Magic, Strength And Speed

Chapter 21- Wrap Up

Latin's Pov

{Anddd We are back to the present!}

The trio stared at me once they were all done telling their sides to the story. I waited for a moment before asking, "And?" They blinked simultaneously. "And what?" Vixen asked blankly. "So what happened after that?"

"Well, we talked for a while and then... Oh wait, I remember."

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{Never mind then. Back to the past}

Vixen's Pov

I waited patiently for the old lady to come out of her house and down to her shop before speaking. "Hello ma'am." I bowed my head respectfully knowing that was the right thing to do. Ember and Bliss quickly mirrored my actions.

After our little success, I insisted on getting Ember to apologize to the shop owner for all the times she stole from her. Bliss decided to tag along, not wanting to go back to the hospital. She mentioned something about it being boring but truthfully, I think she didn't like the general environment of the place. She kinda had some weird movement when we passed it on our way to the shop. Like she was itching to get away from it.

Ember found an intense interest in the ground when we approached it and only looked up when she made her way over.

"You know how you always put a cheese wheel right here?" I pointed to the corner of her stand. Her eyebrows furrowed and her head bobbed. "Well," I began pulling Ember up forward. "This human has been stealing that cheese wheel for quite a while and I'm not sure if you remember that but-"

"Oh for Pete's sake. I KNOW!" She rolled her brown eyes and threw her hands into the air. "Uh... What?" Ember and I both said at the same time. Bliss on the other hand, burst out laughing. "Of course I know! Do I look like an idiot old lady to you?" I shifted my gaze from the Old Lady, to Ember and then to the ground. "Uh... No..?"

She shook her head slowly. "I have been putting the cheese there for this one," She nodded at Ember. "To steal. You see, I have been observing her for sometime now. She never steals any more than she need to live and never steals anything she doesn't need. She only does it to live. So awhile back, I set that whole thing up, without her knowing, so she didn't have to steal from anyone else. It worked well."

My mouth hung open. "Oh uh. Okay then." I stared at the ground rethinking my life decisions. "Anyways, you three just save this town. Would you like a Sweet Roll? Free of charge."

"No thanks." Though I really wanted it, it didn't seem right accepting it. "Nah it's fine." Ember saw what I was doing and followed my lead.

Bliss however, didn't get the message.

"YES!" Bliss's eyes sparkled as she gazed over all the treats and happily took one and bit into it. "Mmmmm!" She hummed while she chewed it. Ember and I both watched for a moment regretting our decisions. "Ahem." The owner caught our attention. "What about now?" Before she finished the sentence our hands both snatched one up and stuffed it in our mouths. She just chuckled in response. "Every time."

We all murmured thanks and left.

To Bliss's dismay, we headed back to the health center. As soon as we all entered, we were swarmed by medics. Mainly it was Bliss because she left without anyone knowing but one or two would come to us to treat any wounds we had.

Finally, after a long hour, we got good news. "Well, Bliss, we had some local guards go back to where you were found and they brought back," The main doctor handed the mage a large satchel. "This. Chances are, it is yours." The witch perked up and quickly dug inside, as if she recognized it.

"I think this is mine!" She grinned and pulled out a series of books. Cranking my neck so I could see, the titles, "Magical Creatures, Plants, And More!", "Circle Magic" and many other books relating to magic. Oddly, as she poured everything out, she frowned. Ember was the first to notice. "Something wrong?" She guessed. "Yeah uh..." Her eyebrows furrowed as she rummaged around through everything she owned. She seemed even more discouraged when nothing quite pleased her.

" I just... I feel like something is missing."

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Latin's Pov

I waited once again but nothing came. "Keep going." Vixen just shook her head. "Not much after that. Soon after, I went home with these two following me, Bliss got the idea that she wanted to travel and Ember here agreed. I decided to leave the guard and uhh... That's it."

Paige nodded her head slowly. "Good story. Why did you three want to avoid it so much?"

"Ugh. Past me makes myself cringe." Vixen instantly responded. Ember quickly agreed. Bliss shrank down, her blue robe covering the bottom half of her face. "I don't like telling people I am suffering from amnesia..." She didn't look at any of us.

My sister crossed her arms giving her a skeptical look. "And why would that be?" She just huffed. "They get all weird on me." Her eyebrows arched. "Weird? Weird how?" Another sigh. "They start getting unnecessarily sympathetic. I know that it's a tough thing to go through but it has been like, eight years since then! Why not be sympathetic to them!" She pointed at her teammates.

They recoiled back in shock. "Why us?" Vixen challenged. "Yeah, what's wrong with us?" Bliss just rolled her eyes. "Oh please, Vixen. Honey, you have some family issues and possible self esteem problems. Ember, you avoid talking about where you grew up at all cost and was out on your own at a young age! I could rant about both of your psychological issues all day and still would need more time to talk about it!" She snapped her fingers in a Z form.

Before any of them could say anything at all, I collected them all into one big huge. "Too precious for this world!" I whispered loudly and hugged tighter. "Every time..." Bliss sighed and slumped forward.

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GUESS WHO'S BAAAAAAAAAAACK! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

~PurpleCatghost