Prologue
20 years before Winterflash became Firestorm’ apprentice, Firestorm’s first pupil and only son Emberstorm was seething after an argument with his father. Emberstorm was a talented apprentice and progressed quickly through his lessons. But he was merciless, callous, and had no respect for others who struggled with their lessons. He was currently arguing with Firestorm about getting caught doing chaos magic by a sixteen-year-old Demonslayer.
“Emberstorm I am disappointed that you knowingly used the forbidden magic behind my back.” Firestorm’s words ran through Emberstorms mind as he took one last look at the Elemental tower glimmering in the darkness and swore vengeance on all who lived there, then he turned and walked away.
Chapter 1
My name is Winterflash and I have an amazing story to tell you. My parents' names are Demonslayer and Flashflood, and my grandparents' names are Skullcrusher and Kittenstorm. I have two siblings, an older brother named Oceanbreeze and a twin sister named Summerstorm. This story starts with strange dreams that I had, the dreams take place on a battlefield that is full of dead and dying people.
“Winterflash you are the only one who can save us.” a booming voice says
“Avenge these souls by slaying the demon king Mortifer.” then the world is covered in darkness and I wake up drenched in sweat and stay awake for the rest of the night.
Chapter 2
“Winterflash wake up and get down here!” says my twin sister Summerstorm.
”I’m coming, I’m coming.” I grumble sleepily. I roll over and look at my icicle clock on the wall
“Oh wait I forgot that it was broken by Summerstorm” I muttered.
“And you better hurry up to sonny boy, you ain’t got all day.” my grandma Skullcrusher shouts. I shoot out of bed and put on my silver tunic, look at the mirror, see my usual tousled blond hair and blue-eyed face on top of my lanky frame, and decide that I look good enough. Then I sprint down the steps. As I get down there my brother Oceanbreeze launches a ball of water at me. I froze it and threw it back at him. When my dad Demonslayer saw this he zapped it with lightning and pushed it towards me. I hurriedly threw up an ice shield but my sister melted the ball and my shield with a blast of fire. I bellow as her fireball hits me
“Did you have to do that? I could have blocked it on my own for once!”
“Well, I’m sorry!” She said not looking very sorry.
“Yeah right,” I say scornfully, rubbing my arm.
“Next time do you think that you can let me handle it?” I shout as I grab some pancakes from the counter.
“Yeah sure I guess” she mutters looking sheepish as she pours syrup on her pancakes.
When we get to the CAS(Ceremonial Apprentice Stadium) we get stopped by a guard who asks if my father is General Demonslayer.
”Yes, I am why?”
“You are required by the H.E.W.A(High Elemental Warriors Association) to sit in the ceremonial stand.” My father looked at mom and shrugged saying to the guard
“Ok take me to the stand.” Summerstorm grabs fathers arm and whines
“But you won’t be up front to cheer us on or to have lunch with us afterward.”
“Just know this Summerstorm and Winterflash, I will always be there to congratulate you two.” I grab Summerstorm and mutter
“Come on Sis just let him go he is still going to be able to see us from the stand.”
“It is a rare event that the high elemental master requests to mentor a student personally, but today is the start of Winterflash’s apprenticeship to the high elemental master Firestorm!” The announcer bellowed. As I walked up to the stage there was a shocked silence from the crowd. Then my father stood and shouted
“Congratulations Winterflash I took great pride in knowing this would happen!” then as he sat down the crowd roared
“Winterflash Winterflash! Winterflash!”
Chapter 3
“Come on Winterflash I know you can summon a fireball.” Firestorm scolded gently, forming a fireball of his own in his hand.
“I know I’m trying as hard as I can!” I growl picturing a fireball in my hands. I roar frustratedly
“But I can only summon a few sparks.” I yelled and the sparks swirled around and formed a ball of fire that snapped and popped for a minute before turning into a ball of ice. Firestorm beamed
“Nice job Winterflash, you have gotten better because last time you could only hold it for a few seconds.” I grinned
“Thanks, but I still can’t keep it from turning into ice.” I stared at my hands miffed that they kept freezing the fire.
“It’s okay Winterflash not everyone can master the elements easily, now let’s move on to wind.” I sigh and create a vortex of wind in between my fingers
“But every other element is easy to do so why is it so hard to do fire?” I ask shaping the vortex into a cloud
“Hey you aren’t supposed to be able to mix elements.” Firestorm said in awe staring at the cloud.
