Power of the Elements of the Stones
Episode 3
Melody and Melik ran to their cousins� house to talk to her. They got to the house without any problems. They bump into their cousin as she�s walking through the door.
Cousin: Hey, Melik! What�s up? Who�s your new friend?
Melik: -starts to open his mouth-
Melody: -interrupts him- I think we should go inside. My name�s Melody.
Cousin: Hi, Melody! My name�s Sakura, let�s go inside. You know, I have a cousin named Melody. What�s your last name?
Melody: Star.
Sakura: Oh! So, you are my cousin. That means the plan we made for everyones� safety failed.
Melik: So, it�s true? And, what plan?
Sakura: Yes. Melody is your twin sister. We were all surprised when you were born because the doctor was positive that your mom was not pregnant with twins. Then, we were worried about the prophecy. I had just lost my son and my husband. So, when we were coming up with a plan, I asked your mother, if she wouldn�t mind splitting you two apart, if I could have and raise you.
Melody: Couldn�t the people still find out? The people who would want to make he powers come back?
Sakura: Not unless they had a inside source. My mother was related to your mother, only years older. My mom looked nothing like your mom, I look nothing like your mom, and you two look similar, but not enough. The hair would throw anyone off.
Melody: If it weren�t for Sari.
Sakura: What do you mean? Who�s Sari?
Melik: Our little sister. She has blonde hair like me.
Sakura: Uh-oh. That�s not good. They may be�
There was a knock at the door.
Sakura: I�m not expecting company� who is it?
MV (from chapter 1): I�m a new neighbor and I was wondering if I cold talk to you and your son.
Melody: -gasps- I know that voice! Tell him Melik�s sick, so he can�t come to talk. Don�t mention me. Tell him nothing about our powers.
Sakura: Ok. I trust you. But, tell me, do you know this man?
Melody: -pushing Melik upstairs- He showed up at our house yesterday morning. He has connections with a person trying to get our powers and destroy us.
Sakura: Ok. -waits for upstairs door to close- Hold on a minute. -opens door- Sorry about the wait. I had to move my son upstairs to his room. He�s very sick.
MV: Sorry to hear that. -thinking- Does she think I�m stupid? I can feel the presence of one of them from here. She should just come out and tell me where he is� -looks at pictures of Melik and says to Sakura- Cute kid.
Sakura: Thanks. Anyway, so what did you want to talk to me about?
MV: -still looking at the pictures- Yes. Thursday (I�m getting tired of writing �two days ago�. today is Saturday) at around 3:15, there were reports of a strange bright light coming from your house. Can you explain that?
Sakura: My son likes playing around with electronics. The whole house lost electricity at that time after he fooled around with it. Before the power went completely, though, all the lights in the house went as bright as possible.
MV: -thinks- Not as stupid as I thought. -mumbles to himself- Why does he look so familiar? -flashes- Melody�s face in the hall. Sari with the others. Melik�s picture. -looks at Sakura- Where are they?
Sakura: Who?
MV: Don�t play dumb with me. One of the twins lives here. I�ve seen the other twin and the sister. The older sister. Now, tell me where they are before I lose my patience!
Sakura: -thinking- Crap! He�s figured it out! But, Melik and Melody don�t have an older sister� unless� of course! He thinks Melody is the older sister and Melik and Sari are the twins! -says to MV- I honestly don�t know what you�re talking about.
MV: -pushes her out of the way, runs up the stairs, and bursts into Melik�s room. They�re already gone- Where are they?
Sakura: I honestly don�t know. Last I knew, he was up here�
MV: -races out of the room and out the door- I don�t have time for this! I only have until tomorrow before he assigns someone else for the job!
Sakura: -reading the note left at the last minute by Melody and Melik- Sorry we had to go without telling you. We would have liked more information and some rest, but we cannot take the risk of remaining with that man in the house. We may call from Tally�s house, but we may also be leaving right away. We�ll talk to you later. Love ya! Melody and Melik. -talking out loud- I hope they call. I need to tell them that the man thinks Sari is Melik�s twin!
Meanwhile�
Melody: How much farther is Tally�s house? -they�re running as fast as they can-
Melik: Not far now. -suddenly stops- Hang on a second. -breathing pretty hard-
Melody: -stops. breathing harder then normal- What? We don�t have time! I can feel the person�
Melik: Our gems are glowing. And, is it getting darker?
Melody: It is. What time is it? Maybe it�s later than we thought?
