Chapter 4 (1/2)
CHAPTER 4
Daniel
It was yet another week before Loralle travelled back down the volcano
Her skin growing back had noticeably changed now, it was tougher and not fair anymore It was noarmer and a darker colour and Loralle wondered if it was because of the ma or if the earth had sort of become one with her fleshOr both
What made her think that earth may be a part of her, noas because she didn't have to put her hand onto the earth floor toabout what she wanted to do was enough And the nearht it was because of where she was…But, it didn’t disappear!
Now that she was far from the top of the volcano, she realized her bodies teher then it normally was! It seemed that her wounds, that looked like they couldn’t recover, werehelped, due to her rise in teht she was slowly being cooked! Then her mind would wonder of on ould possible want to eat so like herHercooked, but instead, going to make a noise like she makes the fire power do soain!
Her body was still painful though So, until she was fully healed, she decided to lazily check out the Fire Tribe
Froo, she knew that each tribe had separate ways of living One of those, was the food that they ate and hoas eaten Being given the chance nohile recovering, Loralle was enthusiastic to see the small difference Compared to the Water Tribe's raw sea food, the Fire Tribe cooked theirs but they had to venture further to get their food They also seeers and bears, but those creatures didn't seem to be close by at all Loralle wondered if it was because of the maIf it was, she understood perfectly
One obvious thing that she noticed she liked about the Fire TribeWas the war been homeless, rained on and nowhere near a fire for the first ten years of her lifeShe felt like she was in heaven
The sloing e war, fluffy blanket on her Of course, she did wonder if it was the place or her It was so comfortable that Loralle continued to eat their food and stay, learning more about them discretely
Not talking to anybody, she was still able to hear and watch the happenings around her
The Fire Tribe had lost a third of their population after she hadline of empty earth in between the tribes ButHalf of those had returned They really did feel like they had nowhere else to goAnd, this place was their home
In the last couple of weeks, the populace had been able to calm down since 'The Powerful Water Tribe leader' was still currently
Sadly, the trades and shops in the village lost out and are still trying to get back on their feet
The leader had been very quiet but, as the Fire Tribe being known to be less emotional, the people didn't seem to care!
Loralle scoffed and thought that if they had been so caring, would they have had overcome such a tremendous problem!
Actually, she didn't practically like the personalities of the Fire Tribes the protectors were to her, and they were even from her own tribe!
When Loralle turned eighteen, a year and a half later, she was still at the Fire Tribe village Her body had taken so much time to heal that Loralle worried for anye, was that she was overco it fasterAnd not slower
She felt like she had obtained so power!
Having her skin, now, quite hard and a darker colour, as it had been awhile since she had needed her earth bind over her body, she looked totally different But, havingtotally taken off her body, she would have thought it would have taken a decade to go to this sort of extent of being healed! There were no burn scars to say that she had gone into the mouth of the volcano at all! Unless, you call the colour of her skin changing colour a scarShe wasn't sure
ButThe protectors had found herThree o, while she ith a new friend that she had made, they had started to chase her everywhere!
In all this ti her journey!
After she had found out that two noble woo, she had openly stayed in the Fire Tribe to find more information about them, but only found that those women had never returnedAnd one of them had been the leader's late wife!
Loralle had been wanting to track down the other wo interrupted!
Luckily, the Fire Tribe had gotten back to its fored, as they never cared for so chased after
It was such an annoying event for Loralle, though, as she was getting close to her first huht she was reat!
But nowLoralle was very unhappy!
After losing theht they would leaveDidn't they hate the Fire Tribe?
But they never did! It was quite troublesome!
She really wanted to continue her curious path of wondering if her new friend could gain the power of earth through her
Of course, she continued to be discreet about itAnd,it wasn't easy!
She was a little girl of fifteen years of age, nae into the volcano, asking herself whether it would be the right thing to do As it was, Euessing it was because of the vengeance in the powers, and she thought for her to accept the earth power, she would have to be accepted by the fire eleht the problem was
Nonetheless, E very loyal and patient and happily kept what she was seeing and learning a secret froet her to speakwords were not a probleer so hoarse, but she was still like a robot that used very easy words
And then there's the children of the Fire Tribe, who are taught to fight at a young age To soht, she had asked them why
But all of this had co halt because of the protectors continuously were chasing after her!
War had not happened all this tiive up?! How she wished to turn into a tree so that she could hide from them! Go Away!
