The Wielder of the Lost Element

all the background info is in the actual writing

Background info

Vuur is 22; he has insanity attacks due to having to hide his emotions

Insanity attacks: Insanity attacks can happen when you keep emotions bottled up, and they explode all at once. This can result in aggression or crying, or in severe cases, both.

Eredus is 24; he has ADHD

Jinsei is 23; she has Anxiety because of school, and because of trying to always have good grades

Every element has a name for a person that can control it, and each element wielder has a typical attitude (bonus if you can figure out what this means: German, Javanese, German, Chinese, Southern Sotho, Zulu, Latin)

Fire: Feuer; Sword; Mildly aggressive, does well in battle and are the more powerful of the wielders, they have a secret, the secret of their extinction, that has yet to be figured out.

Water: Banyu; Trident; goes with the flow, processes before acting, will often be destitute of any leadership skills and are followers, will usually be detracted from any issue involving leadership?

Earth: Erde; Bo Staff; stand their ground, once they start something, the chances of them stopping are insuperable. They typically have one maxim “Fight for what you believe in and never stop”, this will often get them into problems

Light: Shèng; Bow; Snobs, do things to make themselves happy. Will often be very Impetus and can be easily Wheedled

Shadow: Moriti; Scythe; can be kind of depressing but have hearts of gold. They often do their own thing and don't like to take orders, unless they want to or it’s obligatory. They often lead a vagabond lifestyle once old enough, enjoying the feeling of being emancipated

Electric: Kagesi; Something similar to Zeus’s bolt in Percy Jackson. (The way it looks in the Series on Disney Plus, not the movie); energetic, they basically have ADHD and are the more flamboyant of the wielders

Spirit; Anima; A Swallow (a double bladed sword); Very Centered, very calm; if you see one, consider yourself lucky, as they hardly ever come down from their islands high above in the sky. They spend most of their time training their spirit and body to be in perfect condition, sometimes to the point of exhaustion. Every day they repeat a process: Wake up, Eat, Exercise, Sleep, Repeat. They do this until they reach what each individual wielder believes to be the ‘perfect’ condition. For some, it can be a skinny build. Others, it could be a rounded figure. It doesn't matter, as the only rule when it comes to this, people can't judge. If anybody judges , there will be a heavy price to pay. They are the only ones that can enter the spirit realm.  This makes death appear as only a concept. They can practically live forever, as long as they have a body. This could be a robotic one, or by inhabiting another’s corpse (Don't know why they would want a corpse, but it’s an option)

Chapter 1: Vibrant Eyes Hiding Darkening Pain

Vuur lives in a world where people have magical powers, and whether they use it for good or evil is really up to them. They are all split up into elements, and those who have the same are grouped together. There are about six groups: Banyu, Erde, Shèng, Moriti, Kagesi, and Anima. There used to be an seventh, which was the Feuer, but the Feuers have now been extinct for several centuries. That is, until Vuur. Vuur was born with the element of Feuer, which should have been impossible, since he’s the child of a Kagesi and a Moriti. This had amazed but also worried his parents when he had been born. What if word got out that an old, lost form of wielding had once again appeared in the world? There could be people that could want to kidnap him and abuse his power, or worse. So, what did they do? They decided to keep his powers hidden, and for him to be presented as a unelime, a person without any form of elemental magic. Although this is usually an undesirable trait in offspring, there would at least be no danger to him or his family. Due to him having to hide his powers and act as an unelime, he often got bullied by other students. Unfortunately, his temper would usually get the best of him and he would retaliate. This would not only leave him badly injured, but it would also get him into trouble. As he got older, it became easier to ignore teasing as he began to learn how to shield his emotions behind a smile. Unfortunately, this made his classmates start to try and push him more. He never ended up snapping, and they eventually got bored and quit. Even though many dislike him and even made fun of him for being smart, for his temper, and for his chaotic nature, he does have two friends. Eredus and Jinsei. Eredus is a Banyu, and a rather strong one at that. He’s one of the most respected students in the school. You could say he was in the top few of the hierarchy. He was one of the special cases where a Banyu really doesn't give a crap about following what others say and leads his life, not following others. He also has a Shèng for a friend, who’s name is Jinsei. She’s rather pretty, and contrary to how most Shèng are dressed, she prefers a more casual attire instead of the typical fancy, elegant clothing a Shèng would dress in. She has long black hair, which reminds him of spilled ink, and a smile capable of brightening anybody’s day. She has quite a gorgeous face, with glasses round like the moon to compliment it. Thanks to the pair, Vuur actually made it through high school without snapping like an elastic waistband. Eredus gave him laughs and a buddy to be stupid with, while Jinsei gave him a way to calm down whenever he had an episode or to brighten his day. After high-school, they graduated, and are going to Shura State University, or SSU. This just happens to be where the trio currently are in their junior year. Vuur is currently in his room, playing his guitar, processing some…. things. (They all share a dorm).

