The Red Moon: Moon Rising by J. M. Lyons

outside,
     
you've got to meet the rest.
     
I took a few steps back, and looked at the ground not wanting
     
to move any further.
"Grandma, can you tell me what's going on?"
     
I asked, sitting back onto the bed. She looked at me with a sad
look on her face, then a compassionate look. "Mia." She began.
     
"Do you remember the stories I used to tell you; about the
     
Weeping Mountains, and the tribes that protected it?" She said as
     
she sat next to me on the bed.
     
"Well those stories aren't just stories; they were real.
     
Everything I told you and your brother really happened. One
     
person from each of the four tribes that live around these
     
mountains was given a special power to use in order to protect the
     
mountain, and what lies within it. Remember the story of the red
     
moon?" She asked. I nodded my head as the memory of the story
     
began to come back to me.
     
"Well, that special person came from our tribe, Mia." She said
     
with a proud smile. "What do you mean?" I asked still confused.
     
"Well, the bringer of the red moon; she came from our tribe, and it
     
had been passed down through the generations as did the other
     
powers." She continued.
     
"Those who lived in the eastern plains held the power of the
     
wind, able to bring great destruction or bring the cool air from the
     
mountain to their people and animals. That was the tribe that your
     
grandfather is from. Then those who lived in the western forest,
     
they held the power of the fire, able to burn everything in sight or
to bring light in such a dark place. Those that lived in the southern
     
field near the lake held the power of the earth, able to bring about
     
the destruction of worlds with devastating earthquakes to destroy
     
or to create great farm lands for food to feed all those who need
     
food.
And, those who lived in the northern forest nearest to the
     
mountain they held the power of water, able to flood out all the
     
other tribes or to bring water to all who needed it, and that tribe
     
also held the mountains most precious jewel the one who brings
     
forth the red moon. That person is the only one that can find the
     
way to the red diamonds that are hidden in the mountain. Those
     
diamonds possess the power to destroy this world and turn
     
everything into darkness or to bring life and abundance to this
     
lands, to this world.”
She explained.
     
“My family comes from the Northern tribe Mia. The last time
     
that the bringer of the Red Moon came forth; it was to defend our
     
tribes and this very mountain from a great evil, that wanted to
     
conquer this world." She said, using her hands to illustrate.
"See
     
the diamonds will bring to whomever holds it great power; to do
     
either good or evil.
So, it was said that the ancient one's
     
bestowed these powers to the tribes to protect it, so that no one
     
would ever use these diamonds, to bring harm against all of life,
as it once did hundreds of years ago. Those who held these
     
powers were called.." "The Elemental's" I cut her off. "Yes, Mia,
     
the Elemental's."
She said with a smile, knowing that I finally
     
understood the stories that she told me as a kid.
     
"But, what does that have to do with me?" I asked staring at
     
her. "Well, a few nights ago there was a big thunderstorm, and I
     
had a vision of someone holding the diamonds, calling forth the
     
demons that live beneath the lake to destroy all things that lived.
     
So, I believe that the great evil that the ancient one's wanted our
     
tribes to defend against is back again. So, now each of the people
     
who are here at this camp, are descendants from each tribe, and
     
they each hold great power.
But you Mia; you.... Well, you are the
     
one.." She said with a smile. "You are the bringer of the Red
     
Moon."
She said proudly.
     
"How do you know that?" I asked stunned at her simple way
     
of putting it. "You can call upon the winds, the fire, you can