path and he just shrugged. It was just different. For a while they walked before someone spoke up. The voice was rather familiar. The two boys turned to the voice and instantly recognized who it was. It looked like Matthew. But he was supposed to be at school. Celeste had sent them off. Why was Matthew skipping? And why did he know how to get from the garage to where they were? Maybe the garage just happened to be nearby. But what really stood out is what the blonde had said that grabbed their attention in the first place. They were going the wrong way. He knew where the infirmary was. Why had he been keeping that information a secret? Remi was just confused by his presence. Grey looked at his best friends. "Worry about his education after he takes us to the infirmary."

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Ezra had brushed off whatever eerie feeling that he had been having a moment ago to come to terms that it could just be something with his powers. Eric was a bit relieved that his friend was able to push the feeling away. That meant there was no imminent danger that needed to be addressed. The two kept walking, checking out their surroundings. Everything looked so familiar and just blended together. It was as if they were never leaving the one hallway. After a while they reached an odd looking door. It was larger than the other doors and gave off the "do not enter" kind of look. For a moment he briefly glanced at Ezra knowing that he would be dying to explore whatever was behind that door. Eric looked back at the door and decided that it couldn't be that bad. If it was, Celeste would have stopped them. A sigh escaped him. "Alright let's check it out."

Ezra had been staring at the door for several seconds when he heard his best friend speak up. He made it sound as if Ezra had been trying to convince him to go inside. The Spaniard smiled a little and nodded. His best friend knew him so well. ”Yes Sir” he said, adding a quick salute before head to the door. Now they had a problem at hand. How were they going to open such a door? Ezra hoped it would open just by simply pushing or pulling but, just as expected, it wasn’t that simple. Ezra stared at the knob for a moment before looking at Eric. ”any ideas?”. This whole thinking and planning thing was a bit more in Eric’s area. Ezra was the one that acted first and thought later. Maybe Eric could think of a way the door might open. Whatever was inside must be important if it was behind such a large and secured door. For some reason, Ezra hoped it was some sort of cool training ground equipped with all kinds of weapons. That would certainly be an interesting find.


Remi wasn’t nesessarily all that concerned about Mathew’s education like Grayson assumed, what concerned him most was that he was here and now. Despite Grayson being Remi’s best friend, he had yet to build up the courage to tell him about his recently developing crush on the smaller blonde, which could only mean one thing. This was going to be a very stressful walk to the infirmary, as if it already wasn’t stressful enough. ”why didn’t you tell us you knew where the infirmary was?” Remii half demanded, finding it a little odd that he hadn’t mentioned it before. Mathew wasn’t the type to hide something like that, especially knowing how badly Remi wanted to find his sister. He was expecting some kind of explanation, but instead only got a shrug. ”Follow me” he instructed before turning and heading in the opposite direction. Remi and Grayson exchanged a look before the taller blonde began to follow the boy. His eyes were practically burning a hole into his back. There was something off about him, Remi just couldn’t pinpoint what. -

After examining the room for a few more minutes, Willow entered cautiously. She sat down on several pieces of furniture to test them out for the kids before they sat on them, and stood once they were clear. She let the kids to come in and play with the toys. She watched as Lucas and Kelsey ran their separate ways towards different toys and she watched them. Nothing bad could happen to them while she was there. She was sure of it. She had raised Lucas practically on her own, and handling one more kid couldn't be much harder. So far, it wasn't. It wasn't difficult at all. She let the kids do as they please but as long as they did it appropriately. She didn't want to be that "lame mom," but she also knew and valued parents who could discipline when necessary and raise their kids well. Willow carried herself to the couch in the corner of the room and opened the laptop on the table. She lifted the lid and stared at the screen. Luckily, it didn't seem to be locked but something about it did seem off. When she opened up the Internet browser, her assignments appeared before her and she raised an eyebrow. There was no way this was a coincidence. It made her uncomfortable that someone, mostly Celeste, could know this much about them. One woman knew all their secrets and everything about them. Something about that thought didn't settle right with the pink haired girl. She wanted to trust the people she was surrounded by, and she wanted to trust other people that just appeared in her life, but she couldn't. She kept her circle small for a reason and her trust level was low. Extremely low. She glanced and Lucas and Kelsey happily playing together and then back at the laptop.

Greyson was a bit hesitant to just follow Matthew to into the unknown. Remi did not seem to mind so long as it got him to his sister. He stayed close to his best friend aware of their surroundings just in case. His gaze shifted back towards Matthew who hasn't tried to flirt with Remi yet. It was strange. Maybe he just couldn't think about flirting with Talia in the infirmary. Then he gave Remi a look to be careful with Matthew. To just be aware of what was going on with him. Whatever was going on, was rather strange.

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Eric was a bit nervous to open the door. It was just intimidating. He was hoping that the door would just open, but as Ezra tested the door it didn't budge. Eric's first thought was to just walk away and find a different door, but he knew better and he knew his friend. He could possibly shift the door with his ability, but he was taking a chance with that one. "Let me have a crack at it." Eric said, walking closer to the door. When his friend moved out of the way he placed both hands, palms down, on teh door. He tried to feel through the door to figure out how it works. There was a locking system that seemed to continually move. "It can be unlocked. I just don't think I can keep up with the rate of the lock changes."

Ezra had planned on letting Eric open the large door since he was the boss at this moment, but it seemed that his abilities weren’t quite right for the kind of locks keeping them out. The Spaniard thought for a moment about what Eric said. The locks were constantly changing which meant they would need something fast enough to keep up with them. Cosmic energy generally had a good speed so he decided to give it a try. Stepping up to it and placing his hands on it like Eric had done before, he closed his eyes for a moment then let out a soft whistle. ”I see what you mean” he said, but didn’t back away from it. He wasn’t planning on giving up anytime soon, not without giving it a try first. He maintained his eyes closed and his palms to the door as he began to gather up as much cosmic energy as he could. The dark hallway began to light up from the light radiating off of his body as he attempted to connect it with the door. The first try failed and it shoved him away slightly. The 19 year old furrowed his brows and placed his hands on his hips. ”Playing hard to get, I see” he said, directing it at the door. After deciding to try again, he began to do the same as before, only this time he waited a little longer, gathered up more energy and quickly injected it into the door. Suddenly there was a loud click followed by several smaller clicks and finally the large double doors began to slowly open. The proud Spaniard back away from the door with a satisfied smile and looked at his best friend, ready to dive in and explore.