*Squeak squeak squeak*

*Test full strum*

*deep breathe in*

*deep breathe out*

*starts to play*

(FULL CREDIT TO CG5 FOR THE SONG)

*Quietly* “I'm not the one to trust

When I've lost everything that I've touched

I built a land in the sky

But I can't remember why”

*Louder* “Scared of the water

Scared of the rain (the rain)

Scared of the memories that

Make me insane (someone help me)

I'm scared of the smile, I

See on the page (oh-oh)

I'll cover this vibrant eyes

And forget the pain”

Jinsei Walks in

“Hey Vuur whatcha doing”

*still in the zone*

*Still at the same volume* “Little voice ruining my consciousness

Nothing left to reminisce

I would rather run away

(Lessons learned from the page)

(Lore is written to the day)

(All this pain will make me suffocate)

All my thoughts ever strange

Free me from the mental cage

How could I forget my name?”

*almost screaming* “Scared of the water (so scared)

Scared of the rain (someone help me)

Scared of the memories that (oh-oh)

Make me insane (someone help me)

I'm scared of the smile, I (hey, hey)

See on the page (oh, I see it on the page)

I'll cover these vibrant eyes

And forget the pain (oh-oh-oh)”

*Eredus walks in*

“Hey what's going on I heard Vuur Scre-” he was stopped by Jinsei so who has tears in her eyes from his song

*getting quieter as he sings*

“Don't tell them what you've done

Tell them what you've done (tell them what you've done)

The war's already won, why do we go on? (Why do we go on?)

Don't tell them what you've done, tell them what you've done

Tell them what you've done, tell them what you've done

(Tell them what you've done)”

Vuur snaps back to reality and stand and hangs back up his guitar, turns around notices Jinsei in tears and Eredus shocked

“Uh… hey guys… how much of that did you hear” Vuur says

“I… I… why… why do you force yourself to deal with all these emotions on your own” Jinsei said

“Dude… why, just why do you do this to yourself” Eredus says

“Because I have to”

“No you don’t, you know we're here for you”

“Jinny, I do”

“Man, no you don't”

“Yes I do”

“No you do-”

he snaps “YES I DO, IT IS MY PAIN, SO I HAVE TO BARE IT. IF I LET ANYONE ELSE, I SHALL BE NOTHING BUT A BURDEN”

They both flinch back and notice his hands starting to ignite with a subtle glow

“Dude… your hands, they’re glowing”

His eyes widen as he realizes that Eredus is right and begins to calm himself down

“S-sorry” he took a deep breathe and his mood shifts entirely, as if his hands didn't just start glowing “So what do you guys want for dinner, take out or home-made”

he starts to walk out and Jinsei grabs his wrist “No were not about to just ignore what just happened”

“She’s right, you know. First, do you wanna talk about it” Eredus comments

“No” Vuur responds

“Okay then let's talk about a less sensitive topic, like for example, why were your hands glowing” Eredus Asks

“Oh, that, um… uh…” he tries to think of an excuse “oh, a medical condition… yeah, that's it”

Eredus and Jinsei look at each other and agree that he’s lying, but decide not to push further, being able to tell that he’s uncomfortable, or at least not going to tell them

Vuur breaks the silence and says “So… take-out or home food”

“Home food is good” Says Jinsei

Eredus nods

Vuur walks to the kitchen and makes some dumplings from scratch and frying them ever so perfectly, serves them and whistles for them to come eat as he puts the plates on the table.

