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(Chapter 5 - Observe)
“I LOVE GREEN APPLES TOO!” Vee excitedly screamed as she held hands with Peri.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F9xw3ODhZ
“I CAN’T BELIEVE IT YOU’RE LIKE MY LONG LOST TWIN!” Peri squealed as her and Vee found another thing they had in common.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0Kq6pyKAo
“Yeah, you might as well tell people that you’re identical twins!” I sarcastically muttered while rolling my eyes.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrwIxQPuzb
“You know Vee, you’re pretty cool for a fifteen year old.” Blaze said. “You’re not as annoying as other people on this journey.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdTFwV3vGt
Just how immature can one person be?822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAa8TOg9qGZ
“Yeah Vee, you are pretty cool and not as much as an asshole as other people on this journey!” I glared at Blaze.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz01B482M9
“You better watch your mouth you stray or else I’ll-”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO6aBfyGMO
“You’ll what?” I bravely challenged while quirking an eyebrow. “Burn me again? Well sorry to disappoint flame-brain, but your sister can instantly heal me.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuUU9x3bzm
“Why are you two constantly at each others throats?” Vee asked sitting between the two of us. Blaze’s entire body was practically lit aflame as he glared at me in anger.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JnCPuD0k0
“WHY DOESN’T THIS STRAY LEARN HER PLACE?” He seethed.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaJ0tVXWW5
“WHY DOESN’T THIS ASSHOLE JUMP OFF A CLIFF?”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxgD53BeJg
“ENOUGH!” Peri shouted startling all of us. “Both of you are acting like little kids. Blaze just stop with your insults alright? We’ve all been together for nearly a week now so it’s time to start acting civil because we’ll probably be together for much longer. And Tai, just ignore him, he obviously just wants your attention.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gM7NJTrwE
“AS IF I WOULD WANT-” Blaze began to shout again but Peri interrupted him.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVz8TZEBwR
“I SAID ENOUGH BLAZE!” She sprinkled a few bits off pollen onto his nose, making him sneeze fire.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW34Qfnh9gP
“Hey watch it Blaze!” Vee said while blasting him with a fierce wind which made him fly to the rear of the carriage.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIvaamMVLG
“Ouch-ACHOO!” He sneezed. “You nearly pushed me off the-ACHOO-carriage!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7F5pfRQ9f
“Well then stop sneezing flaming snot!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0rqkj64GU
“This is all your-ACHOO-fault!” He glared at me.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFUgzLIguG
“BLAZE!” Peri scolded.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQtuJDl2uF
It was then that I came to the conclusion that these people were absolutely nuts!822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkog6LIMWSs
While they were all causing a ruckus at the back of the carriage, I silently crept to the front and just observed their interactions with each other. Blaze was still sneezing, albeit fire was no longer coming out while Vee and Peri laughed at his misfortune.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtb5XPDLAb
I know it shouldn’t bother me but I can’t help that it does. Why does Blaze get along so well with Vee but he seemingly hates me when I have done him no wrong? I don’t want it too but it’s upsetting me. It’s not like I want him to become my best friend or anything, but would it kill him to just not insult me all the time? I would even prefer it if he didn’t speak to me at all rather than put down my self-confidence every chance he gets.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxVTCgOsN7
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“This doesn’t look like IronVale Canyon,” Peri said as we slowly rode through a small rural town. 822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmh27tTDVS
It seemed a bit less “modern” and more “integrated” than any of the other places we’ve visited. Usually you could identify what kind of gift is inhibited by a particular place by the color scheme or by the citizens, but their was a mixture of everything around here that it was hard to identify which kind of gift lives here.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjw35U74zR
“It’s not,” Vee answered while studying the map. “We’re in Ranwick town. We running low on resources and funds so hopefully we can kind some work here to buy more.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPomgKgUY5
“What gift lives here?” I asked feeling the fuzzing texture of a tree the carriage passed by.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK1cYxSowv
“Actually, no gifted people live here. It’s a town for those who felt like outcasts in their former homes for not being gifted.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7y7qhkv4W
“How can a town run without gifted people?” Blaze asked bringing the carriage to a slow stop in front of a worn down two story building.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA7bfhnwRk
“That’s why it’s so easy to find work here, there are many tasks in demand that only gifted people can accomplish” Vee said floating off the carriage. “This is the town hall, requests for jobs can be found in here.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5boWQ4yxO
