Chapter 7

I am truly amazed, or more shocked. I am really a girl named Aqua, from a completely different land where magic exists.While people on Earth are trying to discover bacteria on Mars, I'm light years away from Earth doing magic.  And, I am the most beautiful girl I've ever seen on Earth. It's still hard to believe that this isn't a dream, for now I'll just assume it is although I've pinched myself one time too many. I'm not sure how the people will react to us. I wonder how friendly they will be...

"Come on, let me take you to our parents" Ethan waves us over to him. Then he escorts us

He takes us to a magnificent castle. Like the ones you see in fairy tales. As we go inside, everyone we see bows down to us.

Fira leans over and whispers to me, "Um, okay? Why are they doing that?". I shrug. Finally he leads us to a room that is colossal and has two screens for something.

"Greetings, young apprentices." Fira, Windel, and I wheel around, afraid of the voice. Now that there's power, there is always someone, correction, or something that wants it.

"Eeneshana, Trainer." Fira, Windel, and I all stare at him, confused. He looks at us and says, "Don't look at me for answers, ask her."

'"Um, but who is that old lady?" Fira and I ask at the same time. Oh, no. I think that Old Lady heard me say that. She isn't looking that friendly now. I feel Windel behind my legs, obviously scared of Old Lady.

"Why don't you ask her?"

"Okay. Hi. I am Fira. Who are you?" Fira asks boldly, I guess she doesn't realize that suddenly our lives are at stake at any moment now.

"You are not to know my name, but I can tell you that I will be your trainer for your powers. You will have daily lessons, and will come at any time I call you. You will go on missions to do things that we need to be done, and will learn new spells. I see Ethan has already taught you one." Fira looks pretty irritated with how much this person talks. . "And little Windel, come here. I will be training you too. Only that would be every week, how it is supposed to be. Only your sisters need to because-"

Ethan flashes her a warning look. "Because the rulers have changed it to more training times." Old Lady and Ethan stare at each other for a while. They must be practicing telepathy. I look over at Fira, and I can tell by her face that she's confused. Wait, that could be what they are doing. Just reading the faces. It's the same thing, isn't it?

"Hey, um, I'm sort of wondering what's going on here." Ethan and Old Lady both look at Fira for a second, and then turn back to each other. I am still a bit dense, I mean because of all of these discoveries. I'm not sure what to do, but luckily then, Fira decides to speak. "Uh, well, if nothing is going on, then can I have the going back spell?"

 "There is so much more than you know," Old Lady concludes.

Fira looks annoyed and puzzled,"Uh, well should we go home or not?"

"There is really a lot going on." Okay, I totally understand what she wants us to do, no doubt at all...

" So is that a yes..." Fira says and stares back at

Old Lady,"I have absolutely no idea."

Old Lady turns and looks at me. There is no way that she can be reading my expressions because I'm trying to keep my face as blank as possible. Yet I feel that she knows exactly what I'm thinking and for all I know mabye she does. I am pretty sure she wants us to stay

"Uh, I think it means we have to stay," I say uncertainly.

"Right. You should be able to make your own decisions now. Without too much information, you should still know what to do. What I said was too much already. Do you think your enemies will tell you so much? You should still know what to do then."

"Um, okay?" Fira says.

"You don't care now, but once you start your training, you will."

"Uh, Ethan? Did she do this with you too?"Fira asks.

"No." Old Lady responds.

"Ethan was already bright enough to know this."

Ethan's expression was blank.

"Trainer, we would like to speak to our

 parents. Would you please call them, as I do not know how to?"

"Yes. I will call them. While you speak with them, I will be getting the spellbooks." She looks down. "Your Highness'! Your children would like to speak with you!" A few seconds later two people walked into the room.

    "Eneshana, Mother, Father." Ethan obviously trusts them. I guess I would too, if I knew them. I don't have absolute faith in them yet, even if they are my real parents.

    I take a quick glance at Fira. I'd expect her to be the confident one, but I grow alarmed as I see her usually strong courage begin to fade. She looks a bit scared! I know that if she says something, she'll be better. I hope she does, quick!

    "Uh, hi." Finally she said something.

    "We are Tidus and Yuna, your parents." I see her face get back to normal as I tell she's making fun of them again in her mind. She also seems a bit irritated. Doesn't she want to be here? "Eneshana is a greeting we use in Emerald," Yuna adds on.

    They talk a bit more about what is going on, what is the plan. I am relieved that Fira is the main part of the conversation. Ethan just stands there, watching, while his face quickly turns to fear and then back. He is doing a good job of keeping his feelings wrapped. He let no emotion show from his face except the ocassional flicker of fear.

