Magically Being

Chapter 1: the beginning

I was running from them fear that they will kill me…

I was twelve years old. One month after I ran away from home. The last time I see my family happily a sleep in bed. Remember look at my five years old sister with my mom's arm round her. Tears ran my eyes. Said good-bye to them and walk the hallway to my young sister room (that we shared) said good-bye to her. Then grip my bag with clothes, food, water and money in it. And walk out the door before I close the door saw my little sister wave and said " bye-bye Mare" and smile a me. More tears ran my eyes. I close the door and ran to the street. Running away from home, running from my family. Running from my problem. That was the last time I saw my family…

…I was running from them. It was rain hard losing my sense in the rain. Running in the forest my shoe and clothe were water and mudding. Holding my upper arm where is my wound, bleed over my long sleeve shirt. Think hide, I need to hide from them. I look around to find a hide place. Then I find a tree with a underground cave to hide. I ran to it, when I near to it, I slide down to it. Like the way soccer players do in game, slide attack. I Sitting there, cover my mouth for a few minutes. Breath through my nose, hearing footsteps. Hearing dog bark and shout come closer, and closer. Then they stop in front of me! I can feel my eyes go wide and breath stop. I hear a man talk to the group that think he is the leader "where is she!" his voice was deep and cool. " we lost her. I can not smell her." it was the other man.

"It the rain, it's whipping the sense and her tracks."

"I think she going to a village not far from here!" A other man said it.

Let get out of here! If the girl is going to the village then half of us go. The other half still look in the forest. Got it!" the leader order the group. "right!" "yes sir!" The dog was sniff near to my hide place, then stop. Follow his master and his orders.

In few minutes I start to breathe again, not realized I hold it for ten minutes or more. I was breath very hard. Try to control my breathing. When I did it a few minutes later, I look around to see if there someone there, but find nothing. No one is there. This is my chance to run I think uneasy. I get out of my hide place and ran and ran. Ought I really want to stop and turn back to my safe ground NO! KEEP RUN FORCED! YOU KNOW IT NOT SAFE TO STAND THERE. THEY WILL FIND YOU IN THERE. my thoughts keep tells me to run, and I run. run, run , run was all I can do. My lungs burn like fire. When get to a river. I drink the river, the water was cold and good to my lungs. I was so hunger. Then I jumped back because out of not where someone thrown a knifes at me. "I FIND HER!" one of the man in the group found me. I feel my eyes go wide and gape in shock think THEY FOUND ME!. I heard dog barking and heard shouting coming here to me! I turn start running but there was someone behind me for long time I did not realized until now. I want to shout, call for help, but the truth is not one will help me. I'm on my own.

"There you are. We bend look for you little girl, did you know that?" I swallow hard, walk backward and nod to him. Scary of what he going to do to me. He read my face "our boss is intend in you."

I turn to start running, but he hit me back so hard I hit the ground and my eyes go blind. My hands were in front of my head. I start to think scary, sad and bad memories to release fire and I see red and orange lighting my hands. Then a knife went through my hands. I scream in pain. It burn like crazes, it hurt. Everything go black and I let the darkness take me.

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the next day, morning

When I wake up, I thought I was died. A few minutes later I realized I was in the hospital, in a bed. I quickly sit up in shock, my head start to feel dizzy.

"you are wake, how you feel?" a soft old male voice said. it sound it came right next me! I turn to the voices to find a old man there! He have kind eye with a hard look. And it scary the shit out of me! I jump in surprise. "There is no need to be scary. My men bring you here in one piece-"

"In one piece? This look like one piece!" my voice, superbly strong, not scary like I feel now.

" No-"

" WHERE AN I'M? YOU CALL MEN TO GET ME, WHO DID THIS TO ME!"

"Clam yourself girl!" he snap at me, eyes darken with angry. It scary so must it keep me from shouting more. Then I said, not shout angrily, but in between emotions I said " I…I'm sorry- for my behavior…my lord…Grandpapa."

"when I said you can come visit. I meaning peacefully, NOT attack my men, and look for you to know what you do." Ethan said. He not my real grandfather. He is my adopt grandfather when I first arrives in his valley, I was only four or five years old and left at 8 years old when a terrible accident happen at my friend's neighborhood. He is one of the strongest person (I know in this valley) and a old man who like to care for his people. For real, he'll help trouble people to do good things than bad things. People love him for is kindest. Oh, did I tell you he king of his country? He is, and strong one. " where are your parents, are they here…" he stop, looking at me because the face I made. He study hard at me, for few seconds. When he got it his eye narrowed, voice serious " Is your family here with you or… you are your own? Why will you do that! You are only thirteen years old! What happen to you?"

