Chapter 1: Seraphina

"Hey! That's my toy!" I watch as the kid cries for her toy, being bullied by older kids. I stood up from the roof and walked away, I hate seeing such scenarios.

I walked towards the Grymkin's forest, my clan's forest, this is where my clan moved after someone had spread a hideous rumor about us, which is true. Our clan controls fire. The kingdom has given us the title of "Grymkin's Protector" when in fact we can burn this forest down into ashes.

As soon as I set my foot on the village's gate, Gran, my childhood friend, came running to me. "Sera! The elder Fyre is looking for you." He said. He guided me towards the elder's house but while walking he kept telling about nonsense and when we were near the elder's house, I got irritated and said, "For the record Gran, you are the noisiest man I've ever met." and walked away, leaving him smiling, don't ask me why that's just how he is.

"Sera! Nice timing, the elder just sent me out to get you, she has--" I didn't bother to listen to the elder's assistant and cut her off, "Look, I wouldn't be here if I didn't know, dimwit." I said and again, walked away, and went inside the Elder Fyre's house.

I am now standing in front of the door of the Elder's room. I knocked three times and as she gave the authority that I can come in, I went inside. Looking at her looking at me feels kind of weird. We both have these bright red eyes that look like are about to be on fire. She really looks like my mother.

"Come sit here Seraphina, my child." She said patting the space beside her. I went closer and sat beside her and as I sat, she held my hand and started to look straight into my eyes, which creeps me off, well, kind of.

"Seraphina Agni, my child, my granddaughter, the fated child of Ignatius and Tana, I have dreamt of you." As she spoke, her hand that was holding mine, started to squeeze it hard. She's strong for an old lady, I must say.

"My child, who has inherited the fire-like eyes of the Goddess of fire, you will meet eyes with the darkest of green that will take you to nature, eyes with the darkest of blue that will take you to the deepest part of the ocean, eyes with the lightest shade of blue that shall refresh your soul, you are bound to have a journey full of hate, love, happiness, and sadness. Seraphina, remember this, you are the fated child of a God and was given to us. You who will end the misery of our clan, after thousands of years. They finally gave you to us." She said.

I don't know how and what to react to this.

After my dead response, she sent me back home. My thoughts were filled with questions starting with "what is our clan's misery, to begin with?"

As I entered my lifeless house, I said, "I am home..."

Oh no! My parents aren't dead, they were sent for a mission, ordered by the kingdom, a mission worth a week.

I went up to my room and tossed myself to the bed and buried my face in my fluffy pillow. "What the heck was that?" I shouted in frustration.

I am what? The child of who? The Gods? And what the heck is our clan's misery? My goodness!

I stood up and went straight to our house's mini-library. As my father is the chief of the village, this is quite normal for us to have such a mini-library in our house. When I got there, a lock was what greeted me. I smirked because father knows that I can easily open this by simply melting the lock. Which is what I did and I got in without a single drop of sweat.

I searched for a book, and as far as I know, all books of origin have a peculiar design such as a fancy, weird design. As I was searching for the book, something fell from the shelf. Scared I was, I went closer to the thing that fell.

"The Origin"

I stared at it for like 5 seconds and quickly returned it to the shelf. My father seriously needs a doctor, why is that this kind of book, a children's book, inside such an important library? I shook my head in disbelief and resumed searching until I heard something fell again. I looked back and it was the same book.

Irritated I was, I opened the book, and slowly a magic circle formed underneath me. The book began to shine and a creature was formed, wait, did I just said a creature? A FREAKING CREATURE?!

A voice spoke...

"Earth with the corporeal word called Assiyah, water with the emotive world called Yetzirah, air with the intellectual and creative world called Beriyah, and fire with the world of the pure spirit called Atzilut."

This voice—I recognize this voice.

"Grandpapa?" I called out, and an image began to form. "Who dares to open of the treasure of our clan?" He said with an authoritative voice. I was taken aback. Grandpapa is one of the strongest warriors in the kingdom. No one ever dares to talk back to him nor tries to fight him.

"I am Seraphina Agni, your granddaughter," I said, trying to regain my confidence and posture, "I am the one who dared to open it." The image of my grandpa started to look down at me. Scared of what will happen, I took one step backward.

"My granddaughter wouldn't dare to enter the library of origins.” He said crossing his arms. I stood confidently and also crossed my arms, raising my eyebrow and smirking. "Guess you thought wrong, grandpapa, I dared to enter the library.”

The image of my granda smiled and grinned at me. That was sudden. "You truly are my grandchild. I want to tell you something, is that possible?" He asked politely. I nodded and he sat crossing his legs.

"I shall tell you a small secret, but I will not tell you all, someone has forbidden me to tell everything. So let's start, starting with four elements that have their own guardians. The Gods have given our clan a special guardian, well they have given all a special one, and they are all compatible with the gifts they bestowed upon the four clans. And as you know, our clan has the power of fire and is said to be the second most powerful among the four. The kingdom where we are in, the Yuklin Kingdom, kept us and treated us with special treatment, because of the king who knows our secret. But some bastard spread the rumor about our ability of fire and thus was sent in this forest to protect us. But before that event, our clan was actually brought into the kingdom, not to be protected but for us to protect the kingdom from other elemental users. But little does the king know that each clan has its own guardian to stop each battle and protect their own elemental users." He paused, taking a deep breath, and looking at me, telling me to get ready for the next information.

"When the king learned that the four clans have its own guardians, he called my grandfather and was sent to prison. And was labeled as a traitor who was working with the other clans. He, he was beheaded right in front of me. And ever since that day, the guardian of the fire was nowhere to be found. My grandfather, your great great grandfather was the last one to be ever seen with the guardian of the Fire." He stopped talking as he looked down and his shoulders moving up and down. He must be crying.

"*sniff* I must stop there. Seraphina, unleash your power, save our clan. I shall leave this book in your hands, and I will be inside of it. I will, no, Grandpapa will guide you to where you should go. Free our guardian, that is where our clan will be saved. Inher——" He didn't finish what he was saying and suddenly disappeared. I tried opening the book once again but it won't budge.

The door opened suddenly and I was surprised to see who opened it. Father.

"When did the both of you got home?" I asked.

He hugged me. Surprised me, didn't know what to do, just stood.

"Phina, save our guardian. That is an order." He whispered in my ear and broke the hug. What is he saying?

I looked at him confused and he started to look at me, straight into my eyes and then stroked my hair. I saw my mother crying behind my father.

"Seraphina Agni, save our clan and come back safe. We need you, before our clan disappears, please—

save the phoenix from crying..."