#twelve red skies the end oc

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The silliesss

Unfortunately there are not all characters, but anyway

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Master post of this year's Roevember prompt list. There's more than the prompt responses in my #RoevemberXIV tag, though!

Mostly screenshots, though most have at least a short blurb with them. Mostly Dark, though other OCs appear, such as my other 3 ladies, Dark's parents Iron Summer and Singing Willow, and Dark's lookalike shard from the First--Felina of the Night's Blessed.

01 Meadow - Dark sheep watching with Iyna 02 Forest - Dark's a child of the woods 03 Mountain - Felina, Runar, and the talos at Mt Gulg 04 Desert - Dark arguing about sandy places with C'oretta 05 Streets - Dark recalling all the journey has led us down 06 Seas - Dark enjoying the shore with Aeryn 07 Skies - Dark contemplates the Final Days over her homeland 08 Stars - Felina when the Rak'tika Lightwarden fell 09 Cool- Dark in snowy Sharlayan 10 Hot - Dark at Hell's Lid 11 Gold - Dark in Yanxia at sunset 12 Silver - Singing Willow, Iron Summer, and old married flirting 13 Bronze - Dark training with Greinfarr 14 Casual - Dark reading at home 15 Debonair - Dark dressed up on a red carpet 16 Eclectic - Dark and some of her various martial jobs 17 Saintly - Conceptual, angelic prayers (WHM) 18 Devilish - Conceptual, voidsent schemes (DRK) 19 Athletic - Dark ensures that Iyna & C'oretta feel the burn 20 Scholarly - Felina's studies are interrupted by reminiscing 21 Loss - Iron, Sing, & 20 years without loved ones in East End 22 Fire - Dark contemplates meeting her patron deities 23 Faith - Further contemplations on meeting the Twelve 24 Wings - Dark and her faithful chocobo, Bandit 25 Hope - Dark keeps in mind the little things to maintain hers 26 Hear - Dark tutors aspiring young musicians 27 Feel - Dark just taking in the life of the Twelveswood 28 Think - Dark gaming with Aeryn simply varies in results 29 Flow - Dark can't take her eyes off the WoL for a second 30 Together - Starlight with the gang.

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Law & Order SVU Fanfic: All In - Chapter Twenty Five

Rating: Mature

Pairing: Rafael Barba x OC

Summary: He never meant for it to happen but now he wasn’t sure he ever wanted it to stop.

Chapters:  Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six, Chapter Seven, Chapter Eight,Chapter Nine, Chapter Ten, Chapter Eleven, Chapter Twelve,Chapter Thirteen, Chapter Fourteen, Chapter Fifteen,Chapter Sixteen, Chapter Seventeen, Chapter Eighteen, Chapter Nineteen,Chapter Twenty, Chapter Twenty One, Chapter Twenty Two, Chapter Twenty Three, Chapter Twenty Four, 

The ambulance on the scene was more out of precaution as opposed to necessity, Mike reminded himself for the millionth time as he cast another glance at the couple seated just inside the doorway of the rig. The two of them were sitting side by side, a red blanket wrapped around their collective shoulders as they huddled in close to one another. Their fingers were entwined, resting upon Barba’s thigh as Jen tilted her head towards the ADA, murmuring to him as her opposite hand soothingly caressed her lover’s bare forearm.

    From the stony expression on those bruised features of his, Barba had shut down. Mike could see it in the rigid way his shoulders were set, in the stiffness of his spine. His jawline was taut, his chin tipped up, daring anyone around him to question his grit. Those emerald eyes of his were steely and hard as he met the gaze of every single person that crossed his path.

    The left side of his face was already swollen, the pink and red blemishes marring from his temple, down past his cheekbone. The gash on the right side of his forehead had required several stitches and there was still evidence of the bleeding just above his eyebrow. Mike had never been pistol whipped before but he had seen the damage that it could cause. Barba was lucky not to have suffered any broken bones in the attack.

    That couldn’t be said of the man that had assaulted him. Patrol Officer Cullen had been spitting mad and yowling in agony when they had unceremoniously torn the black ski mask way from him. His face had been a mess. To say his nose was broken would be an understatement.

