I woke with a start, memories of the dream flooding my mind, tears stinging my eyes as I remembered what I had just seen. It looked like tonight would be the same as always, no sleep. I slipped out of bed pulling a Hoodie on over my thin track shirt I slept in. I walked to the window, keeping my footsteps quiet so as to not wake my sleeping roommate. My jaw ached from earlier. I had to break it and re set it as it had healed the wrong way. Damn Rhea, stupid protective popular person and now I was in trouble, she knows what I can do.  

I stood at the window taking in the fresh air. Sometimes I wish I was more popular, but I’m a lone wolf. I had moved to the University from the other side of the country leaving every friend I ever had behind. I toyed with my necklace, fingers running over my garnet stone. I had lost contact with them all, hardly surprising really. I threw myself into my studies, so I can get out of here and move on to bigger and better things, use my healing powers.

I glanced round at the clock and sighed. It was one in the morning and sleep was a lost cause now. I wrote a quick note to Leah before grabbing a pair of jeans and my trainers. I opened the window wide and quickly dropped out, breathing heavily before dropping two stories down onto the campus grounds. I pulled my iPod out of my pocket, putting the buds in my ears as my eyes adjusted to the dark.

My mind wandered to the friends I had left behind as I rethought what had happened today and last night. It wasn’t my fault that John had wanted to kiss me, he was drunk. I didn’t even know he had a girlfriend yet alone Rhea’s roommate and best friend. I didn’t regret it, it was nice to get some attention and not feel like a third wheel for once. The few friends I had were mostly in relationships, and I was a social pariah. I doubt I’ll ever get a partner. As I’m constantly reminded, I have no fashion sense and I’m a weirdo. I doubt a day goes by when I’m not abused in the halls of the University, either verbally or in extreme cases, normally due to Rhea, being pushed around although until today she had never broken anything.

I walked through the trees before coming to a stop by my favourite tree in the whole of campus. It was my favourite place in the whole campus. It reminded me of home, where I would wander aimlessly through the forest, finding animals to heal, just after I realised I had my power. I sat down resting my head against the gnarled trunk and let all my fears run away from me as I became tranquil, the music in my ears tethering me to the earth that I felt I was drifting away from. My love of music and helping people was the only reason I was still here. I listen to everyone’s problems if they need me to, without judgement. But that was all forgotten as I felt myself drift off to sleep the still air surrounding me. Maybe it would get better soon.

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I woke up to the sound of a bell, hastily getting up before realising I was outside and my legs were numb with cold. It was then I also realised it was a Saturday and that my music was still playing, the bell in the song awakening me. I shuddered at the cold air nipping at my face and dashed back indoors ignoring a few weird stares I got. Jumping the stairs two at a time I reached the second floor and put my key in the door to my room. Leah was sat on the bed and jumped when I entered.

“Woah, I didn’t even realise you were gone” She said as she clutched her chest.

“I left a note” I replied sadly.

Even my roommate didn’t care anymore. I wish I knew my purpose and at one point I did but know, I have no clue where I’m going or where I belong. Maybe I should just let the past go, so I can move forward to the future. I snapped out of my musings when I realised Leah was talking to me. I nodded and just zoned out again. Oh well another normal day then, being talked at not to. Where am I going in life? I wish I knew. 

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Character Profiles

Name: Lucy Knight (Bad)
Zodiac: Pisces [The 'saint' and the sinner]
Appearance: Medium height (5ft.5), athletic, blue eyed, pixie face shape and blonde pixie hair cut ^.^
Personality: Quick to insult, mysterious, alluring, distrusting and unknowingly to everyone else; completely self-loathing.
Power/Element: Lust. 2 is her 'magic' number and that relates to her power - She can get any guy; any girl; any one she can find to fall in 'love' with her. It doesn't last when she leaves but still, rather effective while she's around. [This only happens if she wants it to however if we do not know about our powers early on then she could do this by accident a few times..]
It is intensified in power when near water; i.e. in the rain or by a lake.
Water
Author: Temglin

Name: Linnea Suvari (Bad)
Zodiac: Gemini [The Twins]
Appearance: Thick, long, mahogany hair. Grey-eyes. Voluptuous in a rique way. Tiny (4ft.7").
Personality: Talkative. Flirty. Inquisitive. Quick mind. Knowledge Thirsty.
Power/Element: Super speed both in body and mind; she processes millions of things in the space of a second which is handy when dealing with complex systems (or homework!).
Element is Air.
Author: xLilHillx

Name: Marcus Oubiliette (Good)
Zodiac: Leo (The lion)
Apperance: Quite tall (5 ft 11"), quite thin, dark brown hair, blue eyes, broad shoulders.
Personality: He talks but not too much, likes to laugh, hides feelings inside him, a good leader of people.
Power: His power is linked to his celestial leader, the sun, and his stone the onyx (light and dark), his power wanes during the night. His reactions are very quick and he can create and use fire. This power has to be trained though and as I said before it wanes at night. The onyx gives him luck and also helps him live. if found during the night without and onyx he is weaker and slower than most human beings.
Element: Fire
Author: NeverLettinGo

Name: Rhea Greenway (Bad)
Zodiac: Scorpio (The Scorpion)
Appearance: 5"8, muscular but still curvy, green eyes, long black hair, pale skin
Personality: Focused, Emotional, Jealous, Possessive, cutting with her words
Power/Element: When in a delicate situation Rhea wears Topaz jewellery to channel sympathy otherwise she is quite cruel and capable of easily hurting people's feeling's. Is an empath and can focus on people's emotion's and tell how they are feeling. Her reactions are lightning quick like that of a scorpion's tail. She see's emotion's as colours in her mind and can change people's emotion's very quickly.
Element: Water - powers are stronger when she is close to lake's and ocean's.
Author: Shade :)

