Daughters of Mugung

Chapter: 2

One day, the sister were practicing the spell in their garden under the surveillance of their tutor to make objects float in mid-air. Focused, they together chanted the incantation, a small pebble began to levitate before their eyes.

"Wow, finally you are doing something correct!" exclaimed Shivi, his eyes wide with wonder who came with some woods and gears in his hands.

Nish grinned, feeling a rush of excitement at her success. "What you think I can't? Humph! I can even lift you in the air." Causing Shivi to burst into laugh holding his stomach dropping the things he had in his hands resulting in the break of concentration of Nish and shaking of pebble. Aanya recognizing the opportunity used her magic spell and direct the pebble towards Shivi who stopped laughing seeing the pebble coming towards him.

"Yahhh! You rotten carrot stop this or I will not leave you so easily." Shivi tried to threaten but Nish wasn't the one controlling it was Aanya so, how can she stop the pebble but the tutor stopped it before it hit Shivi who later complained it to the king and queen who just cooed at their whiny and bantering babies. 

As they continued to practice their spells, the mishaps grew causing Nish to practice surreptitiously and that's when she choose to train under Krio the Phoenix. With time their skills improved. They learned to create illusions, summon small creatures, and even control the elements.

One day, as Nish was practicing a particularly tricky spell to teleport herself to a distant land, and accidentally mispronounced a word and they found themselves in a dark and mysterious forest.

"Uh oh, I think we're lost," Nish said nervously, looking around at the towering trees.

"Don't worry, we'll figure it out," Phoenix replied assuring and Nish nodded. 

She spent her day wandering through the woods, talking to the birds, the squirrels, and the flowers that bloomed along the forest floor. As she was walking through the forest, she came across a wounded magical doe. The poor creature was limping and in pain. Nish knelt down beside the doe and gently placed her hand on its side.

"What happened to you, dear friend?" she asked softly.

The doe looked up at girl with grateful eyes and replied, "I was chased by a pack of wolves. They caught me off guard and I couldn't outrun them."

Nish nodded sympathetically. "Don't worry, we will help you," she said reassuringly then looked at Krio who smiled and support. She tried to levitate the doe with her magic but Krio put it to a halt.

"What are you doing princess?" Krio asked with its deep voice.

"Helping!" The one word answer with an obvious look what the old creature got in return.

The phoenix chuckled at her antics then spoke, "Princess, you had been learning from me since few months now and I am sure that the healing magic I taught you in my training section few weeks ago will came handy to help the poor doe." 

"Oh Yes! How can I forget." She facepalmed herself then closed her eyes and focused her energy, sending healing vibes to the doe. Slowly but surely, the doe's wounds began to heal, and it stood up, its strength returning.

"Thank you, Princess," the doe said gratefully. "You have saved my life."

The girl smiled and patted the doe on the head. "It was my pleasure. Now go, and be free."

As the doe bounded off into the forest, Nish continued on her way, her heart full of joy. Suddenly, she heard some noises, like foots tapping which increasing with passing second and soon the realization hit, the pack of wolves that the doe talked about. It was the test of her bravery and intelligent that she had to fight with four death seeking hungry wolves. Despite of their, hungry eyes and dreadful growls, she didn't stepped back instead smirked at them mocking them to fight and that's what happened. They fought.