The quiet morning air blew around the mountains. They were colder now, colder than usual because of the cold weather. The snow on the very tips had crept its way down to the base of the mountain range, covering the entire mountain with white.
Most people were asleep. It was quite early. Around 6:00 am, last time Terra checked. But she didn't notice the snow (though it was beginning to melt), or the fact that no one else was around. All she noticed were rocks.
Rocks. Yes. There were many, but, well, it was a mountain range so what did you expect? Weren't mountains made of rock? Terra didn't know, but she didn't really care either. Why care? There were rocks!
Her earth powers didn't only include rock, but they were by far her favorite. Plants were plants, they grew and moved on their own. Dirt was dirt, it didn't move, but... it didn't need to. Rocks were wonderful. They didn't move, didn't grow, wasn't the home for anything... it didn't matter if she destroyed them. Not that she tried to destroy them. She tried to not destroy them... but it always ended up happening.
When you lived by yourself, you didn't have much to do except use your powers. And even though she'd used them many times, she still didn't have an iron grip on them. More like the grip on a kid holding an ice cream cone. She was bound to drop it.
And for that reason Terra hated her powers. They wouldn't cooperate with her, wouldn't do what she wanted. She was fine with plants, but rocks and boulder were a different story. It was probably because rocks were bigger... but still... plants had energy, didn't they? Rocks didn't. Rocks were lumps of matter. Plants had... cells, or something. Terra really didn't know. She hadn't been to school in ages.
But when she leaned her hand forward gently, felt and saw the ring of glowing energy encircling her hand, she knew she could never resist this. The small pebble in front of her rose into the air, did a few loops as Terra gathered strength, and was doing a few quick spins around her when she dropped it.
I'm going to try a bigger one now. The small ones she didn't sweat. They were easy enough, even got boring. The stones were a tiny bit harder, not excruciatingly difficult though. It was the boulders. Stupid, stupid boulders. She stood shakily on top of a large one, it held her slender body well, and melded her energy with the rocks. Wait, rocks don't have energy. Well, whatever. She melded her, um, self with the rock. She forgot she was standing on the rock and felt like she was floating.
And then she began to fly, up, up, up. But she wasn't flying. It was the rock, her energy carrying the rock underneath her. She felt calm for a few minutes, and then the rock dropped, and she was falling.
((OoC: Wow... got a little carried away there. :blink: ))
Most people were asleep. It was quite early. Around 6:00 am, last time Terra checked. But she didn't notice the snow (though it was beginning to melt), or the fact that no one else was around. All she noticed were rocks.
Rocks. Yes. There were many, but, well, it was a mountain range so what did you expect? Weren't mountains made of rock? Terra didn't know, but she didn't really care either. Why care? There were rocks!
Her earth powers didn't only include rock, but they were by far her favorite. Plants were plants, they grew and moved on their own. Dirt was dirt, it didn't move, but... it didn't need to. Rocks were wonderful. They didn't move, didn't grow, wasn't the home for anything... it didn't matter if she destroyed them. Not that she tried to destroy them. She tried to not destroy them... but it always ended up happening.
When you lived by yourself, you didn't have much to do except use your powers. And even though she'd used them many times, she still didn't have an iron grip on them. More like the grip on a kid holding an ice cream cone. She was bound to drop it.
And for that reason Terra hated her powers. They wouldn't cooperate with her, wouldn't do what she wanted. She was fine with plants, but rocks and boulder were a different story. It was probably because rocks were bigger... but still... plants had energy, didn't they? Rocks didn't. Rocks were lumps of matter. Plants had... cells, or something. Terra really didn't know. She hadn't been to school in ages.
But when she leaned her hand forward gently, felt and saw the ring of glowing energy encircling her hand, she knew she could never resist this. The small pebble in front of her rose into the air, did a few loops as Terra gathered strength, and was doing a few quick spins around her when she dropped it.
I'm going to try a bigger one now. The small ones she didn't sweat. They were easy enough, even got boring. The stones were a tiny bit harder, not excruciatingly difficult though. It was the boulders. Stupid, stupid boulders. She stood shakily on top of a large one, it held her slender body well, and melded her energy with the rocks. Wait, rocks don't have energy. Well, whatever. She melded her, um, self with the rock. She forgot she was standing on the rock and felt like she was floating.
And then she began to fly, up, up, up. But she wasn't flying. It was the rock, her energy carrying the rock underneath her. She felt calm for a few minutes, and then the rock dropped, and she was falling.
((OoC: Wow... got a little carried away there. :blink: ))