    Barba had disclosed hitting his assailant in the face twice, the first breaking his nose, the second smashing into that same spot once again in order to press his advantage. Mike would have used the word crushed to describe the damage. His gaze once again flickered to Barba, who was still clad in his sleepwear, a black vest and grey sweats, it seemed so oddly pedestrian for the man he was used to seeing clad in expensive suits and and colorful ties. He’d half expected monogrammed pajamas and a plush dressing gown.

    The ADA was more muscular than Mike had given him credit for, those starched shirts of his hid a defined physique. It was clear the other man kept in shape, Mike knew he ran, Rollins had casually mentioned it a few weeks back. He thought that Barba’s acute dress sense was part of the reason Cullen underestimated the other man. Barba had looked practically offended when Fin had expressed his surprise at ADA’s ability to defend himself. He hadn’t known the other man took classes every now and then, he doubted anyone besides Jen did. It was smart especially in his line of work, even more so after what had happened tonight.

    It made Mike wonder if Daniel was still being smart these days. The human rights lawyer had been getting more than his fair share of threats before he had broken up with Mike. The kind of cases that Daniel took on, disabled kids that couldn’t fend for themselves. There could be a lot of blow back from the people that hurt those kids, the corporations, the parents, sometimes the care facilities.

    How Daniel managed to keep his head above water...

    The man was an absolute marvel. Somehow after all the horror he had seen, he still managed to smile at the end of the day. There was a brightness in him that Mike seemed to draw strength from. His days had been dark lately, too dark. Most nights he found himself lying on his side, staring at the space Daniel used to occupy in the bed next to him, his palm leveling over those cold sheets. He missed him, more than he had ever missed anyone before and the thought of never seeing him again made his heart literally ache in his chest.

    His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of raised voices erupting from beyond the yellow crime scene tape. He tilted his head in that direction to see Lucia Barba standing on the opposite side, arguing with a patrolman as she jabbed her finger in Barba’s direction. Jen was already on her feet and moving towards the patrol officer, she touched him lightly on the shoulder before directing Lucia towards her son who was still wrapped in that bright red blanket.

    Barba rose to his feet at the sight of his mother, it was the first time Mike had seen that mask slip since he had arrived on the scene. His stare softened as he stepped towards Lucia. His lips were set in a grim line as she cupped his tense features, her fingertips trailed over the swelling of his left cheek before the two of them began to talk rapidly in Spanish.

    Jen appeared beside Mike, her small hands digging into the pockets of her black quilted jacket as the two of them stood watching the exchange between both members of the Barba family.

    “You called his mother.” Mike commented, a small smile tugging at his lips as he spoke. He had to hand it to Jen, from what he was seeing right now, Barba had needed the maternal intervention.

    “I didn’t want her to find out on the morning news.” Jen shrugged simply. “Cop tries to kill ADA, the news practically writes itself and the vans have been here since after the call went out over the radio.”

    “It looks like he really needed it.” Mike said, hunkering down inside his own black, winter coat as they watched the interaction.

    “Sometimes you just need your mom.” Jen said quietly, her head bowed as the toe of her leather boots scuffed at the tarmac beneath her feet.

    The two of them fell into a companionable silence, reflecting on their own set of circumstances. Mike’s own mom was a thousand miles away, ‘finding’ herself, just like she had been for the past fifteen years of his life whilst Jen’s had died a couple of years ago from a heart attack. Either way there was no maternal figure in their lives, the absence hitting them both hard as they watched Barba embrace his mother.

    “Do you know what triggered him?” Jen asked finally, tilting her head up so that she could see the profile of her Sergent’’s dark Irish features.

    Mike crossed his arms over his broad chest before angling his boxer’s physique towards her.

    “Donlon killed himself in lockup last night.” Mike revealed, his face set in a formidable expression as he spoke. “Cullen was with his wife when she was notified.”

    “Jesus, it never ends does it?” Jen said, raising her eyes up towards the sky as if praying for strength. “It’s like all the decisions we make just keep coming back to bite us in the ass.”

    Mike looked at her properly for the first time since he had gotten on the scene. She looked troubled, as if there was something heavy pressing down on her shoulders. At a glance he had attributed it to the circumstances but now...

    It felt like there was more at play.

