Kaleenon's Witness

skipped a beat. It felt as though time had stopped for a minute. She s

her but fate was unfortunate for the girl, Maasa

glanced down at her hands, her dirt stained nails stared back at her- a memento of her time out in the forest scurrying the earth with her nails to harvest potatoes. T

other deep breath and gently rose, she started with shaky feet,

r arrow missed her leg but this time the left one causing her to run with all her might. Her senior, Maasai was crazy and woul

yso ran till she felt herself running with the wind be

like a second skin gently swaying

behind her. The wind had swayed not only her hair

Her blurred vision returned but this time her head bobbed in excruciating pain. Hayso rol

blue string, she ran back to the training ground. Maasai was already running out of patience,

s fueled by magic and they could inflict the worst pain on their victim. Hayso co

their apprentices. Hayso inhaled conjuring up a blocking spell, her magi

herself for it's impact but the arrow never struck. There it was implanted perfectly

t look like any she had seen so far during her trainings. She

eak to him, all she was made to do was wake up, go to the fletcher and work all day, eat

should have known that she was experienced with arrows. She glanced back at the direction it came from, the e

f the feeling of having been watched all that time. It was practice that was what she had been told, but

er hand over her lips, a sudden reaction to her unpredicted impulses. In a blink of an eye,

pped their wings hastily making eerie noi

nd it felt like she was being watched.

hook letting out a yelp. "I have been c

let down her hair,

hat you have o

recognition and the other one without. Hayso could tell t

crept up her fac

shru

ome in possess

me from th

ed, her beauty cane before anything else. Her skin was her priority before trainings. There were days the

y get her in trouble with the one who was supposed to guide her through her mage journey. As much as s

one has been in the for

came a

etting that i

into by anyone for two decades. A mage loses their abilities once inside there and a mundane can

ion of this

es

s w

sen

yso's countenance to call her a superior. "Well,

tion feeling defeated. She stared back at the forest and got no

get what tonight

n following right behind but had turned to see the wimp she detested still frozen

he heavens that you are my senior, I wou

n eyebrow "Is t

no one will bel

s laughter, "Come on, Hayso,

d up at her, a tinge of darkness roaming within his eyes and those eyes found the evening sky. The dark clouds t

ed for her cutting knife and slowly had begun p

ss himself

ed through the room

ver spoken t

a black millipede crawled out of his now pitch black eyes. Padre broke into laughter, d

ongated until they were about four inches as he rose to his full height. He slowly began stalking close

me outcome. She held out her left hand in a protective stance and the other was tightened into a fist.

at the realization. She couldn't use

w and as he inched closer, a disgusting stench oozed out of his mouth, it had Hayso turnin

t making her suck in a huge breat

ured water on her face in a bid to snap her out of the nightmare she wa

air, "Wake up Hayso, please." The plea in her voice

ead, Hayso was moving from side to side recklessly. Aaliyah

hed breath and Aaliyah pu

circles on her back. "This is r

as it was in her dream. Darkness and light were fighting to takeover. They pulled apart an

pens. The ravaging storm blew threatening to tumble the quivers in the open. The tables creaked with arrant intentions. The mood i

thed in blue tunics. The line was arranged from the highest ranked Mages t

ch one of them as they sang an ancient song calling to the gods of the earth and sky. The ritual of lots was happening

as the mages passed her window. Her big doe eyes watched them intently e

me again." His mother wa

heard the interaction and she could tell the mage behind

ent off, it was the sixth hour of the eve

n hers and they shared a distressed look before