Undiscovered Powers

Cold (Chapter 5)

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*Rhaylaine's POV*

I held her icy cold, shaking hand as we walked on the sidewalk side by side, in silence.

I know who she is and I know that this would happen. Heck, I even watched Roszel go through the exact same thing.

But, I can't help but feel pity as she has this cheerful, immature personality that shouldn't be going through this.

I turned my head into her direction as she noticed and looked at me back.

I looked at her and at her quivering lips. It was currently winter and she was wearing a regular jacket and I was wearing a coat.

"Here." I said as I took off my coat and put it on her.

"No, you'll get cold." She replied as she attempted to take it off.

I placed my hand on her back so she doesn't take it off.

"I'm not the one shivering here. Plus, I have a jacket on which is twice thicker then yours." I said.

It took a while of hesitation before she nodded and we continued walking.

I realized my hand was still placed on her back. I dropped it and intertwined it with hers once more.

Her hands were slowly getting warmer but the shakiness doesn't stop.

I stopped and sighed.

"I can't stand seeing you like this. You don't deserve to go through this. You're not even 17 yet." I said.

She looked at me confusingly, "What do you mean?"

"My compulsion can't get to people with special talents like you but technically you don't have your powers completely."

"I'm still not getting anything."

"It'll wear off but it still works. Right?"

"Huh?"

"Zar, have you heard of compulsion before?"

"Yeah. But that's a little bit impossible."

I smiled at her innocence. One day, she'll know about the other world that awaits her.

I looked straight into her gold-like amber eyes. Just like Roszel's.

She looks into mine without question.

"You are going to forget everything that has happened tonight." I started

And then she repeats, "I am going to forget everything that has happened tonight."

"You and I just went out to do rebellious things like normal teenagers."

She repeats again, "We went out to do rebellious things."

Once I finished, I broke our eye contact and started walking again.

I held her hand and it stopped shaking a little.

It's probably shaking because it's cold.

Roszel is the most powerful of her kind that I know of. But Zarianna is a different type of powerful. She might the most powerful of her kind.

This is why I HAVE to be there once she turns 17.

Or who knows what'll happen.

-- 2 weeks later -

These two weeks went by in a flash.

Everything went by so quickly. Zar didn't remember a thing from that night.