“Why not?” I ask flicking my fingers to make lightning spark around it
”Because even the most advanced warriors struggle with that.” he threw his hands in the air and a miniature tornado appears
“See if you can create this, it has to small though you can’t make it huge.” I close my eyes picturing the elements that make up a tornado. I add them together and shape them into a swirling funnel.
“Winterflash open your eyes.” Firestorm commands staring at the perfect tornado I had created.
“Whoa there are little ice shards in it too, why is that?” I wonder as I make the tornado swirl around the room
“I think it’s because your connection to the ice is so strong seeing as it is your born element and you are so strong in the other elements.” Firestorm says waving his hand to make his tornado disappear. I do the same and it collapses in on itself with a flurry of snowflakes.
“Now let’s try fire one more time before we go to bed okay?” I focused on creating a roaring fire and suddenly it sprang to life in the air in front of me. I waited for it to freeze but it never did.
“I did it, I got the fire to stay without freezing!” I shout, throwing my hand out. As I did the fire turned into a flaming rope that shot into the air following the movement of my hand.
“Winterflash how did you do that?” Firestorm says trying to copy my move
“I can’t even do that and fire is my born element.” he stared as I swung my hand around and made the rope wrap around a tree.
“I don’t know but it’s not freezing so that’s good.” I clench my hands and the rope fades leaving a faint smoke trail in the air.
Chapter 4
The next day I woke up to a note on my door.
Winterflash I would like to see you in the war room when you wake up. It is crucial and I hope you are not nervous.
From the desk of the high elemental wizard,
Firestorm
I rip the note off the door and sprint out the door into the transport pod. A voice asks me where I want to go.
“The war room please,” I say closing my eyes picturing the long table and the maps along the walls of the room. When I get to the war room Firestorm stands
“Winterflash I have asked you here so that I can promote you.” I gasp, and he grabs my arm
“Do you Winterflash agree to uphold the laws of magic, and should I die to take my place?” I look into his eyes and see a fiery determination in them
“I do”
“Then by the power invested in me by the elements, I am promoting you to second-in-command.” I watch a silvery gold glow starts to travel up my body leaving behind silver armor with a golden chest plate that was embedded with the symbols of the elements fire, water, earth, metal, wind, lightning, and ice. Then the armor faded and my arm was wrapped in a gold and silver armband that went from my shoulder to my wrist. I stared at it in wonder and felt a rush of energy travel through me.
“This armband gives you the knowledge of the elements and how to use them.” Firestorm proudly says
“You are no longer my apprentice, but you can still sleep in your quarters,” I grin,
“Okay, can I go to the practice area?” Firestorm laughs
“You have your private training area now, It’s hidden under your bed.”
“How do I get to it?” I asked stepping into the transport pod “You move the bed aside and place your armband on the wall.” I rush into my bedroom and push aside the bed revealing a golden plate on the wall with the elemental symbols etched in it. As I place my armband on it the floor slides back, and I drop onto a clear floor with magic dampening gel under it.
Chapter 5
“Whoa, this place is weird.” I look around at the seemingly endless place. Lights on the walls lit it, and it had a different golden plate in it. I summon a wall of ice and start blasting fire at it making it melt. I threw my hand out and made a double-edged sword out of ice. Suddenly the lights start to flicker and the tower shakes. I fly out of the room and skid to a stop in the courtyard. I look around and see a demon grappling with Summerstorm.
“Hey, over here you stupid demon” I summon the sword and slash at it. It explodes in a burst of darkness and Summerstorm stares at me
“What th-how?” I show her my armband and she shrieks
“Second in command, already?” I nod and sprint to the edge of the pavilion. Demons were swarming around the tower and they grabbed an old wizard who was walking in from the river.
“Stay here I’ll go help him!” I shout at Summerstorm as I jump off the edge. When I hit the ground a winged demon tries to dive at me.
“Not today!” I growl thrusting my hand out a flaming rope wrapped around it and I slammed it into the ground. It shrieks and explodes. I race to the old wizard and rip the demons off of him
“Run, into the tower go go go.” I place a swirling ice shield around him that lifts him to the door. Then I summon another sword and whirl around to face the demons. I roar and charge them swinging and chopping like crazy. All around me the demons faded away and I was doing great until I got clawed across the chest.
“Gah, stupid demon!” I yell blasting it with lightning. There were no more demons and I was staggering towards the door when I passed out and hit the ground.
