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I wrote a story over the summer and submitted it to a writing contest. It won 9th place out of 25 stories. I didn't have time to edit it though, so I probably could've done better if I had. Anyway, here's my story.



I ran outside and straight for my mailbox as soon as the mailman left my lawn. I looked through all the letters quickly then I saw that one letter. Literally, I tossed the other mail, which happened to be bills to pay and magazines to read, on the ground and quickly opened the letter, my hand shaking.

Dear Miss. Cassandra Pinello,
I regret to inform you that your application to our collage has been rejected.
It has been called to my attention that you have not yet mastered your elemental magic.
Before we can even consider looking at your grades, you must master your magic.

I didn't have to read anymore to know what it meant. Again, I was rejected. This is the fourth college I've tried to apply, but I keep getting rejected for the same reason. Sure, I can use my magic of wind, but it isn't mastered yet. No one tells me what it means to master it, but all my dad says is that I will know when I have. But what does that mean? The wind gathered around me as I started to get more angry. It blew my long brown hair in my face and the mail was blown all over my street. One of the problems of not mastering my element, is that it basically has a mind of it's own around me until I do. I ran all over the street, collecting all of my mail. Once I was sure I had it all, I walked inside my home.

“So, Cassy, what's the news?” my father asked, walking up to me.
“I... I was rejected.” I said quietly.
“You knew this would happen. You cannot get accepted anywhere until you master that element of yours!” he yelled.
“Dad, how exactly did you master your element?”
“I told you before, I'm not supposed to answer that. You have to learn yourself!”
“But how am I supposed to know what to do!” I cried. Dad looked at me like I was an idiot, then walked back to the couch to watch whatever was on the television. I ran into my room. I am only nineteen years old and I just got out of high school a few months ago! I have no clue what I even want to do with my life! I sat on my bed and looked out the nearby window. It was starting to rain.

Sighing, I absentmindedly reached my hand to my right to pet my cat. But then I remembered... Kitty died yesterday. Yes, I named her Kitty and she was the only thing that helped me get through my years of school. Most people got to master their element by ninth grade or maybe tenth. The ones who did master their element in high school usually made fun of the ones who haven't mastered it yet. It was a terrible school life for me. Everyday, I would look forward to seeing Kitty and telling her about my day as I let out my anger by petting her. It would calm me down enough to focus on the important things. But, now that Kitty is gone...
Without thinking of any other choice, I shoved a bunch of clothes into a travel bag. Then I took my small flower shaped pillow off of my bed and walked down the stairs.
“Just where do you think you're going, Cassy?” my father yelled at me from his spot on the couch.
“I'm leaving England. If I can't get into college here, then I might as well try it in America!” I yelled back. My dad turned around in his seat.
“You are not leaving this house, this city and definitely not this country! I will not allow it!”
“Dad, I have to live my own life. I'm done living by your rules.” I said, slamming the frount door behind me.

I took my money out of my pocket. Okay. I have enough money for an airplane ride there at least. But, I'm not sure if this is quite enough for a place to live... I only have a few options. One, I can stay here, but not go to college. Two, I can ask the bank for a loan, but who knows when I'll be able to pay it back. Three, I can steal from someone else. Well, I guess that choice three is the only one that might work. I don't like to do bad things, but I'm not a goody-goody either. I might have to steal money from someone.

