The Rose Garden

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She collapsed with a bang on the ground. Bion saw this in the distant while coming home being released early from Twilight. He ran faster towards her while Tothaz also ran towards her.

"Wanderer!"

"Rosalia!" Yelled in unison reaching her at the same time. Bion held her in his arms while Tothaz did a once over to see what happened.

Her zeva was dissipated but a dark mist did lay on her skin. The ebon that ran did its mission, make her life miserable but not to kill her.

Tothaz instructed Bion to get her inside to rest. Saying his chant he transformed and went after the runners. He cared about the wanderer just like he cared for Bion and he failed to protect them.

Cursing himself while he found nothing. They were gone and they were mocking him. He continued his search even if it was a waste.

At the house Bion gently laid Rosalia in his bed sacred for her but he also wondered why she was here again surly she was supposed to be here later but now? It made no difference but he tried to use a chant, he didn't have one that worked but he had to try and help.

Hopelessly saying phrase after phrase he stopped his ceaseless pacing when she moved her hand to reach for someone who wasn't there.

"Mommy" she pathetically called out before she once again passed out. He stared in shock he'd never seen such action from anyone. None wished for their bringer unless of status. To call for a bringer was a sign of weakness.

Going back to pacing and incoherently mumbling chants to try to make something work Rosalia dreamed.

Her dream was of a black room full of pleading people for freedom and a chair made of bones. There was something that sat on this chair whose cries were miserable. Instead of pleading for freedom it pleaded for retribution and a savior.

She walked to it and it reacted to her movement. It stood its eyes still blood red but filled not with anger but hope. It jumped off the chair to walk to behind the chair.

The Cthac could see Rosalia and decided to show Thosvalgam her. Jumping off the throne it walked slowly to the cave. The ebon around it were confused as they were watching Cthac walk at a weird pace.

Rosalia followed the ebon. Just until she could figure out what was happening she heard cries of anger.

There in front of her was a beat up person holding back a viking. The woman had red skin with detailed scales like Tothaz but more pronounced with her hair in hundreds of braids going into a ponytail upon her head. Her outfit was hides covering strategic places but very revealing. Her eyes sharp in anger.

The viking in here was screaming at the woman holding her. Her hair in matted knots with blood on her face. She was screaming in a language Rosalia didn't know. Her armour was torn and her clothes were rags. Until the viking saw Cthac.

The were done in an instant guard still up but no more thrashing and grunting to be heard just two beaten and bloody women standing there. Cthac then moved its head in a manner that confused everyone except A'ma'rith.

A'ma'rith walked toward nothing then grabbed the invisible Rosalia. Rosalia was being strangled and A'ma'rith smiled a sinister grin to the air and said, "If your guardian can't show you how to fully hide your presence then don't try to be sneaky. Soleit Esant."

Rosalia was now somewhere far away but not at the home. Looking for anything other than trees she saw Tothaz looking quite angry at himself.

Tothaz landed and transformed back into his human form to pace and curse at himself. Rosalia running up to him to ask for help didn't affect him. There was no attempt to attack like last time as if she really wasn't there.

"Rozi Reiter" she heard on the wind then she awoke in a bed with Bion by her side. She cried at what she saw but was more excited by seeing Bion. Bion was ecstatic that she was finally awake and now they just needed to wait for Tothaz.

Bion didn't see his zeva aura a warm rose red color that was barely visible to Rosalia's eyes. Bion's arua a warm red shade that could've been evil wasn't. It was warm like a mother's bond with their child.

"Zeva." was all she said when Tothaz returned in despair. He looked up to say he couldn't find them and ask how Rosalia was when he saw not only Rosalia perfectly fine but Bion with zeva.

"How is it possible? Your ears being as such meant it couldn't happen." He was stunned into disbelief. It was incredible he is training a wanderer who was incredibly talented and a native who defied sacred laws sitting on the bed in front of him.

Bion not as naturally gifted, and with his fate, passed out from using zeva but he fell with a smile on his face. Bion saved Rosalia even if it's only for the meantime. Being so exhausted Tothaz and Rosalia put him in the bed and went outside to talk.

"What happened to you?" it was a simple question but she was dumbfounded. What did happened?

She began with the ebon in the clearing right in front of them. Then she remembered everything going dark then she was in this cold place full of ebon crying and a throne. But behind the throne was two women who were fighting then the woman who had red skin and hair with scales. A viking covered in blood being mangled by her. Then him being upset at himself and in rage.

Tothaz sat on the ground in another wave of confusion. She could walk in spirit. It's not unheard of but for a wanderer who just appeared to do it accidentally and for it to be that effective meant two things: one he was weak and that he needs more training if he failed to notice her and two A'ma'rith was way stronger than before.

Bion woke up and came outside and saw Rosalia standing while Tothaz was on the ground. Confused he went over to get awnsers of everything. "What is happening?" he asked calmly a headache he didn't know he had making itself known.

Tothaz not ready to deal with misunderstandings stood grabbed Rosalias right hand and instructed her to put her hand on his forehead like he did earlier.

"Etopeful reunon" she said getting the hint to show him through zeva. He saw the garden and he saw what happened before he got there and her spirit walk. It was a flash but now he was caught up and he saw his zeva.

It's incredible what happened. It made sense and now he had an untraditional question to ask, "Can I go to the academy?" he asked Tothaz.

Tothaz's reply short and simple, "If you can use your chant without passing out." He then told the children to sit on the ground and concentrate for a rotation, he would be back with food afterwards. They sat in their own confusion; what did concentrate mean? Clear the mind of focus on the color of zeva?

Instructions were unclear so they decided to focus on the color. Rosalia envisioned fields of gold full if amber and Bion thought of the terrian and sky of Rosé encompassed of rose and reds.

Tothaz was inside standing still in the idin room to make some food but he was so tired of the days events he didn't know what to think about. Rosalia being way to powerful or Bion being the first fated to use zeva. These young people were doing the impossible and might become ledgends here.