The duo stared at the statue in silence, wondering how an inanimate object could give off such a profound feeling.
"Some say the statue was imbued with Wevington's aura , and that it contains a minute fragment of his existence" Adam said breaking the silence
"Some say the statue was built using His ashes as the base material, while others say His body is buried under it.
"I wonder how strong he was at his peak " Adam said in a calm voice, which contradicted his whole personality
"Strong enough to defeat the Demon King" Lex sighed "but not strong enough to live after the battle was over"
The two friends continued to stare at the statue , but their concentration was abrupted when the sound of the gate opening reached their ears. They turned to see a group of students appear through the gate. In the middle of that group was a tall male with pale skin and yellow hair. He was the only person in the whole school to have hair which is not black.That was because the color of one's hair showed what element they had awakened.
Red hair , like Mrs Jones , signaled a fire aptitude . Green hair meant the power to control wind. Brown haired humans had an earth aptitude, and finally Yellow hair was a signal for the lightning element.The world had only four elements , Fire , Wind , Lightning and Earth. Elemental aptitude was usually genetic , so children almost always awakened the same element as one of their parents.
Humans typically awaken their elements naturally at the age of 18 , but because of the war against the elves , scientists found a way to force the awakening of elements. Every year, the final year students of Abaddon Junior Academy would have the 'Awakening Ceremony' where their elemental powers are awakened and trained.
The yellow haired student stopped his group and stood up on a rock so all his fans could see him. His name was Liam Grant and his family was one of the richest in the city of Abaddon. Lex and Adam where about 40 meters away from them so they could not hear what Liam was saying but they could guess that he was making a speech about how great he was. After the 'speech' Liam stretched out his hand and small sparks of yellow lighting began to accumulate on his fingers before jumping from one hand to the other. Liam proceeded to show his prowess by creating two more sparks of lightning and shaping them into snake like figures and prompting them to move around both his arms.
"Let's get out of here" Lex said already moving towards the nearby building.
Adam glanced at his friend before looking at Liam again, the snakes where now moving around his legs. Adam sighed and took a brief look a Wevington's statue again before running after Lex.
"Bro I've been meaning to ask" Adam said after catching up to Lex " I'm pretty sure i have a fire aptitude right, but have you ever thought about what element you have ?"
Lex turned his gaze towards the sky at that point, he seemed to be deep in thought.
"Well.. from the pictures i have of my parents, i know that mom had a wind aptitude and dad had a fire one , so i guess between the two" Lex answered after some thought.
"Imagine how cool it would be if we both got the fire element" Adam's excitement rose once more before he continued "We would be known as the "Flame brothers" or something, maybe we could finally get girlfriends"
"First of all no one will call us that and you do know that there are seniors with the fire element who are also single right " Lex replied completely amused.
"All those guys are not nearly as good looking as us , have you really took a good look at us ? we are hot bro and with fire we could be hotter !!"
Adam's excitement seemed ready to explode at this point.Lex looked at his friend with a smile on his face.Adam was the only person who could make Lex smile and feel at ease. His ever happy personality was just what Lex needed in his life
"If we where that hot we would not be virgins Adam" Lex released a chuckle.
"Have faith buddy , have faith, who knows maybe one day Linda will be yours " teased Adam.
"Let's just get to class idiot" said Lex with a faint smile.
"Ohh you can't wait to see your crush i see" Adam said while dodging the stick that flew from Lex's hand.
Lex and Adam finally made it to class after some time and they both quickly made it to their seats in the front row. Almost the whole class had arrived but the duo sighed in relief when they realized their teacher had not yet arrived. The teacher, Ms Laura then made her entrance a few minutes later. She was a tall beautiful woman with flowing green hair and black eyes. Her every step exuded confidence and her presence claimed the attention of the whole class.
"Good morning students" Ms Laura's voice filled the silent classroom" there is a very important announcement you all have to be aware of"
Ms Laura's usually sweet voice turned serious and her smile was replaced by an anxious look.The students had never seen their teacher this serious so everyone immediately knew that something was wrong.
"As you all know, the human race has been in war with the elves for the last 100 years" Ms Laura started her explanation as the class nodded.
"Yesterday we received a call from the front lines , apparently the elves are evolving , becoming stronger , faster and some have even developed strange abilities. There have even been reports of an elf that can fly and one that has indestructible skin."
Shock and surprise filled the student's expressions but Ms Laura was not done so everyone held back their comments to listen to the rest.
Ms Laura's anxious expression turned to show a trace of fear as she finished her announcement.
"The elves have breached our outer defensive wall and have begun their advance into human territory , we are losing the war. As from 9 hours ago , the human race is on the brink of extinction"