The Basics

"The Uncharted Lands? What are those?" Art asked.

Doan nodded and grabbed a stick laying on the ground besides him.

"It's the side of the land we don't ever consider crossing. It's the true territory of the Black Licorice Basilisks. There are rumors that talk about other species inhabiting the Uncharted Lands."

He drew a big large shape that resembled a square with curved edges. Then he drew a line down the middle of it.

"This is the side of Sweeten we as the people and from the kingdom controlled." He said as he pointed to the left side of the drawing. Then he pointed to the opposite that he drew.

"And this, this is what we call the Uncharted Lands." Doan finished saying, tapping the stick on the drawing a few times before getting up.

Art crouched down and pointed to the left side of the drawing on the ground. He made a few small lines within the left side by digging his finger into the ground.

"That is the Fudge Forest and that's the Gummy Forest." Art pointed as he informed Doan.

Doan nodded, then he drew a giant circle that went around his previous drawing.

"I guess I should teach you the basics of the world first."

He continued drawing, now filling in the massive circle with various different shapes. These were the islands and nations around the world. Once he finished, he stood up and pointed the stick at the big circle, tracing it above air.

"The world we are living in now is called Planet Terra." He stated, glancing at Art, who seemed to be staring at drawing. Art simply nodded and Doan continued.

"This right here is Sweeten, a pacifist country with a single monarch." He said as he pointed to the left side of the drawing of the country. Not too far in distance was another drawing Doan made within the circle.

"This one is Pyro, one of the elemental territories. There are 4 main leaders who oversee the entire country. Each leader has a certain aspect of the special superhuman ability to use flames for combat." Doan drew a strange swirl a few feet away from the island he had just talked about.

"This one is Aqua, also part of the elemental territories. Just like the previous nation I mentioned, this one is also overseen by 4 leaders whom have different aspects of the ability to control water."

Art felt like his head was hurting from all the information he had just received.

"Elemental Territories? What are they?"

"They are the 4 main forces of the world for they are the only nations who can use superhuman abilities. Aqua, the powerful water using civilization. Pyro, the land of fighters with fire abilities. Then there was Little Terra, the users that were one with nature,but that was lost a few hundred years ago during the war." He sighed, continuing his brief geography lesson.

Art nodded as he watched Doan, draw a big shape that resembled a circle just missing 1/3 of the portion. He went over the lines again and shook his hand slightly to make the lines jagged.

"Lastly, this is Mento, the nation the king spoke about. Honestly, I don't know much about this nation, all I know is it's leader or leaders are corrupted. However Mento, unlike most of the nations is a modern metropolitan region with a large population."

"Why is it corrupted?" Art asked.

"The crime rate is insanely high. Not to mention, they declared war on the elemental territories, and took over Little Terra." Doan replied back, receiving a nod from Art.

"So that's why Mento is much bigger than the elemental territories?" Art guessed.

"Precisely." Doan nodded.

Art nodded his head, grasping at all the information he had just learned. He was on planet Terra currently in the destroyed kingdom of Sweeten. There were 3 elemental territories and one massive according to Doan, corrupted country that was bigger and more powerful than the others combined.

"I get it now." Art gave a small smile and a head nod.

Doan slid his foot across the ground, as the dirt mixed into each other's path, erasing the drawing. He brushed his pants, cleaning off the dirt from when he kneeled on the ground to draw.

"Well now that you've gotten an idea of the world, I say it's time to say goodbye to the kingdom." Doan suggested.

He walked up to the body of the deceased king.

"But we must take care of something before that."

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On nearly the other side of the world, a few ten thousand feet below the sea, there was a large mass of land covered by a large blue almost invisible barrier.

The land looked massive, even with the barrier circling around it. It had 4 different cities all built with a slight difference to each other in architecture. One city had dark blue stoned modern buildings. Another city had light blue stone buildings adorned with white wood. The third city had architecture similar to the first but looked less modern and more like a traditional village. The last village was a complete contrast to the former ones. With large white buildings almost resembling Roman architecture, with roofs made from the same blue stones as the previous cities. The window panes were all painted in a regal gold.

In the center of the cities was a large building that was held for conferences.

This was the great elemental territory, Aqua.

In a certain blue stoned town, where the people all lived a calm unprovoked life, a young girl was walking back home from her class. She held her head down as she focused all her attention on her hand.

While one hand gripped her forearm, the other was extended outward, her palm facing the sky. She sighed and rolled her eyes.

"So like, when are we gonna start combat lessons?" She asked herself, her voice carrying a tone of sass. Her hand felt heavier as she now held in her hand an object made from water.

This was easy for the girl since she had started practicing her control before she could even speak. Her name was Sienna Satte and she was the daughter of Luke Satte, one of the current leaders of Aqua, and the user of the water manipulation aspect of the water ability.

With a brief huff she carried walking home, the water dropping on the ground with a large splash, not even dropping a single ounce on Sienna.

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"Okay I think this will be enough." Art dropped the pile of pink pellets he accumulated in his arms. His thumb was slightly sore from continuously pressing the little black button on his dispenser.

Doan gave a chuckle and nodded.

"I'm sure you'll manage with that amount, I've estimated about 50 pieces and I did see how much you managed after only eating 2 pieces."

Art was currently sitting on the ground with a pile of pink pieces of candy directly below him. He started throwing one by one into his mouth, eating them slowly. As the number he consumed continued to grow, the strange warm tingle came back continuing to grow as well.

Once he finished eating them all, he stood up and gave a smile to Doan. Then he looked back at his hands with a new sense of determination. He concentrated the warm feeling on his hands and remembered back to what the king told him in forming stuff with the candy energy.

'Big, strong shovel!'

'Big strong shovel!'

'Big strong shovel'

Suddenly the bracelet he wore started to glow pink and in his hand a shape started being formed. Art's hand dropped slightly feeling the unexpected weight. However he ignored it and concentrated harder. It started as a stick until it grew a head at one end and a handle on the other end. The object grew in size until he was now holding a full sized shovel made from his candy energy.

Art opened his eyes, wiping sweat off his forehead with a smile. He looked at Doan proudly before handing him the shovel.

Doan smiled and patted Art's shoulder reciprocating the same proud feelings.

The two finished their task in digging a pit and burying the king. They decided to choose a bright magenta tree for his resting place. Covering it up again, they closed their eyes right after and remained there in silence for a few minutes.

'I'm sorry I couldn't save you.' Art clenched his fists as he spoke inwardly.

'I'll take care of the boy your majesty. Don't worry, you can rest now' Doan prayed.

Once the two finished they turned around and walked back, heading away from the ruined kingdom and towards the Gummy Forest.

Art turned his head back as he walked and felt a a strange ache in his chest.

'Goodbye, kingdom of Sweeten.'

He turned back around and continued walking, as he saw the kingdom for the last time.