She rubbed her hands on her dress quickly panicking by the blood.
The blood felt as fresh as new, but there is no trace of the blood on her hands except a delusion...[Where is the blood] she thought panickingThe mumbling sounds slowly reduced as time went on...She stood there in her confused state afraid to touch the wall again yet curious to know what is happeningAfter too much silence without a reason to stay anymore, she walked back and placed the thorns exactly in their previous position.Her hand started bleedingshe rubbed the blood on her dress and reached the house ... locked the door and hopped on the bed covering herself with the blanket ...[warm]----she woke up with the constant shaking of Will"What's all this blood," he asked concernedly.Her hands swelled with all the pricking of the thorns.She showed her hands to him."What the hell happened" he shouted as he is taking the first aid kit from the top shelf of the kitchen[I guess I can't say I went down the cliff in the middle of the night]**hiss**she hissed in pain as the antibiotic liquid touched her wound."You are such a handful," he said tying the bandage on her handshe gave a small smile"you are weird too ...just as your mother," he said and chuckled.[mother?]She took her book and pen outshe is struggling to hold her pen with the bandage."What ...what are you trying to write with your hands like that""You know my mom?" she scribbled with weird handwriting which can be never understood by anyone except her.Will struggled to read?She gestured a little"Ahh...your mom" "who doesn't know her, she is famous in the village""how do you know the village," she wrote in the book"I used to live in the village, I left it like 12 years ago ."she got surprised to hear that..."Wait for a second, you don't know who I am …or that I used to live in the village or anything about me and followed me that day?I mean, even tho I asked you to follow me.Isn't it naive to follow strangers""You know, your mom is so cool, she always put others before her...She saves the people from their miserable drowning darknessholds their hands and brings them to lightMany got saved by her including me ...that's why I am going to repay her by taking good care of you" he said and patted her head ..."She is like a hero" he mumbled.Zia smiled to know more about her mom[mom is really cool]"Now enough of the stories, get up and take a bath," he said standing up.While she caught the edge of his shirtShe wrote quickly"do you know my father too?" he got surprised**sigh**"Yes I know him," he said sitting down beside her ...She scribbled"How ?""How does he look?""What is he like?""Is he handsome? …is he tall?""Is he the same as my mom?""Slow down, relax.I don't know much about him...I just know that your mom loved him because he is a good person.And coming to his looks .he is tall and has red eyes ...he was always the center of attention cause of his eye color but still your father is the most powerful magic user all around here and your mom was the second""My mom knows magic?" she wrote confusedly."She used to but---- he stopped and looked at Zia....she lost itI don't know how so don't ask me"[if my mom was the second powerful magic user.How did she lose that power?She always behaved like a normal person"]while Zia is resting in her deep thoughts"Aren't you hungry" Will slapped his hands in front of her face making her snap out of her thoughts.She nodded getting down from the bedZia doesn't have a single photograph of her father.She has never met or seen him.She was always curious to know more about him, but Althea always kept it a secret from her.-------[she has magic potential, but she can't use magic.Then how will she live in this world protecting herself?It's not like I can live forever with her.I know I have a lot of enemies who want to kill me on the spot if they find me.I can defeat them with a single hand, but you lose your concentration if you have something to protect.Should I teach her fighting?Even if she can't fight a magic user.She can save herself temporarily if there is an attack and I couldn't be at her side .]"I will teach you some self-defense" Will spoke as Zia is washing the dishes.She gestured "Me?""It's not wrong to get strong and also there will be many perverted old men like Harper of that village outside …you should be able to punch them on their face and sometimes break their neck if possible ."Zia chuckled as she heard that.[he always says the cruel things funnily]she noddedhe kept his palms facing Zia"punch my hands as hard as you can"She tightened her fists and punched him."0/10 ...use some strength...Bring your power to your hands.While punching, join all the power of your hands into your wrist and punch it ."She did as she was told, but still, her strength is not sufficient.[her body is so thin.Her hands have no meat.Her legs are shaking a little just giving a few punches...She is like a skeleton with a small piece of meat on her]"How much meat do you eat in a week?" he asked and she shook her head as No."You have never eaten meat before in the village ?"She shook her head as No."We are changing your food from tomorrowyou will have to eat meat 3 times a week and an egg daily .and 5 lap runs inside the forest don't worry I will come with you ...You should become strong"Zia slowly opened her eyes,she was lying on the groundshe stood up and there is fog completely covering the area.She was barefoot, the air is making her nauseous. She covered her nose with her hands and with small steps started moving forward.She heard someone talking, but couldn't understand a word. It was too dark to see anything...as time passed, her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark.The ground felt greasyThe air touching her skin made her tremble.The place doesn't look normal ...She ran and hid behind a rock as she heard some footsteps...She clenched her dress and shut her eyes hard..."Who are you" she heard a voice, the sounding low yet harsh and also at the same time showing a sense of authorityShe turned back to see him.The darkness covered his face, but she could see a tall manhis hands were covered with blood.Drop by drop, it's falling on the ground ...His nails felt sharp enough to peel the flesh out of the human bodyHe slowly moved his hands towards Zia.---
