Third POV
Cahira woke up with a start. She was once again sweating heavily and she could hear her heart thumping heavily in her chest. That dream was so vivid and real it felt like she was actually present there. She could remember every single detail of the dream other than the Prince. Who was he? She was sure that those eyes were eerily familiar but she couldn’t place them. She tried to remember the face of the prince, No, she felt an overwhelming need to remember the face of the man smiling down at the Girl in her dream but the face was obscured in dark. She only remembered those striking blue eyes with deep golden rings in them. She was about to get up when suddenly she felt a shift in air and goosebumps on her skin. She looked around to find nothing out of place but felt like something or someone was watching her. The feeling of being watched was so intense that it made her uncomfortable and she decided to get up and go inside the castle.
All the way she could feel eyes on her back and kept glancing back but could not find anything. Inside the meeting was already over and everyone had gone to their rooms. She was met by one of the Pixie servants who led her straight to a hallway on the second floor.
“This entire floor is for Witches use Miss. Your luggage is arranged in the last room on the right. High Witch Esmeralda of D’lune Coven has left with the Royal entourage and she has requested that you be ready by 7 pm for dinner for Our Royal Highness.”
She absently nodded and went to the pointed room only to find Kaya waiting for her.
“Where were you Cay? Meet was over almost an hour ago and You missed so many awesome things. Do you know a group of griffins will be attending this year? I mean like did you see those muscles on those boys.....
She tuned out Kaya’s rambling and laid down next to her.
“Are you even listening cay” Sukaya pouted.
“I am sorry Kaya. It’s just that this has been a very weird day till now. I don’t know what to make of it.”
Kaya laid down next to Cahira and whispered “I am sorry Cay, I haven’t been a good friend to you. With the ascension and breakup with Rohan, I forgot to give you any time.”
“It’s ok Kaya and I am sorry too about Rohan but I think it is for the best. I heard he decided to join the warrior clan of Nokinees”
“Yes he did and since the warrior trainees are not allowed any outside contact till they complete their training, we broke up mutually. If it’s meant to be he will come back, won’t he?”
Kaya sounded so sad that Cahira couldn’t help but hug her best friend.
“Okay enough of the sob story, now tell me how are you actually feeling. I still can’t believe you are coming with me to Mainland. How is our excitement level now.?”
“Yeah about that I won’t be joining you in Mainlands just yet. I have to go to Royal City first. Ahilda will.....”
" Whaaaaaattttt?????”
Kaya screamed so loudly and suddenly that Cahira jolted out of bed in fright. “How can you not tell me that till now? You are going to Royal City. THE ROYAL CITY!!!!!!”
“Shh calms down Kaya and please stop screaming. It’s not all good yaar.”
“Tell me, Tell me every single thing, and don’t you dare leave any details out otherwise I will dunk you in Ganga River myself” Sukaya threaten her.
So she proceeded to tell her best friend everything other than her mother’s revelations.
Kaya listened quietly to her friend and thought about what happened in the morning. Cahira had magic in her fingers and she was sure of it because that tingle of magic collided with hers when she gripped Cahira’s fingers and made her go into trance for a second.
Sukaya knew about her gift of sight from early on. Every second-generation witch in her clan always has sight though the mastery level varied. When her powers manifested in the shape of a crystal rune everyone was overjoyed in her family. The crystal was intertwined with two buds of some kind of flower, one above the crystal and one below, but no one paid much attention to it except her grandmother.
Sukaya remembered what her grandmother had told her once she was alone with her “You are very strong and powerful Saiai noko but your core is restricted. You will bloom when she awakens and When the time comes, you will realize your purpose. You will be her friend, her confidante and you will stand by her side when she cleanses the world of that ancient impurity. You and your mate.”
The prediction had jarred her 12-year-old mind. Her grandmother had the gift of sight but it was a mere touch. According to her own words, she never had visions while she entered the trance only twice in her entire 200 years and this was one of them. She did not understand the implications of that prediction until she met the comatose girl who woke up the following year and whom the priestess claimed was her daughter. Her grandmother had strongly advised her to keep the prediction to herself so she kept it inside.
Slowly but surely she started feeling an intense bond between her and Cahira which strengthened to the point where she knows she will lay down her life for her and Cahira will do the same. Her teenage mind had rebelled a little thinking of this as some kind of forced friendship but soon she realized the bonding and friendship between her and Cahira was real and two-way.
She thought that her granny’s prediction pointed to Cahira but when her powers did not manifest at 12 and 18 years, she thought it was a misfire as predictions do tend to go wrong or not manifest because of changing nature of a person’s fate but today’s event have again changed her mind.
She was sure that Cahira’s fingers had residue magic of the transportation spell. That and something else when collided with her own spurring magic and it sent her into a trance where she saw the world go white while hearing her voice speak “It has begun, They cannot stop it.”
She had an ominous feeling something was going to happen today and now listening to Cahira repeat the exact words said by High Priestess Ahilda had confirmed it to her. Something was going to change today and she could only hope it was for good.
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Hie everyone, thankyou for reading. I would love to have some feedback/review on the story so far. If you like it please like and comment. Now, some references:
Now, some references:
Yaar: Indian Slang for Friend.
Saiai no ko: Beloved Child
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