Arcanum of Magic

[XxKiraYamatoxX]

Rating: PG-16 for suggestive, sexual and violent themes.

Prologue

A calm, peaceful day, or so the Frenchman thought. Blue skies, silent woods, save for the occasional animal. "Yuri, shall we?" A voice came out of nowhere. Instantly, the man whispered, "Foudre, répondent à mon appel." and a bolt of lightning appeared in his hand. "Oh, he has a lightning bolt. Charming. Boden, Schraubbolzen." The voice spoke again. The Frenchman barely had time to draw breath before a few pillars of earth shot out of the woods, impaling him through the heart. He collapsed onto a puddle of his own blood.

The year 2100. The world is currently in utter chaos, due to the Great Magical War that takes place every century. Magicians all over the world compete against each other for the chance to gain the ultimate magical powers. 10 villages around the world, divided into 5 elements, Fire, Earth, Wind, Water and Lightning, constantly fighting with each other. Of course there would be massacres. With France and Germany right next to each other, France having a Lightning village and Germany having an Earth village, they were in the heat of the fighting.

Fire, the power of the blazing heat. The two villages bearing this power were both located in China's boundaries.

Earth, the power of the soil. Germany and Malaysia.

Wind, the power of the air. Australia had both villages.

Water, oceanic terror. The United States of America and the United Kingdom.

Finally, Lightning. Electricity at it's most common form. France and Spain.

All those elements had their advantages and disadvantages, so they were somewhat balanced out. Currently, Germany was in the lead, as Earth wasn't affected by Fire, Wind, or Lightning. Malaysia was more peaceful, and did not seek warfare. Most magicians used only one element, but recently unearthed legends in a book inside Atlantis, the city beneath the waves, suggested otherwise. A certain magician would rise up to calm the war, wielding the powers of all 5 elements, in the war the book was found. Most of the power-hungry magicians were searching for that individual, to gain the power from the war for themselves instead of leaving it to the Chosen One, as the legend described.

As you may have guessed by now, this story will revolve around the adventures of the Chosen One to end the war.

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Eheheh, lost inspiration for AMT, so I decided to try some other fic. Hope you guys can give me some pointers.

@ UB: I edited the date to 2100.

[Timmias]

Yeah got reading it lol, UK we rule

Kinda is like avatar isn't it, sounding good, maybe there could be a quest for element x which may lie in africa or the south/norht poles

have no clue its your cue

[~UnknownBandit~]

hm I would recommend instead of the year 2000, making it later. Like the 2500 or 3000. It makes the readers feel like its more possible than not ^ ^

[austinpenguin]

Yeah got reading it lol, UK we rule

Kinda is like avatar isn't it, sounding good, maybe there could be a quest for element x which may lie in africa or the south/norht poles

have no clue its your cue

Yeah, it sounds exactly like Avatar. :\ Good nonetheless.

[jiahao_94]

To bend an element and to manipulate one is different.
But yes, inspiration was drawn from Avatar, unless the author's lying to me. >=D

Is 98 years sufficient to throw in a Magical War?
And the civilians should be affected, no?


EDIT: Gave you 5 stars =D

[XxKiraYamatoxX]

I didn't get it from Avatar, I just noticed the similarities after posting it.

Chapter 1

"And so, x times y would be equal to xy......" the Mathematics teacher droned off. Seriously, this was kindergarten stuff! I tossed my long black hair backwards and stared out the window of the Grade 9-A classroom in Springfield High School. This classroom was on the ground floor, which meant that we didn't get a nice view or anything. Still, looking out at the school grounds was a sight to behold. Tall, green trees dotted the horizon, with sunlight shining on a lake to the north, where I was looking. Bliss.

Oh, sorry, I didn't introduce myself did I? My name's Cecilia Rhodes. A 16 year old freshman at Springfield High School, a school on the side of Lake Michigan in the USA. I'm 1.7 meters tall, and like just about anything every normal teenage girl would like. And in case you're thinking about something perverted, I'm not going to tell you!