Melik: It�s only about 2. It should be� -gets cut off when he sees something behind Melody- Watch out!
Melody: Huh? -turns around and�- Watch out for� woh!
She is sucked down into a dark hole in the ground. When she�s gone, it starts towards Melik.
Melik: -trying to run away- What is this?! Aaaah! -gets swallowed by hole-
Melik is in a dark place, but he can see Melody. She is still conscious.
Melody: Melik!
Melik: What is this?!
Melody: Well, Takara has the power of shadow, sooo�
They pop out of the darkness and land on their backs. They don�t move and just stare up. In their line of sight, they are surrounded by Sari, Pen, Bek, Kanai, Takara, and Tally.
Sari: Mel!
Kanai: Which one?
Tally: I think she means both�
Pen: Good work, Tacky.
�Tacky�: Grrr� -beats him into a bloody puddle-
Well, maybe not really. (this confrontation was an idea from a friend) But, he was unconscious and Bek had to move him using air.
Melody: Good job.
Tally: Are you serious? She nearly killed him!
Bek: She�s not serious.
Sari: She cares too much for him.
Melody: -blushes an insignificant amount- SARI!
Melik: � �
Takara: � So, does that mean�
Melody: No! I like somebody else! Besides, this is neither the time nor the place� do we even know where we�re going.
Kanai: East!
Bek: Oh, no� not this again�
Tally: Huh?
Pen: -wakes up when he hears �east�- Guess we�re trying to find out where to go next.
Bek: -stops using her powers- Glad you�re awake� come to think of it, we don�t know anything about the 20 elements besides�
Melody+Melik: How it�s unleashed�
Sari: And which ones they are.
Pen: This will take getting used to�
Melody,Melik,+Sari: What?
Pen: Never mind. *sighs*
Melody: Anyway, so�
Melik: Hey! How �bout a library?
Takara: Figures. In a crisis-
Tally: Don�t even think about finishing that sentence. That�s a good idea!
Sari: Huh? Why?
Bek: I agree with Tally and Melik. A library would be a good place to look for information dealing with this kind of stuff.
Pen: -gets hit with tree branch- Ouch. What do you mean, stuff like this?
They�re riding the four wheelers, just to let you know.
Bek: I mean, myths. Most people either don�t believe in magic or they are crazy people who do believe, making everyone else not believe.
Melik: That�s right. We were just �lucky� enough to get real magic powers�
Tally: But, you all have elements that exist naturally. Mine is magic. So, my question is what could my power do when I use it?
Kanai: Could you maybe focus the magic power into an object to make it do something else? Like, maybe make a pen write without touching it.
Bek: Maybe we should take a break and look for the closest town. Tally can try and use her power to find out how her power works.
Melik: Haven�t tried mine yet, either.
Takara: Figures. Tally Ho and� -thinks up a new nickname for Melik- Bookworm are the only ones who haven�t tried their powers.
Tally: You should talk. The only reason you�ve used it is because we needed to transport Melody and Melik to us before that strange man found them�
Melody+Melik: What strange man?
Kanai: It was the one that came to my house yesterday morning. Except he was wearing a trench coat�
Melody: Oh, no. That�s the man at our house and Sakura�s house.
Sari: Who�s Sakura?
Melik: Our cousin who has raised me.
Melody: If the man has followed us this far and seen the three of us, whatever plan we make has got to have our enemies knowing.
They stop for a break. Bek, Melik, Sari, and Takara poured over a map to find where they are and where the nearest city was. Pen and Kanai were again arguing about which direction they would head towards while Melody and Tally were trying to figure out how Tally�s power worked.
Melody: Try� making this pen write.
Tally: Ok. -picks up the pen and is about to start writing on the paper-
Takara: -comes over- You know, I may be stretching the truth a bit, but I think she meant with your power, Tally Ho.
Melody: Stop the name calling, Tacky! I did mean with your power, Tally.
Takara: Will you stop calling me that! -goes over to beat up Melody-
Melody: -quick on the uptake. uses her power to drive Takara over into Pen and Kanai, who are still shouting about directions-
Takara: -soaking wet, goes to sit far away from Melody, near the people at the map, mumbling to herself-
Tally: -starts using her power to write with the pen- Look, Melody! I�m writing without touching the pen.
Pen: Huh? -heard his name-
Melody: Nothing. Go back to your argument.