Zia woke up excitedly for her birthday.She saw a dress near her feet on the edge of the bed.She got off the bed and ran out.Will is making breakfast for her."Happy birthday," he said with a smile looking at her.She nodded her head happily and ran to take a bath."We should decorate the house now," Will said as Zia is washing the plates.She nodded and finished washing quickly-----Will baked a cake and got the cream ready in a bowl along with half-cut strawberries to decorate the cake. He decorates the cakethey both decorated the house by evening.Will along with the cake cooked a special dish for her.He smashed the beef, added necessary spices, made them into small balls, and fried them in the oilAs oil is a very expensive product, this is the first time Zia is eating something cooked with oilHe placed the cake with 11 candles on the top"Wish, before blowing the candles"Zia closed her eyes and blew out the candles."What did you wish for," he asked and Zia made a cross wi
Will walked to a room, present in the right corner of the top floor**knock**"come in"He pushed the door using the handle and stepped inside"so why did you call me," he said walking inside and sat downThere is a man sitting opposite him with large files and papers placed in front of him.He has green eyes with silver hair, wearing glasses. Gloomy eyes with dark circleswith a half-empty coffee cup beside him on the table along with a rose flower in a small flower vase beside the files"Oh my, how long has it been since you set your foot here? Sometimes, I wonder if you really are the owner"Will built this school 5 years ago with the money he got from completing the missions of helping people in trouble.After he built this school he took retirement from everything and settled in the forestHe doesn't like noisy places and responsibilities, so the property was handed temporarily to Charles who is presently working as the chairman of the school.Charles is an old friend who attende
Charles and Will are walking in a single line in a closed space enough for one person to fit.Charles lit the fire torch, which is present on the top right and left corners of the walls.They reached a door.Charles raised his hand and undone the seal on the doorWill pushed the door and both went inside, the student followed them silently.It is a large room covered with dust and the room looked like it was built a long time back.There is a book placed in the middle of the room where the light is only focussing on itThere is a magic line clearly visible to the naked eye.The student was surprised!"The seal is fading," Charles said and tried removing the sealHe suddenly got a sharp pain in his chest and fell down coughing blood"damn, you sealed it 5 years ago, and still the power is no joke," he said with a chuckled and the seal is undoneWill raised his hand towards the book and a magic circle is formed around the bookThe room shined brightly as the breeze went highHe let a dro
"what happened? are you alright?" he asked touching her face concernedlyshe took her book which is on the table beside the bed "did something happen?" he got surprised"N--no, you were just sleeping like you were dead so--" Zia got embarrassed and closed her face with her hands "sorry, I must've fallen asleep again," she wrote and showed him not looking at him "I..it's fine" he stuttered[what's this? why can't she remember something so big as going to the wall of death? she looked like she was hypnotized but who will do it to her? and why did she faint? ] "Zia" "hmm" "do you want to attend magic school?" Zia got surprised but remained calm clenching the bedsheet "you don't want to?" "I don't know magic,"she wrote in her book and showed him "I knowbut don't worry it's a normal school tooand also you can find by yourself if you have magic or not by professional professor's" [school? ..]----------(flashback) "hey, bring the bags fast" a kid ordered around eating a fr
"you are officially a student of this school now," Charles said coming out of his room along with will "I will be your tour guide," Charles said and started walking "let's check the dorms too" will said patting Zia and following Charles Charles gave a tour of all the rooms available in the school classrooms, auditorium, library, different kinds of sports rooms and many club rooms, a detention room and finally they came out to the school ground "The rooms are mostly full and you have to share a room with another person that's okay with you?" Charles asked while standing near the desk down the dorms Zia nodded and Charles waved to the dorm wardenShe showed them a room which is completely messy with a bed available to the right corner of the wall along with a balcony view "wow, girls sure scare me when I see all these messy rooms," Charles said trying to find a seat on the bed which is completely filled with laundry clothes Zia saw the view from the balcony and all she can see is
"I thought my school will be safe for her but it's making me anxious to leave her alone here after seeing what happened" will said angrily "you are scaring the child now" Charles said patting on will shoulder she took her book out "Your school?" she wrote and showed it to will"hmm" Charles came front and read that"you didn't tell her?" he asked, looking at willhe sat down on his knees, matching Zia's height"yes, he is the owner," he said smiling"Charles, tomorrow I will take the official position as a chairman, make all the necessary arrangements along with a room in the office"he said and left from there with Zia"It's only been a few days since he started living with her, but he sure changed a lot.He is more soft and responsible now" Charles said with a small chuckle"Unlike you, "Walt said and turned back walking inside the school"Hey, what does that mean""I have class now bye" he waved without looking back walking inside"wait for me"-------(Next day)Will is looking
"Is something wrong?" Zia wrote and showed it to Nora"That is the worst classroom you can ever get.Although magic and non-magic users train in the same classThat class magic users especially look down on non-magic usersIt will be like walking on eggshellsthey will bully you if they find that you are the non-magic user ....it's their favorite time pass" she said worriedly"what will they do," Zia wrote and showed her"you will know soon" Nora patted her head smoothly"okay, I have to get to class now ...be careful okay? don't get hurt," she said and ran to her classroom.------Zia reached her classroom and looked up[3A][why is the door closed] she slightly pushed the door and as she stepped inside a bucket of water splashed on her head"oops, it's not the teacher," a boy said and half of the class is laughing while the other half are looking frightenedZia got completely wetA girl stood up from the middle and came near Zia"Are you okay?" she asked while Zia is trembling as the