You were there (3)

She was blinking for a while after waking up from a deep sleep. She had not sleep like this for a very lomg time, somehow she feels this is the safest place she ever been into after all this time.

Lailita is still in Jones arm. Specifically she was lqying on his chest. Her hair were all over his face, yet Jones too seemed to be in a deep sleep.

She yawned, blinked again as her head following thr direction of Jones breathing. His heartbeat calm her.

"Mmph.." He shake his head thinking something blocking his view and suffocate him.

"J? awake?" Lailita got up. But Jones just tilted his head aside and sleep again. He then twisted his torso to the right causing Lailita to get up completely.

The bell on his ankle rang couple of time as he moves. Lailita smile thinking the sound was cute.

She came foward and peek onto Jones face. She wonders the feeling gathers inside of her, to why she wants to squeeze Jones is this what they call cute?

She poked his cheek, you were there were not you? She sighed. But he is different than that thing. He is shining, he is good.

His hair beautiful, his lips is cute, she gaze every part of his face. While her fingers stroking his face gently,

If I remember correctly, Laila teeth is like him. Sharp, and somehow scarry as she smile, since her teeth sometimes poked Laila's own lips causing it to bleed.

Lailita raise her head, with her teeth piercing her tongue.

"Not sharp"

Splash!

Again the sound caught her attention that she moved a little bit from Jones, that is when the pain on her sprained ankle awake her completely.

It was a total silence before, right now she can hear her surrounding better and she knows, the thing she saw last night, is waiting for her, outside of the wall.

Before, she was crowded with crows, the chirping of doves that rested on top of the leaked fragments of the made up roots wall by Jones, let in few shines from the sun.

She knew why he let out a hole on top of the 10 metres wall, he knew she is afraid of the dark. Or to be specific,

She afraid what's in it.

Should I climb up?

Lailita doubted herself. Repeatly she look between Jones and the holes several times.

He will be sad if I go far, will he?

Lailita sit again and sighed. However she sat a bit far from Jones in case she changes her mind and still wish to escape, but she won't be able to do it if her movement wake him up.

Why would I care if he is angry? Or sad?

She stand up,

But he's injured because of me, and I also cannot climb up because I'm Hurt.

She sigh again.

He was there, watches me like some entertainment, he won't worry for me right? If I ever get caught by bad thing, lost, will he come to me if I ever think of him?

SPLASH!

The splashing sound getting louder and closer to their resting spot. In the meantime, she began to hear weird deep voices of a female calling out something.

Echoing,

Whispering inside her eardrums.

"Inna?" Lailita frowned, wasn't that a name? Who was it?

She sealed her mouth acting as if she did not hear any of it.

J will come to me right?

Inna? Again.

For about 5 minutes, that words said repeatly approximately 10 seconds paused before that voice called out that word.

Each time, the voice grew deeper, like it has difficulties to keep going. She felt guilty.

"Inna-" Lailita coveres her head within her folded knees. Her heart became empty suddenly,

°°°

"Ability to see something beyond yourself, is our specialty darling" Jasom's voice could be heard in her mind.

Distancing herself from many others, Jasom was there for her the entire time.

"Don't be angry with your sister" said Jasom.

"no I'm not" She answered briefly. Her mouth was pounting.

Jasom find it funny so he gigled.

"Eyes don't lie" Her eyes is the most charcoal than the rest of her people, resembling the darkest part of the ocean in this world. Someone might fall into her gaze without noticing it.

They're pretty, she is a beauty, but she doubted it. Thinking Laila was her reflection, she never look in a mirror.

"You got the temper, you kept it hidden. Burying them in your heart brings agony, No matter what happen, you are bound together, your actions defined together."

Laila was a moon, lailita is the sun, the oldest was water and the youngest was her fire, the firstborn is a builder, the second born, is her destroyer.

Jasom hugged his daughter, lowering his voice because he wants Lailita to focus to what he has ay after this.

