Hysteria

Chapter 4 : The Prophecy

Chiyo looked behind her, seeing a girl about her age in a floral dress, her red hair falling in waves across her shoulders. "Hello, my name is Astoria, what's yours?" she asked "Chiyo Suzuki." Chiyo said looking at her, looking at Astoria, she saw that she had pointed ears, they peaked out from her red hair. "You look cool!" Astoria said her childlike personality showing, "I look weird?" Chiyo asked, "Well yeah you do, I mean it's not everyday that you see a normal human." Chiyo's eyes went wide. "A normal human?" she asked, "Yeah you guys are normal humans, mostly cause i dont sense any magic in you." Astoria said "Magic?" Chiyo asked.

Astoria sighed and waved her arms as small ribbons of yellow magic flowed out of her hands like a river. Chiyo looked at the magic with awe, it was different from the glowing orb that she had found in her room. "No this is a dream, magic doesn't exist." Chiyo said, pinching herself making sure that she was dreaming, wincing at her pinch. "No, no way." Chiyo said, dropping to the green grass holding her head. Astoria fell next to her, before saying "well there is a lady in the forest that I know that can help you and see what you're supposed to do here." Chiyo looked at her before getting up and following the girl.

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They arrived at the lady's house. The house itself was like a cottage core aesthetic, it had small flowery vines climbing the walls of the cottage, and the small garden in the front of the house. As the two girls entered the humble abode of the lady.

The interior was very clean; everything had its own place on shelves. Sat on a cushioned chair in front of a small fireplace knitting something. Her hair was brown with gray ribbons of hair. "Arwynn, this is Chiyo, she's from the human world, and she doesn't know why she's here." Said Astoria. "Let me see, dear." Arwynn said, putting the knitting needles on her lap. Chyio walked around the chair to the old woman. Arwynn looked at Chiyo, before gasping at the teen. "Your white hair-" she said "Yeah its natural, what's so odd about it?" Chiyo asked, "It's pure white, there's no impurities in it." she said before getting up to go to a bookshelf and pulling an old leather-bound book out.

"What's that?" Chiyo questioned, "its a prophecy." Astoria said. "The prophecy says that a human girl, hair as white as snow, will save us." Arwynn said, "it's not unique, there's a lot of people who have the same hair." Chiyo said, her head tilting to the side. "No you have the purest hair, my boy had the same hair before he left for the human world." Arwynn said, "your son had the same hair as mine?" she said "Yes, he left because he had seen a girl, and he had fallen madly in love with her." she said, her eyes filled with motherly love.

"Maybe he was the one who was supposed to save your people." Chiyo said, "No, it's you, because you are a pure human girl." Arwynn said. "There's no way, I thought that magic didn't exist, and here I am in a magic filled world, and now I'm part of some prophecy!" she said "But, you're her, the girl who will save us." Arwynn said. "I'm not that girl, there are hundreds of albinos like me." Chiyo said. Arwynn stood up in front of Chiyo. She was much older, but she was taller over Chiyo. Once she had stood up she put two fingers on Chiyo's forehead. And Chiyo was whisked away into a vision.