Solo mission arc part 1 : The Woman of the stars

Fire encounters a Women with a powerful rainbow like energy that rivals the brightness of the northern lights. Who is this woman and will Fire see her again?

I had been traveling for days. I had been hiking up strange dangerous cliffs and treading through murky swamps and hot rain forests. 

I had to trade my usual attire of something more cooler and had placed my headband in my back pack among my things and replaced it with twin pigtails and a set of googles to help prevent bugs from flying in my face. 

Now, instead of my baggy pair of jeans and tight sports windbreaker, I wore a red tank top with flames along the edges with form fitting blue jeans,that I cut into shorts leaving the buttons torn towards the knees. 

I'm about do something incredibly dangerous, I'm going to rock climb up a mountain and then, I'm going to go river drafting through treacherous waters down a stream, I'm never going to complain about easy arresting missions or saving kittens from trees ever again. 

This mission was far from home and will take months to complete or so the man at the precinct said it would, but hopefully his estimate is wrong; because I did not pack enough clothes for the journey its a good think  I had hacked into my savings before I left. 

A few days ago I had packed up my things and made a impulsive decision to prove myself after my sister had to save me yet again. I decided to go on my first solo mission to show everyone what I could do. 

True, I still have problems with my fire powers. But, hopefully I will get a lot of training done along the way. Burning candles, firing at targets, and regulate my emotions through meditation and focus. 

I could not fail, this mission is not just about me, its about helping these people find and locate their lost family members in a strange part of the remote town of Berdown. Berdone was a quiet peacefully down far away and hardly has any crime so when I found this case it had made me curious. 

Berdone or as its pronounced (Ber-dough-own) is translated in Zelen our native tongue as happiness and joy. But, because of all the disappearances in these past few decades the woods has been named the Forest of screams.  

It is a high ranked job suited for a more higher ranked officer but, I'm confident that even a deputy like me can handle this. 

Who knows? Maybe, I might even get promoted to lieutenant officer and be able on more challenging missions more often!

So, here I was treading through the woods wearing something I would never wear back at home, I felt myself becoming more red as I continued on my journey I should have brought sun screen. 

I went to a nearby store and bought climbing equipment  this morning knowing that Rapid mountain was on my route to the job. I had never went up a mountain in my entire life. This could either end with me climbing up to the top with dumb luck or with my life hanging on the line. 

I tossed the line up and as far as I could, the hook manged to get up on the top in a nearby tree, I tied the robe around my waist and then put my black gloves on and began to climb. I screamed when I lost my footing and slipped down to the bottom again. 

I tired to climb up a few more times and somehow I managed to get up halfway to the top but now, I'm in a steep part of the mountain, I'm really high up off the ground. I try not to look down in fear of loosing my footing again. 

I tried to lift up my body to try to get to the top but when I tried to reach my feet up, a few rocks fell off the climb side causing one of my legs to hang off the mountain. I gulped and tried to regain my footing before I could fall off and get one of my legs broken or worse. 

" Crap, crap". I repeated internally as I tried to look down, suddenly I heard the sound of grunting and shuffling of feet as a cliff climber came towards me, the person glanced up at my robe and then at me and shook its head. 

" You are wearing the wrong shoes for this kind of climb you are going to kill yourself if you step on the wrong part of the cliff". 

" What are you talking about? These are hiking boots Grandma told me these can be used for anything". I said in between breaths as I struggled to lift myself further on the cliff. 

"While, that maybe true where you are from, the rules are different in these woods, you need combat boots with extra padding for water protecting and straps to keep your shoes from sliding off your feet".  The Climber said with a cheeky smile. 

"Their has got to be a way for me to get up there"! I said as I looked up at the top it seemed so far away, it is hard to believe I managed to this far on my own, the climber was right my footing was all over the place. I needed better boots, I can feel my feet cry out in pain from all the extensive climbing and hiking through these woods. 

