Transition to Adulthood: A Surreal Journey

I open my eyes slowly and look around. I’m lying flat on my back on grass. Blinking, I can see I’m not alone. Kale lays to my right. I’m a bit startled to see him there. I look on my other side and see Sadie and Heather. What happened? Then I remember seeing that old lady, and Sadie and I in the bathroom. I sit up, to take in my surroundings. We’re lying in the middle of a small clearing. The trees around us are unusually huge and different plants and flowers are scattered around on bushes. I notice my friends, and I, look different too, older. We no longer have our teenager bodies, but now seemed to have reached adulthood. All of us have reached a firmer build and look more like adults instead of teenagers.
Kale groans as he sits up. “My

As we walk along I notice the forests here were much like the forests I was used to hiking in at home. The trees were nearly similar, just slightly bigger. Plants and vegetation looked more green and lush. I can also hear birds chirping as they do at home, but they sound more musical. Destiny stops at the bottom of a cliff wall and whispers something inaudible. Before I can ask her what she’s saying, the blue stone in her staff flashes and I find myself standing in a very old, authentic-looking room. Kale, Sadie, and Heather are still standing beside me. We glance at each other in awe and then take in the room. It’s fairly large, with old wooden shelves full of scrolls. Huge dust-covered books scatter around a large table. In the middle of the room is another clear, blue stone, shaped like a perfect sphere and it seems to glow inside. “Do you know your purpose here?” Destiny asks. I shake my head, as does the others. “Look into the sphere and tell me what you see.” she

The people from your world were picked because you all have something our world does not. Our world has magic, but lacks technology. Your world has technology, but lacks magic. The simple fact that you are not magical gives us the edge we need, but I will explain that to you some other time. There are only a handful of people picked off of your world to come here, there are of every gender, so Kale is not the only man. In time, when we think you are ready, we will give you the power of a certain element, in time though. When the time is right I will bring all of your kind picked to help fight to the end. What I performed earlier was magic. I am not a sorceress, witch, or wizard. No one is allowed to know of my past or where I come from. What you saw in the sphere was only bits and pieces of your future. I can interpret only the signs that you need to know. As to trust me, that is your decision. You may go and talk it over if you wish.” Then she turns and begins reading some scrolls.
The four of us look at each other. “That was quite a speech.” comments Kale.
“What do you guys think?” I ask, “It 's all very weird and sudden.”
“I think she 's weird, she doesn’t show her face, but she might be able to be trusted.” says Heather, “Since she seems to know everything here.”
“Well, we can’t just go on and make a decision right away,” says Sadie, “We don’t know this place or for sure who this person is. Not only that,