I walked into the main part of the city and I looked around. Tall skyscrapers everywhere. I continued walking deeper into the city and I saw someone playing a violin with a pretty big audience throwing money into the case. The person playing it was not really what I would describe as someone who says, “Give me money while I perform some cheap entertainment!”. She was kind of skinny and had a long flowing black dress on. It wasn't super fancy, but enough to catch your eye. The performance really wasn't bad either. It sounded mysterious, and she wasn't reading a sheet of music either. She also had long brown hair that went to a little above her hips, and these alluring green eyes. Her eyes seemed to be drawing in her audience. I stayed there too and listened. Shortly, she finished her song and everyone started clapping insanely. The woman looked directly at me and I noticed that she was not human. She had elven ears. Once everyone cleared out, she walked over to me.
“Are you running away from home?” she asked. Her voice sounded caring, like how I imagine the mother that I never had would sound like.
“Um, yes. You see, I haven't mastered my element, so I thought that if I go to the USA, I'd be able to get to college there.” I answered.
“Ah. I remember when I mastered my element,” she said, putting her violin into it's case. “I have the element of music.”
“Music? But I thought the elements are only earth, wind, water, fire, light, and dark.” I said, making sure I mentioned all of the elements.
“Well, that's for humans. But for elves, there is a variety of elements. They include the ones you mentioned, but there are also the element of the arts.” she said, smiling kindly at me.
“Oh. I didn't know that...”
“By the way, my name is Sophia.”
“I'm Cassy.” I said.
“Well, since I'm on my way to America right now, would you like to join me there?” Sophia asked, putting her violin case on her back.
“What? Yes! Of course! As long as it's no bother to you.” I answered quickly.
“Honey, I'm the one who asked you. It's perfectly fine.” she said, laughing slightly.
“Thank you so much!” I said, trying not to hug her. Because hugging someone I just met would be kind of strange.

Sophia and I walked to the airport which was ten blocks down from where we were. On the walk there, I learned that Sophia is only twenty-two years old, which is three years older than myself. She seemed older. I expected her to be about twenty-eight or something. Anyway, the moment we walked into the airport, we were stopped by a guard.
“Excuse me miss, are you an elf?” the guard asked. His voice was really deep sounding.
“Why, yes I am, and I'm damn proud of it.” Sophia said, standing her ground. You see, elves, vampires and faeries are persecuted all over the world. They all usually try to disguise themselves as humans, but there is always something about them that makes it obvious that they aren't. For elves, there are the ears. For the vampires, they are pale with sharp teeth. And for the faeries, there are wings, which are very hard to disguise.
“I'm sorry, but elves are not allowed into the airport. Please leave. Now.” the guard said sternly.
“Now why should I listen to you?” Sophia challenged.
The guard took out a small phone. “This is John. Please send another guard. We have some trouble.” he said. Soon enough, there was another guard beside the one named John.
“Percy, reportin' for duty, sir!” the other guard said. He sounded, and even looked like, a young kid. He was probably... sixteen years old by the sound of it.
John looked at him in disbelief. “They sent you?” he asked.
Percy glared at him. “And what's wrong with me? Just 'cause I'm young? I can handle these ladies m'self.”
“Whatever you say, kid.” John said, leaving him alone with us.
Percy looked at me, then at Sophia. “Well, miss, I know I shouldn't let you through here, but seein' as I'm not supposed ta be here either, it shouldn't be a problem, right?”
“What do you...” I started, then I noticed, his skin was pale and he had sharp teeth. “Aren't you a vamp? Why are you a guard? Don't guards prevent vamps and elves-”
“It's part of the reason I'm here. I want ta change how these guys do stuff 'round here. It's unfair ta do anythin' like this ta any species.” Percy answered.
“So, you'll let us through, you say?” Sophia asked.
“Yeah. Would ya like for me ta accompany both of you, 'cause if the other guards see ya with another guard, it means you got special permission to get on an airplane.” Percy said, looking more at Sophia than at me.
“That's very nice of you. I would love to have to come with us.” Sophia said, smiling her charming smile.