    “You wanna talk about it?” he questioned gently, his dark eyebrows furrowing into a concerned from as he analysed his friend’s demeanor.

    “Not yet.” Jen replied, shaking her head to reinforce the notion. “Soon though.”

    “You know where I am.” Mike uttered, turning his attention back to the exchange between Barba and his mother. “Anytime, day or night, if you need to talk I’m here.”

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The Struggles of a Male Veela (Part 3 - Friendly Wager)

Louis Weasley x Soulmate!OC

Length: 2881 words

Warnings: lesbian parents, soulmate au, next gen!, altered next gen! ages, young Hunter Parrish as Louis, female OC

Part 3 of ‘The Struggles of a Male Veela’ Series | Masterlist | Part 2 | Part 4

Louis was quiet for the rest of the journey to Hogwarts, very much lost within his own mind. To the others in the compartment, his crazy and lively family, he might’ve looked sad or despondent. Rather, Louis was experiencing something very new, and quite strange for him.

He felt an odd heat, which felt strong, but not uncomfortable. The felt like it was trying to force its way from below his skin, and for a moment he was worried his twin, who sat next to him, could feel it. Beneath the heat, he felt a sort of sublime happiness, which also was trying to eject itself from every facet of him. Louis suspected these odd symptoms, were his veela side clearly wanting nothing more than to burst out from its cage. He could almost picture his transformed body spreading its amazing wings and soaring through the sky, due to complete happiness he felt from meeting his mate face-to-face. It was quite difficult for him to contain, really.

In leu of doing this, or joining in with his family’s banter (which sort of bored him), Louis instead spent the afternoon observing the English countryside blend into the Scottish Highlands. It was a peaceful affair, and after an hour or two, he was too focussed on the scenery, and his struggle to contain himself almost faded away. Eventually, though, the lush greenery was no longer visible to Louis, as the skies above had darkened considerably by evening. It always got darker earlier, the closer you were to winter – it felt like a fair exchange for the long sunlit hours of summer though.

Sooner or later, James Potter (the mischievous person he was) suggested to his cousins (Roxane and Fred in particular), that they make a bet for later that night. “The feasts’ are always really boring, so, I say we make a bet on how many first years we’ll get this year!” All three were in the same house, which was why the young teen thought only of that house.

However, Roxanne wasn’t interested unless the stakes were high, “Jamie, what are the consequences of said bet?” After all, their bet from the previous year’s first feast, which resulted in James going starkers to a Quidditch game he wasn’t playing in, was famous.

Fred nodded in agreement with his twin, the reminiscent grin on his face telling everyone he was thinking of the prior year. “Yeah, James, you gonna’ go ‘au natural’ again?”

From besides Louis, Victoire snickered, “Betting on little eleven year olds? That’s very predictable, guys.” It wasn’t like there was much to be interested in, anyway. Every time, there was usually around twelve students admitted into each house, per year – there was the odd year, where one house would get more students than usual, but generally fifteen or so was the limit.

The younger girl, Roxanne, nodded her head, “She’s not wrong, boys.” She paused, having a quick think, before she smirked, “Maybe we should bet on how long ‘lover-boy’ over here,” Gesturing to the ‘absent’ Louis with her thumb, “Will take to win over his ‘Slytherin love’.”

James’s face burst into a grin, always keen to embarrass a family member every now and then, “Yeah!” Louis barely glanced at them, not very interested in their little bet, “I say we do it!”

Rose, who was younger than the others in the compartment, offered her assistance, hoping to get ahead of them gang, and not become negatively involved in their bet. “I’ll keep track, if you want!” It was better to do this, than truly get involved and possibly lose, because the consequences were usually quite awful. The first and last bet she made with them, she ended up working four Saturday detentions, due to some super glue, a glitter charm, and a very annoyed teacher.

“Alright, Rose!” Freddy cheered his cousin, praising her ‘selfless’ act, not quite realising her reasoning. “Go ahead, and write this down…” The boy continued on, rambling about ‘consequences’ (they decided on a monetary bet, this time, but there was a ‘backing-out’ clause) and how guesses were going to be determined right, etc. In the end, Roxanne believed Louis would win over Selene before the end of their sixth year, whereas Freddy believing it would happen before Louis’ next birthday (which wasn’t too long before school ended), and James was adamant it would all happen before Christmas (a bold choice). Victoire refused to be a part of the bet, at least at that point (she’d probably join in, when the subject of the bet wasn’t right next to her), and other members of their family and friends were yet to be informed of the pool. “Oh, and every person involved pays two galleons, which will be the winnings!” Freddy then went quiet, pondering if there was anything else that should be stipulated, “I think that’s it.”

