Luna didn't know how much had passed when she came to, but all was quite and there were no signs of Ifrit. She wondered if she had dreamed the whole thing. She shakily got got to her feet and tried to walk. She had to grab onto the wall so that she wouldn't fall.
Maybe I didn't imgaine it, Luna thought. She waited for a while and then tried to walk again. This time she could stay on her feet. It semed like forever, but she eventually got to the entrance. When she stepped out, there was a whole crowd of people at the bottom of the stairs. Betty was in the very front.
"I can't believe you! Do you realize what you've done!" Betty cried.
"Yes, ma'am." Luna said.
"Let's hope so." A priest said.
"I've become a summoner."
"What?" both Betty and the priest cried.
"I was forced to become a summoner. I turned to run and then he flew into my back. I passed out after that." Luna explained after she, Betty, and the priest was in one of the side rooms of the temple.
"I can't believe this!" Betty said. "After I raised you how I did, you defy the teachings."
"Young lady, do you realize that you could have died in there?" the priest asked.
"No." Luna said, her eyes wide.
"Ifrit must have been in a good mood today. He could have killed you without even trying." that made Luna want to faint again.
"So, now you have to go on your pilgrimage?" Betty asked.
"No. He said not to go until my fifteenth birthday."
"Ok. I'm going to have to forbid you from coming into the temple. Is that understood?" the priest asked.
"Yes, sir." Luna said, just wanting to go home. "My I go home now?"
"Oh, we're going home, but I'm not done with you yet." Betty said.