4 Chapter 4

It was dark. The only light was coming through the tiniest hole in the cellar door, but it could not fight the darkness and it dissipated from time to time. Not even rats would venture into this cellar, it is a cold, damp and cruel place to live. But there is one life form, a human girl. She is about 17 and has short red hair, and her eyes are as black as coal. Her fingertips being taken by frostbite. All the clothing she had was a very small, ragged dress with a damp towel to keep her warm. Not even the sun could rise here, it was isolation on a frightful level. The only thing that can be heard is the moans of this girl calling out for her parents that abandoned her near a week ago. Suddenly, a scream from a man could be heard. There was a childish voice but it sounded quite demonic to the girl in this cellar as the words of this unknown person was cruel, yet protectiveness could be heard as well. There was another scream, and then silence. The girl prayed for the person who had just passed. But she was done quickly and was so ecstatic she started throwing herself at the cellar door. A conversation started but all this girl could hear was the name Aster. Then, as if time reverted, it went silent and then the girl started trying to break down the door again. A sudden scream of "Help!" then filled the air and a person, who sounded like they were stumbling, came up to the cellar door and yawning, asked "hello? Is anyone down there?" the girl in the cellar replied and a river of water rushed down her cheek. The girl tried to stop it, but she was too excited. The person outside opened the door, and the light filtered in abolishing the darkness, and in a playful tone said "hello, my names Spane, you?" the frostbitten girl replied with a murmur of "Saraya, my name is Saraya!"

Spane took Saraya to where Kai was unconscious and asked if they can use the house above the cellar for rest. Saraya agreed almost instantly and ran into the warm and cosy house. "I'm going upstairs to get changed please wait in the living room" Saraya told Spane. As Saraya shivered up the stairs Spane dropped Kai on the sofa near the fire place that Spane just lit with her magic. The room was full of ornaments and antiques. The ceiling was covered in a pattern from another country. It had twists and turns in the paint work but also small purple fragments of Crystal was encrusted in the middle spanning out in a circular pattern. Above the fireplace, that was quite glorious on its own, was a mirror. It was huge filling up nearly half the wall and on the bottom of this mirror a family crest. It had two bulls locking horns, showing the noble family of the wild bull, Oryx in the old language. Spane, trying to make herself look tidy by straitening her dress and hair, then thought 'does this mean Saraya ... is a noble?'