Grayson seemed as uneasy about Mathew’s behavior as he did, but it was Mathew. It looked, sounded and walked just like him. The small blonde continued to walk ahead of them a few paces without looking back for a single instant. He seemed determined to get to where they were going. Thinking about it more, it shouldn’t be that odd that he was so quiet. After all, he was just as worried about Talia as Remi was. Of course he would be completely focused on getting to her. Still, something didn’t sit right. Remi returned Grayson’s unsure look but continued to follow Mathew anyway. More than anything, he wanted to get to his sister. Finally, after what seemed like a very long and awkward walk, they stopped in front of a somewhat large door. It was closed and by the energy coming from it, it had some pretty complex locks. ”How do you plan on getting in-?” Remi asked, only to be cut off by the sound of clicking locks. The taller blonde stared in both shock and amazement, trying to decipher how the teen had managed to unlock such a complicated door so quickly, but the other didn’t give him time to answer. The large door slowly opened to reveal and very simple, very clean and very white room full of all sorts and sizes of shelves and cabinets, all stocked with every kind of medicine one could possibly think of. Mathew led them towards the back of the room and slowly pulled back one of the white curtains to reveal a sleeping blonde. Suddenly Remi forgot everything he had seen up until that point. All he could see was his sister. He rushed up to her side and placed a hand on one of hers. She was warm, her energy felt stable and the cuts, bumps and cruises that had taken over her body the night before were all gone. However, she wasn’t awake. Or at least she didn’t appear to be. ”Lia...can you hear me?” he said quietly, but loud enough that she’d be able to hear. Still, there was no response.

The kids seemed to get tired of playing with what they had been playing with and moved on to coloring. Lucas currently had the green crayon and Kelsey had the red crayon. The two kids colored in relative silence as Willow rummaged around the room for paper and pencils to do her work. She looked in the desk on the far side of the room first, but came up empty. She walked over to the kids and the shelves where they had grabbed their coloring books. She kept going through the shelves until she found a stack of blank, regular theme paper buried in the back of the books. Once the plastic was ripped off the paper, Willow took the stack to the laptop and plopped it down on the couch. She turned back to the room and started looking for a pencil or pen, but came up empty handed. She put her hands on her hips and eyed down the bucket of crayons the kids were using. She casually walked over to the bucket of crayons and bent over, taking a handful of the colored wax. As she made her way back to the couch, she heard someone shuffling through the crayons. "Mommy, can I have the black back?" Willow pinched her lips together and backup slowly, holding the black papered wax back to her son. Lucas happily took the crayon and thanked her, using it to color a horse in. The eighteen year old finally got back on the couch and picked up the purple crayon, set a piece of loose leaf on the table in front of her, and clicked on the link that lead her towards her calculus problems.

They continued following Matthew towards the infirmary, Greyson still questioning how he figured out where it was. Though he should just be grateful that Matt knew where it was. That would keep him and his best friend from wandering around aimlessly looking down similar hallways. Matthew was taking the headache out of this entire journey. The smaller blonde had stopped walking when he came before a door. It was big, intimidating, and clearly locked. ”How do you plan on getting in-?” Greyson and Remi had been thinking the same thing, but the smaller blonde was already ahead of them. Among the silence, he could hear the series of locks clicking up until the door popped open. Matthew pushed inside and led them towards the back. Greyson was wondering out Matthew had a key, but the moment his eyes found Talia nothing seemed to matter. The same thing went for Remi. He ran to her side calling out to her. Greyson slowly made his way over and placed a encouraging hand on his friend's shoulder. What Celeste should have mentioned this morning is that Talia was not awake, but she looked better than she had. It was a sign of recovery. Despite her unconscious state, that was still a good thing.

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Eric thought for a moment that he would have to find a way to unlock the door, but Ezra seemed to realize that it was his turn to take over. Taking a step away, he watched his friend glow and then get shoved away. The door did not want to be opened. Eric had to keep from laughing. Ezra was being rejected by a door and he was pulling out all the cosmic charms to open it. Crossing his arms, he watched him try again. But there were a series of clicks before the door popped open. Ezra got the door to open. The double doors moved inward and he smiled at his friend. Nice work. Now it was time to look around and see if whatever inside was worth breaking into. Eric walked inside and moved to find a light switch on the wall.

Ezra had impressed himself a little. He didn’t think the door would open so easily. Thankfully his cosmic charm did the trick, as usual. He followed his best friend inside and looked around. It was too dark to be able to see anything. Eric started looking for a light switch and so did he. He imagine it to be something odd like, a switch that needed supernatural energy to turn on or something like that. Luckily, they didn’t have to look for long. As they stepped further in, the lights began to turn on on their own, one by one. As soon as the last one flashed on, the large double doors slammed shut. Ezra turned around with a start before looking at his best friend, then looking around the room. The entire area was covered in sorts of weapons, targets and several things that he had no idea what they were. At the far end of the room there was another, slightly smaller door. Ezra looked back at the door then at Eric. They were stuck inside a room full of weapons with only two options. 1) Turn around and leave or 2) go forth and explore the next door. Ezra knew which he would pick himself, but he wasn’t calling the shots this time.


Remi stared at his motionless sister, a lump started to build in the back of his throat. Grayson’s hand on his shoulder made him flinch a bit but he just let it be. Managing to look away from his sister long enough, Remi looked at Mathew. Much to his surprise, the blonde didn’t look as excited or relieved to see her as Remi imagined. ”She’s recovering fairly quickly” the small blonde explained, placing a hand to the back of her forehead. ”And here i thought I’d finally get to talk to her after 16 years”. This threw Remi completely off guard. EIther Matthew had gone completely nuts or he was attempting to confused them. EIther option was a little irritating, but before Remi could protest, a quick flash of light came from Mathew’s body, leaving the blonde temporarily blind. Once his eyes readjusted, he realized Mathew was gone and in his place was a tiny, green winged creature, about two inches tall, that hovered above Talia. Remi blinked in confusion before realization began to set in. ”Alright, who’s are you, mine or Talia’s?” he asked, a little annoyed that the creature had tricked him. The small fairy like being chuckled and flew over to Remi’s shoulders. ”Yours” he said simply. ”I figured you’d like the other form better” he added with a snicker. Just a few minutes in and Remi already didn’t like him.

The problems seemed to be much more difficult than Willow expected them to be, but after consulting with Google and YouTube on how to do them, they slowly started to make more sense. She eventually returned her attention back to the problems she had copied down and stared at them for a few minutes. Her motivation and eagerness to carry out her normal routine was steadily deteriorating each second and she was close to giving up all together. Oh how she wished she was done school already. Just a few more months. She glanced at the laptop again, and then sighed. She had never particularly liked taking online classes, but she never regretted her decision three years ago. Lucas was worth every sacrifice she had made from then until now, and if it meant doing calculus in a mysterious mansion with a purple crayon, then so be it. She peeked over the laptop to watch the kids and saw much of the same as the last time she had. Peaceful coloring and quiet conversation. She was glad Kelsey and Lucas were getting along at least. Considering the others had gone to their first day of school, Willow assumed they would be sent to school from the mansion for the rest of the days to come, as long as they all stayed there. Her eyes dropped from the kids again to her work and she figured this was what her normal day would be from now on. She wondered what would happen after everyone got back from school. Maybe they would be allowed to have some down time, or maybe Celeste would reappear and send them on a mission. Whatever it was, Willow would find out later. Right now she had to figure out the answers to her math problems.

Greyson was happy to see that Talia hadn't gotten worse. And even more so that in no time she will be causing mayhem and plotting in revenge. Remi must have felt the same way, but he was more concerned that she wasn't awake. Glancing over at Matthew, Grey was expression pure confusion. Matthew was more indifferent about the situation. Neither happy nor sad about Talia laying there. He spoke of her recovery and Greyson nodded a tad, his attention going back to the girl laying on the bed. ”And here i thought I’d finally get to talk to her after 16 years” Matthew was now making no sense. He and Talia were the best of friends. Looking over at the boy, Matthew was soon replaced with a green winged creature. Greyson only had one reasonable explanation to that and Remi must have caught on. Muse. He owned up to being Remi's muse and commented on the other form he was in. Grey raised an eyebrow, deciding it was best to ask what that meant later on "Do you know when she will wake up?" Greyson asked.

