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(Chapter 5 - Observe)
“I LOVE GREEN APPLES TOO!” Vee excitedly screamed as she held hands with Peri.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ92XVK2nr
“I CAN’T BELIEVE IT YOU’RE LIKE MY LONG LOST TWIN!” Peri squealed as her and Vee found another thing they had in common.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNWpIIvqJV
“Yeah, you might as well tell people that you’re identical twins!” I sarcastically muttered while rolling my eyes.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L2CI2zjOt
“You know Vee, you’re pretty cool for a fifteen year old.” Blaze said. “You’re not as annoying as other people on this journey.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxBFiNjplV
Just how immature can one person be?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fjkCC7SUf
“Yeah Vee, you are pretty cool and not as much as an asshole as other people on this journey!” I glared at Blaze.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1rNBqVHgs
“You better watch your mouth you stray or else I’ll-”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0klvPkPogV
“You’ll what?” I bravely challenged while quirking an eyebrow. “Burn me again? Well sorry to disappoint flame-brain, but your sister can instantly heal me.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGXYrRsECN
“Why are you two constantly at each others throats?” Vee asked sitting between the two of us. Blaze’s entire body was practically lit aflame as he glared at me in anger.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknLsJptB2h
“WHY DOESN’T THIS STRAY LEARN HER PLACE?” He seethed.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3R4lZ1GB5T
“WHY DOESN’T THIS ASSHOLE JUMP OFF A CLIFF?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxctqxUMITX
“ENOUGH!” Peri shouted startling all of us. “Both of you are acting like little kids. Blaze just stop with your insults alright? We’ve all been together for nearly a week now so it’s time to start acting civil because we’ll probably be together for much longer. And Tai, just ignore him, he obviously just wants your attention.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oE1hjIDvQ
“AS IF I WOULD WANT-” Blaze began to shout again but Peri interrupted him.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU948AtG0F7
“I SAID ENOUGH BLAZE!” She sprinkled a few bits off pollen onto his nose, making him sneeze fire.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh27X07EcFG
“Hey watch it Blaze!” Vee said while blasting him with a fierce wind which made him fly to the rear of the carriage.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImYAd3XINA
“Ouch-ACHOO!” He sneezed. “You nearly pushed me off the-ACHOO-carriage!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jg1t7wIbB
“Well then stop sneezing flaming snot!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSvVhjOhpH
“This is all your-ACHOO-fault!” He glared at me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3b8bBrlpF2
“BLAZE!” Peri scolded.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnltzbCg2F
It was then that I came to the conclusion that these people were absolutely nuts!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoKxEiByS2
While they were all causing a ruckus at the back of the carriage, I silently crept to the front and just observed their interactions with each other. Blaze was still sneezing, albeit fire was no longer coming out while Vee and Peri laughed at his misfortune.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbOEE0466T
I know it shouldn’t bother me but I can’t help that it does. Why does Blaze get along so well with Vee but he seemingly hates me when I have done him no wrong? I don’t want it too but it’s upsetting me. It’s not like I want him to become my best friend or anything, but would it kill him to just not insult me all the time? I would even prefer it if he didn’t speak to me at all rather than put down my self-confidence every chance he gets.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAIeni4vDh
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“This doesn’t look like IronVale Canyon,” Peri said as we slowly rode through a small rural town. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD00LkarVCx
It seemed a bit less “modern” and more “integrated” than any of the other places we’ve visited. Usually you could identify what kind of gift is inhibited by a particular place by the color scheme or by the citizens, but their was a mixture of everything around here that it was hard to identify which kind of gift lives here.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5Q3QEsYsg
“It’s not,” Vee answered while studying the map. “We’re in Ranwick town. We running low on resources and funds so hopefully we can kind some work here to buy more.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MplmVm0O8
“What gift lives here?” I asked feeling the fuzzing texture of a tree the carriage passed by.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAn9DAxCYy
“Actually, no gifted people live here. It’s a town for those who felt like outcasts in their former homes for not being gifted.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcJnP0ZoZp
“How can a town run without gifted people?” Blaze asked bringing the carriage to a slow stop in front of a worn down two story building.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25wyPI9yGS
“That’s why it’s so easy to find work here, there are many tasks in demand that only gifted people can accomplish” Vee said floating off the carriage. “This is the town hall, requests for jobs can be found in here.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpHi8WbAeH
I slowly scrambled out of the contraption and walked with the rest of the team inside the building. I couldn’t help but notice that people were looking at us and pointing. At least they weren’t laughing.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDgZ4s7EvU
