Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall DOWN

Pisces was really enjoying her time here at the school. There were enough bodies of water in case she had an emergency with her gills growing in, and overall, it was a peaceful place here. Her cousins didn't go out much, so she often was able to find solitude in the forests or somewhere quite away from the main building of the academy.

As she continued through the beautiful, lively trees, a scent she despised reached her nostrils. The water elementalist paused, taking a moment to realize what it was. Clear blue eyes opened in utter horror and she gasped, taking a small step back as she saw the flames nearing her.

The animals were going to loose their homes! If it neared the school building, people might loose their lives. Pisces wouldn't stand for it, especially when she had the power to stop it.

Raising her hands, a blue glow formed between them and eventually shot out at the flames, a stream of water attacking them. Pisces prayed that no one had gotten seriously injured...

Little did she know that a fellow student had caused this catastrophe.

"What do you think you're doing?!"

Blue eyes spotted the older female that was stomping toward her. Blinking, Pisces took an intimidated step back, the water no longer flowing from her hands. The skin of her wrists became a bit scaly and her fins began to sprout out, but upon realizing that she wasn't wrong, stood straightly and raised her arms again, spraying at the fire.

"I'm putting out this fire!" she said, trying to hide the fact that she was inwardly afraid of this older female. "And if you had any decency in you, you would do the same!"

Pisces regretted saying that, but held a glare to act like she had meant it. It had been a cruel thing to say, but then again, anyone who would question her motives for putting out the flames had to have a few problems.

Right?

"I would do the same if I wasn't the one who started the fire! And who do you think you are putting out my fire? I put out my fires!"

This girl was going to get it. Pisces bared her gritted teeth, so amazingly angry that she couldn't stand it. Such a strong emotion of hatred was boiling in her core and was getting ready to explode from her at any second. It was clear that her patience level was dropping, simply from the look upon her face. Her eyes were no longer calm, but sprouting with rage like the sea in the middle of a storm. It was very possible that she would loose control, and unintentionally make Ember a ship that sank.

"Oh yes," Pisces began in an infuriated voice. The tone was low and rigid, and despite her current feelings, was dangerously calm. "You can wreck the environment all you want... nature isn't my element, but the earth is crying all the same... WHEN DID YOU GAIN THE RIGHT TO KILL?!" By now, Pisces was shouting, almost delirious with the pure, untouched hatred that was cooking inside of her. "It doesn't matter if it's an animal, a tree, or a person! THEY ALL LIVE! I'll put out this fire whether you like it or not, and I just DARE you to stop me!"

Pisces could be very stubborn at times, but her heart was in the right place. She believed that these traits of anger were from her Lancaster heritage, and right now, she was proud of that. However, Pisces wasn't entirely a Lancaster, considering she wasn't her father's child. Until she learned the truth, though, she would forever be ignorant to this.

Her blonde hair began to fly back as if hit by the force of a wave, though there was nothing of that sort around. Pisces increased the pressure of the water, not caring how drained she would become afterward. All that mattered was saving this forest and making sure that no one stopped her, not even the brat that stood in front of her.

"Hey, there's no need to shout, I'm not deaf. And you know what? I love animals, which is why I'm going to put out my fire, not some tree-hugging sea hag."

Pisces' eyes widened somewhat at the insult. Sea hag? She wasn't old, nor was she in the wrong. This girl had no right to be throwing insults at her when all she had tried to do was save the environment. It was people like her that made the earth cry, that made her hurt... this girl couldn't even begin to appreciate this world. Fire was a power of destruction, not one to be used to help others.

"You never should have started it in the first place," Pisces hissed. "What's your problem, anyway? If you loved the animals so much, the thought of destroying their lives never would have crossed your mind..."

She wouldn't understand. She wouldn't understand until she could get into the minds of the animals. Pisces could only connect with sea critters, but land animals couldn't be much different.

"See? And plus, It would have taken you forever to put out my fire."

The young female snorted. "So you're cocky, too," Pisces stated with a deep laugh, the water no longer flowing from her body. She was exhausted, but did as best as she could to keep the heaving of her chest and her shaking to be a minimum. "Ha, yeah, would have taken forever? And why is that?" She raised an eyebrow, snorting once again.

"Please, what are you: the keeper of the Forest?"

"Do I look like a keeper of the forest?" Pisces shot back, putting a hand on her hip. She could have an attitude at times, having learned very well from Shiloh. He was rather girly at times, which helped tons when it came to these things. "And think, too, about my powers. Oh yeah, they're totally forest related!"

"The thought did cross my mind, which was why I was going to stop it in the first place. Me not you. God, i was in a really good mood. And when I'm in a good mood, I burn things. Deal with it."

A pyromaniac... how absolutely terrible. "Oh yes, I have to deal with it, along with every other being that doesn't want to inhale smoke," Pisces said. "Next time I'll let everyone know to bow down to the almighty whatever your name is, though honestly, I don't care. Besides, whatever happened to dancing, or jumping up and down when you're happy? Get a life."

"Um, how about because you're little water was only able to douse a wee bit of the beautiful dance that I had created in the time you took. And me? It only took a matter of seconds to make it disappear."

She was such an idiot. "... You DO realize that I could have summoned water from the lake and made a wave, right? That would have put your puny fire out in a seconds... but it would have destroyed more than your fire did. So what did you want me to do?" Pisces' eyes narrowed and her brows furrowed as she looked at Ember.