Mage's heart

Prolouge

Dana saw her first. She didn't know who she was or where she came from. The one thing Dana knew for sure was, this girl was a total beauty.
Dana has always lived by the same rules, same "beliefs". One- Never using her power unless extremely necessary. Two-never let anyone see her vulnerability. Three- Never, under any circumstances,let anyone get to her heart.
She had lived by these rules, and they kept her out of trouble for the most part. The first one had a pretty simple story, every time she used her powers to heal anything, time would be chipped off her life. She decided that it wasn't worth her own life to help every stranger that came to her for help.
The other two were more emotional, rather than logical. After seeing her parent's marriage fall apart, she realized love wasn't a thing that she wanted. She vowed to stay a maiden for life, swearing to never be blinded by love and its lies.
It's wasn't as though she had taken a liking to any of the men in her village anyway, most were scared of her. Or rather her black, ball python, Hebi. Most people avoided Hebi, never staying too close, always keeping a watchful eye. All, until one day, when a beautiful young girl came up to her, asking to hold it.