Rose, who’d been writing this all down, dutifully noting every guess, as well as the rules, nodded. “Here,” She reached into her pocket, pulling out a small coin purse, “I’ll put the winnings in here. My mum charmed it against thievery, and it’s incapable of being lost, so it’s safe.” Quickly, she gathered the six galleons from the first three people who’d made bets.

Throughout the entire exchange, Louis focussed on controlling his veela form, as he no longer had the scenery. It was beginning to get harder to control, though, as Louis could see the small platform coming up, telling him that their journey was nearly concluded. Soon, he’d see Selene again!

With a jerk, the train pulled into the small station in Hogsmeade, and Victoire pushed her twin’s shoulder excitedly. “We’re here!” The various members of the Weasley-Potter clan stumbled off the locomotive, all wearing their robes and specific house colours, with James falling off it, due to a dead-leg he’d gained. “You alright, James?” Victoire completely failed at sounding worried, as she was forced to hide her giggles behind her hand.

The younger boy grumbled out a few choice words, which his mother would have given him a stern look for. “Whatever.” His scoff of indifference was betrayed by his scarlet blush, “Let’s just get to the threstrals.” Lucy, who’d just walked over to them from hanging with her Ravenclaw friends, and Rose giggled at his embarrassed behaviour.

The small group marched their way from beside the scarlet train, quickly joining the long line of students, who were waiting to hop into a carriage. “Hey!” Albus appeared suddenly, almost as if out of thin air, making his brother jump slightly. “Do you mind if Frankie, Scorpius and I share a carriage with someone? We don’t have enough for our own.” He stood next to James, his two friends behind him.

Immediately after the question left Albus’ mouth, Lucy piped up, “You can join Rose and I!” It was easy to tell she liked one of them; her blush wasn’t subtle, and neither were her glances towards Frankie. No one mentioned it, but Frankie did smile back at the girl, who flushed an even darker red.

Finally, the group was at the front of the line, and they all began to clamber into a carriage. Ultimately, the small group had to take two as the addition of the Slytherins’ were too many for one.

Just as his hand touched the handle of the wooden carriage, Louis paused. He could feel that someone was looking at him. The sixth year turned a fraction of an inch, looking to his right and easily spotting the eyes of his soulmate. Selene’s eyes seemed to glow in the low light of the platform, sending a wave of emotion through him, which he wasn’t sure he was totally ready for. Louis wanted nothing more than to be with her, to hold her hand, and kiss her skin… but alas, it was far too soon for any of that. The two teenagers were still quite young, not even yet sixteen (well, at least Louis wasn’t), and barely knew each other. Acknowledging this, the blonde turned away, getting into the carriage where his family was waiting for him. All the while, Louis thought of the pure emotion that had been behind Selene’s eyes, which included apprehension and nervousness, which had definitely been mirrored in his.

The welcoming feast was long and tedious, filled with good food and conversation, but every student was happy when it finally finished. People were too tired to stay long after everyone was dismissed, but Louis did manage to glance towards the Slytherin table during, and had watched Selene dining with her friends for a few moments.

The next morning, the Gryffindor house was a flurry of students rushing down to the Great Hall, all eager to make sure their first day wasn’t started off on the wrong foot. A few hours after breakfast, James Potter was rushing down to the dungeons from the third floor, hoping to make it in time for Potions. He’d been busy setting up a prank he’d concocted the night before, and had lost track of the time. On his way there, the fourth year slammed into a taller body, who’d been walking in the opposite direction. The opposing body fell to the floor, with a loud grunting, “Oompf!” Said body’s bag fell with them, scattering various books and quills about the place.

“I’m sorry!” James nearly squeaked out, as he began franticly gathering the person’s possessions, haphazardly piling them together. He glanced at his watch, noting that he was already three minutes late for class. “I’m running late, I’m so sorry, but I have to go!” The young boy ran off, leaving the piled books and quills next to the student, who’d begun to sit up at this point. One last “Sorry!” was shouted.

