"Cliff, come help with the gardening" my mother shouted from the garden. I sighed and watched as my mother lost yet another hat in the terrible gale.

I wrapped up warm and headed out into the storm...bloody weather. My mother was desperately trying to grow something but her attempts had so far failed.

"Why must I be cursed with such a ungreen finger?" she moaped staring at her patch of dirt

"Beats me" I mumbled digging my hands into my coat and pulling my hood over my head. I groaned in pain when I fell flat into the vegetable patch

"Cliff...look!" my mother shreiked hysterically. She was pointing at my face with utter shock upon her own. "Its growing"

I gasped unable to form words as tiny plants grew from my dirt coloured hands. Soon my fingers had become tree branches, each one with a flourishing set of golden brown leaves.

"The plants are growing off you...and...and look!" little mountain-like molehills sprung up around my feet but disappeared when I raised my foot off the ground. I opened my mouth to gasp but my voice did not come out...a girls did. My neighbour to be exact

I watched helplessly as a wave of water flew from her garden and tried to drown ours.

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My collab for NaNoWriMo 2010!!!
The characters for this story have been chosen. It is only for me, CrystalRose, AutumnMay and SapphireSoul. NOBODY ELSE!!!!

Name: Cliff
Age: 14
Element: Earth
Animal: Mammoth
Apperance: Very well built and slightly taller than average. Neatly cut dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Strong and mildly quick. His fingers are often tree branches with leaves depending on the season.
Personality: Fun-loving but short-temperered. A bull in a china shop who only does and never thinks. Is not very intelligent but has his moments of quick thinking to get out of situations. Ruthless and shows no sympathy for the villians. Often takes things too far
Other: Is the muscle of the quartet and compares himself to Porthos from the three musketeers.

Name: Aqua
Age: 15
Element: Water
Animal: Dolphin
Appearance: Quite thin and just a bit below average height. Strawberry blonde shoulder length hair and clear blue eyes. Wears glasses.
Personality: Generally happy. Is quite clever and can show of hugely when she wants to. Really friendly and fun to be around. Is really sympathetic so can't stay mad at anyone and never hold grudges.
Other: Is the brain of the group, but can sometimes be used to get into small spaces.

Name: Rae
Age: 15
Element: Fire
Animal: Phoenix
Appearance: Thin for her age. Five foot three, six stone. Long true red hair, reddy-brown eyes.
Personality: Shy, but is full of ideas when you get to know her. Prefers the company of her phoenix to that of other people, but can socialise surprisingly well when she wants to. If you make her angry, she'll get reeeeaaaly mad, and then incredibly sarcastic.
Other: The talent of the four. Shows greater skill in her element than the others (though not by lots.) As she doesn't speak or do much, she sees sights and hears bits of information no one else does

Name: Aire
Age: 15
Element: Air
Animal: Pegasus
Apperance: Light blond hair so light it can be said that it is white. Icy blue eyes that almost seem white. Pale skin and is athletic built. She stands at about 5"5. Her features are quite strong like her firm jaw and high cheek bones.
Personality: She is sort of bad girl style but is very considerate of others. She enjoys the company of others but she can seem quite distant. She is very thoughtful and her gifts helps her to hear things far distance or from other rooms.
Other: Is the most skillfull of the four, meaning she has trained heavily in martial arts and gymnastics making her quite athletic. She doesn't believe in being able to get out of situations with just brunt force and that you have to know what your aiming to get to

updated Nov 2 '10 by Magnauctor