As she ran away froo up walls and fire powers to look norant, soion, as they wanted her protection, knowing that she was strong! This had ! Haha!
This tiets away from the protectors, she bumps into Daniel, the Fire Tribe leader's second son
”Try not to break anything that isn't yours while running away!” His yell had stopped her
Knoho he was, she wondered if he was potentially her brother by blood Would he answer any of my questions?
Before she could talk, he did, ”Where are you fro for the war?”
Loralle sighed, ”War, over”
Daniel laughed, noting her speech was a little different, ”Won't be for long, the Water Tribe are filling in the big hole We are waiting for the water to rise, then we are going to put e for us to cross”
This was news to LoralleHow long had the Water Tribe been doing this for? And the Fire Tribe already have an idea to use when it was done
Would it work? The water would cool the maBut wouldn't it sink to the bottom? She really did try to picture it in her mind
”AhYou don't think it'll work?” He asked
Instead, Loralle asked another question, ”Why fight? No one die”
He getsquestions, that wasn't nor manner and spits out molten around her body Everybody wanted war! Everybody!
This is only the first tiry at one another
He adion”
She yells, ”No!”
Daniel gets round He wants her to help because of their ene
She stats that, ”That person, not want to fight”
”How could anyone know that? Maybe they are just biding time”
She doesn't say anything, it seeht that he was very stupid!
He interrupts the silence, ”Why are you so dirty? Your power is that of a nobleYet, you look totally undignified How about I escort you home?”
Daniel stopped, ould he care?
She laughs
”Why are you laughing?” Daniel wonders why this y mutt of a person didn't seem to respect him!
”Home? noble? I have no home! I free!” Loralle stood firm and determined to her words
He seeed because of her indifferent tone, ”You have guts to talk like that! I'm the second son of the leader and I don't even talk like that!”
He kneas a lie, but 'he' had ry!
”I not care!” Loralle spat She had to admit, she wanted inforave up on it Honestly, she didn't want such an angry brother!
”Did you already knoho I was?” He asked, upset that if she did, she still talked to him as such!
”Yes”
”And you’re not scared of the second most powerful fire power! Our bloodline has been the leader's of the Fire Tribe for hundreds of years!”
”No” She was not scared at all! In fact, she really wanted to beat him up there and then!
”Why not?” Daniel was truly curious! Her defiant attitude, he ad he hadn't seen before!
”Because…My birthNow…” Loralle stoppedWhat would change if she told him who she was?They would probably all try to kill her!
”What?”
Thinking, Loralle saw that she was practically immortal Immune to water, earth and fire I don’t fear death, I fear…
Lifting her hands, she knew of her i played ithout their knowledge
She can't tell anyone who she is, otherwise, this long war tie will just continue
Water suddenly ca him at the sa man!?
Why are they after 'hi water powers
He decides to follow and sees 'his' agility from roof top to walls then to trees then, out of view
He knew that he should report what he had seenThat people from the Water Tribe were here
Daniel sood can come out of this!
Loralle finally gets away, again, and finds somewhere to sleep
Two days later, Loralle was playing with a different lot of children with Emily, when Daniel comes
”Teaching theht away to have seen as going on!
”Why fight?” Loralle asked
”Because we fight, always fought” Daniel didn't understandWhy the why? This was hoas always!
”Why?”
”Stop it!” Daniel yelled No one needed to question it! All of us hate the Water Tribe, so we fight! Was she stupid!?
Loralle s him This person’s smile is quite pretty!
She’s thinking, and hoping, that he’s starting to open his
Loralle suddenly had a vicious idea! She was et answers from Daniel instead!
Binding hi, ”Be back later”
Loralle set out of the earth bound unsuccessfully, and went towards the huge volcano
Since she had decided that he wasn't her brother, she could take the chance with his life with absolutely no regrets!
”ArghSpeak tome!”
The curses from Daniel had not stopped while Loralle hadone word to him
She orried A few people had seen the earth power but she had tried to be quick to get out of the area, before they could follow her If they knew that ‘the Powerful Water Tribe leader’ was hereWhat would they do?
She was thinking that they'd want to kill and destroy herBut, her being an idiot, she wouldn't have thought that they would obviously run away and freak out!
Now that they were half way up the volcano, Loralle stopped at the cave that she had built soo
Letting Daniel out of the earth bound, she hastily put around him a water rope, so that he couldn't run away