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Chapter 7: Speciality
Luna barged into the blacksmith's shop and found Roy and Matt skinning the dead animal. They looked up and Roy scowled, "Do you witches have any manners?"
"What do you know about the Witch Princess?" Luna ignored the remark.
"To be honest with you, sweetheart," Roy pulled his bloody hands away from the animal, "Not much."
Matt finally spoke, "Why are you helping us anyway?" He never looked at Luna because he was focused on the deer, but if he would have looked up, Matt would have saw a confused and unsure look on Luna's face.
"I have always wanted to help people," Luna gave her best answer, "and you all look like you need help."
"What we need," Roy snapped, "Is a world without bloody witches like you."
"Roy," Matt sighed, "She has done nothing wrong."
"She hasn't done anything yet," He corrected Matt, "But that doesn't mean that she won't."
"Luna."
"What?" Roy scrunched up his face.
Luna repeated with a sigh, "My name is Luna and I think that the Witch Princess is a bigger threat to all of us than me." I hope that they understand how sacred an immortal's name is…
"A witch is a witch." Roy gave a curt reply, "That'll never change." He washed off his hands with dirty water and then stormed out the door.
"Please excuse him." Matt apologized, "He's a bit tense."
"Aren't you all?" Luna thought she had mumbled that to herself.
Matt laughed and then introduced himself. "I would shake your hand," he shrugged, "But my hands aren't the cleanest at the moment."
Luna laughed, "No worries."
Matt continued to skin the animal, "I only know that the Witch lives in a fortress in the deepest part of the forest."
"Excuse me?"
"You asked about the Witch earlier," Matt reminded Luna.
"Oh yeah." Luna remembered, "Dakota mentioned that the Harvest Goddess was frozen."
"Yeah." Matt nodded, "It was right after Angie and I got married."
"Is Cam your son?" Luna asked.
"Yeah." He smiled half hearted, "We had a daughter too."
Luna noticed Matt's choice of words, "I'm sorry for your loss."
Matt changed the topic, "What kind of magic do you do?"
Luna found a counter and pulled herself on it, "I prefer fire magic, but illusion and alchemy is fun too."
"So turning dirt into bread is alchemy?" Matt asked interested.
"Yeah." Luna surprised by Matt's knowledge, "And the bowl was made from the dust as well."
"What about the water?" Matt doubted, "There is no way that could have been made from dust."
Luna hopped off the counter and walked over to the table where Matt worked, "That was elemental." She closed her fist and then opened her palm. There was water in the cup of her palm, "Fire maybe my specialty, but I know all elemental magic."
"That is why you asked for the well earlier!" Matt exclaimed, "How does that work?!"
"Magic is from the heart." Luna found a bucket and filled it with fresh water, "Once tapped into, it's power is limitless."
"Thank you Luna." Matt moved away from the animal with his hands full of the pelt. Matt swung the fur over a rope line behind him and proceeded to toss the animal in a bucket that was on the ground.
"What are you going to do with that?" Luna asked curiously.
"Toss it." Matt frowned, "There's no one here who can make a fire."
"I can do it." Luna smirked when Matt faced her, "As I've already said, fire is my specialty."
"It's sure nice of you to cook their deer for them." Uranus sat on Luna's shoulder.
"Yeah, let's just hope that I don't burn it." Luna sighed and leaned back on a dirt hill. She had taken her robe off to reveal a brown peasant's dress that Dakota loaned her. Dakota did not mind Luna wearing her clothes because they were currently too small for her.
"You won't." Uranus encouraged.
"So," Luna hoisted herself in an upright position, "What did you find out?"
"Being that no one can see me," Uranus fluttered above Luna until she situated herself before he returned to his spot, "Not much."
"That helps." Luna looked out at all of the village. Her spot on that hill was the highest out of the whole village and she could see each busy village member.
The feisty woman, who Luna found out was named Lucy, helped her daughter, Michele, and Angie with washing the dishes in some clean water that Luna was able to supply. Heath was with Roy, Lucy's husband, and Matt were making a sturdy fire pit out of stones and for fuel Cam collected various sticks and rotted wood. Vivian was married to Van, the village doctor, and she was searching through his books to find any information on the Harvest Goddess. Luna hoped that Dakota was inside her house and resting.
"That hunter is no where to be seen." Luna mumbled.
"Hey Luna!" Uranus exclaimed, "I forgot to tell you about my family!"
"What about them?"
"In case you haven't noticed, I am named after the planet Uranus and my whole family is too!" Uranus explained, "There are seven others like me; Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto."
"Who is Earth?" Luna took a mental note of the family.
"Huh?" Uranus confused.
"Earth," Luna repeated, "You said that there are seven others like you, but I only counted six planets. Who is Earth?"
"Well," Uranus explained, "The Harvest Goddess's name is Gaia, and she is apart of my family too!"
Gaia, Luna thought, means Earth in Greek. "So, are you saying that if I find your family we can save the Harvest Goddess? "
"Yeah!" Uranus chimed, "How did you know?"
Luna poked the sprite and laughed, "Why else would you be telling me this?"
"Luna!" Cam ran as fast as he could up the hill, "We're ready for you!"
Luna stood to her feet and hoisted Cam over her shoulder. "Thanks for coming to get me!" Luna laughed and carried him down the hill on her back.
"Hey Luna," Cam asked, "Who were..." He shook his head.