The Gryffindor was off again, and was turning the corner, before the person one the floor could utter their own apologies. “It’s okay- and, he’s gone.” The body, which was clad in the Slytherin house colours, was that of Selene Morgenstern, who’d been leaving the Slytherin Common Room only moments before. She had been about to make her way up to the library, eager to spend her first ‘free’ session reading and sorting through some of the syllabuses she’d already gotten that day. Instead, the young woman was pouting slightly, as she rubbed her sore side, “Ouch.” She was convinced the area was going to bruise, marking where the eldest Potter child had run into her. Selene sighed, before she eventually got to her knees, ready to get up off the cold dungeon’s stone floors.

As she was standing, the Slytherin sixth year felt someone’s hand press to her back. While this normally would have sent off alarm bells, in her mine, Selene didn’t feel scared by the hand touching her (even without her permission). “Are you alright?” The person’s voice, coupled with their warm hand, sent a shiver of exhilaration down her spine. The action embarrassed her to the core, as it was completely out of character for her.

“I’m fine, Mr Weasley. Thank you for asking.” Selene quipped, easily using her sense of propriety to try and take away some of her mortification. With the help of Louis’ hand, she stood up completely, her bag once again in her hands. “Thank you, again.” Finally (finally! Louis’ mind cheered), Selene looked up to him, locking her eyes with his. Another shiver went down her spine, only this one was due to the sheer intensity she saw in the blue orbs looking back at her. A soft blush settled on her cheeks, the Slytherin girl began to feel slightly awkward with the clear admiration displayed in his eyes.

Louis, sensing her unease at his obvious feelings, took a physical step back from her, trying to convey that he wasn’t meaning to overwhelm her. When she sent him a small smile, he believed his action to have been the right course. Gathering his strength, he asked if she had a ‘free’ session that block, and smiling when she informed him that she did. Louis cleared his throat, before he asked, “M-Maybe, we could spend it in the library? Together?” He suddenly could not meet her eyes, afraid she would think he was being too forward. “Don’t feel like you have to!” Louis’ heart was already racing at his own words, as well as the fact he began picturing the two of them, getting cosy in the library… with books scattered everywhere… their eyes meeting over their parchment paper... He shook himself from those thoughts, reminding himself that he was trying to make Selene comfortable in his presence, not wanting to overwhelm her.

Whilst he was thinking all of that, Selene was considering how Louis’ actions once again reminded her of a young boy. “I’ll go with you.” Selene decided, smiling at him, seeming as if she was no longer uneasy about his company.

The moment her agreement left her lips, Louis began to panic. What would they talk about? The library may require silence, but the walk there did not! It was only the first day of classes, too, so he didn’t have a reservoir of banter held back, ready for this moment. He knew nothing about her, what she enjoyed, nor what she disliked… Louis supposed now was as good a time, as any, to find out these things... but still…

The two sixth years walked towards the large library, which was located several floors above their current position. As they walked, Louis began to ask a few basic questions – restraining himself from the dozens of probing, intellectual ones that stirred in his mind, at that moment. His goal was to find stuff out about her, but also to continue to make her feel at ease with his presence. One of his goals in life, was to make his ‘mate’ happy, after all.

Louis started off with the basic ‘family-friend-asking-you-about-school’ question, “So, uh, w-what’s your favourite subject?”

“I really like Care of Magical Creatures, I find it really interesting.” Selene would never admit that she wasn’t this honest with other people she’d just met, “What about you?”

“I used to be into Transfiguration, but not so much, anymore.” It was ironic to him, that he’d enjoyed transfigurations so much before his change. “Uh, where did you grow up?”

“Not too far from Diagon Alley, in a small wizarding community there. It’s a pretty quiet place, actually. What about you, Louis?”

His mind seemed to freeze, every part of him having enjoyed the way Selene’s mouth had just formed his name. He shook himself from that, “My parents own cottage, which is basically on a beach. So, me and my siblings grew up there… but, I, uh, most of my cousins and I spend our time at the Burrow. Especially during the summer.” The two wandered up the moving stairs, narrowly avoiding being sent to the astronomy tower when the staircase suddenly flung itself to the right.

