Element Girls Book 2, Mihaela Bogdan [learn to read books .TXT] 📗

the periphery. But do not be sad, they earn enough money not to starve.
  -That's good to hear. I hate seeing poor people in pain or hunger. It makes me feel bad that I have a wonderful life and they don't. Laura said to the queen, as their carriage was entering the city.
  -So do I. As queen, it is my duty to keep my subjects happy. In my city the population of homeless people is null.
  The palace also left Laura speechless. On the outside it looked like an ordinary pyramid, but on the inside ... white walls, expensive chandeliers with valuable stones hanging from the sparkly rooftops, the marbled yellow floors were so clean that you could eat from them, tall columns all wrapped up with golden and silver laces and so many more.
  -Could someone escort the Earth witch to her room and bring her something to eat?! Tomorrow she will begin her training and she must be rested. The queen ordered to some of the women that were waiting for them in the throne room.
  -Your Majesty, may I please see the rest of the castle?! Laura tried to ask polite.
  -You will have enough time, Laura. Do as I say.
  -Yes, of course. Laura obeyed and followed two women that came upfront when the queen asked for escort.
  "This is not fair. I am in a fancy palace, with the beautiful queen as my mentor, but I still have to follow orders like back home and ... Mom, dad, Andreea. They will all miss me. And I miss them already."
  -Here we are witch of the wind. One of the women said opening the door to Laura's new bedroom.
  -And don't be sad. Our queen is harsh, but she is correct and fair. You will see. The other one tried to cheer Laura up, noticing her tears.

Chapter 3 - Helena & Merida

 Green mountains, green hills, green meadows, even the streaming rivers had an easily dark shade of turquoise. The sky was the olny thing around who had different colors, from light blue to a blinding shade of white as it was reaching the ground.
  -I wonder how the grass is this tall and strong around here!? Back home our grass is half as this one. Helena was exploring this fantastic green Heaven, looking closely at every straw of grass, every flower and even every tree that she came across with.
  After long minutes of admirering, Helena tried to call someone:
  -Hello?! Is anybody out here?
  No response.
  Seeing that nobody came to welcome her, she decided to go find out by herself a place to stay for the night. Helena got so absorbed by the different tipes of plants and animals that night time came quickly. Luckly for her, a row of red roses were leading somewhere inside of a forest.
  -The forest has tall trees that covers the sun light. But I have no other way to go so I might follow this path. Helena said to herself, trying to be optimistic.
  The forest was indeed all covered in shadows because of the tall trees, but somehow the red roses began to glow a little, making enough light for the earth witch to see where she was going. Soon, she saw that the other end of the row was leading to the widest and tallest tree in that forest.
  Curious and tired, Helena ran towards the oldest tree. Unlike the rest, this tree had strange and different shaped leaves. Some were round, some were square and some were even in a heart shape. The brenches, as well as the trunk, were looking very normal. But when she touched a lower brench, she felt it's bark being springy.
  -You are the most weird tree I ever seen in my life. Helena said with a smile, being more amazed than scared.
  Just then, the tree retrieved the brench from Helena's hand. This time, the only earth witch from planet Earth was scared.
  -It moved?! No! It can't be true.
  -And why not?! A female voice asked behind Helena.
  (Try to imagine that the female voice has an Irish accent since I don't know how to write in an Irish dialect.)
  For the second time consecutive, Helena got scared again. Her heart was beating at it's full power and her forehead was streaming with sweat drops.
  -I'm sorry for scaring you, earth witch from planet Earth. The woman said being visibly sorry. She was just a little bit taller than Helena, but she also had long red curly hair, only her eyes were different from Helena's. They were bright blue instead of green.
  -It is alright. I forgive you. You didn't scared me more than this tree. Helena's cheeks were as red as her and the unknown woman's hair.
  -My tree is not scary at all. He's magical, literally speaking, isn't that right Benny?! The woman asked the tree and then, one of the brenches touched her gently on her right cheek. Another brench touched Helena in the same manner.
  -How does it move by itself?!
  -Benny is the guard of the forest, therefore all the magic is inside of him. He is also the heart of the Meadows and Hills kingdom. And I am Merida, he's protector and ruler of this kingdom.
  -My name is Helena and I am the only earth witch on planet Earth.
  -Let's go inside of Benny and finnish our chat there. It is near night time. Merida said looking at the sky that was getting darker by the second.
  -What do you mean inside of Benny?
  Helena watched open mouth as Merida told Benny to open wide. The tree made a hole into it's trunk near the ground by the size of a door, which was his mouth, as Merida explained to the young witch. After the two women entered, Benny closed it's mouth.
  -I forgot to add something: Benny is also my home. He offers me protection against the dangers from outside. Merida took Helena to a some sort of wooden living room inside of Benny, lighted by a huge row of glow-worms buzzing around near the ceiling.
  Ignoring the glowing-worms above her head, Helena told Merida her first impression about this place. To her surprise, Merida laughed.
  -How naive you are, Helena! This place is safe during the day, but when night comes, the plants and animals are more dangerous than you think. On Wiearth, the fauna and flora are not like the ones on your planet.
  "I hope Benny has a warm bedroom inside him, for I am so tired and Merida wants to talk about Earth."
Helena went to bed only after she told Merida everything she knew about the flora on her planet. For the next day, the earth witch tried to remember Merida's worning about the dangers that are hidden during daytime.
  "I'm so tired right now that I don't even care." Were the last words Helena had thought before she climbed into a wooden bed covered in heart shaped leaves, that were very fluffy to her surprise.

