The dark night sky has never looked so bright. The area of woods I am resting in has a small opening in the canopy where you can see every little star glistening on top of a black background. It is amazing. To my left there is an elderly woman walking towards me. Seeing her means this night will not be as amazing as I thought…

“Destyni, what are you doing here?” she asks sternly. The look on her face seems worrisome.

“Preparing myself.  I need to make sure that if they do find me and catch up to me that I can defend myself with my new arts,” I say balancing some water on top of a leaf a few feet away from me.

“Of course. You are a mere human girl. It is not like you cannot run fast enough or jump high enough to evade them. Besides, it is not like you have any unnatural attributes like animal senses or traits.” She sarcastically fires back at me. I drop concentration and stare at her. Her face shows my wraths ability, turning red, and then blue, now violet. At this point, my eyes are wide open, my pupils narrowed like an animal’s. Then the glow. There is always that weird glowing light when my attacks are through vengeance. I wish it would just stop interfering. I am tired of this woman, and besides, I got what I needed from her anyways. She is no longer of worth to me.

Then I blink. I never blink. If I blink, I lose the grasp, I lose concentration. The only thing that is different this time is that I am moving, bouncing up and down. My eyes are somewhat out of focus, but I can tell that someone is carrying me. (more…)