Elementals - Nuala Sephiria (ebook reader web .txt) 📗

Prologue
I wake, knowing the dawn is near. Wishing it further away, knowing it's no use. The wind blows threw my hair, making it appear to be flame. The circle of people around me, knowing one is going to die, be btrayed. Yet I do nothing. I stand there and stare as the light comes near, not even flinching as we catch on fire, not stopping nor helping it along.


Chapter One
"Raven! Nuala! Dinner is ready!" Mom yells.
"Coming!" Raven yells.
Running down the stairs, we smell chicken fried rice. Yum.
"Yay! I love chicken fried rice!" I say.
"Me too. Dibson the good chair!" Raven laughs.
"Fine. But I get it tomorrow." I say.
"Okay, guys, sit. Dinner's ready."
We sit down and wait for mom to come out with the food.
After eating, I race Raven to the bathroom, both of us wanting a shower. I got there first. After the shower I go to bed.


Chapter Two
I wake up in the middle of the night to a loud banging at my door. I look at the time and see that it's only one a.m. Why would someone be knocking on my door this early?
I send my senses out to see who it is, but instead of a family member, it's a human man. I get up and grab the bat i keep under the bed, then quietly creep to the door.
It bangs open, startling a squeak out of me.
"I found one!" The man yells.
I hurry for the window, but the man breaks the door down. I swing around, putting the bat up for protection.
He's a large man, three times my size. There's no way I could bring him down.
Magick is forbidden to be used to harm others, even in self-defense. I could be killed for it, and I'd rather take my chances with using this bat and having a chance than that.
The large man lunges towards me, probably hoping to catch me off guard so I wouldn't hit him. That or he's that confident that it won't hurt him if i do.
I swing as hard as I can when he gets close enough and it hits him in the temple. He stumbles, then grabs the bat and throws it to the floor. He grabs my arm then pulls me close and drags me to the door.
I kick, punch, and flail as much as I can. I'm not going out without a fight.
Sadly, I only managed to kick him in the shin, and it didn't even slow him down.
"Stop wiggling, brat! It ain't gonna help you!" He yells.
"Let me go!" I yell back.
"No. I get paid one grandfor each Satanist I catch. I ain't lettin' you go. I could probably have a little fun with you and your sister." He laughs.
"Ew! Let me go" I start flailing again.
"Damn it! i said stop that!" He yells then hits me upside the head.
"Ow!" I yell, then bite him.
"You fucking little bitch!" He says, then shoves me into a wall.
My head is spinning, and while I'm disoriented he drags me down the stairs.There are four other guys down here, one pinning Raven, one pinning mom, and two pinning dad.
"Found her! This little bitch put up more of a fight then I thought. She hit me with a baseball bat, right here." He says and taps his temple.
"Ha! Like a sixteen year old girl could hurt one of us!" One of his friends laughs.
"So, boss. Which one are we killing first?" One of the smaller men says eagerly.
"When I tell you, you'll know! Stop rushing me. Or else I'll hand them your head as well." The man holding me snaps.
"Sorry, boss." The smaller man says with a very pale face.
The large man shoves me to the floor and points a large steak knife at the base of my throat. "You'll tell me what I want to know. I really don't wanna waste a pretty girl like you, but I will if I have to."
"You kind of have to ask a question first, dumbass. We don't know what you want us to tell you." Raven says.
I look at her as if she's insane. It's my neck on the line here and if his guy gets mad I doubt he'd hesitate to kill me for Raven's comment.
"You know what I'm going to ask, so answer the question or I kill her!" He yells.
"How the hell are we supposed to answer a question you never asked? You're insane!"Raven yells back.
"Raven! Be quiet! He might kill your sister!" Mom yells at Raven.
"Answer the question! I know you can read minds!"
"Dude. Seriously? I wouldn't be laying here with a fucking knife to my throat if I could! Tell us the question!" I yell.
"Fine. What are you?" He asks.
"What?"
"What are you? I know you're not human." He says.
"You're insane!" Raven yells.
He pushes the knife in a little then pulls it out. He snaps his fat fingers in the direction of the man holding mom down and the slightly smaller man pushes a knife through her throat.
"Mom!" Raven yells. I don't know what's going on anymore.
"Answer the question. Your father is next." The large man says, then laughs.
"We're human!" I yell.
The large man snaps at the two men holding dad down, and one of them pulls out a large knife.
"Last chance. You can save him." He says.
We weould've told them already, but the death we would suffer is much worse than this. The Elders made defying the law have the worst consequesnces imaginable. They enjoy watching, too. Most think they're cruel, but no one is willing to go against them because of their age.
"Please stop! We don't knw what you're talking about!" I yell.
"Let them go and I'll tell you anything you want to know. Dad says.
"Oh really? What if you're lying?" The large man asks.
"Then kill me." Dad replies.
"No!" Raven yells.
Suddenly the door breaks in and the noise startles the man with the knife. He pushes down on it and the knife goes through dad's throat.
"Hands in the air! Put the weapon down!" The officer in front says. He pulls his gun out and points it towards the large man. "Sir, you have been convicted of eight other murders. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." He recites.
All four of the men drop their knives and run. Four of the eight officers ran full speed after them and tackled them.
I fainted soon after.


