Marked: Part 2; The Wronged

Chapter 42

Amilia moved around quite a bit in the forest. She was alone by herself practicing with the sword Leo had made for her. She swung it around using all of her knowledge to split the falling leaves in half as they came closer to her. Some of them she had to catch while others fell right into her grasp. She needed to work on her stance more and make sure she was holding onto her blade tight enough so that it wouldn't come out of her hands. She had been practicing for quite a while already. About a few days had passed since she had last spoke with Jkdek. She still didn't have a good idea of a job for Akxfo. She knew he had done terrible things, not only just to her might I add. She knew his new job would have to be nice enough that he could put up with it, but bad enough to where it was a punishment. She really wanted him back as his trainer, but she knew there was no way that was going to happen. No matter how many strings she could pull, that wasn't one of them. She finally deduced that she should be ready for another attack on herself, so she has been doing extra training. She made extra classes with her new trainer, Vick, and she had some from Oglm, even Leo. Even after all that she still practiced countless hours by herself like she was now. Of course, this was all after her school work was finished. She was actually quite scared to death, what would happen if she fought Unora? Would she win? Could she win? She was trying her best, but to be honest, Unora was wiser than Amilia and had strength on her side, plus her dad and his army. Suddenly though as if out of nowhere Amilia froze. She tried to move but couldn't, she couldn't even speak. That's when Unora came out from behind a tree with her father. "How are you doing sweetheart?" Unora came to her face and looked into her eyes. She backed up a moment and then snapped her fingers. "So are you going to answer me?""I'd like not to.""Oh, come now. Don't be rude."Amilia laughed. "Yeah, I don't think so.""Fine." Unora took out a brush from her sajel and brushed Amilia's hair. After that she braided Amilia's hair and put a pin on the end to hold the braid. "Pin won't do anything dear.""Is that all you wanted? To brush my hair and braid it? What are you, collecting food for a ball?""No, afraid not. I would have brought a lovely dress for you if that were the case. Anyhow, enjoy your training, or whatever you're doing." She disappeared and seconds later Amilia was free from the spell. She went back to the house and looked in the mirror. Her hair was always beautiful when it was made up. It didn't matter what it was, a pony tail, a fishtail, pigtails, it didn't matter. She could put but a single rose on her ear and everyone would drool. Of that I recall, she did that once. And when she did Oglm was the only one home and he seemed blush, he nearly hit on her too. For some reason it had always been that way with guys, that's why she didn't wear her hair up much. She liked the look though. She had always wanted her hair made up every day. But she always decided against it, at last she make her boyfriend jealous out of his mind. Not much after that she retired to her room to relax. It was about six o'clock already and she had school tomorrow, Wednesday I believe it was. She had her mirror uncovered for quite a while now. She had been talking to Nsefen and herself a lot lately. She asked Nsefen the questions that she couldn't ask anyone else. She discussed game plans with her. And even her own personal drama. Once she asked her for advice with Jasvinder. Her idea actually played out well, she knew exactly what to say and do. Amilia hadn't really told her anything either, just what Jasvinder invited her to. But Nsefen made it the perfect evening for the both of them, like she always did. Nsefen wasn't in the mirror today bothering her. But she actually wanted to talk with her. She had a few questions about her father, Yxeyhfkx. "Nsefen." she said. "Come on out, I want to talk to you." She didn't quite look at the mirror yet. She didn't want to vasque in Nsefen's presence fully. The truth of the matter was that Nsefen didn't fairly appear. Amilia knew Nsefen could hear her, but she also knew that Nsefen could be in the middle of something. Several moments went by as Amilia waited in silence. Maybe she just didn't want to talk today. Or maybe she was gone. Amilia didn't think that she would ever disappear, but Junior did mess with her head a bit. What if he had accidentally hit something and she was just, gone? She didn't want Nsefen at first, but as time went by and life became more difficult, she could always talk to her and get advice. The one person she could talk about Unora (at the time) was her and she was very understanding and tried her best to coach Amilia through it. Amilia looked to the mirror again.

There was still nothing, just an ordinary mirror. Maybe I'm not close enough. She thought to herself. So Amilia got up off of her bed and stood in front of the mirror, but a lass, there was still nothing. She sighed and put her head down. She decided to leave her room, she shut the door behind her. Amilia went down the stairs and into the kitchen. She took out the sherbert and had some. Then she went back up the stairs and opened her door. And in the mirror, there she was, Nsefen Hmeqqfk.

"Ah, you're alive!" Amilia said on her knees. Nsefen looked at her weird. "I thought since you weren't showing yourself that perhaps Junior had accidentally killed you!"

"Eh, you can't get rid of me that easily. I'm sort of like a leech." she stopped a moment. "You wanted to speak with me?"

"Yes, I do."

Nsefen motioned to Amilia from her seated position. Amilia made herself comfortable on the floor. "I want your advice on what to do about Hix. Unora's got him, and he has that army and they're collecting stuff..."

"Hm," Nsefen started. "There's nothing you really can do."

"What?"

"Well, wait, I mean, your only option is to break through his surface so that it breaks Unora's control over him. But I don't even know what would do that. Has he seen Cristel yet?"

"No, I don't think so."

"Maybe if she talked to him? Maybe that could work."

"I don't know, he had his trolls beat me to a crisp."

"Yes, but you're not really his daughter... Not that i'm saying you're not, you are, but you know what I mean."

"Wait... So if he saw you, like physically, then he might snap out of it!"

"No, I don't think so. I wouldn't expect him to be all the sudden, oh my god! Nsefen sweetheart you're alive! And then the purple and eerie black come out of his body. He loves me, but not that much. That's why I said mom. He fell in love with her and asked her to marry him and even had a child with him. He loves her more than he loves me."

"Oh, I see, I'll try that. I wanted to ask about what Unora is making. She was collecting 'herbs' in the forest. She couldn't find them and Hix said that you could find them on like the break of a dimension or something like that. And then today she came up brushed and braided my hair."

"Hm, I don't know. I'll have to look that one up."

"Oh, and I had one more question."

"Go ahead."

"I know about the yellow rebellion star, but what about the rose symbol he wears?"

"Wait, he's wearing a rose symbol?"
"Yeah, why?"

"That's a good sign. He's not completely lost in his own mind. The rose is a symbol between his family. It's his promise to come back, that he will return."