Chapter 6
When I wake up I see that the skin on my hand has turned black and my veins glowed orange.
“What happened?” my voice sounded raspy and strange. I passed out again and this time when I woke up I was back to normal and there were bandages on my chest and my swords were lying on the table beside me.
“Ahh, what the heck?” I groaned trying to sit up
”Stop don’t sit up,” a girl's voice says. Then a shadow falls across me and I see that the owner of the voice is Icefall, the prettiest girl in the tower.
“What happened?” I asked, trying to remember. All I remember is intense pain and then nothing.”
“A demon clawed at you, and you almost died,” she whispered helping me sit up. I gasp from the pain and her hand heats up
“How are you doing that?” I wonder as the pain dissipates.
“Using the elements to heal is one of my specialties.” she laughs as I grab her hand and look at it. Her hand was glowing orange.
“What else can you do?” I ask.
“Well I can make my hand cold like an ice pack.” she demonstrated turning her hand blue as waves of cold radiated from it.
“I think I can do that.” I stare at my hand, and it starts to turn blue but then it turns back to normal when I fall back exhausted.
“I don’t understand, why am I so tired from doing ice magic?” I try to form an ice ball but it turns into snow.
“Normally it is easy for me.” Icefall worriedly grasps my hand
“Maybe the demon did something to your magic.” I try to think how that would happen, but my eyelids start closing and as I drift off I feel a kiss on my cheek. Then darkness.
Chapter 7
As I walk out of the infirmary I’m stopped by Firestorm
“Winterflash I have horrible news for you.”
“What’s wrong?” I ask. “The rest of the village has been overrun by demons.” he opens the transpod for me and I step in.
”So what are we going to do about it?”
“Come to the war room in an hour and you’ll find out.” he closes the door and I am shot into my room.
“Well I may as well start working on my magic.” I think aloud as I drop into my training room. I set the walls to heat mode and start forming a snowstorm. It grows and grows until suddenly it shrinks and disappears.
“Come on Winterflash you can do this,” I mutter trying again
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“Focus on the snow.” I made another snowstorm and it kept growing until it swirled around me
“Now turn it into ice.” I say to myself picturing the snow as one huge ice wall. There was a loud cracking noise as the snow stopped whirling, froze, and fell to the ground trapping me in a towering cylinder of ice.
”Well great.” I mutter. I grit my teeth and picture the tower shattering. Instead, it exploded sending shards of ice flying through the room.
“Ugh come on!” I yell thrusting my hand in the air. My hand suddenly feels super cold and a huge wave of ice grows outward from it. The lights fade out as ice covers them and I am plunged into darkness. The only noise was the creaking and groaning of the ice as it settled.
“I’ve never done that before.” I mutter to myself searching for the golden plate. I summoned fire in my hand to help me see, but the ice was too reflective, and the light just kept bouncing around and getting in my eyes. I decided to try and make the ice dissipate. When I closed my eyes I concentrated on my armband. Instantly images of past elementals start flooding my mind. I hold my hands out and start to summon a fireball then I stretch it into a staff and send bolts of lightning down it. I open my eyes and plunge the staff into the ice melting a hole right through it. The lightning discharges with a deafening CRACK! And all the ice imploded leaving me surrounded by shards of ice. Shaking I leave the training room and start heading down the hallway only to be pushed aside as Summerstorm barrels past me.
“Winterflash come quick, demons are attacking the tower again!” she shouts sprinting past me and jumping in the transpod.
“Let’s hope this doesn’t turn out like the last time.” I mutter to myself summoning my armor and my ice swords. Looking out the window I see a seething mass of demons trying to climb the tower. Growling I shove open the window and jump out forming a bubble of air around myself to slow my descent. With a battle cry, I stab the nearest demon in the chest and shoot a column of fire at another. Both exploded in bursts of black dust. Summerstorm yells as a demon jumps on her back and starts biting her. Enraged I stab my sword into the air and roar blasting it with lightning sending it reeling.
“Leave my sister alone!” I howl thrusting my sword down its throat. It scrabbles briefly at the blade before dying. As I whirl around I invoke the winds to send a horned demon flying back into its brethren. My sword arm suddenly goes numb as a demon bites it.
“Gahhh, die demon!” I grit my teeth from the pain as Summerstorm sets the demon on fire. Remembering what I did in my training room I thrust out my hand and concentrated. As before my hand turns cold and a ripple of frost spreads from it. Only this time it was a deep blue almost black color. All the demons in the courtyard were frozen solid and the sun was starting to rise.