“I present to you my perfectly cooked, delicious, beef dumplings. Enjoy.” After an awkwardly silent dinner, they all go to their rooms. Vuur locks his door and practices his powers in secret, making sure he doesn’t get caught, Eredus closes his door and goes to sleep, Jinsei closes her door and studies.

Chapter 2: No Sleep? Stop Studying So Hard!

The next morning, the usual wake up call of Vuur’s delicious food manages to wake up Eredus from his deep sleep

“Mmmmm, whatcha cookin’ up this morning” he says

“Just a some eggs and bacon with toast” Vuur responds

Groggy “Morning” Jinsei chimes in

Vuur, peppy “Morning”

“How can you have so much energy this early in the morning, especially since you fell asleep after me” Jinsei asked confused and still groggy

“You wanna know how, I don't kill my brain cramming in studying and you know, actually sleep, instead of waking up about 10 times a night to start studying again” Vuur responds

Jinsei blushes of embarrassment knowing she’s been caught “W-what, I… I don’t do that”

“Is that so, then how come whenever I checked in on you guys, and yes I check on you while you sleep, call it creepy, I don't care, plus not like i open the door. Anyways every time I checked in on you, you were studying”

JInsei embarrassed, weirded out, and also a little glad he cares so much about them, to check on them while they sleep, responds “uh… well this was interesting little spat, anyways, you caught me, and i’m sorry if I care about my grades”

“I do to, but not that much” Vuur respond with a grin

“Alright, alright we get it, can we just eat” Eredus chimes in as his stomach rumbles from having to hold himself back from eating without them

Chapter 3: The Rumor

After a wonderful Breakfast they head to their classes and meet up during lunch, Vuur seems worried while Eredus and Jinsei curious about a rumor that has started

“Hey you guys hear about that rumor” Eredus says

“Yeah I'm not one for listening to rumors but this one has me intrigued, what about you Vuur”

Nervous “Huh, oh yeah that rumor, yeah um… super interesting”

“You okay, you seem… on edge” Eredus says

Still nervous “whaaat, no never” Vuur responds

Jinsei chimes in “Vuur why do you seem so nervous, it’s just a rumor about a fire wielder in the school, a Feuer, I believe they’re called, but that's impossible, there hasn’t been one in centuries, they went extinct through unknown means”

Vuur gives a fake smile “yeah, heh, impossible”

While they’ve been talking, the World history teacher, Mr. Rekishi, has been listening in and decides to walk over to Vuur and say “Vuur please meet me after your last class of the day”

Vuur goes through his day trying to ignore the rumor which he knows is true and after his class he goes to Mr. Rekishi’s room and knocks

“Come in” he says

“Hey Mr. Rikishi, you wanted to talk to me” Vuur says as he walks in

“Yes, I came to talk you about the rumor”

Vuurs entire body stiffens at the mention of the rumor “O-oh, th-that”

Mr. Rikishi notices this “I saw the way you were acting with your friends at lunch, and I know you're very comfortable with your friends, what is it about this rumor that has you so… Nervous”

Vuurs voice speeds up “W-what, nervous, no, why would I be nervous”

“Your body stiffened when I mentioned the rumor and you’ve started to talk faster” he responds

“S-so it has”

“And the stuttering” He remarks “Vuur, let me ask you something, what gets you upset”

