Rebirth: The Awakening Of A Witch (28 page)

“
Impertinent guardians! You dare injure me with those lightning rods?
Now you can all play witnesses to the death of the last of the Imperials!” she
snarled
as she formed
an even thicker fog of
smoke
around them.

My heart shattered at the sight of them struggling in pain
as they
fiercely
,
but weakly
,
tri
ed
to get
lo
o
se.
But nothing could have prepared
me
for what was
going to happen next.

Adrien
angrily
let out a strong wave
blending
of lightning and
fire at the same time,
aiming them straight at Alastor.
The attack brought forth a mist of smoke as it
merged
with the
continuous
pouring
of
rain.
For a moment
,
I thought
Alastor would be done for
, seeing
how he didn’t do anything at all to stop
the attack that Adrien just set on him.
But my heart sank as Adrien’s
effort just vanished into thin air before it even touch
ed
him
.
I immediately turned my attention back to Adrien
. He was struggling.
H
is jaw was tightly clenched
,
and his eyes
were filled with intense concentration
as he seemed to be battling with himself.

I held onto his arm, squeezing it gently. “Adrien, what’s wrong?” I asked, my face creasing with concern
and terror
as I peered up at him,
ignoring the drops of rain that
blurred my vision of
his features
. He looked at me then
,
and he smiled the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen him wear.
It was genuine, scrunching up the sides of his
eyes
as those
striking
silver-
grey orbs
gaz
ed at me with what could only be a
gratifying
-filled
look
.
My heart
crumbled at what that gaze
meaningfully
held
,
and I shook my head violently at him.
“No
,
zkledtures up at him,mrain that him.eld.f his eyes as he looked at me with what could only be a grateful
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”
I whispered
towards
him.

“Ah. How my mind control works.” Alastor
suddenly spoke.
I gasped as he u
n
expected
ly grabbed hold of Adrien’s
throat
,
easily
lifting him off the ground
while
I almost
stumbled
back
wards
.

Before Adrien was violently dragged up into the air, he managed to push me slightly so that I was at a safe distance behind him.
I stumbled back as complete
dread washed over me at the sight of him fighting with the last of his strength. I instantly felt that soothing aura shroud me, and
up
on impulse, I instinctively knew
that he was purposely doing that, calming me down as I saw him being killed in front of me.

“I think I’ve been entertained far enough. As a thank you, I’ve let you
observe
my control
over
your guardians
as I easily
dictated
them
not
to
fight
back
,” he scoffed.

“
Now I’m going to give you the pleasure of seeing them die
as I use my strength to crush the life out of
all of them. Starting with
this one
,” Alastor calmly said as his eyes came alight with that crazed madness I’ve seen him wear
in my vision.
Adrien continued on
calming
me
even
as he cried out in anguish.

At the sound of his pain
, I completely let myself free
, feeling something
entirely
snap inside me
.
The wrath I previously experienced
soared
to new heights
.
The resentment
that was already deeply
embedded
within me
fully flourished
at
rocket speed, sending
shocks
of lightning and blazing
flames radiantly glowing
inside
.
I felt th
at
strange but
familiar
heat bubbl
e
up
in my inner recesses
as t
he
hatred
that caressed me
before came back in full swing
.
I
roared
out
loud
in abundant
fury
.

I reached my arms skyward, letting my mind do
what it was dying to do. I envisioned viciously pulling Alastor away, clashing him violently with Rhiannon in mid-air
. I felt my eyes lit up a
s
th
at
darkened rage consumed me.
I saw them struggle, Alastor actually trying to fight
against my
seethe
, willing me to stop what I was doing.
I
easily waved off his efforts as
the sensation of
that fiery glow
finally
erupt
ed
.
For a moment
,
I thought
I saw
that
same
emotion
flash
through his eyes
when I barked at him
before
—fear.
I smiled as I
completely
released the pent up
flares from
my body,
quickly
bringing my arms down towards them as I
deliberately discharg
ed
a colossal wave
of fire
.