I slowly scrambled out of the contraption and walked with the rest of the team inside the building. I couldn’t help but notice that people were looking at us and pointing. At least they weren’t laughing.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQKBwsQQTz
“Are you gifted?” The man at the front desk asked while staring at all of yes warily.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v49ciDVno
“Yes.” Peri answered.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ondI7N6u0
“All of you?” His eyes narrowed suspiciously on me.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77MibCUPov
“Uhh-well-uhh,” I stumbled over my words, but for the first time, I was happy that Blaze intervened.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXHYNwIngp
“She’s not gifted but she’s our maid, so she travels where ever we go.” He lied through he teeth.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3dRdR2ZfU
At least he didn’t call me a stray.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkTYv8eKUZ
“Well I guess that’s fine then,” He dropped his smoldering gaze. “From your crystals I assume you three are Plant, Fire and Air Gifted.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5asYart5AP
“That’s right,” Vee said.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOaC615n56
“These requests would be suitable for you then.” He handed a paper to each of them. “When you’ve completed it, get the signature from the person who hired you then come back here to receive your compensation.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTW5uoiNDki
“Noted,” Blaze said turning back towards the door. “Let’s go guys.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vFdWw7XRi
“I’ll do my request first,” Peri chirped.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zNaPuMCkE
“What do you have to do?” Vee asked.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoamGlNYLlS
She scanned over the paper for a few seconds before her face brightened with glee. “This will be a piece of cake!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyFRkJkbws
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“I’m so happy someone finally responded to our request.” A frazzled middle-aged woman said as she let us into her home. “He’s in here.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc0UWg3Kus
She opened a door to reveal a young boy who’s complexion was sickly pale and he was sweating bullets. His eyes were closed and his breathing was ragged. It was obvious that this child was very ill. Peri’s request was to heal this sick child in exchange for two thousand coins, which was about the same as two hundred dollars. 822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S7VpSvvXC
“How long has he been like this?” She asked kneeling beside the child.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjygv2eFu5L
“About three weeks,” His mother said kneeling on the opposite side of him. “The local doctor said that he would not make it to the end of the month. You are my last hope, can you heal my baby?”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxkRey3k0z
“Yes mam I can, it won’t take long at all,” Peri said as she rested one hand on his forehead and another on his abdomen before her eyes, hands and crystal began glowing light green.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyusLA2IMz
It was fascinating to watch. His complexion returned to a light tan, his hair regained it’s vibrant light brown color and his breathing returned to normal. Soon enough, his deep brown eyes slowly opened to lock with the identical ones of his mother.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTS4wSXNiC
“Momma?” He softly croaked and her eyes weld with tears as she gently hugged her soon.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJqgHWbHr7
“Sparrow!” She exclaimed as tears of joy streamed down her face. “Thank goodness you’re alright!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRQLa2jDPf
She looked up at Peri with so much gratefulness that it made my heart clench. “Thank you so much! You are an angel sent from above!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQc8KYXx1A
“I don’t know about being an angel mam, but I will always help people who need me and never turn my back on them,” Peri answered as she knelt beside Sparrow. “You’ve been fighting that illness so long, you were so brave and strong. But you’re ok now, I promise.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U0m3ONusX
Sparrow looked at her and sniffled before he locked his harms around her neck. “Thank you!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsJ6ODXM3T
“Your welcome sweetheart!” She hugged him back before she extended her hand and made a beautiful yellow plant appear. “If this ever happens again, this plant is an instant cure.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaugFI0Lgz
“Thank you, thank you so much,” Sparrow’s mother cried. “I will increase the amount of your compensation and-”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeR0V9kqX4
“No please,” Peri interrupted her. “It must’ve cost you a lot to look for ways to cure him all on your own. Please don’t worry about paying me.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFlWJYYOmi
“Huh? Peri are you-OUCH!” Blaze said before Vee blasted him with wind.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzmnG55I43
“But you’ve completed your request, it’s only fair that I-”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ2VLEQDS2
“You need those two thousand coins much more than I do,” Peri said to her. “Besides, knowing that I saved a life is much more rewarding than one million coins.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCFQ5bA29D
Sparrow’s mother let out tears of relief before she engulfed Peri in a huge bear hug.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmXXrtbzuJ
