Chapter 4 Elementals

I had a dreamless sleep, I woke up feeling refreshed. I stretched my arms and got dressed, in a black t-shirt with leaves falling down, and blue jeans. I walked into the kitchen, to find Holly cooking breakfast, eggs and bacon.

          I sat down at the table, and Holly put some scramble eggs on my plate. It didn't feel right to eat them, it didn't look or smell good. I didn't want to disappoint Holly though, so I ate a piece. I rushed to the bathroom, and threw up everything in my stomach. Holly followed me in the bathroom, she was rubbing my back, pulling my hair from my face.

          "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have given you those eggs. I wasn't thinking straight." She said.

          When I finished, I looked up at her, and smiled, "It's okay Holly, you didn't know, and neither did I."

          There was a knock on the door, Blake was standing in the doorway with a tired look, and wearing sleep pants "What happened?"

          "Her body doesn't accept meat. Sorry if we woke you up, you should get back to bed." Holly replied.

          Blake walks up to me, "Are you okay?"

          "I'm fine." I say with a grin. My stomach roared, Blake laughs, "Come on, let's get some food."

          I tried to stand up, but the world spins, Blake caught me and helped me to the table. He opens the fridge, and takes out a bowl of grapes, "These might be good." He sets the bowl in front of me.

          I notice Holly standing in the doorway, being angry, I mouth sorry to her. Holly nods, then says, "Blake can I speak to you?"

          Blake gets up and follows Holly into her room, and Holly shuts the door. I want to hear them, to see if Holly hurts Blake.

          "Be nice to her, Blake, for the years to come. You stole my best friend, and I want you to take of her for me. You seem to do that better than I ever did, I kept secrets from her, I couldn't find her soul for ten years, you tell her everything, and seem to know what’s best for her. Take her away from here, from the pain and suffering of me." I had tears in my eyes.

          "No." I heard Blake reply, "I can't take her away from you, you know everything there is to know about the gods and goddess. You are her best friend, taking her away would cause her more pain and suffering than with you."

          "Fine, we'll start the search tomorrow." I hear footsteps coming this way.

          "The search of the others?"

          "Yep, we are going to walk there, the car isn't big enough for all of them."

          Holly walks into the kitchen, "Don't worry I didn't kill him." She grins in my direction.

          Blake walks in, sees my face and says, "You heard our conversation." Holly stares at me, her grin gone, "Olivia, I, I'm sorry, I just didn't think you would be happy around me, and this house. All of the memories of past life, are here. All you left behind were footprints."

          "Footprints aren't just the past." I said that, but it wasn't my voice, it was Plants, "There are a way to tell others where you stand, and how you got there." Then I was outside my body, Plant has taking control of the body!

          Plant got out of the seat, the vines from Holly's room started to grow out of control, and they were after Holly! I ran in front of the vines. I heard a laugh, it wasn't anyone I knew, it was an evil laugh. I turned around to find my body, growing horns! It wasn't Plant, it was my conscience!

          "Hello again Holly, thought you could get rid of me so easily?" Maxine said.

          The vines died, Maxine was walking around the table to Holly.

          I yelled at her to stop, but no one heard me. I ran in front of Maxine, and tried to push her back, but I went right through her, and fell on the floor.

          I started to cry, I can't do anything to help them. What happened, last time I was a ghost, Holly could see and touch me, like I was alive!

          Olivia, don't give up! Plant! Is that you? Yes, go to Blake. He will help.

          Maxine and Holly were fighting, Blake was on the sidelines, his back to me. I went to Blake. I tapped his shoulder, I had contact!

          Blake turned around, "Olivia! I thought I saw you trying to tackle your body!"

          "Help me. Please." I begged.

          "I see your lips moving, but no sound is coming out." He said, a window broke, Holly fist was through the window, she pulled it out. She looked terrible, bloodied lip, her right eye swollen shut, her left arm was limb. Maxine, on the other hand, didn't have a scratch.

          "Hold on, let me help her." He said before he walked into battle.

          Rocks went through the window, and attacked Maxine. With time the rocks became bigger, my body was soon covered in bruises. I walked up to the body. "No, not yet! Let me beat her!" Maxine said when I got to her.

          I put my hand on her face, and was swallowed into my body.

          There was pain. Each bruise was screaming. The horns were going back into my body, which hurt more, I was on my knees.

          "Olivia? Are you okay?" I look up to the beaten face of Holly.

          "Are you okay? Maxine was beating you up." I rubbed a bruised a bruise on my arm and stood up.

          "Maxine?" She asked me.

          "My conscience, she wanted to be called Maxine." I replied.

          "Oh, well are you okay, Blake took a number on your body." Holly grinned.

          "It's just some bruises, what about you, you have a broken arm."

          Lilly came in with a first-aid kit, and started taking care of Holly's arm.

          Blake dragged me to the living room, and sat down. I sat down next to him and found him staring at me.

          "I'm sorry, I caused you more pain." He looked away.

          "You did it to save Holly. It's okay." I grabbed his head and forced him to look at me.

          Someone walked in, I jumped at the footsteps and let go of Blake's head. It was Holly.

          "I'm sorry I didn't mean to ruin the moment, I should be going now." She started to turn away.

          "No Holly." I jumped off the couch and ran to her. I grabbed her arm, she looked at me. She was crying.

          "I'm sorry Holly, I never meant to hurt you." I hugged her, but she arms stayed by her side, I let go.

          Blake came to the rescue, "Holly why don't you tell us the origin of the Elementals." That's a good name for

us. Elementals, the element gods and goddess.

          "All right, Olivia, go get Lilly.” I got Lilly, and Holly told the story.

          Apparently, when the world was created, the elements went crazy, you know, like when little kids were let to do whatever they wanted, so God created the elementals, they control the elements. It started out with only six of them. Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Light, and Darkness.

          Earth was Plant, the natural born leader. Fire was Flames, her lover. Water was Waves, the emo guy. Air was Breeze, the preppy girl. Light was Shine, the good girl. Darkness was Shadows, the trouble maker.

          They lived in peace with man. Then man got smarter, and didn't like that the elements had more power than man, and started killing them off.

          Every time they kill an elemental, they come back, but as a different person.

          Soon the elementals kept themselves secret.

          But every time, man find more elements. Every time more elementals appear.

          Darkness started cover people's minds with darkness, make them wish they were dead, and that's how suicide was created.

          Now every time, Earth defeats Darkness, and free peoples minds for about twenty years, then she lets the power go to the next person, it's my turn to kill the Darkness, and clear people's minds.

          "Wait, why is Plant following me? Why didn't her soul move on?" I asked.

          "Because, she is the power which has been passed on through the Earth goddesses." Holly replied.

          "Why me? I'm not a natural born leader like her. Your the natural born leader, you should be Earth." I told her.

          "No, your wrong, you are Earth, you care for others way more faster than I do, I'm selfish, always trying to make myself happy." I met her eyes, "When you transformed into a bird, I was asking stupid questions, you went straight to Blake and comforted him while he was freaking out."

          I don't know what to say, I always did try to make people happy. I never thought of myself. So I cried, I'm losing my best friend, to Darkness.

          "Please, don't leave me." I asked through the tears.

          "Never." She hugs me, and I hug back.

          When Holly let go, I looked at Blake and Lilly, "Sorry, Drama." I say.

          Blake grins and nods his head, Lilly smiles.

          We left the next morning, on towards our destiny.