“What? Why?” Vuur asks confused

“Answer the question” He says

“Alright, Alright, um… lets see, getting bullied, having to remind Jinsei to ease up on hers-”

He cuts him off “No I mean what really gets you angry, like maybe… your horrible mother”

Vuur’s eye twitches and Mr. Rikishi sees this “Maybe your a*****e dad”

Vuur clenches his hands and Mr. Rikishi keeps going, trying to see something “or perhaps your brother, who’s a damn fa-”

As he says this, Vuurs eyes widen and he goes to punch him as his hands glow like last time, but Mr. Rikishi catches his fist and quickly lets go as it burns his hand

“That's what I wanted to see, Vuur I know your upset but that was only test, I wanted to test my Hypothesis”

Vuur relaxes a bit as he realizes that he didn't really mean all that, as he relaxes his fists go back to normal, stopping their glow and returning to their normal temperature 

“Alright, what was it you wanted to test” Vuur asks still a little perturbed

“Vuur, I know your secret” he responds

“W-what, I mean, and what would that be”

“You’re the Feuer” 

Vuur’s eyes widen in shock as he realizes he’s been figured out “H-how, how did you find out”

“Your fists, they way the glow orange when you get upset, and the temperature they ramp up to, it’s temperature that would melt the skin of any other person, not to mention your temper and the way you’ve been so edge since the rumor started.” He responds

“Now the question is how did someone find out about your powers is the question” he adds

Vuur racks his brain trying to figure out how someone could have figured it out, but can't think of anything.

“Have you used your powers at any point” He asks

“Yeah, I practice in my room trying to figure out my powers, I've gotten good progress” Vuur responds

“Do you have a window in your room”

“Yeah why?”

“Maybe you left it open”

“Maybe, but right now that's the least of my problems, right now I have to make sure that the truth doesn't get out, if not, who knows who might come”

“True, but how are you going to make sure the rumor dies out, or at least doesn’t leave the school”

“I… Don’t know”

“The only thing we can hope for is it just dies out”

“I guess”

Vuur walks out of his Mr. Rikishi’s room and Eredus and Jinsei are waiting outside, looking both upset and confused. 

“So, when were you planning on telling us” Jinsei says, mildly upset

Eredus chimes in “I agree with her, and you know I don’t like following people”

Vuur responds “What's got you two so upset”

“Don’t act innocent, we heard what you two were saying, so let me ask again. When were going to tell us” Jinsei says now genuinely upset

“I don’t know what you guys are talking about, I’m not hi-”

“YES, you are” Eredus barks.

Vuur flinches a bit, shocked that Eredus said that, or at least that he spoke in such a way, he is usually so calm. “Okay, fine, yes it’s true, there is a Feuer in the school, that may or may not be me”

Both Eredus and Jinsei look at him with judgemental eyes

“What now!?”

“Were you just never going to tell us” Jinsei says

“Well yeah”

“Why though” Eredus comments

“Because I didn't want to put you guys in danger, like I did my… never mind”

Eredus and Jinsei notice his hesitation and decide to no longer just watch as he bottles up his issues and his emotions not wanting him to have another episode “Tell us, now” they say

He gets surprised at their double team comment. “Like… like I did my parents”

“What do you mean by that” Jinsei says

“I put my parents in danger with just my very existence, and thanks to me, they’re… they’re… I can’t say it, it's been 10 years and I still can’t say it”

“Vuur say wha-” Jinsei stops mid-sentence realizing what he is referring to. As she realizes, her eyes soften and Eredus’ face goes from the unusual stern to a much softened, almost mourning, face. Tears start to well in Vuur’s eyes as he finally, after 10 damn years, finally accepts the truth, it's his fault… It's his fault his parents are dead. He starts to let out a soft cry, and both of them comfort him right then and there. Meanwhile as they comfort him, Vuur’s head is filled with flashes of that day, the day he lost his parents

Chapter 4: The Day...