“That was an intense battle.” I turn to say to Summerstorm only to realize that she was frozen.
“Oops, I shoulda thought about that.” I mutter as I create a smaller version of the firestaff I had engendered before the battle. The ice exploded with an ear-splitting explosion. Summerstorm shook the ice particles out of her hair.
Chapter 8
“Winterflash to get rid of the darkness you must find king Mortifer and destroy him.” Firestorm said handing me a sword with the elemental symbols etched in the polished silver blade.
“I give you the sword of elements, may it help you on your journey and protect you from the demon king’s wrath.” I accept the sword and sheath it on my back.
“I will do my best to complete this task Firestorm.” I stride through the lobby. I nod at a senior apprentice as he rushes past with his sleeves on fire. When I walk past the healing room Icefall rushes out grabbing my hand and tugs me into an empty room.
“Winterflash I heard Firestorm telling you to destroy the demon king.” Icefall squeezes my hand worriedly.
”I must do it for the good of the people.” I gaze into her electric dark blue eyes.
“Icefall I promise you I will return to you.” I brush a tear off her cheek as she tries to keep herself from crying
“But what if you don’t?” she gives in and starts crying I open my arms and she throws herself into them shaking
“You mean so much to me that I have to try my hardest at everything.” I kiss the top of her head “ I know but it’s hard to let you go!” she chokes out turning herself so that she can face me. I brush away her tears
“I love you and it’s unbearable for me to leave you but I must save the world from Mortifer’s wrath.” Icefall takes off her necklace and I allow her to tie it around my neck.
“Here is something for my champion to remember me by.” smiling sadly she kisses me and dives out of the room.
Chapter 9
Standing at the entrance to a dark pit I summon a fireball, take a deep breath and step inside. Instantly the fireball is consumed by the darkness. Drawing my sword I race through the tunnel and tumble into a vast cavern. In the middle is a throne made of black metal. Sitting on it is someone who can only be the king of demons himself. He was easily 12 feet tall with jet black hair. His eyes were dark red with no pupil and he was holding a razor-sharp scythe that was made of a strange pitch-black metal. When he saw me he stood and I could see that he had armor made of the same material although most of it was covered by a black cloak.
“I see that your so-called “High wizard” is too scared to face me himself and instead decides to send a young apprentice in his place.” His voice was like stone slabs grating together.
“I am Firestorm’s second in command, millions of demons have underestimated my power and all have perished because of it.” I draw my sword and point it at him
“And you are about to face the same fate!” The blade suddenly has a glow surrounding it. Mortifer laughs
“Brave words for someone with a light-up sword.” he steps towards me twirling his scythe.
“I am the destroyer of cities, the king of death, the god of chaos itself, and the harbinger of the end of the world.” he swings the scythe and it screams as I deflect it off the edge of my sword.
“This blade was crafted from acrimortem, the darkest and sharpest material to exist.” I dodge and swing my sword in an arc while throwing my hand out to try the ice wave but Mortifer waves his hand and all the ice implodes. He slams his hilt into my chest and sends me flying. Gasping, I struggle to stand up.
“How pathetic, you can’t even wound me.” Mortifers taunting voice chuckles.
”You wanna bet?” I ask throwing myself at him with my sword pointed at his heart. I slam into him and my sword shatters against his armor sending a shockwave of energy through the room causing Mortifer to fly headfirst into the wall. Roaring, he fires a bolt of pure darkness at me. I duck to the side and summon my ice swords. He swings his scythe so hard that it sends tremors through the room.
“I will destroy you!” he yells stabbing me in the chest. With a shout of pain, I use the rest of my strength to summon a tidal wave of ice and blast him with it. Then I slash at his face and impale my swords in his throat. As I look at what I did I feel excruciating pain radiating from where I was stabbed. I hear the voice of Mortifer in my head
“You may have killed me but I will still have my revenge!” I collapse against the throne and grasp my bleeding chest in agony. Immediately a numbness spreads outward from my wound.
“No, I refuse to go out like this.” I hiss clawing my way up to the seat. “I WILL NOT DIE LIKE THIS!” I roar lurching towards the exit.
