To combine all four elements. This is an unprecedented idea. I have combined all the elements in different ways and fashions missing what might be the most important.

What if by merging the four elements something completely new would be created. To not just be a subset of its origin elements.

To combine them together I must be more cautious than ever before. I take carefully measured equal parts of earth, fire, air, and water essence. I took one more look over the amounts, and then compressed them together. The process was a long one, which did not take as long as the crystals, but still took a very long time. What formed was a thing so small I had to concentrate to see it. What took shape was a circular cover surrounding a fluid like substance. It didn’t do anything. It sat still closing off a possibility for progression in my experiments. For that I named it a cell. This is because of the hope for advancement it sealed off.

To not wallow in my newfound sadness, I continued to think of other ideas that I might have missed in my rush. I thought of what my very first experiment was. That was in fact combining elementals. My original experiment ended after I combined elementals of the same element. So to simply continue that experiment I should try merging different elements elementals together.

The following pairings of elementals were air and water, fire and air, air and earth, water and fire, water and earth, and finally earth and fire. They all ended as complete and utter failures after destabilizing in the formation process. I even checked multiple times afterwards with repeat experiments to make sure I was doing the process correctly. As a follow up experiment I did all the possible three-way combinations for those four different elementals. AND NOTHING! There was no outcome for the experiment like all the others. This just left one experiment. To combine the elemental essence of all four of the elementals.

For this process to work all of the different essences would need to reach a state of equilibrium and become balanced. But this would have to be a natural outcome of its combination, meaning that I can’t try to force them together after it starts to fail. I really don’t know what to do if this doesn’t work. Though once again, I must continue.

Taking equal parts of water, earth, air, and fire elemental essence I ever so carefully combined them together. The process was very slow for this one also, and so much so that it went just above the amount of time it took for the cell to form. By the end of the process the end product was even smaller than the cell! They had formed four small masses of condensed elemental essence. Each mass had the qualities of one of its originating elementals. They looked stable, but showed no signs of what I was looking for. These elemental pieces, which was what I now called them, showed no signs of being something different. This was unacceptable. I needed to have something substantial before I stop the experiment. I need to add something that would change them from what they are now. And that something has to be lightning elemental essence. For this is what I have that can supersede the authority of those four elemental essences. The combination should be the same as it had been with the elemental pieces, with the essences substituted with equal parts of the elemental pieces and the lightning elemental essence. All I had to do now is merge them together.

The procedure being attentive and decisive. Taking just as long as the elemental pieces the product was complete. Of course it looked much more complex as well. It had two spirals twisted around the other connected together by two bars. Both bars had connections at their centers showing each bar had two parts each. Making a total of four different pieces connected to the spirals. Upon closer inspection just like the condensed elemental pieces each bar segment had the properties of one of the four elements! Not only that, but, each spiral had the properties of lightning showing that the bars were in balance by the spirals. I have to name this something compelling because it is such an interesting substance but I just can’t think of something proper. Until a better one is thought of it will have to be named DNA. Though by playing around with it I have learned much about what I can do with it. I can add and subtract segments to the DNA strands with also being able to divide strands apart and switch DNA between each other. Sadly I see no use for it. It has no effect on the expanse and does not move. Just like the cell.

Wait… this find has too much potential for it to have no effect. What if it can only show some effect when it is combined with something else. I know that I don’t have any other basic substance I can use to combine it with but I do have other merged essences I could use. These probably wouldn’t work because they would be subjected to the authority of the different elements and not stabilize. The only real option I have to use is the cell. Even though neither shows any use the DNA might have the potential to elevate their combination to the next level. With only one way to find out I combined the DNA, with a base in the ethereal, and the cell, with a base in the corporeal. The process was extremely fast, as if no time had really passed, maybe none had. For what came out surprised me dearly, as it looked like just a cell! When looked at in further detail there was DNA on the inside of cell. It did nothing. It just gave a more USELESS combination. I have to look at this closely because there has to be more to it that that. And more to it there was because soon after on it own it started to move. What a joyous sight it was. I need to see what is different! Hold on, before I get ahead of myself in the excitement, it shall need a name.

For once I have decided to not name the creation something new. I will have it and others like it be named as a cell. This cell will have a different meaning from its namesake. The old cell was one named for its closure on my hope but this cell shall be named because it holds my hope for the future.