Chapter 4 - The ruthless Fire Territory

-Hey, yo midget! Get yor lazy but up, I ain't got all day! A tall dark skinned man with short black curly hair and beard scoled Michaela while he examined her from head to toe. His dark yellow eyes seemed disappointed of the fire witch's appearance.
  -Who ya callin' midget, ya big ogre?! Michaela responded very irritated. After she landed badly on hard brown ground and scratched her knees, this unknown man dared to insult her only to make things worse.
  -It is clear that yo're new 'round here! If yo're insulting someone, this means that yo wanna be friends. People in Fire Territory hate sweet words and pathetic chit-chats 'cause they make yo weak. Got that?! The man explained to Michaela while he helped her get up and casted a spell to heal her knees.
  -Yep, thanks Mister Ogre. Michaela said with a diabolic little smile. "He's not that bad, but still ... I'm not that short to be a midget, am I?!"
  Michaela is 1 meter and 58 centimeters tall, but the other Earth witches are taller than her with 5 and even 10 centimeters. And this man was 2 meters tall, reason why he teased her because of her height.
  -The name's Vesta Phoenix.
  Michaela giggled a little at the hearing of the man's name. What could have amuse her? Vesta was the name of an ancient Roman god of fire and Phoenix, well, everybody knows about the legendary Phoenix Bird who dies in flames and reborns from it's own ashes every 500 or 1300 years (the precise number of years is still unknown, but these two numbers are often mentioned).
  -Why is yo laughing?! Vesta Phoenix was surprised rather than mad at the fire witch.
  -Because of yar last name: Phoenix. Ya know, the legendary fire bird?!
  -And ... ?
  -He is also the symbol of eternal love and divine wisdom. I'm surprised that someone like ya is likened with this mythological creature. Michaela shared her wide knowlege about mythological creatures to Vesta, being very proud of herself.
  -Yo see, I do have these qualities but I don't show them. They'll make me look weak. It is better to keep yo emotions inside yor heart under lock and key.
  With no more time to waste, Vesta Phoenix blew a whistle and from afar came a black horse covered in red, orange and yellow saddle and bridle. He helped the only fire witch from planet Earth to climb on his horse and then they started off. As the horse was galloping at his full speed, Michaela noticed with sadness that Fire Territory was an endless plane sight, with brown hard ground and stone columns once in a while. In other words, the landscape was almoust like the Arabian deserts from Earth.
  To her surprise, the horse took them to the foothills of a giant red mountain.
  -No, it can't be! Michaela said looking amazed at the giant mountain.
  -What's wrong?! Vesta asked worried.
  -This mountain ...