The Goddess of Emotion

Chapter 13 - Awakening

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She laid on the grass for what seemed like hours, allowing the mortification of what she had just seen sink in. Her tears dropped continuously the entire time. She sat up and shook her head, throwing her hands onto her forehead. How am I ever going to be able to return to the castle after what I had just seen. I ran through every detail of the vision in my head over and over again. Nothing changed, it just became more and more clear to me.

When Shayde pulled the blanket back, she truly could not believe her eyes. It was her that was laying under the blanket. If that wasn't bad enough, she took a good look at herself and she looked terrible. She had obviously lost weight and was about 30 lbs lighter. Her hair lay in a tangled mess on top of the pillow. Issy had always loved her curvy body and took great pride in her hair, but in this vision she was nothing but skin and bones. She kept recalling that exact moment in hopes of making some sense of it. She replayed it over and over again.

First of all, why was she locked in a cell, obviously very far from everyone and everything. What did they make me do that pushed me to near death if not death itself? She knew by recalling the vision that she was dieing or close to it. She knew that Gods and Goddesses were supposed to be immortal for a 1000 years but that didn't mean you couldn't be killed did it? So many questions, with no idea who she could trust at this point.

Skimming over the vision and breaking it into pieces, she began to remember the words Shayde had used to describe her. He said he loved her and wanted to be with her. That even though he betrayed her, he knew she could forgive him. But really could she? She was not so sure of that. The happenings before and around the vision are still unknown to her. Now she was so confused and had no idea what to think or feel.

The day had flew by and it was getting late. The sun would go down in maybe an hour and she had at least a 30 minute ride back to the castle. Frustrated at her findings of today she packed up the few things that she had taken out of the saddle bag and pulled herself up into the seat of Gallant. Kicking him just enough to go in to a slow trot.

The wind was blowing and the leaves were rustling on all the trees, making it very creepy. The sun had gone down just enough so that there were creepy shadows every way she looked. A small shiver ran down her spine. Issy gripped the reins a bit harder and gave Gallant a hard kick. Something told her she needed to get out of the woods. It felt as if something or someone was watching her.

Issy was so frightened that it only took her a whole 15 minutes to get back to the barn. She was flying into the barn when Gallant stopped abruptly, nearly throwing her of the saddle. “Whoo-whooa,” she yelled . “What the....” She looked to find Elder Rueben standing right in front of Gallant. Fear entered her body. Is this the time that they take me and make me do whatever they wanted from me? Trying to hide her fear as best she could she took a deep breath before speaking.

“You startled me Elder Rueben,” he looked down acting as normal as possible as she slid her legs off the saddle, planting them firmly on the ground.

Elder Rueben snickered, “Why were you out so late unsupervised Isadora, there are dangerous animals in the forest. Amongst other things that may be lurking!” He tone showed his aggravation.

“I left this afternoon and lost track of time. I was unaware that we weren't suppose to ride past a specific time.” Gritting her teeth she tried very hard to keep her cool. Trying to get away from him as quickly as she could she began to unpack her horse, taking his saddle off and blanket.