My smile
widen
ed as I heard them shrieking out in pain as they were burned right in front of me.
I continued on
releas
ing the
immense wave of flames
until
I felt
all
the
hatred and fury
leav
e
my body,
slowly
following the current of that
blaz
ing
stream
.
Once every bit of that
contained
loathe was gone, I instantly welcomed the
rush
of calmness
.
T
hat serene ambience
suddenly
appeared
out of nowhere
, and
I completely allowed it to
swathe
me as I
freely
descended
into
its
pleasant
crevasse
of
dormancy
.

I panted, trying to catch my breath as I hoarsely breathed in and out.
I rested both my hands on my knees as I bent my waist down, letting my
hair
flow on either side of me.
I tried k
eeping myself still as I calm
ed
my pounding heart.
When my breathing gradually slowed, I covered my mouth with both of my hands, stifling any giggle
that would threaten to come out.

I gazed up at the
canopy of leaves
above me, enjoying the coolness I got from their shades
as I slowly leant back on the tree. I inhaled the cool breeze
as a fresh new wave of
wind
rustled past the tree that I was currently using to hide myself.
We were playing hide and seek for the nth time today.
We weren’t going to give up until both or, at the very least, one of us finally succeeded.
I scanned my surroundings, hopefully waiting for him to
announce
that he has
given up looking for me
once and for all
. That was a
far-fetched cry from happening, but we both still kept our hopes up. We stubbornly believed that it can happen. If
it doesn’t happen
today
,
then maybe tomorrow or the next days that followed.

As I grew tired of waiting, I let my feet slowly slide down on the grass until my bottom finally felt
the silent thud of the ground. I hurriedly pulled out
a few
of the blue bells, lilacs, and fairy wands that were abundantly surrounding me.
I pulled them all to my nose as I lazily leaned back against the trunk of the tree.
I love these flowers, especially the lilacs. They’re my favorite, which is why I loved coming to this place
,
just
so I could surround myself with
them.
Then, as I was thoroughly enjoying my time with the flowers, I suddenly kn
e
w he was coming. I groaned as I hung my head.
Why is it
that
he always manages to find me
o
r
the other way around
? I crossed my arms with the flowers still on my hand as I pouted, waiting for him to
come up to my side.

“Boo,” he said with an extremely bored expression on his face. He walked towards me, dragging his
feet
on the ground.

“No fun. Let’s try it again. I’ll look for you,” I said, still pouting heavily at him.

“Again?” he said as his face twisted in what looked like frustration.
“Can we do it again tomorrow? We’ll get it right this time,” he continued. I was going to argue more
,
but he pulled out the flowers from my hand and tied their ends together. He added more flowers to them until they all formed a circular, floral crown. My eyes
e
asily lit up when he placed the flowers on my head. He always knew how to make me smile, and right now I felt so giddy that I attacked him with a hug.

“Thank you, Adrien. I promise I won’t try to find you tomorrow,” I happily said, letting go of him as I picked up more flowers to bring home with me.

“Nu-uh. I won’t find you first,” he replied smugly as he wiped one dirty
hand on his cheek, creating a brown smudge of soil on his face.
“Come on, Sky. Stop the floral killing. We still have to go to the hill. Hurry before the sun sets!” he animatedly said, tugging on my hand and pulling me along.

“You’re unfair. You won’t wait up for me again. You know I can’t move as fast as you. Mommy said I still have a long way to go before I
’
ll be
able to do that,” I ranted, angrily stomping on my f
eet
as he persistently kept on pulling me
.

“Okay, already. I’ll slow down,” he replied as he s
tarted running at
a normal pace. I hurriedly ran after him, safely tucking my flowers inside the pocket of my dress. With one hand on my head, keeping my crown from falling, I ran as fast as I could across the field of blue bells, lilacs and fairy wands. I stumbled a couple of times, but I didn’t mind. Adrien was with
me.
A
nd he came back each time I
tripped
to help me up before he started running ahead of me again.