Chosen Courage

Chapter 3

Another thing I hate is when a person says that someone will be there soon because then everyone will be looking in the direction of the area where they would arrive at. Which is what I did. I sat there, waiting in silence hoping she would come in at any second. It wasn't until about five minutes later that she walks in and sees me staring at her like a creep. 

"Sorry for staring. We were waiting for you to come in."

"Who's we?"

I pointed to the fire and she looked like she saw a ghost from the past she got so pale looking.
"Hello, Espírito." She said to the man in the fire. "I knew you were here through the voice of animals. Did you hear me??"

Yes, I did but I never did what you asked because I thought it would be better if you were here in on the conversation. So please come, sit. 

She sat down right next to me and Spirit looked worried.

On the other side of the boy, please.

"Um okay sure, but why?"

If you understand the name Mann av Ild Salvet Flamme. Then you will know why I asked you to move away and also you can look at his pants. Those that are burned on the edges and the smell of smoke.

"Well, it's not my fault I didn't know I was on fire!" I whined at Spirit.

"Oh, I see he is of fire then. Well, now I know you were the one after the story you told me of that burning house. Anyway, so does he know much about me yet?"

No, we were waiting for you Besta Sussurro. I wanted you to tell him a little about yourself now. Then later he will do the same. If you two are okay with that.

Both of us shook our heads, yes and Besta Sussurro started by explaining her name.
"Besta Sussurro means that I can read the minds of all animals I come by and they speak to me when they hear things that I should know. Menina de Grande Número Línyuas means I can speak many languages and understand them. Like your name Man of Fire Missing Flame and trust me no one told me your name in English. Not even Espírito told me." 

No that is your power you learned years ago. Only because your parents traveled around the world all the time on business like China and Japan.

"Yeah, I miss those days when I would go up to strangers on the sidewalk and start talking to them. There was this one girl, who was Chinese, in China with me from Canada. She told me a story of a Chinese girl who wanted to fly with the dragons so she would be safe from her family. The dragons promised to protect her from the ones who wanted her dead because of a special gift that she only inherited from her ancestors which were the sky dragons. No one else in the family had the gift. One day she ran to her sky family and flew away with them to the sky dragon's home. Where she was loved and where other few people there had the same thing. Her gift from the sky dragons was the future and truth. That was one of my favorite Chinese stories that the girl told me. But the other half of my power started working three years ago when I was nine. I'm starting to understand the animals around me better faster than I did two years ago. My mom is proud of me right now. Knowing that I did what she couldn't do when she was younger. At least when I die I know I will take the form of a different animal than my mother. Even though she follows me all the time, which is why I took so long gathering firewood."

Did you stop to talk with your mother Dyr?

"Yes. I was gathering wood when she appeared from a tree close by."

What form was she in this time?

"A beautiful big black panther, but she scared me pretty bad. It wasn't funny either even though she laughed at me."