Sophia, Percy and I paid for our airplane tickets. Our flight is set to arrive three hours from now. So, we took a seat at a table in the lunch area of the airport. I looked at Percy and Sophia, who were talking to each other about something. So, when we make it to America, what college am I going to try to get into first? I can't wait until we get there! The wind started to pick up a bit and they both looked at me. “Heh, sorry.” I said, calming down, which made the wind die out.
“You got the element of wind? I got the element of souls. Yeah, only us vamps get soul, no humans or elves or faeries. Ya see, if ya have an element of souls, then ya tend to change people's moods around you. But, ya also got this kinda air about ya that makes people feel kinda... dead-like around you.” Percy said, breaking off a little at the end.
“Hey, how did you two master your elements?” I asked, hoping I'd get an answer.
“Now, honey, first, we aren't allowed to tell you anything about how to master your element. And second, mastering elements differs through species. So even if we were allowed to tell you how to, you wouldn't be able to master it our way.” Sophia said.
“Huh. I guess it will always be a mystery to me, hmm?” I asked quietly, hanging my head down a bit.
“I'd tell ya if I could. I might not have known you for very long, but I can tell that you're both not goin' ta turn on me or anythin'.” Percy said. Then his expression changed to looking scared, “You aren't gonna do that ta me, right?”
I laughed. “I won't. I guess we're all outcasts from the main society in a way. You being different races and my element being out of my control...” No one said anything for a few minutes. “Hey, Percy, you know how you said that your element makes people dead-like? Well, right now, I don't think it's true. You allowed us in and, for some reason, I feel better than before.”
“Really? Ya sure you're not just sayin' that? Cause for all of the people I know, they all act kinda dreary or they are scared of me.” Percy said, looking at us both with concern.
“I haven't felt bad in a long while, so if it was true, you would've broken my happiness streak, honey.” Sophia said with a small laugh.
“Maybe things are finally changing.” Percy said with a smile.

We ended up getting some food from the food court. I got a slice of pepperoni pizza, Sophia got a salad and Percy chose not to eat anything. He insisted that he wasn't hungry. After we ate, we went to where we would board our plane. With only a half hour before the arrival time, I could already see myself getting into college without this element lingering on me.
“Cassy Pinello!” I turned towards whoever had just called my name and my father stood before me.
“I told you that I'm not going to go home, Dad.” I reminded him.
“I forbid you to leave! You're coming home right now!” he yelled, grabbing my wrist.
“Let me go!” I screamed. Percy and Sophia were at my side within a second. My father let go of my wrists.
“You're with an elf? That filthy creature?” my father said, glaring at Sophia. Percy fidgeted a bit because my dad didn't know that Percy was a vampire. He's really good at pretending that he isn't a human.
“Sophia is not a creature, she's an elf! What's wrong with that?” I yelled. My father grabbed my wrist again, but tighter than before and glared at me. He tried to pull me away from Sophia and Percy. “Dad! I told you I'm not going with you! I'm not going to be back. You didn't even care when Kitty died!” I yelled at him, breaking free of his grasp and turning away from him.
“I always hated cats.” he said. Suddenly, all of the winds gathered around me and was increasing in speed just as my anger was topping over.
“It's bad enough when you insult elves, but when you insult my cat, the one who helped me make it through all of those hard times in school...” I threatened, turning around slowly. But, my father was no longer standing in frount of me. Instead, Percy was there with a gun pointed at my father.
“It would be best not to annoy me. I'll kill you. I'll kill you myself and I won't get busted for it.” Percy said, sounding a lot older than he did when I first heard him.
“Heh. You don't have the guts, kid.” my dad said, laughing. Percy looked at me, like he was asking for permission to kill my father. I shook my head slowly. Percy lowered the gun and growled at my dad, baring his fangs.
“You're a vampire! Cassy! A vampire and an elf? What mess have you gotten yourself into this time?!” my father yelled. People around us looked directly at my father, yelling his brains out incoherently.
“I think our plane has arrived. It's been nice to meet you.” Sophia said, pulling me and Percy away from my father and towards the man collecting our tickets. Apparently, the man paid no attention to the incident between us and my father, because he didn't say anything about it.

