@ Ties of Water and Fire
-err... the lady just gave birth and the man is twirling her around O.o; I feel so sorry for her... (minor thing... just against common sense)
-porcelaineous is the adjective, and porcelain is only the noun... be careful to use the right form of your words
he cried in a voice filled with anguish, in a voice of a man that had everything and lost it.
-semicolon should be used in place of the comma here
-the poetic prophecy is really stretched right now in terms of its rhythm... poems do not necessarily have to rhyme, but they (almost always unless you're famous enough to start breaking rules) must have a certain rhythm... at least try to have roughly the same amount of syllables in certain rhythm scheme
-parts of the prophecy is contradicting each other... bringing the end of the age as well as "turning out right" so that needs a little tweaking...
-"sweetheart" isn't the most appropriate tone and diction used for married couples. Sweetheart got a "younger" connotation to it.
-Kyogre not Kyorge... though really Kyogre is not an ogre at all (bad translation on 4Kids part)
-seems like ch.2 is a bit rushed... we hardly know anything, and 1 of our 2 protagonists is already presented with the major conflict already... certainly can't we use some time to develop a bit more character traits first? The earlier part about how the other Aqua members are insulting Yoshiko is an excellent opportunity to be expanded in order to include a bit of background to Yoshiko and her character
-don't suddenly use 2nd person words... use "one" in order to stay 3rd person view
-Yoshiko's thoughts should switch to 1st person because it's her thoughts... if her thoughts include thinking about herself, then it should use 1st person
-the girls are twins, but one is sixteen and the other is seventeen...? Err...
-details are definitely missing with just how Maxie is going to train Yoshie... what is happening? That can certainly be expanded...
-how did the girls suddenly understand how to control the orb, or how to use the orb at all? Not once did the story talked about this fact, nor did the 2 characters ever questioned about it, which is exceedingly strange...
-currently, Maxie and Archie are trait-less characters, which really need to be changed... hopefully we'll know more about them as soon as possible.
Good Points
-usage of poetry
-prequel successfully draws readers' attention
Focuses to Improve On
-character development
-further expansion of events and details
-story structure: focus more on the how and why
Grammar Basics: 9/10
Characterization: 12/20
Coherence/Readability: 10/10
Tone/Structure: 12/20
Diction: 13/20
Effort/Originality: 16/20
Lit. Device bonus: +1 (poetry)
Total: 73