In this century, most of the Earth's natural resources had almost run out, sparking an advance in solar technology. Every town, city, or even village had its own array of solar panels. They were powerful and efficient enough to easily generate half the power a nuclear power plant of the same area would generate, with no risk at all. The school had an array on the roof, so things were convenient here.

I was born without a father, and my mother had passed away soon after giving birth, and I was taken in by a family with a girl of the same age as me. Rhodes wasn't my real surname, I had forgotten my original one a long time ago. The other girl? My sister was sitting beside me. Freya Rhodes. 1.65 metres tall, sporting blonde hair the same length as mine.

"Psst. Cecilia. The teacher's looking at you." Freya said in a low tone. I turned around. Indeed, the old man of a teacher was looking at me. "Since Miss Rhodes appears to be staring out the window already, perhaps you could tell me what I was saying earlier?" he smiled. "Oh man..." I moaned. The bell suddenly rang, signalling the end of this day of school. "You've escaped again, but I'll catch you next time." the teacher winked unsettlingly at me as I shoved my books into my bag. Honestly! He sounded like a pervert!

I slung my bag's sling over my shoulders and vaulted over a table towards the door when the teacher wasn't looking. Freya followed on foot, eyeing the table I had vaulted over. I was the more athletic one out of the two of us. Right now, the school year had started just two weeks ago, and I didn't have many friends here, even on the track team.

Everyone in this school lived on campus, as most of our families lived far away from here. The dorms themselves dominated about 30% of the school grounds, even sporting a big swimming pool for recreation purposes. Each room in the dorm was built for two people, with each room having a computer equipped for Internet browsing. Of course, I shared a room with my foster sister. Siblings usually shared rooms, and I knew the only pair of twins in the class shared the room right next to us.

"I feel like going to the gym." I muttered, walking over to the wardrobe in the room to change. The school had a lot of great facilities, including courts for sports and the gym I had just mentioned. "Well, leave me alone. I want to do my homework." Freya sat down at the study desk and opened her bag, pulling out today's homework and setting it on the desk in a low pile. I ignored the pile as I changed into my usual track clothes. A sweatshirt with the school's logo on the chest, and a pair of short pants. Sometimes I opted to replace the pants with a skirt, but in the gym, that was unacceptable.

It took less than 5 minutes to reach the gym near the main building, Most people got lost on their first day in the school, but I had memorized the map before putting one foot inside the grounds, and had no problem remembering the route. I pushed open the doors and stepped in, taking note of the equipment inside. At this time of the day, very few people were in here. The usual stuff, with the workout machines in a separate room. Everything related to gymnastics was in the first hall, and I gladly walked over to the uneven bars in the very center of the room, taking a deep breath. This, was MY field.

I gripped the lower bar with both hands and kicked myself off the ground, swinging to try to get enough velocity to fly up to grab the higher bar. I got the velocity I needed after a few seconds, and quickly flipped head-over-heels to grab the upper bar, feeling the wind brush against my slender body. It was really an exhilarating experience, doing this. I continued gathering speed, waiting for enough to flip high into the air.

However, before I could get enough, I spotted the doors opening, with a group of boys walking in, chatting. The only one I noticed was the one standing in the very middle. I felt myself blushing. Cody Garrick, the boy my eyes always never failed to land on when he was around. As you could tell by what I just said, I have a crush on him! REALLY big crush. Big enough to make me lose concentration and fly off the bar in the totally wrong direction. The next thing I felt was my head connecting with something hard, and blacking out.

[Timmias]

I loved avatar and me iz lieking the idea of this fic

[xdgr]

I have just noticed that in many of your fanfics, atleast one of the characters attend school.

._.?

[gutterball930]

MS is populair with School kids (such a kindergarten question)

[austinpenguin]

Algebra in 6th grade? I wish I got that. D: