Birth of The First Witch

I was reported missing, no one saw anything, no one knew anything, who saw them blocking my path were the ones who gossiped about my character but no one brought up the point of harassment, there was no such thing as harassment back then.

But not all eyes were blind that night, someone saw, the very tree under which they raped me, Bonzai some call it, some call it Aching Alder, while others refer to it as Roots of Menacing.

After a week under the eclipse, I woke up covered in dirt, some pieces of skin and my flesh ripped off my body.

Dogs were eating the flesh on my ankle but my sudden awakening even chased that dog away. I heard a voice, a voice so unknown I couldn’t even tell if it was a man or a woman.

“Fear not, for you have been sent back so you shall deliver justice to those who deserve it!” This voice made me believe that I was chosen, chosen for good, chosen for revenge I had earned.

Not just that but I started to heal from all the wounds I carried on my body.

As in the morning my father had prepared for my funeral for I had been presumed dead, I entered the graveyard.

“Father!” I yelled.

My father turned around as if someone had just blown back life into his dead body, this beautiful reunion brought tears to every eye that witnessed.

My father brought me back to home and we realized that we had moved into a better home.

People were still talking behind my back, but I couldn’t wrap my head around the reason why my father chose to buy a house instead of mourning me.

He did look like he was heartbroken in the cemetery!

Anyway, that night I was sleepless, so I stepped out of my room and sensed a strange presence, as I followed the voice I saw my father standing with the man who blocked my path that day.

“Look, I let you have my daughter in exchange for the money and that was alright for me, I don’t know why or how she is back but keeping her silent is not my part, do whatever you must I wasn’t paid to kill someone!” My father whispered.

I was left in shock and I heard whispers, whispers that were calling me back to the Aching Aldar.

I snuck out from the window and made my way to the woods I cried “Why are you calling me? Tell me what do you want from me? Why did you want to awaken me into this cruel world again?” I broke down into tears, the night was dark and the fog covered the entire place when I felt a hand slipping under my chin.

I couldn’t see who it was but a man’s voice echoed “I brought you back because you are the one who deserved to live rather than those who didn’t, I brought you back because you deserved to know who is holding the knife while your back bleeds” Out of fear I close my eyes and he pulled me by my chin.

He kissed me, I didn’t know who and what it was but then, his kiss filled me, with confidence, with the hidden knowledge, and suddenly, I knew my purpose.

The next morning they were executing three young girls for different reasons, one was a foreign slave, one was accused of being a spy, and the third one was caught stealing medicines.

They forcefully inserted a centipede into one of the girl’s ears, it wasn’t the first time they killed a woman like this.

The man gathered around just to see their insides being devoured by this thick and 3-inch-long centipede trained exactly for this purpose.

I did not know how and why my lips began to move but I read.

"In actum tuum, nefas redire,

Culpam tua ad te reverti.

Tenebras tuas luce inluminari,

Mala tua in te redeunt."

Suddenly the girl stopped squirming her wounds repaired and in an instant, the centipede came out of her mouth.

It crawled down her toe and it multiplied, climbing onto the executioner’s toe, digging its way slowly into his skin under his knee, and leaving him squirming in agony, not only that but the multiplied ones did the same thing to those who were enjoying these girls’ pain.

These girls smiled with joy as their eyes fell on me, and that’s when I made a mistake, to multiply our numbers I offered them to the dark lord, and some of them, including myself started misusing our powers, taking revenge, hurting someone in a way they could never get better from.

By the time the blindfold around my eyes dropped, it was too late, anyway, this is a long story.” She turned to me and sat beside me.

“The second reason why I chose to help you was a little selfish reason, my master, the one who awoke me, the one who brought you back who is now your master too has asked me to pay the price of my powers.

There is a girl, who has just moved to our town, our master wants me to bring him this girl, she has been enrolled to our school, I will tell you who she is, but he wants her at any cost!” She looked into my eyes once.

“Do I have powers too?” I asked.

“You mean are you a witch too? Yes!” She answered.

“So we give her this girl, it is a small price to pay for such a blessing!” I looked at my broken glasses resting on my side table “I’ve gotten a better sight too!” I smiled.

“You have no idea!” She looked at me, somehow her eyes could say how many prices she had already paid.

I on the other hand couldn’t stop thinking about how could I get revenge on Vincent. “Then we go to school and take this girl for our master!” I exclaimed.

“Not like this!” She giggled.

“What do you mean?” I stared at her with confusion.

She spent the entire day with me, she groomed me, gave me a haircut, bangs with long layers.

She took me shopping the next day and bought a few stylish dresses for me, putting on a winged eyeliner on my eyes.