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Eric almost gave up looking for a light and was going to just ask his friend to glow, but the room slowly started lighting up. The farther they walked into the room, the more lights that would come on. When there were no more lights to turn on it was obvious what kind of room they were in. It was an artillery room. Weapons filled the walls and dead ahead was yet again another door. It was smaller and less intimidating. Ezra turned to him. Letting him make the decision. Yet again. His best friend might as well make the decisions. He was not going to deny Ezra of his fun. Eric gestured towards the door and headed towards it. First he tested the knob, shocked that it was unlocked.

Ezra couldn’t contain his smile when Eric gave the green light to go explore what was behind the smaller, less intimidating door. His friend went on ahead and Ezra followed immediately. It looked like Eric was just as surprised as he was about the door being unlocked. As soon as it opened, candles on both sides of a thick brick wall began to light up, illuminating a very steep staircase that seemed to go on for miles. The candles stopped lighting up once they reached a certain point and Ezra guessed they;d have to walk further down to get them to continue turning on. He personally didn’t have any problems with that and, since Eric had already agreed to the exploring, the spaniard continued on and began making his way down the staircase. Once he walked a few more steps down the candle began to light up again, yet they were still unable to see the bottom of the stair case. Ezra couldn’t resist the mystery of it all. He glanced back at Eric with an enthusiastic face. ”What if it leads to some sort of torture chamber” he suggested, mostly intended to freak out his best friend.


Remi glared at the winged creature on his shoulder and made a swift motion to attempt to swat him away, but it just dodged his hand and perged himself right back where he was before. ”I don’t know, no one ever tells me anything” the creature said in response to Grayson’s question. Remi was immediately relieved that his best friend didn’t say anything about the muse’s previous comment. ”So then who does know?” the blonde asked a bit impatient. He did a quick take of the room they were in. There’s didn’t seem to be any signs of anyone being there with Talia, but they couldn’t have just left her alone. ”Magma” the creature responded, seemingly out of nowhere, and Remi eyed him in confusion. ”Pardon?”. He had heard the creature correctly, he said Magma, but what was that supposed to even mean. ”Magma knows when she’ll wake up?”[/color] he tried to explain, but Remi remained confused. He was fully prepared to ask for an explanation, but was cut off by the sound of the door opening and closing. A very tall, slender woman with long red hair, chocolate brown eyes dressed in all white and topped with a pair of red rimmed square glasses stepped in. She gave them a quick look over and smiled softly. [b]”I thought you’d be coming today” she spoke mainly to Remi and the blonde simply stared. She spoke as if she knew him already, but he didn’t remember meeting anyone like her before. She would have been very hard to forget. ”Welcome Remi, Grayson, please have a seat” she added, gesturing to the chairs beside Talia’s bed.

Willow ferociously scribbled on the paper she was holding until she had solved all the problems, which had taken her less time and more crayons than she had planned. She looked at the broken purple, gray, and orange crayons on the demolished sheets of scrap paper and uncrossed her legs. She straightened out the papers with her work on them and set them to the side. She looked over her other assignments, most of which were readings, and clicked the links to all of the readings. The readings seemed to be fairly short, mainly just introductions to the courses and some introductions to the material she would learn throughout the year. She didn’t stay at the computer for much longer, seeing as she didn’t care to and there were other things she could be holding. Once she felt she had read what she needed to well enough, she closed the laptop and pulled herself from the couch. That was enough school for right now. If she felt she needed to, she could just go back on later and reread everything. She just hoped she had done her math well enough. She grabbed the scrap paper and broken crayons and walked herself over to a trash can in the corner of the room, disposing of the junk and wiping her hands. Willow turned herself around and then walked over to the kids. As she approached them, Lucas jumped up to greet her, clutching onto a piece of paper. “Mommy, mommy. Look what I drew!” She smiled at her son as she took the paper and looked at the masterpiece he had drawn. Upon looking at it, she realized it was not a what, but a who her son had drawn. The picture was quite simple: two male figures holding hands, but one much smaller than the other. The taller of the two had short, jet black hair and was lanky looking, and the other, she assumed was Lucas. She couldn’t even guess who the other could be. She didn’t know any guy with short black hair. Her eyes wandered to her son and she tilted her head in confusion. “Lucas, honey, who is this?” Lucas peeked at the paper once again, and Willow sat down with the kids. Kelsey was now looking at the two of them, about as curious as Willow was. “My friend. He played with me when I couldn’t find you.” The boy chimed happily, and Willow turned the paper towards Kelsey. “Kelsey, do you know who this person is?” Greyson’s daughter stared at the picture for a few seconds and then shook her head slowly back and forth. Neither of the girl’s seemed to know who the man in Lucas’ picture was besides him. Great, she thought to herself.

Greyson could not quite understand what was going on at the moment. Remi's muse seem to be speaking in code. The blonde was even more confused than Greyson was. At least the brunette was slowly figuring out what was going on. The game changer was when another person walked in. She was very pretty, but much bigger than the muse Remi had. Grey did not wait for his friend to be seated, before taking a seat of his own. They might be getting an explanation and he would like to hear it. Quickly he determined that this was Magma. The girl that would help them understand what was going on with Talia. Greyson sat quietly waiting for a decent explanation for her current condition.

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Eric followed behind Ezra down into the room. What it revealed a many stairs lighted by candles taking them down. No way to know for sure where it would take them and what would happen to them when they reached the bottom. Maybe it was something awful. Maybe it was something good. Only way to know was to get to the bottom. Though, Eric was considering not too. But Ezra did not leave that an option. In fact, he was part of the way and down and Eric had to catch up. ”What if it leads to some sort of torture chamber” Eric rolled his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nows. "Of course you would say something like that to freak me out. I should push you down the rest of the steps." Eric threatened, with no real intention of doing so.

"Of course you would say something like that to freak me out. I should push you down the rest of the steps.". Ezra couldn’t help but to laugh at his best friend’s response. He was right, he only said things like that to freak him out. Ezra doubted that they were headed towards a torture chamber, but it was fun to mess with Eric. ”You love me too much to do that” he teased, referring to the second part of his comment. He continued to walk down the steps as the candles continued to light up, eventually getting them to the very bottom where there was another door. SOmehow, the fact that it was unlocked didn’t surprise Ezra. After making sure his best friend was behind him, the spaniard pushed the door open and stepped inside. Just as it had happened in the room before, the lights turned on automatically. This time they revealed something even more interesting. ”I have a feeling we’re going to be spending a lot of time here” he commented after taking a look around and realizing they were in some sort of odd training ground. Something also told him they weren’t supposed to be here on their own, but he kept this thought to himself. Eric was already freaked out enough.