"I…I…" I was ready to cry. My throat tighten and ashen, it hurt when I said " I RUNWAY FROM HOME!" A tear escape from my eyes when I said those words. I feel more tears running my eye. So I use my hands to cover my face to hide my tear from him.

His eye and voices soften " what happen to you? You change. You're not the same when you left this places."

" something happen to me in few months age. Something weird is happening to me!" I cry. I tell my story to my Grandpapa of what happened to me, to make me runaway form home…..

I was at school doing class work. I was look at the window , It was math my best subject so I'm not listen to the teacher, when she and the class check their work if it correct and talk about how to get the right answer. I did not care because I know they are right. ALL of them ARE RIGHT. And my teacher, Ms. Snow, know to not call me. My classmate all ways ask for my help, sometime I said yes and sometime is said no. I all ways top in my class like childhood friend , David, I do not see him no more, all ways think about him if he okay since the terrible day that happened two years ago. Two years ago since I left that place and sworn not to talk about that place to no one. NO ONE…

"Mai will you please tell the class to the answer?" Ms. Snow ask intrude my thought. I look at a girl with cut skinny jeans, a blue shirt, that bring out her grey eyes, with a black vest and brown hair up to a ponytail over her shoulder my best girl friend, Emma Lily, who was good at math like me, but not that good like me, I learn quickly. Emma was the only person I said yes for help or do her work ( just because I wanted to! And love as a sister too!) if the classmate tell Ms. Snow, she will not believe them. I look at Emma's grey eye with a question in my eye that she only know. But she just shake her head. (thank!) I look at my teacher and ask " can you repeat the question?"

"look at the chalkboard Mai Ly."

So I did, my eye are start to out of forces like I was blind and only a seen a black faker. when I do see the problem in few seconds I answer the question to 7 and 8 like nothing happen" Is it 45.6 for 7, and 8 is 101.25."

"yes very good. But next time answer one question and/or example how you get the answer, okay?" I just nod. "good!" she was about to start a another problem when the bell ring. Some of us pick our stuff or leave the class with their book in hand. Emma with her dark brown down to her back was wait for me to go to our next class (or is it lunch… oh it lunch). " you are so lucky Ms. did not made you stand after class. What happened out there? you freeze when Ms. stop talking to you like you seen a ghost."

"Emma, be quit, we still in Ms. Snow class remember?" we walk out of class and go straight to lunch. When we did get our lunch food, went to our table. Already see our table was full like all way. One of our friends, blonde hair and brown-green eyes, Edward Mason, who move few months after I move in. Wait for us, wave at us to our seat. "hey! Emma! May!"

" He been nice to you since he have first glance at you"

"and what are you getting at that? I tell you I'm not in to him." I whispered to Emma as we get closer to our table.

" yup, you said like a hundred time. It just that you-"

"what about me?"

"What about Mai Ly?" Jordan Mason said in her singing voice mean she in a happy mood. "Because if you talk about her look? Babe, did you look yourself in the mirror? You look hot! And the boys are crazy for you!- right Emma?" Jordan was wearing a mini green dress, over the dress was a grey short sleeve jacket and boots over her ankle. Blonde hair curly down to her back, make her look like a model, a super star, that people will notice her well.

"Yeah" Emma said in a small voice like I scary her. Then she said with more confect " she right you too shy, you need more confect around boys- you are dead HOT! Why you get a boyfriend?"

"yeah?" a lock of blonde curly hair fell in front Jordan's brown-green eyes, like her brother.

I stand there, quietly think Why?Today I was wearing a black sateen skirt up to my ankle, a very dark blue (almost black-blue) hoodie sweater open showing my purple tank top. A silver necklace of a black angel wing around my neck I got on my birthday three years ago from the Gray's family. And black boots that cover half of my shin. My jet black hair was down show off my wavy hair.

"well , said something?" they said the same time.

"I do not know- can we change the subject, please! This is really awkward for me-"

"what awkward for you" a deep voice right behind me and I can feel my face go red. please tell me he did not hear that! I turn to said something to Edward but he was so close to me, I have to step back. There something about him feel save and something else?

