Chapter 7
Right in front of my face was a huge bouquet of flowers; and a large variety at that. There were roses, tulips, orchids and other kinds of flowers that I have either not seen before or know the name. This one particular flower stood out. That’s weird, why didn’t I notice it before? It was peculiar. The petals were long and flowing down and it seemed to move on its own, waving gracefully about. It was glowing! The colours changed from a light pink to red and it stayed like that. The bouquet lowered, and it was his face; Winter.
“Oh hey! Hi! Um... These are for you.” Though he said it quite calmly, he also seemed to stutter a bit at the same time. “It’s a.... A welcome gift. Yeah, a welcome gift. From the town!” He passed the flowers to me with a smile that seemed a little odd, like he was trying very hard not to smile widely but yet still is smiling. Just when he let go of the bouquet, I noticed that the one flower stopped glowing.
“Thanks.” I said, looking quizzically at the bouquet. I looked around the room for an empty vase to put the flowers in, but found none. It must have shown on my face because then Winter walked in the room and headed to a table. He started waving his hands in the middle of the table like a conductor, or a puppet master; pulling invisible strings. Water started forming and swished about in rhythm to his hand movements. Building up, the water began rising and started crystallizing from the bottom up. With a final whirl of his hand, there was a newly formed vase on the table which looked like it was made of ice.
“Wow! How did you do that?” I went beside him and caressed the vase. It was so finely crafted that it would be impossible for a person to create it by hand.
“I’m a magic wielder, specializing in the water element. And water turns to ice; so there, a vase for your flowers”. I carefully placed the flowers in the vase afraid that I might break it.
“Alright, alright, show’s over. Let us get moving. We’re making the Queen wait.” Alta took my hand and led my out the door with Winter following behind.
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Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be suddenly someone else? Where everything you knew was just pretty much a lie and what used to be lies and false is now true? Well, I’m experiencing all of that right now. And there is just so many emotions in me now that I don’t exactly know how to explain it.
During dinner, we, my mom and I had a long talk. She explained to me almost everything that happened since I was born and before. I was told that I am part of three sisters who is everything to the world, though not many know it. Reborn every century, we are of most importance.
My vision of the past was right, and what I believed was also right. The man that had been consumed by the dark cloud certainly was my father and we sisters were taken away for safety. To hide from those who want to hurt us, we were forced to be apart from this world where no one knows us.
The dark cloud is pure evil. Excessus is his name. In translation; death. Years after what happened in my vision, he continued searching for us but has failed, until now. He had destroyed many magical villages looking for us until one had betrayed and revealed that we were in hiding in the human world. That was when he sent his minions after me.
My journey here was just the beginning. I have a long way to go. Together with Alta and Winter, I have to look my sisters and be once again reunited. Given the choice, it was either to stay in hiding forever or to fight back. I would not stand by being a total coward, and I had to do something for my father who perished to save the family.
I am scared, I do not deny that. But who wouldn’t be afraid? It is a totally new world and we will be walking a dangerous path that would lead us directly to death.
And Death awaits us.
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