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something sweet. As I was fighting the pain, a bright, colorful landscape came alive beneath me. Trees full of orange leaves with red and yellow branches swayed along the sides of a violet creek.
I tried to brace myself for the coming impact, and the portal opened fully, swirling with color and storming my senses with the smell of berries and the sound of running water.
The inky blackness spit us out and the sweet aromas enveloped me. I tried to conjure my air element to break my fall. I wanted it to carry me to the ground, but it wouldn’t come. All I could summon was more pain. A final surge of flame ruptured from my chest, and the blue ball streamed into the sky before exploding like a firework. Red, yellow, blue, and white embers spiraled in front of the sky’s green backdrop before vanishing.
The trees came closer by the second. I lost my grip on Tiki and Vincent, and they spun away from me. Red and yellow branches slapped against me, their wooden stems cutting my skin as my body broke through layer after layer of the forest’s canopy. Finally, I hit a sheet of branches that didn’t break. They bent, creaking, as my weight pushed them down.
The branches creaked and I grew still, trying not to move. My eyes shifted from side to side, trying to see what was below me, but as I blinked, I heard a snap .
I flailed through the air as I tried to gain some kind of control. My hands searched for a branch—anything to hold on to—but each arm of wood slapped my arms and cut my hands until there was nothing left but air.
I turned in the air, just in time to see the colorful dirt floor before my body hit the ground. I didn’t want to move. I wasn’t sure I could. Liquid rolled down my sides, a burning sensation covered my exposed skin, and everything else throbbed.
I called to my water element, hoping the healing magic would wrap my wounded shell in a blanket and unroll a revitalized me. The water coiled inside my body but faded as quickly as it came. I didn’t have the energy to heal myself. I didn’t think I had the energy to move.
The forest ceiling swayed above me, moving in a soft breeze. The entire canopy was thick with colorful leaves that blocked the sky, aside from the gaping hole my body had made.
I heard moans and gasps in the distance, but they were muffled by the trickle of water running beside me. I focused on the water, craving to have it around me. The cool liquid could roll over my skin and wash away the pain like my own element had done so many times before.
I gathered enough strength to turn onto my side, but it wasn’t without a price. Cuts, bruises, and random aches screamed at me to stop. I didn’t listen.
Reaching out, I pulled at the orange dirt that surrounded me. I dug my nails into it and hauled myself forward. My chest screamed as I dragged it against the dirt. Pain begged me to stop, but I kept pulling until I was on the edge of a shallow creek. My eyes were heavy and I fought the sleep, feeling like I’d overexerted my elemental power.
I dragged my body forward until I fell over the edge. Water splashed into the air and cascaded over my face. The creek was only deep enough to cover half of my body, but even that was more refreshing than I’d imagined.
I lost myself in the slow pace of water flowing around my body and rushing past my arms and hips as it continued down the creek. Cold liquid ran into my ears and I wanted to lift my head, but the water felt too revitalizing to risk moving.
The water rolling over my skin called to the magic inside me, but whatever had happened in that portal took too much of the energy I needed to use my elements.
Images of cool purple liquid flowing over my body filled the darkness behind my eyelids. I was desperate to try and use the water around me, so without channeling my element, I imagined it washing away the pain and closing the wounds. I envisioned my body, fully restored and full of energy. I wanted the open wounds to stitch themselves
I tried to brace myself for the coming impact, and the portal opened fully, swirling with color and storming my senses with the smell of berries and the sound of running water.
The inky blackness spit us out and the sweet aromas enveloped me. I tried to conjure my air element to break my fall. I wanted it to carry me to the ground, but it wouldn’t come. All I could summon was more pain. A final surge of flame ruptured from my chest, and the blue ball streamed into the sky before exploding like a firework. Red, yellow, blue, and white embers spiraled in front of the sky’s green backdrop before vanishing.
The trees came closer by the second. I lost my grip on Tiki and Vincent, and they spun away from me. Red and yellow branches slapped against me, their wooden stems cutting my skin as my body broke through layer after layer of the forest’s canopy. Finally, I hit a sheet of branches that didn’t break. They bent, creaking, as my weight pushed them down.
The branches creaked and I grew still, trying not to move. My eyes shifted from side to side, trying to see what was below me, but as I blinked, I heard a snap .
I flailed through the air as I tried to gain some kind of control. My hands searched for a branch—anything to hold on to—but each arm of wood slapped my arms and cut my hands until there was nothing left but air.
I turned in the air, just in time to see the colorful dirt floor before my body hit the ground. I didn’t want to move. I wasn’t sure I could. Liquid rolled down my sides, a burning sensation covered my exposed skin, and everything else throbbed.
I called to my water element, hoping the healing magic would wrap my wounded shell in a blanket and unroll a revitalized me. The water coiled inside my body but faded as quickly as it came. I didn’t have the energy to heal myself. I didn’t think I had the energy to move.
The forest ceiling swayed above me, moving in a soft breeze. The entire canopy was thick with colorful leaves that blocked the sky, aside from the gaping hole my body had made.
I heard moans and gasps in the distance, but they were muffled by the trickle of water running beside me. I focused on the water, craving to have it around me. The cool liquid could roll over my skin and wash away the pain like my own element had done so many times before.
I gathered enough strength to turn onto my side, but it wasn’t without a price. Cuts, bruises, and random aches screamed at me to stop. I didn’t listen.
Reaching out, I pulled at the orange dirt that surrounded me. I dug my nails into it and hauled myself forward. My chest screamed as I dragged it against the dirt. Pain begged me to stop, but I kept pulling until I was on the edge of a shallow creek. My eyes were heavy and I fought the sleep, feeling like I’d overexerted my elemental power.
I dragged my body forward until I fell over the edge. Water splashed into the air and cascaded over my face. The creek was only deep enough to cover half of my body, but even that was more refreshing than I’d imagined.
I lost myself in the slow pace of water flowing around my body and rushing past my arms and hips as it continued down the creek. Cold liquid ran into my ears and I wanted to lift my head, but the water felt too revitalizing to risk moving.
The water rolling over my skin called to the magic inside me, but whatever had happened in that portal took too much of the energy I needed to use my elements.
Images of cool purple liquid flowing over my body filled the darkness behind my eyelids. I was desperate to try and use the water around me, so without channeling my element, I imagined it washing away the pain and closing the wounds. I envisioned my body, fully restored and full of energy. I wanted the open wounds to stitch themselves
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