''What do you mean, find another one?'' ''Celeric, it is time. You need to find them.''
''Who?!'' ''The Gifted. You need to join them. Then you will be ready to
tackle your first Challenge.''
''But... Where ARE they?'' ''You will know. You will always know. You will feel
them.''
''Uh... Okay? So, can you give me some tips on the way? Hello? Are
you there?!''
Ivy sighs, irritated, as her Guardian gives her more mixed up
advice. She can't keep from yelling. "Why can't you give me good,
helpful advice instead of just being the worst guardian ever! You
just drive me crazy! Why wont you just... HELP ME!" Her eyes are
colder than ice.
Ivy's Guardian shakes his head sadly, his dark eyes sad. "I cannot
tell you more. It is against the laws. All I can do is guide you
the best I can, which I cannot do now. I'm sorry." He sighs. Ivy
scowls at him. "Just... ughhhh!" She storms off.
''This is no use. We will have to do something else.'' - You then
proceed to take out your hands, like you were reaching out for
something. ''Think about it... Think about it...'' A really small
gap in reality appears out of thin air, right in front of you. If
you duck a bit, you could pass through.
''This totally will not work, but it's worth a try...'' - you say
to yourself, while trying to fit through the tiny gap. It slowly
starts to collapse, nearly crushing your torso. Miraculously, you
end up on the other side.
You look around. There's a girl with headphones. Nothing else. You
were going to make a turn back, but then, you start feeling the
same feeling, but stronger. You ask the girl.
Ivy's eyes flame with smoldering fire as she storms into a forest.
She then punches at a tree until her knuckles start to bleed, and
then she flops down next to the tree, and buries her head into her
bloody hands.
Ivy sighs and moves her hands away from her face. There's
probably blood on my face now. She wanders around, keeping
direction of where she is, and finds a fast flowing stream.
Relieved, she dunks her face into the water and relaxes as she cold
water swirls by her. At that point, her lungs start to ache, and
brings her face out of the water. Next, she puts her hands into the
water, and her eyes widen in shock and relief as the water brings
the fire from her hands.
''Go. In. SIDE!'' - you yell, while pointing at now tiny hole in
existence. Guess you have no choice now. You need to slip through
now, or you will be stuck with this girl.
Using telekinesis, you managed to pass through with just some
scrapes. You are in the forest again.
[Just so you know, you can't see the Guardians. Yet. You can feel
their presence though. And, you know, hear them.]
''Quickly, before it--'' - the gap collapses, and you doubt you
will ever see the girl again.
''Maybe finding the others is actually the first Challenge...'' -
you say to yourself while walking normally, as you just ran out of
power for today. You can still sense a presence, but now, much
farther away.
(Okay.)
Ivy scowls, and heads back, her temper gone. She sighs, and feels a
presence. "Guardian, please.. I need..." She inhales sharply. "I
need your help." She blushes a little. "There I said it! I need to
get world peace, for you and everyone else." Noticing that she said
'peace', she adds quickly. "Or power." She shrugs.