“I am the son of Demonslayer who is the fearless leader of the elemental warriors, My mother is Flashflood the best water elemental alive, I am the champion of Icefall, The apprentice of Firestorm turned second in command and I REFUSE TO DIE FROM YOUR HANDS MORTIER!'' These words give me the strength to power through the tunnel and lunge into the clearing outside.
“Oh but you will for I am not done with you yet elemental, be warned when you go into battle against the next chaos king you will lose your strength, and your magic will fail you leaving you powerless to do anything against the final blow.” Mortifer’s voice whispers in my head as I stagger away from the pit.
Chapter 10
I set up camp in a distant glade and soon fell asleep.
”Come to me, young hero.” I hear a feminine voice calling.
“Icefall is that you?” I peer through the murky haze trying to catch a glimpse of the speaker. The voice laughs and I feel a presence behind me.
“No, no my hero. It is I Elementa, goddess of heroes and the elements.” Suddenly the fog disperses and I see a tall beautiful woman in full battle armor standing in front of gates made of pure light.
“Am I dead?” I ask kneeling as I hesitantly stare at the gates.
“No, not yet although you did come close in that battle.” Elementa grabs my hand and pulls me up to my feet.
”Rise my hero, we are equals here.” I inhale sharply and she grins.
“I give you my power freely, may you use it to the best of your abilities.” she holds out a pure golden sword with diamonds embedded in the hilt.
“I name you Winterflash the new High elemental wizard, cleanse the world of demons and bring home peace.” I close my eyes as a rush of power fills me and my armor becomes the same pure gold as the sword.
Chapter 11
When I open my eyes the gates are gone and I am standing in front of the Elemental tower. I stride up the quartz lapis lazuli staircase and head towards the infirmary. When Icefall sees me she shrieks and throws herself toward me. I catch her in my arms and kiss her
“I missed you, my brave champion.” she whispers. I let go of her as Firestorm walks in no longer wearing the tunic of the high elemental master
“Firestorm I am sorry that you are no longer the High element-” he interrupts me and holds up his hand.
“ I am glad that you took my place, I wouldn’t have it any other way.” he grins and we all walk out of the infirmary and into the transpod. When we get to the top floor I walk into my new living room and gasp. It changes to reflect my preferences, the curtains were black, and the couch that was in front of the fireplace could convert into a bed or a chair both of which adjust perfectly to keep the user ultra-comfortable, the mantle was marble and had glowing orbs sitting on it, the bookshelves were full of books about every topic one could need, and the best thing of all was that the wallpaper could change and show whatever you want depending on your mood. Right now they were showing an underwater scene with cyan water.
“Nice decorating skills Winterflash.” Firestorm pats me on the back and turns to leave.
“Thanks, but where will you live now?” I tear my gaze away from the books and open the door.
“Your father invited me to the Stronghold, I am going to live there and see if I can’t teach the warriors some new moves.” He chuckles and jumps in the transpod.
Chapter 12
Icefall kisses my cheek and starts to walk away.
“Wait, Icefall where are you going?” I run after her and she looks at me confusedly.
“I’m going to my room for the ni-'' I grab her hand and pull her towards the door.
“I don’t think I can be alone up here.” she stops and puts her hand on my chest
“What do you me- ” I look into her eyes ``Please Icefall, I- I just need to be with someone.” My voice cracks and her eyes soften as she allows herself to be pulled into the room.
“What happened to you out there Winterflash?” I tap my armor and it shrinks into an all-gold armband with diamonds in it. I pull off my shirt and show her the scars from Mortifer’s scythe.
“How are you still alive?” she traces the long gash on my chest.
“I don’t know, but Elementa said I came extremely close.” I pull my shirt back on and my stomach rumbles. Icefall laughs
“You must be hungry too.'' She walks into the kitchen and I follow her. As we step through the doorway I look around in amazement, the counters are made of lapis lazuli with gold veins running through them. The oven was black and it had nothing on it other than a screen with different cooking options.
“I can make us some sandwiches,” I suggested.
“That sounds delightful, do we have any chips to go with them?” she wonders looking around. As soon as the words came out of her mouth a section in the center countertop opened up and a screen with different chip bags appeared.
“Wow, that is so cool.” she starts swiping through the different options. We eventually settle on barbecue chips and BLTs. As we sit down on the couch, cupholders immediately spring up.
“This is crazy, it’s like the room knows what I want before I do!”
Chapter 13
It starts to storm as we finish eating
“That storm is pretty fierce.” I whispered wrapping my arms around Icefall.
