Alexia
With my feet in Letrons, the drastic change in the weather making my clothes feel like a prison, I looked out over the open countryside, feeling at peace at being so close to nature, focusing my eyes on Thomas' blond hair, which was in the garden just as it had been when I had come days before, I smiled and began to notice similarities between him and Estevan.
I didn't shout for fear of scaring him, but soon he saw me, fixed his eyes on me and clapped his hands excitedly and ran towards me hugging me tightly, I smiled and accepted his embrace burying myself in his arms before pulling away.
"You're back," he said excitedly.
"Yeah, did you miss me?"
He nodded.
"Where's Estevan?"
"He couldn't come this time, but I brought someone else who wanted to see you" I said and made room for him to look, his eyes focused on Acácio and Soraya, but they seemed empty.
Then he turned and took my hand firmly, saying:
"Come on, I've drawn a picture for you upstairs." He started pulling me along excitedly, I looked at Soraya and Acácio who seemed content with the situation as they walked at a calm pace behind us.
When I got to the bedroom he pulled out one of the drawings on the wall, there were hundreds of them, all with easy strokes like the drawings we had made in the sand when I first saw him, he held it up for me to see excitedly, it was the symbol he had shown me before.
"Witch," he said, making me look at him. Thomas still insisted on the same symbol and on calling me a witch, but Estevan said that he had this custom, so I just smiled.
"Thomas, don't say something like that," said Joelma, his carer, and he broke into a smile, looking at her in confusion.
Thomas was like a five-year-old child.
"Don't scold him, Joelma," I asked and looked at the drawing again, still puzzled. "It's a beautiful drawing, Thomas, I'll treasure it!"
Acácio took the sheet from my hand, his expression not the best.
"How does he know this symbol?" Acácio asked, looking worriedly at us and then focused his eyes on Joelma." How long has he been drawing this symbol?"
"I don't know, a few days," she said, startled. "I think since the princess and the prince came."
Acacio looked at me and then handed over the drawing, entering the room.
"Come on Soraya" Soraya entered the room, he looked at me and Joelma and said "We'll be alone with our son for a while" Acacio closed the door in front of us, I stared at her without understanding what had just happened.
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Charlotte
The wind hitting my face seemed to increase the chill in my stomach, as did the steps I took towards the dragon, which now seemed to be three times its size.
"You don't have to be so scared, we're here," said Camila, "We can protect you, Raila and I."
I shifted my gaze between them.
"The witch from the future" I said and she looked me in the eye "I don't think we've been introduced yet"
"No, but I know who you are," she replied and then smiled, and I smiled back.
"You can talk later, right now I think it's important that we continue" Camila said impatiently, I nodded and turned to face the big iron.
"Talk to him," said Raila.
"Talk?" I asked nervously, my voice uncertain.
I looked at the dragon and swallowed my saliva, every breath he took seemed to make me more anxious.
"Hi big guy" I began to say as I walked closer, I had already approached him several times without George present, but never with a bad intention like now and I knew that they were sensitive "I don't want to hurt you, I'm your mother"
Camila let out a muffled sound, I ignored her and kept walking. I touched his warm skin and smoothed it.
"Have you thought about the things we could do, you and I?" I asked as if he could understand me, but the dragon didn't seem to mind my presence very much, even though I was always near him because of George.
"I can give you twice as much meat" I touched the blade at my waist, the cold dagger making me even more nervous as my hands trembled involuntarily "I can take care of you better than George, better than anyone!"
I quickly pulled out the dagger and in an adrenaline rush plunged it into the dragon's hard flesh, the blade only penetrated the first thick layer of his skin, but it was enough to make him bleed.
I quickly pulled out the dagger and turned to run, I felt it as I was thrown miles away, from one second to the next I fell onto the grass and the hard ground rolling over it, the loud roar of the dragon, he lowered his head and looking me in the eye right next to me, I took steps backwards away from him and he opened his mouth.
I saw the great ball of fire forming inside his throat, it was as if my whole life was flashing before me, all the steps I'd taken to get here, all the pain I'd felt.
No, I couldn't die like this, I had to avenge my parents.
I still dreamed of the death of the kings of Olimper just as Alexia's death would be displayed in Torrem's town square.
No, I still had a lot to do. Lands to take, remember my name, it would be bigger than my imposter and I would be praised by the kingdoms.
My heart trembled, I felt like it was going to burst out of my mouth at any second, the sweat, the blood rushing through my veins, the dread as I came face to face with death, but then Raila and Camila appeared in front of me and uttering words that even I, who knew several languages, couldn't identify where they came from, they raised their hands creating a kind of invisible barrier preventing the fire from getting through.
"What are you doing standing there like an idiot? Run!" Shouted Camila angrily, I got up and ran away with the bloody dagger in my hand.