BEWITCHED!

ENCOUNTER II

"People?" She turns to Bion, her eyes growing wider curious about what he meant.

"Your grandmother would be waiting!" Bion ignores, turning around he struggles to get up.

"Who are you?" The boy says, trying to get up.

"Me? I am liviana!" She says, smiling, he takes a look at her eyes, it was something he had never seen before.

"You have beautiful eyes," he says, still staring. Liviana smiles, while they both locked eyes, Bion looked at them it didn't seem like they wanted to stare away.

"Don't look for too long" Bion says, interrupting them.

"Why does he talk?" He runs back, being careful of the river.

"Because he's-"

"Ahem" Bion raised his gaze at her.

"Well if you don't want me to tell him then stop talking!" She says, gawking at him, Bion takes two steps backwards.

"Who are you, people?" Asks curiously, there weren't even introducing themselves, holding his head.

"I have told you who I am, why can't you tell me yours!"

"That's because a prince-" he paused, realising he had just said his identity.

"You're a prince?" She says, giggling, he didn't seem like one to her, she took a look at him.

"Yes, the future King of Harcadia!" Liviana furrowed her brows at him.

"Harcadia? You? a prince?" She took a quick scan at him.

"Is it that hard to believe?"

"No, well... You must go back to your castle my lord" she says, giggling along with Bion.

"And you? You don't look ordinary to me"

"Of course I am special, I'm a witch!" Her cute little voice rang.

"A witch?" he laughed, Liviana smiled seeing he wouldn't believe her.

She took her hands up, letting blue flames come out from her fingers each of them, the flames were alive.

"I told you" her eyes glowed as she played with the flame, they were something he had never seen before, they looked really pretty. The glowing eyes and the live flame fingers, but he was prince Aiden the only heir of King Aindrea, who was taught magic was bad.

He moved backwards like he feared something, of course, he did, sorcery or any type of magic was banned from the kingdom, and he was prone to hate magic.

"What's wrong?" Her smile vanished, seeing his reaction.

"Get away from me!" He moved away, running.

"Hey I'm not gonna hurt you!" she smiled each time he spoke.

"Liviana!" Bion stops her from following him.

"But- why is he running from me? I have done no harm!" She says, worried. It was her first time getting a reaction like that.

"We have to go!" Bion pulled her dress with his teeth.

"Prince Aiden!" She heard voices, calling, horses neighing.

"They must be from the palace, we have to go immediately!" Bion says.

"I can't!" She drops the herb bag, following after him.

"Liviana!" He roared.

Running after him, she finally caught up with him, Liviana grabbed his shoulders pulling him back.

"Help!" He screamed, falling to the ground.

"Wait! I'm not going to hurt you" she says, trying to cover his lips, but he still finds a way to call for help. "Why do you run away from me?" She asked, holding him firmly.

"Because you're a witch!" He breaks off her hold.

"I haven't done anything wrong" she forced a smile, breathing hard.

Prince Aiden's eyes followed the motion of her lips, she had the prettiest smile, she was charming and looked so innocent to him but he wasn't going to let her beauty sway him.

"Help!" He continued yelling.

"It's not my fault I'm a witch," she says, moving away from him, as she lowered her eyes.

"Help!" He kept yelling, not minding whatever she was saying.

Liviana heard footsteps, branches breaking, it didn't sound like one person it sounded like twenty to thirty huge men, her eyes followed the sound of them, she found herself surrounded by men, not just men armies.

"My Prince, are you okay?" A muscular voice says, he had a bow in his hand.

"She's a witch!" He says pointing to Liviana without hesitation while running towards the man.

Liviana raised her gaze at him, she looked around, there was no way for her to leave.

"Please, I mean no harm," she says, with her voice low.

"Kill her" A voice came from behind, the man and Aiden.

"Sir Ales!" Prince Aiden says, shocked.

"Liviana?" Bion called, she could hear him clearly but the others couldn't.

"What should I do?" She replied, her eyes scanned them, she was outnumbered her magic wasn't yet strong.

"You know what you should get out of there!" Bion encouraged.

"I said to kill her!" Ales screamed directing them.

Before Liviana could do anything, an arrow pierced her shoulders.