We walked onto the platform leading to the airplane and we looked around for some seats by each other. Sophia and Percy quickly chose seats next to each other. Percy was in the seat furthest from the window, and he looked at me apologetically. I sighed and I saw one empty seat behind them. The other person there was boy who was looking out the window.
“Do you mind if I take a seat here?” I asked the stranger. He looked at me and nodded. I sat down in the seat and the boy turned back to the window. He looked about my age. He had straight black hair that seemed to flip out a bit at the ends. It wasn't like an emo flap or anything, it was just...flippy.
“I'm Cole.” I heard him mumble.
“I'm Cassy.” I said back to him, taking out a book to read for the long flight. He looked at me.
“I've read that before. It doesn't have a great ending, just so you know.” Cole said.
“Well, at least you didn't spoil the ending.” I mumbled. I hate it when people tell you the entire plot when you just start to read it. Because then it doesn't make the ending a mystery. Good books have you guessing until the end. Usually, what I do when I finish reading a mystery book like this, is that I read it over to see that the clues make sense. But I like to guess the first time I read it, thank you very much.
“It's an obvious ending that you can probably find out by the middle of the story.” Cole said.
“Well, if I read it, I'll find it out, hmm?” I said, looking at him, annoyed that he is disrupting my reading.
“It'll be quicker if I just tell you.” Cole said with a small smile.
“But then what would I do for the entire flight?” I asked, still annoyed. Cole shrugged. “You know it's going to take a lot of hours to get there, and we haven't even taken off the ground yet.” I said, trying to get back to the book.
“So why are you starting to read already?” Cole asked, laughing. I looked at him again, more annoyed than before.
“I have more books.” I said, taking out more three books from my bag.
“I've read them all.”
“Well, congratulations! Let's throw a party!” I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes. I do not like teenage boys at all. They usually tend to think they are better than anyone else even though it's obvious that us girls are a hell of a lot smarter. Well, most of us. Can't speak for all of the girls. Some girls who were in my high school were really stupid.
“As long as I can bring the music.” Cole said, winking.
“Ugh. Do you not understand sarcasm when you heard it?” I asked. Cole laughed again. Sophia turned around in her seat.
“Hey, honey, no fighting now, okay?” she said.
“We don't want ta forced off the plane.” Percy chimed in.
“Fine.” I said, turning back to my book as they turned back forward.
“Who are they to order you around like that?” Cole asked.
“They are my friends who are accompanying me. Do you have a problem with them?” I asked, glaring at him.
“Nah, no problem with me.” he said. Then he lowered his voice to a whisper. “You know that that girl is an elf and the kid is a vamp, right?”
“Yes, I do know.” I said, looking at him. “Are you going to insult them because they are?”
“I told you that they're no problem to me.”
“And you won't tell anyone that they aren't human?” I asked.
“It depends.” he said, laying back in his seat.
“Depends on what?” I asked. Cole shrugged. “I asked you a question.” I reminded him impatiently.
“And I will have an answer soon enough.” Cole said. I sighed and went back to my book as the plane took off the ground.