    I notice that quite a few times Fira's face gets shocked when Yuna says something. I focus on why for a few moments but then Windel darts out from behind my back and runs toward Tidus and Yuna.I feel like my blood's turned to ice (except that it probably already is), but I calm down once I realize they won't hurt him.

    I don't feel THAT afraid anymore. I guess I should talk sometime. "I should probably be getting back home. I really got to do my homework." I think that will be enough to say for today.

    "Oh, can you do mine too, while you're at it?" I wasn't expecting that comment. I suddenly feel angry at Fira. She treats homework like a bunch of rubbish.

    "No." I say plainly. I think she heard anger in my voice because she turned her head around quickly like she'd been stung. Guilt floods over me. Before I have time to say anything to her, Yuna speaks.

    "Well, you have to wait until Trainer comes back with your spellbooks." Tidus looks like he is staring right through me. I turn around, but there is nothing behind me.

    Old Lady suddenly appears in front of me. I jump back, startled. "Here you go," she says and hands me a few books. "You two will be sharing a set. Check the spell book, the easiest level, for the spell. Bye." Old Lady and our parents disappear without making any movement at all.

    I take the book of the top and look for the spell."The spell is the same one we said to come here, only instead of emerald at the end, we put wherever our destination is." Fira comes close and stares at the spell, then we both say it and leave.

Chapter 6

We all look at ourselves, amazed. I, Sa- I mean, Fira look just like my name! I have red, curly hair, and perfect, delicate, white, pearly skin. I have coal black eyes, and I'm wearing the best clothes ever. (As usual!)

The others don't look that bad either. Wow, Ethan looks like earth. Brownish skin, brown hair, green eyes. Windel has grayish hair, grayish eyes, white skin. And Aqua has blond hair, blue eyes, and the whitest, iciest skin and gaze I've ever seen.

I think my skin was supposed to be brownish, but then it wouldn't go very well with my hair.

"Come on, let me take you to our parents" Ethan beckons us to follow him.

He takes us to a huge castle with four flags. Red, blue, gray, and green. I think they stand for our powers. As we go inside, everyone we see bows down to us. I whisper to Aqua, "Um, okay? Why are they doing that?" She just shrugs. Finally he leads us to a room that is large and has two things that seem oddly like TV screens.

"Greetings, young apprentices." We all spin around quickly, scared of who this person is. Well, all except Ethan.

"Eeneshana, Trainer." Aqua, Windel, and I all stare at him, confused. He looks at us and says, "Don't look at me for answers, ask her."

'"Um, but who is that old lady?" Aqua and I ask at the same time. We can see the one Ethan called 'Trainer' looking at us out of the corner of our eyes. Windel is hiding behind us, even more scared then we are. He doesn't understand that if Ethan is okay with this person, then it is probably safe for him.
"Why don't you ask her?"
"Okay. Hi. I am Fira. Who are you?" I ask, stepping forward with my hand out.
"You are not to know my name, but I can tell you that I will be your trainer for your powers. You will have daily lessons, and will come at any time I call you. You will go on missions to do things that we need to be done, and will learn new spells. I see Ethan has already taught you one." Wow she speaks a lot. Okay, she is opening her mouth to speak again. "And little Windel, come here. I will be training you too. Only that would be every week, how it is supposed to be. Only your sisters need to because-"
Ethan flashes her a warning look. "Because the rulers have changed it to more training times." Ethan is still staring at Old Lady (that's what I have decided to call her in my mind) for some reason; even while talking to Windel he was. Old Lady stands up and looks at Ethan the exact same way for a while. Do they do telepathy? I look at Aqua and see that she is wondering the exact same thing.
Cool.
"Hey, um, I'm sort of wondering what's going on here." Ethan and Old Lady both look at me for a second, and then turn back to each other. I look at Aqua and see her standing silently with Windel standing behind her. She looks as confused as me, but I can see she won't want to speak up. "Uh, well, if nothing is going on, then can I have the going back spell?"
"There is so much more than you know going on." Old Lady finally spoke.
"Uh, well should we go home or not?"
"There is really a lot going on." Wow, is she going to give a good response or not?
"So is that a yes..."
"What do you think?" I want to say, I have no idea, but I don't think she'd be too happy to hear that. Oh, why not, anyway.
"I have absolutely no idea." I stare defiantly back into her eyes just as she had been all this time. It's kind of freaky. She stares at you with an icy look in her eyes with out moving one bit. She really looks like a statue!
"Uh, I think it means we have to stay." Aqua speaks. Okay, that was really freaky! A second before Aqua spoke, Old Lady stares at her instead.
"Right. You should be able to make your own decisions now. Without too much information, you should still know what to do. What I said was too much already. Do you think your enemies will tell you so much? You should still know what to do then."
"Um, okay?"
"You don't care now, but once you start your training, you will."
"Uh, Ethan? Did she do this with you too?"
"No." Old Lady responds, even though I asked Ethan. "Ethan was already bright enough to know this."
I look at Ethan. His expression is unreadable. "Trainer, we would like to speak to our
 parents. Would you please call them, as I do not know how to?"
"Yes. I will call them. While you speak with them, I will be getting the spellbooks." She stares at the ground. "Your Highness'! Your children would like to speak with you!" A minute after she finishes, two people appear at the side of her.
"Hello, children," they say.
"Eneshana, Mother, Father." I think you can guess who said that.
"Uh, hi."
"We are Tidus and Yuna, your parents." Wow, I never figured. Seeing the sort of  blank look about what's going on here on our faces, the continue. "Eneshana is a greeting we use in Emerald."
The boy, Tidus, I'm guessing, speaks. "I see you have already met your trainer. You will not be knowing her name until you are 18 years old."
"It is good to have all our children back in their homeland." Yuna says.
"Wait, does that mean we have to live here now?" I ask.
"Once you take rule, then you must. Until then, you will live in both places. You will live on Earth normally, and come everyday right after school. Then, if there is a big mission, or if we need you for a while, then you will come and stay in your rooms in the castle." Yuna replies.
"Okay," I say as if that clears everything up. I look at Aqua and Windel. Aqua seems to be warming up, oh sorry, more like cooling up to them. Windel looks like he recognizes them, because he is running towards Tidus and Yuna and hugging them.
Hm, so what are we supposed to be doing now? "You will get your spellbooks, then go home and study them." Okay, freaky again. Right when I was thinking that, Yuna says that.
Cool.
I can't wait to learn all this.
"I should probably be getting back home. I really got to do my homework." Aqua says.
"Oh, can you do mine too, while you're at it?"
"No," she says to me and flashes a look.
"Well, you have to wait until Trainer comes with your spellbooks," Yuna says. Does Tidus talk that much?
Just then, Old Lady appears. "Here you go, " she says, and hands me a ton of books. "You two will be sharing a set," she says. "Check the spell book (the easiest level) for the spell. Bye." She vanishes. So do our parents.
Aqua takes the book off the top of the stack and checks."The spell is the same one we said to come here, only instead of emerald at the end, we put wherever our destination is."
We say the spell and leave.