Peri might think she isn’t an angel, but she is. I knew that she had saved countless of other lives before I met her and she will continue to do the same in the future.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsX1EST1Vs
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“You sure you can fix my windmills little lady? You look a bit small for a job this big.” Farmer Chase said as raised an eyebrow at Vee.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6vt9HBhV3
“This is no problem!” She exclaimed before she shot upwards into the sky.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar3L2v9qmo
With Vee’s request, she had to restore some old windmills that hadn’t spun in years. You can see the rust from down here!822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTnWgDSIpz
Vee flew directly in front of the first windmill and rotated her arms backwards for a few moments before she let out a fierce gust of wind from her arms that nearly blew Peri away if it wasn’t for Blaze holding her! The windmills all began spinning so furiously that I thought they were going to break!822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdfYoEWswr
“How was that?” She asked flying back down to us.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSn0YJwMRi1
“You blew away my hat!” Farmer Chase exclaimed before he began to frantically search for his beloved hat.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEhQjTWyzy
“Does this mean you can sign the request sheet?”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M0PKEnYJD
“Find my hat, then I’ll sign it!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewqZiiboZb
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“Blaze the water is getting cold!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9wgRTtHb7
“THIS IS A JOB FOR A SLAVE!” He seethed as he begrudgingly placed a hand in the water, heating it to the appropriate temperature for the three elderly ladies soaking in the man-made hot spring.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSdk15Hrpm
“You know Blaze you are welcomed to join?” The hairiest one said suggestively while wiggling her eyebrows. Dear God I think I’m going to be sick.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWL7cOa7Hy
Blaze’s face twisted in disgust before he scrambled as far away from the pond as he possible could. “That’s it, I quit!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbToKuGJ0a
“You can’t quit Blaze we need this money!” Peri said as she ran after him.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf5YeLojgJ
“Well if you had actually collected your money then maybe I wouldn’t have to perform this trivial and degrading task!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFzyd0bhOI
“You know why I did that,” Peri narrowed her eyes. “That lady needed that money more than us!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGLh67adzp
“Well I don’t want to be raped by three elderly perverts!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZQl8UHNYv
“Just suck it up you big baby,” Vee said. “We all completed our jobs, so should you.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTjwhkkzHz
“You all had easy jobs!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPmJzQIpYU
“This is easy all you have to do is heat their water for thirty more minutes, you’re not obliged to talk to them.” Peri said.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdF9ZtXwD5k
Blaze looked back and forth between the pond and his sister a few times before he let loud groan and went back over to the pond where the ladies further harassed him. It was quite comical to watch him trying to escape the clutches of the elderly women.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqBPbDni9W
“Are you alright Tai?” Peri asked standing beside me. “You haven’t spoken one word since we left the town hall.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHkezZE6Oh
Huh, guess I hadn’t even noticed. But I figured that since they’ve all been so busy completing their requests that they wouldn’t have time acknowledge me. Not like it mattered anyway. I was quite content with just observing the world around me rather than speaking aloud.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc8r7gANnO
“Yeah I’m fine.” I said tugging on my hair.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcb8ecf1F8
Peri’s sharp eyes analyzed me as if she didn’t believe me; which made me very uncomfortable.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23ShllOSJI
“You sure?”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGI1llT9mN
“Yeah I’m just feeling a bit tired.” I softly muttered.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQeOKZCltd
“Well ok then,” She said but I knew she wanted to question me more. “After this we’ll collect our compensation and then stay in an inn for the night.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTaQMJqqLv
“Sounds great,” I gave her a small tight lipped smile.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4eVcnoWW4
Honestly, I was pretty tired from moving around all day and also because I met so many new people today. I just feel drained from it all. A few hours to myself would do me good.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjEtNkEHhG
“COME ON BLAZE MAKE THE WATER HOTTER!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcyHC88GCz
“DAMN IT WOMAN LEAVE ME ALONE!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3InKb2lVmA
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“Finally we can rest!” Vee exclaimed as she flopped down onto her bed. “I’m beat.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoEKyTD7SP
“Tell me about it, but it feels good to finally relax.” Peri said as she gently got under the covers.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23UTRjqiop
