I stood there, my breathing heavy, looking up at the huge moubntain that had formed in front of my house. I couldn't understand. It had all started when I'd dropped that water bottle. And this mountain, that was here 'cause the guy over the fence took a step. One solitary step.
All the gradens on the block had been destroyed in the space of five minutes. It just didn't make sense at all.

"Um, Aqua, is it?" it was the voice of the guy over the fence. He was walking around the mountain towards me.

"Yeah, and it's Cliff, right?" I answered. He nodded.

"Do you know what's...?"

"Nope," I squinted to see him properly. My glasses had fallen off when the mountain had knocked me over and I couldn't see then anywhere.

Cliff held out his hand. "Looking for these?"

"Yeah, thanks," I took them from him and, placing then on my face, I found that both lenses were cracked. "Crap."

Cliff and I walked around the mountain  but couldn't see anyone else. Well, until:

"May!" someone screamed. "No, May!"

We saw a girl, of about my age, leaning opver a smaller girl. Of coarse, it was her house that'd been on fire.

Another girl ran up to the crying girl. "Are you all right? Is she OK? What happened?" she asked all in ione breath.

This girl was dressed like... like... like that girl from the film, Orphan. Y'know, the one called Esther who turns out to be a murdering phsychopath? Anyway, I'm not one to make judjements but that's the first thing that came into my head when I saw her outfit.
The second thought was goth.
My third thought was or maybe she's an emo?

The girl's hair was white, or blonde enough to be called white. I must admit, though, it did suit her. When I saw the tearstains mascara had made on her face I decided that she was emo. I also rushed over to help her with the crying girl.

"She's dead," the crying girl sobbed. "I killed her."

The emo girl took the small girl's - May's -  wrist.

"No, not with your thumb," I told her, and checked for May's pulse myself.

"She isn't dead," I said at the same time as the emo girl.

I continued, "She maybe just shocked."

The emo girl added, "She'll be fine when she wakes up."

We looked at each other and smiled.

"I'm Aqua," I said.

"Aire (spelt with an e)," the emo girl said.

The crying girl looked up at us. "She's really going to be OK?" Aire and I nodded. The crying girl sighed. "Your glasses are broken."

"Yeah, I know," I grinned. "This is Cliff, by the way," I gestured to Ckiff, who came over and sat on the ground with us.

"My name's Rae," the crying girl told us.

We got chatting, mostly about what had just happened and how it could have done. It ended with the assumption that we must have powers or something. I agreed, and Cliff thought they must be element based.

"Yes!" I said. "I've worked it out. Cliff, yours must be Earth, you made the mountain. Mine must be Water, I've been so thirsty lately and I flooded everything. Rae, I think yours is Fire, your house was, like, blazing in seconds. Which means Aire, yours has to be Air. It's the only explanation for the tornado."

They all just stared at me.

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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