Somehow the fact that the unknown woman knew Remi and Grayson’s names didn’t surprise the blonde. He took a seat just as his friend had done and gave the woman a quick look over. Judging by her name, she had to be Talia’s muse, but she looked completely different from his. For one, she was a normal person’s size. SHe didn’t have wings, nor did she glow in any way. She just looked like a very beautiful human girl. ”They want to know when she will wake up, and so do I” the small fairy-like creature spoke first. Remi didn’t even know what to call this creature, but that didn’t concern him at the moment. Finding out what was going on with Talia did. ”I want a straight answer” the blonde said firmly, making sure not to be rude but still demanding enough to show her that he wouldn’t take a half-assed answer. The woman simply nodded and stepped towards Talia’s bed. ”She’s doing well” she began to explain as she walked closer, placing a hand over Talia’s forehead. ”She’s recovering much faster than I expected and her wounds are almost completely healed, both internally and externally” the woman continued, her gaze focused on Talia’s face. Remi watched her curiously. ”But as to when she’ll wake up, I don’t know. That depends on her”. Though he knew the woman was telling the truth, that answer didn’t satisfy him. He needed something more concrete than an “i don’t know”. ”What do you mean it “depends on her”?”. She remained silent for a moment before speaking again. {b]”It depends on how strong her will is.”[/b]

Willow watched as the two kids swapped their crayons out for markers and returned their full attention back to the pages before them. Willow, on the other hand, sat staring at the picture her son had drawn and the mysterious man and thought about what Lucas said. When couldn’t he find her? She wracked her brain, trying to think of when she couldn’t find Lucas. The only time she could think of, at least recently, was the night before when she was briefly separated from him. How, in that time, could Lucas have met the man in the picture? Was the man in the picture even real? It could be an imaginary friend for all she knew, and for the sake of her sanity, she hoped it was. Lucas had had only one imaginary friend that Willow could think of, and he had just recently started playing with him. His imagination sure was starting to run wild. She looked at Lucas, watching as he drew a picture of another male, this time with longer brown hair and tanned skin. If she had to guess, the pink haired girl would say it was Ezra, which would make sense. Lucas was going to play with him soon and would most likely give Ezra the picture before they played together. He often did that with others, like Nathan, Remi, and Eva. Willow turned her attention to Kelsey, who was drawing roses and all other kinds of flowers. She smiled as she watched the young girl worked hard to making sure each flower was perfect and wasn’t lonely in the pictured garden. Kelsey was certainly a well behaved kid and Willow was glad she could look after her and Lucas for the afternoon. She had always wondered what having a girl would be like. Willow ran her finger through the hair on top of her head, still damp in the bun. She slid her fingers under the elastic band in her hair and undid the bun to let her hair fall out and dry faster. Her hair fell around her shoulders and ran down her back. She reached behind her neck to separate the hair in half and put it out in front on her shoulders. She combed her fingers through her hair trying to get any knots out, and the twisted the sections of hair absentmindedly as she watched the kids continue to color, her eyes periodically glancing at the picture of the man.

Celeste wasn't sure what to do with the motley crew that she was given to work with. Every other generation of the elementals had managed to get along and seemed to be all related. It was more convenient that way. But everyone she was working with this time was different. Though similar environments the personalities are completely different. They clash and cause problems. Celeste can only imagine what could happen if she partnered the wrong people together. With a sigh, she walked away from her crystal ball. She had been watching the teenagers at school. She wanted to make sure that they were okay. There was no need to watch the young adults, she could hear them. Or at least she could sense them. There was nothing wrong going on so she didn't need to intervene on anything.

Sitting down in a chair, she leaned back and waved a hand. The elements muses appeared before her. They were all in the forms that were preferred by their users. "They need help. Talia is getting better, but she isn't well just yet. I do not want her training until she is at one hundred percent." Talia's muse nodded and completely disappeared to be with her. The rest of the muses were waiting for the rest of the instructions. Celeste was not sure what to do with them. They would not be needed training, but they would be needed to watch them through the night. "The rest of you. If you have not already introduced yourself to your owner, then do so tonight. They need guidance and a protector." Celeste turned to Damian's muse. "Don't let Damian hurt anyone, Gravity." The muse nodded. With a wave of her hand the rest of them disappeared. Next, Celeste needed to gather the elementals and prepare them for battle.

Another wave of of her hand, she appeared in the main ballroom. Mumbling a few words, she had her elementals appear before her. For a moment she was silent and allowed them to be confused. There was no need to speak just now. She wanted to make sure she got everyone except for Talia. Once they seemed to settle down and Remi was down asking questions about his sister, Celeste took a few steps towards the group. "Hello children. Sorry for gathering you all here on such a short notice. But it just could not wait." Celeste took a deep breath.

"Lord Kain has been growing stronger than anticipated. After the situation with Talia, I cannot risk losing any more of you." She started. "Training starts today. To keep things in order I have broken everyone into four groups with group leaders. For safety reason stay with these groups during training." Celeste did not mean to sound like a teacher, but she means it when she says for everyone to stay in their groups. She ran her fingers through her hair.

"Ezra you will lead Willow and Ophelia. Eric you will lead Damian and Matthew. Remi you will lead Evangeline and Delaney. Greyson you will lead Nathan and Camila." Celeste was hoping that her arrangement would keep people from getting hurt. "Leaders. Your only job is to make sure that the people you are in charge of do not get seriously injured. And please do not seriously injure each other." Celeste glanced over at Damian for a moment before looking over the ground. "The muses will tell you where the training facilities are. If you need me ask a muse to fetch me." With that she smiled gently and waved her hands once again leaving the group to train and be ready for Lord Kain.

Whatever important thing that Greyson was doing seemed not to matter anymore, for he was in the ballroom with the rest of the people that currently reside in the house. It seemed he wasn't the only one completely confused to why he was standing here. He could have sworn he was with Remi and Talia. They were getting vague answers to some questions that they had. Remi was with him, but Talia was not. She must still be in the infirmary, which means she is still not well. That was something that was obvious. What they had managed to figure out was that she was fighting for her life. Knowing Talia, she wasn't going to let Lord Kain attempt to take her life without some sort of vigorous attempt. Greyson knows that she will be okay. She always ends up okay. His attention was pulled towards Celeste. She must have been the one that called her here. Which meant that whatever was being said was vitally important. He listened to everything she had to say. "Greyson you will lead Nathan and Camila." Training started today and he was one of the leaders. It was an honor, but Greyson didn't really feel like the leader type. Luckily he didn't have problems with either Nathan or Camila. This should not be a problem. Or at least he hoped not. Celeste disappeared and a sigh escaped him. "Guess we should start looking for the training areas." Greyson stated.

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Eric was confused. First he was with Ezra in what they figured was some kind of training area and now they are in the ballroom. Everyone else was confused, so Eric felt a bit better about his confusion. He noticed Celeste and realized that she must of been the reason that they were all here at the moment. So he decided it be best to listen to what she had to say. It was a bit worrying about how powerful Lord Kain was. He was coming after them and Eric immediately started worry about Evangeline. Though he was certain she could handle herself, that was still his baby sister. His whole world could literally fall apart if anything happened to her. "Eric you will lead Damian and Matthew" Eric did not mind being a leader. He kind of wanted Evangeline, but he wasn't going to say anything to Celeste. There had to be a reason for why they were put into these groups. Celeste disappeared and Greyson suggested they start looking for the training facilities. "Actually. I think Ezra and I found it by accident." He stated, looking over at his best friend suggesting he lead them towards that area.