"What?" Luna pushed him to continue.
"Nevermind." Cam smiled innocently forgot what he was going to ask.
Once Luna and Cam reached to the bottom of the hill, Luna carefully lowered him from her back and saw that the deer was prepared with dried herbs wrapped around the meat. Luna cracked her knuckles and tilted her neck side to side until each heard a pop on each side. Then, Luna saw a large empty wooden bucket to her left and filled it up with water.
"Just in case if I run out of energy," Luna winked a tease at Cam who was on her right. Luna then snapped her fingers and ignited a small flame.
"How is that suppose to light the whole pit?" Roy skeptical about this whole situation.
"Simple." Luna smirked and rolled the small flame to her palm, "Cam, have you ever blown out a candle on a birthday cake before?" Luna knelt beside him and he shook his head no. "Have you ever had a birthday before?" Luna asked and he nodded yes.
Luna smiled and shared a memory, "Well, where I come from we place a candle on a whole cake every year for our birthdays. Then, after the candle is lit, we make a wish and blow out the candle." Luna blew out the small flame. "Do you think you can do that for me Cam?" Luna reignited the flame and asked, "Do you think you can make a wish and then blow out this flame?"
Cam nodded and Luna faced the flame towards a whole in the fire pit that allows air to flow through.
Luna waited a bit before she asked, "Ready Cam?"
Cam closed his eyes and took him a deep breath. He blew out his breath with all of his might and Heath gasped, "Amazing!"
Cam opened his eyes and was awed. He saw that the whole pit was ignited in flames. "Did I do that?" Cam asked in shock.
"Yes, you did Cam." Luna laughed and raised him up in the air, "And you did a fabulous job!" She sat him back on the ground and he raced off to find his mother.
"How did he do that?" Heath still amazed asked when Cam was out of earshot of them.
"I did all of the work," Luna smiled, "But it's nice to see the children smile."
"Now you're giving our children false hope?'' Roy yelled.
Matt defended before Luna could say a word, ''At least it's better than no hope at all!" Roy stood speechless then stormed off away from the pit.
Luna silently mouthed, "thank you", to Matt who acknowledged her with a nod and a smile.
Later that evening, Luna sat alone around the fire pit and was tired out from her magic use the of day. "Hey Uranus." She called out to the sprite who then appeared from nowhere, "Do you mind flying around to see what people know about the witch or goddess?"
"Sure thing!" Uranus disappeared again.
"Who do you think you are?" A new and unfamiliar voice appeared next to Luna.
"Excuse me?" Luna offended rotated around at the sound of the voice. It was the mysterious man who brought the deer to the village. He was hooded and leaned against a dead tree. Luna saw him and then turned back towards the village and asked coolly, "Who do you think I am?"
"A nuisance." The man sat on her right side, "Who sent you here?"
Luna laughed rudely, "Don't you even dare think that you have the right to ask me these questions." She got up and walked closer to the pit.
Luna felt the stare of several sets of eyes as she placed her hand into the orange flame. The touch or feeling never bothered Luna and it was most likely because fire magic was her element and it burned in her aura. Luna scooped up the flame and as if it was a ball she tossed it from side to side. Fire had always calmed Luna and it cleared her mind. She continued to toss it from her left hand to her right and back again. There was laughter from Michele and Cam which encouraged Luna to continue her trick. Luna held the ball in one hand and smiled at the children. She then placed the fireball to her lips and swallowed it. The children's mouths dropped to see Luna in no pain. Then Luna kneeled in front of the children, "Both of you place your hands, palms up, in mine." Cam more than eagerly obeyed, but Michele was a little hesitant.
Luna asked, "Can I promise that neither of you will pull away from me?"
"What happens if we do?" Michele asked nervously.
"I am about to create an illusion," Luna explained, "As long as you are connected to me the illusion will not hurt." She asked again, "Now, do you both promise not to let go until I tell you to?" They nodded in unison. Luna closed her eyes and focused on materializing the chemical energy that she swallowed into their hands. She felt the heat run through her veins and closer to her palms. Luna grasped the back of the children's hands and allowed the energy to slip from her palm and into their palms.
Michele shrieked with laughter and Cam stayed silent with wide eyes. Luna opened her eyes to see two phoenixes. Luna's eyes glowed a bright white as she focused on the two fiery birds.
"Can we touch them!?" Michele grew antsy where Cam was now timid.
"With your other hand," Luna instructed and closed her eyes in hope that she would not scare the children, ''Yes."
Michele's hand flew up to the bird and petted its long feathers and Cam stared at it.
"Are they real?" Cam trembled.
"These particular ones, no," Luna reopened her eyes and added before Cam could frown, "But yes, these birds exist."
"I want one." Cam's smile grew wide as he stroked the phoenix's head.
"When you're older maybe you can travel the world and find one," Luna smiled at the boy's dreams.
"Like that'll ever happen." Michele frowned, "Mommy said that without the Harvest Goddess we're better off dead..."
Luna stared at the child in denial of what Michele had said, They can't be saying that. Luna did not hear a response from Cam. Can they? She recalled Roy's words from earlier, "Now you're giving our children false hope!"
Luna thought determined, No... I'm not giving them false hope. I'm giving them a future.
This chapter was written to "Burn" by Ellie Goulding. We hope that you all enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading and reviewing!
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