Name: Lillian Callaghan (Lily) (Good)
Zodiac:Capricorn (The Goat)
Appearance: Medium height, blue eyes, blonde hair, curvy, heart shaped face
Personality: Trustworthy, Ambitious, Patient, Stubborn, Cautious of everyone
Power/Element: Lily is a healer, however can heal more complex diseases to do with the heart and lungs when wearing Garnet, her birthstone. Garnet is also rumoured to enhance sensuality and sexuality but Lily has never explored that side of the stone. Earth sign, natural healer, uses nature to her advantage and has an affinity to nature.
Author: Shade

Name: Scout Evander (Good)
Zodiac: Sagittarius (The Archer)
Appearance: Little above average, bright bluey-green eyes, very dark mahogany hair cut into a bob, has a scar across her lip (right side), often wears gloves
Personality: Free-spirited (nothing can tie her down), optimistic, athletic, adventurous and fairly easy going
Power/Element: Her element is Fire. Her power is increased accuracy and ability to judge distances. She is an amazing shot be it; bow and arrow, a gun or simply a rock she can nearly always hit her mark. However is not very good in close combat. When wearing/being in contact with Turquoise she can create a small flame e.g. the size of a lighter flame, Turquoise also strengthens muscles. She is fairly athletic though I'm not sure if you'd call that a power.
Author:Almach

Name: Ethrael Torian (Bad)
Zodiac: Taurus (the bull)
Apperance: Tall (6'5"), muscular, short black hair, tanned skin, brown eyes
Personality: Trustworthy, when he makes up his mind there is no changing it (if you try it's like talking to a tree), keeps his friends close, plans out things before executing them.
Power: Super strength, simply put, he can throw punches that will send people for an unexpected flight. Near unkillable while on earth, everytime he is knocked down the earth heals him and he can get right back up. His stone: Emerald, acts as earth when he is not in contact with earth so say for example he's in a plane or on a boat.
Weakness: Without the emerald he can be killed as long as he isn't touching earth. Also only as fast, agile, same reaction time as a human.
Element: Earth
Author: NeverLettinGo

Name: Jarod Gaelum (Bad)
Zodiac: Cancer- The Crab
Appearance: 5ft 10" Well-built and athletically fit. He has olive green eyes and black hair in a ponytail.
Personality: Is ever changing in his moods. He appears to be unemotional and a lone wolf. He is very caring/compassionate towards friends and family but can be very harsh and blunt towards others because he isn't someone suited to change.
Element: Water (he loves the ocean)
Power: When he holds his moonstone he can 'mist' to wherever he wants and when he forces his hands onto any surface his body absorbs their properties. He could be as strong as steel the one minute, and as light and fluffy as a marshmallow the next.
Author: The Bluejay

Name: Emma Fielding (Good)
Zodiac: Virgo- The Virgin
Appearance: 5ft 3" Mousy and timid-looking. She has chestnut brown eyes and long frizzy black hair.
Personality: She is bold and bubbly and has an amazing sense of humour. She is the truest friend, completely selfish and loving. She is very sensitive about herself and lacks confidence in her abilities. She works well in a team but finds being a leader too stressful.
Element: Earth
Power: She has superhuman intelligence. When she holds her sapphire her connection with the Earth strengthens- she can cause tremors and mold the earth up from the floor.
Author-The Bluejay!

Name: Allie Laniger (Good)
Zodiac: Aries - The Ram.
Appearance: Female medium height (5ft.5), deep brown eyes (close to red), dark brown hair, feminine but muscular body
Personality: Independent, entirely trusting of everyone, good imagination, a little detached from reality, athletic
Power/Element: Aries is a zodiac known for being greatly naive and due to this her main power is the subconscious ability to switch off to/ignore any activity which she would not want to know about (this really only applies to when she is in school or whatever they do in their normal lives).
However, as her element is fire and gemstone is ruby these both enhance her power. When in contact with her gemstone she is capable of a shield of fire (intensity and power - whether it could shield just her or others - depends on the purity of the ruby) and when with access to fire she can utilise the element in her shield and thus cause damage with it.
Fire
Author: Temglin


Name: Caleb Underwood (Bad)
Zodiac: Aquarius (The water Bearer)
Appearance: Has been blind since he was a child however has crystal blue eyes, tall, short shaggy black hair, not very muscular
Personality: Is always thinking (can suffer insomnia), smart, loyal however is cold and somewhat eccentric.
Power/Element: My character actually has no powers except for telepathy with his inherited item/being which is a snowbird, he can communicate with Pilot and can also 'see' through his eyes sometimes. He is pretty much useless and defenseless without the snowbird
Snowbird:
Name: Pilot
Appearance: Snow white, feathers covered by a thin frost, pale blue beak and claws, is about the size of a falcon, bright blue eyes.
Personality: Very protective of Caleb, does not like many people, proud, defensive.
Powers: Can control water, ice, snow, frost etc however it has to be pure water (so they cannot control water in the body) Also can fly.
When in contact with Amethyst, Pilot's size and shape changes, they become much bigger and gain fore-paws (almost like a Griffon) also their beak is ragged and their eyes are covered by a 'helmet'. However there is a draw back, being in contact with the crystal is very draining so the amount of time Pilot can be in this form varies.
Author:Almach

Name: Eoin O'Ceallaigh (Good)
Zodiac: Libra [The Scales]
Appearance: Tall, Black hair, Slim but muscular, blue eyes
Personality: Reasonable, Polite, Logical, Charming, Sensitive
Power/Element: Empath, can read and control others emotions because he likes balance and calm.
Air

updated Nov 10 '11 by xLittleHill_TheIrishGirlx