“The ‘Burrow’?” Selene glanced at him, with a bit of confusion in her eyes. Overall, she was enjoying this. Something within her, loved the idea of getting to know Louis Weasley. She accredited it to the fact she found him very attractive. “What’s that?”

Louis looked at her for a moment, “It’s, uh, my grandparents’ house. It’s sort of like the Weasley-headquarters.” He let out an awkward chuckle, for once in his life feeling slightly self-conscious of his upbringing. His family, apart from the Potters’ and his Uncle George, were not incredibly rich. Mostly they were hard-working, comfortably-living, people. However, this small feeling of awkwardness was easily thrown out the window when Selene smiled at him, quite excitedly.

“I wish I had a family like that.” At Louis’ raised eyebrow, she went on, “It’s just me and my mums’.” Louis looked confused, “My birth mother, and her wife. They’re lesbians.”

“Oh,” Louis was interested in this fact, as it was a fascinating part of her life he was learning about, “That’s kind of’ cool!”

Selene laughed, shaking her head, “Yeah, it’s not bad.” She was going to continue their conversation, asking more about his family in return, but noticed they were at the library doors already. Instead, she offered up the chance to talk again, another time, “Hey, I enjoyed this, the conversation…” Selene started off, feeling like she may be going out on a limb here, “We should do it again.”

Louis nodded immediately, “Maybe we can, uh, walk to the library together again, next week?” He wondered if he was coming off too eager, and he was suddenly felt just as awkward as he did before. Trying to fake some confidence, he said, “Uh, if you want… it’s okay, if you don’t… I understand you might like your peace and quiet, your alone time-”

She cut him off, a small smirk on her face as she did so, “I’d like that, Louis.” Immediately, his face lit up like a Christmas tree, making her feel a trill of happiness flow through her body. He wanted to spend time with her… Selene bit the edge of her lip, trying to subdue the grin that was threatening to emerge. To avoid such embarrassment, she nudged her head towards the library, “So, are we going in?”

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|The Lost Force | part 1

(Hello I’m typo king- if there’s any typos or mistakes  apologize- this is a fanfic I’m working on somewhere else but I would really like to post it here too so-)

Genre: Fantasy, MAMA au

Length: 1.9k

Pairing: OC (Aeris)  x EXO*

 *it’s not defined yet, it’s part of the mystery

Summary: The Tree Of Life was never the same after the Red Force took the Great Force, the only one keeping the Tree Of Life alive, away. The Elements (Legends) must find the Great Force to become one again and defeat the Red Force. This story is based on SM Entertainment boy group EXO’s MV MAMA. Characters not mine.

❝When the skies and the grounds were one, the legends, through their twelve forces, nurtured the tree of life. An eye of red force created the evil which coveted the heart of tree of life, and the heart slowly grew dry. To tend and embrace the heart of tree of life, the legends hereby divide the tree in half and hide each side. Hence, time is over-turned and space turns askew. The twelve forces divide into two and create two suns that look alike into two worlds that seem alike. The legends travel apart. The legends shall now see the same sky but shall stand on different grounds, shall stand on the same ground but shall see different skies. The day the grounds be kept a single file before one sky in two worlds that seem alike, the legends will greet each other. The day the red force is purified, the twelve forces will reunite into one perfect root, a new world shall open up.❞ - MAMA by EXO

In the modern Earth, there are many tales and stories that people share everyday. Whether it is from generation to generation or by story telling events in schools and libraries. From a certain age to adulthood kids and teenagers are told that many of the stories they’ve heard during their childhood doesn't really happens or ever happened.

Many dreams and curiosity about the world are destroyed in that process, leaving the world they all know a little less magic and more grey.

But what if people were wrong about those conclusions? What if there are still magic in this world? Magic hidden between the humans? People that were destined to help other people and to keep Planet Earth free from evil?

This story goes far and longer than it looks.

Ever since Earth began to create life, there are elements that guarantees a pleasure living to all well beings in Earth. Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Frost, Light, Lightening, Time Control, Flight, Telepathy, Teleportation and Healing are the elements that together, with one Great Force that kept them together, formed the Tree Of Life.

