Rune Guardians

Chapter 5: On The Way To Spark Min's House

Mere seconds later, Lilith and I entered the grand sorcerer's palace. It looked like a combination of the palace from the United Kingdom and the one from India, but it was much much bigger than I had expected. Basically, it had a city inside. As Lilith and I walked around the city, we were surprised to see even more Mystics. Some of them still greeted me as if I were one of them, and I greeted them back. However, the further we went, the more Mystics I greeted. A few of them however weren't as friendly as others. Heck, some are even worse than the others. Seeing some Mystics talk smack behind my back didn't exactly make me angry, but it started to make me feel scared and anxious. I could feel my heart beat faster than 200 speeding bullets.

"Sam... are you okay?" Asked Lilith with a worried look on her face.

"Oh no, yeah. I'm totally cool, Lilly. I just... need to get some fresh air. Excuse me one sec..." I said as I ran for my life.

Sam was getting more worried. I kept running as I noticed the same Mystics who hate me began chasing me, holding torches and pitchforks. I kept breathing and panting, to and fro. I kept running until I was outside the palace walls. I lay down on the ground on a corner and breathed heavily. I was having a panic attack.

"Sam?! Sam!" Said Lilith as she looked for me, then turned her beautiful head to see me panicking.

Looking even more worried, she ran to me to see how I was feeling. I kept rapidly and heavily breathing, my panic attack remaining in the state it currently was. Lilith, starting to feel scared for me, took out her wand and cast the following spell to cure me of my anxiety:

"In dolore amplius."

That spell suddenly emissioned a soft wave of magic energy to cleanse the anxiety I was feeling. I then started breathing softly, and gently smacking my lips, I looked at her.

"Thank you, Lilly."

"What's going on with you, Sam?"

"Some Mystics hate me. I don't know why. I didn't do anything to them. I think... I... I feel like it has something to do with my former hatred of magic. I was... I'm scared," I said softly as I closed my eyes and put my forehead on my knees.

Lilith sighed and turned to have a look at the rest of Skullheart. She was feeling bad about someone, and it wasn't just me. However, she then turned to look at me. She sat down next to me, and held my hand. I smiled as I looked at her.

"How long have you hated magic?"

"Ever since I was born. I thought I already told you about this..."

"You did. It's just... I don't know. I guess you could say I once hated magic too, like you."

"Really? How come you never told me?"

"I didn't think we'd have that much in common, Sam. I'm sorry I never told you."

"I don't blame you, Lilly. Petunia once pointed out that your world looks and feels like mine, but it's Mysticio that holds it together," I said.

Lilith was shocked as she felt a lightbulb pop up on her head. She then looked at Samson.

"Sam, I have an idea."

"What is it?"

"You're gonna have to follow me. We can tell Spark on the way," she said as she got up and ran back inside the palace. I chuckled as I began following her.

Lilith and I were inside the palace once again. As I looked to see the Mystics, the ones that hated me glared at me again. I shrugged off at them and left. I wasn't being offensive or anything, but sadly, they looked at it that way. Maybe that's how they are. At the very least, I'm glad that the rest of the Mystics liked me for who I am. Lilith looked at me and smiled. I blushed and smiled back.