The Hidden World

Tina

As the defense classes became more demanding, the training sessions became harder, causing the magic that exists in Tina's body to seek a way to protect her by initiating an evolution in her. This resulted in her becoming much faster and stronger than any human, gaining the eyesight of a hawk, the nose of a hound, the hearing of an owl, the development of extraordinary reflexes, and her bones becoming as hard as stone. steel.

Her training became much more comfortable without the multiple fractures that she suffered in combat, although, of course, she still had certain limitations in her body, since her skin did not evolve and she continued to be as fragile as humans, due to the cuts, bruises, and inflammations keep showing up, but nothing a spell or potion can fix.

All these events caused her father great relief, knowing that his daughter was perfectly capable of defending herself and even that she could defend someone else.

POV Tina

Once I have finished brushing my hair, I go and see myself in the mirror. My long brown hair woke up today a little more wavy than normal. Under my eyes there were big dark circles due to the little sleep I've had this month, little managing to dull little by little by little, my tight skin showed its usual blush. I decided to wear something simple today, a white blouse with jean pants along with black tennis shoes. I took my cell phone, my keys, and my backpack. I decided to go downstairs to go have breakfast.

"Good morning" said my mom.

"Good morning, my girl," he answered with a smile.

My mother is a person of average height. She is 1.6 m tall, just like me. She was wearing a red dress and a black belt that helped to subtly highlight her waist, accompanied by her already typical medical gown to go to work at the hospital. Her brown hair cascaded below her shoulders, her pale skin made her hair stand out even more, with large green eyes which could only transmit peace and a smile so big that it was impossible not to catch it.

"Mom, I'm not a girl anymore. Soon I'll be 16", I said, with an amused tone.

"You can turn 80 and still be my little Tina," she told me, amused while ruffling my hair.

-MOM!- I complained, to which she only laughed, which I soon said.

-What are we laughing about?- my dad asked once he got to the kitchen.

My father is a very tall man, due to the fact that he is 1.85 m tall, a huddled skin tone similar to mine, only a little lighter, long brown hair that reaches men, eyes a little brown-colored and, just like my mother, one of the most beautiful smiles I can see in the world. He was dressed as usual in a black suit and matching tie along with his brown briefcase. Ready to go teach history classes at the University of New Orleans.

-Nothing, it's just that your daughter is already bothered by being called a girl- my mom accused me

-So? You know that even if you turn 100 you will still be the apple of my eye - I blushed at my dad's comment, causing both my parents to start laughing.

-Is it serious? Bullying at 8 in the morning?-she asked, crossing my arms.

-Of course, there is no better way to start the day- my dad said

-I agree with you- my mom replied. The two looked at each other and bumped their fists while making an explosion sound.

I looked at them with feigned indignation and dramatically raised my hand to my chest, making my parents laugh. Honestly, the relationship with them is incredible. I couldn't ask heaven for better parents because, apart from that, they are my best friends.

-Well, today is my last day of school and my summer vacations are finally starting. I told him with a smile- Goodbye 9th grade, Hello 10th grade and I'll finally be able to sleep what I couldn't in the last month !!!

-Hey, look on the positive side, your grades are the best in school and the teachers only have positive comments towards you- my dad told me

-If, apart from remembering, if what was worthwhile was easy, anyone would do it- my mother replied.

-Yes, I know, but at this precise moment I just want to sleep- I pouted

-Well, just remember that on Sunday we will review EVERYTHING we have seen in classes, love- my mom told me

-WHAT? EVERYTHING? - I asked, scared

-Yes, I want to observe your performance

"OK" I answered resignedly.

Something I've learned in these almost 16 years is that I don't have to argue with my mom if she hasn't had her coffee. God protects those who make her angry before her coffee.

The morning was nice and time flew by. My mom said goodbye to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek while she was on her way to her car to go to the hospital to work, and my dad and I were on our way to the car of this so that he would drop me off at my school and he could go to work.

-Dad, when I turn 16, will you give me the motorcycle you promised me? - I asked him while making puppy eyes

-I don't know, it will be a surprise, maybe if you have a motorcycle for your birthday or maybe you have a new pair of socks- he told me in an amused tone.

