It's been about a week now since grandma died and I haven't been taking it well. I haven't been getting any sleep and lately i've been giving everyone the cold shoulder. Well except Cody who's been trying to cheer me up with all these silly games. Right now i'm just sitting by the pond practising a little something grandma taught me. Concentrate. I kept saying to myself as I swayed my hands in a circle while the water imitated. Slowly I moved it higher and higher so its like a small tornado. I was so focused on trying to master my water technique, that I didn't even hear Cody creeping behind me. He scared the crap out of me. Which caused me to lose my concentration and end up soaking wet. I glared at Cody who was just laughing at me. "What the hell."

Cody looked up at me with an amused smile on his face. "Practicing I see"

"Yeah until you messed me up, what do you want anyway". He stood next me with a serious look.

"As you know more and more demons are attacking everyday" I slowly nodded my head trying to see where he was going with this. "Well my father thinks that since you and Lady May were so close, you might know the spell she used on the village." Me, know the spell, I mean its a good logic but grandma only taught me one protection spell and I don't think it's strong enough to protect the whole village.

"No, she never taught me" Cody looked up at me and I could see the disappointment in his eyes. Suddenly his frown started to turn into a smile. Its either he has an idea or its one of his dumb games.

"You wanna play Toss-a-Frog?" Oh great another game, but I have to admit this one sounds fun.

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"2 points!" Its been an hour since we've been playing Toss-a-Frog and I was winning. "Now its 16 to 20" Cody rolled his eyes before taking a frog and scoring 2 points.

"18 to 20" I rolled my eyes at him.

"Whatever i'm still winning" Now it was my turn. I pick up one of the slimy creatures and gave it a good toss. The object of the game was to make it in one of the buckets of water. Sadly I didn't make it, which means I scored zero points. Cody smirked at me and picked up another frog. He swung his arm back and forth ready to make a toss but was interrupted.

"Amelia, Cody, where have you been? There is trouble down at the village" Clyde said with a mixture of anger and shock. We wasted no time getting back to the village. Once we got there I saw Cody's father and all the other demon slayers trying to take down a cater-lee. Easy, I can take it. I know what you're thinking, how can a tiny half-demon like me take down a huge creature like that when the best known slayers cant. Well lets just say i'm stronger than I look, and I got my rodoki which was made from my fathers very own fangs. Good thing I always had my sword with me. The cater-lee gave a loud deafening shrieked as the slayers tied him down. Now was my chance. I ran over to the beast.

"Amelia, kill it while its tie down" Cody's father yelled out to me. With that I grabbed my sword from its scabbard, raised my sword up high, and sliced the head of the giant beast with much force and pressure. After that everyone congratulated me.

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Later that night, I found myself in bed not getting much sleep. I was too busy thinking about Mom and Kora, I hope they're ok or alive I should say. The demon who took them shown no mercy for the people of the village, I doubt he'll show any to a human and a half demon. All full demons think half demons are just as pathetic as humans. I don't really blame them though, I'm pretty useless. The only reason I'm voted village hero is because of my rodoki, I don't know what I'd do without it.

I looked over at the clock that read 1:02. If grandma was here she would have told me one her boring "in my days" stories, that knocked me out the first 30 minutes. Grandma. Maybe I should go visit her. I quickly hopped out of bed and slipped on my slippers. At night it got pretty cold so I made sure to grab my fur pelt grandma made me. Oh can't forget my sword, never know what creature could be lingering around out there. While walking to the cherry blossom tree I couldn't help but sense that someone was following me. The wind started to blow a little harder making the trees rustle. I held my sword close to me in case something jumped at me. I was outside of the village so thats a 100% chance. Finally, I reached grandmas resting place. I took a seat next to her tombstone and stared at the flowers I laid beside it. I really missed her. When I get my hands on who ever killed her, I swear I'll give them a slow death and make sure it's painful. "Hey" I heard a voice say from up in the tree I was under. I quickly pulled out my rodoki before turning to look up at the person I heard. "What 'cha doin' out here alone?" a boy with dog-like ears and a bushy tail swinging back and forth asked me. At first I thought he was a half demon like me but his piercing red eyes told me otherwise. Before I could say anything he jumped down from the tree and was now walking over to me. Out of cautioness I stood up and held my rodoki in front I me giving him a warning. He didn't seem a bit fazed.

"Who are you?" I asked starting to back up as he kept walking towards me. I wasn't scared or anything I just didn't know what this guys intentions were. I was in just my night gown after all.

"My name is Sonic and I don't wanna hurt you"

"What do you want then"

"I wanna help you" he said. I raised an eyebrow at him confused about what he might possibly want to help me with. "I wanna help you find your mother and sister". I slowly lowered my sword and let him hover over me. "I know who took them". I looked up at him to see his eyes had turned a lime green and seriousness filled them.

I was speechless for a while. I mean what do I say. I been searching for them all this and never getting the slightest hint of where they must be. Wait, if he knew why wait now after all this time would he choose to tell me. "How do you know?" I said putting my guard back up. "And why is it now you choose to tell me? How do you know my mother? Why didn't you try and help them?"

"Well I seen the demon who took them, I wouldn't even get a chance to tell you cause, I know you'd kill me once I set foot in the village. Amelia, you're a strong girl. I couldn't save them, but you could...you could. And who doesn't know your mother, I mean she is the wife of the greatest demon who ever lived". Once again I was speechless. My mother was still out there. Kora was still alive. I have to find them.

"You'll take me to them?" He nodded without hesitation. I never thought I would just abandon my village to go on some journey with a complete stranger. But right about now I'd do anything to get back mom and Kora.

"We have a long journey ahead of us. Why don't you go get some sleep, we start tomorrow at daybreak." I nodded. Although I wanted to go now, I did need some sleep. Mom, Kora i'm coming for you.