" I can give you a hand hop on my back and hold on tight, I can carry you up to the top and you can get yourself some new boots when you get to where you are headed". The climber said as they held out my hand. 

The Climber had a hood on with a long purple cloak so it was hard to tell if it was a man or a woman. Even though I did not know this person they offered to help me up so they can't be all that bad right? 

I quickly wrapped my arms around the persons back and held on tight as the Climber began to climb again, it was not long before we reached the on the top, the person took a deep breath and took off their hood to reveal a young woman with long red hair and deep green eyes. She was beautiful. 

" Thank goodness I helped you, otherwise you would never get up there, what is your name kid"? The woman asked she had a green shirt with a purple tank top with the number thirteen in green she had a long skirt that went passed her knees and long black combat boots. 

" Fire Crystal." I said in awe as I looked at the woman, she looked at me with shock and then held on to my shoulders with worry and concern. 

" What are you doing out here, it is not safe does Nature know you are out here"? The woman asked as she looked into my eyes and bit her lip. I could tell she was trying not to cry. She had a sad smile on her face as if seeing a old friend she had not seen in a long time. 

I gulped I could not tell her how I got here or she would tell my grandmother and I would be sent back home, I had to twist the truth a little after all a white lie never hurt anyone right? 

The last thing I wanted was a lecture from my sister and grandmother about taking a solo mission by myself with no permission. I wanted to try do something for myself for once without being saved and feeling weak for not being able do something myself. 

I was about to lie myself out of the conversation but there was something about her face that made me want to to tell her, she had a look of pure kindness and trust. 

I did not know why but the look of trust and lack of judgment of my decisions reminded me of Danel. Even though I just met her I could tell she strong and was capable of protecting the people she cared about. 

She was exactly how I wanted to be. Heroic, strong, brave and intelligence she had a spark that I had had not seen since my mother on the day  she disappeared with my father. She had the look of a parent. 

I scoffed and said, "Its none of your business, I'm going on my first solo mission to Berdone and if you think I'm going back then you are just going to have to stop me". 

The woman smirked and said, "Who said I was going to stop you, I think you are more powerful then you realize, I could feel the power from the bottom of the cliff. you just need to learn how to control it ". 

I looked at her with shock and amazement and said, "You really believe I can do it, nobody has ever believed I could control it before, they always made me subdue my powers with these gloves". 

The woman looked at the gloves with anger and then said, "You do not need these, you need to believe in yourself. All you need to do is use positive feelings instead of negative the reason you can not control your powers is because you are using negative thoughts". 

" Here let me show you". she said as she closed her eyes and suddenly a burst of rainbow energy in circled her she focused her powers on the tree and suddenly it disappeared from the forest. 

" Whoa where did it go"?! I said with excitement and wonder as I looked at the empty spot where the tree had been previously. 

" It was sent to the the grass field a few miles a head of us, with color spectrum you can change what your powers do, you decide if your flames destroy or not not those gloves". The woman said 

I looked at her with determination as I looked down at the scorch marks with the empty space and then back the woman. She can use the color spectrum too. Now, is my chance to be able to control it, I can not let her get away!

Just as the woman began to turn to leave, I grabbed on to her wrist she looked at with shock and surprise. I looked at her with a pleading stare and said, 

"Wait, train me I need your help nobody else has these powers Nature can't help me I need your help". 

The woman smirked and said, "Come find me and when your mission is over and I will be waiting I warn you this will not be easy". 

I looked at her with excitement and said, "I'm tried of doing things the easy way, I'm ready to get stronger to protect everyone and become a strong warrior too". 

The woman smiled as she brusted into a bright rainbow light, it brusted out like a star or a comet I shielded my eyes with a smile on face and said, "Wait I did not get your name"!

"My name is Aurora and I look forward to seeing you again, Fire Crystal". 

Author's Note

If you have any suggestions or comments feel free to write them, but please do not be too harsh. This is the part of the story where it starts to really up. This the first book so I it will be a bit slow for a while then action scenes and epic adventures!