I finished reading the book, and it was like what Cole had said. The plot was very easy to figure out. I put down the book distastefully.
“Told you so.”
“Oh shut up.” I said back. I hate it when guys are right. Especially about things like books.
“You are really boring, you know that right?” Cole said.
“Am I? Well, find a way to entertain yourself then.” I said, taking out another book.
“That book has a terrible ending too.”
“Oh really? Do you just not like books or something?”
“I prefer to actually write books instead of reading bad ones like..” he stopped and made a face at my books, “Those.”
“And yet you know the ending to them?” I asked, with a smile.
“Well, I didn't know they were bad to begin with.”
“Wait, you write stories?” I asked. Cole nodded. “What kind?”
“Different kinds. Fantasy mostly. Some sci-fi here and there.” he said quietly, looking back out the window.
“Do you have any with you I can read?” I asked, trying to be nice and to forget that he was being an annoying jerk earlier.
“I have some with me, but they aren't done, so you can't read them.” he mumbled. Huh. Wonder why he got so quiet?
“Well, then, I won't bother you about them.” I said, laying back in my seat.
“If you really want to read them though, I guess I'll let you. But they are just rough drafts and not complete.” Cole said slowly, looking at me. I looked at him too.
“Sure.” I said with a smile. Cole smiled a small smile back and he picked his bag and was searching through it.
“Oh crap! Don't tell me that they're in the other suitcase!” Cole said, dumping everything out of the bag. There were a few snacks and books, but nothing that involved writing anything. Cole sighed. “They aren't in here.” he said a few seconds later.
“It's fine. I don't need to read them.” I said, not knowing what else to say. I mean, I wanted to read them. But if he doesn't have it, I can't. “Do you need help putting the stuff back?” I asked, reaching for one of his books just as he did. For a moment, our hands touched. I brought mine back quickly, and for some strange reason, my heart seemed to be beating faster than usual. Wait a second... I can't possibly like him, can I? Cole put everything back himself while I just sat there, questioning my heart.
“Cassy?”
“Huh?” I asked, snapping back to reality.
“I said that you can read them when we get off the plane if we have time.”
“Okay. That'll be fine.” I said. Cole went back to staring out the window. I looked at Sophia and Percy, who were both asleep. A flight attendant walked up and down the aisle, saying that there was about two hours before the expected landing time. I heard some whispering and rustling behind me and I assumed it was just the people behind me. Both of the people got up and stood in the middle of the aisle. One of them looked directly at me and I looked back. He and his friend looked kind of like they grew up on the bad side of the city.
“You, girl. You have something we need.” the man said. I looked around.
“Me?” I asked, confused.
“Yes you. Now, cooperate or else this whole plane is going down.” the other said, crouching down next to me and showing a gun from his pocket. I stared at them, horrified.
“What do you want?” I asked, in a hushed tone, making sure no one else could hear.
“We need you to follow us when we get off the airplane. Your element is important to us.” the man without the gun said.
“My element? What's so special about it?”
“You don't know the power that-” the man was cut off when the flight attendant passed by and saw the gun. She looked like she was going to faint, and it probably wasn't due to the fact she was more than likely starving herself to look as skinny as she does.
“Please hand that over. Weapons are not allowed on the plane.” she said, trying to stay calm. When she said weapons, everyone in the area looked over and saw. A few people screamed and were cowering in the corner of their seats. Cole looked over at me and the two men. He seemed to be getting really angry. Sophia and Percy were still sound asleep.
“Heh. Now, why would we do that, miss?” said the man with the gun, standing up and taking out the gun from his pocket.
“Now, now, Vincent. Do we really have to kill this pretty lady? I could find a better use of her.” said the other. The one named Vincent looked around. There were quite a bit of people still sleeping but the rest were scared out of their minds.
“Well, what do you plan on doing to her, Nathan?” Vincent asked, lowering his gun, laughing. Suddenly, Cole stood up and punched Vincent in the stomach.
“What the hell is your problem? What's the use of hurting innocent people?” Cole yelled. Vincent, who was knocked back about five feet, got back to his feet and laughed.
“Why you ask? Because it's fun.” Vincent said, “I love to see the look on people's faces as their death comes sooner than they expected.”
“But what's the use of me?” I asked.
“You see, your power might not be fully developed, but once it is, you'll be a threat to us.” Nathan said, “So it's better to deal with you now, rather than later?”
“Deal with me?” I asked. What's that supposed to me... wait... “You want to kill me?!” I yelled. Vincent got closer.
“Well, we aren't supposed to kill you. Not yet, anyway.” he said. Cole kicked him in his stomach again.
“I'm not going to let you hurt her!” Cole yelled. Again, Vincent stood up but this time, he pulled the gun from his pocket.
“Are you sure about that, kid?” Vincent asked, as he pulled the trigger. It took me a few seconds to realize who he had shot, but then I saw the fresh blood pouring out from above my stomach. I didn't know what was going on. Everything seemed all blurry and distant. I remember that once the gun was shot, people started freaking out. The pilot ran out from the cockpit and started yelling. I even remember what he had said.
“What just happened!? Aagghh! I can't take this anymore! I hate my life!” the pilot said, then I remember seeing him open an emergency door and jump out, with no parachute. Sophia and Percy had woken up by the time the pilot jumped. Once they saw that he jumped, Percy rushed to the cockpit and Sophia followed. She was yelling directions at him, which I could hear from where I was laying.
“Go left!” Sophia yelled.
“Your left or my left?” Percy said frantically.
“Just go left!”
“Okay.”
“No! The other left!” Sophia yelled quickly. This kept going on for a long time. Cole started to run towards me, away from Nathan who was knocked out and was almost about to fall out of the open door.
“Cassy, how are you feeling?” he asked. I made some sort of sound, because it hurt too much to do anything else. “I'll make sure you're alright. Don't worry.” he said, as Vincent got closer to us. The last thing I remember seeing was Vincent right in frount of Cole, and I got this feeling of darkness surround me. But the darkness somehow felt... safe. It clouded my vision entirely as I lost my grip on my conscious.