Pen: Ok. -continues arguing. Kanai wants to go east while Pen wants to go north- (don�t ask. I just picked the directions without thinking)
Melody: Anyway, good job. Now we know something you can do with your power. You can probably do other stuff�
Sari: What can she do with her power?
Melody: -jumps- Sari!
Sari: -giggles-
Melody: Anyway, Tally can use her magic to make things move. That�s useful. You should be able to make attacks with elements hit or miss.
Tally: That is useful.
Pen: -runs up behind Melody- Boo!
Melody: -yelps and jumps- Will everyone stop doing that! -turns around and kicks him- Was there any reason for that?
Pen: -hopping on one leg- We�ve decided where we�re going next
Melody: Who won?
Kanai: Me!
Pen: Only because the nearest city is there!
Melody: What�s the name of the city?
Bek: -comes to join them- You�ll love this. Mel City.
Tally: -starts laughing- You�re kidding!
Melik: -comes up behind Sari- Nope!
Sari: -jumps-
Kanai: So, they�re all jumpy�
Melik: When have I ever jumped? Just �cause they�re jumpy doesn�t mean�
Takara: -creeps up behind Melik- Boo!
Melik: -jumps-
Melody: -smiles sweetly with an evil glint in her eyes- You were saying, Melik?
Takara: So, when are we leaving?
Melody: It�s about 4:30. What time does it get dark?
Melik: I don�t know. How far away are we from the coast?
Takara: About 6:00 it gets dark.
Tally: How do you know?
Takara: Experience. I�ve been near here before.
Pen: How long will it take?
Bek+Melik: About 3 hours.
(In case you were wondering what Kanai was up to, she has been dancing around singing �We�re going east! We�re going east!�)
Sari: -gets bored and joins Kanai-
Melody: We could go halfway there and stop for the night.
Tally: And camp out in the woods?
Takara: Why, you scared Tally Ho?
Tally: No, I�m just curious.
Pen: You know, we�re wasting time. We should hurry before Voice and his partners decide to wreak havoc.
Melody: And you said it was the apocalypse for me to point things out� let�s go then!
They pile on the four wheelers. Melody drove one with Pen, Kanai, and Takara. Bek dove the other with Sari, Melik, and Tally. They were silent until they stopped because they could no longer see.
Sari: Sissie, I�m hungry. What are we going to eat?
Melody: We have all the food we brought with us from home.
Tally: I grabbed some from home.
Everyone: When?
Tally: I felt like I was going to be leaving soon and at the last minute, so I packed a small bag.
Bek: So, we should be fine for food tonight.
Takara: After we eat, what�re we gonna do?
Melody: Talk, sleep, I don�t know.
Kanai: I�m not going to sleep this early! I stay up �til midnight on weekdays!
Melody: When do you wake up?
Kanai: Noon.
Bek: What! When do you go to school?
Kanai: I�m home schooled.
Bek: Oh. But, we�re used to getting up early in the morning.
Takara: What time is �early�?
Melody+Pen: Dawn.
Kanai+Takara: What?!
Melody: We need to get up early so we can eat breakfast, clean the best we can, and leave.
Takara: But, dawn is 6:30!
Pen: And the problem is� surely you�ve waken up earlier then that for road trips.
Takara: How do you know if I�ve been on road trips?
Pen: You know the area pretty well.
Melody: -interrupts- Hey, Sari, why don�t you use a little bit of your power on this wood. That way, we can have a fire.
Sari: Ok. -uses power. accidentally catches nearby tree on fire- Oops.
Melody: It�s ok. -puts out fire-
Bek: So, what do we have to eat?
Melody: We�ve got noodles�
Sari: Yuck.
Melody: � animal crackers, regular crackers, peanut butter�
Sari: Yum! -grabs peanut butter and crackers-
Melody: � and some white rice. Oh, and we have some apples and carrots.
Everyone: Yum!
Tally: I grabbed some spaghetti noodles, Alfredo sauce, and some clementines.
Melik: I brought my candy stash.
Takara: -now interested- What kind?
Melik: Let�s see� some chocolate, lollipops, pixie sticks, and jolly ranchers. Grape, lemon, and cherry flavored.
Melody: Good choices. So, who�s having what? Should we make a massive amount of noodles?
Bek: Sure. Why not? Only, I�ll cook �em.
Kanai: Why you?
Bek: Melody burns them and Pen undercooks them. Why, do you wanna cook them?
Kanai: No, just curious.
Melody: Alright. Let the food preparation� begin!