Chapter 5

Sav is swimming fast laps in the pool, happy now that she is in nice, hot water. Sabrina... is standing to the side, looking uncomfortable because of the heat all around the room.

 "Uh, Sav?" Sabrina asks.

 "Yeah?" Sav responds to her while lazily backstoking.

 "Don't you think it's a bit weird?" Sabrina says," All of the things that happened today and on top of that Spencer wants to talk to us?" 

 "Yeah," Sav says, not paying much attention. She is too happy to really care.

 Sabrina gives out a loud sigh.

 Just then, Spencer walks in with Sam behind him.

 "Savannah, listen. You too, Sabrina and Sam." Spencer pauses, probably wondering what to say. "Okay, first of all, you are not humans."

"Yeah, right." Sav says.

 "This is some kind of joke isn't it," says Sabrina folding her arms . 

 "No!" Spencer protests. "My real name is Ethan. Yours are Fira, Aqua, and Windel!"

 "How can you think of so many lies at once, and how come Sam is being pulled into this?" Sabrina says.

 "It isn't a lie. Okay, listen. There is a planet called Emerald. It is in a completely different place. You are from there." Spencer tries desperatly to explain before they stop listening. "Our parents aren't our real parents. Our real parents are the rulers of Emerald."

 "Why should we even listen to all your lies?" Sav asks. "I might as well start swimming again." Sav is about to leave the wall and go down in the water.

 "Spencer I am tired of this trick I wanna go downstairs and watch T.V." Sam cried. 

 "No! Everyone's staying here until you believe me!" Spencer says.

 "C'mon play the trick on us two if you want but let Sam go and watch T.V." Sabrina said. 

 Spencer thought," They'll never believe me at this rate, they need real proof." He sighed.

"Spencer, I'm waiting. i'll give you 10 seconds to do something or I'm leaving." Sav says because she is getting irritated.

 "Okay, okay! Hold on!" Spencer thinks and gets an idea

  "10, 9, 8, 7, 6," Sarina counted. 

 "Sabrina, you felt hot in your French class at first, right?" Spencer says.

 "Yessss," Sabrina says uncertainly

 "That was because you are from Emerald." Spencer says. "I'll explain more after a minute."

 "So what you are saying," Sav says, "is that if you are from Emerald you feel hot in French? Because I didn't."

 "No!"

 " I don't even have French!" Sam cried getting more irritated by the minute 

 "No! Anyway, Savannah, you melted a snowball, right?"

