Seeking Truth and Wisdom Part I
Chapter Four: Graceful Water Splashes

"Are you ready?" asked Madam Yuki (Snow) to her student Umi (water). Umi just nodded her head with out making a sudden movement.
" I hope I'm not putting to much pressure on you. It's just that, never have any of the students from the Truth dance company ever made it to the final dance competition. The ancient dance is so difficult and you learned it in a heartbeat. You are able to do it so flawlessly, I can't help but get excited. I know you will win," Umi couldn't help but smiling. She didn't want Madam Yuki to worry about her. She is such a kind teacher, and loving caretaker. Umi knew that she needed to win this so that she could make her teacher proud.
"Our next contestant is Umi from the Truth Dance Company. She will be preforming the Ancient Dance of the Goddess of Light," There was a quiet murmer in the crowds. Using the ancient dance as a competitor in the Seaside Dance Tournament (which is a BIG competition in the small island town of Aoi Hikaru- Shining Blue) must mean that the dancer is very, very good. Now Umi could feel the preassure even more.
As she stepped onto the stage, she took a deep breath and imagined herself in the ocean. For some reason whenever she dance she could always hear and feel the water of the ocean around her. She it always calmed her and allowed her to do well on her dances. As she heard the music begin, she made her first move in the entire dance. She closed her eyes and opened them again. It happened, whenever she opened her eyes while dancing, she always saw the water around her. No more could she see the audience or the stage, just the glowing figure in front of her. There was, also, a glowing figure in the shape of a young girl. She would always be doing the ancient dance with Umi. Umi especially enjoyed watching this mysterious figure, because the way she danced, was as if she was making the calm waves of the ocean splash against the coast. She was happy and continued dancing, performing graceful steps, magnificent spins, and elegent arm motions.
The audience was absolutely stunned. They had only heard legends of the great Goddess of Light, Truth, ever being able to dance as Umi was. But what they were also amazed at, was the water behind the stage. It was tradition to have it so that the dancer on the stage, had their back turned from the ocean. This was so that the water could purify them. If they were facing the water, not only did it show rudeness to the audience, it showed conceitedness.
But, behind Umi, the water was forming into the figure of a young girl, who moved to the music just as Umi was. Their trance however was broken by a sudden rumble. A great fire had suddenly burst forth from the ground. Everyone began to flee the area. Only Madam Yuki noticed her student, who was still on the stage, had stopped moving, but her eyes were closed.
Umi didn't know what happened. The girl in front of her stopped dancing and was replaved with a serious expression on her face. Slowly she began to move in a way Umi had never seen her move before. Umi didn't know what to do so she just copied the movements, just like always. This dance was strange to her, and although she had never practiced it before, she was moving flawlessly.
Madam Yuki just stood there, transfixed at the dance Umi was now performing. How could she dance at a time like this? She questioned. Trying to wake her would be like trying to get a block of concrete to be moved by the wind, in other words, impossible. A thought then flashed across her mind, and her eyes widened.
"Oh no....it.....it couldn't be. But, those steps...." Suddenly she could no longer lift her gaze from her student.
The calm, reassuring water that usually flowed against Umi now started to pick up speed, and rush around her. She did not understand this change, but then noticed something. However she moved her hands, that was the way the water flowed. On the outside, everyone who had been running, now stopped to watch Umi. Everyone's attention was then cast to the water behind her. To their surprise, it had grown twenty feet taller from before. It began to take the form of a beautiful stallion. It let out a cry, and many other, smaller, stallions began to form at its hooves.
That is when Umi saw it. It wasn't actually a monster, but the horrible form that the flames from the earth took was too much for her. She was about to stop dancing completely when she met eyes with the girl in front of her. A wave of calm rushed over her. Her eyes widened in realization at who, just who this girl might be. She returned her gaze to the monster that now began to look like the girl she always saw in her mind, except....darker. Nothing was making sense and she was begining to panic. She then felt a calm, reasurring feeling wash over her. It was coming inside, it was coming from inside her. She then closed her eyes in her world.
Everyone gasped as Umi opened her eyes to reveal a glazed, sea blue color to them. Then, everything seemed to slow down. Her hands by her side, Umi placed her left foot in front of her right. She brought her hands up above her head, palms facing out and then closed her eyes. Suddenly, as she opened her eyes, she snapped her hands out to either side of her, and the ragind stallion and its companions shot forward. They raced at tremendous speed, straight to the mighty flames. Within minutes the fire was extinguished, and calm returned.
Madam Yuki caught Umi before she fell to the ground out of exhaustion. She looked at her student with large worried eyes. For she knew what just happened and what it ment. And she wasted no time in sending out a messenger to the main lands, where she looked out to. The center of the world was beginning to stir. The the chosen five would need to rise again.

Authors Note- I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry this took so long. I got too preoccupied, but know am happy it is finished. Please enjoy, and hopefully the next one won't take so long.