“One of the sprites gave us. It will help us identify the good food from the bad,” Miles answered as he helped Kale up the floor.
“We do not need that. We know the good from bad,” Justin said also getting up.
“Just for precaution,” Angela added taking the key from Miles.
They continued their search for something to eat.
The search was tiring and exhausting. It was as if all the trees with edible fruits in the forest were hiding from them. Justin was carrying tired Kale while Miles was supporting Angela so she wouldn’t faint.
She was pale and feeble. Hunger wasn’t a good thing at all. Angela had never felt so hungry in her life. It was like thin needles were pinching her stomach in different places.
Miles was used to being hungry. Sometimes the bandits starved for days looking around for small pieces of bread and drinking unfiltered water from the local river.
They
“Justin, are you sure you have no idea who this cinnamon witch is?” Angela asked, hoping and expecting a positive answer.“I wish I knew; never heard of her,” Justin said shaking his head abruptly.“What if she does not want to help us?” Miles took a hollow breath.Angela thought about that. They didn’t have an idea what she looked like, what her powers were, what she was capable of doing but they’ll find out when they get to the Korian library.“How long will it take us to get there?!”“Kale take it easy. We will be there soon.”“We will be there soon,” Kale mimicked Miles’ voice, huffing.Angela’s hand had become numb from the way Miles was holding her. She didn’t want to let go but it was beginning to get uncomfortable rather than comforting. She freed her hand from his grip, rubbing them together.Miles go
Angela’s high pitched voice hit everyone’s ear like a bomb. They came out of their boring searching and rushed to her side. Miles was happy she found it and gave her a quick peck.Her cheeks flushed with red. She was nervous and surprised. That was the last thing she expected from him. Maybe she needed to start finding more things.Justin took the book, heading for the table. He placed it on it, flipping the book open to the first page. The cover of the book was a beautiful looking woman, holding a wand the color of cinnamon with a golden persimmon placed at the top of it.Her cheeks were yellow. Her hair was long and golden. She wasn’t ugly looking like some of the other pictures of witches she had seen that day. She looked nice but Angela couldn’t be totally sure about that.All the witches she met in her storybooks were the mean and wicked kind that always wanted to kill the princesses but the witch they were rea
“A gift from a far cousin,” Justin answered.“Okay but it is some really good stuff,” Victor said smiling at him.It was like they were talking to each other in a code the others didn’t understand.“How much for it?” Justin asked cutting to the chase.Victor stroked his chin thinking.“I will give ya three gold coins for it,” Victor said as they both went into a burst of funny laughter.When the laughter cooled down, the serious discussion came back up.“Seriously, how much for it?”Victor’s smile reduced. He understood; strictly business.“Take three bags of silver coins,” Victor said marking the beginning of the negotiation.Justin shook his head, slowly placing his hand on the counter of the stall.“You have always been stingy,” Justin took a look at the faces of his exhaust
“Have you found her?” the Queen said raising her head high, proud, and pompous.She had long curly brown hair that reached her waistline; her eyes were brown and sparkled like stars in the sky. She wore a red-blood dress that had rubies placed at different intervals of it.Her red lips burned with fire and her tongue only brought out words of evil. Her face would have been the most beautiful in the world. She would have been the most beautiful person in the world, if it wasn’t all just fake.Her pride was something you could never imagine. She was ruthless, wrathful, a macabre. The long expensive dress she wore, brought out her eye-blinding shape.Any man would have fallen for this woman immediately but it was all fake, a lie. The real Octavia was not spectacularly beautiful. Plain and simple but now-a-thens, people with money pasted fake materials all over their bodies to make them look prettier and presentable.&
“I do not hear anything.” Kale disrupted. “Over there,” Justin said pointing at a large tree. The tree was wide and big. Enough for three people to hide comfortably but the thought of that didn’t make Angela comfortable. There was something or someone there. Could be someone dangerous or a wild animal? Miles noticed she was getting terrified so he tried moving him and his horse closer to her but the horse didn’t budge. It was rooted to the ground. All the horses were. They were about to move in, ready to ignore the strange sounds but muffled voices caught their attention back. This is bad. This is very bad. Angela thought worriedly. They had no weapons. None of them knew how to fight. It would be a calamity if they met trouble. Miles was worried. Not about himself but for Angela and the bandits. He would never forgive himself if anything happened to any of them while he was still alive. Th
She stood up from her golden throne, adjusting her sun-flower-colored dress. It was heavy to carry and took great effort but it was a small price to pay to look presentable and queenly.Yellow wasn’t what she should be wearing. She was meant to be wearing red because she was dangerous.She walked down the stairs of her throne podium. The two guards that had been standing like statues on the left and right side of the throne freed themselves from their statue position and followed the Queen.She used her yellow fan to give herself a little air. She checked if the crown was still on her head because she wasn’t feeling its weight.She was getting used to having a crown on her head. Five years of ruling and she was just getting used to having a crown on her head.She walked out of the throne room going straight to the ballroom. The walls of the castle were made of well-polished platinum. The window railings wer
“We will be in Naomi very soon, just a few minutes,” Justin said placing Angela’s clock watch he collected from her previously back in his pocket. Angela tried to get sight of the city from where she was. “Really? Why can we not see the city?” “You do not know why?” Justin said mockingly. “Stop taunting her and just tell her why,” overprotective Miles spoke giving Justin a warning look. Justin rolled his eyes at Miles’ reaction. It was expected of him. “The city is in a dome. People coming to it cannot see it but those inside can…” “Then how do we get inside Naomi Village?” Angela asked sniffing Miles' cloth. Lavender. She wondered where he got it from. “We just walk through it. Easy peasy.” Justin made everything sound easy. Who knows, when they get there he might say they need to complete a task or some compulsory mission Angela didn’t want to do. She wanted to meet this cinnamon
Angela and the bandits had frozen in their position. What they were seeing was dynamic. This was the last thing Angela was expecting to see. She was expecting an ugly witch stirring green steamy substance in a large black pot.Well, she was wrong because she was seeing a beautiful scrawny woman with beautiful orange eyes and long orange hair staring deeply at them.Someone had to say something because the woman in the chair was not going to. Justin gulped and cleared his throat.“I-I…we are looking for-for the cinnamon witch,” Justin said making everyone’s anxiety rise.The woman raised a brow at them when a sneer appeared on her face. A great laugh escaped her mouth. The laugh was unexpected and made them shiver. She cut her laugh shortly, looking at them again like she never moved or laughed.She was strange and unpredictable. These kind of people were dangerous. Angela was no more confused but mor