“Honey I think someone found out” mom says

“What makes you think that” dad replied

“Someone’s been following us”

“AND YOU CAME HOME”

“I PANICKED”
“Okay, okay, let calm down, we planned for this” Dad turns to me “Vuur, son, go to your secret little room okay, you’ve got games and plenty of snacks in there okay, and try not to eat anything that we’ve told you not to, Ok”

“Dad what’s happening”

“Vuur listen to me, go to your secret spot and stay there until, we do our special knock okay”

“But dad what going to happen to you and mom, will you guys be okay”

“Vuur Eraba, please for the love of Shinsetsu, listen your father”

I, now instilled with a great fear, never having heard mom beg me to do something, or just beg at all, well there was that one time her and dad were wrestling in bed and she was begging dad to “put it in”, i don't know what she meant by this, but this, this was different, I could tell she was scared. Since I hadn’t ever heard mom scared, I just went to my room, and hid in the secret room we had built for me until. I heard them open the front door, acting very calm. After about 20 minutes, that's when I heard the first gunshot, dad screamed in pain. After about 10 minutes of hearing gunshots and listening as bodies hit the ground and me praying that none of them were mom and dad, I could hear them start to look for me, I heard when they came into my room and I held my breath. They looked in the closet, under my bed, even in a pile of clothes I had out there, they never found me, once I felt that they left, I left my little secret room and when I walked out of my room, I saw it, Ma’s lifeless body on the ground, her clothes drenched in blood. 10 minutes, 10 minutes I spent crying over her body, I tried to look for dad’s body but nowhere to be found, I thought to myself “they took him”. In my head I thought “well I'm just a kid, I'm sorry dad, but I can't save you” and I never did. That was the last day I saw my parents. After that I just ran to the edge of the island and I jumped off and dived into the ocean, I tried to splash down as close to the coast as possible and somehow I made it without dying. I've just been living like a damn hobo for most of my life. In spite of all the s**t I’ve had to endure, I managed to get an adoptive family,  two great friends, a crush, a dorm, some amazing cooking skills, and music skills too. My life may have turned to crap, but it’s getting better

Chapter 5: The Visison and The Plan

The door squeaks open as they walk in, they all go to their rooms. Jinsei goes to her room and actually goes to sleep, taking Vuur's advice. Eredus goes and studies for the test on Monday. Vuur, he goes and turns on his amp and the familiar sound of amp’s static, grabs his chalk and begins to write out symbols on the floor in a circle, each one a different letter in Dovahzul,  all together, and romanized, they say “Yolos Bii Toor Bah” or roughly translated to English “Flame Blue Inferno Wrath”. This was the element circle for the enhancement of the Feuer, allowing them to get closer to being able to obtain their element form, but every element requires something else, they need to choose a path, in Vuur’s case, he needs to choose either the path of rage or focus. Which he chooses is up to him. As he finishes the circle of symbols, he sits in the middle and writes on his left hand “Pah”, on his right hand he writes “Yol”, both words together roughly translate to “All Fire”, and closes his eyes. The symbols on the floor and his hand begin to glow an increasingly bold orange and begin to heat up, but only for him, For anybody else, they are dead cold. Sparks of flames start to come off of him and the symbols, but they’re cold. They begin to become hotter and hotter, for Vuur at least. Vuur begins to sweat and pant even though the room is cold. His hands tense as the pain of having something seared in his hands despite not having anything done to his hands. He stands up and small flames are coming off of him. He grabs a cup he had on his table and splashes the symbols on the ground making them fade, and the heat he once felt around him and on his hand dissipates just as quickly as it appeared. The pain staying and the burns in shape of the symbols he wrote. He just stood there, in pain, the pain needed to grow stronger, more powerful to find the b******s that killed his mother and captured his father. 

Winces “Ah… damn it, why…, why does it have to be this way. Stupid power circle… but it is the only way… I need to do this for my parents, they died for me, because of me… they shall be avenged.” 

