You Make Me Stronger

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    Ember went still at the sound of the siren her eyes widening. They made the executions public for a reason. She explained to Saber what the siren was for as best she could with her shortness of breath. He walked with them to the public square were a large stone table was sitting in the middle of the square on a podium. The town gathered around and the city hall doors were opened. A little brown haired girl was dragged out her face red with tears and smeared with dirt. The tears streamed down her cheeks and Ember felt her self shaking standing between Saber and her little Drop. Ember could feel the tears threatening. Brooke wintered beside her and went to turn to Ember. Ember kneeled down and Grabbed Brooke's face. "I need you to be strong." she whispered. "I love you Brooke. Remember the beach mom and dad took us to before we came to Aunt Addie? If we ever get separated meet me there in 5 months okay?" she whispered and Brooke nodded turning into Addie who put a hand on her back. Ember watched the girl. Stones trembled around her the earth seemed to hum at her presence. Ember shook her head. This was wrong. This was all wrong. She was to young be an elementalist. Ember looked over to Saber. He looked frozen but at the same time he seemed to move faster than she could see standing still in one place, She could feel it radiating off of him. Addie looked over at her and shook her head telling her to not do anything stupid. Ember watched as the little girl was placed onto the table bound and gagged tears streaming down her face as the stone table split in two. Ember gasped as they pulled the girl off and pulled out her gag. They never made this big of a production before. "Confess you're crime!" the big guard said. The girl screamed a pillar of stonecutting up in the middle of the crowd. She wasn't able to control herself at all. She was to young and to emotional. Ember choked back a sob and had to look away. "No." she whispered feeling weak and yet feeling like she was burning up inside. They would find her and her family... even Saber, if she lost control now. The girl cried out a plea. "Please!" and suddenly it happened. She felt Saber before she saw him move and then her hands were burning with fire. Fear, anger, frustration, and pain all caused her to not be able to keep her calm and the fire she so desperately tried to hide burt onto her skin ready to be thrown and used. Ember saw a guard going to attack Saber as he fought off another and with both hands she thrust her fire at the man watching him catch fire. She felt the tear sizzle off her cheek as the man slowly turned to ash in front of her eyes. She moved away from the crowd that parted. Everyone was screaming and running and they were scared, they were scared of her. Ember tried to focus on Saber seeing him swooping the girl into his arms and she followed after him finding herself going after another guard but this time she hesitated. She was scared of herself.
    June 29th, 2015 at 09:26am
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    Saber watched as the girl was dragged to the center and immediately thoughts of his own paste emerged from his mind. 'Not a chance in hell this is happening again', Saber thought to himself. He wasn't even paying attention to anything around him as he heard her plea for help. In the blink of an eye he was already halfway to the center mowing down the guards. Using the wind, he leapt a huge distance and landed on the center of the table near the girl. When the guard tried to swing his baton at him Saber didn't even move and the baton was cut up due to the harsh wind in between Saber and the guard. After the weapon was shredded the wind expanded causing the guard to fly back and slam into the closest building. He looked down to see the girl with some sense of hope looking at him and swept her up. After he took off in whatever direction looked best he noticed a few guards, followed by Ember, storming closely behind. He noticed Ember pause as a guard was nearing. He tossed the girl into the air and turned. He heard Ember's shriek of surprise as he did this, but this only made the guards look at him too. He kicked forward which caused a surge of wind to slice through, and push back, the guards all at once narrowly avoiding Ember. When she looked up she saw the girl had been floating in the air due to continuous gusts of wind under her. The whole time Saber was fighting and using his wind he controlled the light air above him as if it was second nature. "You aren't getting cold feet now, especially after what you just did. Are you?" He teased as the girl fell back into his arms and they continued forward unfollowed.
    June 29th, 2015 at 09:41am
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    Ember gasped as wind pushed her back and the guard went flying past her. She looked at him and gave a soft smile. He spoke and she looked up at the girl came back to his arms. "We'll talk about it later... run!" she said and ran with him towards the hills. They had to get somewhere quiet fast. She couldn't go home but she did have an emergency bag stashed on the way out of town. She looked back feeling like she had done something really bad.Ember followed Saber realizing she had just killed a man for Saber, a man with she hardly knew. Did he know how much people liked him?
