Chapter 7

I looked behind and slowed my pace. I stopped. I felt a tap on my left shoulder, so I turned my head to the left. No one. "Hi~!" someone said cheerfully on my right. It sounded like Evie. I turned to the right and there was the smiling little witch with blue hair. "What were you running away from?" Evie asked. I wanted to answer Zhin, but I remembered what he said about mentioning him to others. "Just having a morning run," I said, smiling at her. "Hey, wanna see what Ash do when she goes?" she asked. I always wondered what Ash does when she leaves. "Sure, why not?" I replied.

"Alrighty! Hope on," Evie said, sitting on her staff.

"Okay," I hopped on.

"Before we go, can you handle seeing violence? Cause there's a lot there,"

"I lived with it once. Now let's go!"

We zipped up to the sky and we travelled somewhere. She landed the staff on a building. "Welcome to the realm!" Evie exclaimed. Once she moved to the side. She was right. Violence, blood, screaming, weapons firing. Instead of being scared, it honestly looks kind of cool. "Whoa, awesome," I squeaked. "I know right!" Evie replied. It kind of reminded me of a little game I used to play when I was a ten-year-old. I think it's called Overwatch.

I kept staring at the battle field. Bodies being flung into the air. Until I saw Ash. She was very violent in battle. Evie whistled. She got Ash's attention. "What the f-," Evie covered my ears before Ash finished sentence. I think she was saying the word that I should not hear or say. "What are you two children doing here?!" Ash looked at us both.

"Relax~, we aren't here for battle," Evie sat on her staff.

"Its dangerous out here, you could get shot."

A bullet zoomed past Evie with a loud bang. She squeaked in surprise. I look behind. I saw a sniper, but it wasn't Kinessa. "Who's that?" I asked with curiosity. "That's Strix, Kinessa's mentor," Evie looked at the sniper, worried. "He thinks I'm fighting out here. Let's go before he tries to shoot me again," Evie and I hopped on her staff and flew away.

After a long ride, Evie landed. "I never knew her mentor would join," I said. "Well it actually surprised Kinessa too. It wasn't a lovely surprise," Evie made finger gun and place it beside her head and mouthed 'bang'. "What an entrance he made. Shooting his own student," I said.

"Hey, wanna see a magic trick?" she asked with excitement.

"Sure," I replied.

She took out her book that was hanging off her belt, she flipped through the pages. "Uh…. I think I'm gonna do the one I always do," she giggled nervously. She took a breath. "Aaaaaaaaaaahhchuuuuuu~!" a huge blizzard appeared. It made my foot feel heavy. Since I was just wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shorts, it was freezing. After a few seconds, the blizzard has vanished. I repeatedly sneezed. "Maybe, that was too strong…. I use that in battle anyways," she continued to flip through the pages. I was still sneezing and shivering. It felt like sitting in a refrigerator. "I got one!" she squealed. She started to wave her hands and snapped her fingers. Snow suddenly fells from the sky. My body couldn't stand the temperature. "W-whoa," my teeth chattering due to the cold atmosphere. "Can't stand the cold?" Evie giggled. First, I'm wearing a lousy t-shirt and a pair of shorts. Second, I have no jacket. How could Evie stand the cold? Honestly, her top chest was exposed. The snow stopped. "I think that's enough for one day. Look at you, all shivering!" she patted my back. "T-thank you," I hugged myself, trying to gain some heat.

A white cat walked up to us. Evie gasped and picked the cat up. "Look at this kitty cat! It's so white and fluffy! Let's name it! Hmmmmmm….," Evie brought the cat near her face. "I know! Snowball!" the cat meowed. Evie hugged it. "Okay, stay here. Let me get you a jacket. Here, hold Snowball for a while," she handed me the cat and zipped away on her staff, leaving me alone, in the middle of nowhere. I stroked Snowball while I waited for Evie. I looked around and spotted someone in the distance. Seemed like Zhin. It might be an insane idea to do but I waved at him like he was a normal person. Probably he doesn't have any intentions of killing or hurting me. I sat down on the grass and place Snowball on my lap. He stood there for a few minutes, he started to walk towards me. I started to panic but I didn't show. I kept stroking Snowball out of nervousness. He stopped in front of me and looked down to me. I was still shivering, my teeth still chattering. He looked at me confused. "I hung out with Evie and she made a blizzard," I explained. "Oh, I see," he said. I looked at his sword. A light bulb went off my head.

"Hey, can you light your sword up and stick it into the ground?" I asked with a smile.

"Why should I do that?" he questioned.

"So, I can warm up and stop shivering."

I didn't expect he would do it, he did. He lit his sword up and stuck it into the ground. "Thank you," I said. He nodded in response. I got warmed up thanks to Zhin. I wasn't shivering anymore, he took his sword and kept it. "Thank you," I said. "How many times you want to say that?" he asked. "A thousand times!" I giggled. He smiled at me and shook his head. I looked away for a second, I looked back, he vanished. I rubbed my eyes. How did he just?

After a few minutes, Evie arrived back. "Oh, look! Your all warmed up. Probably, I was gone for long," Evie said. She took Snowball and placed it on her head. "Alright, I'm gonna go and take care of little Snowball here. Bye bye~!" she got on her staff and flew away. I waved at her as I watched her fly away. I walked and look around, breathing in some fresh warm air. She spotted a tail, seemed like a monkey's tail from beyond a bush. A head popped out. A little monkey with horns, it seems like a child. "Oh, hey there!" it said cheerfully and full of energy. "Hello," I replied with a smile.

