DISCARDED: The Ones The World Did Not Need

Three

The rarest type of magic is 'The laws of physics magic'.
This is the only type of magic where the powers of the person who wields it are still unknown even after a visit to the enchanted spring.
This is because the wielder can posses magic controlling any law of physics, be it gravity, magnetism, motion, relativity etc.
Note however, the person would only be able to control one law.
Less than 4% of the population has this type of magic.

The rain began to drizzle without intent just as Racheal and Enid began their journey.

Racheal carried Enid on her back, their belongings tied in a sheet and hanging across her neck.

The child seemed tensed as she held onto Racheal's shoulders with all her might.

"Are you cold?" Racheal asked slowly making her way down the hill.

"Yes but that's okay...I'm scared though."

"Why?" Racheal turned back to get a good look at her.

"I dunno, thousands of people are a lot of people. What if they don't like me."

Racheal turned back to the road, trying to concentrate on not slipping.

"It's not like you're going to know everyone, besides it doesn't matter if everyone likes you or not, there're too many people with too many ideals and personalities for that to be possible.
All that matters is that you like you, so do you?"

Enid hummed as she thought about it.

"I think so."

"Then that's that."

The journey down the hill was tedious but as soon as the kingdom was in sight; Enid struggled to be put down.

"Okay but don't let go of my hand."

Enid nodded and grabbed her hand.

...

The streets were not as crowded as the previous day because of the rain.

People either scurried about to find shelter or went on with their day as normal.

Racheal looked down at Enid, afraid her neck would break with how much she turned to stare at every single person. She tried to imagine how she felt.
It was her first time of seeing males, or people of other sizes and skin tones.

"What do you think?"

Enid looked up eagerly, her eyes brighter than Racheal had ever seen.

"They're so different from each other but they're also so alike."

Racheal smiled, she was glad she decided to take the job, although fear still lingered at the back of her mind.

They soon got to the palace gates. The guards let them in without a fuss since the prince had insisted Racheal be let in if she did decide to take the job.

"Those people were huge!" Enid yelled pointing at the guards.

"Shh, not so loud, Lass."

Enid shut her mouth with her free hand and nodded.

Racheal realized that it would be inappropriate to just walk up to the prince's room so she looked around for Alice.

A maid noticed that she was looking for someone and walked up to her to inquire.

"Uh, I'm looking for Alice, I got the job of the second prince's maid."

The maid stared at her oddly before leading her to Alice.

"So you actually came back?" She said looking down at Enid who stared back up at her with even more intensity.

"Well you know your way up, I'll hold on to the kid here."

"No, Racheal said I shouldn't let go of her hand!" Enid hid behind Racheal and held on to her.

"I'm sorry...she's not good with people." Racheal said giving a nervous smile.

"Alright then but... I dunno how she's gonna withstand all that pressure." Alice shrugged and went back to what she was doing.

"I didn't think of that..." Racheal looked at Enid concerned.

"What's wrong Racheal?"

"Nothing lass, if it's too much for you, I'll just bring you back down."

Enid stared at her confused but said nothing.

they both walked up to the Prince's room.

...

There was a knock on the door. Micah turned confused.
No one ever came up unless he rang for them.

"Come in."

The door opened and Racheal came in with Enid who looked at the room thoroughly before coming in."

"You changed your mind." Micah said in relief.

"Yeah, she really wanted me to take the job." Racheal said nodding to Enid who stood, staring at Micah.

It was not like how she stared at everyone else; she stared at him like she knew him from somewhere.

After a while, she turned to Racheal.

"This place is really stuffy, Racheal."

"Huh? It seems fine to me."

"She's probably talking about the pressure." Micah's eyes had not left Enid.
He felt something odd as soon as he had set his eyes on the child.

Enid, who had been so adamant about leaving Racheal's hand, walked up to Micah as if trying to get a closer look at him.

"Are you sick?" She asked struggling to climb up the bed.

"Enid! You shouldn't just climb up people's beds!"

Micah smiled and helped her up.

"Yes I'm really sick, that's why not everyone can come close to me."

"Is that why you need Racheal to be your maid?"

"Yes that's right."

"What about your mum and dad?" Enid asked making herself comfortable on the bed.

Racheal sighed in exasperation and Micah laughed.

"Well, they can't come close to me either."

"Hmm, that's sad. Racheal is my mum and dad."

" How does that work?" he asked.

" Well your mum and dad take care of you and Racheal takes care of me." Enid replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"I should have put more effort into your education." Racheal said massaging her temples.

"Now I would like to continue this conversation but I think you and your mum and dad should dry up before you catch a cold." Micah said amused.

" Then we'd all be sick!" Enid said in realization as she struggled back down and ran up to Racheal who looked up to Micah as if waiting for instructions of sorts.

"Just dry off, I've asked Alice to prep a room for you in case you decided to take the job, we have all the time in the world."