Pain.
Blinding Light.
Tingling and Burning.
These sensations entered my mind as I slowly made my way back to consciousness.
"What's going on?" I asked through a fog of pain, only instead of words coming out, I choked on a mouthful of water. I began to hyperventilate as I felt my lungs filled with it.
'Wait, I'm not drowning. I can still breath.'
It wasn't like breathing air, but as I felt the water, or whatever it was, slide down my throat, the burning need for oxygen in my throat was satisfied.
The glowing light above me was blotted out as someone leaned over me.
Ah, sleeping beauty. You have rejoined the land of the living at last. Good, now we can continue the spell.
I jumped as I heard a voice reverberate within my mind.
What was that? Who was that? Where was I? Why was this happening?
I heard a deep chuckle. Now now, lets not be impatient. You don't really need to know the answers to those questions. But don't worry my little jewel, soon the pain will go away, and you will be revealed more beautiful and powerful than ever before.
Powerful? He knew about my powers? The anomaly that made me stand out, that caused me to be isolated from each and every person that I encountered.
You see, I wasn't exactly what you'd call normal.
When I was born, my mother and father were congratulated for the birth of a gorgeous baby girl. (No I am not being vain. This is what I was told.) Soon after I was born though, people started to notice slight…abnormalities. I began to speak after six months, but not to people. My parents would put me to sleep in my crib, and wake to find me curled up with the dogs in the kitchen. As I grew older, they began to notice other things.
My eyes for one. Normally, they were black, but if I happened to be feeling very emotional, they changed color. When I was mad, they became light grey. When I was overjoyed or ecstatic, they turned a dark purple. When I was mad, they turned a bright piercing green. My other abnormality was my tendency to predict the future. ( That's what they believed anyway) If a flood was coming I knew. A drought, I knew. Fire, locust, famine, or surplus, I could tell my parents, who would tell the village, who would be prepared. Unfortunately, they tended to be fairly upset with me in the off seasons.
I also drew a lot of travelers. They all wanted to see the miracle girl, so it wsnt so surprising that a lot of people knew of my powers.
Which led me to my current situation. Strapped down in a glass tub of some breathable liquid, trying to remember how I got here.
I remember that I'd been angry with my family. I have a big family. Three older sisters, two older brothers, A younger brother and sister, and Remy, the orphan we found in the stable three winters ago. My parents were lucky that the crops never died.
I was mad because Pricellia, one of the older twins, had said some rather disturbing things, and the others had gone along with it. At that point, I had run out of the house, towards the woods nearby. I never went to far into those woods. People said they were haunted, but I never even made it there. One moment I' d been running towards the trees, my vision blurred by tears, then I heard screech behind me, and then…nothing.
The figure above me laughed again. It would be best if you forgot about those meaningless people. You'll never see them again. Once we have improved you, I doubt you'll even remember them anymore. You'll be to busy serving the greatest empire in history.
'What do you want with me?'
We want to better you. You have so much potential. You will be the first of a newer, more powerful race. The worst of it will be over soon, then you will be the most beautiful creature to ever walk this continent.