Leora Pov

Arius felt someone enter his side of the island. They must've passed through his invisible barrier, something only he and I can create. He informed mother, who sent Hisoki and Amell to escort the strangers. She told Amell her eldest grandchild he had to carry someone who was severely injured and he needed to be gentle. Amell was strong, probably stronger than all of us, but we would never admit it. He had great control over his body though, his gentle nature helped. But his younger brother Hisoki, was mischievious. When he was eight he tried to teleport his parents bed into the ocean as a prank, he still hadn't learnt how to control his ability. As a result my sister and half her bed along with Hisoki himself ended up in the shallow part of the beach outside their mansion. He is still paying for the new bed 7 years later, makes me laugh thinkjng about it. Fortunately for him, he can teleport at least 10 people along with himself nowadays.

As both boys set out to greet the strangers, I stared at Arius who was a little annoyed. He hated it most when strangers landed on his side of the Island, made me giggle and somehow he knew cause he just whispered "shut up Leora" and side eyed me which made me laugh out loud, it earned me a slap in the back of the head from my mother. Then all my siblings laughed, with a huff and flipping them the bird I followed behind my mother into the throne room where we sat and waited. Mother in the middle with our father who was shorter than us he was about 5'4 had grey hair and wore a red robe. It symbolised his ability to control the element fire, but he never really used it. "Fire is no toy, unless you're me!" He would say and then send little firebirds flying around. My father was chill for the most part he just sat where he needed, spoke when he needed to since mother ran the show. But I heard he is a powerful man, once we learned to fully harness our abilities he said "I don't really need to use it now."

Imala my sisters third child attended this meeting with us aswell, all of the grandchildren wore grey robes, once they fully harnessed their abilities they would be recognised by a colour fitting to them and their ability. Imala was here to open up silent communications through our mjnds with her telepathy. She could invade the mind of anyone she touched, as she grew older the stronger she got. Eventually I'm sure she will only need to make eye contact. We were all in the middle of arguing when our guest showed up via the mindlink. I had just finished calling Bonzai a beached whale when we all broke out into quiet laughter, that's a tale to be told later. Mother scolded me after I complained it wasn't my fault and Arius who is usually quiet chimed in with something about Gale releasing wind, which made us giggle again. It was then that our attention was drawn to someone yelling.

Athough they were yelling the voice had a smooth tone to it. As I looked towards where the sound came from I saw a beautiful 6ft tall, fit woman with chocolate brown shoulder length hair and brown sharp defined eyes that hid behind glasses with a thick black frame. She was clothed in a loose fitting blouse, and was that breaches with black leather boots? What is she a pirate? A sexy one at that. She looked cute when she was angry, wait what the hell am I thinking? As she spouted about life being precious, it made me smirk. At least she valued life, I suddenly found myself like a moth to a flame, drawn to her spark! When I was rudely broken from my trance as Arius's ugly deep voice echoed through the room. We all turned and stared at him. He happens to be very chatty today, He's still upset about letting them through his barrier. His little tantrum worked though, they were scared of him. Even more so when they heard they had to stay with him.

I asked Imala "who is this woman?", she said "I don't know her name, but it's her father lying on the gurney." It was then I realised there was a man on a gurney lying in front of us, I really needed to pay more attention to my surroundings. "If I'm correct they want us to heal him, is the other man Bane her husband?" I said to Imala. With a sigh she responded "I don't know their relationship but yes you are correct they are here for healing. If you don't start paying attention I will tell on you so you can get slapped again." I tried to side eye her since she was standing to the left of Arius with her brothers on either side of her, but my hood was in the way. So I decided to pay attention which is when when the woman stood up and stood next to the man Bane, who despite the pathetic appearance gave off a bad vibe. How did I not notice him and the red head lady? My thoughts were interrupted by that sweet smooth tone "I will pay the price, I am willing to pay any amount of money, please just help him!" Oh boy I hoped you were different princess I giggled saying "You think something like money would suffice? You think money can pay for a life?"

It was then she turned and stared straight into my eyes, could've sworn she stopped breathing. She stammered a little "I-It's my fathers leg that needs mending though?" Ugh I am so disappointed in you, with a frown I replied smugly "Wasn't it you who so graciously stated how life was precious moments ago? or were you just saying anything out of desperation to get our attention?. As I watch her begin to frown my heart skips a beat. "of course not, his life is precious to me-" I don't bother to hear her out. "So you meant only his life is precious? No one else matters?" It's cute watching her squirm but she continues trying to explain herself "that is not what I meant I-" I raise a brow at her fiddling with the bottom of her blouse and cut her off again knowing she hates it. "well it would do you well to choose your words wisely then" and as I expected she fights back "Well if you would just let me finish, then maybe I would've come up with the right words to satisfy you!"

So many things came to mind of different ways she could satisfy me, the excitement made me forget how to speak for a moment. "Oh? I was waiting for you to finish. Since it seems this is how you speak to your saviour, I will make the price steep." As if she had finally come to realise what she just did, she sucked in a breath and tried to apologise "I-I'm sorry-" I quickly cut her off for the third time saying with a smirk "A life for a life, this is my price." I let her take in what I've just said before continuing. "Arius here was so kind to inform you he has only tonight. It might have been a leg yesterday, but from the stench it is now his life! He has an infection that has travelled through the rest of his body" As if not trusting my words she turned to look at the red head lady with glassy eyes as she asks "Lucy? Is this true?" Lucy walked towards the man on the gurney, put the black bag she was holding on the floor beside her and bent down to access his leg but she only got so far as one knee before she was overwhelmed by the stench her eyes widened with alarm and she responded "Yes Ina, she speaks the truth" Ina so that was her name, what a beautiful name I thought.

It was then she caught me off guard "Fine, me in exchange for saving my father's life. A life for a life, you can have mine!" She defiantly stared me down unblinking. It was like she pushed away any grief and replaced jr with anger and hate towards me. I stood and nodded in acknowledgement, all playfulness disappearing. "Then I invite you and Lucy to stay with me on my side of the island. Hisoki would you please take us, time is of the essence. Mother I will be leaving then" I made my way toward Ina and grabbed her hand, her palms were rough yet her skin was soft. My 5'7 frame making me inches shorter than her. I could smell a hint of oranges mixed with the sea. I gestured for Lucy who was picking up the black bag from the floor, before we could go my mother gave me fierce look and I rolled my eyes. "Arius has guests and I'm in a rush" I told her. "Gale will take care of the guests, Arius will accompany you, that's final!" She responded. No use arguing with her. He was already behind me, hand on my shoulder when Hisoki took us right into my re-sus room.