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Evangeline was no longer in school. That wasn't the problem. It's not like she enjoyed being in school. Her dyslexia made it hard to want to go in the first place. What she was confused about was why everyone was called into the ballroom, though once she saw Celeste the confusing vanished. Eva just assumed that she needed them for something very important. And it was. It was about Lord Kain and the groups training. Evangeline was afraid to fight. Any single one of them could end up just like Talia. That wouldn't help the situation, in fact it would be really bad. "Remi you will lead Evangeline and Delaney" Evangeline was more than okay with her group. It wasn't with Damian which was all that mattered. Greyson suggested they get started and Eric and Ezra led the group toward the facility. Eva stayed close to Delaney, thinking that if she was with her Damian couldn't bother her.

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School was over. Or at least it was over for Ophelia. She was standing in the ballroom with the rest of the people that currently live in the house. It wasn't like the brunette wanted to be in school, especially because she would much rather be glued to Talia's side or bothering Camila about boys or cuddling Nathan or even cuddling her kitten. Anything was better than school. But this particular reason of being called out of school was an important one. It was about Lord Kain and Ophelia listened. She hated Lord Kain with every fiber in her being. No one messes with her friends and expects to live. She was already planning the different ways to burn him alive. "Ezra you will lead Willow and Ophelia" Willow? Of all the people she could have been paired up with, it had to be the rainbow haired girl. Ophelia was not happy. Ever since she has been interested in Nathan, neither her nor Willow ever got along. Ophelia never really tried to get along with her and vice versa. Not even for Nathan's sake. It was better if they just didn't hang out. But now they were in the same group. It was going to be fun fighting her. Even though Celeste strictly warned them not to seriously injure anyone. Willow has tough skin, she should be able to take some burns. Greyson, Eric, and Ezra didn't hesitate to start the group with their training. Ophelia just wanted to face Kain and melt his face off already.

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Matthew was glad to be out of school. But if his mother found out he would be in serious trouble. Celeste was the one that summoned them so it must have been serious. Matty looked around at everyone trying to figure out why they were here before Celeste told them why. Of course it was about Lord Kain and having to defeat them. But she was starting their training today. Matthew wasn't looking forward to training. He was afraid of this battle. He almost lost his best friend to this Lord and he didn't wanted to be next. Leaving his sister behind was not something he intended to do. But it wasn't up to him. The stars chose Matthew to be the one and he has to accept that. "Eric you will lead Damian and Matthew" He was completely unsure about the group, but he couldn't ask for a switch. Celeste had a reason for everything. At least he wasn't with Remi. He wasn't really happy with the constant rejection. This morning he was being nice, but Matty still would have rather he played nice elsewhere. Remi was toying with his feelings and he wasn't going to be able to take it anymore. The leaders started exercising their right to lead and lead the group towards the training areas. Matthew could honestly say that he was not ready.

To say that Ezra was confused was an understatement. One moment he was in some sort of training room full of weapons he had never seen before, and the next he was in a large room along with everyone else. And there was that woman again. Celeste, who explained many things to them. Among those was the need to get rid of this Lor Kain figure and Ezra could not agree more. What that thing that done to Talia was not something that could be easily forgotten. Judging by the fact that she wasn't there with them, he only guessed she was still unconscious. She had to be, otherwise she would be kicking and screaming to get permission to go after the villain that hurt her. He must have done a good amount of damage. Celeste also explained how they would be starting training and Ezra smiled to himself. If he was correct, they would be training in the room Eric and him had found earlier. He was also to lead and was given two team mates, Ophelia and Willow. He had no problem with Ophelia, in fact they got along rather well because of Cami. Willow he had just met, but regardless they also got along. Not to mention he had already gotten attached to Lucas. The only worry was their relationship with each other. Ezra had no idea what state that was in. If they didn't know each other or if they were friends that would be easy to handle, but they very well hate each other and Ezra had no clue. He decided it would be best to ask Ophelia directly. He didn't know Willow well enough yet to ask such a thing, which would make it kind of rude. Eric suggested they lead everyone to the training room and Ezra nodded in agreement. They had just came from there. On the way over, Ezra thought it would be a good chance to ask. "Please tell me you and Willow don't hate each other's guts" he muttered to Ophelia, only loud enough for her to hear.


Camila remained in silent confusion as everyone talked and questioned what was going on. Cami was no longer in school, which any other day would have been a reason for her to freak out over missing important classes and information, but her head was just not in it at all today. For the first time ever, she was glad to be out. It appeared that she was back at the mansion. Everyone was there with Celeste. Everyone except Talia that is. She looked at Remi, who seemed a bit calmer than before, hoping to figure out where she was. Celeste explained in detail what would happen from then on and Cami listened closely. She didn't say anything about Talia's condition. Nothing they didn't already know anyway. Cami frowned slightly to herself at the sound of the words "war" and "training". If there was anything Camila wasn't, it was a fighter. She always prefers to talk things out rather than fight, but she was convinced that Lord Kain wasn't someone you could simply just talk to and come to an agreement. Not after what he had done. Not to mention that knowing her best friend was still injured because of him gave her the teeniest motivation to kick his ass. Camila was past being sad, now she was determined. Determined to make Kain pay for what he'd done to Talia. Still, fighting and killing was not her cup of tea. And as if that wasn't nerve wrecking enough, she was put in a team with Nathan and Grayson as the leader. Never mind the fact that Cami used to have a crush on Nathan, now her current crush and the only person that could make her forget how to function as a proper human being was to be their leader. SHe let out a somewhat shaky breath as she followed everyone to the training center, which her cousin had apparently already found without permission, and decided to focus her mind on something else. She matched her pace with Remi's and smiled weakly up at him. "Did you see her?"


Remi was not happy. He had finally been allowed to see his sister, and now he was taken away from her just like that. Celeste appeared before everyone once again and Remi glared half heartedly. He knew she wasn't a bad person, but he also knew she was the one that had taken him away from Talia. Regardless, he wasn't too upset, only because they were getting the chance to train and later on kick Kain's sorry ass. The blonde almost smiled, thinking about all the ways he could get revenge. No one hurt his sister and got away with it. As Celeste explained the training teams, Remi tried his best to keep his mouth shut. He had already forgotten he was one of the designated leaders, but now he was actually given people to lead. Delaney and Evangeline. He could work with that. Luckily, as far as he knew, the two of them got along just fine. Also, as far as he knew, neither of them had anything against him personally. He just hoped They were as ready and willing to fight as he was. As they headed to the training ground, Camila caught up to him. She quietly asked about Talia and Remi nodded in response. "She was still unconscious" he said plainly. There was no reason to say she was better when she wasn't. The brunette frowned at his response and he did the same. Even though Talia was his sister, Remi knew Camila and Ophelia loved her just as much as she did. "Don't you worry, we'll get Kain back for this. That you can count on". As they arrived at the training center, Remi headed straight for the weapons. If he was to lead he had to start right away. He looked at Eva and Delaney as they approached him and gave them somewhat of a smirk. "You girls ready to kick some galactic ass?"


