TCH'S

uns across the

back, for she is the only one stro

st reach! For there

Heathens, for by their hands,

we have a chance to emerge victorious?

grave but, she mustn't give up least the

now, just some

ng on her back as s

a you're-" she says

trees swayed around her. Maybe a day had passed, a week, an year, a century maybe. She couldn't tell but one thing was for sure, it was freezing cold and that was a frozen corpse laying b

e sought to use her hands, which were nothin

arning you," she

to Gildrah, otherwise known as th

e green fatigues, pointy shoes and hat, along with a cloak of matching colours, made him look like one of the characters in folklore

the last Wizard on earth," he recounted, "

ed; better still, how

hat's a

ow coul

bilities I have," Kin continued, "any

met you," she bemoaned. "Plus

" he said, walking into the forest. "Now if

followed suit. Something about what Kin said, bugged her mind.

r that, a minute in the mortal world

he yelled. But that does explain why

ou never noticed,

snapping his fingers.

hat she couldn't help but hope to get inside. She couldn't wait any longer, her mouth burned with desire for all the provisions available in the house. Kin was turning to invite her, when she suddenly rushed i

bread," she murmured, be

my wild friend,

the different time shift here affected her memories. That should

******

Kin still recalled how his parents, along with his play mates and all his kind were slain by the Heathens. Even though he escaped the carnage; hidden and tucked away

ituation outside. Everything was grave silent when he walked out but, there was something else. Something lurked in the forest and there was no mistaking i

r of corpses he saw, was overwhelming. He screamed on top of his lu

to deserve thi

people. The screams never left his head. Everything he lay his eyes on, he could only see the corpses

ng time, Kin did manage to get out of the house and take a walk. The bod

ring. Sure, he was in agonizing pain but he smiled, rest assured that he'd get some closure and move on. To Merlikin, his eyes wer

like an eternity. A century had passed when his Wizard power grew, and he grew accu

toward the power, which led him to a clearing, near the magical gates to Gildrah. Unsure of what it was, he stood at a d

sed before he sensed mov

ep?" Her voice disrupted h

in babbled, "do you recall a

e joked, "can we go out n