11 My secrets are out . Part 2.

Afald was caught off guard and swallowed a mouthful of water. I felt cold sweat at the back of my neck. Let me explain why.

First of all, not many people in our village can use magic, so some of the villagers do not like it. The reasons my vary from person to person, but they will no matter what, they will not look at magic-users favorably. And second of all, is the most important part. When my father showed off his magic he then started guessing, will I be able to use magic or what attributes will I be compatible with. Mother was also interested in this and revealed one very important point.

"Ha ha, Kelm, you do know that even if she can use magic, the earliest we will see it is when she turns 4 years old. But I agree..."

From that exchange it is clear that I'm not supposed to be able cast magic just yet. What if people learned the truth? Will my loving parent become cold and distant? Will they hate me or calla monster? Anxiety filled tore my heart into shreds and pieces.

"*cough cough* Mirta, wha -*cough* what was that for?"

What will he do after he learns the truth? Will he run away and leave me alone. It's not interesting to play with toys alone. Should I just pretend that it didn't happen and take a bet on his young age? I mean, he might not even remember this after 2-3 years, but looking at his troubled expression, I didn't find that courage. I prepared for whatever may come and told him.

"It... it was magic... I'm sorry for throwing it at you."

"I understand that much. I'll say it differently, how are you standing? I've seen many other children your age, but they usually laid in cradles and couldn't even crawl and yet, you somehow talking and standing on your own. Just how...."

"Also magic. I saw Father using it andtried to useagical power to make my body grow faster."

Both of us stared at each other in silence. The pressure was too great for me and I was on verge of tears.

"Since when could you speak?"

"I became able to properly speak around 2 months ago."

I decided to confess everything. If he is going to run away, I will not blame him for that. It was my fault; however, the moment I thought about it, I felt pain in my chest and my eyes became red. I waited for his response not daring to look at him. Will he scream at me or just run away? I waited, but instead of running away he started laughing.

"Then, why didn't you just talk?! If you were to talk normally, we could've played so many more games! Oh damn it! We could have real conversations with our dolls!"

I didn't know what to answer to his sudden words. Could it be that he was just to small to understand? I wanted to ask if he was scared of or thought that I'm wierd or monster? But what came out of my mouth was:

"Will you leave me now that you know the truth? Will you not come over to play with me?"

And I finally broke down. I fell on my butt and cried my eyes out. I didn't want to loose my friend and wanted to play together again. I did not cry too loud; otherwise,Mother wouldn't hear it. I heard footsteps and thought that Afald went to call mom and felt even more scared. However,when I opened my eyes full of tears, I saw him very close to me with wide, kind smile on his face. He came closer and patted me on the head.

"Of course I will come! Let's play lots and lots of new games together!"