 "Yeah, why 

"That is because you are from Emerald."

 "And Sam, today you were feeling like there should be a breeze, right?" Spencer went on so no one could protest.

 "So basically, if we feel anything different that's against nature,we're from Emerald, right," Sabrina concludes 

 "No. Most Emerald citzens don't have these powers.

 Sav looks confused. "How did powers come into this?"

 "That's the thing. You all have powers. Fire, water, and wind." Spencer gets to the point finally. "Can you guys guess who has what power based on what happened today?

 "I'm fire..." Sav says thoughtfully. That is why I melted a snowball and have a high temperature. but i still don't believe this."

 Sam suddenly looked interested,"I'm wind, right Spencer?" 

 "Yes."

 "So I am water, that explains a lot," Sabrina says,"like my swimming and how the French room was so hot." 

 "Yes!" Spencer said, getting excited.

 "Okay, but what is your power?" Sav asks.

 "Ya, what about you?" Sabrina asked

 "I, am Earth. I have all the powers. Fire, water, wind, and some more earth stuff that has nothing to do with those." Spencer says finally.

 "Luucckkkyy!" Sam says looking up at Spencer.

 "Uhhh." Spencer says, unsure of how to react to that.

 "Well, I still don't believe it. I mean, there is no such thing as powers." Sav says, a bit upset.

 "I can show you actual proof." Spencer says.

 "Ok, then show the proof," Sabrina insisted. 

 "There is a spell you have to say to get there. Here I'll write it down on a paper for you two. Sam is to young now to learn the spell, so hold on to me."

 Sabrina rushed out of the room and returned with a pad of paper and a pencil.

 "Okay, ready"

 "No,I will write it for you." Spencer says and takes it.

 "Here." Spencer says and gives it back.

 "Okay," Sav says while looking at it.

 "Elevatistransportatisanywherisemerald, what!?" Sabrina says.

 "Oh, and while saying it do an arm movement like this. Just try!" Spencer added, seeing the look on their faces.

 They all said the spell and actually ended up in a different place!

 Sam rubbed his eyes,"Where are we?"

 "We are in Emerald." Ethan replied.

"Uh, why do you look like that?" Sav asked.

 "Look at yourself, Fira. And you too, Aqua, Windel."

Emerald 2

After Spencer said bye to Sabrina and told her he needed to talk, he closed the door of the garage so no one would see him. "Elevatistransportatisanywherisemerald," he said the spell to get teleport to Emerald. Once there, he changed into Ethan; instead of his dark blond hair and hazel eyes, he had brown hair and green eyes. Ethan walked into the afterroom, where he knew his Emerald dad was. 

"Father?" Ethan asked.

"Yes, Ethan. What is it?" Tidus inquired.

"Well, uh, the signs they are getting are to hard to ignore. I was wondering if I could tell Fira and Aqua- sorry. Savannah and Sabrina what is going on. I will tell them everything, even the risk, and they can decide what they want to do. And has Windel- I mean Sam been getting any signs yet?"

"He has, but not as much and obvious. Yes, you may tell, but not the risk. They shouldn't know that yet. And definitely not Windel. You do not need to call them by their Earth names, Ethan. Their Emerald names are the real ones. You may go now." Tidus wanted Ethan out now.

"But what are you here for?"

"You shouldn't know. "

Ethan did know why Tidus was here though. It was to see if they would die. "Bye." Ethan teleported back to Earth.

Chapter 4

Amber and Sara are my best friends, who always walk home with me from school. At least until we reach the neighborhood park.
"Watch out, there's a car." We end look just like across the street to the park.
"Hey why don't we hang out here for a while?" Sara suggests.
Can't," I say. "My sister, remember?"
"Oh, yeah. You know, it's hard to believe that your identical twin sister is the most popular girl in school."
"Well its true, if I wanted to I could put on makeup and look just like her I can, but whats the point?" I just shrug. They are more into these kinds of things. Like I said, being alone is fine with me."Well, anyway, I better go. Bye!"
"See you!" They both say.
I hurry on to the next block. The shop is packed. How am I supposed to find Sav in there? Hopefully she hasn't reached yet. Once I scan the shop a little, I see Sav talking with the shopkeeper.
"Sav!" I call out to her. She responds, but I don't hear what she says.
A second later she comes out and we start walking.
"So home? Or should we go shopping?" She asks. She knows my answer.
"Home."
"Shopping it is." Sav concludes.
We go over to a lousy looking makeup shop.
"Maybe I should wait outside..." I trail off seeing the look on Sav's face.
"Nope!" She drags me in.
"I know you don't want to wear makeup, but can you please let me try it on you just once at home? Please?" Sav is just trying and trying to get me to be more cool. But still, I could just let her do it once and never again. It would be interesting to see how I look. Oh wait, never mind. Just like Sav. Ugh.
I'm thinking about all the homework I have and don't even bother to see what Sav is picking out. Finally, when she's done, I check and see what it is. Wow. That is a lot.
"Uhh, do I really need all of that?" I say, crossing my fingers.
"You want more?" She says in a low voice.
"No, " I sigh. You know I don't even care about this but if I deny, Sav will start nagging me for weeks until I try on some makeup, but whatever if she pays I'm fine. 
We walk over to the checkout counter and pay for all of the makeup that I'm only going to wear once. Then we walk out of the store (finally) and start walking home.