“Are you gifted?” The man at the front desk asked while staring at all of yes warily.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5bCF9CwAL
“Yes.” Peri answered.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdz9fwoDmKC
“All of you?” His eyes narrowed suspiciously on me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5b3MC9m37
“Uhh-well-uhh,” I stumbled over my words, but for the first time, I was happy that Blaze intervened.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHciXCS8w7
“She’s not gifted but she’s our maid, so she travels where ever we go.” He lied through he teeth.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmimVhALQXd
At least he didn’t call me a stray.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHujCNJYLmK
“Well I guess that’s fine then,” He dropped his smoldering gaze. “From your crystals I assume you three are Plant, Fire and Air Gifted.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jigA3kMlc
“That’s right,” Vee said.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnozonmu6Pj
“These requests would be suitable for you then.” He handed a paper to each of them. “When you’ve completed it, get the signature from the person who hired you then come back here to receive your compensation.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPKPp6AyAt
“Noted,” Blaze said turning back towards the door. “Let’s go guys.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8czbkTtxi
“I’ll do my request first,” Peri chirped.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBdauipQ2C
“What do you have to do?” Vee asked.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cWmSFN58m
She scanned over the paper for a few seconds before her face brightened with glee. “This will be a piece of cake!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExd6nKGwwC
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“I’m so happy someone finally responded to our request.” A frazzled middle-aged woman said as she let us into her home. “He’s in here.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjyGaVyVc3
She opened a door to reveal a young boy who’s complexion was sickly pale and he was sweating bullets. His eyes were closed and his breathing was ragged. It was obvious that this child was very ill. Peri’s request was to heal this sick child in exchange for two thousand coins, which was about the same as two hundred dollars. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxfj04QTVT
“How long has he been like this?” She asked kneeling beside the child.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJfdNKygil
“About three weeks,” His mother said kneeling on the opposite side of him. “The local doctor said that he would not make it to the end of the month. You are my last hope, can you heal my baby?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6lMy1100q
“Yes mam I can, it won’t take long at all,” Peri said as she rested one hand on his forehead and another on his abdomen before her eyes, hands and crystal began glowing light green.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQefCbXHIoW
It was fascinating to watch. His complexion returned to a light tan, his hair regained it’s vibrant light brown color and his breathing returned to normal. Soon enough, his deep brown eyes slowly opened to lock with the identical ones of his mother.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhsiUv6g01
“Momma?” He softly croaked and her eyes weld with tears as she gently hugged her soon.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbn6Flle8r
“Sparrow!” She exclaimed as tears of joy streamed down her face. “Thank goodness you’re alright!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPOPeOWqqy
She looked up at Peri with so much gratefulness that it made my heart clench. “Thank you so much! You are an angel sent from above!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5UXjD1XBf
“I don’t know about being an angel mam, but I will always help people who need me and never turn my back on them,” Peri answered as she knelt beside Sparrow. “You’ve been fighting that illness so long, you were so brave and strong. But you’re ok now, I promise.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK96d4BvR50
Sparrow looked at her and sniffled before he locked his harms around her neck. “Thank you!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkjWwr96rC
“Your welcome sweetheart!” She hugged him back before she extended her hand and made a beautiful yellow plant appear. “If this ever happens again, this plant is an instant cure.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6UuKgzvd6
“Thank you, thank you so much,” Sparrow’s mother cried. “I will increase the amount of your compensation and-”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTIjPhrlhD
“No please,” Peri interrupted her. “It must’ve cost you a lot to look for ways to cure him all on your own. Please don’t worry about paying me.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOpOxcJs2J
“Huh? Peri are you-OUCH!” Blaze said before Vee blasted him with wind.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JOf3mRzL0
“But you’ve completed your request, it’s only fair that I-”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuKiFs0WJL
“You need those two thousand coins much more than I do,” Peri said to her. “Besides, knowing that I saved a life is much more rewarding than one million coins.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99TC3nH5DV
Sparrow’s mother let out tears of relief before she engulfed Peri in a huge bear hug.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGIcgdzsX0
Peri might think she isn’t an angel, but she is. I knew that she had saved countless of other lives before I met her and she will continue to do the same in the future.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqNKFIz5b5