He does another symbol circle, these symbols are different, instead of “Yolos Bii Toor Bah”, they read “Vahrukt Daal”, in english, roughly, “Memory Return”. He closes his eyes once again and unfortunately he has to remember the day they died, and try to remember before they got home, he had seen their vehicle, it had a logo or symbol of some kind. It seemed to be a Dovahzul, In english it read “Dragon Army” or “Dovah Lahvu” in Dovahzul.

Vuurs eyes flash open “wait, “Dragon Army”, I remember reading something about something happening in Tochi (TBD). I remember it having to do with a group called…” His eyes widened “Dovah… Lahvu…”

After the sudden realization, he looked at the time and noticed it was getting late, even for when he goes to sleep and decides to shower to cool down his still half hurting palms and then go to sleep, deciding that starting tomorrow morning, when nobody was around he would start planning his trip to Tochi (TBD). He would need to calculate how long it would take to get there. The next morning, before well before anybody was to wake up, he started thinking of everything he would need and what path he was to take and how long each one would take he were to go through either or. he wouldn’t need to worry about bringing food as there were plenty of animal-filled forests on the way there, as far as drinking water, he would need to take water, of course water wouldn't be an issue if took Eredus along, but he needed to do this alone. As far as sleeping, he could take a sleeping bag and sleep in the forests. That was about it all he had to take was water and a sleeping bag, now how much water was the question. It would take roughly about 5 days just to get to the Bridge of Life, and about 7 days to get to the Kingdom of the Erde, not to mention the sand he had to go through, which adds another thing to the list, sand boots. He also had to take money in case he found any merchants, and if he were to take the ferry that was a little ways past the bridge of Life, to the Pristine Isle, and straight to the main port of Tochi. Although it would take an extra three and a half, or perhaps two days, it was safer. So either he takes the ferry to know he will be safe, but it will take 15 and a half days, or take this riskier route and get there in 12 days. It was a three day difference, that could make a difference. He decided to just wait til he got there to decide. Once he knew it was the normal time he would wake up and start cooking he stopped planning and hid everything he had prepared, and went to the kitchen to start cooking. As per usual he started cooking and thanks to his experiences, he became great at putting on a fake smile, and about 20 minutes later, about halfway through his cooking, Eredus surprisingly wakes up, groggy, but hungry at the same time.

Door squeaks open “well someones up and at it early” Eredus says

“Hey to make good food, you’ve got wake up early” Vuur responds

“True… hm” Eredus turns around, hearing a door open and sees Jinsei coming out of her room, looking more refreshed than yesterday, much more refreshed.

“Looks like someone took my advice” Vuur says

“Yes I did and it helped, a lot” Jinsei replies

“Well, I knew it would have helped, since you actually sleep like that” Vuur responds

“F**k you, I did sleep before, just not properly”

“Alright, I can tell someone's hungry. Sit, foods almost ready”

“Alright”

Vuur comes out from the kitchen, about 10 minutes later, with 3 plates, filled with some nice hand made pancake  “Okay, nice and thin for Jinny, extra thick for Eredus, and regular size for me”

“Thanks!” Jinsei and Eredus reply

He chuckles as he watches them absolutely chow down on the pancakes and begins to just enjoy his pancakes, trying to forget, at least for today, about his plan to run. He needed to just forget, just for a while. After breakfast they needed to go get groceries and he managed to convince them to go without him and he sent them a list of ingredients. While they were out he would pack for the long and dangerous trip that awaited him.

Author's Note

ignore Grammer, my friend is still missing to fix any Grammer issues past the song, also check out CG5, he's pretty good. if you find this under adventure or action, just be patient, all books take a bit to get to the exciting part.
P.S. in this part that's posted, there's chapters 1-5, I will be transferring these to book format, all though this will stay up.

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[♢Sophia♢]

I love it!! Can't wait to read the rest! :)