Burn

Discoveries PART 2 (6)

"never make a permanent decision on temporary feelings."

*************Evanna's POV***************

I left the boy hidden among the shadows and decided to get a horse for a ride back with him.

Stepping into the stable I was welcomed with the smell of leather and manure making me cringe back. I walked ahead in search for Anthony. He was a gift I had received after helping an old man from a fire that nearly burned him and his horses down.

After passing by four, five cabins I made my way to the sixth one hoping to find him, and there he stood with sunlight falling on his gleaming dark coat, his silky dark mane cascade down his neck and falling off his shoulders resembling a dark waterfall.

As if sensing my presence, the Stallion turned his head and looked at me, his eyes held the same passion I did. He snorted and beckoned me towards him. I went ahead stroking his smooth neck admiring his beauty. I pushed my feet off the ground swinging a foot around and sat comfortably behind. I gave him a slight nudge making him move ahead and out of the stables.

The ride towards the alley was short as I got down from the horse and made my way to the boy who was still lying unconscious. Lifted him by his arms and threw him on the horse's back and making sure that he doesn't fall off during the ride.

I lead the horse away from the alley and the town eager to meet Free at the end off the town.

The barren desert was all that was needed to cross this town. I climbed upon the horse behind the boy and held the mane tighter signaling him to move faster and soon we were flying through the desert, racing the winds turning the world around us to a blur of colors, "Faster!" I commanded and he increased his pace sending a thrill through both of us.

As the sun was almost setting down we neared the end of the town and entered the forest with a slow and steady pace guiding my horse to the shack me and Free had seen standing isolated and decided to make it our personal hid out when in need.

It had been hid well behind trees and bushes and a small trail of smoke coming from behind the shack was clear enough to know that Free had come back home safe.

I got off the horse as it whined slightly yearning my touch, I stroked and smoothed down his mane calming him in the process. I set the boy down the horse on the ground and he made a weird strangled noise. I did not hit him that hard. Maybe he's just weak.

I dragged him to our shack and remove the fabric acting as a door and got him inside and let him lay there while I got up and dusted myself making my way towards Free at the back.

"Free!" I hollered out and saw her sitting on the ground across a burned out fire with her back against her tree looking relaxed with her eyes closed. By her posture anyone could make out she was exhausted. Throwing a ball of fire to the pit I let the fire live and slowly went up to her and shook her shoulders lightly whispering her name. She just stirs in her sleep. I shake her a little more and call her name out loud "FREE!" and her eyes open up wide with alert. "Anna?" she looks at me with bewilderment and I roll my eyes, "No, Its your Long lost lover. Did you miss me?" She just stared at me and then snapped out of her trance and hugged me tight breathing a sigh of relief, although her hug was tight and choking me I was compelled to hug her back.

We pulled apart after a few minutes and she had a worried look in her eyes "Where were you?What took you so long?Do you even know how long you have been out? Its almost sundown!! What if something might have happened on your way!! I was so worried about you!" she blurted all out making me raise an eyebrow at her. "What?"she asks. "Nothing." I say. "But you need to have a look at this, the reason why I was out so long."

She looks at me with curiosity and I beckon her further into the shack and point at the boy STILL lying unconscious on the ground. Free gasps loud, her eyes stares at the boy and then at me and then again at the boy and back at me, and continues to do so three or four times and then finally stop on me and narrow a little, "You had the time to kidnap the prince!!!!????" she asks me with disbelief.

I look at her as if she had gone crazy, "Have you lost the capability of thinking while you were sitting here waiting for me?" I say annoyed.

"Anna...!" she says with a warning tone.

"Okay okay, calm down, First off I did not Kidnap the boy as you were saying but I might have hit him a little. Only because he would'nt answer me! and not just that he also could KEEP UP WITH MY PACE while I was running from those stupid guards and NO ONE has ever been able to do that, except you."

"Oh and he is STILL lying unconscious even though I only hit him ONCE and that wasn't even a proper throw." I added sheepishly looking anywhere but at Free.

"Anna! You don't go around hitting people when they don't answer you!"

Free quickly went to the boy and sat next to him checking his head's side which did not look great. and all of a sudden I hear a rattling. My ears perked up at the sound, "Free did you hear that?" i asked her while she was looking at me with matching questionable face. I look around the place but cant find the source when the noise comes again and I look at Free's waist which had a small bag tied around it. It was glowing with blue light that made my eyes wide in wonder and I looked at Free while she unfastened the clasp on the bag and took two stones out, one with dark green pattern and one with blue and light blue spots, in appearance they were small, maybe a thumb's size or so. Free had given me one when I had mastered my skill and said that it was made for me, to strengthen my powers, it was light yellow in color with the words FIRE engraved on it and a small triangle right above it. The blue one glowed brightly with the words WATER and a small upside-down triangle on it. Free gasped loudly looking at me while I looked at her with wide eyes. The only people in this room who has elemental magic were me and Free and the only other person towards whom the stone could be directed towards could be...

"Oh lord!!" exclaimed Free. "Its him!!" "He is the water user!!"

"But how can that be possible Free? I would have detected him if he was one." I said puzzled.

Free knelt down next to the boy and picked his hand up revealing a ring with a dark stone embedded in it.

"This is the reason." Free said. She went ahead and touched it and quickly bought her hand back as if it burned her and it had. "Its Burning up. The ring"

"You mean the ring is blocking his powers?" I asked

"Yes. It seems like he never knew about himself having these powers. Or maybe someone had put it on him. He is completely oblivious to it."

I just stared at the boy with new curiosity just as Free smiled and said, "You found him." " Three found. One to go."

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