“Mmmm.” She murmurs sleepily. The couch gently warms up and blankets appear around us. As I fall asleep I hear Mortifers threat
“When you go into battle against the next chaos king you will lose your strength, and your magic will fail you, leaving you powerless to do anything against the final blow.” My eyes fly open and I lay there shaking and breathing heavily. Icefall wakes up and kisses me
“Shhh it’s just a dream Winterflash, it’s okay you’re safe now.” She whispers getting up and going to the kitchen.
“It’s not okay Icefall, I heard Mortifers threat in my dream!” I heard a strange wheezing sound and realized that it was coming from me. She comes out of the kitchen carrying two mugs full of hot chocolate with vanilla swirls in them.
“Well, it makes sense seeing as you just came back from killing him.” She sat down and gave me a mug. She rubs my back and I start to calm down
“What did you see?” I close my eyes and try to recall the specifics of the dream.
“Well, it was very dim but I saw someone that looked like Firestorm on Mortifers throne. He just sat there laughing while demons swarmed the Fortress.” Standing up I start to pace.
“The throne was looking out on a graveyard that had a fresh headstone with my name on it.” I stop pacing and go to look out the window at the river down below. Icefall slips her arm around my waist and kisses me soothingly.
“It was just a nightmare, that’s all.” she steers me away from the window and back towards the couch.
“Hush now my hero, try to get some sleep I will be here to protect you.” we lay down and I close my eyes quickly drifting off to sleep.
Chapter 14
When I wake up in the morning sunlight is streaming through the blinds and I can hear Icefall moving around in the kitchen. Rolling off the couch I wander in and grab an apple from a glass bowl on the counter.
“Morning.” I yawn taking a bite from the apple. Icefall grins at me and brushes my cheek with her hand, I catch it and hold it there until she pulls away.
“Hey sleepyhead you will make me burn breakfast.” she pulls open the oven door and checks on something inside, I chuckle and finish my apple.
“What are you making?” Icefall smirks at me
“It’s a secret you’ll see when you see it.” I groan in mock agony
“Oh come on you’re killing me here.” she makes a finger gun and points at my chest
“That’s the point you big baby, now go take a shower and go get ready for that speech you have to make today.” I give her one last kiss and go up to my room. Before I step into the room I hear a voice that grates against my ears.
“You thought you could kill the demons off didn’t you?” The voice booms inside my head,
“When will you learn that you can never kill the demon king? You better enjoy your peace while it lasts little hero because it’s all about to end.” I held out my hand and the air rippled around it as the temperature dropped around it.
“You don’t scare me Mortifer, I killed you once and I will do it again even if it means my death!” I can barely control myself as my anger grows. The voice laughs cruelly.
“Oh, you have no idea who I am do you? Mortifer is dead, killed by a puny little ice elemental but I am not as foolish, for I am Chaomalim the disgraced son of Firestorm.” then the voice pauses.
“But he and your father Demonslayer would know me better as Emberstorm, the High elemental apprentice who used the forbidden chaos magic, you better be careful little hero, the pressure will make you crack and you will become just like me.” the voice fades away and I shake my head and speak scornfully.
“I will never turn out like you Chaomalim!” my anger finally gets the best of me as I lose control of myself and a wave of cold rushes through the room.
“Winterflash, Are you okay?” Icefall yelled up the stairs.
“Uh I-I um yeah I’m fine.” I stammer shakily. I grab my tunic and hop in the shower, sighing I let the warm steam relax me as I put my head against the wall. After getting out of the shower and putting on a fresh tunic, I look and the mirror. Looking back at me is a stranger. They have corn silk blond hair, stormy ice blue eyes, broad shoulders, muscular abs, and bulging biceps. I tug my tunic down over my body and pull my sword off of its resting place on the mantel in my room. Taking a closer look at it I realize that the diamonds embedded in the hilt are different colors for each element, orange, fire, blue, water, green, earth, gray, metal, clear, wind, purple, lightning, and pale blue, ice. The wicked double-edged blade had a faint golden light emanating from it, and it made a slight humming noise as each of the diamonds lit up faintly. I sheath my sword and head downstairs to find Icefall pulling a pan of french toast casserole out of the oven.
“Surprise!” she yells when she sees me. I laugh and pull her into a hug
“Thanks it’s my favorite!” she grins and pushes me gently.
