I like the idea about the elemental powers, but you can make up your own powers if you want. And none of the seven carries have powers, which is what makes them so strange, even in Anarices.

Okay, sorry I havn't written anything yet. This isn't the best, but I'm experincing a minor bout of writers block.

@Annabeth C, Alexia can't have been given the key, because they had never seen the keys, ever.

Karen North~

Three people stood around Karen. From what she could see, two were girls, one was a boy. One of the girls had long blond hair with bright blue streaks, and peircing purple eyes. The other girl stood in the shadows, but bright green eyes darted around the tunnel. The boy had brown hair, but she turned away from him when she heard something.

"Someone's coming." she said. "Be quiet."

A few minutes later, the rest of them heard footsteps.

"Hello?" a cheerful girl's voice called.

Someone lit a lantern. Three faces appeared. One boy, two girls.

"What are you three doing in the tunnel?" asked the boy.

"Three? said the girl with blond and blue hair. "There are four of us."

But Karen had melted into the shadows. No one saw her slip by, heading to the light. She faintly heard the boy say, "You should come with us."

She got to the entrance quickly. But when she got there, she stopped. The brilliantly blue sky, and green valley were some of the most beautiful things she had ever seen. Seven white arches stood tall to her right, to her left, a huge gold domed building towered, and in front of her were the most crazy, exuberant, fantastic buildings she had ever seen stood against the sky.