One day, the Grate Force was taken away from the Tree Of Life by the red force. The elements quickly started fall apart and distant from each other, hence two great groups where created trying to keep some of the elements together.

Yet, the legends were still incomplete and missing the presence of each other. The whole situation without the Great Force made the elements weaker and none of them were able to find the Great Force, the only force that could possibly unite them, ever again.

The prophecy tells that when the Great Force returns and is found by the elements it will make The Tree Of Life live again and the Red Force could be defeated.

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Starting college is not easy for anyone, neither it is for Aeris.

Aeris is a common girl, 18 years old starting her new life in college. It’s a new chapter in her life that would come with new challenges and surprises. In the first day of college, Aeris stood still in front of a big wall filled with papers and the list of students and their respective classrooms. She was confused, there was many people walking by and also struggling to read the list with many names and different courses and numbers. To her lucky there was someone standing next to her who seemed to be even more confused than she was. Maybe it was her chance. Maybe she should try to socialize a little.

“Are you also struggling to find your name?” she asks softly.

The guy standing there looks away from the papers for a moment to look over her with the same confused expression.  “I am not from this country… I can’t read it” he tells her.

Aeris immediately gasps surprised and nods. She always wanted to meet someone from overseas, because she never had the opportunity to travel before. “Really? What’s your name? Maybe I can help…”

The boy smiled thankfully “My name is Huang Zitao I moved from China a couple of months ago to study here.”

Aeris blinked a little confused and squints her eyes thinking of something. “You have a Chinese name right? In that case we need to search for ‘Zitao’ instead of ‘Huang’” she mentions and look over the list, searching for his name. “Here!” she exclaims “You are in the room 1485.” Aeris smiles to the boy victoriously. “Oh! You found it! Thank you so much.” he exclaims.

He smiles back at her and opens his bag looking for a paper so he could write the number of the room. Zitao suddenly looked up widening his eyes “I didn’t ask you- What is your name? We also need to find your room!”

“Oh you are right, I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Aeris.” She quickly replies.

“Aeris? That’s a beautiful name!” Zitao comments “You can just call me Tao by the way!” He looks over the list and tries to read them again. “Ae - ris. It sounds like an ‘E’.. ‘E’ is around…” he travels his finger over the list close to the middle of it.

Aeris couldn’t help but giggle at her new friend confusion. “Tao, My name starts with an “A”. Ae-ris.” She smiles widely as she noticed Tao chuckling and moving his finger upwards close to the names with ‘C’. “You are close” she comments as he finally find the names with ‘A’.

“Alicia… Amanda… Annie…Aeris!! Here you are!” He exclaims happily. “And you are in the classroom… 1485 and 1458? Why do you have to go to two classrooms?”

“What?” Aeris tilts her head curiously and notices a asterisk next to the classrooms. “Wait there is more Tao!” she points to it end reads in the bottom of the paper. “Students of this course will have to occasionally change classrooms due the latest schedule changes” She reads out loud. “Well, I guess some classes we will still have together, but for some I’ll have to change classrooms…” she trails off.

“But we will still see each other right?” Tao asks urgently. Aeris giggles at the boy’s question. After all he’s a new student just like her with not many friends and to add to that he is also not from this country. It should be scary for him, she thinks.

“Sure, we will Tao. Don’t worry about it, I got your back!” Aeris smiled reassuringly.

Zitao and Aeris headed to the classroom 1485 first, arriving there they meet with the other students talking to each other already, maybe some of them already knew each other, and some were building a friendship. Aeris sat on a desk on the second roll next to a window and Zitao takes a seat right next to her.

“Do you know anyone in here?” he whispers to her somehow shy. “Everyone is already talking to each other…”

“And aren't we talking to each other as well?” Aeris chuckles and looks around the classroom. “Not really… We will have to make some friends.”

A group of friends suddenly walks into the classroom talking loudly and Tao snaps his head to them waving happily. Aeris looked at him surprised, she hasn't asked him if he knew anyone and apparently, he does.

“Zitao!” One of the guys called for him loudly. “Where were you man? I thought we would meet up on the front door!” Another one of them exclaimed. “Ah man, that’s true- I got distracted and confused…” Tao frowns and then widens his eyes. “Oh! Guys, please meet my new friend, she’s called Aeris. With an ‘A’! Isn’t it great? She helped me out!” he exclaims. “I also learnt that ‘A’ is the first letter in the alphabet!”