 "Really? I was about to say that this is the most pleasant I've ever felt the snow. It feels like everything is so perfect."
"You got to be kidding me," Sav says. "Oh, I know how to warm up! Let's have a snowball fight while we wait." I guess one snowball fight wouldn't hurt.
"Okay..."
Seconds later, we're flinging snowballs at each other.  Of course, in the beginning Sav overpowers me, but then its like I know what to do; all of my snowballs are perfectly shaped, my aim is perfect, and I am so much faster.
We both suddenly stopped, amazed at my new abilities.
"Umm Sabrina? Have you been really practicing?"
"No, not one bit."
"Oh well, lets keep playing."
This is so much fun! If this keeps up, then I could play forever.  "Sure!" I say happily.
I watch as Sav picks up her next snowball. I'm shocked as I see the snowball she has in her hand disappear. I bend down to pick up another snowball, and when I do, it stays perfectly intact.
"Uhh, okay? This is weird," Sav says.
"Yeah." I say,"Maybe you have a fever, that could be the reason the snow was cold for you."This is of course impossible, if she hot enough to melt snow she'll burn her own skin  I go over and touch her forehead.
Sav goes on," But that doesn't explain why the snow is pleasant for you. Snow isn't pleasant for anyone!"
"Well, I don't know about that, but you definitely have a fever."
"No! It's just because your hands are frozen."
"Savannah-"
"Don't call me that."
"Sav, touch my forehead and see. Is it as cold as yours?"
"Uhh, no, "she says, looking confused.
Aww there's the car, and the fun just started. I'm starting to love the snow,and water, and the ice, and the rain. Not that I didn't like them before, but I didn't pay much attention to them, they we're kind of just there. And for Sav, for the 15 years I've lived with her she has never melted a snowball. And since when was I good at anything athletic? And since when.....Wait a second, is that Spencer driving the car?
"Spencer, why are you here? Go away." Sav says irritably.
I give her a look."Spencer," I say, "Sav has a fever."
"Yes she does, not anything else." Spencer says.
Hmm strange response, but whatever, strange things have been happening today anyways. Why can't all strange things have an explanation.
"No! I'm sure I do not have a fever. It doesn't explain why I melted a snowball. Or why the snow is pleasant for Sabrina. Or why Sabrina said today, as she told me, that the French room was hot today."
Uhh. I'm not sure what to say. Anyway, your weirdo little brother is sitting at home asking for you, Sabrina." He's your little brother too, Spencer.

"Sure, just hurry up," I say.
"And Savannah?" Spencer always calls Sav that. I guess she's given up on Spencer.
"What?" she says. She is definitely in a bad mood
"The cat is asking for you," he says as we pull up in the garage.
"Whatever, weirdo," Sav say as she get out of the car and walk into the house. I guess Sav doesn't enjoy snow as much as I do. So alike yet so different.
"Hey, wait you guys."
I turn around,"What Spencer?" Sav, of course, just keeps walking.
"Uhh, well, I'll be right back, and then I need to have a talk with you and your sister in ten. Where will you be? Never mind, I'll figure out." 
"Fine. Sure," I say. Things always become stranger before they become normal. I start running to catch up to Savannah.
"Spencer wants to talk with us in ten minutes. Where will we be?"
"In the pool," Sav responds. She was starting to look alot more calm.
"What! I can't get in there, and Spencer needs to talk to both of us!" At the mention of Spencer's name she got all tense again
"Stand at the side then."
"Okay..." 

