The Elementalists

Our ship was soaring through space. We were almost to Paradise. But then something started to happen. Our ship... It started to shake violently. Then, it started to drop on to a blue planet below us. It was meter away when it just.. Blew up. Everyone was blasted in different directions. I landed in a forest full of black trees. Now being little, I didn't have time to ponder on how a forest could've existed in space. Anyway. I landed on a patch of dark purple grass. The darkness started to cover me, wrapping me in a cacoon. Then, I slept. I just went to sleep.

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I opened my eyes only to shut them again. The sun was in my eyes... Wait... What? I opened my eyes again to look at a green sun.

'Weird.' I thought.

I got up off the ground and looked around. All I could see for miles were dead trees. I decided to try my luck and wandered off. Where was I? Why did our ship blow up? Where's everyone else? No, first things first, where's am I? I trekked through the woods for an hour before I came across a lake. Unlike everything else, it was normal. I got down and scooped water up into my hands and drank. It felt good as the water trickled down my parched throat. Then I looked into the water and gasped. I saw a boy who looked about 13 years old , in a black dress shirt, black jeans, and white gloves. He had black hair and wild brown eyes. His jeans were tucked into his black leather boots.

'Woah.... Is this me?' I thought. 'Then wait... I was asleep for about ten years... I hope the other survivors are okay. I need to find them.'

I ran off. I needed to know if the others were okay. Now I just needed to know where to look. I ran until my legs ached. I was still in this stupid dark forest. It must've been night because a red moon came out and the sky was black.

'Weird planet,' I thought. 'Oh well, better luck tomorrow.'

Then I fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning to find a green blob of goo coming towards me. I immediately jumped up and kicked at it. It flew backwards, but recovered and continued to attack me. I quickly scooped up a branch off the ground and swung at the slime. The creature flew back into a tree and I didn't waste anytime stabbing it.

'What the hell is on this planet?!' I thought.

I continued on my journey and I saw an exit. I quickly ran through it. I was now out of the forest. But when I turned around, I saw something weird. There, right in front of me, was a town. I walked towards it cautiously. I held my branch in front of me like a weapon. Then a man came up to me. He was wearing a dark green tunic, with baggy brown trousers and brown pigskin shoes.

"Hello there boy. Welcome to the planet Axdorica. I'm Tom, your guide who was sent from the elements of Aether and Nether. And who are you?"

"I'm..... Dark." I said.

'I can't believe I can't remember my name,' I thought. 'But i was only three when left earth so I guess it's understandable. And Dark seems appropriate, with me growing up in a dark forest and all.'

"Okay then," Tom said. "Hello Dark. I guess you're feeling pretty weird right now, huh?"

"You bet. I was asleep for ten years... How did I not die of starvation, or anything else?"

"Well you see.... I'm not too sure about that. I'm just a simple guide, you see, so I don't really know anything besides keeping the Elementalists safe."

"Elementalists?"

Tom sighed. "We'll, this isn't the first time the elements have went inside a human body. They've done it long before I was born. We don't know why they do it, but we do know it doesn't hurt the host. In fact, it increases strength, stamina and agility. Plus it also gives them the power of whatever element they have. It's happened so much over the years, we decided to call the hosts, Elementalists."

"Oh.... Sweet" I said. "Having power over an element. That's pretty cool."

"Cool it may be, but people will kill you just to obtain that power."

"No so cool."

"Lets not worry about that now lad, let us rest in the inn."

Tom and I walked around this strange town. It was weird, because it felt.... Normal. It felt just like Earth, except these people were stuck in the medieval ages. Anyway, Tom and I arrived at a huge modern looking mansion. It was made out of white brick, with arched windows, a brown wooden roof and a metal double door. We walked in and sat down.

"One pint of mead please." Tom said to a waitress.

She wrote it down then looked at me.

"Oh, uh... I'm not sure yet." I said.

The waitress turned and walked back behind the counter.

"I didn't know what to ask for.." I explained to Tom.

"Here." He said, handing out a slip of paper.

I looked at it and it had a whole bunch of food choices on it.

"Thanks."

The waitress came back, handing Tom something that looked like beer. She looked at me again.

"I'll have the fish, potatoes, peas and-." I said scanning the list before Tom interrupted me.

"And he'll have the mothers milk."

The waitress wrote this down and disappeared again.

"Mothers milk?" I asked.

"It's a drink that can heal wounds and give you energy." Tom explained.

"Oh. That's cool."

"Dark, are you okay?"

"Yeah.... I just don't understand what's going on. Where are the other? Why was there a bomb heading towards earth? What is happening?"

"I can answer these questions. But lets eat first."

I nodded as the waitress approached our table, her arms full of food.

"Thank you." I said.

She just walked away. I looked down to see my stealing hot meal, a fork and knife, and a weird blue drink.

I wolfed down everything on my plate in under 2 minutes.

'Damn. I guess I was hungry.' I thought.

Then I looked at the mothers milk. I picked up my mug then took a sip.

I suddenly felt like a million bucks. I could feel energy coursing through my body. And that was just one sip. I chugged the rest of it. I felt amazing. I was alert of all my surrounding. There was a buzz in my ear.

"Good isn't it?" Tom asked.

I nodded like crazy.

"Haha. Oh well. I'll get us each a room for tonight. We have a busy day tomorrow."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well tomorrow we're meeting up with the survivors."