“With an ‘A’?” The first one from before asked. “Of course it’s the first letter! Alphabet itself already starts with ‘A’” A tall looking guy replied back.

“Uhm.. Hi?” Aeris who felt a little out of place, said.

The boys turned to her and smiles apologetically for the mess they’ve created. Aeris listened carefully to their accents, and some of them seemed to be from China just as Tao. One of the boys stepped ahead and introduced himself offering a friendly smile.

“Hi, it is nice to meet you, Aeris. My name is Kris. I’m glad that you met Tao and helped his way here.”

“Oh yeah, no problem at all. He told me he’s not from here, so I’ve imagined how hard it must be. I mean, it’s hard for everyone and if you are from another country must be even harder.” Aeris smiled then tilted her head awkwardly “I mean— it is not impossible to figure out the place by yourself, no-not that is odd that you can’t do it— I mean we are all new in this environment called university- so it’s common that we feel awkward and weird and all those things, please someone stop me from speaking-” Aeris giggles shyly and looks away.

All the boys started laughing along and a shorter guy talks “You talk just like me!” The boy laughs loudly. “I’m Kim Jongdae! It’s nice to meet you!” Aeris look at Jongdae, he had a sharped jaw and nice smile. She wondered if that jaw could actually cut things, it looked perfect.

“God save us, having two Jongdaes is going to be pure mess!” A kitten eye sharped boy jokes happily “That’s a joke of course, we would love to have Aeris around us. My name is Zhang Yixing.” He smiled at her and turned to the eye kitten boy. “Oh I’m Kim Minseok and I agree with Yixing” he says. “You know, you guys are probably scaring Aeris away. My name is Luhan by the way is nice to meet you” Luhan changed his voice from scolding towards his friends to lovely and sweet to Aeris.

“Zhang Yixing? Luhan? Are you also Chinese?” Aeris asked them curiously.

Yixing who had the softest smile among them, chuckles and replies to her. “Yes we are! We just came from China.” He noticed how Aeris got surprised from the new information and looked at Zitao. “You didn't tell her?” he asks.

“Oh… No I haven’t yet. I mean, she didn't know you guys there was no reason” he laughs then turns to Aeris again. “We all know each other from China. It was very recently that each one of us moved to this country to study in this University” Tao explains.

“So you guys were all born in China? And you guys already knew each other for a while?” She asks.

“Me and Minseok were born here. Our parents are Korean but we moved to China when we were kids.” Jongdae explains calmly. “And ‘for a while’ would be very humble to say… Our parents know each other before we were even born. We are friends since born!” he finishes explaining.

Aeris looked at the boys with her eyes widened. Their story had surprised her in many ways, she had never had such long-lasting friends with the same age. She does have some friends that she knows since she was born since it was the daughters of her parents’ friends. But she knows it wasn't exactly the same since they were older than her; Sowon was 5 years older than her, Shawol was 4 years older and the oldest between them, Cassie that is 9 years older than Aeris.

Despise the age difference they treats each other as a family and real sisters, always trying to give emotional support to each other during the hardest times. She wonders how it would be like if they had the same age and studied in the same classes as the boys in front of her. Their parents must be hard working to give their sons such an opportunity to study in this university.

Soon one of the lecturers walked into the class and all the boys sat nearby Zitao and Aeris. Jongdae in front of her, followed by Kris  behind her and Yixing in front of Zitao and Minseok and Luhan behind. The first class was nothing much beside introductions about the classes and campus rules. When they are finally done with it Jongdae immediately turns himself to Aeris making a funny face about how boring the class was.

“Well at least you don’t have to move to next classes.” Aeris jokes to him patting Jongdae’s arm. “What do you mean?” Jongdae frowns confused. “I need to change classrooms after this one. I’m not sure why… It just said on the list that I should move.” Aeris explained pouting slightly.

“Maybe it is just a mistake? You should go and see what’s about” Jongdae suggests and Aeris nods. “I will! I see you later, Jongdae.” she replies

Aeris arranges all her things back into her bag and bids quick goodbyes to all her new friends and headed to the room 1458.