Her secret nature [part 2]

They arrived at a dark cave which was situated in the middle of a wood at the city's borders.

John took her hand as they exchanged a supportive gaze before entering, then he walked while they entered until the cave became darker. Some fireflies enlightened the environment. However, the light they provided was very minimal. John's developed sight could see well in the dark and led her in the right direction.

"Careful.." he didn't warn her in time that she slid down mud chutes. After the very long and deep chute, her slide pause, and she arrived in front of a table. Roselyn stood up and turned around when she heard a noise coming from afar. That noise was John, who arrived sliding down fast. At his arrival, he cursed when he saw his prestigious clothes being dirty from the mud.

"No cursing here." A deep old voice echoed, and they both turned around. But when Roselyn's gaze darted around in search of the source of the light, she found nothing. It was the bottom of the cave, therefore light couldn't enter from any spot and there were no candles around. Yet the light seemed to be strong.

"To what do I own the visit of the Royal Couple?"

The sage kept his eyes closed while he walked slowly toward them and bowed down precisely in front of them. He seemed to see even with his eyes closed.

Roselyn felt an odd feeling in his regards and, she defiantly took a step forward driven by her instinct.

"Don't be scared by a poor blind boy, miss Roselyn."

Her heart's beat increased when she heard he knew her name.

John took her hand behind and held it tightly, probably trying to calm her down.

"I see you're very powerful," the man continued.

'Maybe see is not the right word to use' Roselyn thought to herself, then she bit her tongue feeling sorry for having had such a cruel thought.

"That's why we are here. I'm not sure what she is." John spoke, but the sage gestured with his hand. "I don't do those things anymore, your highness."

"I will do whatever you ask me to do. There shall be something you deeply desire," the King's voice more than demanding came out as a begging, and the sage cupped his chin with his thin old hand.

"No, there's not," he shook his head after a few long minutes of thinking.

"I'd say otherwise. Didn't your wife die suddenly?"

The cave's walls quaked when John named the word wife and he narrowed his eyes. "Don't bring my weakness in this matter, your highness."

"I apologize, good fellow. But she saw how my father died by traveling back through time." Hearing John's confession the old sir's face became more interested and his gaze turned toward Roselyn scanning her upside down.

"It's impossible," the sage said.

"Maybe I am wrong, but she surely is very powerful. I have many guards at my service and I will pay all the investigators of the village to find out who killed your wife."

"Sit," the sage commanded and near them appeared a table with two wooden damaged chairs.

Roselyn gazed at John and just after he gave her a nod she slowly walked toward the nearer chair to sat down. She heard the chair quaking with her weight and she wondered if it may break at any time.

From the ground arose a plant that tightly wrapped her feet tying her to the ground. She couldn't move.

"What did you do?" Roselyn complained trying to get free from the grip. John took a step forward to come to her assistance but a plant wrapped his feet preventing him to move.

"I hope you can forgive my friends but I haven't had visitors for about thousands of years and my creatures have been starving from then. In case you turn out to be traitors they will enjoy fresh royal meat for their next meal." His voice thundered and his eyes opened revealing their bloody scary surface.

Carnivores plants arose from the ground and opened and closed their huge toothy mouths as they clapped their gigantic mouths.

"John!" Roselyn screamed while she jolted, deeply scared of the man she had in front of her. His eyes caused her so much fear that she unconsciously averted her eyes from him.

The sir closed his eyes again and all the plants disappeared except the ones that were gluing the royal couple to the ground.

"We shall proceed now." He said in a calm voice. Roselyn's hand was shaking, but he took it in a quick movement.

"It's fine, Roselyn, you just have to show him what you're capable of." John finally spoke.

She heard John's voice echoing in the surroundings and when she turned around to thank him with a gentle smile; he disappeared.

Her vision darkened, and she felt like she was alone in a dark, empty room.

She took a step forward but her footsteps echoed and the noise that she heard was like if she was inside of a crystal ball.

Roselyn glanced up to see through the reflection the sage's decrepit huge hand was brushing through a thick crystal circular structure that imprisoned her in.

Her perception was right, she was inside of a crystal ball.

"Somebody help!" Roselyn screamed, but her voice spread in the emptiness and it echoed throughout the cave. Nobody could hear her.

What if she remained there forever and will die in such a terrible way? Just the thought made her feel her blood boiling through her veins. Her heartbeat was sped up, her hands were shaking terribly.

The lady took a long breath to gather all the air she could breathe in, dilating her lumps and sticking her chest out. When she opened her mouth, the loudest scream escaped from her lips. It was a scream so powerful that she was surprised her eardrums didn't break hearing it.

The circular walls of the structures she was imprisoned in began cracking. She could hear the crystal's ball clinking while the cracks kept branching off.

All the cracks gathered around the bottom of the cave and suddenly the structure that trapped her broke. Pieces of crystal began collapsing down. Roselyn snuggled up to protect herself, shutting her eyes in fear.