*Authors Note*
This is a continuation from my fan fiction The Magic Finds You after chapter 12. To see what happened before this story, go and check out that fan fiction. This side of the story goes at the same pace as the other, unless I say something like 3 months later, but that probably won't happen in one story and not the other. This means that I'll be posting these two different stories on alternate days. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this part of the story.
As Rae ran, she realised that she had nowhere to go. She could go back home, but the media would be surrounding her. She wouldn't go back to Owen and Violet, not even if she were killed. After running for half an hour, it started to pour down raining. Looking around, she saw a hollowed out tree with a gap that she could fit into. Climbing into the tree, Rae curled herself up and started to dose off.
As the morning light shone through the small hole in the tree, Rae bumped her head as she got up. Remembering what had happened the day earlier, Rae scowled at herself and came out of her hiding place, almost stepping on Hequenza. "Wha…Hequenza?" Rae stammered. The small feline slowly opened her eyes and stretched her legs. Looking up at Rae, she softly meowed. Rae sighed and sat down next to her, eating one of the few berries that she had collected. "I really shouldn't have run off like that. If I had waited, at least, I could have grabbed a little bit more food." Rae sighed, offering a berry to Hequenza.
"Don't worry about it. You said what was on your mind and you said it with confidence. When that happens, it's usually because it was meant to." Rae looked around to see who had spoken, only to realise that they were alone. Looking back down at Hequenza, Rae looked confused and shook her head. "Heh….am I going insane? Has it finally happened? It's because I swore, isn't it. It's scrambled my brain." Rae muttered to herself, still looking at Hequenza. "Nope! You're completely fine. Also, I've already eaten. Thanks for the offer though." Hequenza said, as if she had been talking to Rae forever. Rae jumped back, almost getting herself soaked in the rain. "w….wh…what? uhh….it's okay?" Rae replied, her voice shaking. "Yep! Oh…oh right, I forgot that you haven't heard me talk before…well, you have now! I think it's pretty….PAWSOME that I can talk, right?" Hequenza joked, putting one of her front paws on Rae's foot.
Rae woke up this morning expecting challenges, but nothing like a talking rainbow tiger telling her terrible puns. But, despite how bad the tigers puns were, she couldn't help but laugh. "Yes! You laughed! That's never happened before! Ticking that off the bucket list…Anyway, what are we going to do now? I mean, I'm guessing you don't want to go back to the elf-man or the phoenix embodiment." Hequenza guessed. Raes small shreds of joy were just made even smaller when Hequenza mentioned Violet and Owen. "No…I'm not going back. Even if I have to in order to survive." Rae mumbled, putting her head in her hands, before realising something. "Hold on, you said elf-man and phoenix embodiment? What is that meant to mean?" Hequenza looked up at Rae as if she were stupid, before replying to her question.
"You didn't notice? Well, the phoenix embodiment can only summon her wings, right? That's all a phoenix can really do, even though they do have an excellent sense of sight and smell. We should be good though. The rain has probably stuffed things up for her nose." Hequenza noted, as she continued. "As for the elf-man…well, he's got the powers of a nature elf. Mostly elves are just skilful in magics in general, but it looks to me that he either doesn't know that or he physically can't do anything else. I just don't get it though. I thought the only elves that were left were the ones back home, but I guess not." Hequenza finished, looking up. Rae put the pieces together, and everything fit perfectly. "Alrighty then, it all makes sense…but, I have a question that you might have heard before." Rae told Hequenza, who was just chilling in the soft grass, making sure to stay out of the rain. "Yea? I've heard it before…Alright, now I just need to think about questions that I've heard of before…nope, got nothing. Just tell me." Hequenza said jokingly. Rae sighed, but went on anyway. "If Violet and Owen have powers, then is it possible that there are others with powers out there?" Rae suggested. As soon as she finished the sentence, the tree that she was leaning on suddenly shook, and started to fall. Right on top of the two girls.