I awoke, but it was a weird feeling. I didn't feel any more pain. It felt like I was floating, and I saw a dark creature appear before me.
“Am I dead?” I asked the creature. The creature laughed and shook it's head.
“No, you are not dead, Cassandra Pinello.” it said.
“I would rather be called Cassy, please.” I said back. The creature laughed again. “Who are you, exactly?”
“I have known you for a very long time. I will not tell you my name, or the future events could be ruined, but you have met me already, whether you know it or not.” it said. I got a better look at the creature. It had one red eye and another green. It had black feathery looking hair and huge black wings that were about double the size of the creature itself.
“Yeah, that really doesn't help me. What happened to everyone on the airplane?” I asked. The creature turned away.
“Your friends aren't that great at flying airplanes, are they? I only had enough power to save a few.” it said slowly.
“Who are those few?” I asked with a shaky voice.
“I don't know them all by name, but your friends who were trying to fly the airplane and a few of the nearby passengers.” Wait... no Cole? Or was he considered one of the nearby passengers? “Your friends... You know that the girl is an elf and the other kid is a vamp, right?”
“Yes I know. Is that a problem?” I responded. Wait.. that sounds kind of familiar, but why? Huh. Must be my imagination. The creature turned back towards me.
“You've been here too long. You must leave.” it said, looking at me.
“Um, alright. But how am I supposed to do that?” I asked. The creature put his hand on my shoulder.
“You must not tell anyone of this meeting, understand?” it asked. I nodded and I felt a surge of energy pass through me as my eyes were forced shut.

When I could open my eyes again, I saw Sophia and Percy looking over me. I sat up quickly and I looked around. “Where are we?” I asked them.
“We are at the airport.” Percy said, looking away from me. Sophia looked at me.
“Are you feeling alright, honey?” she asked, pushing the hair out of my face. I nodded.
“Yeah, I feel a ton better. Nothing hurts anymore.” I answered.
“That's strange, because you still are bleeding from your wound..” Percy said, still looking away so he won't start what is known as a vampire frenzy, which starts when a vampire sees human blood. I looked down at where I was shot and he was right. Blood was still pouring out, but it didn't hurt.
“But it really doesn't hurt.” I said, looking around again. I then saw Cole laying on the ground not too far from us. “Is Cole okay?” I asked quickly.
“He's alive, but barely. It's hard to believe, but his wounds are worse than yours.” Sophia said, looking at him too. I sat up, and Sophia tried to stop me, but I resisted her and walked towards Cole. He was facing up and his face was turned to the side. His clothes were all bloody and ripped at the elbow and shoulder areas. Even though he was unconscious, he looked like he was in pain. I mean, aside from all of the wounds anyway. There was a look across his face that wasn't really normal. It looked like he was having a nightmare of some sort. I was going to stand up again, but suddenly.. He sat up quickly, as I was still looking at him. Our lips met.
He didn't seem to mind though. It was... strange. After a while, he turned his head away, breaking our contact.
“Sorry.” he mumbled.
“Oh, it's okay.” I said back, turning my head as well. Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh! I... he... we... kissed!! Cole looked at me strangely. I mean, I might have just met him a little while ago, but I can tell it is an unusual look from him. “Um.. Cole?” I asked. He moved closer to me.
“Cassy.. I-” he started, trying to stand. He couldn't and he fell, his head falling into my lap and his eyes squeezed shut.
“Cole, you haven't recovered! Don't push yourself to do what you can't!” I said.
“Alright.” he answered, with a smile. At least he's looking normal now. But I still can't believe he actually kissed me.. “Hey, Cassy.” Cole said, opening one of his eyes.
“Yeah?”
“Your stomach is still bleeding.” he said. I looked down at my stomach, and it was indeed bleeding.
“Yeah, but I'll be fine. Compared to me, you look really bad.” I answered.
“Oh, gee thanks, Cassy. Telling me I'm bad looking right after you just kissed me.” Cole said, closing his open eye and still smiling.
“It was an accident! How was I supposed to know you'd wake up when you did?” I yelled. Cole laughed, but then he started coughing. “Cole..” I started, “what exactly happened when I went unconscious?”
“You know, I'm not exactly sure myself. I remember you getting shot, then..” Cole started to answer, as his smile was disappearing, “Vincent trying to hurt you again. Then nothing after that.”
“Strange...” I said slowly. What could've happened? Sophia and Percy wouldn't know because they were piloting..