After Blaze had finished his request, they had collected their compensation and rented a room in an inn for the night. It was a very small room with four tiny beds and one dresser inside. Everyone else was lounging on their beds but I was very apprehensive to get in mine. One because it was smaller than a twin size bed and two, it looked like it would collapse with the slightest touch.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlNkD7qyCb
“Didn’t you say you were tired Tai?” Peri said looking at me. “You should get some rest.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD2FMpaGQh
“Yeah, you should get some rest!” Blaze smirked at me. He knew exactly what would happen if I get onto that bed, he just wants to embarrass me.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBjkKf1RLk
“N-No I think I’ll-OUCH!” I screamed as I tripped and fell backwards onto the bed completely shattering the wooden support underneath.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKqEtQTnN5
“Damn I didn’t think you would’ve broken the entire thing!” Blaze laughed as he clutched his stomach. He’d shot a blast of fire at me which made me stagger backwards.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkjY5ivKZX
“BLAZE WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?” Peri shouted as she ran over to me.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSHhrNcz9l
I had bruised my elbow really bad and it was beginning to throb but the pain of my sheer embarrassment was more hurtful than that. I felt a lump form in my throat as tears flooded my eyes. Why did he always have to make me feel like dirt?822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tKouYA2PA
“I was just kidding, she’s the one who can’t take a joke!” He said. But I knew that he did that on purpose.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xRIfYGVCx
I quickly collected myself off of the ground and ran out the room, slamming the door behind me. I had ran all the way outside to the carriage where I crawled inside and curled up in a bowl to let my tears out.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJucGLgJRHy
Why did he hate me so much? What did I ever do? You would think that in my own imagination that I would get treated fairly and equally, and not judged because of my physical appearance. But if I’m still being treated like nothing in my imagination then I must actually be nothing in reality.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34FRse0FhY
“You shouldn’t even be crying right now, you should be ever grateful to me that I even let you accompany my sister and I.” Blaze sneered as he walked over to my sobbing form. Why couldn’t he just leave me alone?822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjdFizafO5
“You’re useless you know that,” He yanked my hands away from my ears so that I could fully hear him. “YOU’RE COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY USELESS!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHqNJN5rNQ
I chocked on a sob as tears streamed down my face. Who says things like that to people?822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVI7gwJcIC
“N-No, I-I-I’m not, I-” I stammered as I tried to control my breathing.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhQqSLh4BU
“All day you’ve been trailing behind us like a worthless mutt,” He slowly seethed. “You’re nothing but a burden and an oversized one too.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC0Xiqfipj
“STOP IT BLAZE, PLEASE STOP IT!” I screamed as I tried to block out his words.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwb49WyMJL
It’s not true Tai, he’s lying.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoS3gT3d4i
IT.IS.NOT.TRUE!822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5M1yWYHsM2
“You should just get away from us!” He said as I begun to have a panic attack. “You are disgusting!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vXxjsCjN5
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Those three words replayed over and over in my head as tears obscured my vision. I had heard those words before and it still leaves a heaviness in my heart to this day.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsHxCc11xz
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“Taigh-Lyn, what is this?” My father calmly asked as he rolled around a pen on his desk. His deep brown eyes staring impassively into my hazel ones. Though they appeared calm, I knew that a raging sea was about to be unleashed.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPVvfIwQIG
“I-It’s my r-report card,” I softly said as I twiddled my fingers.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcNZqW7z8D
“And what does it say?” He pointed to a particular subject.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TBvkHJl3l
“I-It’s says that I g-got an F in mathematics.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxyJSg4GlR
“Why did you fail mathematics Taigh-Lyn?” He flung the paper to the floor as he crossed his arms; his voice becoming harder.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZvwpkV9HJ
“I-I guess because I didn’t really understand the material,” I nervously muttered.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5THnUFU9Kk
“Then why didn’t you ask for help? Isn’t that the purpose of the teacher?”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNXWHNhfQS
“It is b-but...” I softly trailed off. It was the purpose of the teacher to help me with anything I didn’t understand, but Mr. Carson hated my soul! He would thoroughly embarrass me in front of my peers before he even thought about helping me. My self-esteem was already low, I couldn’t afford for it to become any lower than it already was.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUu4jDmieW
