It was utterly quiet in the study, aside from the soft whispers of voices, coming from the darkly clad figures, murmuring about the girl, painting ever so patiently, her eyes, dull and unfocused, facing the painting. The sight was heartwrenching.
The conversation, however, was worse.
"Aro, we've been researching this plant for twenty years now! Nothing has changed." A man hissed. His name was Domenico, one of the only people I had ever gotten close to in this coven. Domenico was assigned to study and cause this child to develop her abilities by coaxing them out via gentle speaking and faked friendship. Plant was a code... a secret name for her.
"Patience, Domenico. Many plants take years to blossom." He murmured, his whispery voice causing the girl to shudder.
The two turned to watch the child. Her paint strokes came short and quick, her movements affected by the newest experiment, the newest drug. That's all she was, an experiment; a victim of many tortures and pains.
She was merely a plan... a child who could cause the destruction of many people, if she could access her abilities. But once those were activated, she would be experimented on yet again, only the pain would be tenfold. They would manipulate it, make it grow.
It made me sick that the people who claimed to be the peacekeepers in our world had set out to destroy their own. It shouldn't have surprised me, they'd done it before, with the Romanians. Still, it wasn't right. They weren't even the rulers this time.
But this was personal. They were using me. They just didn't know that I'd mastered my ability, the ability of manipulation. I had created a clone of myself and manipulated the light around me, the real me. I was invisible...and I was leaving...now.
I turned away from them and left my old life behind.
AN: A moment to describe Mai's ability. Basically she can take anything around her and change it or make it feel things. So, she could use the light around her to clone and hide herself.... Fun.