    June 29th, 2015 at 09:51am
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    After they finally stopped they were in the middle of the woods. Saber sat the girl down and sat down himself with a sigh of relief. "Does your town always do something so theatrical?" He sounded as if everyone in the town were crazy. After a moment he turned to the girl. "Are you alright? My name's Saber." The little girl was still calming down and shakily said, "I-i'm fine....my name's R-Reena...Thank you both..." She was looking down trying to catch her breath still. Saber thought for a minute and turned to Ember. "Oh yeah, what did you want to talk about later?" Saber asked curiously referring to her earlier comment.
    June 29th, 2015 at 10:00am
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    Ember sat down and huffed putting her head between her knees trying to catch her breath. She looked up at the shaken girl and shrugged. "You're to young to go through this... and it's Saber you should thank. He's the brave one." she whispered and laid back onto the ground. Ember looked up at Saber as he turned to her. She shook her head and looked away. She didn't want to talk about it with the girl listening. She wanted the girl to feel safe and not worry about what actions had just taken place. "Later." she said softly. Ember sighed and ran a hand through her hair with a yawn. She hadn't been that hot in a while.
    June 29th, 2015 at 10:10am
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    Saber had no idea what she wanted to talk about but shrugged it off for now. Reena shuffled closer to Ember. "You helped too, though. Thank you." She said smiling. "So, what are we going to do? I never stay in one place anyway so I am fine. But you and her lived there. I doubt there's any way either of you will ever be able to go back. It'd be one thing if she could move around constantly but she is definitely too young, especially to deal with some of the things I've dealt with. Are there any other towns close by? Or anywhere you know of we could take her?" He turned to Ember.
    June 29th, 2015 at 10:24am
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    Ember sighed looking over at her and sat up. She rubbed the girls arm comforting her like she would for Brooke. "You're welcome." she said softly and looked at Saber. She sighed and frowned. "I don't know. Communication between towns is limited if not restricted." she looked at Reena. "Reena did you have any family other than in town?" she asked on a long shot but like most of the kids in their town their parent's were dead, missing or to busy to care. Ember knew extended families were hardly ever there. Brooke and ember had been lucky to have Addie. Ember sighed as the girl shook her head no. What were they going to do. Saber was right Reena was to young to be on the run. Ember had a lot to think about and yet she felt somewhere inside she had already made the decision to go with Saber.
    June 29th, 2015 at 10:48am
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    Saber paused. "Well, we have a few options. We could start heading in a random direction and hope for the best. Or I could try and scout from the air but that would leave you two alone in the forest," Saber said knowing Ember probably had no idea what kind of monsters actually existed. It crossed his mind because it would be quicker but he wasn't sure if he could feel safe leaving those two alone. 'Neither of them can control their powers. Needless to say one of them in a child and the other isn't used to using her powers whatsoever,' Saber thought to himself. "I think it'd be best if I stayed with you two...Oh yeah, what about you, Ember? I know we decided to find a town for Reena to stay in but what about you? Did you plan to stay with Reena when we get there?" Saber asked realizing he had no idea what Ember planned to do. Reena looked up at Ember curiously.
    June 29th, 2015 at 11:43pm
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    Ember raised an eyebrow. She may not be experienced at what he did often but she wasn't as helpless as he seemed to think of her. Ember put her elbows on her knees as she looked up at Saber. "I have a plan. It's part of what I need to talk to you about." she said and looked away. "I am sorry Reena but I won't be able to stay with you." she said softly then looked at Saber. "I will protect her besides it's not like you will be gone long." she said and bit her lip. "I like to know what I am walking into in a town if I can and it would be best if you scouted ahead."
    June 30th, 2015 at 12:09am
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    Saber figured he would just have to hope for the best. He shot towards the sky leaving behind a flurry of wind under him. Once he was really high in the air he held in place using the wind to keep him afloat. Surprisingly, he saw another town close by. It looked a lot bigger than the one Ember lived in. "Do you guys want me to try and check it out first, or should we go ahead and get on our way?!" Saber yelled down from above. The town wasn't too far away but it wasn't quite close either. It had some very tall buildings to be able to see it from where they were. The problem was that he saw something very familiar in between them and the town. From above it looked like part of the forest was just slightly distorted, but he knew what that usually meant and he wasn't letting them go alone.