Chapter 3

I start walking home with my friends, Vanessa and Natalie, or Van and Nat. We always walk until Nat's house and then Van and I split up to go home. Sabrina always walks home with a few of her friends and once they split up, Sabrina and I walk home together. Our place is the farthest because we're rich and live in a pretty mansion which (of course) can't fit closer to school.
"Bye Van, Nat!" I call out to them. "See you at school tomorrow." I go to the next street corner and go into a shop. If Sabrina is there first, she goes and waits for me. If I'm there first I go and wait for her. You know some people would be weirdos and like make that a race or something where they try to beat the other person. Well, like I said, those people are weirdos.
Hmm, Sabrina isn't there. I go and talk to the shopkeeper, who we know pretty well, since we come there everyday after school.
"Hey, Sav!" Oh, guess Sabrina's here.
"Yeah, I'm coming." I say bye to the shopkeeper and hurry out.
"So, to home? Or you want to shop a bit?"
"Maybe we should go home and work on our homework," Sabrina suggests.
"To shopping it is."
I laugh when Sabrina groans.
We go over to a shop with the most and best makeup ever. I look over at Sabrina and can already see the horrified look on her face. I'm amused, because, well, it's fun annoying people, especially a sibling. of course, being mean to them is another thing only weirdos do.
"Maybe I should wait outside..." She really doesn't like this shop.
"Nope!" I say and hold her hand and rush in."Okay, I know you don't want to wear makeup, but at home will you please let me try some on you? Please?"
"Fine," she says with a grumpy look on her face.
I get some gray and mauve eyeshadow to go with her hazel eyes and dark blond hair. I get some of the best mineral powder and red blush. And I get orangish lip gloss for her slightly tanned skin.
I want to try some new colors, so I get the pinkest mineral blush for myself and really light pink lip gloss and light sparkly green eyeshadow.
Sabrina looks even more horrified. Good.
"Uhhh, do I really need all this?" She is really trying to get rid of this.
"Do you want more?" I threaten her.
"No," she sighs.
We go over to the checkout counter and pay.

Soon we're almost home. But this part of the snowy landscape is very  difficult to walk through, so as usual we wait for our driver to come over and pick us up.
"Brr. This is the coldest I've ever felt the snow." I am really incredibly freezing at the moment. But what Sabrina says next is surprising. I mean who would think this in such weather?
"Really? I was about to say that this is the most pleasant I've felt the snow. It feels like everything is so perfect."
"You got to be kidding me. Oh, I know how to warm up! Let's have a snowball fight while we wait." I would be really happy to be able to run my usual warm temperature.
"Okay..."
The next second we are fighting with snowballs. At first, I'm winning, as usual. But then the next second, she gets faster, the snowballs she is making are perfect, she she keeps aiming them directly at me. We both stop, in amazement.
"Uhh, Sabrina? Have you been like really practicing?"
"No, not one bit." Well, that's weird. How could a weakling like her suddenly get fast and strong when she touches snow and finds it pleasant?
"Oh well, let's keep playing." I wasn't about to let her sudden strength let me stop.
"Sure," she says happily.
But when I picked the next snowball up, it melted! Sabrina picked one up too, to see if it is just melting now, but hers stays fine!
"Uhh, okay? This is weird."
"Yeah." She pauses. "Maybe you have a fever, she suggests. "That could be the reason the snow was cold for you."
She comes over to touch my forehead while I say, "But that doesn't explain why the snow is pleasant for you. Snow isn't pleasant for anyone!"
"Well, I don't know about that, but you definitely have a fever."
"No! It's just because your hands are frozen."
"Savannah-"
"Don't call me that."
"Sav, touch my forehead and see. Is it as cold as yours?"
"Uhh, no, "I say , puzzled.
Oh, good. There is the car. Now I can get home quickly. I suddenly have a horrible hatred for snow, ice, water, basically all those cold things. If I need to know them, I'll just ask Sabrina. Hmm, why has Spencer, our older, and even more of a know it all brother who is 17, come to pick us up? "Spencer, why are you here? Go away." I say.
Spencer doesn't react, but Aqua okay, why did I say Aqua? But Sabrina flashes me a look to keep quiet for now; we can be as mean to him as we want later. "Spencer," Sabrina says, "Sav has a fever."
"Yes she does, not anything else." Spencer says.
Is he acting weird? Whatever. "No! I'm sure I do not have a fever. It doesn't explain why I melted a snowball. Or why the snow is pleasant for Sabrina. Or why Sabrina said today, as she told me, that the French room was hot today."
"Uhh. I'm not sure what to say. Anyway, your weirdo little brother is sitting at home asking for you, Sabrina."
"Sure, just hurry up," she says.
Our little 7 year old brother Sam is weird.Well, I guess he is only 7.
"And Savannah?" Spencer always calls me that. I've given up on stopping him.
"What?" I say sulkily.
"The cat is asking for you," he says as we pull up in the garage.
"Whatever, weirdo," I say as I get out of the car and walk into the house.
"Hey, wait you guys."
"What Spencer?" Sabrina asks as she turns around to look at him. I just keep walking and sulking inside the house and to the pool.
"Uhh, well, I'll be right back, and then I need to have a talk with you and your sister in ten. Where will you be? Never mind, I'll figure out."
"Fine. Sure." Sabrina says. Then she catches up to me. "Spencer wants to talk with us in ten minutes. Where will we be?"
"In the pool." I respond. I was getting happier just thinking about the nice warm pool which-
"What! I can't get in there, and Spencer needs to talk to both of us!"
"Stand at the side then."
"Okay..."

