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The sorceress stared into the black pot she is cooking. “Enamel…” She mouthed, her mouth dropping in shock.
“What’s wrong Naphtha?” Prince Flynn asked, sounding weak from last night.
She shook her head. ” There is still no cure your Majesty.” She declared.
His eyes flew open. “What do you mean no cure?” He roared in anger.
“You f-__-king told me five years ago that there’d be a cure and I endured the pains till now only for you to say thrash?” He half yelled.
“I’m sorry my prince. With my findings fuve years ago, I was so certain that there’d be a cure but…”
“But what?” He asked, cutting her short and grunting from the pain.
“It’s a different thing I saw in the vision pot.” She said.
“f-__-king tell me what you saw okay? I need a cure for this bullshit. It’s making me run mad.” He hissed in pain.
“I saw….a pathway leading to you. That pathway is…. written in blood!” She shuttered, avoiding the prince eyes.
“How the f-__-k does that concern me? I know my pathway is dark so that’s not new but I need you to look into that d@mn pot of yours and find me a d@mn cure for this illness.
“My prince….but…the girl…”
“No buts!!” He ordered, coughing out blood.
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What just happened now?
Why did…that man suddenly stop moving and his eyes… turned to my eye color?
Why was my neck itching and why was I shaking so badly? – All this questions roamed in her head as she headed into the woods.
She could still hear the footsteps of the bad guys following her deeper into the woods. Can’t they just give up?
She continued running, going deeper and deeper – the moon shining brightly above her head.
‘ I’d have been running close to three hours now. d@mn!’ She hit her leg on the stone as
something ruffled beneath her leg – dried leaves.
She had already torn half of her dress away. She rested at the bark of a big tree and touched her necklace.
A Dark red coloured dragon shaped Necklace. Where she got it from – she doesn’t know. What it means – No idea.
So tired, a wave of sleep blew to her and she slept off, forgetting that some people are after her.
Far in her dream….
It looked as if she was inside a tree and everywhere was dead silent.
“Hello….hello! Anyone here? Anybody??” Her voice echoed in the unknown place.
Suddenly, some group of fireflies started surrendering her.
‘Fireflies? What are they doing?’ She smiled as they rally round her.
Suddenly, they all vanished! – She woke in a panic.
“Gotcha!” They captured her as she screamed into the night.
‘No! They can’t catch me this way? they can’t…’ she said but before she could think of what to do, they sedated her with an handkerchief already.
After some hours….
The sun shone brightly from the curtain blocking her sight. Ughh…
“Arghh!…!” All of yesterday’s memories flowed into her head as she groaned.
‘So they successful brought me huh?’ She asked no one in particular.
She scanned the whole room with her puffy eyes. Curtains closed, a table and a chair, the bed, a mirror and black paintings on the wall.
Who the hell paints a room in black color? That’s lame…
She turned sideways and almost screamed seeing another figure on the bed. She looked at herself, seeing that her clothes are intact, she breathe in relief.
The figure remained motionless, not stirring at all. “Hello!… it’s morning already.”
“Wakey wakey sleepy head” She poked her again, now she’s sure the figure is a girl.
Gripped with fear that the lady might have died, she screamed out.
“What the f-__-k is the screaming all about?” Rime came rushing in.
Her eyes scanned through the hot guy in front of her. “I… don’t know, She isn’t waking up.” She managed to say.
He touched the crook of her neck with his four fingers and almost immediately, she sneezed.
Milena kept on looking at him. ‘ His face looks familiar somehow.’ She thought, trying to remember the familiar face.
He left before she could say another word. The lady suddenly burst into tears, surprising Milena.
“Hey! what’s wrong? Are you okay? Talk to me” She shook the girl but she just kept crying.
The door opened again. “No cries and that’s your food.” Rime left.
She stopped crying and drew the food closer. ‘Is she really a foodie? Crying because she’s hungry? She should have just talked’ Milena huffed angrily.
She swallowed a mouthful of toasted bread. “I wasn’t crying because of food.” She stated, drinking the soda hurriedly.
Milena’s mouth dropped open. Did she… how did she know…
She smiled, revealing her dimples. ” Don’t tell me you are not one?” Her face suddenly fell.
Milena arched her eyebrows. One of what?
“One of us, those with special powers and abilities. Like I read minds and can grow thorns” she replied.
