"My name is Sinbad, the King of the Island country Sindria" Sinbad smiled at Esla, crouching down to her size he placed a hand gently on her head, "So your Esla huh… I've heard so much about you" all Esla could do was stare in amazement 'just who is this guy?' she thought to herself unable to shake a feeling of familiarity. He looked to be around 25 years old and really, really rich. He wore fine cloths and some amazingly expensive looking jewellery, on his head he wore a white turban and a green, yellow and blue coloured crown with a large red jewel in the centre.
"Esla I have to talk with King Sinbad alone for a moment, so head outside and help your sisters collect some fruit and vegetables" Brad interrupted, Esla nodded and headed back outside.
'Who was that guy… King Sinbad? Why is a King here in a town like this… how do Mummy and Daddy know him I wonder?' all Esla could seem to think about was this mysterious man 'Sinbad', she had also noticed people giving her strange looks 'Could they have already heard about this mornings events'.
Soon Ami and Mami came into sight and she broke into a run, "Hey Esla!" they shouted, "Big sisters!" she said hugging them, "Mummy told me to come out here and help you, so what can I do to help!" she said smiling cutely.
"Hmmmm, well in that case can you climb up that tree and start picking the apples?" Ami ask.
Esla perched herself safely in on of the branches and began picking the apples then throwing them down to Mami, Ami in another tree doing the same.
'Good it doesn't seem like big sisters have heard anything yet' Esla received some more strange looks from the towns people as they passed by, some mothers even seemed to shield their children as they walked passed. Esla frowned 'why did this have to happen'.
"Oh my someone sure seems down" Ami smiled across at her little sister, Esla was silent for a moment, "Hey big sister… have you even heard of a guy named Sinbad?" she ask curiously. Ami was surprised by this sudden question, "Sinbad huh… from what I've heard he's this amazing guy who made his own country, forged an alliance with seven other nations and captured seven dungeons" Esla was surprised that such an amazing guy existed in the first place, "wow, he really is amazing", 'if that's the case how do mummy and daddy know him?'.
There were no more apples within reach but plenty more farther down the branch that Esla was sitting in. Carefully she crawled alone the branch, "HEY ESLA WAIT YOU'LL FALL!" Mami shouted from the ground, Ami had also seen what Esla was doing and shouted, "YEAH, GO BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND AND FIND ANOTHER TREE!" Esla ignored their warnings and kept crawling along the branch anyway, both Ami and Mami could hear the sound of cracking wood they just hoped that Esla was light enough so that the branch would not break.
Esla reached out her arm to grab the apple when the branch finally gave way, "AHHHHHHH!" Esla closed her eyes as she and the branch both plummeted to the ground. Mami and Ami were shocked at what happened next, Esla never hit the ground, instead she stopped mid air and floated down landing softly on the ground. Esla opened her eyes and looked around her at all the shocked expressions, some even looked afraid, 'not again… what am I? how is it possible for me to do this?' tears rolled down her cheeks as she stood up and ran back to the house, she didn't want to be around anyone right now. Esla didn't know it at the time, but in the shadows of a building two figures stood watching what had just happened, both wore black cloaks and their faces were concealed from view. The two figures smiled evilly at one another, "Finally" the first said, "yes, finally after five years of searching we have finally found you" the other replied, "Go tell the others to prepare themselves, we cannot let another chance slip by" the second nodded his head then disappeared into seemingly into nothing.
"Just wait My Dear lady this time you won't escape our grasp, we will have you this time… Esla".
Esla arrived back home and ran straight into the house, she looked around shocked to see that no one was home 'Where is everyone?' she shook her head "Why does that matter right now!" she collapsed onto her bed still sobbing, "What am I… what is this strange power I have… If Mummy and Daddy find out will they… hate… me?" she buried her face deep into the pillow and fell to sleep.
"You're so cute… I can't believe how much I love you, darling look at her isn't she just so tiny and adorable… I wish things could stay like this forever" reaching down a woman picked up the small baby and cradled the baby close to her.
"Esla… Esla!" the small girl was brought back to reality by the firm voice of her mother. It was now evening and Esla could hear the sounds of people returning to their homes.
"Huh, Mummy what is it?" Esla rubbed her eyes.
"When you came back a lunch time today, why didn't you tell me what happened!?" Esla looked up at her mothers face, she looked sad 'Could she really hate me!?' Esla thought to herself but her train of thought was interrupted when Sinbad walked through the door.
"Sorry Lilly I have to go now" he said then looked at the small girl, "Esla I hope I can meet you again in the future. Once you've grown up into a beautiful young lady like your mother" Lilly looked slightly pained at this statement, then Sinbad waved good bye and simply turned and left.
Lilly turned her attention back to her daughter, "Esla… you're a magician" Esla looked shock at this, "That's why you are able to do the things that you did today, it's a technique called Magic… I know I should have told you that along time ago but…"
"HOW AM I A MAGICIAN!" Esla shouted anger clear in her voice, "Mummy and Daddy can't use magic and neither can David or Charlie or Ami or Mami!" Esla began to cry once more, "Mummy and Daddy are always lying to me… WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME WHY I'M SO DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE ELSE!"
"Esla… we only want what's best for you… please try to underst…" blood flew everywhere and Esla's eyes widened in shock as her Mothers corpse fell in front of her, "Mummy" she shock her, "Mummy, get up… MUMMY!" she looked up and standing before her were three men all dressed in black cloaks with their faces concealed. One of the three men step forward and bow slightly, "It's very nice to meet you again My Dear Lady, we have come here to collect you, if you would please step this way" he help out his hand, Esla could see some kind of black bird flying around them, then with fear in her voice she managed to say, "wh… who are you… people?" she was trembling with fear at the sight of the three men backing away from them. Lifting his head the man simple stated, "Who are we?... We are called Al-Thamen, My Dear Lady"
Authors note –
Just a quick note from me, first of all I'd like to thanks all of you guys out there who have follow and/or favourite my story and if you guys have any suggestions for future chapters then please tell me. Also I am getting very close to exams now so I might not be able to update as frequently as I would like, but I'll still try my best to update whenever I can.
Anyways I hope you all like the story so far.
