Chapter 8: Better

There was a middle aged woman who had a burn scar on the left side of her face. she looked strick wearing a long black skirt, a brown shirt and a small buttoned blazer. Next to her was a girl who looked my age, she had wavy blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore a yellow sleeveless dress and there was something good and sainty about her- meaning I should stay away from her. I don't like saints. Lastly was a small girl with short brown hair, I know it was an innocent stare but she was staring too much.

" That's Arina, she is given the duty to look after this place and it's not without a reason. She has a lot of knowledge about potions and many magical...things so it's weird that you were able to identify the problem and she never did" the red hair was enjoying the piercing stare I was receiving from Arina the scar faced woman. She looks like she's been doing this for a long time so of course she'll be unhappy about me but doing something for a long time doesn't necessarily make you a 'know it all expert'.

" That's her assistant Roseanne, she is half human and half angel. The small girl is Olivia" Okay I was not expecting her to be an angel, well a half angel. I have heard Bianca's mother talk about angels, how they're supposed to be rare and they also isolate themselves from the world. " Only witches are able to make potions and cast spells and you are not one. In fact you look like you've never worked a day in your life so I'd like to say I already know the results and I think the pack leader made a mistake" said Arina and I notice now that so many things have escalated. I never said I can make potions and do spells, I only told them that there was something wrong with the potions.

If I'm going to be forced into revealing that I can make positions I'll be impressive about it and make her eat her words. I made my way towards the table " you're right about one thing Madam Arina. I am not a witch and I won't tell you what I am but you can call me Era" the ingredients were low quality but I don't know why they are so many. " What are these for?" I asked pointing at the ingredients and this made her shake her head. " Look at the paper or maybe you can't read. They are for making a healing potion" I read the paper that had false information. Opening my mouth to ask questions won't help, let me just do what I know. Out of the ten that were on the table I took four, these were enough to make an ordinary low quality potion. My potion will be better, it'll be healthier because there'll be no unnecessary magical ingredients. But I've decided I won't just make one potion, the second one will feel worth it when they thank me for saving their lives.

I made my way to one particular section of the cupboard and took out three ingredients. I ignored Arina's annoying questions which were thankfully stopped by Zack or Zake, I forgot his name. I placed them on the table, tsk they didn't even bother preparing how I'm going to make it. I was about to turn around and go for the door because what I need is outside but I bumped to someone whose chest I thought was a wall. How did I not notice that someone was standing behind me and not just somebody. Beautiful Silver hair and cold silver eyes that by just looking at them I'm reminded of what happened to that pervert. He was the definition of a dangerous kind of perfect, he wore black pants and a black shirt. The two top buttons were unbuttoned and there was a silver necklace around his neck. What's with him and silver?

" Where are you going... Era?" It's him, the man who took part in ruining my freedom! How long was he here ? I shook my head to ignore the questions and the anger I feel when seeing him. "To collect wood, look for fresh natural water and find a pot or pan or whatever I can use!" I couldn't help but shout and didn't wait for what he had to say. I walked out of the building and started to collect wood. As I was about to move on to looking for a river for fresh water Zack approached me while carrying a huge round black pot with one hand. It was your typical witch kind.

" You look serious so there's no harm in helping you, Olivia will get you the fresh water" he no longer sounds annoyed when talking to me " you mean you're doing this because you want to and it's not your pack leader that ordered you?" I asked with sarcasm and I was surprised to see him laugh. This would be disrespectful and I'd get punishment but he is laughing and it's a real laugh. " Yes but I was going to help anyways " sure... It was starting to get dark and I was feeling a bit cold but Olivia and the others arrived quickly with two buckets of fresh water and the ingredients I picked.

I made the fire myself with ease and the pot rested on four bricks that supported it to be above the fire. Now no ordinary fire can make a potion and that is why one of the ingredients from the cupboard was a scaleflower petals. Scale flowers only grow in places where a dragon was killed and that's why they are mostly found near volcanos and on the highest mountains. At least that's what I heard from Bianca's mother when teaching Bianca.

There are only two scaleflower petals which means the effect they may have on the fire won't last long. I may have to make two potions in just four minutes which is a lot of pressure. I calmed myself down and focused on only making these potions, I didn't care about those that were watching and I just hope no one disturbs me.