Broken Wings

Chapter ten~ "The petals can show you the future,"

Chapter ten,

“Focus!” Eelii shouted as I glared at a pebble he’d thrown to me without even moving. I willed it to move, to even shake a little bit but it didn’t even wobble. We’d been trying to get me to master the art of telekinetics for ages. Literally… ages. But nothing… nothing was happening.

Sighing and kicking the stone upwards, I looked to Eelii in disappointment. Then I looked up to the pebble, it was on a course to hit a fairy flying overhead. It might have been a small stone but it I had kicked it with more force than I’d meant to.

For a moment jealousy took over and I refused to try and stop the pebble because the fairy had wings. But then I realised it wasn’t her fault I didn’t have any. It wasn’t her fault that my mom had decided to have a relationship with a human. It wasn’t her fault she was so damn perfect as a fairy and I wasn’t.

She was just an innocent passer-by. I concentrated on the pebble, it looked like and ant because it was so high up but I tried to concentrate. Something gave me a bad feeling that I’d be responsible for this innocent fairies latest injury. A nose bleed at the least.

Eliyn would not be happy with that.

“Stop, stop. Please stop.” I whispered. And like magic it stopped just below the fairy. She looked down in shock and then looked to me with relief. I grinned.

I had to talk. My voice was the key to my power.

Eelii came running over, realising what I’d done.  Looking a bit pissed off that I’d actually done it he turned away and pretended he wasn’t proud or at least a little pleased.

“I want to show you something.” He mumbled, already walking towards the tree I’d learnt to be as the tree of beauty. It was the key to the Myllic kingdom. So it was pretty special.

Silently, I followed him.

He placed his hands around a red petal and it sparkled for a few seconds before becoming unattached from the branch. Holding it in his hands with so much care, I didn’t think he could be so gentle.

He told me to put my hands out, so I did. He carefully placed the petal into palms and stepped back. The petal felt silky and smooth on my hands and made me feel at ease. Relaxing a little bit I realised the petal was glowing. Its previous ruby colour had transformed into a lavish gold.

Eelii stared in awe at the petal. He stepped closer again, to remove the petal but I pulled my hands closer towards me. I didn’t want him to take it away.

He laughed lightly and shook his head as if I’d misunderstood. I frowned as he took the petal away from me and then held it in front of my eyes.

“The petals can show you the future,” He said softly and I concentrated on the glowing object.

Suddenly an image appeared.

It was me… in some sort of arena, maybe a garden destroyed by the war. I wasn’t wearing a dress, I was wearing some sort of golden armour. The right arm of the armour was missing. My hair had gone wild and I had cuts and bruises covering my face and my arm.

But apart from that the really scary thing was my facial expression.

I looked terrified, completely frozen with fear. My eyes pleaded someone to help. I slouched with tiredness and fell to my knees.

“Eelii, please help me.”  I whispered .

The petal stopped glowing and returned to its usual bright red colour. Eelii slipped the petal into his pocket and frowned at my expression.

“What did you see? “ He asked.

“Didn’t you see it?” I replied. Surely he had seen the same image. She shook his head and explained that the petal showed a different part of the future for different people. “What did you see?” I asked. Seeing my frightened expression he didn’t try to make me answer first.

“I saw you, sitting on the throne wearing a crown, with me standing by your side as the Trys prince approached you with some sort of confession.” He replied.

So I was to be queen, but was this after what I had seen or before?

Why would I be fighting? Who would I be fighting? And why would I be asking Eelii for help?

Seeing the fear in my eyes, Eelii decided to take me home. He was apologising all the way, saying that he shouldn’t have shown me the petal. He persisted that sometimes the petals got it wrong but I knew he was just saying that to try and make me feel better. I smiled weakly but inside I was struck with terror. I didn’t want to fight. I wanted to stop the fighting; I wanted to end it all.

“Eelii, can you make me a promise?” I asked.

“Anything for the princess.” He nodded. Since we’d been spending more time together because I needed serious help with my powers his manners were starting to show. He spoke to me like royalty now, like I hadn’t been before.

“If I ever ask for help… will you come and help me?”  I wanted him to make me that promise. I wanted so much for the petals to be wrong but if they weren’t I wasn’t going to risk anything. I had asked Eelii for help in the petal, and if he promised then he should come and help me and everything would be alright. And everything would be fine.

Eelii looked at me with confusion but promised me anyway. “You know I’d come if you needed help anyway, even if you asked or not. It’s my duty.”  His duty. Of course, it was his job to protect me.

But if I had loyal protectors and guards and the highest security then why would I be fighting? Surely I wouldn’t need to fight.

I tried to convince myself the petal was all wrong, it had gotten mixed up with someone else fighting the war. But my mind wouldn’t let me believe it; it was screaming at me that it was true. That I had better prepare myself.

Without knowing I had stopped walking because I was so deep in thought and Eelii was stood in front of me, his face covered in worry and guilt.