"Fiyero?" I say, my voice shaking as tears well in my eyes.
"Hm?" He says.
"I-I'm scared." I admit.
"Of what, love?" he says.
"Of myself- my power! What if I mess up this spell? What if I hurt you, or worse...
What if you...die?!" I say, tears running down my face as I look up into his beautiful ocean-blue eyes.
"That won't happen, love. You've been practicing for months! You're amazing!" He says, putting his hand on my shoulder.
I quickly pushed his hand away, fear in my eyes.
"Fiyero, I-I just can't do this!" I said.
"What? Why not?" Fiyero asked
"I haven't done magic on anyone since I was 11." I said
"Why not, Ephie?" he asks.
"You remember Nessarose, my little sister?"
He nods, sitting down on the . "Well, did you ever hear the story of how she ended up like that?" I ask him.
"No, actually. I never did." He says, sitting on the sofa next to me.
"It was all my fault..." I say, sobbing.
"What?" Fiyero says, a look of disbelief and concern in his eyes.
"We were with my father. He was studying at Shiz University, playing in the courtyard outside a cafe near his dorm. Nessarose had just received her wand, so she was begging me to duel me with a new spell she had learned. I told her to practice for a week, then we'd duel." I explain.
"She practiced hard for a whole week, then we arranged to duel the next day. I was so proud of her, watching her improve so much over just one week.
"I let her go first, since it was her first time. She waved her wand, and a bolt of blue light shot out. I deflected it and it fizzled away. after my green bolt hit it. Then, I used a spell, the teleportation spell they used to teach the kids at Shiz Seminars. I ended up shooting a wall by mistake, the light bounced off the wall and hit Nessa in the back. she was unconscious for a day and a half. I used countless healing spells from the Grimmerie my mother had given me. Still, I couldn't save her. Not completely. I was able to revive her, but it was at a cost. The cost? Her ability to walk." I say, tears streaming from my eyes.
Fiyero reaches his arms out to me, wrapping them around me as I bury my face in his chest.
"I'm sorry..." I breathe, sobbing.
"Don't be sorry, love! It was an accident! You said so yourself." Fiyero says.
"It was still my fault! I was being stupid with magic, Fiyero!" I sob as I cover my face with my hands.