THE FORGOTTEN PRINCESS – Episode 50

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(POV of Leon)
I was in the water bubble for about three minutes now and I am at my limit.
I look outside and there was a young woman preventing Dimitri from attacking the young man that put me into this water bubble. Looking at it, she was also a magic user, an Atlantian that can manipulate the wind. Dimitri can’t do anything but stand his ground or he will be swept away by the wind.
My consciousness was starting to fade. The lack of oxygen was beginning to take a toll on my body.
‘No, it can’t end here.’ I thought to myself. ‘Many people are counting on me to finish my mission. And Alicia, my Alicia. She needs me.’
I was scanning the area searching for Alicia when I saw something glowing. My eyes went wide when I saw it was Alicia. Her body was engulfed in blue light.
‘This is bad.’ I thought.
The magic brewing inside of her was immense, there will be a catastrophe if it will be unleashed in one go.
The ground was starting to tremble and crack. The water bubble that I was imprisoned in started to vibrate violently.
I looked around to see what I can do to manage to escape this water bubble. If I don’t hurry, all of us including Alicia will be in grave danger.
I saw that there was still fire embers left on the wood not far from me.
‘Lucky!’ I thought to myself.
I was a fire manipulator. When I was young I showed signs of being a fire caster. This element was my calling and my mother has thought me early on how to handle my magical abilities. She knew that if other people saw my magical abilities, then there will be huge consequences. My mother was a good teacher and I was able to perfect my magic in an early age.
Even with just a little fire ember, I can make it big. I concentrate on the wood with ember and it started to flicker and burn. The fire was starting to get bigger, I make it have a shape of an arrow.
‘Good, now just some velocity will do.’ I thought.
I concentrated on the fire arrow, making it suck all the air around it. Then I let go. The arrow was now flying with the speed of sound. I aimed it just inches from me. The fire arrow zoomed right past me, splitting the water bubble into two.
Having the attention of the young man away from me also helped the water bubble lose its shape and so I was free at last.
“Hah, hah, hah.” I was gasping for air. My head throbbed with the lack of oxygen earlier and now with the sudden intake made it feel so big.
I looked around me. The ground was shaking so hard that it looked like there was an earthquake. The wind around us was so strong, like we were inside a storm.
“Ahhhhhh.” Alicia yelled out loud.
My heart was thumping fast. I was searching for her amidst this chaos.
“Alicia!” I yelled out loud, trying to find her.
Then I saw her at the center of all this chaos. Her body was glowing with yellow light now. She was yelling as if she was in pain. My heart squeezed in pain seeing her like this.