Tangled: Stardust and the 12 Zodiacs (Varian Fanfiction)

Chapter 37: The Chief's Daughter

*October 16*

"Once more! You can do it!"

"Autem!" A purple aura surrounded the book as it slightly floated. "A-autem!" Soul shouted again, focusing more of her energy toward her hand and into the book. Her body trembled a little before the book floated towards the ceiling.

"You did it!" Rapunzel cheered as Pascal flashed into different colors, imitating a disco ball.

"I knew you could do it." Varian clapped.

"Yay! Go, Soul!" Kiera and Catalina cheered, bouncing on the bed until Lance told them not to jump on the bed, or jump anywhere while the caravan is moving.

"That took too much of my energy." Soul breathed out as she flopped down on her couch. She took her blanket and laid it flatly on the couch before laying down herself, rolling on it. "I'm gonna take a nap."

Snorting, Varian picked up Flick and Ruddiger, who was playing cards (?), placing them on top of Soul's burrito blanket. "Uh, no. You can't sleep now."

"Why nooooot? I deserve the rest. Plus, my energy's drained enough." The girl whined out, sneezing a bit because of Ruddiger's tail on her nose.

"Yeah, about that. Why don't you try to regain your energy back by not sleeping? Try to push your limits a bit." Varian suggested, making the astrologer's eyes snap open.

"Are you trying to kill me?!" She shouted, stressing on the 'try.'

"No, but what I'm trying to do is to try and make you prolong the use of your, um, m-magic. Wouldn't that be much more useful and convenient for you?" 

"I tried that before, and I almost DIED. DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE?" Soul barked angrily. 

"NO! It's just that I noticed that maybe that's why you're having a bit of trouble using advanced spells." Varian hypothesized.

"Varian, listen. MY magic is limited, and it does not come from me. Meaning there would really be some other spells that I cannot use and would drain more of my energy." Soul explained, narrowing her eyes at the boy standing in front of her.

"Oh? So, where did your magic come from?" Rapunzel questioned upon hearing what the girl said. "I mean, every magic has a source, right?"

"Apparently, that's not my case. Remember what I told you guys when I first met you?" Soul asked as she sat up, still wrapped up like a burrito, causing the fox and the raccoon to jump off her. 

"That you're not a witch, but you have friends who are?" Lance replied unsurely, gazing upwards as he tried to remember if what he said was correct.

Soul nodded her head. "Yep. When I was seven, two witches stumbled upon our home, asking for help as one of them was wounded. My brother was hesitant at first, but he decided to let them in anyway, helping them. While Gold was tending to the witch's friend, I conversed with the other, and he  entertained me by showing me some simple magic spells. I was entranced with how he can make the water float and how he could make rainbows appear. Since I was just a child back then, I thought how cool it would be if I could use magic as well. So, I pestered the witch to teach me some. He agreed, albeit unsurely, but he then thought that what's the harm done? It's not like I could actually do them, he said. That's why he was so surprised and scared, I think, when he saw I made fire appear using accenderet." The girl shared as she somewhat struggled to get out of her blanket. 

"And he taught you how to control it after that?" Rapunzel asked.

"Not really. I actually pestered the both of them to teach me more spells. I was a pretty persistent and annoying child back then. If it weren't for me using accenderet every time they said no, they probably wouldn't have taught me more." Soul laughed, recalling the time she clung to the witch's leg while throwing fire everywhere, to which the other witch had to disperse. "Gold didn't like the idea of me learning magic, but he also didn't want the house to burn down."