It's as if her body was on fire. Talia had absolutely no idea where she was, or if she was even alive. One thing was certain though. She remembered what brought her here. She remembered perfectly clear. That ugly creature had dared to put his hands on her, to hurt her, and on top of that, mess up her new outfit. Dead or alive, Talia was going to kick his sorry ass to the moon. She could feel the adrenaline running through her veins, or maybe it was just the burning desire for revenge. Whatever it was, it was making her feel much better. She could hear voices, one in particular, that sounded very familiar. Remi?. She couldn't see and she could hardly hear, or make out what was being said, but that was definitely her brother's voice. He called her name several times, but she couldn't get herself to respond no matter how much she wanted to. This made her even more irritated, if that were at all possible. The voices continued to surround her for several seconds, and then all of a sudden it was quiet. No voices or sounds heard. Had she gone deaf? That would just be the cherry on top of the revenge-driven cake. Deaf or not, she had to see where she was at least. She fought harder and harder to regain her senses, and she could hear a faint beeping noise. So she wasn't deaf after all, nor was she blind she realized, as her vision slowly adjusted. She was in a white room, alone. AT least that's what she thought, until a woman appeared before her. She had never seen her before, but the woman was smiling down at her. The blonde immediately sat up, ignoring the spinning sensation in her head. "Touch me and i'll scorch you so badly your great-great-great grandparents will feel it". The woman seemed to find her threat amusing, which only added fuel to the burning hate fire. "Well you seem to be feeling better" she said in a soft tone, which for some reason annoyed Talia beyond belief. "Damn right I am! Who the hell are you? And where is that ugly bastard that dared to hurt me" Talia demanded. The woman didn't seem to know how to answer. "Forget it, where are my shoes, i'll find him myself" she attempted to get up, impatient with the woman's silence, but was stopped. "All in good time" she responded finally.

Delaney didn’t know what had happened. She had been sitting in history class, tapping her pencil on her desk as she stared out the window when all of a sudden she turned her attention to the blackboard but it wasn’t there. Instead of sitting in a desk in front of her teacher, surrounded by classmates, she was in a ballroom, in front of Celeste, surrounded by everyone else in the mansion. She sighed quietly. She had a feeling she knew what this was about. Practically every time she had shown up one name was always mentioned. As Celeste spoke, that same name appeared: Kain. Once again, there was also little mention of Talia. She wondered how the girl was doing, and glanced at Remi. From the look on his face, he guessed not well. Celeste then disappeared and left the others alone. Eric talked about the training room, and everyone started moving. Eva was suddenly by her side and Delaney sighed again. Everything was happening too fast for her to process, and she tried to run through what was said again. They would have to fight Kain, Remi was leading a group of her and Eva to train, and now they were going to a training room Eric and Ezra had already found. Delaney barely talked as Eva and she made their ways to the room, only making room for one comment. “I don’t like this.”

They finally reached the training room and Remi went right for the weapons. “You girls ready to kick some galactic ass?” No. She wanted to run. She didn’t want to fight. But she knew she would have to. It was inevitable. Plus, fighting meant hurting Kain, the one who hurt Talia. She couldn’t say no, especially since Talia was hurt. Delaney couldn’t say no to Remi. She half smiled and nodded her head. She would have to fight eventually, so she might as well get ready for it.

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Nathan was in a ballroom. He had sworn he had just been in school a few minutes earlier, but now he wasn’t and he wasn’t complaining. He would rather be out of school than in school.
He looked around and noticed everyone from earlier, and then saw Celeste. She assigned groups and Nathan looked around and found Camila and Greyson, who he was assigned to a group with. But one group in particular caught his attention: Ezra, Willow, and Ophelia. That was not good. He had his best friend and his girlfriend in the same group, bound to fight each other at some point. And it was an understatement to say they didn’t get along. He just hoped neither ended up in Talia’s position in critical condition, or whatever condition she was in. Celeste had not mentioned and no one had really asked. Nathan sighed and looked for Ophelia, who was with Ezra. Seeing Ophelia was busy, he jogged over to Willow.

Willow didn’t know what had happened, but she wasn’t with Lucas or Kelsey anymore. Instead it was Celeste and the others. She crossed her arms, slightly annoyed. Whatever they were all here for, it better be important. She still had work to do and she wondered who was caring for the kids now. Maybe it would be her muse or Greyson’s. If it was hers, she hoped she’d get to meet him or her soon. She wanted to know where hers was and if it was the man Lucas had drawn, which would make sense. “Ezra you will lead Willow and Ophelia.” Ophelia? Willow squinted her eyes at Celeste. Of all people, she had to be stuck with the rich, hothead. The person she least wanted to be near. Even Damian would be better. Ezra, she didn’t mind, even if she barely knew him. Everyone started moving and Willow realized someone was suddenly next to her. She didn’t even have to look. “What, are you gonna warn me not to hurt your girlfriend?” Her best friend laughed and shook his head. “You know me so well. I’m worried about you guys killing each other. So just don’t kill her, okay?” She rolled her eyes dramatically. “Yeah, you don’t have to worry about that. I don’t plan on killing her while you guys are an item, because if I did I’d have to hear you mope about it and then mess with your head.” Nathan shuddered slightly. He wished she was kidding, but he knew her better than that. Willow barely joked about stuff like that. “If you’re little girlfriend plans on playing with fire, then I hope she likes mind games.” Willow mumbled the last line before taking a few steps ahead of Nathan, entering the training room and leaving him behind.

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He had been forced to go to school, and now he was being pulled out of class. What a joke. He leaned against the wall he was next to, and surveyed the group as everyone looked around or looked confused. He didn’t know why he was here either, but he wasn’t going to let on that he was as clueless as them. The woman from the earlier announcements, Celeste, stood before them and told the Lord Kain had even become more powerful and they would be needing to prepare for battle. He smirked slightly. Fighting Lord Kain? He didn’t think so. He loved to fight and the pain that came with it, but he knew that most of the people in the ballroom were running on raw emotions from the incident with the one girl, Talia. Lord Kain had beaten her so brutally, but she was irrelevant to him. It was quite amusing to see everyone so riled up about one man. Damian was somewhat jealous, that one man could muster up so much hatred and fear at just the mention of his name. He was not power hungry, but being recognized and known as an eminent threat, he imagined, must be a beautiful thing. “Eric you will lead Damian and Matthew.” The statement made him scoff. Him, be led by another? Absolutely not. He did things on his terms. he had been a loner all his life and he didn’t plan on that changing.

Celeste commented on people not seriously injuring one another, and he found a hint of humor in it. It had been directed at him, but there was no need for it. At least not with the training everyone would be doing together. Damian was not interested in the training. He had no desire to train with anyone. Except Eva. What the two of them would be doing is something of an experiment, to say the least. He would not be taking part in training, but the training room did sound enticing. A small peak at it wouldn’t kill anyone. He watched as everyone filed out of the ballroom and he waited a few minutes before trailing them.