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“You sure you can fix my windmills little lady? You look a bit small for a job this big.” Farmer Chase said as raised an eyebrow at Vee.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCipOu5sd9
“This is no problem!” She exclaimed before she shot upwards into the sky.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLx7yUODM4W
With Vee’s request, she had to restore some old windmills that hadn’t spun in years. You can see the rust from down here!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfZRGXZRGI
Vee flew directly in front of the first windmill and rotated her arms backwards for a few moments before she let out a fierce gust of wind from her arms that nearly blew Peri away if it wasn’t for Blaze holding her! The windmills all began spinning so furiously that I thought they were going to break!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VFAeTKIke
“How was that?” She asked flying back down to us.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYo3JW7unRB
“You blew away my hat!” Farmer Chase exclaimed before he began to frantically search for his beloved hat.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCCx7T7Ouz
“Does this mean you can sign the request sheet?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD8oNcAKgD
“Find my hat, then I’ll sign it!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhkrj5Fbn3
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“Blaze the water is getting cold!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wgTKL3Ipo
“THIS IS A JOB FOR A SLAVE!” He seethed as he begrudgingly placed a hand in the water, heating it to the appropriate temperature for the three elderly ladies soaking in the man-made hot spring.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GEsvyfdny
“You know Blaze you are welcomed to join?” The hairiest one said suggestively while wiggling her eyebrows. Dear God I think I’m going to be sick.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhHTjUYLuf
Blaze’s face twisted in disgust before he scrambled as far away from the pond as he possible could. “That’s it, I quit!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdRVEbF5WX
“You can’t quit Blaze we need this money!” Peri said as she ran after him.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKlSql6At7
“Well if you had actually collected your money then maybe I wouldn’t have to perform this trivial and degrading task!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmRBGpIdzE
“You know why I did that,” Peri narrowed her eyes. “That lady needed that money more than us!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwOWECjlLh
“Well I don’t want to be raped by three elderly perverts!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcxWSgGOTN
“Just suck it up you big baby,” Vee said. “We all completed our jobs, so should you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdCw2lk1i8
“You all had easy jobs!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP30shZEls4
“This is easy all you have to do is heat their water for thirty more minutes, you’re not obliged to talk to them.” Peri said.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8chjmdbYNe
Blaze looked back and forth between the pond and his sister a few times before he let loud groan and went back over to the pond where the ladies further harassed him. It was quite comical to watch him trying to escape the clutches of the elderly women.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN15vFRRTCk
“Are you alright Tai?” Peri asked standing beside me. “You haven’t spoken one word since we left the town hall.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkboacbTVtM
Huh, guess I hadn’t even noticed. But I figured that since they’ve all been so busy completing their requests that they wouldn’t have time acknowledge me. Not like it mattered anyway. I was quite content with just observing the world around me rather than speaking aloud.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kjOUHwouF
“Yeah I’m fine.” I said tugging on my hair.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSU8ZHJ8HSo
Peri’s sharp eyes analyzed me as if she didn’t believe me; which made me very uncomfortable.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkYAdV1IMx
“You sure?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY07bM38tZq
“Yeah I’m just feeling a bit tired.” I softly muttered.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfUnxIaNOn
“Well ok then,” She said but I knew she wanted to question me more. “After this we’ll collect our compensation and then stay in an inn for the night.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWsh38c21L
“Sounds great,” I gave her a small tight lipped smile.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxp08WkosB
Honestly, I was pretty tired from moving around all day and also because I met so many new people today. I just feel drained from it all. A few hours to myself would do me good.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9jNdcYR7V
“COME ON BLAZE MAKE THE WATER HOTTER!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8ffzVbEBg
“DAMN IT WOMAN LEAVE ME ALONE!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPXYmcM9FE
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“Finally we can rest!” Vee exclaimed as she flopped down onto her bed. “I’m beat.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrs71H2FtTr
“Tell me about it, but it feels good to finally relax.” Peri said as she gently got under the covers.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzOKIWfxQe
After Blaze had finished his request, they had collected their compensation and rented a room in an inn for the night. It was a very small room with four tiny beds and one dresser inside. Everyone else was lounging on their beds but I was very apprehensive to get in mine. One because it was smaller than a twin size bed and two, it looked like it would collapse with the slightest touch.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DZtfX6TtW
“Didn’t you say you were tired Tai?” Peri said looking at me. “You should get some rest.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa76F2UpWz
“Yeah, you should get some rest!” Blaze smirked at me. He knew exactly what would happen if I get onto that bed, he just wants to embarrass me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiggz47aCo
“N-No I think I’ll-OUCH!” I screamed as I tripped and fell backwards onto the bed completely shattering the wooden support underneath.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7LsAgI0WN
“Damn I didn’t think you would’ve broken the entire thing!” Blaze laughed as he clutched his stomach. He’d shot a blast of fire at me which made me stagger backwards.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOnDSgJhxL
“BLAZE WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?” Peri shouted as she ran over to me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO3vJ4m9VJ
I had bruised my elbow really bad and it was beginning to throb but the pain of my sheer embarrassment was more hurtful than that. I felt a lump form in my throat as tears flooded my eyes. Why did he always have to make me feel like dirt?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0fgMYArRi
“I was just kidding, she’s the one who can’t take a joke!” He said. But I knew that he did that on purpose.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHkUcrD4uE
I quickly collected myself off of the ground and ran out the room, slamming the door behind me. I had ran all the way outside to the carriage where I crawled inside and curled up in a bowl to let my tears out.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJq5IAfbXM
Why did he hate me so much? What did I ever do? You would think that in my own imagination that I would get treated fairly and equally, and not judged because of my physical appearance. But if I’m still being treated like nothing in my imagination then I must actually be nothing in reality.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7dIW0J0nQ
“You shouldn’t even be crying right now, you should be ever grateful to me that I even let you accompany my sister and I.” Blaze sneered as he walked over to my sobbing form. Why couldn’t he just leave me alone?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bz6MC5aNb
“You’re useless you know that,” He yanked my hands away from my ears so that I could fully hear him. “YOU’RE COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY USELESS!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqGs9dNYEQ
I chocked on a sob as tears streamed down my face. Who says things like that to people?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUON4mEk8i
“N-No, I-I-I’m not, I-” I stammered as I tried to control my breathing.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaITfVeFqO
“All day you’ve been trailing behind us like a worthless mutt,” He slowly seethed. “You’re nothing but a burden and an oversized one too.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCSA2SRo3y
“STOP IT BLAZE, PLEASE STOP IT!” I screamed as I tried to block out his words.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWUYxmdAfQ
It’s not true Tai, he’s lying.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYZDPOujLK
IT.IS.NOT.TRUE!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigeKTcmVTH
“You should just get away from us!” He said as I begun to have a panic attack. “You are disgusting!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxHLI9mpIP
You are disgusting.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzscoYkPkbm
You are disgusting.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzlPfZVZF2
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Those three words replayed over and over in my head as tears obscured my vision. I had heard those words before and it still leaves a heaviness in my heart to this day.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhr9fV2R1Z
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“Taigh-Lyn, what is this?” My father calmly asked as he rolled around a pen on his desk. His deep brown eyes staring impassively into my hazel ones. Though they appeared calm, I knew that a raging sea was about to be unleashed.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHBYRkvatQ
“I-It’s my r-report card,” I softly said as I twiddled my fingers.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWdHrL0dvl
“And what does it say?” He pointed to a particular subject.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlET9taYgjf
“I-It’s says that I g-got an F in mathematics.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyqeRXEiJk
“Why did you fail mathematics Taigh-Lyn?” He flung the paper to the floor as he crossed his arms; his voice becoming harder.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNDOr4kKyW
“I-I guess because I didn’t really understand the material,” I nervously muttered.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlT5aOXBDr
“Then why didn’t you ask for help? Isn’t that the purpose of the teacher?”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwxks8CfLj
“It is b-but...” I softly trailed off. It was the purpose of the teacher to help me with anything I didn’t understand, but Mr. Carson hated my soul! He would thoroughly embarrass me in front of my peers before he even thought about helping me. My self-esteem was already low, I couldn’t afford for it to become any lower than it already was.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarv2B16o6G
“BUT WHAT TAIGH-LYN!” He boomed, making it seem as if the entire office was rattling under his temper.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ4Ru4NHq2