Chapter 2

Amazingly, my swimming has improved tremendously in the last few days. If this keeps up, maybe I won't fail P.E. I don't even bother to practice because Savannah cranked up the temperature of the indoor pool to like 105 degrees so forget about practicing.That's okay though, sports really don't matter to me, nor makeup but that means everything Savannah. I keep telling her that makeup doesn't matter but if she studied maybe she could get into a good college and put her athletic talent to use, but whatever she enjoys doing what ever shes doing at school and so do I.
Today's the big day, the French Final. I'm just sitting on the bench reviewing my notes. Most of the time, I'm alone, I mean I have friends and everything but being alone gives you a peace of mind that you can never find anywhere. I'm just like any other school girl which is fine, I don't like being in the spotlight anyways. My sister says that I should care more about how i dress and putting on makeup. Honestly, I don't need clothes to make me look good. In my opinion beauty comes from the inside. Savannah doesn't exactly get perfect grades but i really think if she tried a little bit harder she could achieve great things but she just takes my opinion like a grain of salt. She keeps saying that we should switch classes since we're identical there's nothing to loose, she doesn't realize that she won't benefit at all if I do her work. Oh well.
Savannah's walking toward me. Strange, she has her own flock of adoring fans to sit with. She's probably going to ask for some notes for the French final. Hard to believe but she looks a bit nervous, well everyone gets nervous sometime. 
"Umm Sabrina?" she asked.
"Uhuh,"I replied looking up at her. I was already reaching for my French notes.
"Well, you know that French thing today, so....". Wow, I can read her mind.
"Here, I'm done with them". I hand her the notes
"Thanks," she says and then shuffles away.
I guess we aren't that close at school but no two sister are ever perfect

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Darn, 4th period, that means P.E. hopefully our P.E. teacher booked the pool today these days swimming is a lot easier like I said before. Of course first we have to do laps, laps aren't bad but I don't consider them fun. They make us run like a mile. Finally, done. I'm beat, please make our next activity swimming, please, please, please.
"Our next activity is volleyball,"
I silently groaned. Volleyball is my worst sport, even though volleyball is mostly statistics. Basically, stay in the middle and hope that no one hits there.The first half went pretty smoothly. Only 15 more minutes left, WHAM.Ow, no better way to end P.E. than getting hit in the face. Oh well after this all for the better good some how, I am so lucky that I have French after this.

*     *     *  
Now just got to pick up all of my french notes...Savannah! I totally forgot about her! P.E. can cause serious memory loss. By the time I got to my locker, I already saw Savannah rushing towards me ( I always tell her to come talk to me after any final) after 3 minutes of explaining and frantic speaking,
"Savannah, I think you'll do okay".
"OKAY, OKAY what does okay mean?!" cried Savannah.
"Just okay," I replied calmly. And then walked off to French class.
*     *     *
I walked in to French class cool as a cucumber. Except for one problem, the room was burning as if it were the middle of summer. I sat down and raised my hand.
"Could we lower the temperature, it's really stuffy,"
  Someone in the front row turned around and said, "Stuffy, you've got to be kidding me it's only like 70 degrees in here!?"
I could feel the heat slowly drift away. Well that was strange. Oh well no time to think about weird situations the test was coming around. I prepared well for this, there's no way that I can fail.

*     *     *
First one done, didn't really surprise me, I've crosschecked and I am almost 100% sure that I got everthing right. I'm going to read to pass time...
       
 
          
 

Chapter 1

Swimming is the one sport I'm not good at. I've tried so many times, again, and again, and again. And Sabrina, my sister, who is not at all into sports, isn't even strong, has never learned the strokes, is suddenly great at swimming; she swims like a pro. But I, Sav, will not let myself be shown up by anyone else, so I am never going to swim in front of anyone else. But I will in our indoor pool in our mansion. But the weird thing is, I'm faster in warm water. I've heard the the pools are always freezing so that you can swim faster, but I usually turn it up to boiling hot, and I can swim faster than my identical smarty-pants sister.
Tell me any other sport though, and I am the best.
Well, today is just another normal day at school. I walk around in the halls, with my group following behind me, and everyone is staring at me. I wear the cutest clothes in school, I wear the best make-up, (my sister doesn't even wear any, though I keep insisting she should), and well, basically I am the most popular girl in school. I even over power the 12th graders, even though I am just a 9th. A ton of boys have a crush on me, but whatever.
I'm not looking as fabulous as usual though. I'm a bit scared. Today is the French Final... I would have switched with Sabrina, because, well, we're identical, but she really doesn't want to. Also, she isn't as used to being popular as I am, and she won't wear makeup, and she doesn't like my clothes. She's her own person, I guess. But still, who doesn't like my clothes? Okay, I don't wear these clothes to be popular, I'm my own person too. I started wearing them because I liked them, and suddenly, everyone loves me.
Oh, BTW, my real name is Savannah. Ugh. Too formal.
I don't exactly get the best grades, though. Sabrina keeps saying I should try, if she's smart, well we must have about the same brains, so I should try too. I always shrug her off. So today I am going to go to the smartest person in class, which just happens to be my sister, and I am going to ask for some tips.
I walk up to her at lunch. "Uhhh, Sabrina?"
"Yeah?
"Well, you know there's that French thing today, so..."
"Here you go."
She gives me her French notes to study on.
"Thanks," I say, and walk away. Yeah... we aren't so warm with each other at school.