Ophelia was going to go and complain about her assignment to her boyfriend, but Willow was taking up all his precious time. So she just hung back and decided not to say anything. She could just fight her during the training. Next then Ezra came next to her. Ophelia was kind of close with Ezra because of how close she was with Camila. They were practically related. "Please tell me you and Willow don't hate each other's guts" Ophelia let out a small giggle. She was trying to think of a way to explain how much she hated that pink haired girl, but she couldn't. "Let's just say that if I wasn't dating her cousin, I would have already set her on fire." She muttered back with an innocent smile on her face. Nathan knew that the two didn't like each other so he would try and keep them apart. But sometimes when they were together it was a screaming match. At one point they ended up using their powers on each other in the house. That's the only reason why they knew about each other's powers. "Don't worry. I will be on my best behavior. So long as she keeps those mind tricks to herself." She said. The group got out to the training area and Ophelia watched as the pink haired girl joined the two. The pyromaniac acknowledged her, but didn't greet her. She was just waiting for the part to where she could kick her ass.

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All that mattered at this point was that Evangeline was not with her over protective brother or the psychopath. Being with her best friend was the greatest thing that could have possibly happened. Being led by Remi seemed okay. She didn't know much about him, but she did know that it was his sister that was attacked first. Evangeline believed that was he was going to be a good leader. Celeste wouldn't have assigned him otherwise. When they got to the training area, the air manipulator looked around. She was kind of nervous about what she was going to have to do. What if she wasn't good enough? What if she ends up like Talia? She just wanted to make sure that whatever happens, her brother was safe. “You girls ready to kick some galactic ass?” Remi seemed eager to get training started. Evangeline shrugged her shoulders. "As ready as I will ever be." She said. Then a question popped into her head. "What exactly is your ability, Remi?" It would be useful information to know.

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Greyson did not really know much about who he was in charge of leading. He knew of them, of course, but he knew nothing about them. He did find Camila to be quite cute and he knew Nathan was dating Ophelia. That was the extension of his knowledge. He made a mental note to get to know them later. They got to the training facility and he prayed the muse would take wonderful care of his Kelsey. He waited for Camila and Nathan to come and find him. Once they did he smiled. "Hey. Ready to train?" He asked, trying to make light of this entire situation. "What are your abilities? Mine is being able to manipulate water." He said. Demonstration was unnecessary. They would see while they were training.

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Eric was ready to train for the battle. He wasn't sure how he would do as group leader, but his only real job was to make sure that Damian and Matthew stayed safe. It was simple enough. Eric was able to keep Evangeline safe, despite how hard she would make it. Speaking of which, he saw that she was with Delaney and Remi. He trusted the both of them to make sure nothing happened to her. So his focus went to his own group. He didn't know either of them, but that would be fine. He could introduce himself and his ability when they all met up. Once they got to the training facility, Matt and Damian managed to find him. "Hey. Ready to kick Lord Kain's ass?" He asked, rhetorically. "What are your abilities by the way. Mine is earth." He stated, waiting for answers.

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Matthew kept to himself the entire time he was on his way to the training facility. He really wanted Talia to be out here with him. His best friend was still recovering and he didn't like it. Remi was leading a completely different group so he couldn't go and talk to him. He was stuck with Eric and Damian. The group didn't sound all that bad. Eric wouldn't have been leader if Celeste felt that he was incompetent. He managed to find Eric. Immediately he greeted them and attempted to make this seem fun. Then he asked for abilities. Matthew decided to speak up first. "I can manipulate poison." He stated simply.

The answer that Ezra was hoping for and the answer Ophelia gave him were completely different. "Let's just say that if I wasn't dating her cousin, I would have already set her on fire." The Spaniard sighed and ruffled his hair a bit. "Fantastic" he sarcastically muttered to himself. He decided that aside from training, his main priority was two keep the two girls from dismantling one another. Ezra was not a fighter by any means. He mostly used his powers to entertain, so he wasn't sure why he was chosen as a leader. He was fearless, however, which could have been one of the reasons. They made it to their station and Ophelia and Willow found their way to him. They didn't speak to one another, which was fine. It was better than fighting. Ezra thought for a moment before speaking. "Okay, rule number one. No killing each other" he felt it necessary to say so. "Rule number two, no killing me, I can't help you train if i'm dead". He didn't think either of them had anything against him, but he could end up being caught in the cross hairs of their war. That was really all he wanted from this group: staying alive. He looked around, unsure of how to start. He figured getting to see what they could do would be a good starting point. "Okay..." he began, stepping on to the designated combat area. "Who wants to show off first?". He knew he could end up being traumatized or bald, but he wasn't going to let them fight each other. That would be even worse.


Camila was a nervous wreck and they hadn't even started training yet. Luckily Nathan was with her. Having someone that she was close to around was a bit soothing. Not so luckily, Nathan knew about Cami's crush on their leader, thanks to Talia. Normally Camila wouldn't mind, but now that the three of them were together it was a little stressful. The three met up at what looked to be their training station for the day. Grayson asked if they were ready to train. The brunette was tempted to say no, but she didn't want to appear weak already. It's not that she was afraid, she just didn't like the idea of fighting. "What are your abilities? Mine is being able to manipulate water." Water? That sounded interesting. Camila imagined it to be a very beautiful thing to be able to control something like the ocean. Her ability didn't have any kind of shape or color. It was invisible. The small brunette waited for Nathan to answer first before answering herself. "I can control sound" she said in a gentle voice. To Cami, saying that she can control sound always sounded like she was bragging, but there was really no other way to explain her power. It was unusual and hard to master. Maybe training was a good idea after all.


The girls didn't seemed as ready to fight as Remi did, but then again, they weren't as motivated. Still they agreed to begin training. Evangeline explained her ability to control air, one of the basic elements. That would be very interesting to see. She also asked what his power was. "Energy" he stated simply, thinking of a not so complicated way to explain it. In a way it was self explanatory, but it also had a lot of do's and don'ts. He thought for a moment, thinking on how he could give them a quick demonstration without having to go into much detail. He decided that maybe getting them a bit more energized and ready to train was a good way to start. He focused some of the energy in his body into his index finger and gentle tapped Eva's nose, carefully lifting her energy levels so she would feel as one feels after they've had some caffeine. Only with this, there was no crash after it wore off. "How do you feel?". The blonde was careful not to boost her energy too much, bust enough for her to feel the difference. He was also curious as to what Delaney's element was. Hopefully she would explain without him having to ask.


"No, I need answers now. Not a week from now, not tomorrow". Talia was beyond irritated, There was an evil maniac out there that hurt her, and he was probably planning on hurting the others, and she was stuck in a room with a woman she didn't even know. "Am I still in the suspicious mansion? At least tell me that". The woman sighed and took a seat on the bed beside the angry blonde, ready to explain. "Yes" she answered "You are in the infirmary, and I am Magma, your muse"[/color]. Talia remained silent for a while, unsure of what to say to that. Muse? What did that even mean? "So like my guardian or something?". The woman nodded. [b]"Something like that. I can help you control and enhance your power"[/color]. Finally, something that sounded pleasing to the ear. Talia was more than ready to become stronger and melt that maniac's face off. No one should have to look at something so ugly. "Okay then, when do we start?" she urged, ready to get up, but was stopped once again. She sighed in annoyance. "What now?". The woman stood up and headed over to some cabinets. [b]"You're not completely healed yet. You can't become stronger if your body is recovering"

So Remi controlled energy, and Eva controlled air. She had known about Eva, given they were best friends, but Remi’s power was news to her. She raised an eyebrow slightly when he explained his power and seemed to demonstrate on Eva. Delaney could practically see Eva perk up more, like she was given an extra boost. Remi’s power didn't seem so bad, but being able to control something like energy seemed like it could be very dangerous if misused or used for the wrong reasons. It made her realize she was glad she could only manipulate plants. It had never seemed like a very strong power, but she didn't care about that. She turned to Remi, realizing she hasn't explained what she could do. “I can manipulate plants.” Hearing the words come out of her mouth made her seem like her powers were rather lame. She hadn't noticed before. She turned and looked at the rack of weapons next to them. She picked up a knife and clutched the handle tightly. “Do either of you know how to fight with a weapon?” The only time Delaney had held a knife was when she was in the kitchen preparing a dish. She had never held one with the intention of learning how to fight with it.

