Chapter 1

I am running down the street full speed away from the terrors that are chasing me. Suddenly, the world erupts with fire and smoke and turns into darkness. I feel myself falling, further and further from the dreams that haunt me. I awake to the sound of a gong going BING BONG, BING BONG. My head shoots up like a rocket. “It’s graduation day and I’m late again, but this time for something different!” I get ready and rush down the stairs headfirst into an awaiting mother. “Hurry up Peter.” she says with practically no patience. “Again and again, time after time you surprise me with how late you are. Father is already there and he has met up with Sam. Now, remember your brother hasn’t seen you in some time so he may be a bit excited. Oh, and your friends, Ben and Harry are waiting outside for you.” “Okay mom,” I exclaim as I walk to the door. Suddenly, a wall of earth erupts in front of me. “Don’t forget your spatial ring, I put new elemental crystals in it.” “Right,” I say as I put it on and walk out the door. I see Ben leaning on our garden fence, while Harry inspects our magnificent earth crystal tree. “We have been here forever,” Ben moans as he gets up from the fence. “Yes,” Harry agrees, “Why do you have to take so long every day?” “Whatever,” I say as we walk away from my house, “What element do you guys want? I want wind.” “Well, I want water, earth or sound.” Harry says. “Well, we know you won’t get one of them,” Ben says thoughtfully. “Which one?” Asks Harry.

“Let’s just say your guitar playing sounds like a screeching cat.” Ben says as we laugh our heads off. We round the corner to the graduation ceremony and I spot my dad in the crowd as we go behind the stage. “Boo!” Says a man dressed in rags jumps from behind the wall. “Aghhh!!!” We scream until I realise who it is. “Sam, that wasn’t funny.” I say to him. “Well, it was for me,” He says as he pulls off his rags to reveal the academy’s robes. Sam is a level-two astral element master. “Now you three had better get ready, as it’s about to start,” he shouts over the loud speakers blaring the acadamy’s school song. We line up behind the other ten year olds about to get their elements. I am behind a fair haired girl. She turns around to greet me and in that instant I find the first love of my life. Perfect facial features, long and beautiful hair, blue, silky eyes and that perky chest. “Hello,” she says to me as I stare into her eyes. “My name is Rose, Rose Williams, and yours is...? “P-Peter, my name is Peter Rogers.” I hear a shushing noise coming from my brother as the first person hops on stage. I hear a spinning noise, and it stops as fast as it started. “Plant element.” I hear as the young girl hops off stage, grinning from ear to ear.

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