Chapter 24: Acting

I'm being reckless but I think it's about time I do that. All my life my head has always faced the ground seeing nothing but my bare feet endure thorns. Doing whatever i want without caring about the consequences makes me feel in control of my life. Control is something that is being constantly taken away from me and I've had enough.

Right now I didn't care about how grand and beautiful the house was. The table in the living room was filled with books and most of them were open. They all looked old and the books that were yet to be opened were covered with dust and spider webs. Zik was about to head upstairs but he didn't have to as he finally showed himself. He has sharp senses so he must've heard us even before entering his house, not to mention that Zik might've mind linked him. "Well what do we have here? You can also control flames?" He asked while he descended the stairs, I hate seeing the way this amuses him. I wonder if he will feel amused when I burn his stupid.

" Amazing right? Even though we didn't find out the best way" said Zik and I finally realized why he agreed to bring me here. He never feared the flames. There's only amazement but he doesn't see me as a threat. This made me feel angry and looked down upon, the burning feeling in my chest that I'd normally suppress I allowed it to flow out. The flame heeded my emotions as it grew and burned brighter causing the air to feel stuffy. The pages in the books were slowly turning black because of the heat. Zik agreed because he wanted Vale to see me when using my magic. It's like I'm some show for them to watch! " Enough! I'm not here to entertain the two of you. I came here to get answers".

" oh? And what makes you think I'll willingly answer whatever questions you have, is it because of that little flame of yours?" He asked with a smirk on his face and I knew he was taunting me or maybe he is not, this doesn't faze him at all. "how do you know her Serena and what did she promise you?"

"...?" I rolled my eyes at his confused face. I mean is he even trying, he is clearly a terrible actor and it's very sad of him to think he can fool me.

"I don't know this Serena you speak of...is she your mother" Ew no! Okay his terrible act and the question he just asked is confusing me but it can't be that I'm wrong cause why else would this be happening to me. " Stop pretending you don't know her!", " I am not" I didn't fail to notice the irritation in his voice which may mean he is telling the truth. She must've not cared enough to tell him her name " the queen of the witches, ruler of the enchanted forest?" I asked and it was at that moment that i saw the shock written on their faces and I knew that I had messed up. I messed up big time.

"What did you say?" Zik asked with a loud voice. I sighed and cancelled the flames. " So the witches still exist! but I'm confused, what is your relationship with them? I'm sure you're not a witch" they both waited for me to answer but I ignored what Vale said. " You said I wouldn't survive out there and that it's safer for me to stay here but that was before you saw me perform magic. Vale please...all my life I've wanted nothing more than to be free". " I understand what you're trying to say and I can tell that your past is full of pain but I'm sorry I can't let you go. This pack needs you to make more potions, there are hundreds of those things out there and we need to prevent them from nearing our home" does he trust me that much. Is he not afraid that I might poison them since I make potions for them, does he truly believe that I am incapable of harming someone here and escape. He really doesn't know what I'm capable of and I'm glad cause if he did he would definitely lock me in a cell away from everyone.

" Is that a fair thing to do? I don't need any of you and you now know that you never saved me from those perverts. I was going to make them pay for daring to have those dirty thoughts about me. I clearly didn't need your help. But you forced me to come here and be your slave, you thought I'd eventually want to stay and call this a home?" I'm laughing but there's nothing funny about my situation. He says there are hundreds of them and he thinks he can kill all of them. He is doing nothing but stalling the inevitable and I pity him. It is going to be quite a scene when this forest dies and he realizes that all he has done was all for nothing and I won't be there to see it. I'll be long gone.

I'm sure that saint- Roseanne will regret not leaving this place and Zik will see how he wasted his life following Vale as his leader. I don't even want to talk about Arina, that long skirt of hers will make her fall to her knees and drown in despair as she realizes she won't be continuing her research on magic. Just picturing how they'll look when it finally ends made me feel better. It is also good that Vale is not working with Serena which means she really did think those perverts would make me suffer. She must look down on the power of my magic then. The only reason I don't wish for the monsters to attack her and the witches is because the enchanted forest has been nothing but kind towards me. So I wouldn't want it to be tainted by death. Yet I fear that the monsters will end up finding the enchanted forest, I only pray that it is strong enough to resist the effect the monsters have on nature.