Chapter Three
I open my eyes, confused. I look at an unfamiliar ceiling wondering where I am. I turn my head and see Raven on a cot next to me.
Everything comes rushing back, memories flying through my head. I have no parents. I have no family except for Raven.
"Raven?" She rolls over and looks at me. "Where are we?" I ask.
She stares at me like I'm an idiot. "We're in the orphanage. Where else would we be? We're orphans!" She yells.
I look around and see other girls on cots staring at us. I don't care. I start crying.
"Excuse me. What do you think you are doing?" A nun asks me.
"What?"
"There is no reason to be crying. We are in the arms of God." She says.
"My parents were murdered in front of me last night. And I'm not Christian, so I would appreciate it if you don't try to force your religion on me." I say. I never stopped the tears.
"How dare you? In God's house, while we have been kind enough to take you in? You will become Christian. Even if we have to beat the sin out of you." She yells.
I start crying more and hoping someone nice will adopt us soon.
"Sister Sundesh? Sister Sundesh, please report to the adoption room." A voice says over the loudspeakers.
"I'm not done with you." She says, then walks away.
"You can't tell them stuff like thta. You know Christians hate Wiccans." Raven says in a smug tone.
"What is your problem? Are you not even upset that we're orphans? And why are you mad at me?" I ask.
"I'm not mad at you. I'm furious! Someone had to leak out information about us and it wasn't me, mom, or dad." She says, then glares.
"You think I told? Why would you-"
"Get up. Both of you. You are leaving now." A nun says.
"What?" Raven and I say in unision.
"We don't tolerate non-Christians in God's house." She says.
I start crying again. Not only have we lost our parents, but we were about to be thrown out in the cold.
"Lucky for you you're being adopted. Might as well Give you to a sinful family. They keep coming back. We won't give them a good Christian child." he says.
She grabs me and Raven by the arms and pulls us towards a door. I'm trying not to cry, but I can't help it. What if they don't like us? We have nowhere else to go.
We go through a door and down a brightly lit hallway.Raven squints, which is very weird, because she has better eyesight than me.
We enter a room with a duller light, and see one adult and a boy our age looking at us.
"Uh, hi?" I say. I want out of here. Badly.
"Hi! Are these the girls we get to pick from?" The lady asks. "They look a little older than what we asked for." She says.
"Well, I'm sorry, but we will not let you defile a Christian child. These girls are all you'll get from us. Take them both." The nin says.
"Can we come back in a week?" The lady asks.
"Fine."
No! They can't leave us here!
"Come. Time to introduce you two to the others." The nun says.
We start walking out, away from the family that could've saved us from this place. We go throught the door we came in through and into the room with the cots.
"This is where you'll be sleeping." the nun says. " You will keep the space around your cot clean at all times."
"Excuse me, but when do we get to eat?" Raven asks.
"When you convert to Christianity."
"It's illegal to starve kids to death." I say. I will not convert to a sexist religion.
"Fine by me. I'll pray to God as much as you want me to." Raven says.
"At least one of you is smart." The nun says.
We both sit down on different cots and one of the other nuns comes and gives Raven a large tray of food.
"Last chance. You can have some of this too if you convert."
"No." I say. Not this is just being cruel.
Raven starts eating. My stomach growels loudly and a nun looks at me in digust.
"Come wiht me. You must be punishes for your sins."
The nun grabs hold of my arm and pulls me up and towards a door marked 'private'. She won't let go no matter how hard I pull. Her grip is like iron, dragging me to who knows where.


Chapter Four...Adrik
"Why didn't we just take those two? You've been waiting for them to approve some girls for months now." I say. Sometime I just don't get my mother.
"Because I want little girls,