CHAPTER SIX

I turned on, following that it lot up, and lunged at me, with me having to dodge to the side. It ran towards me completely open, allowing me to give it a kick at its side sending it flying back, soon it appeared behind me, using my right hand I managed to stop it before it hit a vital spot 'is this thing meant for training or to kill!'

After an exchange of blows it, slid down and landed on it's arms before majestically doing a backflip, as it landed I swiftly send a kick to the legs sending it to the ground....but of course it dragged me down and wrapped it's legs around my neck, squeezing it ' Yes definitely to kill, man, Stephen's going to pay for this'

I gripped under it's legs pushing it apart until I could get away, I pushed it on it's stomach and hit its nape, I grabbed one of its arm and tore it off with all my strength making it immobile for some time. I turned it off afterwards, I touched my neck in pain " not bad, not bad but fucking annoying" I muttered as I was gasping for breath, I was wishing badly for this thing to be swallowed up and it disappeared, startling me, I saw a shadow moving towards me, in shock I wanted to step back but stopped and something occured to me

"Hahaha hahaha!" I laughed as the shadow came towards me "how I missed you dear" I said as tears fell down my face 

I jumped in joy as I realized one of my powers was unsealed, as I was relishing in happiness, one of my hair strands fell. I touched my hair and panic filled me 'don't say I'm going bald' I looked at it and noticed it looked black; okay it was black!

"Don't say I'm actually cursed cause this is going to be a pain, I can't imagine what would happen if more of my powers get unsealed!" 

I sat down as I started going through some spells, form my memories for my powers .

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Everyday I use the doll to train and it helped me with co-ordination.

I woke up early in the morning, as usual I can't sleep well, my morning routine, the usual, hate people, feel pissed off and contemplate on my life and feel alone as that is how I've been for these past four months .

Alicia hasn't come back in these months so I have been trying to not get exhausted, I've been so hungry luckily there were some critters to eat or else I'm afraid I would probably be dead or sick, very sick.

Stephen's condition has gotten worse from what I've seen from my shadow, and it seems like he's at the end of his life . I looked into my pocket as I stared at the emblem "Just what happened for us to get this way"

As for Alicia, she looked like a husk of her former self, always exhausted, it was like a clean transformation from a happy woman to a depressed woman, not like I cared so I didn't bother watching her.

I broke the lock and went downstairs, no sign of her as I thought. As I went downstairs I noticed how dusty and dirty the place was. I entered the kitchen and went straight to the refrigerator and opened it as I looked through the content of the refrigerator, most of them were contaminated and rotting, so I just grabbed a bottle of water and drank hurriedly.

Afterwards I went back upstairs to Stephen and Alicia's room and searched the room and found some valuable goods before keeping them, in my shadow, I suddenly heard a thud downstairs, I rushed back down immediately and saw Alicia who I thought left, was back and in the kitchen with her hand inside a pot of boiling water, I tried pushing her hand away from the pot but couldn't reach as I was too small

She didn't remove her hands until the water evaporated, her hand was badly damaged, with her flesh exposed and her skin peeling off with some blood flowing. She suddenly turned her head making me move back as I sensed her blood thirst, I ran out as she followed me with a knife, I ran outside not without me hearing a thud behind

I ran to my neighbours house ......but nobody answered even when I knocked loudly I knew there were people inside and some people outside were looking at me weirdly 

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As I was about to approach them, a loud explosion rang out I turned to see my house on fire, hastily, I ran back to my house

My heart was racing It felt like I lost something, very dear to me 'it can't be her, but even if it is why would I care, it's not like she has been good to me anyway'

I ran inside, ignoring the flames and falling debris of wood. I saw Alicia on the ground the knife inside of her back, and blood all over the floor, I stared in horror and shock which turned to grief and anger.....at myself, for not being able to save her.

In the flames I saw a figure through the smoke. Unknowingly my feet carried me towards the kitchen, when I was there I didn't remember seeing anyone and I didn't notice anyone's presence. 

The back door was left open, on the floor I saw footprints 'These footprints are the same as those ones I saw in the forest' I thought to myself 

I followed the footprints and reached a dead end, I looked around carefully and noticed some vines, but as the wind moved them, they went inwards indicating there was space there. I moved the vines and discovered that it was a cave.

When I entered the only things on the floor were broken items, but upon further inspection shocked me, I picked a broken ornament "This belongs to the indigenous people of the Igris tribe famous for their priceless ornaments"

but how is it here I thought all the remaining pieces are held by the government and those big families.

I moved further into the cave and saw a figure of a young girl between age 11-12, sitting down near a gourd, her hair purple in colour, her eyes also purple and she was also very beautiful, she turned in my direction as if noticing my gaze.

She looked at me weirdly like I was something she had just seen for the first time, she stood up and approached me, then circled me.

"Who are you?" I asked, sniffing me she said" You smell like someone I know, who are you?" Suddenly turning hostile

I didn't panic and asked her "Did you kill those people" 

Surprise and curiosity filled her face "kill what....people?"

Judging by the look on her face she really was clueless "Do you remember seeing anyone near a little boy who wore a gray shirt and black trousers "

"That was a really long time ago, but the only people I've seen are two men and a woman, a little boy and you"

" The other man, who was it?" I asked, one of the men should be Stephen and the woman,Alicia...but who was the other one, it couldn't be my tutor because he never went to the forest and disdained going anywhere dirty

"I didn't see his face, he was covering it"

'Could it be that man that was with them, on the day Adrian died.

Recalling the ornaments I saw before, I questioned her about it with her saying she found it with Alicia 

Honestly I wasn't too surprised, as when I was looking around their room I saw some rare things and it's also possible Stephen got it on hiss missions as an A-ranker, so it could be he got access to them.

"Do..do you have any life saving potions or anything?!"

Unfortunately she shook her head, I turned back around and walked out back in the direction of the still burning house, as I saw the house tears cascaded down my face.

"I'm crying over a house, but not over a life, hah" I sat down near the burning house hugging my knees

"If I remember humans cry when that are under emotional stress,but I'm not I think"

What seemed like hours help finally came and extinguished the fire,and they took the charred body of Alicia, I subconsciously wanted to follow but something held me...or someone. 

I turned my head to see the purple haired girl give me a gourd 

"You'll need it more than me...Akrat"