The Arks - Chapter 387

“You said ‘twice’. What do you mean by that?” asked Rina, still trying to wrap her head around what she had seen.

The area changed once more as Rina was transported to a very deathly familiar scene. Her fists clenched as she stood in the place of the same living room, all those years ago. Where her adopted parents kicked her out of the house after Rina showed them her powers.

“Your memory only captured the words they said. But you weren’t old enough to understand what they were saying,” said the voice, as the parents shouted at the frightened child.

“What the hell are you talking about?! I was well aware of what they said! They forced me onto the freezing mountains just because I had powers and wings. What else was I supposed to understand?!” yelled Rina, losing her composure.

“Well, so much for not getting upset about the past.”

“I have every right to get upset, thank you. Because I am sacrificing an eye for this!” shouted Rina, which was slightly shocking for the voice.

“Alright then, let’s hear what did your parents say before they ‘kicked’ you out of their home,” said the voice.

The scene continued to play out but in a slightly different way. Everything was the same but not the words. The words weren’t the same as what she recalled.

“We can’t handle a special child. We had no clue that you have powers and we aren’t ready for that yet. You deserve to have parents that are the same as you.”

“Hang on! Those weren’t the words that they said… They were looking at me in fright! As if they’ve seen a monster!” protested Rina, looking at the scene with disbelief.

“They will kill all of us if you don’t get out of here. This place hates special kids.”

“You were a child at that point. Memory tends to distort when the brain is influenced by the emotions you were feeling then. You knew that your parents were afraid because deep down, you knew they were human but they weren’t the same as you.”

“Your fears manifested into your memories. Your weakness was always having your emotions cloud what you see or hear in the real world. This weakness is common for anyone who feels insecure about themselves. Which makes this spell effective.”

Rina closed her eyes as she tried to soak all of this new information in. She was the one who unleashed the spell. She would have to be the one that sees it through without it overwhelming her too much. She has to take control of the spell to win this battle.

This means she would have to keep her feelings in check.

“Ready for the next part?” asked the voice, rather impatiently.

Rina nodded as she took a deep breath.

‘Get your head back into the game, don’t let your emotions overwhelm you. Lose that and you’ll lose the victory.

Now, Rina was standing in her adopted parents’ room, as they had an old map on the floor. The two were discussing possible escape routes when howls of wolves could be heard. Flickering lights illuminated the windows.

“She is just a kid, there’s no way she’ll survive that route!” argued her mother, pointing to the tiny triangles on the paper.

“And she won’t survive she continues staying here either! Lucy, they are going to burn down our house right now! Look at the torches! Hear the wolves! Shew’s got a better shot at surviving in the mountains than here!” replied her father, slumping down.

He then cradled his head in his hands. His body trembled as tears came pouring out of his eyes. His wife joined in the sobs’

“We can’t leave her. We really can’t let her die alone.”

The father stood up and wiped his tears. He then gestured his wife to join him and head to their daughter’s room. Rina was conflicted at the scene as she had thought they kicked her out right after the accidental ‘performance’ of Magecraft.

But what she was looking at was a foreign scene. Her parents went into her room and cuddling her while she sleeping. The sound of the angry mob breaking down their doors, shattering their windows. The mob screaming and yelling with flaming torches at the family.

Her father stood in front of the mother and child to protect them and argue with the rest of the villages. Her mother was covering her daughter’s ears with her body so that she wouldn’t wake up.

“We’re so sorry for this. We promise we won’t let you die alone. Mama and Papa were bad parents for not knowing how to raise you… We brought you this hell…” cried her mother, tears streaming down.

“Don’t say that, please….” begged Rina.