I looked around. “Wait, we're in America, aren't we?” I yelled. Cole opened his eyes and looked around too, without getting up.
“Apparently.” he answered. Wow.. I'm one step closer to getting into college. I can't wait! Sophia and Percy walked over to us.
“Um, guys? We learned that a new president has been elected into office.” Percy said.
“Well, that's good for those Americans. I only have my mind set for co-”
“The new president might pass a law similar to the one in England... regarding the colleges.” Sophia said, biting her lip nervously. Cole sat straight up.
“What?!” Cole and I both yelled. No, no, no! They can't pass that law!
“Um, Cole, is it? Have you mastered your element?” Percy asked.
“Yeah. The element of darkness. Why do you ask?” Cole asked back.
“You seemed surprised about the college thing. You would have nothing to be worried about if you mastered your element already.” Percy answered. Cold laid his head back down on my lap.
“Doesn't matter to you.” Cole mumbled. Percy got closer to us.
“Hey! That doesn't answer my question!” he yelled. Cole didn't respond.
“Oh yes,” Sophia said, pulling something from a bag, “this should help stop the pain and bleeding. Both of you should take it.” She gave me and Cole each a large bottle of something.
“Excuse me, Sophia. It contains sixty percent alcohol. Is it safe for us to have?” I asked.
“If you want to feel normal, you better take it.” Sophia said. Cole sat up and stared at the bottle.
“Is there something wrong?” I asked, as Cole kept staring at the bottle.
“What? No, it's nothing. Well, time to drink it.” Cole said, uncapping the bottle just as I did. We looked at each other as if saying good luck and we both took a drink. It smelled too much like alcohol and tasted too much like it too. Though, it also seemed to have a hint of something else that made me want to have more than one bottle of it. Cole and I each finished our bottle.
“It didn't taste too great...” I said, “But at least the bleeding is starting to stop.” I handed Sophia the empty bottle.
“Ah hehehehe! I feel great!” Cole said, with a small hiccup at the end. Oh no... don't tell me... after one bottle... he's drunk?!
“Come on. We have to get going.” Percy said, as he and Sophia started to walk away.
“Um, guys.. I think Cole is drunk.” I said, looking at him as he stood up, wobbling as he did.
“What? Not many people get drunk after just one bottle. Now let's get going. We have to find a house, you know.” Sophia said, calling back to us. I sighed and stood up as we followed after them.

We left the airport and were on the main streets. It seemed to be a pretty big city, but not as big as London. Sophia and Percy were a couple feet ahead of me and the drunky. Cole kept randomly laughing and I was stuck with him. Gosh, why does he have to get drunk so easily? This isn't making it any easier for me to deal with everything that's going on. Cole grabbed my arm. I looked at him, confused.
“Follow me.” he said.
“But you're drunk and you haven't been here before, have you?” I said. He kept pulling at my arm. “I'm not going to go if you're drunk.” I said, yanking my arm away. Cole glared at me, hiccuped, then headed off into an alleyway. “Argh! Cole! Get back here!” I yelled, following after him.

