Befriending Valtor

Chapter 2: Illness

Chapter 2: Illness

Femke's POV

I was frightened when Valtor collapsed. Everything seemed alright when I took him to his room. And now he was unconscious in his bed and looking none too good. I placed my hand on his forehead and immediately retracted it.

"He's burning up with a fever." I whispered as I started to cover him with his blanket and got a cold, wet towel to lower the fever. Couldn't go to Griselda for help. What happened to her? She wasn't the one I saw first year at Alfea, who was strict, but fair?

"It's not fair." I muttered while I tried to make him comfortable. He needed more blankets then this... I hurried towards my room and fetched a few of my own. They're my sheets. They can't tell me what to do with it. I also fetched some ingredients for possible medication. I couldn't let him die or anything. And with that I returned to his room, covered him with the sheets and started making some medicine.

"Man, I hope this doesn't spell trouble... I'm supposed to be in class..." I muttered when I grabbed some water and some apple to make sure the medicine wasn't bitter. When I approached him to give the medicine, I was struck with a memory.

Flashback

A younger me was holding a three weeks old Valtor in her arms. The baby had grown a lot and was crying hard due to a fever.

"You're lucky, just a slight fever. Nothing to worry about." She said, smiling as she gave him back to Najira, his mother who sighed in relief as she placed him back in the crib.

"I'm glad. I wouldn't know what to do if he was really sick. That could easily kill him at this age." She said, hugging her friend.

"Don't worry, Najira, it's nothing. And if it is... I promised I would protect him. And I'm going to keep that promise." She said, determined.

That image faded and suddenly a slightly older Femke stood with a crying Najira and an empty crib. The Ancient Witches attacked the place where they lived and someone had stolen her baby. Femke heard him cry but couldn't get to him in time due to the chaos around them, and when she reached it, she was too late. Najira was inconsolable.

"Y-you did what you could... I-I shouldn't have left him alone..." She sobbed, hugging her friend who just held her, near tears herself. Valtor was her godchild. Her responsibility. Why didn't she foresee this? Why didn't she stay at the house? She could have protected him. Then Valtor would've never turned out the way he did. Things would have gone so different...

End Flashback

I got back to Earth when I saw Valtor moving slightly. He was trying to get up. I carefully pushed him back down.

Hunger, pain, cold and sadness

Are obscuring the truth for you

Darkness is absorbing you

Making war inside of you

But even if everyone abandons you

I will stay loyal

You can do what you want, I will stay with you

See who you truly are

So that you may shine bright one day.

It was the song I sang for him when I was little. Valtor seemed to be going back to sleep, so I quietly sat next to him and occasionally dapped his head with a wet towel.

Valtor's Pov

While I slept I could feel something cold against my forehead. Femke, had to be her. That Trix wannabe tried to help me. But why? Again I heard what appeared to be my heartbeat acting up. Probably nothing.

"Valtor!" I looked up when I heard that voice. Belladonna. Leader of the Ancient Witches.

"Where are you?" I called, looking for them. If I could reach them... I could reclaim my powers. Become a powerful wizard again.

"Missed us?" Belladonna asked me while they appeared around me. I just grinned. This would be an opportunity to take back what was mine.

"I tried to reach you for so long. It finally worked." I told them. Seeing how they created me, I treated them with respect.

"You're here to return my powers so that I can take revenge on the Alfea fairies, correct?" I said, holding my arms open as if already expecting them back. Belladonna just grinned and shook her head.

"We're not returning your powers. You've become too weak to handle them." My eyes widened when she said that. What was she talking about? I wasn't weak! Just... people tried to kick me down, but I just got up again. I wasn't weak. I wasn't! "But you are." She said, as if reading my mind. "Look at yourself. A slight fever and you're out like a light." She said, pointing at where my body was laying. Femke was with me, singing a song that struck a familiar cord. "But what did you expect, coming from a human mother?" They said, as my jaw dropped. What?

Another image was conjured up. A young woman holding a baby in her arms. Was that his real mother? It had to be. Why else would they show me this?

As I realized this, I approached the image. I just stared at the woman and how she took care of the baby. I felt sad while seeing this. Maybe I'd see her again one day...

Those were my taughts as I slowly woke up. Femke noticed. I tried to get up, but she pushed me back down.

"You're having a high fever, it's better if you take it easy." She softly told me, looking at me with a kind glance. "Just hang in there, okay?" She said as my eyes closed and I fell to actual sleep.

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Thank you, Paranoidgirl for Beta-Reading and Translation.

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