“BUT WHAT TAIGH-LYN!” He boomed, making it seem as if the entire office was rattling under his temper.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bnnp4l1M6
“I-I’m really sorry dad please-” I begun to cry which only made him angrier.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvanX4lkEEF
“Sorry?” He repeated with a raised eyebrow. “YOU’RE SORRY? THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT YOU’VE FAILED THIS SUBJECT TAIGH-LYN! HECK, EVEN TEVIN PROBABLY WOULD’NT HAVE DONE AS BAD AS YOU!”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ011bIJTWD7
My heart begun to bleed.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0zxQUUn5k
“Dad please I-” I sobbed.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB6oyGPhCB
He glared intensely at me as if I was the vilest scum on Earth. “Get out.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvecOTCc0rd
Blood is gushing out of my heart.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4LdFAbaQo
“W-What Da-”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWcuHcF31V
“I SAID GET THE HELL OUT!” He screamed as flung the nearest thing to him at me, which so happened to be a stapler. I barely managed to avoid it, but I’m sure the pain of being hit by that is miniscule compared to the pain of the next words that come out of my father’s mouth.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ457KdsPTy5
“Call your mother to retrieve you and get out of my sight,” He said walking towards the giant glass windows in his office. “You disgust me!822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NBSmzNRLs
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My heart was completely shattered...822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVthHCHu0Yu
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After re-living my flashback, I was now full blown sobbing. My broken and strangled cries filled the air. I begun tugging violently at my hair, wanting to rip it out of my scalp. My fingers, clawing at my tan flesh, leaving scarlet red marks from my wrist all the way to my elbows. I had finally reached my limit. I couldn’t take anymore. I was drowning.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXelSDL29ZH
“Hey what’s wrong with you? You’re peeling your skin off!” Blaze exclaimed as he tried to obscure my hands from damaging myself any further.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxScIhSmme
I spun around and looked at him with pure disdain before I tightly balled my right fist and punched him as hard as I could square in his jaw. 822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3ionJKYeW
Both he and I were surprised at the force of the punch, which had managed to knock him to the ground. I had expected him to immediately castrate me with his flames, but instead, he started it me in shock and awe for a few moments before he said something I never thought I would hear come from him.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJOvOBG8ms
“I’m sorry,”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8p7uvMq10r
Huh? Is this the same Blaze? Was I transported into the twilight zone?822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEH7JuOdrG
“E-Excuse me?” I said as I raised an eyebrow.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosS3SkWPjT
“I said I’m sorry,” He said again, but this time much rougher. “I was out of line speaking to you like that. No one deserves to be spoken to like that. It’s just, you remind me so much of someone and it just...” He trailed off as he clenched his fists tightly.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEIz7SEhDa
“Someone bad I assume?” I queried as I offer him a hand, which he shockingly accepted.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHLiHMvQEE
“She was more than bad,” His voice became darker. “She was a monster.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbybRk3BEyG
I frowned as he said that. I felt a bang in my heart when he said she was a monster. Did that mean I appeared to be a monster to him?822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnqc0bnsVe
As if reading my thoughts he quickly clarified. “Her personality was monstrous, and you remind me of her because of your physical appearance.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntQ3CYLQ2u
I guess that’s comforting.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82oSGNDTBo
“You’re not useless or worthless,” He sighed. “You created Aralia all own your own and you’ve done an amazing job at maintaining it.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUpsUrplRM
DID MY PUNCH HAVE SOME OF PERI’S HEALING GIFT ON IT? I cannot believe that he’s actually complimenting me! And he finally admitted that I created Aralia. Does that mean he truly believes that I am Queen Taigh-Lyn?822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHpHenspul
“T-Thank you Blaze!” I said astonished.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB36kS7Lk0k
A silence followed after that, though I thought that it was comforting, Blaze obviously felt uncomfortable. He kept on twiddling with his thumbs and brushing his hands through his long burnt orange hair. 822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkJYXwpKoO
“HEY GUYS ARE YOU COMING BACK INSIDE?” Vee shouted as she floated at the entrance of the Inn.822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz3qONb9Zc
“BE RIGHT THERE!”Blaze shouted back to her before he turned to me. “After you.”822Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYw4KNJBTr8
I softly smiled at him as I walked towards the door. Maybe it was me freaking out or me punching him, but whatever I did to get Blaze to be a civil person was working. I just hope it’ll last longer than tonight.
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