"You aren't the doom," Lailita budge from his hug, gazing at his father's eyes but her father expression were cold. So she knew Jasom was serious about it,

"You are the cure to everything she will make, so you are responsible to her actions," she was confused and did not understand any of it, so she frowned.

Manipulating nature was Laila's ability while she was, in uncontrolable with fire,

Smirk,

I don' detest it,

Smirk,

I don't like it,

.....

Chuckles,

I favour it,

once I can see everything beyond the walls in my village, I see the paths, every corners in the woods, where to be save from being devored by thay slimy creature, I witnesed how my twin were negotiating with them freely, she looked behind her, smiling, as of she knew is was staring at her, the last time I see that far, was five years ago.

Thump,

The head was raised from her knees, her lips were red as her skin became paler.Her gaze was empty, black veins stated to appear throughout her body especially on her neck area. Lastly, the veins assemble on the middle of her neckline and form a wild rose, only the center of the veins was not black,

They are scarlet.

Thump, heartbeats increases

Black veins were popping out of her eyes socket, her charcoal eyew grew larger by seconds, lailita stand up, the aura around her were strange, She walked towards the wall, and stop when she is infront of it.

Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!

The doves were flapping away due to a sudden pressure.

Jones too wake up in a shock position. He cannot make any movement because something greater than his power to repel the aura that pressing against him.

He can only react to Lailita movements, where is she going? Jones was panicking, this wall is bound to my magis she won't get away!

He bit the inner of his mouth to stay conscious. If you were to be in the deepest ocean while the gravity is taking effect, or when you get to close to the atmosphere in the sky, that is what he is feeling right now.

Lailita stopped walking,

I knew it, she is weak compare to me, she could not-

"Move" A hoarse voice of an old woman came out of her mouth, Jones got goosebump but he do not know why is she frightened right now, nor the reason why he is shaking with a clod sweats,

But he knew what scares him, indeed the voice did freak him out, the roots that tangled up one another, releasing themselves from Jones's magis from bounding them, began to shambles part by part, creating an opening so she can get out of their resting place,

" to slow,"

"Burn it" he flinched and immediately rose from the ground, chill run down his spine witnessing how the nature react to her command, it will be hard it be if Lailita is in full force if she ever recall her past memories, if she learn her magis properly, he woulr not stand a stand against her,

Coughed,

The roots catches spark from lailita's finger and the wall began to crumble.

No!she' not in a state she can uses her magis properly, someone must have do something to made her be like this! Someone that knows her pretty well-

Jones looked over lailita's knees since he's still on the ground, he could see something in the lake, that darn thing!I should have get rid of her if I knew this would happen!

Their eyes collide, Jones pupils transform into that of a reptile when he is angry, he hissed to the nymph inside the lake. However, the sea creature did not scared at all and hiss back to him,

"I will kill you!" He groaned. Just as he thought, the aura emitted out of her body worked depend on a certain radius, the pressure put against him decreases after Lailita walked 3 metres away from him.

Now is the chance to get her back from the nymp!

Sadly, only the upper part of his body is able to move, his lower abdoment stil in paralyzed condition. Through the corner of his eyes, he see how happy the sea creature was as she extend her arm welcoming Lailita into her world,

No! I could not save her like this!

The sea creature look at him, tighttening her grip on to lailita's waist, the nails of the sea creature bleed her, but she did not let out the expression when Jones nails was poking her last time. hugging her and pull her into the lake.

"No!"

Finally he is no longer tied down and able to free himself from the pressure, Jones bite his lips out of frustation, he slammed the ground angrily.

Water is beneficial for any one, everything, it feels nice to be soaked d in it too, cleaning the dirt on your body, but to be in it for a specific occasion such as swimming? He called it sinking.

He is weak to water,

"I hope she can swim," Jones lie on the back of his head, closes his eyes and sighed heavily.

Hmm,

He decided to wait.