"I never seen you out in battle before. Did you just arrive here?"

"Not really. I've been here for a few days. It's just I never go out to fight."

"Oh! What do you do here then?"

"Just walk around and explore."

"That sounds nice! I'm Talus by the way."

"I'm Emily. Nice to meet you, Talus."

"Where do you stay?"

"In a house with Ash."

"W-w-with Ash?"

"Yeah, it's not as bad as it sounds."

"B-but she's pretty scary."

"Well, I do see that. She can be nice at times."

"She still terrifies me."

"I can see why. Besides, it's getting late, I should get going." I said goodbye to Talus and went back to Ash's house.

"Your back pretty late," Ash was sitting on the couch, looking at me standing at the entrance. "I just ran into a person," I closed the door behind me and took a seat next to her. "Anyone I know?" she asked.

"You know Talus?" I said.

"Oh, that kid."

"What do you think about him?"

"Eh, not bad, for a kid." She snorted.

"I have a question."

"What?"

"Are you dead serious out there? About you know, fighting I guess."

"It's for the win and victory."

"Fair enough."

"I'm going back into my room. Knock if you need me. If I don't answer it means I'm asleep," I went into room and landed on the bed. I placed a pillow on my face. I looked out at the window. I could hang out with Jenos tonight. Wouldn't be a bad idea, I thought to myself. I kept looking out as I watched the sunset and the moon rising, replacing the sun's place. It was a beautiful and calming view. I placed my head on the pillow. My eye lids became heavy. It slowly closed and black was all I was seeing.

I woke up on a couch, back at the other world. "Here, again?" I mumbled. I kept forgetting that I needed a wheel chair to go around. I fell off the couch again. Unfortunately, my brother was there. He looked at me and laughed. "It's rude to laugh at people's disabilities," I gave a dirty look to him. "Quit laughing and help me up!"

"Wow, you grew an attitude," he chuckled. I learned it from Ash and Zhin, I guess. He took the wheel chair and placed me on it. "Thank you," I said, giving a soft smile. "I can't believe my little sister is a handicap," he mumbled but I caught what he said. The words hurt me a little. Well, at least I'll forget about this world soon enough. I exited the house and went to the neighbours. A little girl went up to me. "Excuse me, what happened to you?" she asked with a cute voice filled with curiosity. She had black pigtails and blue bell eyes, wearing a red dress and a ribbon tied on her waist. "I was involved in an accident. A car crashed into me and my legs are broken now," I replied to the little girl.

"Can your legs be fixed?" she asked.

"Doctors tried to fix it but this all they can do," I said.

"Is it hard?"

"It just need some getting used to."

"Will it get better soon?"

"I hope it will."

"Me too."

Gabby happened to be passing by and she noticed me. "What happened to you? You look awful," Gabby said. "She was in an accident," the little girl replied.

"What kind of accident?" Gabby asked.

"Car crash," I replied.

"Life is easy with a wheel chair, isn't it?"

"Not really, everything becomes twice as hard than usual."

"At least it gives benefits to your family."

"What does that supposed to mean?"

"You're handicapped, so your family get the handicapped parking space in the mall which saves tons of time. Besides, you'll get all the special services for handicapped people."

"I guess so."

The sky was getting dark, it was about to rain. Unfortunately, we didn't notice it until the rain starts to drop. They all went inside, running. I wasn't used to be using a wheel chair everywhere I go. By the time I'm under shelter, I was soaking wet. The bathrooms were all upstairs which made me stressed out. I had to use a towel to dry myself. I couldn't take a shower. Now, Mother considered moving into a different house while my brother was not okay with the idea because we just moved into this house a few months ago. All I wanted was a room with a bathroom and a proper bed for me to sleep in. "Maybe we can move her room to the store room," Mother suggested. The store room was huge. If I sleep in the store room, then the attic (my room) would turn into an actual attic where you keep stuff up there. "That wouldn't be a bad idea," I said.

"Then, it's settled. We'll make the store room more bright and cheerful," Mother went up the stairs to grab something. After a few seconds, she came down with a bucket of paint and a few brushes. "We could start by painting the room," Mother gave the brush a little shake. "What about the stuff in the room?" my brother went over to the store room. "Oh, wait never mind."

After hours of painting, from a dark, black room, it turned into a yellow-peach, bright room. Mother and my brother went up to grab the mattress and move it to my new room. While they were doing that, I was deciding where to put my desk and closet at. The room was cleaned. It didn't look a store room anymore. They both came back with the mattress and placed it at the corner of the room. "Enjoy your room, sweetie," Mother and my brother exit the room and closed the door. I threw myself on the mattress and tried to shut my eyes.

I woke up, back at Ash's house. It was dark outside. No idea what time it was. I opened the window and went outside. Made my way to the docks. Jenos was sitting peacefully on the dock, looking up, stargazing. I sat beside him. "You're up late," he said. "I slept early, probably too early," I said, sheepishly. He lightly chuckled. We spent the night stargazing and learning about constellations until dawn. It was lovely and peaceful. I wasn't sleep nor tired, I guess because I slept earlier. Everything seems so perfect and calming.

What could possibly go wrong?