The Elementals #1, Kiki XoXo [book club suggestions txt] 📗

one hand. Oh shit. It's them. Molly and Garret. My parents! Pulling the sleeve of my shirt back up, I clear my throat. Do just say hi mom and dad? I mean I don't remember them, so I feel awkward. The woman steps closer to me, holding out her hands. Reaching for me like I might disappear, I can see resemblance. I got my height from my mother, my eyes from my dad. She stops, right before she touhes me taking in a deep breath. Her hands cup my face, and a tear slides down my face. She wipes it with her thumb. "Lyra." She sobs pulling me into her,her arms scrablling all over my body checking to make sure I'm real.

 

" hmmm . . . Mom.." I say, it's funny to say. She sobs again at the sound of my voice, and Garret . . . my dad comes out of the house as well. Looking my in the eyes, Tears well up in his. If he starts crying I'll start crying. He sniffles, wiping his eyes as if he heard what I was thinking.

 

"Our baby!" my mom is still crying.

 

"We should take this inside." My dad says, pulling Mom away, and I follow. Along with Flora, Chase, and Frederick. Chase hops into his story again, While my parents stare and hug and cook for me. Lots of 'hmm's' and 'oh wow's' are said, and lots of laughing at how many times Chase thouhgt he found me but didn't. Then tears when he gets to the part when he did find me, also getting to the part where I have no memories of this place or them.  "You don't remember us . . . at all?" Garret asks, I look at each of them. I see resemblance but nothing that rings any bells.

 

"I..." I begin.

 

"She doesn't remember anything." Frederick says, getting up and leaving the room. He seems even more adjetated then before. He really dislikes me.  I watch him as he goes, wishing I knew why but that's what happens when you loose your memories.

 

"Could you.... possibly.. tell me what happened?" I ask, everyone in the room. "It wasn't a car accident." I say wearily looking at Molly and Garret. Everyone in the room looks at Flora, and she gulps.

 

"Why don't we talk about something else!" Molly says, "We can show you back around the house... and we can get to know each other better." She says scooching to edge of the couch.  I nod, sure. I don't want to upset my parents my first time seeing them in three years, and I'm guessing talking about what ever happened must be hard to talk about. Why they all looked Flora though I don't know.

 

"So... how are you powers? I remember seeing you practice, so sure of yourself,   graceful."  Garret says  after a couple minutes of silence.  My powers, so I do have some. That's cool. What are they? "You don't know." He sighs. I smile slightly.  Molly gets off the couch walking out of the living room, and I take a minute to look at pictures.  There is a fire place with a big family potrait on the mantal. Molly on the left, Garret on the right, and me right in the middle. "That was taken a month before the accident." Garret says, and then he grabs a photo next to him it's Frederick and me, standing side by side smiling holding toy swords. The word brother crosses my mind again, but if he was my brother wouldn't he be happy to see me? Maybe not, maybe we didn't like each other. Molly runs back in, with a dvd shovig it into the dvd player. Then rushes back to the couch, and sits next to Garret. He wraps an arm around her shoulder, and the video begins. It's me, I can tell by the hair eyes and voice. I look six maybe seven.

 

"You were seven when I filmed you." Molly sighs, smiling. "You begged and begged for me to do it so you could watch it yourself, and see what you were doing wrong." She says. I look back at the screen, Seeing little me stretching out and smiling at the camera.  My little voice saying I'm ready. Molly saying go.  I watch now in interest, as little me holds out my left hand,  fingers cupped. The bowl next to my feet shakes, and up out of it comes ice cubes. Spreading my fingers the ice breaks into smaller pieces, and then my arm flies up sending the ice in the air. As it drops, I hold out my right hand now, catching all the ice in mid air. Then little me makes a fist, and it all forms one huge ice cube. Pulling back my arm, and then punching the ice goes flying into a tree.  I hear Molly cheering, and  I'm staring. I control ice?  Some where in the distance  phone rings, and Garret gets up answering it.

 

"So... I control ice?" I say, trying to not sounds like kid in a candy store. I want some one to get a bowl of ice now, so I can try! I leave that part out.  Molly laughs, she can tell I"m excited "I'm like a bender!" I say realizing that I can bend ice! Again Avatar the Last Airbender! Flora is like Toph! Of course, elementals control the elements.

 

"Yes, you could make is snow in the summer and freeze a popsickle in a second." Molly laughs, "Flora has the eath element." She gestures, and flora touches the planted pot next to her humming and it blooms up turning a brighter green. 

