Loralle, Her Journey Chapter 4 part2

CHAPTER 4 (Part two)

"Argh...Speak to me! Where are you taking me!"

The curses from Daniel had not stopped while Loralle had made it half way up the volcano, without speaking one word to him.

She was worried. 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 here...What would they do?

She was thinking that they'd want to kill and destroy her...But, 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 some time ago.

Letting Daniel out of the earth bound, she hastily put around him a water rope, so that he couldn't run away.

"Water!...You...You!"

All Loralle said was, "Sit!"

"You're...Water, earth and fire! You're!..."

Daniel was flabbergasted, the Water Tribal leader was here! Here! In the Fire Tribe…! Oh crap!

"Sit!" Loralle had lost her patience and sent a heavy load of water down on him and he fell to the ground! "Why you!"

"You ask fire." Loralle said.

Daniel looked at 'him' angrily, "Let me go!"

"Ask fire, for power!" Was all Loralle said.

Daniel's face was ashen in fury. Being held captive to someone who spoke nonsense, was something that ashamed and embarrassed him to no end!

"Now! Ask...Focus!" 'His' words silenced him into confusion. Ask what?!

Loralle sighed, she knew she wasn't good with words..."Ask for fire power...Stop, looking me! Close eyes. Focus! Ask fire power!"

...This person!

Daniel started to feel the heat as soon as the earth bound had left his body and now it really started to affect him. He was sure that they were closer to the volcano...But why?

Suddenly, he was drenched again, cooling him down somewhat. He looked angrily at 'him', as she did him.

Loralle sighed, she was sure it would be better if he knew of the yearning to the volcano. If he didn't, he would not know of the voice and try escape before he got accepted by the fire element. She looked at him and tried to speak again. "You understand me better if do as I say. Focus. Ask for fire power."

Daniel widened his eyes in astonishment, wasn't this a very powerful person? So bossy!

"Please."

Daniel sighed, it looked like 'he' wasn't going to hurt him so..."Will you let me go if I do as you ask?"

Loralle smiled, "Have idea to help people! You help me! I let you go!"

The smile this person had looked innocent enough but he silently would plot his revenge later!

"Fine!" Daniel shouted and shock his head, still angry.

Closing his eyes, he tried to focus, but wasn't sure what to focus on. What had 'he' said?

"Ask fire power to use..."

"Ask?"

"Yes!" Her excitement was clearly within her words, making him unsure if this person was all powerful. But 'his' personality was strange...

He had clearly seen her water, earth and fire powers but…Whatever…

He then asked for the fire power...

After some time, a strange feeling overcame him, then, it was like a yearning that made him want to go to the mouth of the volcano...

"You're crazy! I'm not going there! People die there!" He yelled, opening his eyes.

Loralle sighed, "Better after finish. No hate, more power. Better!"

'His' words made no sense! 'He' just wanted to kill him! "No way!"

"I did."

"What?" He couldn't fathom 'his' words....No one has lived through it definitely! Did he hear 'him' properly?

"I did. Look." Loralle put him on fire and it really did hurt him. He was silenced into disbelieve, to the power and heat of it, as he let out a groan in pain. He hadn't been immune to it!

Loralle continued, after releasing him from her fire powers, "Must use fire to protect when in magma. We try now."

Loralle put an earth and water bound around him and they had already started to leave the cave before he could even say, "Wait!"

Not long after, they were at the mouth of the volcano. Loralle was hot but didn't need the covering of the earth bound, but when she unbound Daniel he started to sweat straight away.

"Use fire to protect. No struggle. Stay till hear words!"

Daniel yelled, "Stop!"

But it was too late, as Loralle moved the earth he was on, to drop him into the magma at the volcano's mouth!

He was so scared, he forgot all the words she had just said and screamed as he fell. Landing in the magma, Daniel felt his whole body already start to burn off, as his clothes already had.

Dam this person!

Being so angry, he emitted fire around himself and he felt his body again. Suddenly, he remembered what 'he' had said and made sure to use his own fire power around himself to the utmost!

Did they really live through this? He thought, as he let out another scream because of the pain, while the magma continued to gobble him up.

Outside the magma, Loralle watched in great enthusiasm! She wanted to jump up and down, but instead, she made an earth 'person' beside her so that she wasn't waiting alone.

Daniel's body, now, had finally submerged and he suddenly heard words in his head.

"The element known as fire accepts you. From now on, you will not know the fire vengeance!"

It was...Unbelievable!

After, he was rushed back up and he saw Loralle, 'he' looked calm but he could see that the heat had gotten to her as well, as she was wet with sweat.

He noticed then, that this person was indeed female! Uh? The leader of the Water Tribe...Was a female?

She got the earth to bring him to her, not caring for him being without clothes, and then they left for the cave, halfway down the volcano.