“I-I’m really sorry dad please-” I begun to cry which only made him angrier.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2FMcihFv4
“Sorry?” He repeated with a raised eyebrow. “YOU’RE SORRY? THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT YOU’VE FAILED THIS SUBJECT TAIGH-LYN! HECK, EVEN TEVIN PROBABLY WOULD’NT HAVE DONE AS BAD AS YOU!”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcwqVKdnR0
My heart begun to bleed.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYRTnIUoa3
“Dad please I-” I sobbed.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78oaFh92SA
He glared intensely at me as if I was the vilest scum on Earth. “Get out.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBK4wSTDoOj
Blood is gushing out of my heart.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqN0KFjdmUJ
“W-What Da-”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa1y5mZ0Kq
“I SAID GET THE HELL OUT!” He screamed as flung the nearest thing to him at me, which so happened to be a stapler. I barely managed to avoid it, but I’m sure the pain of being hit by that is miniscule compared to the pain of the next words that come out of my father’s mouth.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgFKile8s8
“Call your mother to retrieve you and get out of my sight,” He said walking towards the giant glass windows in his office. “You disgust me!830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsEEZhJ9ts
You disgust me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB82APupIBC
You disgust me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbcmO44143
You disgust me.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadDfMPRVYf
My heart was completely shattered...830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8JcNr6xWF
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After re-living my flashback, I was now full blown sobbing. My broken and strangled cries filled the air. I begun tugging violently at my hair, wanting to rip it out of my scalp. My fingers, clawing at my tan flesh, leaving scarlet red marks from my wrist all the way to my elbows. I had finally reached my limit. I couldn’t take anymore. I was drowning.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ITminu0ku
“Hey what’s wrong with you? You’re peeling your skin off!” Blaze exclaimed as he tried to obscure my hands from damaging myself any further.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnonRveBctP
I spun around and looked at him with pure disdain before I tightly balled my right fist and punched him as hard as I could square in his jaw. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUZ2PF8qZU
Both he and I were surprised at the force of the punch, which had managed to knock him to the ground. I had expected him to immediately castrate me with his flames, but instead, he started it me in shock and awe for a few moments before he said something I never thought I would hear come from him.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LcQ7geA7N
“I’m sorry,”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhxHUatXsm
Huh? Is this the same Blaze? Was I transported into the twilight zone?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5lhBliLiJ
“E-Excuse me?” I said as I raised an eyebrow.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmDL9fZqNW
“I said I’m sorry,” He said again, but this time much rougher. “I was out of line speaking to you like that. No one deserves to be spoken to like that. It’s just, you remind me so much of someone and it just...” He trailed off as he clenched his fists tightly.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqhxmVG2Xk
“Someone bad I assume?” I queried as I offer him a hand, which he shockingly accepted.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm6yUuc1BN
“She was more than bad,” His voice became darker. “She was a monster.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolhVhjPuu5
I frowned as he said that. I felt a bang in my heart when he said she was a monster. Did that mean I appeared to be a monster to him?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaaw2ZssRl
As if reading my thoughts he quickly clarified. “Her personality was monstrous, and you remind me of her because of your physical appearance.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YBm4muNGu
I guess that’s comforting.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6EGP4yZZQ
“You’re not useless or worthless,” He sighed. “You created Aralia all own your own and you’ve done an amazing job at maintaining it.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhyKTxRNLp
DID MY PUNCH HAVE SOME OF PERI’S HEALING GIFT ON IT? I cannot believe that he’s actually complimenting me! And he finally admitted that I created Aralia. Does that mean he truly believes that I am Queen Taigh-Lyn?830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5NhvqRBdo
“T-Thank you Blaze!” I said astonished.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmxD0YRRc8
A silence followed after that, though I thought that it was comforting, Blaze obviously felt uncomfortable. He kept on twiddling with his thumbs and brushing his hands through his long burnt orange hair. 830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFo4ebgkfu
“HEY GUYS ARE YOU COMING BACK INSIDE?” Vee shouted as she floated at the entrance of the Inn.830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLwuYke0c5
“BE RIGHT THERE!”Blaze shouted back to her before he turned to me. “After you.”830Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQl7sYxiii
I softly smiled at him as I walked towards the door. Maybe it was me freaking out or me punching him, but whatever I did to get Blaze to be a civil person was working. I just hope it’ll last longer than tonight.
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