Hey Guys here is the next part of that previous chapter. Hope you all enjoy! Also quick note, this happens during the previous chapter.

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The Forest

Yuuchiro

Finding the crash site was easy enough for him; just follow the path of destruction. But, when he got to the clearing where Raika had crashed, all that was left was the scar in the earth from the crash. He looked everywhere for the black dragon, but it was no use, he couldn't even find a trail to follow.

'Even if it had survived there would be no way it could have flown or even walked off…Lan crushed it with those roots…someone must have picked the body up…but why can't I find a trail…'

He felt his anger rise. It felt like the battle had been for nothing. Raika was dying, his best friend and son were unconscious. And now they had nothing to show for it, no body to examine, no one to question.

'No…that's not true. SciLabs is safe, that's something. And a choice had to be made…Famous was coming and he would have killed us all if we hadn't left…trying to bring the dragon's body with us would have just slowed us down and Famous would have caught up with us sooner and Raika would surly have died.'

He sighed and thought about heading back to check on things and on Lan to see if he had woken up. He started to make his way back when he felt something tugging at his mind. It wasn't harsh like when Raika tugged at his mind though. He had no idea what it could be, but he felt like it was pulling him towards something. Curious he let it lead him deeper into the forest.

After wandering for a bit, he found himself at the edge of a small pond. He saw that the pond was surrounded by birch trees, he was also happy to see that the area was unscathed from the battle. He sat down at the edge of the water, he felt whatever had been tugging at him leave his mind.

"What are you? Why did you lead me here?" He asked quietly, all the anger and sadness that he had been feeling was slowly leaving his body. He didn't know what was going on, but he didn't mind feeling at peace for the moment.

"I have been watching you for some time, and this seemed like a good time for us to talk child." A soft voice said.

He felt a chill run down his spine, he couldn't tell where that voice was coming from. To him it sounded like it was coming from every direction.

"Who are you? Show yourself!" He leapt to his feet and looked around, desperately trying to find the source of the voice. Then without warning, a strong gust picked up. All the branches on the birch trees were shacking violently in the wind, but all other trees stayed motionless, undisturbed.

He watched as the branches were stripped of their leaves, but instead of being blown away, the leaves took on a life of their own. Every single leaf made its way to the center of the pond and started to cluster together. A few seconds later, the leaves had created the form of some creature. He found himself speechless, the creature before him had an unearthly beauty to it.

"What are you…" Was all that he managed to say when he finally found his voice. The wind had died down suddenly and he realized that he had fallen to his knees and was unable to look away.

"I am the spirit of this forest, servant to the goddess of the First Forest." The creature said in a soft voice. Its voice sounded like the rustling of a thousand trees, and yet it had a soft delicate music to it as well. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever heard.

'A sprit…sent from the goddess herself' he couldn't begin to imagine why this spirit was sent to him. He just wanted to sit there and watch it forever.

"What do you want with me?" He asked it quietly, scared that it might vanish if he talked to loudly.

"I have been watching you for some time." It repeated just arm's length away from him, he wanted to reach out and touch it, but he couldn't move.

"Why?" He asked it, but it continued on as if it hadn't heard.

"And tonight has been the first time that I have seen you use your ability. I know you have had access to it for quite some time though."

He didn't know how to respond to that. Why did it care about whether or not he used his ability? His reasons were his own, why would the gods care?

"And even though you used, you denied it any real power and only used one small part of it. Why? You have a beautiful gift child; being able to control the four original elements was a revered gift among the elves. And yet, you have only willingly used it once. Why?"

"Because…I don't know what the other elements are." He lied; he didn't know what else to say. He couldn't admit his own weakness.

"Do not lie to me elf, you may have the gift of long life, but you are still mortal. Now tell the truth."

"…I'm afraid to use my ability." He felt terrible saying it, but he didn't want to lie to the spirit again.

"Why"

"Because I could end up hurting people if I lost control of an element…and I could never live with myself it that happened."

"So you hide from yourself. Even though you and your friends claimed many lives tonight."

"What do you mean…there was no one in the forest except us."

"You are said to be a genius and yet you know nothing. There were no humans in the forest, but you were surrounded by life all the same. Life that you ended. And yet you can live with that it seems, but you cannot live if you hurt someone with your abilities. So instead of trying to find a way around that you deny a part of yourself." It said to him in a sad voice.

"No…I just don't want to hurt the people I care about…" He wanted to be able to use his ability, but he had no one to teach him how to control it.

"You see so much , and yet you are so blind child. You are surrounded by people who could teach you, as well as people who need you to teach them."

"What do you mean, who can teach me?"

"Your son has the ability to control plants, which is a form of controlling the elements of earth and water. Your best friend is a lightning tamer. Lightning is the purest form of fire. And you are friends with a dragon; their control over air and fire is unmatched. And all these people need help to learn how to control themselves and their gifts as well, something that you all will only learn by working together. Because if something like tonight happens again you and your friends will not be so lucky. I saw you looking for the black dragon, and I know what happened to it."

"Can you tell me spirit, please . I feel that I have failed them all because I let it slip away."

"The black dragon was not killed like you all thought. It saw through your son's attack, and let you all think it dead, when you all ran off it flew away. That is all I know." It said, its voice growing fainter as it backed away towards the center of the pond.

"Do you know where it came from? Please that isn't enough information."

"The mountain that is alive, and yet is not real. Now go. Return to your people and spread my wisdom."

He watched as the leaves returned to the branches. He got up after a moment, trying to figure out what the spirit meant. He took one last look around and then started to make his way back to SciLabs.

There you go, hope you all enjoyed it. Pleases remember to review and tell me what you think or ask any questions.