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Nathan met his group in the area and smirked once he saw Greyson and Cami. He couldn't imagine how awkward Cami must feel right now, being in a group with the guy she liked. It was like the two were meant to be together. The thought of Greyson and Cami being together left something like a bad taste in his mouth but he kept his smile. He couldn't let this arrangement bother him. So what if he’s still getting over her? He had Ophelia and she was all that mattered to him. Plus, Greyson seemed like a great guy. As if on cue, Greyson spoke up, breaking Nathan’s train of thought. He had questioned what they could do, and explained that he could manipulate water. That was cool to him. Nathan always wish he had an ability he could see physically being manipulated, but with time, he could only see the effects of his manipulation. “Call me Fr. Time.” Nathan joked lightly. He looked at Cami as she said she was sound, and together, Nathan thought they had a pretty strong group. However, maybe one of the most difficult to control element wise. He wasn't sure how well Greyson and Cami could manipulate their gifts. He knew what Cami could do and had seen her play around with it before, but nothing major. Nothing like he might see today.As he thought about what was to come more and more, something struck him. The actual process of training. He could only assume none of the leaders had done anything like this before, and if they were really going to train, what was going to happen? “So, how exactly are we going to train?” He imagined himself in the gym weight training. Something told him this would be a very different experience.

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Willow stood on the side of the combat zone, watching as Ezra and Ophelia walked over. Ophelia made a slight gesture to her, making it evident that she acknowledged her presence. In return, Willow gave a slight head nod. That was all the redhead would be getting, and Willow knew she wouldn't be getting anything else either. At least nothing else friendly. The next thing the hothead planned to give her was probably a fist to the face. It wouldn't surprise her, as the feeling was mutual. Willow couldn't help but be put in an even worse mood when her best friend's’ girlfriend was around. The sight of her irritated Willow. There was no other way to put it. Ezra, having noticed the tension between the two or having asked Ophelia of their relationship, started to lay the ground rules. It was pretty funny to see what he ordered: no killing each other and no killing him. It was like he knew their history. Then he invited one of them to show off, but against him. The invite was a little boring, and frankly Willow wasn't interested much in training her powers. She knew her weak point was physical combat and she would rather have a lesson on that, but it was reasonable that they were focusing on their gifts first. They would take more time to master. But she didn't accept the invitation. “Don't you think it's a little early to be inviting me in, given I only know your name?” She let the sarcasm roll of her tongue, but she couldn't help but smile a little as she spoke.

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The others had entered the training area and Damian spotted his fellow “team members.” The phrase made him want to laugh. Seeing everyone in their groups made him want to roll his eyes, but he would never. There was no point in showing such emotions because of others. If they wanted to be puppies and follow orders so easily, they could. He wouldn’t object. It was their choice, stupid or not. Damian stared down Eric and Matthew for a few seconds before walking over to the wall next to them. He leaned his back against it, staring at the wall opposite of him. Eric made some half-hearted attempt at an icebreaker and then continued to question them about powers. Matthew was eager to answer, explaining his power was poison. Damian didn’t bother to answer. He knew Matthew was poison, and he knew Eric was Earth. If they didn’t know what he could do, that was on them. He was not obligated to work with them. He didn’t plan on it, so there was no need to explain himself to others. “I don’t work with others.” He said plainly, his voice as monotone as ever. After a few seconds, he drew his gaze from the wall to the eyes of the others. While he didn’t plan on working with them, he did plan to stay and observe. He wanted to check out the room and see to what extent everyone could manipulate their powers. But until. he waited for the objections and questions that were sure to follow from the two boys.

Ophelia was not looking forward to this at all. Out of the corner of her eye should see Nathan and Camila training together. How did she get stuck with Willow? It was like she was being punished. There was no way she would make it through without needing to set her on fire at least once. Ezra thought it as best that he set ground rules. The first was no killing each other. Ophelia wasn't sure if that one would be followed, but she didn't say anything. His last rule was not to kill him and the brunette giggled a bit. Ophelia would never. Not just cause he was her friend, Camila would kill her. "Who wants to show off first?" The pink haired girl eagerly piped up about how early it was to invade his mind. Ophelia refrained from rolling her eyes. There is never really a right time to invade anyone's mind. And considering it was an open invitation there was no need to worry about it. So the pyromaniac decided that she was just going to go first. Though both of them should know her abilities. Holding out her right hand she created a ball of fire. Once it was dense enough, she tossed straight ahead and it landed on the ground, dying immediately.

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Remi did not mind showing off his ability. For a moment there was some silence. She was expecting an explanation for his energy power, but instead he just touched her nose. Evangeline was confused at first, but then she felt it. She had perked up. Not too much, but she felt way more energized than before. "That's cool." she said with a smile. It was like she had just had coffee. Eric doesn't let her have coffee since it can stunt growth, but if she just kept Remi around she wouldn't need it. Delaney brought up her plant power and Eva smiled. She loved the plant power. Delaney has the ability to bring about beauty. It was cool and at least her power was visible. "Air." She said. Evangeline did not demonstrate. It was self explanatory. Delaney picked up a weapon and asked if either of them knew how to fight with it. Eva shook her head. "I'm a dancer. Not a fighter." she said.

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Camila can manipulate sound. Nathan can manipulate time. And Greyson could manipulate water. This was what he would consider a mixed bunch. There was no helpful way to combine their abilities and train so they needed to do something else. Greyson thought for a moment and decided that hand to hand combat would be best for now, then he could figure out how to incorporate their abilities from there. "Hand to hand combat. Then we can figure out how to mix in your powers." He wasn't sure if Camila would be okay with fighting them, but Greyson wouldn't hurt her. He highly doubting that Nathan would hurt her. She would be safe, but if she felt uncomfortable she would understand.

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Matthew could work with poison. That was actually pretty cool. He was expecting Damian to say what his ability was, but all he did was go and sit away from the group. "I don’t work with others.” Eric and Matthew were both equally confused. It was as if he wasn't around when Kain almost killed Talia or when Celeste told them that Kain was after them. Matthew was a bit intimidated by him, but Eric wasn't. At all. "Well you don't have a choice. We need to protect ourselves against Kain and training with others will help." Eric said, crossing his arms. Matthew took a few steps back. If there was going to be a fight he didn't want to be in it.