Chapter 3: Journey to Hargeon

I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling. Its been ten years since that day. The day my hometown was destroyed. The day I lost my friends, my family, everything. I get up and start to get ready to move again. I'm so tired. I get up off of my bed and rest my head in my hands. Tears roll down my cheeks as the image of my mother pops in my mind. I miss her so much. I miss her gentle caring smile. I miss the way she was able to comfort me when I was crying. I miss her warm hugs and her kisses on my cheek before I'd leave for school. How could such a gentle, caring person be wiped from this world? When will my pain and suffering finally end?

I get up and walk to the giant mirror in the hotel room. I look like a wreck. My hazel eyes are bloodshot from crying myself to sleep. My body is thin from not eating enough. My hair is all tangled from tossing and turning at night. But looking at my reflection just reminds me of my mother. I look a whole lot like her. With my dark brown hair that ends at the bottom of my shoulders and my slightly tan skin. Only my eye color was different. Her eyes remind me of the sea. They were the prettiest shade of blue, the same color of my magic. I find myself creating her face with my ice whenever I think about her.

I leave the mirror and shower so I can get ready for the day. I put on my baby blue tank top and my black skinny jeans and start to pack. First all my makeup and toiletries and then my clothes. I dont have that many things because I don't live anywhere. I travel every week from town to town. hoping I'll be able to find a new place to call home. But its been 10 years and so far, no luck.

The last thing I pack in my old backpack was the photo of Gray and I. I hold it up to get a better look at it. It was taken on Gray's 8th birthday, July 20. Just a week before mine. The picture is of me and him standing together hand in hand with the stupidest smiles on our faces. He was wearing the necklace I got him for his birthday. It was a sword with a stone in it, on a metal chain. He never took that thing off since I gave it to him. And I never took this bracelet that he gave me off either.

I put the picture gently in the backpack and swing it onto my back. As I walk out the door I pull out my wallet with the 70,000 jewel for today's rent. Time to finally leave Crocus, the capital of Fiore. I take the stairs down to the lobby and meet the lady at the desk.

"That'll be 70,000 J please." She said with a kind smile. I hand her the money and she neatly puts it in the cash register. "Thank you for staying at the Crocus Hotel, We hope to see you again!" I smile at her and start to head towards the board with the map of Fiore spread across it.

The nice lady steps out of her desk and walks towards me. "I heard the town of Magnolia is having a huge festival next week. I don't quite remember what for, but its worth visiting. There isnt a train station here so you would have to rent one of the magic four wheeled vehicles to get there."

I look at the map and find where Crocus is. Its in the center of fiore and magnolia is in the far east, with Hargeon south of Magnolia.

"The town of Hargeon has a train station so I would recommend heading there so your magic energy doesn't fully run out using the SE-plug on the vehicle" she said pointing at the train routes by Hargeon. I give her a confused look and she must of gotten the hint that I didn't know what she was talking about "Oh our vehicles run on magic energy so just put the SE-plug around your wrist and hit the pedal. Be safe dear." She smiled and walked back to her desk to help another customer"

"Thank you. I appreciate the help." I say waving goodbye as I walk through the double door entrance of the hotel. I start walking to the magic vehicle rent place to get one. The man greets me and then leads me to all of their vehicles.

"Here our Magical Vehicles are solely available for a Wizard's use, and are powered by an SE-plug, or Self-Energy plug." The man held up a chord with a black wrist band. "This here is a small, special device that powers Magical Vehicles. It is a mechanism that wraps around your wrist, converting your Magic Power into fuel. Just know that if you want to go faster, more of your energy will be used." The man finished. He Walked over to one of the vehicles and drove it outside for me.

"Ok, I think I get how this works. Thank you sir." I say handing him the amount of Jewel for the vehicle. I sit in the front seat of the machine and put the SE-plug on my wrist. The vehicle looked like a horse-drawn carriage without the horses. In the very front there was a large lever, and to my right is where the SE-plug connected. I pulled the lever back towards me and the wheels started to move.

I'm on my way to Hargeon now. I wonder what it will be like. From what I hear , Hargeon is one of Fiore's ports and also one of its most beautiful old towns. The town is more prosperous and renowned in fishing rather than Magic, because apparently only 10% of the people in the town have the ability to use Magic. I'm only heading there for the train station to Magnolia.

I start to speed up my vehicle and speed down the road to Hargeon. I just hope my magic energy doesn't run out completely when I need it the most.

To Be Continued In Chapter 4: Pink-Haired Hero