As the pair stepping carefully on stones across the roaring river, a figure in a oversized hoodie caught their attention in the distance . Miriam and Lina shouted down the river, but their voices were muffled by the roaring waters. Then, they looked, and the figure was gone from it’s original spot. They looked all around them, and saw the same figure, deep in the forest in front of them. They stepped towards the figure. They kept walking, but the figure seemed to just stand there. As they approached the figure, they walked around it. They looked, to find nothing. It was a rock with paint on it.

They turned around, and, like a book reader, consulted the imaginary camera man. They felt a tap on both of their shoulders, and saw no one, nothing except for a black thumbprint on each of them. They turned around to see the figure in front of them. “Hello Miriam and Lina Jefferson. We’ve been expecting you.” Said the figure. A group of people surrounded them and they felt a sharp pain in their backs. They fell down to the ground, completely paralyzed. The mysterious cult of people, all sporting hoodies with giant fingerprints on the front, carried them away.

They woke up, tied to chairs, disoriented and having no idea where they were or what just happened. The first figure approached them and kneeled down. “Oh great golden ones, we accept your blessing. You have most perfect of timing. We have just started a war with the neighboring cult, and we need guidance.” The person said, looking straight up at the pair. The pair glanced around nervously, and a old man ,wearing what seemed to be a crown with a cross, just shrugged. The pair looked down at the person. “Oh great warrior, you must travel to the other cult and wage a battle.” One of them quickly shouted, just trying to figure out how to escape and get rid of these people. They struggled against the bindings to the chair. “Now, cult members, we must do our pre battle release of the gods, by the trials of Elements.” The first figure shouted to the members of cult, moving forward towards the two, seemingly drifting across the floor. They lifted the chairs up. The two caught a glance of the people, all wearing earrings of swords and having bangs that cover all traces of eyes up.

Trial 1: Fire

The two are tied to a pole and someone mumbles something incomprehensible in the pairs ears. They are each handed a necklace of a flame and put it on. They feel a rush of warmth through their body. They felt a spark on the pointer fingers of their hands. They snap, trying to get rid of the itch of burning sensation, and each summon a small flame, which fall below them onto wood. They get untied from the pole and fall into the fire. They scream, feeling heat surge through their bodies. They feel they will burn to death, but survive and crawl out of the flames.

(Sry everyone, I need a break from writing this, if you see another message from me like this one, it will mean we have a part two, using a different prompt that doesn’t apply to this one, but is actually a sequel. Thanks for reading XD