The Unexpected

12 • Kill Without Fear

"Treat me like i'm weak and i'll show you shall lose first"

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"Keep pressure on the wound," I heard Lee's voice as I slowly felt a stinging pain in my arm. I slowly tried to open my eyes but felt some kind of soft bandage on my eyes.
"Who's covering my eyes?" I tried to sit straight but felt two hands on my shoulder pushing me down. I started coughing and tried to take a deep breath but couldn't. A sudden pain shot through my chest. I tried to stay calm but a terrifying shock launched through my body as i realized something.

I didn't have any feeling in my right hand.

"What happened to my hand with the Kelpie thing?" I asked, trying to remain peaceful. I already knew the answer.

"I didn't have a choice but to cut off your hand, i'm sorry Rowan. But don't worry it will come back, I'm trying to let it grow back. Trust me it will be okay," she said as i felt a speedy pain go through my wrist but vanished as fast as it came.
What did she mean 'let it grow back'? Oh wait she's a healer and Goddess of course.

"Wait, how did you cut off my hand if I have Zillah's Armor power thingie?" I was confused and kind of scared the power didn't work on me anymore.

"I made a special knife made out of Zillah's greatest power. It's the only thing that could hurt her too." She explained.
I nodded and layed down. I was curious about Zillahs 'greatest power' but didn't want to ask too many questions.
I heard Arka screech and felt heavy footsteps on the ground. Probably just Arka and Madlock.

After an hour I opened my eyes. I apparently fell asleep. I sat on the blanket where I layed down and saw that my hand was back. I looked around and saw Celeste and Lee packing everything in the backpacks. I stood up and walked towards Arka. Arka saw me coming towards me and started running towards me. She stopped right in front of me and sniffed my healed hand. She roared cherry and of course grabbed me by my clothes and threw me on her back.

"It's just a habit for you know isn't it?" I asked Arka with a smile. She chuckled and roared again. Celeste took place on Imber and glanced at my hand.

"Does it feel okay? If anything hurts just tell me." She stated as she gave Imber the sign to take off. Madlock directly followed and through his great wings a large gust of wind came right at us. Arka roared at Madlock and followed him. Madlocks roar was loud and intimidating. He roared at Arka and followed Imber.

We flew above the swamp and saw more pure white horses. Stupid Kelpie's.

"Celeste what are Kelpie's exactly?" I asked out of curiosity, even though I already saw what it was capable of.

"It's a horse that turns to a beautiful creature above water but when you get on his back or touch him you'll be stuck to his skin and he'll drag you into the water so he can drown you as its prey. I noticed it wasn't a normal horse because no horse has such white eyes. I just suspected it and i was right too." She said with a grin.

We finally saw the end of the swamp and it was a large river that turned into a beach at the other side. There was a beautiful sea at the beach. It looked so peaceful.

Without a warning of course Arka dived straight down into the water and I just held on. I heard Celeste and Lee laugh as Arka dived straight into the water, made a quick twist and flew out again. Madlock slowly went down and opened its mouth right above the water. We drank the water and roared as he tasted salt. We all started laughing and smiled. Imber stayed away from the water because he's a fire Phoenix ofcourse. Maybe the water hurts his skin. Celeste made a weird movement with her hands and a high wave splashed right into Madlock and Lee. They both looked furious! Celeste started laughing so hard she fell off of Imber. She didn't stop laughing and fell right into the sea. Imber roared really loud and stopped mid in the air. She clapped her wings in the air and looked down, searching for Celeste.