    June 30th, 2015 at 01:00am
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    Ember smiled as he took off. It was always strange to her to watch him do that so naturally. She didn't think she would ever be confident enough to use her powers in daylight like that. Ember waited to hear from him and she bit her lip. "Well I don't want to make Reena go to a town that is not going to work for her." She called up after him looking up into the break of the trees to see him. He looked so happy and free up there. "It's up to you!" she said and looked down at Reena and smiled softly. She knew by that night Saber would understand but until then they had to figure out what to do. It was starting to get dark though. She could tell that the sun wouldn't last much longer and they needed a place to sleep.
    June 30th, 2015 at 01:13am
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    Saber descended and landed a little ways from both of them and walked closer. "Well, while I agree with you we don't have much other option. Although, there will be something tricky about it," Saber said as he gave Ember a look insinuating that he would have to warn Ember alone first. Saber lead the three in the direction of the town until he decided to stop. It was in a small clearing next to a bunch of really big trees. "This will have to make do for the night," Saber said as he took off his jacket and laid it down. He instructed for Reena to use it as a bedding. She was small enough that it was able to wrap around her and still be under her. After Reena laid down Saber drew closer to Ember and whispered, "Once she's asleep there's something I need to tell you, too. We can talk about whatever you wanted to then as well." He sat down and laid next to a tree as he kept watch all around them just in case of any type of ambush.
    June 30th, 2015 at 01:31am
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    Ember nodded and sighed. "Alright." she said and walked with him. It was getting darker as they made it to a clearing. She smiled as Saber made a place for them to be for the night. She nodded as he whispered to her. "Good... I will umm make a fire." she said softly and headed out of the clearing but not going far as she looked for sticks and things to make a fire. It was dark by the time she returned. She looked around and bit her lip setting up all up. She sighed knowing what Saber would say if he could hear what she was thinking. He wouldn't be scared of his power like she was, but then his power wasn't the kind of power that could so easily kill someone. Ember snapped her fingers creating a spark that set the fire going. She set rocks around it and smiled as a nice fire started. She sat by it rubbing her arms before looking over at Saber. Renee seemed to almost be asleep now.
    June 30th, 2015 at 09:43am
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    Saber watched until Reena's breathing slowed down and was asleep for sure. After that he turned to Ember, and also kept his voice low just in case. "Alright, I guess I'll talk first. I saw something different about the forest. It didn't look like there was any good or easy way to get around it. I was going to ask if you trust me enough to take us through it. Usually when a forest looks distorted like that from above it means a nest for Veno-rats,as I call them," He saw the look on her face, especially about the name he gave the creature, and explained a little more. "Veno-rats are basically one of many creepy creatures that live out there that those who don't travel or research won't know about. They're at least 3 or 4 times our size and have a giant tail just like a scorpion's. They also live throughout the trees and can make webs like spiders. There are two tricky parts about them. 1. Their claws,tails,and teeth can poison you greatly with a single scratch. 2. Their tails move sentiently. Meaning it has a mind of it's own. Even if you try to sneak attack from the rat's blind side, the tail can still attack. And even if you kill the rat, the tail will strike. You have to break it after killing the rat," He finished. He saw the worried look on her face and added, "I know you just met me, but you can trust me. At least my ability to protect you. I've already decided I'm not losing anyone else I care about." The look on his face was dead serious and obviously had much meaning behind it. Plus, Saber trusted his own strength. He honed it specifically for that reason.
    July 1st, 2015 at 12:17am
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    Ember looked up at him as he spoke softly. "I trust you Saber... But do you trust me? I..." she looked away her eyes tearing up. "I killed a man back there. He is now ash because of me and I am afraid... I am afraid of myself, of hurting you, of not being able to save my sister. "They know about me know and they will hunt her. I can't let them do that. I have to stop them before they can hurt her." she said looking back at Saber angrily wiping her eyes so the tears didn't roll down her cheeks. Ember had never felt so emotional in her life as she did with all of this in the last few days. Ember was use to being strong but around Saber she felt so weak. She had tried not to be weak since she was a small child and she scared her parents away from her and her sister. Ember looked at Saber trying to read what he was thinking, what he was feeling.