"Ana!" Bion called, she dropped to the ground, kneeling

"Mama!" She saw flashes of memory, her eyes slowly closed, she dropped to the ground before another pierced her back, she held her ears and closed her eyes tight, memories buried deep inside her were all coming to life.

"Aghhhh!!" She screamed at the top of her voice pushing everyone around her far away, including the little prince.

Liviana lay on the ground, watching them blow away from her, panting she tried as much as possible to keep her eyes open.

Prince Aiden's eyes opened, their eyes met for a brief moment, and a lady in white appeared before her, picking her off the ground.

"You saw nothing." Gaia cursed, before walking away, his eyes finally closed.

Arriving at the palace, No one was able to remember anything, not even the guards or him.

"My son!" Queen Chara rushed over to him, hugging him tightly.

"I'm sorry mom, I didn't mean to get lost"

"Of course, it's normal for a child to get lost sometimes, it's good you came back" she pats his head.

"It was all Princess Kallias fault!" He says, looking at his sister who had a smirk on her face.

King Aindrea, stood at Queen Chara's back watching them.

"Go to your chambers" he ordered them both.

Princess Kallias and Aiden stared at each as they part ways.

"You mustn't be hard on them," Queen Chara says, getting up as they left to their chambers.

"He's my heir" He cleared his throat, sitting on his throne.

"He's your son! your only son, he's a child!" Queen Chara moves closer to him.

"That's enough, you're dismissed," Aindrea says, staring at her. Queen Chara inhaled, playing her respect before leaving.

She shuts the door before leaving, stood at the door holding in her anger, she turned around and headed to Aiden's room.

She walks in, seeing him laying on his bed.

"Aiden?"

"Mom?" he got up, sitting at the edge of the bed.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes mom, is dad still mad at me?"

"Of course not," Queen Chara whispered sweetly, holding him in her hands. "Thank God you're okay" he kissed his forehead.

"Dad doesn't like me, right mom?"

"What? no, he loves you with all his heart and one day you're gonna be a great King that would make him proud okay?"

Aiden nodded, smiling up at her "Yes mom," he responded.

"Go to sleep okay?" She lets go of him, getting up.

"Goodnight mom" he watched her leave, and Aiden smiles as she left.

Queen Chara closed the door slowly, she paused seeing Aindrea stand outside the Prince's room.

"My lord," she says, startled

"I have no choice Chara, I have to send you out of the palace"

"What?"

"You would only become a distraction for my son, you would weaken his heart!"

"He's OUR son!"

"No, from this day forth you're banished from the Kingdom, I never want to see you step foot into my Kingdom"

"Aindrea no, you can't do this"

"Oh, I can and I already did"

"Aindrea please!" Queen Chara cried begging, she grabbed his robe "You can't separate us!"

"Guards!"

"No, Aindrea please!"

"Then take whatever you want and leave quietly before the children wake up" Queen Chara let go of his robe, his eyes darkened and filled with hatred, he stared at her.

"You're a wicked man Aindrea," she sniffles, getting up on he feet, "I hope the world gets to about your evil"

"How dare you!"

"Aiden would never be like you!" She breathed, before walking out of his presence.

King Aindrea, stood by the windows of the palace hall, as he watched her leave the palace, Ales stood right behind him.

"Kill her and make sure she never returns" He ordered.

"Yes, Sire," Ales says, leaving him.

Meanwhile, in the forest of Sura, Liviana lay on the bed unconscious struggling for her life, while Gaia treated her.

After a while, she regained consciousness but still lay on the bed. She recalled every event that happened a week ago.

"You're up?" She says close to her.

"Yiayia?" Tears rolled down her eyes, for the first time she came in contact and had a conversation with a person who turned against her because she was a witch.

"I warned you!" Gaia says, treating her wound, "if Bion didn't contact me what could you have done?"

"I don't know why he ran away from me, is it my fault I was born this way?" she broke down.

"Liviana! Don't let anyone make you feel bad, you're destined for greatness"

"I don't understand, why me?" She raised her gaze to her, tears gathered around her eyes

"Because you're special" Gaia wipes her tears, before they could drop.

"He really hated me"

"The royal family aren't people to be friends with"

"Why?" She locked eyes with her.

"Because they are your biggest enemies," Gaia says, her eyes showing so much hate. "They took your mother's life"