Loralle, Her Journey Chapter 2 part1

Author's Note: I noticed someone wrote on how these two stories are connected. I am not pulling your leg! They are indeed connected and you'll just have to read them all to understand. All I can say (without giving too much away) Is that they merge into the story called 'Universal Creations'...Oh and hence the 'Mystery' genre being added.

CHAPTER 2 (Part one)

Approval

After about two hours of walking and seeing less and less lakes in sight, the Water Tribesmen made it to their defences and Loralle looked into the distance.

It was a sorry sight indeed.

Fire would be seen in random areas, just like water puddles.

The defences went for kilometres, so that no one could get past each side. Steam could be seen as fire had clashed with water and much of the land looked charred black or had muddy puddles with deep footprints.

Blood…It was in water or near fire, on the mud and charred ground. Water and fire seemed unable to mix but blood seemed to be something that could connect them both.

There were people who looked exhausted and defeated. Also, people who were excited and arrogant.

But, the hatred was evident, on both the Fire and Water Tribesmen faces. Everybody…Hated the other side…

Even though Loralle had seen this through the earth earlier, it was another thing to personally see it with one’s eyes. She tried to breath properly at the sight of people being controlled by hatred and put her head down in defeat.

So much…

Loralle had not understood till now…How the world actually worked! How important her journey really was…

Then voices snapped her back to reality.

"Is that our new leader?"

"Uh? Who?"

"I've never seen that person before!"

"But, it must be, they are in the front..."

"They look weak...And dirty..."

"Yeah, why didn't any of Dracon's kids ever have kids, their famous power is disappearing!"

"Isn't this another of Dracon's kids?"

"Has to be...Right?"

Loralle continued to walk slowly towards the centre of the battlefield, not caring about what was being said. She honestly had no words for them anyway, but she didn't know that, as a leader, one job was to urge the subordinates to help higher their morale.

Her silence did the opposite, they were quite uneasy and worried about their own leader.

People from the Fire Tribe watched, as she continued to walk towards them. As others followed behind that one person, the Fire Tribe wondered why they looked so confident again, as it hadn't been long since their leader had been killed!

"Are they...Just strike them down! Now!"

The Fire Tribe went into action, throwing fire power towards Loralle and the force behind her.

The people behind her started to grow anxious and wondered what was going to happen. She had not even sped up to run and there was no shield going up either. Wasn't she going to save them from the impending attack?

"I not...ask." Loralle's voice was hoarse. She had wanted to imply that she hadn't asked them to follow but they all didn't understand and continued anyway. At that small moment, Loralle found that not only learning the language was hard but speaking it was something entirely different!

It was, indeed, the first time she had spoken to anybody...

What was it the people following her had expected?

Why do they feel like they are just about to die? Why did their leader look totally unsympathetic?

But, she wasn't totally unsympathetic, she hadn't been brought up as they had expected.

She hadn't known they were going to follow her in harm's way and she hadn't known what words to say, to tell them to stop! Didn't they have brains? Why did they follow me!?

If the people wanted to blame somebody...It would have been something that the protectors should have taught her...But then, with them being unable to like her because of her powers...Then, was it the powers fault?

The fire powers descended and burnt some who had followed her.

Screams filled the air, as a few hundred men ran around in pain. Some, who hadn't had fire directed on them, were bumped into by those who were and now more people were burning. Others used their water powers to drench some who had gotten on fire. More and more Water Tribal members started to run back to the defences, to get out of harm’s way.

"Leader!"

"Save us!"

The people of the Water Tribe were confused, they didn't even know what else to say...Why? Their leader hadn't done...Anything...

Loyalty may have been a well known attribute of the Water Tribe but...How was Loralle to know what it was? How would she know how to lead? It was a real blunder to the Water Tribe!

The protectors had taught her the opposite of loyalty and leadership...And that was that she knew how to turn her back to people, without a second glance!

Loralle continued on her own now, not even turning to the screams behind her, and with no guilty conscience whatsoever!

She was not worried that the fire would hurt her, due to her immunity from it, and left the rest of the Water Tribe behind. She looked on coldly towards the Fire Tribe, as she got closer to her desired spot...Right in the middle of the two tribes defences.

During this time, the Fire Tribe continued to use their fire power to rain down on her, but they suddenly felt that something wasn't right as she had stopped walking.

"I...I think they are immune...To…To fire." The stammering words had never wanted to be heard or uttered by any of the Fire Tribal members...

"Sir, nothing is hurting that one in the middle!" Many thoughts were of those who were not accepting this possibility. It can't be! It can't be! They must be dreaming!

"If...If they are immune...Sir!?" The Fire Tribal member, that led the defence of the Fire Tribe, felt himself tremble, this was...The Fire Tribe’s worst nightmare!

The defence line of the Fire Tribe started to step back unconsciously through absolute fear! Seeing an enemy immune to their attacks was something totally unforeseen, it was something that could cause a huge pandemic to their entire tribe!

So many of them stared wide eyed at the person in the centre of the battlefield. They were all silent now as the news set into their minds...

Wouldn't that...Wouldn't that mean...The end?

With someone immune to fire…They would totally defeat the Fire Tribe! Even the last line of defence wouldn't mean anything to this person!

There was so much fear, that it could be felt. Loralle sneered, as it was, she was saving many people by not exterminating both tribes. They should revere her, bowing down to her...!

Letting out a small laugh, Loralle shock her head, she would rather be feared...Then the power, crazy people would leave her alone!

She needed time...To find some answers...All the questions she had, made her scratch her head too much!

Loralle slapped her hand on the ground and the earth started to shake and tremble, as though, even her touch was feared.

The earth around her started to lower, bit by bit...

People on both sides had fallen over, due to the shaking earth, but looked at the centre in complete astonishment. They noticed that another power was being used but, due to the shock, they didn't question it.

From near, too far away, on both sides from where she was…They stared in utter disbelief.

So much power could be felt through their bodies.

The earth was shaking!

They wondered if the earth was mad at them, that it was cursing their very lives!

It was a new sight to everybody and some looked in horror, some tried to run, only to fall after a few steps, and a few people even fainted.

Rumbling continued, as a lengthy line of absent earth was formed as far as the eye could see, to both the north and to the south from where they were. The border of the Water and the Fire tribes started to become a big, long hole!

The bottom seemed to become endless, as the earth continued to go even lower!

What both tribes didn't expect, was that the line of the empty earth...Began to expand and go outwards...And got closer to their defences!

Gasps were heard, then yelling.

"Quick! Run!"

Men on both sides of the borderline started to run away as fast as they could, closer to their own tribal villages in the far distance. But, it was too late for some of them because they had acted too late! They fell into the long hole!

Loralle stood to see that men on both sides had now diminished quite few in numbers and their defences were totally wiped out.

Her plan was not to come here to win the war for the Water Tribe and to defeat the Fire Tribe, she had come here to stop the fighting. She did find herself upset with the loss of lives...But wouldn't it be better now, that the fighting will have to stop? How could they continue with such a large gap between them that seemed endless? Besides that, it was quite a loss of men on both sides, even though some were saved…How could they continue?

Loralle still thought that it was still a better solution than to kill everybody...Especially since she felt that things weren't as they seemed. Until she knew more about what these powers possessed, she couldn't kill everyone...Every person, no matter from what tribe they were from, could be somewhat innocent...Victims...

Loralle sighed. She didn't belong to the Water Tribe as someone at their disposal. A misused toy, someone they had deprived of a normal life. She also didn't belong in the Fire Tribe, who were taught at an early age about fighting and who came across as even less caring then the Water Tribe!

Both sides had flaws that she wanted no part of, especially when she was unsure of how to help them at this time. There were too many numbers of them, she had to find a way to help everyone at the same time. But first, she needed to make sure she was on the right path...

She was going to leave to find these answers, and to do that, she had to completely scare both sides and stop them from fighting to give her some time...Well, I didn't have to scare them, she thought, it was just an added bonus!

Leaving, to find these answers, seemed quite easy since she had no attachments anywhere.

Putting her hand back down onto the earth, that was greatly surrounded by air now, Loralle built it to go higher and higher. Once she was out of sight of any other person that was still alive at the border, she walked amongst the clouds on the earth that continued to make a path for her. It connected to another place, far into the distance, and then she sat and travelled from the big, long, endless hole in the ground and the two tribes...Leaving behind her whispers of dread about her power.

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Chapter end