 

"Wait though..." I say, thinking hard. "Why does she hum? I mean, in the video I just help up my hand." I say, and Molly looks happy to explain. I'm happy to learn.

 

"Depending on the person, Flora is very musically talented so when she was born her magic flows through her with music."  Flora is blushing at the complement. "Sierra Has to have one arm pointing at the sky, so she can access the electricity. Asia has to do special dance like routines depending on what she is trying to make the water do. Janessa has to close her eyes,  picture what she wants fire to do." All girls. All the names she just said, were all girls... or at least to me  they sounded like girl names.  So there is water, earth, fire, electricity,  and ice.  No air?

 

"What about air? I mean in Avatar they had water, fire, earth, and air." I question, and everyone in the room looks to the floor. Oh, maybe not a good subject.  Way to go, I yell at myself upsetting them already!

 

"Bonnie.. she didn't make it out in time." Flora whispered, and everyone looked at her. The accident? Is that what they mean? She didn't make it out. . . so a fire?  "She has a right to know-" Flora begins, and Molly cuts her off.  She shushes, and Chase pats Flora's back. It must've been bad. The room stay quiet for a moment, and Flora is staring at the floor. I feel bad, I want to know what happened. She wants to tell what happened . . . so why not? Shouldn't it be my choice what do and don't hear?  I don't push the matter though.  Frederick walks back into the room,  sitting down on the chair across from me.  Looking at everyone in the room I familiarize myself with them. I want to remember this forever.  Chase is glare at Frederick I notice, Flora still staring at the floor, and Molly is wiping her face trying to stop the tears. Wow, my parents. My friends learning I have powers! Going back to Chase and Frederick I watch each of them, there must be something going on there.  I wonder what, I also want to know what happened to make Frederick hate me. Flora is still upset about not being ableto tell me what happeneed, which I understand. She wants me to know everything, I want to know everything!  Garret makes his way back into the room, not sitting down next to Molly.

 

"What's wrong dear?" She asks,  grabbing his hand. I notice him squeeze her hand, and she stands up. Somethings wrong. "Garret?" She questions. He looks around the room, stopping at me.

 

"Well... it looks like we are taking a trip." He says, staring at me. Oh, no.

Chatper 4- The Royals (Lyra's POV)

 Getting into the cute little horse thing that came to pick us up an hour later, I sit in the far back. Apparently news of me rising from the dead has traveled to the royals. The king and and quen  heard, and want to see for themselves. I hope that's a semi good thing, I mean I supposed to be an elemental . . .  so I protect the royal family. Molly sits next to me, gripping my hand in a s reassurring way. I'm nervous though I've never met a royal person, I don't know how to act around one! Do I bow?  Maybe they're really strict and scary, oh god! Wait though, if the elementals are supposed to protect the royal family, why isn't Flora there? I wonder if the others are there too, so I can meet them. Asia, Janessa, and Sierra . . . but I have meet her. Funny, we're all girls.

 

"Are all the elementals girls?" I ask, trying to get my mind off the royal family. Molly nods and Flora claps saying something about how girls are the more superior human, then chase has something to say to that. I wonder why girls, I mean aren't men really considered to be better soldiers? I'm not stereo typing now, but  I don't know. Chase and Flora are still argueing when the wagon things pulls up to the gates. The creek as the slowly swing open, and the horses move forward again. I really do wonder why they have horses and wagons till when they have phones and internet. Oh well, it's cute. I watch the road behind us, looking at the town of Spridge. Wow, it's all so real. I notice guards standing at the front entrance to the castle, yes castle. So, there is another thing from back in the old times. I was expecting something like the white house, but no we have a castle. I get off the wagon last, since I was the first one on, Chase helps me.

 

"Flora, the princess has been looking for you."  A guard says, I glance to Flora. Now serious, she nods and walks straight in. Chase follows, Frederick Follows, Garret and Molly grab my hands, and we follow. Once we arrive, Flora, Chase and Frederick say there goodbyes and see you laters. Molly and Garret lead me through hall after hall, staying quiet. They are unsure of what's going to happen as well. There are metal armors, and weapons, and all those fancy pictures everywhere as decorations. Statues of heads, colorfull carpets, in different rooms from what I can see from doors being left open. I get a look out a window getting a view of the most spectacular  garden Ive seen in real life. Holy