    July 1st, 2015 at 12:31am
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    Saber saw she was genuinely scared. Honestly, he felt a little at ease that's what she was worried about. He smiled but looked down and said, "If I could count the number of people I've killed there'd be more than enough to fill up a giant graveyard. Didn't you see how many I killed back there? I didn't just blast them back a little ways. They didn't keep following us after I sent them back because dead bodies can't follow you. At least not physically." He said this with much more seriousness than how he normally sounds. After a moment of silence he added, "However, sometimes it's what you have to do to keep what's precious. I'm not justifying it, but I can't name a single heartless person who would stand by and watch those they care about being permanently taken away from them. It's not how people work." He looked at her after saying everything and smiled like he normally does. "One more thing Ember. I know you're worried about a lot but I can already make a few promises. First, I wouldn't mind helping you learn to feel less afraid and control it much better. And second, I promise you don't need to worry about hurting me. Even if I was helping you and it got out of control." He stood up as he walked a little ways away motioning to follow him. As they stood far enough to still see Reena but where she couldn't hear them he said, "You said you trust me, so let me prove it. Throw your strongest fireball at me. I mean it, give it your all." He stared at her smiling and focused.
    July 1st, 2015 at 12:40am
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    Ember nodded as she listened to him. She was surprised at what he said. He was right though. He took so much weight off her shoulders to know that she was not alone in this. He then started to make her promises and suddenly she felt like she would do anything for him because in those small words he had cut through all of the years she had been afraid everyone would hate her for her gifts and how she was afraid of herself. Just like that he made her feel happy and normal, no more than normal... Saber made Ember feel special. She stood and followed him as he motioned for her to follow him. She went over and stood infant of him. He told her to attack him and she stepped back. "What?" she shook her head. He told her to trust him again and she bit her lip. "I... I can't go big here... It's to dangerous." she said and glance back at Reena. She bit her lip looking back at Saber but he was not changing his mind. "I hope you know what you are doing." she whispered and ran a hand through her hair. Ember closed her eyes and for a while she stayed like that until she started to shake. She started to glow a little and she focused it into her hands. She held her hands out hip with apart and a fireball began to grow between her hands. She looked so sad as she did it but then her eyes popped open and she looked angry. She glared at the fire in her hands and it grew more until it was the size of a person. She made a small cry of emotional pain before throwing it towards Saber and she fell backwards landing on her butt before quick returning her eyes to Saber to make sure he was okay.
    July 1st, 2015 at 12:56am
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    The fireball hurdled towards Saber at an incredible speed. Without moving, the wind immediately swirled all around him completely protecting him. The fire blew away from him in all directions, and before it could go anywhere near the trees it swirled around even more and engulfed the flames entirely. It happened so quickly it almost looked like the flames evaporated. He walked over to Ember, still smiling, and held out his hand. "How much do you trust me now?" He asked kindheartedly. He wasn't teasing her in the slightest, rather he was showing her she was truly able to give it her all without any fear.
    July 1st, 2015 at 01:03am
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    Ember smiled and took his hand. "But you had time and space to see it coming..." she said and stepped close to him her breathing quickening. "What about when I am close? I can burn just through touch too. And nightmares..." she shuddered looking away. "I have a lot of control now over what I had as a kid but..." she shook her head and looked at him. "I am dangerous Saber. If you trust me say you do but know what every moment you are with me that you are playing with fire." she said softly and closed her smoldering eyes. Ember could feel her head spinning with all that had happened. she felt safe here close to Saber but she worried for him still.
    July 1st, 2015 at 01:11am
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    Saber smiled and said, "Don't worry. There are a lot of things you still don't know about me. Besides, I'm a light sleeper. I've had to be considering all the other creatures I've had to deal with." Inferring there were things more terrifying than Veno-rats. "Honestly, this may sound crazy but even malicious intent alone can usually make me attack out of self defense in my sleep," Saber said this in a tone that Ember couldn't tell whether he was joking or being serious. He was happy she felt a lot better, this was very clear to tell by his expression. His face changed quickly when he remembered something. "Oh yeah, what was it that you wanted to talk about?" He asked curiously.
    July 1st, 2015 at 01:18am