Melian (The last lykra)

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: I'm you

     “We need to get there fast," Melian said. 

       “Yeah yeah but first we need to know what kind of magic that dragon gave you, aren't you guys curious?" Elva questioned. Melian stared at her hands.

        “We can find out along the way but for now, we know she has wind powers and fire powers" Alfur said. Melian turned to him with a raised eyebrow.

       “I have wind powers?" She asked skeptically. Ace nodded.

       “Yeah, when you were in the zone, you threw Alfur and Damien off the dragon" She nodded in understanding before staring at her hands again.

       “Right now, not only Melian has to practice her powers but we all have to get stronger. I feel who we're up against is no ordinary person" Alfur muttered. They all nodded in agreement.

      “So do you suggest we do?" Damien asked.

       “This place looks like a good place to practice for a while," Ace suggested. Alfur nodded in agreement.

        “I'll go first," Elva volunteered.

       “Alright come at me with your magic" Damien smirked as he said. She turned to glare at him.

      “I can practice on my own" She rolled her eyes and turned away from him.

      “I should have known you would be scared, I mean...who wouldn't?" Damien said mockingly. Elva clenched her fist before gathering the water from the ground to surround her. She lunged at Damien and slapped his face with her water hands. She smirked at him.

       “Who's scared?" She asked sarcastically. He smiled devilishly at her.

         “Oh it's on" He made a sword with his dark magic and lunged towards her. He swung his sword at her but she just used her magic to block it. The rest could clearly see that Damien was holding back on hurting her while Elva was giving it all she got. She had managed to land a few strikes on him.

      “Is something going on between them?" Melian murmured. Ace nodded.

       “I think there is" 

        “Stop gossiping, you guys come at me" Alfur suggested and walked far away from them to give them space to gather their strength. They stared at him in surprise.

       “What do you mean we should come at you?I don't know about Melian but I want to save my life for the real enemy," Ace said.

     “And I don't even know how my powers work and what they are," Melian added. Alfur stared at them with a raised eyebrow.

     “Are you guys going to come at me or am I going to have to do it myself?" Alfur asked mockingly. He sighed when he saw they didn't move a muscle.

      “Suit yourself" his eyes turned pitch black as his aura got dark. As he moved towards them, shadows of darkness followed his every step. Ace groaned before hastily changing into his black wolf form and ran towards Alfur. Alfur halted and waited for Ace to come to him.

      “Too slow," he said to Ace. Ace's eyes widened as an invisible force threw him away from Alfur. He whimpered as his body touched the floor. Damien and Elva had stopped fighting and were looking at Alfur and Melian. Melian took a deep breath and was about to run towards him when Alfur materialized in front of her.

     “Too slow" Melian 's eyes widened as the same force threw her away from him. Elva used her magic to soften Melian's fall. As soon as she saw Melian was safe. She turned to glare at Alfur.

       “What do you think you're doing?" She narrowed her eyes on him. Alfur ignored and turned to Ace.

      “You have the power deep within you but the fear in you is bigger than that power" Ace scowled at him but said nothing in return. Alfur turned to Melian.

      “You have no self confidence and that's going to be a very huge disadvantage on your part, work harder" he closed his eyes and returned back to his normal self. 

      “I'm trying my best you know" Melian whispered and bowed down her head. Alfur stared at her with indifference

      “Your best isn't good enough" She raised her head to glare at him.

         “I'm trying," she yelled.

      “Not good enough," he retorted. 

      “I don't even know where to start from or what to...."

      “You do know Melian" he cut her mid sentence. He moved closer to her.

       “You know what to do but you are afraid of failing and letting us down but you know what Melian?" He bent down to talk to her face to face. She stared at him with teary eyes.

       “If you don't get stronger and discover your powers, you are not only going to let us down but the whole of aneathra including your family so you better try harder" Alfur said firmly and just like that he disappeared. Melian bit her lip to hold back her tears as they all stared at her with sympathy, pity and indifference. She stood up and walked away. Elva was about to follow her but Damien stopped her.

      “She needs time alone," He said. She hesitantly nodded and decided to let her be for a while.

      Melian wandered off with different thoughts in her head. She halted and stared at the sky with tears in her eyes.

      “Mother, I don't think I can do this" She wiped away her tears as she squatted on the floor.

      “The responsibility is too much, I don't know what to do" she murmured into her hands as she cried. 

    “Melian" melian abruptly raised her head in search of the person that called her. Her eyes widened as it dawned on her.

     “The voice?" She asked

     “You have a very fierce battle ahead of you, Alfur was right, you need to trust in yourself" the voice replied. Melian wiped away her remaining tears.

      “Who are you?" She yelled out. There was silence for a while.

      “I'm you".......