“I know that’s why I made it,” she stopped and held me at arm’s length
“Wow aren’t you quite the handsome one, you probably shouldn’t get that outfit dirty.” I smirk and grab some plates
“It’s almost like you care about me.” Icefall pokes me in the chest.
“I don’t; you bumbling bozo.” I put my hand on my heart in false anguish.
“Here I was thinking that you loved me, but I guess I will have to go jump off the roof because the prettiest girl doesn’t return the feelings I have for her.” She giggles and I tickle her as I plant a kiss on her forehead.
“Stop stop stop, the speech starts soon.” she dishes out the french toast and we eat in silence.
Chapter 15
Standing in front of the crowd I gulp nervously and Icefall squeezes my hand.
“I’ve got your back babe, now get up there and show them what you’re made of!” I step up to the podium and look out at the crowd, gulping I stutter nervously
“Uh I- um I, guh I’m really bad at this right?” The crowd cheers and laughs as I smile and look at Icefall.
“Loosen up and let it flow.” she mouths. I nod and take a deep breath
“Okay lets try this again, My name is Winterflash and I am the one who destroyed the demon king Mortifer, I know that we thought that all of the demons would leave us alone after that but they aren’t, there is a new demon king named Chaomalim, some of you may know him as Emberstorm. This morning I heard his voice whispering in my head, he told me that the peace we have now won’t last much longer. We should start preparing for a war, we need to have patrols on the walls, I am worried about the apprentices not having the stamina to use the elements in a way that won’t kill them, I know that Firestorm moved to the Stronghold and I highly advise you to train with him and learn some new moves. For those of you who don’t want to fight there will be a safe place that all of the elders and children will be protected by, any elders who feel that they have the strength to help us fight can guard the entrance, you will be our backup team. All of you go home and start prepping in any way possible, when Chaomalim comes we will be ready, we will not fall, we are THE ELEMENTAL WARRIORS OF ELEMENTA AND WE WILL NOT FAIL!” Everyone echoed my war cry and started cheering as I walked out. When I step into the transpod I hear Chaomalim’s voice again.
“Pathetic, You really think you can beat me with those weaklings?” his voice rasped “You and your weak warriors are no match for what I have in store.” I stop walking and flick my fingers.
“No, what I think is that you are too scared to admit that we really have more power than you because you are afraid that we will destroy you.” I waited for a minute until I was sure that Chaomalim wouldn’t speak to me again. Shaking my head to get the echoes of his voice out of my mind, I walk into the training room. I go past the normal training area and walk into a private room. After pushing a button to suspend the room in the air, I stand in the middle, close my eyes, raise one finger and flick it. A large shard of ice flies across the room skewering the bullseye of a target. I spin around and fling my hand out, jagged arcs of electricity bolt from my fingers and hit a metal bar connected to a readout device. The little screen flashes brightly before making a popping sound and turning black. I slam my fist down onto the ground and send a tremor through the room. The room started to swing wildly and I stagger back and forth trying to regain my balance. I hear a sound below me and look down to see Icefall doubled over as she laughs.
“Ha ha very funny Icefall, now could you get me down please?” I hold on to the bars as the room starts to lower, I kiss Icefall when I get out of the room.
“Thanks I wouldn’t know what to do without you.” She grins and pushes me away gently wrinkling her nose
“Yeah I know, now go take a shower you smell like burnt metal.” I smirk and brush a speck of rust off of my shoulder.
Chapter 16
After I shower I grab a bite to eat and plop down on the couch. The couch turned into a bed and I ended up falling asleep.
“You can pretend that your puny human army stands a chance against my demon army but you will be utterly destroyed and I will take all that you love.” the voice of Mortifer resounded in my dream.
“You are very annoying Mortifer, you’re always butting in and always spouting nonsense and you don’t realize that we will always win, always.” I growled and slashed at the shadowy figure with a sword.
“Now leave me alone and stop bothering me.” The figure dissolved with a hiss. I woke up and sprinted up the stairs into my room. Leaping over the counter I snatched my sword off the wall and jumped out the window. Landing with my fist on the ground I sink through the earth and travel to Mortifers pit.
“Your legacy will never destroy me, Mortifer.” I stabbed my sword into the ground and summoned a massive slab of ice that completely covered the entrance to the pit. Then just to be sure I covered the ice with a hunk of rock.
“Now you will never get out of that pit again Mortifer and your demons will be trapped with you.” I plunged into the earth and traveled back to the tower.