Book One

Chapter One
A shuddering breath came from a lone figure, lying on grass stained red. All around her lay her kin, slaughtered like hogs. She gasped and rolled over weakly, mustering all of her strength to crawl over to her son.

He lay with the warriors, struck down where he stood. His mother nestled his head into her lap and started to cry, hair covering her and her child's face.

"WHY DID YOU TAKE HIM FROM ME?! WHY!" Her grief-stricken voice echoed throughout Misty Vale as she screamed up at the sky, hoping for an answer from the spirits above.

The woman did not know of a shadow behind her. The figure raised a blade, shining silver in the light, and dropped it. The woman fell into Death's embrace, reuniting with her son.

And so ended the line of Elementals, or so everyone thought.