*        *       *

"So, class. I assume you've all studied for today's big semester French Final," my French teacher says. Great, everyone says yes. Sabrina is lucky, she doesn't have to take hers yet. She's in P.E. I wish I could be there. I'm sure she'd be overjoyed to be here.And I'd be there. But no, she just won't switch.
I wonder why I didn't go to her about the notes last night. I might do a lot better if I did.
The teacher passed out the papers. Wow this is a thick packet. Oh, come on! Why am I so freaked out? I'll just do the normal incredibly neat handwriting which makes the teacher like me more. She doesn't give me a higher grade or anything, but I'll have better chances of getting in a good French class next year.
Okay, the test is starting...

*        *        *

Wow, I'm the first one done. Hmm, maybe I should always study right before the test, then everything is fresh in my head. Now I can do my homework for the art class, which is next period. Teacher said draw something magical. Maybe I should do something about fire. I love it. I can just stare at it and do some kind of meditation. I'll draw fire shooting out of a girl's hands. The girl would have fiery red hair and coal black eyes...
Riiiiing. The alarm for the end of period just went off. I had finished drawing and coloring a while ago, and I was just adding some extra details that makes it better. Now, I'm getting my things and rushing to my locker, hoping to catch Sabrina and tell her the info on what I think of my French Final, like how well I think I did. She always makes me tell her for finals, otherwise I wouldn't even approach her at school, in front of everyone.
Good, I catch her.  She frantically explains to me something and I'm like what? Finally she just says, "I think you'll do okay, Savannah."
"OKAY, OKAY! What does okay mean!
She says something else and just walks away.

Emerald 1

"What do you mean?"

"You know very well what I mean, Yuna."

 " Just because danger is rising, does it mean that we put our children in danger?"

"If we don't, it would put all of Emerald in danger."

"Fine! Go ahead! But remember, I am not at all in favor of what you are about to do."

Yuna rushed out of the room, and left Tidus looking at her in despair. But she had said to do it, so... yes, he must.

"Edna!" Tidus called. A second later, Edna appeared. "How is your training with Ethan going?"

"Good, he is doing very well. Only a year more until the next two girls..."

"Actually, Edna, we have decided to begin the other three's training."

"What! Era enusga! That is outrageous!"

"You don't understand! We must, or Emerald will be destroyed!"

Realization was beginning to dawn on Edna's face. "But still, Your Majesty, I understand, but it is like saying that you know they will be dead."

Pain flooded through Tidus's eyes. "I know," he spoke quietly, "but it is the only way."

"Yes, Your Majesty. I'll begin to train them also. But Your Majesty, have you consulted with Queen Yuna?"

"Yes, she doesn't approve, but she has given her consent."

"Alright, Your Majesty. I will work on awakening their powers."

"When can we expect them to be here?"

"When would you like?" Edna inquired.

"In a week, at the most."

"Yes Your Majesty, "Edna said, "I'll tell all of Emerald." She walked swiftly out of the room.

Tidus picked up the crystal ball lying on desk. "Ethan, come," he whispers into it.

A minute later, Ethan appeared there. "What is it, Dad?" He paused. "Is there a problem with Safari?"

"Kind of, but not really. Uhh, I'm not sure how to say this. Well, we have decided to start training your sisters and your brother."

"What?" He was shocked. "How can you! They will die!"

"There is still a chance they will survive. They will still get training." Tidus tried to defend himself, but he knew he couldn't. His choice was just killing them. "I know." He said quietly. "But we don't have a choice, do we? If we don't then Emerald will be destroyed."

"Why should we care? We grew up on Earth, and we can live there for the rest of our lives. Is the solution killing my siblings?"

"And my children! Do you know how hard it is to make this decision?"

"No, but you won't have to. I will make sure they don't know their powers until the right age, 16. They still need another year."

"Good luck keeping them from realization."

Ethan teleports away.