1 . "the tragic beginning"
(A.N. special thanks to my cousin for the name Alexandra Lois.)
"Nana, didn't you say that witches are good?" a child around four years old asked the lady who just finished telling her a bedside story.
"yes, they are" she answered the child
"then why the kings of each country wanted to kill them?" asked by the child who look to her with its curious eyes.
"when you grow older, you'll understand, greed and viciousness are already in the nature of humans."
"then I don't want to be a human anymore, I don't want to be someone who will kill others to get what I want." Said the child. The soft laughs of the lady covered the room before she kissed the child's forehead.
"alright, now you need to sleep so that you have energy for tomorrow."
"are we going to travel tomorrow?"
"I'm afraid so, that is what we must do to live." The lady said that with a gentle smile but the sadness in her eyes cannot be hidden. the harsh winds of the night blew hard outside the house. The surroundings were peaceful, and you can only hear the crickets in the forest. Another harmonious evening, that is what I hope it will be.
But in the distance, you can hear distinct chattering and murmurs of some people. Soldiers carrying torches and swords on their waist parades in the middle of the night. They walked in the straight road clearly heading to the only cottage in the area.
The lady hears the footsteps and the chattering of the soldier's miles away. She quickly stands up and went to get a very old book hidden on the floor under her bed and went to the other room.
"thella, thella wake up" she said in a hush voice. The child slowly wakes up from her sleep.
"nana, why are u waking me up? I'm still sleepy *yawns*"
"come with me thella, you need to be safe."
"nana, what's happening?" the child asks, not knowing reason why the lady seems to be in panic.
"shhhh" She quickly carried the child and run outside using the back door.
Deep in the forest she run with all her might before stopping. She catches her breathe before she lay down the child under a big tree and puts the old book that she obtained earlier in the arms of the curious child as she says.
"stay safe, remember that we are always with you." After that she chanted a protective spell and put a dome shaped shield over the child.
"nana" that was the last word that she heard from the child before she went back to the cottage to get some things. But before she finished packing, she heard the loud knocking of the door outside.
"Alexandra Lois Suede from the lowest witch's coven, Open the door in the name of the king of this country." The soldier outside yelled, she was scared and quickly run to back door to escape. but before she knew, it was too late. The soldiers outside was already waiting for her with their arrows. Her face filled with fright was the last thing the soldiers seen before they released their blazing arrows towards in her direction.
"and that's the last witch left mate; we're finally done with this task" the tall soldier with a bushy beard said.
"luckily they already killed the child first. Making our missions easier." The soldier at the back said before burning the cottage to the ground. After that they left full of chatters and laughter, its like they didn't even killed someone that night.
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It was finally morning and the child gathered all her courage left the forest and finally found her way out after hours. But the sight that she saw was not the most pleasant of them all.
"na-na" she slowly said before she went closer to the dead body of the lady that she knows. She can't seem to move before she finally had the nerve to run near the corpse.
"NANA!!!!!" screams and tears of anguish was heard from the child echoed through the entire forest. What happened was a sorrowful event indeed.
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(A.N. first part done, kindly let me know your thoughts or your first impression/s in the comments below. i hope you have fun reading 😊)