She smiled and Milena mouthed an ‘ohh’
She suddenly stopped eating, her eyes focused on the dragon necklace as different thoughts runs through her head.
‘What’s with the weird look of everyone and this necklace?’ She rolled her eyes.
“Enamel….” She mouthed.
“I’m sorry, what??” she asked and her face was replaced with a smile.
“My name is Brittany.”
“Milena…. Milena Palau”
“I bet you are a supernatural.”
“What? no! I don’t think so. I don’t have any special ability or powers, not even one.” She shakes her head.
Brittany stare at her. “Remember. Try to remember…”
FLASHBACKS….
“Milena….!” Maany, Milena’s only friend bursted into the room, jumping around.
“What is it now?” Milena roll her eyes.
“Guess!!…” She half screamed and Milena roll her eyes again.
“I’m very bad at guessing. Okay, you got admitted? You kissed your long time crush?”
“Oh… shut it Mil. I never like going to school. My crush doesn’t even live in this area for f-__-k’s sake.” It’s Maany’s turn to roll her eyes.
“Cut the crap! What is it?”
“You getting adopted!” She giggled happily.
“That has happened so many times and I don’t want to get adopted again. I’m fine this way.” She hissed.
“Come on, this is real. This one is f-__-king gonna work out.”
“Mum, you have me, why do you wanna adopt her again?” The couple’s only child ranted, obviously angry that she’d have a younger one.
If at all she is ever going to have a younger one, it should be a boy.
“Don’t worry Clara, you need someone you could talk to when we go on long business trips.” Her dad spoke gently to her.
Milena entered…
“Mama… I’m here” She greeted Madam Rio.
“Mil, these are your new parents. You just need to sign here and you are free to live the life you want. They promised so many things and here’s their first born, your elder sister.” Madam Rio explained in detail.
“But I don’t want to get adopted.” She said.
“How rude!…” Clara stated angrily.
“Mum, let’s get out of here. She’s just a thrash and she can’t even bear to leave the trash life.” She huffed.
Milena gripped her shoulder and made her face her. “You can say anything but me being called trash.”
“If you weren’t also adopted by them, you wouldn’t have the guts to say rubbish!” Milena shut her up.
‘Hold on! how did I even know she was adopted. Never even seen her before.’ – Milena thought.
“How…how did…you-” She didn’t get to finish the sentence as her eyes came in contact with the dragon necklace.
Her eyes widened as she suddenly grip her head in pain. She screamed so much that Madam Rio had to call the ambulance.
Meanwhile, Milena’s hand were still on her shoulders. “What’s wrong? Are you okay?” She asked, sounding pitiful.
As both girls eyes met, blood started coming out from Clara’s nose. “Take…me…away from…her” She managed to say before she lost consciousness.
END OF FLASHBACKS…
“So, you see you are a supernatural?” Brittany asked, happily.
“No! I don’t believe you and what’s there to be happy about?” Milena looked at her strangely.
Brittany sighed. “I know it’s hard when you don’t even know your background.”
“But think about it, why does something strange happen whenever someone maintan deep eye contact with you or most especially when they look at that necklace?” She asked, pointing to the
dragon shaped Necklace.
Milena unconsciously touched it, thinking about the circumstances Brittany made.
‘Come to think of it, they are actually true.’
“Is that why I landed here?” “Because every time this necklace is involved, badluck always follows.”
“Hm… Partially. You will find out soon.”
“Besides, why are you here?” She asked.
“My mother sells pigeon so I help her advertise. Yesterday, one of the pigeons flew past the road and I wanted to go catch it. I don’t know but I ended up here.” She explained and Milena sighed.
“How about you?”
“It’s really a long story. I live in an orphanage so, yesterday, I decided to be free, to live on my own…. and then I ended up here.” She sighed again.
She suddenly misses the orphanage,
Madam Rio and Maany.
Oh my Maany!!
“She’s your friend right?”
“What? You better stop entering my mind.” Milena glared at her.
“Sorry. I can’t help it but I will try.” She laughed.
“You are no more in the orphanage so, I’m your friend now.” She stated.
“You are crazy!”
“Where do you think we are?” She asked.
“France? Italy? Oh, Korea?” Milena smiled dreamingly.
“Shut up! We are in the RD Kingdom.”
“What’s the RD?”
“Red Dragon…”
?️Tbc…….?️
What do you think?