It’s elemental, my dear human

The birth of man had been and gone and the world below was slowly growing and mankind moved his way across the earth and populated different areas.

Different clans were formed from different families and although they lived in different part of the land now, each clan was still close knit with their neighbours.

Spirit took great delight in watching over her children as they grew and shared with nature and honoured spirit in daily life, many hours were spent sitting on the clouds of nirvana or walking freely amongst the flowers and animals scattered across the land.

Life on earth was the same as in nirvana, respect and love for all was what spirit asked for and got, after all was spirit not the creator of life and living.

A land full of waterfalls and streams, mountains and plains, a land beautiful in every aspect of the word, am artists dream in reality.

every part of life having its place in the world, form the nature spirits to the animals to the human to the elemental masters.

The elemental masters, spirit sighed, they can’t see eye to eye on anything

Always fighting and arguing over the slightest little thing, no peace would nirvana have til they stopped fighting and well, there was no chance of that happening any time soon.

Spirit lay silently beside the pool of calmness, a tranquil crystal blue pond of clear depths, it was spirit’s place of meditation, for even the

most awesome of all beings needed sometime out to sit in peace and know the beauty of being alive.

Dangling her slim fingers in the water and gently moving them, spirit sent tiny ripples racing across the face of the pond, the soothing energy filling her being, releasing her mind to drift like the winds across the earth.

The elemental masters were lords of the land, sea and sky, powerful spirits, they would see themselves as equal to nobody apart from spirit herself. numbering 7 in all, they were responsible for the balance of earth and nature.

But as with some beings, the elementals masters liked the idea that they stood by spirits side and that all others were below them, but balance and equality were the key to key and no master was going to accept that they were not the greatest.

Fyre was the master of heat and light, a arrogant natured being, fyre was under the impression that none was equal to his fury and power

Aqua, angel of the watery depths and brother to the hot tempered fyre, she alone held mastery over the liquids of the earth

Irone was the master of metals, it was is offspring that we call steel, bronze, brass and other names, stubborn as a mule, he stood strong against any intent to step on his toes.

Stormm is the lady of the air and winds, her thoughts drifting like the breeze on a warm summers day, she was normally quiet but had a temper of unimaginable fury and rage.

Flora was one part of twins, her sister being fauna, guardian of the animals. known as the lady of nature, flora was a very gentle natured being and as so, often bullied by the other masters, but with her forgiving heart, she was a dear friend to all , both in nirvana and on earth.

Soyal was the unequalled master of the land, his domain matched, only by the vast seas that lay under aqua’s control, sable and settled, soyal was slow to act in rage or anger, also to move in kindness and caring but soyal was well known for rewarding these who looked after the land, it was his idea that he who loves the land is loved by the land in return.

Six awesome masters of the earth, water, air, wood, metal and fire, most powerful being in their own right, ruling with unmatched energy and strength, the elemental master would still bicker and fight like children in a playground, and so it fell to one being to keep the peace and restore the balance of nature, and this beings name was zealm.

Zealm had many names, many faces but zealm was zealm, neither male nor female in form, zealm was the pivotal point around which each master worked, zealm held no great power except a sharp mind and the ability to reason. bringing peace to any situation, the only harmony to be found amongst the fighting between the elemental masters.

Spirit lay back upon the soft clouds surrounding the pond of calmness, shut her eyes and listened to the cheerful sounds of nature, birds singing and the trees rustling in the breeze.

her flowing soft green gowns spread out, outlining her slim, well built body, spirits hair cascading like a richly coloured waterfall, across the clouds, being held in the gentle embrace of the suns warmth was a awesome pleasure, to the mortals, it was not unlike the feeling of being held in the arms of a dear loved one after many months absence, heavens bliss, spirit giggled to herself.

nestled in the clouds, spirit was half asleep when a shadow falling across the lower half of her body brought her back to reality, opening her eyes, spirit gazed at a tower figure, quietly standing near the edge of the pond.

zealm, come sit with me, you look troubled, spirit motioned with her arm to zealm and he moved close and sat, cross-legged a few feet from spirits head, spirit looked at zealms totally blue eyes, no iris or pupil to break the blueness that would draw people in, almost hypnotizing them into a sleep state.

with flowing hair and a cloak of shadows, zealm was possibly the most relaxing of all creatures in the spiritual realm, just being in his presence was enough to send most creatures to slumber land

But on this day, zealms face wore a troubled look and his eyes bore none of their much loved sparkle.

the elementals, spirit inquired quietly, already knowing the answer.

none other, came the equally quiet reply, they fight like children, foes one minute and greatest of friends the next.

i feel, spirit, that they are too idle and have too much time to waste, peace is sought by many, but the will be no peace while the masters fight.

spirit agreed, they can do better than this, it is time they were put to work.

to each master, came an angel of spirit, bearing the message that they were summoned to the pool of calmness, to talk with spirit.

within the earthly hour, all the masters sat around the pool, arguing and fighting til spirit raised a gentle hand and said in peace.

nirvana echoes with the words of your boasting, and yet none of you has any deeds to show the greatest which you, each, claim to hold.

thus I say this, each of you must go down to earth and preform a deed worthy of your boasting, that you may prove your might over the others.

but harm no animal nor people for they are my children.

the masters saw this as the perfect chance to prove once and for all, who was the greatest master, who was the one to hold supreme rule over the others, and after a drawing of straws, the order was decided as to who would go down first.

irone, rose smiled, i shall be back with my task done, watch for my might on earth.

then with his children he left the heavens and leaped down to earth, but aqua and soyal were at that stage, good friends and they conspired together, bring both the earth and water together, to create mud.

when irone and his children landed on the ground they sunk in to the depths of the earth.

this brought smiles to the faces of all watching.

flora was the next to go, but she too was caught out, for when she landed, soyal caused the earth to grab her feet tightly and not let go.

spirit and zealm watched with amusement as one by one, the masters left nirvana and went to earth only to be set up and caught by the others

fyre tried set out to burn away floras children but aqua brought forth rain clouds and forced fyre to hide inside trees and stones, where he became trapped.

stormm went with gale force winds to sweep the earth bare, but soyal threw up great mountains that stormm’s winds couldn’t move, and stormm would tire , battling against the immense mounds of earth and rock

them came soyals turn and he was determined to win, for was not fyre, stormm, flora and irone beaten already

soyal looked around and blew out his chest, I am the winner he thought to himself, nobody can beat me,

soyal turned his face to the heavens as was about to proclaim himself the greatest master, when he noticed his domain was slowly bring eaten away by the gentle waters of aqua, the rolling motions of the oceans were dragging the beaches into the watery depths.

soyals roar of rage caused the volcanos to erupt, sending molten lava into the sea to create new land.

aqua was the last to go down to the earth, as her strategy was simple, wash away the earth into the sea but her trickery of the others was not going unrewarded.

storm sent winds to stir up the waters, and soyal absorbed the water that fell upon the land.

and thus peace came to spirit and zealm, nirvana fell quiet once again.

but on earth, the fighting still goes on, we have storms and floods, fires and droughts, earthquakes, the results of fighting amongst the elementals.

and as they fight, the essence of the elementals became part of mans nature too

the timeless beauty of flora

the stability and support of soyal

the raging temper of fyre

the drifting thoughts of stormm

the flowing emotions of aqua

and the solidness of irone

zealm?, yes zealm too, that is the balance in us, the balance we seek, that spirit and zealm sought,

balance of elements and emotions

is our nature truly that different to nature that we live in

we are just as much a part of earth as it is of us