-You know? They wouldn't bother me haha- I blinked my eyes exaggeratedly.

-HAHAHAHAHAHA, you are just like your mother

"Thank you" I said with a smile.

We walked the road between jokes and laughter. Once my dad dropped me off in front of my school, I went in and the first thing I felt was a wave of emotion and enthusiasm, and why not? It's already summer vacation.

The day passed normally. I spent time with my friends. Some teachers said goodbye to us, others told us that if they never saw us again they would be eternally happy and the worst thing is that they did not lie. I never felt remorse or even a touch of joke on their part. On the contrary, I felt a wave of relief hahaha. Are we such a bad group? I joked with my friends as usual. I told them that I would miss them for the whole vacation. I said goodbye to them between laughs and tears. I had a feeling in my chest which was not pleasant at all. The end of the day came and when I left, my father was waiting for me in his car. I went up to greet him and told him how my day was. When I got there, I ran to my room, closed the door, put on my pajamas and fell asleep. Spending so many sleepless nights was already taking its toll,

When I opened my eyes, I was in the middle of a forest. It had trees so tall and leafy that I couldn't see the sky. It was very dark so I assumed it was night. I looked around for a sign of something or someone but I couldn't. I found nothing, panic began to take over me. Where am I? Where is my dad? Why don't I recognize the forest? A thousand and one questions were going through my mind. I looked around in search of light and I could see a dim light in my right hand. When I fixed my eyes on it, I saw that I had a golden key and in my left hand I had a piece of paper, wanting to unfold the sheet to see what it said. I heard the rustle of a sheet, a feeling of panic ran through my entire body and, wanting to see what was the cause of the noise, everything went black.

I woke up with a start. I was covered in sweat and with rapid breathing. I turned my head to look at my alarm clock and saw that it was 4:55 am. I saw I decided to get up and go to the shower to wipe off all the sweat. In the shower, my mind wouldn't stop turning to that forest. Where was that? Why was she alone? Was she all alone in the woods? Why did he have a note and a key? What did that note say? The questions started to overwhelm me, so I decided to put the dream aside and focus on my mom's test.

I went down to my mom's study, I went to her bookshelf, I went to the magic section and carefully looked at each book, thinking about which one I would start with, but something caught my attention. The creak of a drawer opening. I focused my eyes on my mom's desk. The drawer that was supposed to have a key was open and this was the cause of the noise. I was about to close the drawer when I noticed an old-looking sheet of paper that was folded, but what really intrigued me was the black aura that it gave off. I took the paper in my hands and a shiver ran down my entire spine, carefully unfolded the paper and on it was written:

Only you can protect her.

What? Protect what? or Protect who? I had many questions but no answers, so I decided to get them my way. I took the paper and put it between my two hands and said:

-Ostend mihi faciem tuam arcana

Everything around me turned black, my body was surprisingly light as if I was standing on a cloud and my head began to spin. Within seconds, I felt how my feet touched the floor. I was next to the table in my house.

Why did the note bring me here? I did not understand anything about what was happening. Just when despair began to take over me, I saw something or someone in the kitchen approaching the table in front of me. I could not see the person because he was wearing a robe that covered the whole body and head. I could only see that she was carrying a basket, which she placed on the table. My surprise was to see a baby inside it and what shocked me was to see that I was that baby.

I carefully observed the hooded person and the basket. The hooded man put his hand inside what seemed to be one of his pockets and took out that paper that I saw in my mother's drawer. As soon as she left the paper on top of the basket, at an amazing speed, it disappeared.

I was shocked. I couldn't move. I didn't know what was happening. What made me come out of my thoughts was the crying of the baby. I heard noise in my parents' room noises cautiously left there. As soon as their eyes hit the basket, the two were petrified. The first to make a move was my mom.

- What are you doing, Zula? - My dad told her as he took her arm

-Mike, look, there's a note in the basket- my mom answered as she got out of my dad's grasp- It could be an address or why they left a girl in our house.

- What?