The Forgotten War

As I sat next to Leon by the fire I could hear nothing, but complete silence as if the world itself was holding it's breath for what Leon had to say. "What do you mean the reason my father deserted in the first place?" Looking to Leon confused, " let me begin from the beginning; as you know those of the wind clans receive our gifts from King Fujin." Ezra retorts with snide and sarcasm, " yeah that's common knowledge, litteraly everyone learns about that in the halls of legend what great revelation is that?" Leon with a look of pure aggrivation, " this is a time for you to be quiet and listen; as I was saying,all four kings made a pact with one another only allowing one person per clan to inherit they're gifts." Ezra thinking back to the stories the speakers told he did recall this, "why was it only one per clan not just the mightiest of the both clans to inherit the gifts?" Leon shooting out a glare to Ezra for interupting him, "good question, but to answer that question many people guess that it was to great of a gift to let one peron take so the kings split it into two." Leon letting out a sigh looks up to the sky littered with stars, "but there are those who also guess that it's because there needed to be a balance, but who are we to interprit the kings will?" Leon still looking at the stars as if he himself was asking the kings. "That makes sense, but why just lightning for wind, and why is it being a lightning user a death sentence?" Leon coming back from sarting at the stars grabs a small stick and begins to toy with it,"I'm getting to that be patient." Whacking me in the head with the stick; holding in my pain, I don't let out a shout. "There are actually two vatiants for each elemental country; as for wind the founders were as follows, the one for lightning, the founder of the wolf clan lord Indra, and the other Typhoon, the founder of the eagle clan lord Shu." With a confused look Ezra looks to Leon for further explanation. " As you can tell there is diffrent degree's of wind mainpulation, as there is diffrent degree of control for each elemental country." Ezra taking every word Leon is saying looks towards the fire recalling all the kids making fun of him because his control over the wind was the weakest out of everyone in the city. " The degree's were made so everyone had a role, and the way for the wind clan as I know goes like this, draft (the weakest), breeze (strong enough to be put for work in society), gale (military, combative), and Zephyr (elders of the clans generally given to the oldest and strongest of the clan)." Ezra looks to Leon to ask a question," so because I did not have the best control of the wind I would be classified as breeze?" Leon laughed for a second looking at Ezra. "No absolutley not, you would of been classified as a draft for sure, but after you awakened your true abilities manifested as a gale with lightning traits." Ezra looking irritated yells at Leon, "Thanks for unnecessary lesson on how the world works, but that doesn't explain WHY EVERYONE WANTS ME DEAD!" Leon poking the flames with his stick moving the embers around as if mesmeroized by the flames." The reason why everyone wants you dead is because lord Shu was jealous of lord Indra's gift of lightning." Still poking at the embers Leon continues on to say, "through his jealousy, lord Shu waged a war aganist lord Indra, leading to one decisive battle of which he lost." Ezra still widley confused recalls a story from the hall of legends. Where a mighty eagle was battling a lightning beast, and with the help of a lion and falcoln they were able to kill the lightning beast. "You mean to tell me lord Shu the eagle clan's first and founder of the said eagle clan conspired with terrans, and pyro's, to kill lord Indra?!" With a smirk Leon looks to Ezra and says, "you know you're not as dumb as you let up to be." Shocked by this truth Ezra gets up from his seat, and begins to pace. "That's exactley what happened, I learned of this from the Elder zephyr of the eagle clan." Ezra gathering the peices of the puzzle slowly, "so what because of that they came to arrangement to kill all the decendents of Indra to silence the gift of lightning?!" With a simple look that Leon gave confirmed the worst for the wind clan. Still trying to see how does this involve him, Ezra shouts to Leon. " No this doesn't make sense, my father couldn't use lightning, and my mother died of disease!" Leon returned to looking at the fire, and as he asked his one question everything came to a stand still. One simple question of, "what did your father tell you to do?" It all came crashing together the truth the fact that was hidden from me the truth the final piece of a puzzle how it involved me. My mother was still alive, but not only that she was also a lightning user. Satisfied with me coming to the conclusion all on my own Leon also brought forth another truth. " The reason why your father desreted was to protect your mother and you, but it looks like your mother left so they would hunt her instead, leaving you with a quiet life for the most part." Ezra with more questions then answers lets out," but that doesn't make sense as to why they would let my mother live for so long?" Leon explains that outside the clan lies villages outside the eyes of the clans, and more then likely how she was able to live wihtout worry of being discovered. Further explaining what happens to women upon child birth, and how they basically unleash all they're powers while in labor. "So she was exposed cause she gave birth to me." thinking to myself, "don't go blaming yourself for your mothers discovery, more then likely she was going to be discovered one way, or another so don't even go there." Leon always able to read what is on my mind allowing myself to feel a little better. Feeling a pang of guilt for his late father, Ezra lets out a shout of anger. "How could this go unchecked; how did they get away with this?!" Leon begins to get up from his seat on the log, and stretches his arm. "They didn't King Fujin decended from his throne, and unleashed a storm so intense it destroyed the imperial castle, and killing everyone there and then, but like lord Indra; lord Shu had kids too." Ezra shocked to hear one of the great kings themself decended from they're throne to kill off one person, and in such a manner, that he couldn't help but smile to hear his ancestor was avenged in such a way. Leading to one last question from Ezra, "So why are they still hunting lightning users then?" Leon staring at Ezra with sword in hand now expalins, "because we as a people are shadow puppets to the Terran's and Pyro's, and are forced to hunt you." Ezra realizing the situation he's in grabs the sword set out by Leon, and get's up off his seat. "So is this a real battle to the death?" Looking to Leon for any confirmation of the truth of the situation, but only see's a blank expression. While the stare down continues Rebecca emerges from the woodline. "The clearing has been cleared out, and is ready for you guys." As she heads to wagon to make sure Lorraine remains safe from the battle, and whatever backlash of the fight emerges. "To answer your question yes, and no this fight is to truely see if, you have what it takes to surrvive on your own." Walking off to the clearing Ezra worried he might accidentaly kill Leon, but before Ezra has the chance to speak Leon cut's him off. "If you're worried you're going to kill me trust me you won't, but what you should be worried about is weather, or not I am going to kill you.." Ezra hearing those words escape Leons mouth confirmed one thing. Ezra is no longer fighting his old master, but a Elite guard captain, and this fight is a fight for his life.