She covered his skinless areas with earth and water bounds, while he stared at her speechlessly.

"You lucky. Clothes coming, then rest." Loralle said, disheartened. As he looked at his wounds, he didn't feel very lucky at all, he was full of pain!

What kept him silent, was how he felt since before going into the magma...He was different. He could feel the changes! The fire power he had now was so strong, as though it had doubled! And some other feeling, that seemed to have held onto him, had disappeared and made him feel somewhat refreshed!

Trying to remember all the words that Loralle had ever spoken to him, Daniel had not said a word, but in this time Loralle had already sent earth down to the town to receive clothes and food for both of them. Because of this process, a couple of people got mad but nobody had ever told Loralle that stealing was bad...

When it had arrived, she gave him his clothes and food, then took her clothes off without saying anything.

He had officially started to slowly get dressed but when she had taken her clothes off, he stopped completely. This person looked dirty, and her hair was a mess, yet, he couldn't help eyeballing her figure as she changed into her clothes. It wasn't like he hadn't seen a female before...But really, he was just a pervert!

After she was done changing, she sat down and started to eat. Daniel hadn't noticed that he was still watching her, wondering how she had lived all this time to even act as though the difference of gender was nothing to her.

"Believe me now?" She suddenly said.

Daniel covered his lower half of his body...Well...And cleared his throat, trying desperately to understand what kind of answer she wanted.

"More power. No hate..." She said, watching him sit there and do nothing. What was wrong with him? She wondered.

Nonetheless, she was very happy at the moment because he had survived the mouth of the volcano!

Daniel cleared his throat again, somewhat hating himself for getting so worked up. "Yes...Yes more power. I don't quite understand the hate." He cleared his throat again, attempting to look at her again, only to see her naked in his head.

"Elements hate other." Loralle said, taking a bite from the food that was stolen from an inn.

Daniel didn't look at her anymore, instead at the food, not tasting any of it. "They hate each other? Why?"

Loralle shrugged, "I find out, stop fight."

He laughed, he wasn't sure why. She seemed like she wanted to change the world but it was so unreal, he shook his head at her madness. Maybe, with her being so powerful, it went to her head and made her crazy!

"You show people. People no more hate. I try same, Water Tribe. Then, war over." Loralle was happy with what she saw now. She wanted to see how the lake would affect someone at the Water Tribe. Seeing that the fire power seemed to be needed while someone was in the magma, Loralle was sure that the fire power was indeed quite a bit more grand then that of the water and earth powers.

Was it time for her to leave and do the same for the Water Tribe?

Loralle sighed, thinking of her friend, getting Daniel's attention. He was still slightly angry with her for taking him away as she did, but why did he suddenly have such a job to do! Why was she ordering him around when he was the son of a leader! Why was she already talking about leaving to do the same to the Water Tribe?

Humph!

Daniel wasn't too sure on how to continue anything right now. There was something that seemed to have changed his entire existence and suddenly, he was a little lost for words...If all this hatred of the elements disappeared...What would people do? Wouldn't that be too much of a change, too fast?

He looked up at Loralle and wondered if she had really thought this through at all...

After Loralle finished her food, she stood up. There was no more reason to stay now that she had her answer. She wanted her friend to do this now so that she could continue with her earth training.

“Wait!” Daniel said. Why was she in such a damned hurry!?

“What?” She asked impatiently, opening the cave entrance.

The heat didn't affect him like it had before, perhaps that was why it wasn't even noticed.

He didn’t know what to say to continue to keep her here, he wasn’t finished with her yet!

“I’m…Dirty.” Was all he could come up with…

Loralle noticed now, that he was still undressed and dirty.

Having already noticed that others liked to be cleaner than her, Loralle sighed.

Making a big earth bowl, she put warm water into it, so that he could clean himself.

Then, she went to leave again, but he yelled out to her, “Wait!”

Daniel picked up her used clothes and put them in the water, a little worried the water would hurt him.

This wasn’t his normal way of cleaning himself, normally he would enter a steaming magma pool, closer to the volcano at the bottom.

“What?” Loralle said impatiently.

“You…Where are you going?” He didn’t look at her but at his newly cleaned skin. How marvellous! It really felt good!

“Get friend.” She replied.

“Uh?” Finally, he looked at her watching him. “You mean the ones that were chasing after you?”

That’s right! They shouldn’t be here in the first place! They are obviously people from the Water Tribe!

“No! They bad, no good!” Her voice showed her annoyance.

To that, Daniel laughed. She was cute...But totally not my type of girl!

But, wasn’t she the enemy? The very person that could eradicate the entire Fire Tribe?

Daniel was confused on what to do or think…

“I be back.” Was all she said before disappearing completely.

Uh?

Too much seemed to have happened as Daniel lapsed into silence once again. So, he just continued to clean himself.

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Chapter end