Magic, Strength And Speed

Chapter 13- Perspective

Latin's Pov

I woke up like any other day and got ready for work. I was a florist and worked for a local flower shop that sold all kinds of flowers and bouquets for people all over. I was pretty good at it even though I wasn't a fan of it. I only did it for the money. Working with flowers? That was never even close to my dream.

I wanted to do, well, Everything. I wanted to climb mountains, swim oceans, befriend people of all kinds, study nature, draw, paint, anything and everything at the same time. Most of all?

I wanted to be a detective.

I had a good memory, where even the locals would call it photographic. It wasn't but I liked be praised. Call it a weakness of mine, but it made me feel so good. I had a good sense of justice and I was determined to succeed.

All I needed was enough money to get my own place to work and I could follow my dream. I needed a case as well. Something to test my own skills and something to show everyone what I could do.

I was never a person with good or bad luck, but today, I got my wish.

I found my own case to follow. A missing person's case and a difficult one too.

Three out-of-town people went missing and I decided to take up the case. I remember how I first saw them too. It was three days ago.

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I was doing my job. People came in asking for a number two so I quickly put it together without looking at the guide or what was needed. I already knew. They payed me and left. Our little shack was nice. It was made up of pine wood and had a nice aroma to it that drew people in. It also had plenty of windows to invite natural light in for the plants. They needed to keep fresh for as long as possible.

There were four of us, not counting the boss and all of us worked hard. I would man the entrance and make some of the bouquets, one would run inventory, another would go looking for wildflowers and/or run the garden and the last would be enthusiastic to customers and try to get them to buy stuff.

I sat at the counter waiting for anybody to come in. Business could be slow, and when it was, it became VERY boring, VERY fast. Sometimes I would accidentally fall asleep which really didn't look good to the boss.

The day really started when I heard a crash from outside. I did the normal thing and zipped out the door to see a Yo-Yo had broken some of the flower pots. "These were new!" I said distraught. "Sorry!" Called an approaching voice.

I turned to be met with three people. One was in mostly black with short black hair, the next was in a blue robe with very long honey colored hair and the last wore the armor of a warrior and had short almost ginger hair. The one wearing black looked at me guiltily.

"Sorry... I lost control of the Yo-Yo." She smiled sheepishly. "Oh. It's all right. I happens more often than you think." She laughed at that. "Thanks." The other two however glared at their friend. "I told you" The warrior narrowed her eyes more. The other sighed and handed me money. "Here. For your troubles I guess."

"No problem." I reassured them. "Ember! I warned you about the toy and you ignored me and I had to pay."

"I said sorry, Bliss."

"Well just goes to show sometimes you need to listen."

"Guys. Calm yourselves."

"But Vixen I-"
"No buts. Come." She started to walk away. "We have work to do. Might as well get it over with"

The pair sighed, said 'GoodBye' to me and followed.

"Okay don't get mad, but where are we going?"

"Ugh. Bliss, we are going to Jewel Cave. Remember? To find the thingy?"

"Oh right. Sorry"

"It's alright. I'm getting used to it."

They left the town and headed for our famous Jewel Cave. A popular cave known for obviously having jewels of all kinds. It gave our town a bit of spunk and life to it.

I wonder what they are doing in there?

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It had been three days since then. They hadn't come back to the town, no one has seen them, and all of their stuff is still in their rented room. I checked myself. What ever happen in the cave, they never came back from it.

This was my time to investigate and lucky for me, I could get time off from work.

I made my way through the fields and up to the rocky and steep mountain that towered the land. The entrance into it was farther up but not by much. My brown hair got in my face so I quickly put it up in a bun and continued to climb. I wore suitable pants and shirt, so it wasn't too bad. How that girl, I think they called her Bliss, got up here in a robe, is something I will have to ask when I see them.

If I see them.

I reached the entrance and made my way in. Not even a quarter mile in, I found two things. A weirdly colored Cat's Eye Gem and a large book. I picked both up. The gem had something on it, but not images. I looked like it captured a whole scene. Is that even possible?

I opened the book only to find it had picture and writing all about monsters and creatures and even some plants and gems. A informational book. No wonder it was so heavy. On the front was writing that read 'Property Of Bliss". I slid it into my bag I brought along and kept going. Footsteps made me stop. They weren't my foot steps. They kept going, getting closer and closer until the girl in black stood before me.

I should have been relieved to find one of them if I hadn't seen her glowing green eyes. Glowing alone wasn't normal but it could have easily been explained if she had magic. However, she didn't have green eyes last time and no magic changes eye color that quickly.

"Uh. Hey? It's me, the flower lady? You know from.. The... Shop..?"

She approached me very slowly and almost in a restrained way making me take steps back.. "You shouldn't have come here human." She spoke with a deep tone that wasn't her's.

I smiled uncomfortably. "Yeah. Sorry, my mistake. I'm just going to-"

"You are a threat." She pulled out a dagger from somewhere and made a dash at me. For some reason, her attacks were easy to dodge and were inaccurate. I ducked, moved away and ran to where I came.

When I retched the end, I looked back only to see the female to stop and turn back, allowing herself to be consumed in the darkness.

That was a great start to the case.

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Inspiration is great :D More writing! Woo!

~PurpleCatGhost