Journey to the Unknown

Chapter 7

I sighed as I looked around my fathers cabin. I could see all the old treasures he's won or found. It hurts my heart that he was on ships and other lands but not looking for me, that's what hurts the most. Pisses me off that he can look after someone else's kid but not his own.

I slump to a heap on the floor crying. Why? Why did he not love me enough to find me? He should've known I was alive, like he had to. I don't know what comes over me but I just let it out. I scream like I've never screamed before.

"What? What's going on?" Jason barges in the door. He looks around and sees me sitting on the floor. "Oh, amor." He comes over and holds me as I cry. "Does he not even care I screamed?"

"I don't think anyone else heard you. I think I'm the only one that heard you." Weird. I screamed loud enough that I believe back home they could hear me. This was all types of weird. First, the tingles when we touch. Second, the way he looks, cmon a blind woman can tell he's freaking hot! And lastly, he hears me when no one else does. Which brings me to a question I've had for a while now. "How did you know I was getting attacked?"

"Uhm. I just knew. I was sitting in my hammock when I heard a small cry. I asked the guys around me if they heard anything and they all said no. So I went searching and heard it again, this time coming from around your room. So that's when I bursted through the door." Well then.

"Weird. How you're the only one that hears my cries and my pain." He shakes his head yes at my accusations. "Do you think when we get to the docks we could look for someone to help figure out what's going on?"

"Seems dangerous, amor." I smirk at him and get up off the ground. "Danger is my middle name, camel!" He shakes his head and laughs at me. As he gets up he says, "Why not. We are going to be there in about 4 hours. So, when we get there stay close to me and when I say leave. We leave. Understood?"

"Aye!" I tell him. And give him a half hearted salute.

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For the next few hours I'm at the front of the boat enjoying the sun when I see land ahead. "I see land!" I yell back towards the deck. I turn around to see Jason nodding at me. "Alright lads." My father starts. "We are docking and staying for the night. We leave at sunrise!" Cheers can be heard from around the ship and groans too.

We make it to the docks and my father and his crew drag the man off the boat and straight to the building by the dock. I believe that's where the general is or somethin. "You ready?" Jason comes up behind me and scares the living shut outta me.

"Good lord man! Ya scared me!" He just laughs and takes my hand to follow him. We make our way through the busy town and to a little shop area. "Stay with me. Do not leave my side. These people are dangerous and don't take kindly to new people." I give him a slight nod and we enter a certain shop.

As soon as I walk in I'm hit with smells of every kind. Some good. Others not so much. I got a strong sense of lavender and mint. Wasn't overwhelming but enough to make me wrinkle my nose.

I followed him to the back of the shop, to where there was an old woman, much like the one I'd seen a few days prior. "Welcome in child. I see you brought a guest. Come on out from behind the young man. Let me see you." I do as told and the woman's eyes light up. "Oh good heavens I just knew you would be here today! Come, come. Sit, sit."

"Uh. Okay." So I sit down in front of the woman while Jason stands behind me with a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Hmmm. I see. Why did you come and find me dearie. There must be something on your mind. Perhaps the bond between you two?" She says and my eyes immediately widen with shock. "What? How? What?" I'm stuttering at the woman.

"It's my job to know dear." She smiles sweetly. I look at her. Several different emotions play on my face and she catches every single one. "Oh dear. She never told you what you are did she child?" She must know I have no idea what she's talking about. "See, your mother was a witch. 5th generation witch to be exact." She must see the confusion in my eyes because she continues further.

"You're mother and her family are all witches and warlocks. Her 3rd great grandparents were the first witches in her family. They had a spell casted on them, which gave them their special birthmarks. May I see your arm, dear?"

I give her my arm and she waves her hand over it. After, appears a mark on my arm. It looks like a tattoo, it's dark ink patterns telling a story.

It has a crescent moon with mountains hiding the moon. It's so small but such a statement. "What does this mean for me?" I ask the lady. "See dear, your are more powerful than your family is. This mark, it means your powers are a little of everything. You can make the smallest noise and certain people, like the young man, can hear you. You can also heal from the light of the moon. Crescent moons are when your powers are at its fullest. And your family knew this when they got rid of you. Paid someone to hide your mark with a spell and never wanted you to find out. But, seems like you knew something was amiss."

She looks between me and Jason, "Ahh. I see you've found him." She chuckles at my confusion. "This man behind you is bound to you as you to him. In more ways than one. That is why you both feel a strong pull towards each other. Why you feel you have to protect her young woman."

As she says all this I can feel Jason tense up, "We haven't known each other but for two days! How do you know we are bound together?" He screams at the witch. She just chuckles, "Dear, you both have a stronger bond than I realized. I'm afraid I can't help you further. And now my shop is closed. Leave now!" Something changed in her eyes. Like someone told her to stop talking.

She urges us out and before we can say anything she shoves us out the door. I bang on the door, "Hey! Lady! We were still talking to you!" Jason puts a hand on my shoulders, "I think we'll call it a night, amor. Let's go."

We head back for the ship. Defeated and having more questions than we came with.