Long before Christ was born, the Word created everything. While he was busy creating the universe, an evil presence was lurking in the midst. After the Word finished with a planet, he called Earth; he caught sight of this evil and banished it to his newly created world. The presence was kept locked up for centuries, until one day it broke free to take revenge for what the Word did to it…

Zidane Lavoie was on his way home from school, when James Desmond slowed by and asked, “Hey, need a lift?”

“No. I am just going to walk home.” Zidane said.

“Ok. Listen there’s this party tonight to celebrate summer. I want you to come.”

“Sure. Pick me up at 6:30. Later.”

“Later.”

James drove off and Zidane stopped, put his booksack down, opened it up, and grabbed his Discman. He had Metallica in it. He put the headphones on his ears and pressed play. Closed his bag, pick it up, and started to walk home. When he got home, he unlocked the door and stepped inside. Zidane drops his books at the door and pressed play on the answer machine. He has two new messages and one old.

“Hey man. Don’t forget I will pick you up at 6:30. Please don’t bring your Discman. Later.”

The other two was for his mother. He walked to his room and put Alice in Chains in his CD player. He got out of his uniform and put on some baggie jeans and a Metallica shirt. He put on some socks and his Airwalk shoes then went into the kitchen. He got himself a piece of Devil’s Food cake and went back into his room. He found his old booksack and grabbed his Discman and his CD wallet. Then he put them in his booksack.

There was a knock at his door, so he went out of his room and down stairs. When he got to the door, he opened it. James was waiting at his door.

“It’s about time. Are you ready to go?”

“Yes.”

“Why are you bringing that damn bag?”

“Because I may need it.”

“Okay. Shall we go?”

The two boys drove for about a half an hour until they arrived at Miranda Mathis’s house. Zidane couldn’t believe that he was requested to be at this party. The boys went into the two-story home. There were beer bottles everywhere. Some big football player gave them a beer but the boys only wanted Dr. Pepper instead. They started to go around together until James found his girlfriend. Zidane went outside by the swimming pool, laid down on the swing, and started to listen to his CD player when Miranda came out to greet him.

“Hey.” She said.

“Hi.” He said as he fell off the swing.

“Didn’t mean to startle you. Why are you sitting outside by yourself?” She said.

“I don’t really know. I guest I am use to being alone.” He said.

“So, what are you listening to?” She asked. “I am list…” He started to say when Ben Wenton interrupted him.

“What do you think you are doing talking to my girlfriend!” He said drunkenly.

“I was talking to him, Ben. Besides, we broke up.” She said.

“When?” He demanded.

“Don’t scream at her.” Zidane said.

“What are you going to do? Beat me up. Ha Ha Ha!” Ben said with a grin. Ben started to walk towards Zidane but something was wrong with Zidanes’ body. It was glowing blue and he had blue fire in his hand. Then all of a sudden, Zidane shot the blue fire and hit Ben head-on in his chest. Ben flew into the pool. Nobody moved. Then they all looked at Zidane who had passed out from this weird blue flame and glow.

Zidane is on a hillside, somewhere in a type of forest. In front of him is a black hooded man, women or ghost of some kind. “Welcome Zidane. I am a Druid from 980 A.D. You have finally awakened. You were born with magic in your blood. You are part elf but no one should know about this. You are needed to save the world from an evil presence but you are not alone. There are three more of you who will be present. You should know all of them and when the time comes you four will be the only ones left for this journey. My time has expired so I shall let you wake now.”

Zidane woke up and looked around. “Where am I?” He asked.

“You are at my home. We couldn’t bring you home last night so we brought you into the guestroom. My parents are out of town on a second honeymoon.” Miranda said.

‘What happened last night?’ he wondered. One minute he and Ben were somewhat arguing over something he didn’t know and the next Ben flew into the pool from a blue fire in his hand. The dream had told him that it was magic and he was to save the world from some evil presence.

“Are you all right? When I saw you hit Ben with that blue light and pass out I thought you had died or something. What was it any way?” She asked.

“Huh. Oh, I don’t know. You were worried about me or something. I thought you type of people don’t even talk to us or think of us. This must be a dream or something because this cannot be true. Last night didn’t happen and right now isn’t happening because this is only a dream.” He rambled on.

“Are you ok?” She asked.

“Huh. Oh, yes I’m fine. I am so sorry for making you care about me. I will be going. Thanks for everything.” He said. He started to get up when, Miranda stopped him.

“You shouldn’t get up after what happened last night.” She said.

“I’m ok.” He said as he got up. “I think I am going to go home now.”

“Ok, but I am going to walk with you in case you fall or something. Is that alright with you?”

“Yea, but don’t trouble yourself.” Zidane and Miranda walk out of the house and started towards his house.

“Do you know what happened last night?” She asked.

“No. I had a weird dream though. Something about how I will be the only one to save the world. I’m not sure what to make of it. Listen to me babbling away and you probably don’t want to hear any of this.” He said.

“No. Go on. I find it kinda interesting.”

“Ok. In my dream, a old man from 980 A.D. told me that I will need to save the world. Well this is my house. Thank you again for everything. Would you like to come in?”

“Sure, why not.”

“Ok.” He said. Zidane opened the door and they walked in. “Would you like a tour?”

“I would love one.” She said. As they walked around the house, the air began to become warm and while Zidane didn’t notice it, Mirandas’ hair started to change from light orange to a dark red. Her eyes were becoming reddish and her body temperature was rising slowly. As they got to the living room, she turned and said, “Zidane, we need to talk.” As he looked at her, he saw that she was different from a few minutes ago.