By the time I caught up with Cole, I saw that there were three guys surrounding him. Two of them were huge thug-like people. The other was pretty skinny. They saw me.
“Hey, look at her. I think she's the one Boss was talkin' about.” one of the large thugs said.
“She is.” the skinny one said. I looked over at Cole, who was still acting drunk.
“Hiya Cassy!” Cole said, waving at me with a smile. I rolled my eyes and I took a fighting stance.
“She thinks she can beat us three?” the second large thug laughed. Well, I have no control over my element, so maybe if I get mad enough, it'll go attack them... The large thugs got closer to me.
“Should we finish her off now, Granville?” one of them said to the other.
“Wellington! Granville! Boss said that she didn't want the girl dead!” the skinny one yelled. The one named Granville looked from me, to the skinny thug.
“Delaware, it would be easier to kill her while she's weak.” Granville grunted. Wellington nodded in agreement.
“We had orders and we have to follow through with them.” Delaware said sternly. As the three were yelling back and forth, I took that chance to get over to Cole.
“Stay quiet.” I whispered, grabbing his arm to get him away.
“Hey, I didn't do nothin' wrong!” Cole said with a hiccup at the end. I stared at him.
“You got drunk.” I said, pulling him away. Suddenly, a huge thug, more muscular than Granville or Wellington, appeared in front of us.
“You are coming with us, kids.” he said, picking up both me and Cole by the collars of our shirts. The three others stopped fighting.
“Ford!? What are you doing here?” Delaware asked.
“Boss knew you wouldn't do your job correctly.” Ford said. Ford tightened his grip and it was getting really hard to breathe now.
“What do you... need me for?” I asked, struggling for some air.
“You and Cole happen to be the only two with-” Ford started, but Cole had kicked Ford's stomach before he finished. He instantly threw Cole against the ground.
“Cole!” I managed to yell. Ford laughed. “You... you hurt him...” I mumbled. I was running out of breath. I kept thinking that I had to save myself and Cole. Wind thrashed around me faster than it ever had before. I saw that is had actually slit Ford's skin, which caused him to drop me as well.
“You three, we're going. We will deal with you kids later.” Ford said, vanishing with the other thugs. The wind settled down, scrambled to my feet and ran over to Cole.
“It... seems like I'm only... acting as a handicap to you.” Cole said weakly, looking up at me. I shook my head.
“You are the one who kicked him. If you hadn't, we could've been dead.” I said, helping Cole stand up. “But at least you're not drunk anymore.” I said, with a small laugh.
“Sorry. I get drunk by even the smell of alcohol.” Cole said as I saw Sophia running into the alley.
“What happened? Are you two alright!?” Sophia asked frantically.
“We're fine.” Cole answered.
“Percy found a hotel we can stay at. It's this way; follow me.” Sophia said, walking out of the alley. I turned to look at Cole.
“Note to self: never give Cole alcohol.” I said with a laugh, as Cole and I followed Sophia.

After a few minutes of walking, we saw Percy standing in frount of a building. We went inside of the hotel and we found our rooms. Sophia and I were sharing a room, and that meant Cole and Percy were sharing, which isn't too great because they aren't exactly the best of friends. Then again, I would not want to share with either of them. Who knows what they would do to me! It was dark outside by this time, and I was getting sleepy. I said good night to the boys and went into the room with Sophia. It didn't take too long before I fell asleep. Then suddenly...
“Hey, Cassy!” I heard. I slowly looked up and saw someone looking over me. I sat up and tried to get a better look, but all I could see is that it was about an hour after I fell asleep.
“Huh..?” I asked sleepily. I blinked a few times and I could see that it was Cole. “Cole?! What are you-” I was cut off my Cole putting his hand over my mouth.
“Shh. They're still asleep.” he whispered, as he removed his hand.
“What are you doing in here?!” I asked.
“Follow me.” Cole said, starting to walk away.
“Wait. Why? Where? Huh?” I asked, confused.
“Just follow me, okay?” he said, leaving the room. I sighed. Thinking about what he could possibly want, I got out of the bed quietly and left the room as well.

That was great! Good job!!!

You guys are amazing!
Ash, I'll post mine later.
I'm still working on revising them. :]

I say I'm over him,
I say I hate life.
Those are simply lies,
not to you, but to myself.
Life is complicated,
But love is harder.
I wish I would move on,
But how can I?
When my love is strong.
She's the one that makes him hurt.
I'm the one that makes you laugh.
She makes you frown,
I make you smile.
It was you and I, who weren't meant to be.
Not you and her.
But if she's what you want,
Then you can have her.

Beautiful Ash
Ugh this whole Evan thing is even bugging me!
I wish he would just wake up!