" she not feel well" Emma example to Edward about what happened in math class and he narrowed his eyes at me " are you okay, do you want go to the nurse? I can take you there, if you want?"

"no! I'm okay, Really!" I eyed at Emma Thank all! " I'm okay it just a little headache" I use my hand to show him how little it was and smile at him. Hoping he will not argue with me with this one. he close his eye, shake his head and sigh at me. For some reason my heart is beat hard. "okay" he said " if I heard some like that again, I will get the nurses. Got it?"

"Got it." I said.

"so are you ladies go to sitting?"

"ok" the three of us said the same time. We take our sit at our table, Jordan sit with her brother, like always and Emma and I sit across from them. Then it happen again. Things were out of focuses. I only see red flame turning to blue then black. I hear a scream, it was Emma's scream.

I do not realized my eyes were close. When I open my eyes, my visor were Out of forces I only see the same black faker, but he(or/she) look different. First of all I see their eyes, it's red and this person is tall. It take me a long time to realized I was on the flood. Edward was right on front of me, calling my name, Emma was cry and Jordan was holding Emma. "Mai Ly!" when he call my name ,"May!", my heart was pounding hard. Our eyes were lock when I start or try to sitting position never lost eye contact with him. His arm was around me help to sitting position. " Mai Ly are you okay- never mind you not. I take you to the nurse now." he added " do it for Emma."

I just give him a weak nod. Stand up but almost fell when Ed catch me in his arm. My head hurt it pound so hard I think I going to throw up. I groan in pain. Ed hold me tightly in arm pulling me in his chest.

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I wake up in the nurse's bed. With no one in the room. I'm on my own. I look around the room. The walls were blank white. One the corner have a window and the others have nothing. I sigh. Tried to remember what happened to me. I only remember looking at Edward then blackness and darkness. My head still hurt and I groan then I scream in pain. The nurse came to see what happen. I was on the floor, and I was blind, I think , someone pull a hand on my arm. First it feel cold to hot then I smell something burning like … skin-burning! I started running to the hallway not look back. I cannot find the exited because of my eyes, it feel like wet tear going down to my cheek that blind me. I keep running the hallway.

"May!" I heard some call my name, Ed, and I did not stop even if my legs want to give up I still ran. I open a door to a room, it was dark and the only thing I see is red-orange light. I stand still for awhile waiting for my eye vision to comeback when it did I like around to see where am I and found out I in the school theater and the light were off… if they are off why can I see light? Why red-orange? " May!" Ed voice came from the door down the theater, worrying about me. When I turn to face he I see his eyes go wide and scary. He look at my arm? When I finally look down to see what he see, I saw flame cover my arms. I feel my eyes go wide and my month hand open. I just scream and the whole place when to flame. The whole place was on fire. And all went black…

"I'm a freak-no one want me no more! I'm on my own." the last sentence was a whispered. I start to sob again. Since that day Edward was gone. Jordan said he was sick. Sick-sick of me. I sob for a long time. that was enough for Ethan.

" STOP CRY GIRL! AND TELL ME WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!" he shout at me. So I shout back at him like I was not frighten of him. I was angry, scary, mix with emotion. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!"

"CRYING WILL NOT HELP!-ANDWER MY QUESTION!" he was shout to low voice " what are you going to do? Tell me! I want to help you..."

"JUST KILL ME!"

"NO, I want to help you!"

"why! Why you just let me go!"

his voice was soft when he anwser my question " because you are my granddaughter. you are special to me, to the world-"

"yeah right!" I interrupted. But he ignore it and continue. " to the world you are something of a bad pass and you can restored and show you strong, smart, beautiful, powerful and not of frighten to fight. I can give you the tools-if you are willing to do it."

Fresh tears came out of my eyes and no one so kind, so care to a person who lost very thing. I use the back of my arm to whip my tears away. Sited up straight, head high up, eyes hard. I nod in a respond , expend very challenged he give me. But before that I ask him a question " Grandpapa? If you don't mind if…I…?"

" you can tell. What you want?" he said so gently to me.

" if I can change my name?"

"your name? Why?"

" a clean start. If I want get better, minds long forget my past and move forward. Is a good reason for you why I want to change my name?"

" yes. But are you sure?" I nod " very well… what will I and the world call you now?" he ask.

" Mai Heart." (that sound good.)

" all okay. Mai Ly Jezebel Iris is no more-now Mai heart"