“Ok. Is something wrong?” he asked.

“No, not at all. It’s about your dream. It is true. I was waiting for you. I have been reincarnated so many times until I met you. I am a human but I have power over fire. I am what you call a fire elementalist. I will not harm you but I can harm others if I like. I have waited for you because I am to help you deal with this evil creature.”

Zidane could only stare in disbelief. “This can’t be happening. Then last night was real?”

“Yes. Very much. You are our last hope. I will be with you untill we are finish to help guide and direct you. We must hurry and find your friend and mine. They are the other two we will need. Are you ready?”

“I guess so.” He said.

She came up to his face, to the point where they were about to touch lips. “Don’t worry. I will not let anything harm you, I promise.” As she said that, she kissed him and he could feel the heat coming from her body.

They got up and left the house. As they walked to James’ house, all he could think of was how this girl had affected him. She was beautiful, but deadly. He just felt so attracted to her, that he would risk his life, for some reason, just to save hers. They reached James’ house in about a hour and told him the story. James, too, couldn’t believe them in the beginning. As they were leaving the house, Regina, Miranda’s friend, came and met them. There was something different about her. Her hair had turned silver and her eyes were blue. As they shook hands, the guys could feel that she was cold. James had took a liking to her the night before. They started to walk north on Allsop St. and then took a left going east on Washington Ave. As they proceeded, James and Zidane were walking behind the two girls and started to whisper to each other.

“Hey. So, what do you think of all of this?” James asked.

“To be honest, I have no clue as to what is happening. Last night, did happen and after that experience, I believe in this at the moment.” Zidane said.

“Do you even know what happened last night?” James asked.

“I only remember a little. I know I did something to Ben, but I do not know what I did.” Zidane said.

“Its simple.” Miranda said. “You have magic. I know it is hard to believe, but James has some too.”

James looked at Regina and Miranda with a startled look. “What do you mean I have magic too?” He asked.

“You have the same thing as Zidane does. Except that you can turn into animals instead. That is what Regina is here for. She will protect and help you. She has the power over ice. You two are our last hope.” Miranda said.

The two guys looked at each other in disbelief. As they did, the girls noticed it. The girls waited until they were even with the guys, put their arms around them and gave them a reassuring smile.

About a hour later, they saw that the sky was beginning to darken. “It is almost time.” Regina said. After she said that, the guys noticed the huge black things flying around. The guys then noticed that the girls body temperatures were changing again.

About fifteen minutes later, one of the black things charged them. In a blink of an eye, Regina took James left and Miranda took Zidane right.

Regina and James hid in a house. “Ok. Listen to me, Miranda and Zidane will go and take on the evil creature. We on the other hand will take care of the flying things. I need you to change yourself into a dragon if possible. Do you think you can do that?”

“I don’t know if I can. I will try.” James said. She backed off from him to give him the room he will need if he did it. All of a sudden, a blinding green light suddenly appeared and James did some how did it. He was actually a black dragon. Regina sent a blast of ice into a wall and shattered the whole wall so James could fly off and dispose of the creatures. Regina on the other hand, started to change all over. Her skin turned bluish-white and ran out of the house to assist James. James had already taken out two of them and was about to be sideswiped but Regina threw a blast of ice into the creature and frozen it in place. The creature fell to the ground and shattered when it hit the street.

While this was taking place, Zidane and Miranda were running to the huge black castle. They stopped before the entrance to it, Miranda pulled Zidane to the side of it. “Listen, we don’t have time for me to explain, but I want you to make us invisible. Don’t doubt yourself about this. I know you can do this.”

Zidane did what he was told. All he did was think of them being invisible and he was being pulled into the castle. As they raced up, all of the guards did not see them. Zidane was amazed that he did it, that he actually did it. When they got to the top floor, there was a man sitting in a chair. As they approached, he said, “I know you are there, show yourself. I am not stupid. I felt your spirit Miranda.” Zidane released the spell and they reappeared. The man stood up and as he did, he began to change himself. Zidane noticed this and at the same time felt his side begin to warm. As he looked over he could see that Miranda’s body had turn red like fire and her eyes were gone and in the place was fire. As he looked back at the man, he was a black creature that was no longer human. Then he felt something stir in him, and he knew exactly what that meant. He let the power overwhelm him and as he looked at himself, he was glowing blue all over and there was this sound. He stepped to the left a little and as he did, the creature charged Miranda. Zidane knew that Miranda was no match for this thing, so he went into a rage. Zidane threw a ball of blue fire and hammered it into the creature. The creature was caught by surprise but was then pushing the blue fire back with his own red fire. Zidane was losing but then all of a sudden, he released a new wave of attack and as he did this, his eyes were gone and turned blue with power. The creature couldn’t handle this new attack and screamed in horror as it overwhelmed him. In a few seconds, the battle was over.

Zidane stopped the blue flame and was breathing heavily. Miranda was back to normal as well. She walked over to him and hugged him. “Thank you for your help. The earth is safe now and we owe it all to you and James. As she let go, James and Regina walked in the chamber and met up with the two of them.

“Lets go home.” Zidane said. As they walked home, the sun was setting in the horizon.

The threat was not over with though. The evil creature did perish but his brother was always there. He was watching in the shadows as Zidane killed his brother. He vowed to get revenge for the murder of his brother.

To be continued…