Elementals Chapter 4: Celestial Tides (OPEN)

Ignis smiled As he took his second bite and spoke after he finished, "Well. We have nothing to worry. We are the strongest…elementals around. Ignis, wielder of Fire and Illusion! Kali, wielder of Light and Darkness! I believe a Star Crystal can do more than what we saw. Obviously we don't have to stab someone to use it. Perhaps we should see more of the world, see our temples and artifacts."

Ignis got up, hardly finished, "Then let's do it! I'll go inform….Alister? and Nole? Noel? Yeah that sounds right. We leave first thing in the morning! I-" They heard a faint woman's voice coming from the lobby door, "Hello?!"

(Yeah it's okay.)

A woman appeared behind the door. She had long curly red and orange hair. Her eyes a rose red and even seemed to glow a little. She was older in age, although physically acceptable. On the back of her right hand, she had the same sigil as Ignis. Her face held a surprised look when she saw Kali. Ignis was behind Kali, shocked and terrified to see her, "M-Mom?"

"Hello my little flame…"

(Parental issues are the most common when it comes to creating protagonists)

Ignis moved Kali out of the way and reopened the door. His heart sunken and surprised. He hugged her tight after a moments hesitation. He even started to tear up. After he moved away he wiped his tears, "H-How are you…? I thought that I…?"

The mother smiled, her smile matching Ignis's, "You…uh…did. But I'm here now."

The room was silent, except for the sound of the siblings’ breathing. Noel cleared her throat, wanting to change the subject but feeling a little awkward.
“So… can we talk about the vision?”
“I, uh, I don’t remember much.”
She jerked her head to face him. “O-oh really? We don’t have to talk about it.”
“Well, I remember what Kali said about it, but… just her words, and the fact that I know it happened. It feels… like it was a dream.”
“Oh…” she looked down at her knees. “Speaking of Kali…”
“Oh.” Alister looked down as well. “I shouldn’t have said anything.”
“No, no, I get it, you were focusing on me. But then again, I suppose it was harsh.”
Alister seemed to wilt. “Awww, I hurt her! I know I did!”
“Hey, hey, she forgave you during dinner, right?”
“I know, but I still feel bad.”
Noel gave him a playful hit to the shoulder. “Then stop!”
A laugh or a cry erupted from him, she couldn’t tell. “I can tryyyyy…”
“Anyway, have you noticed how she got really quiet after that whole thing happened?”
“Oh… yeah, now that I think about it, it feels as though she’s forgiven me, but she hasn’t forgiven herself, y’know?” He put a hand to his chin in thought.
“You think so? I haven’t thought about it that way.”
They were silent again, and they noticed voices drifting from downstairs.
“What’s going on now?” Noel wondered aloud.
“Probably something dramatic.”
“I’ll take your word for it.”
They silently agreed to stay put, both collapsing onto the bed.

Alister’s heartbeat shot through the roof. He muttered, “I knew it!” to Noel before sitting up, moving some hair strands from his flustered face. “U-um Kali! Please, please don’t hurt me.”
Noel smirked. “You’re gonna ask her to step on you tomorrow, calling it now.”
His face went red. He tried not to shriek, “W-what! Noel! I would never! How could you-“
Noel burst out laughing.
Alister didn’t know whether to laugh too, or cry. Instead he just mumbled to Kali, “We’re coming.”

Alister resisted the urge to scream. “No, no! You don’t understand-“
“Um, yeah we do,” Noel raised her eyebrows at him, giving him a look.
“Did our conversation, which we had like, five seconds ago, not happen?!”
“Yeah, but the thought just popped into my head,” she wheezed.
“It was a beautiful thought-“ Kali interjected before Alister stood.
“Can you please, please just take us downstairs? Please?” His voice seemed to jump an octave. “I don’t even like girls anyways.” He added, mumbling.
Then he realized what he said, and his soul left his body.

When they arrived, Ignis was sitting with his mom as they conversed in private. Ignis seemed even more happy then he himself ever known. He got up and smiled. He felt like a little kid. to a time before he saw his mom's lifeless body burned before him.

Alister’s soul quickly returned and he blanched. Noel stared at them, then threw her head back and howled with laughter.
“You both spilled your tea!” Wheezing, she got up. “I’ll let you clean up the mess, I’m just gonna go downstairs.”
As she left the room, Alister managed, “You like Ignis? The guy you said was a kidnapper, right?”

“Well, I didn’t expect your answer either. But still, after all you’ve probably been through, you can still get a chance to step on me.” He shrugged. “Let’s go downstairs.”
And so they went, joining Noel.