Faith and Hope - KRB (good books for high schoolers txt) 📗

Blade. The blade is coated in the venom of the Amphisbaena, it will spread through your system and slowly kill you, but it will be very painful.” As he finished a sharp pain shot through my body. He knelled down by me and ran the back of his hand down the side of my face.
“This was the exact same hate filled look your mother had on her face as I killed her” He stood up turned away from me. Tears began to fill my eyes as I remembered the day my mother had died.
Ten Years Ago
We were heading home from picking medicinal herbs from the forest. I smiled up at momma as she took my hand, “Lets go home mi ángel” she said smiling down at me. “Yes momma” I said as we started walking. Out of the corner of my eye, something red caught my attention. I pulled my hand from my moms and ran over to see what it was that caught my attention. “adónde usted va miel?” Momma called after me. “I saw something momma, I want to find out what it is”
“Look momma I found red flowers!” I said excitedly looking up at her. She smiled at me and bent over to look at the plant. “You have found and herb known as Yarrow. This herb was said to have been used by The Greek mythical hero Achilles, to stop bleeding in wounded soldiers.” I smile up at her, “Really momma?” She stood up and pulled me along with her, “Sí mi querido, now we must get home your father is waiting for us.”
Momma stopped walking and turned around to scan the forest behind us. “What’s wrong mommy?” I asked tugging on her hand, I was getting scared. I looked into the forest and I saw someone moving towards us. Momma pushed me towards the house, “Run mija, run as fast as your feet will take you.” My feet wouldn’t move I looked into her eyes and could tell she was scared, “I don’t want to leave you, I want you to come too” I was scared and had tears welling up in my eyes. “I’ll be fine, now go!” she pushed me again then turned to face the man emerging from the cover of the trees.
I turned and ran as fast as my feet would take me, but I couldn’t force myself to go to far. I stopped and hid behind a rock so they couldn’t see me. They were yelling but I could not make out what they were saying. Then the man pulled out a sword and ran at my mom. I stared on wide eyed, as my mom pulled out her katana, and blocked his attack. The fight lasted a total of about fifteen minutes, it looked like my mom was winning, then the man pulled back his arm and ran the sword through her chest.
“NO!” I screamed as the tears began to flow, I jumped up and ran towards them. The man looked up at me and smiled maliciously, then turned and ran into the forest. I dropped to my knees by her, she was struggling to breath. “Mommy it’ll be okay, I’ll go get help” I started to get up but her hand flew out and grabbed my arm and pulled me back down. “No my darling, I don’t have much longer. You need to know, do you remember the prophecy of night?” Her voice was coming out in a whisper. “Yes momma I remember” I was trying not to cry but the tears just kept coming.
“That prophecy is about you mi nina, you are the chosen one” She gasped in pain and began to shake. “Mommy…. MOMMY! Please don’t leave me, I need you. You promised me you would always be with me.” I was crying now, “Please don’t leave me”
She smiled weakly at me and reached her hand up and wiped away my tears. “Mi amor I will always be with you, in here” She moved her hand to my heart. “Anytime you need me just think of me. I love you my little Faith, don’t cry anymore little one” and with that she took her last breath and closed her eyes.
Back to the Present
The tears were flowing down my face, “You killed my mother!” I growled, “Why?!” I glared at him. He smirked, “Because it was my duty, just like it is my duty to dispose of you.” At this point my blood was boiling, “Who sent you to dispose of us?” He looked bored, “I guess it wouldn’t hurt to tell you, seeing as you won’t last long. I was sent by the Under lords, to kill the prophesied one. Your mother was a bonus and was in the way” He grinned at me.
“I’m going to kill you, you Bastard” A sharp pain shot through my body again, as I gritted my teeth and forced myself to stand up. The pain was so strong that I felt myself slipping into the darkness, Stay conscious Faith! I screamed in my head. I was up on my feet, I was so unsteady I had to brace myself against a tree. I looked down and realized I had lost a lot of blood, when I looked up he was smirking. “You can barely move Faith, how are you going to kill me. You’re going to die soon”
“Well when I die I’m taking you with me” I was shaking with rage. With the thought of avenging my mother I had a sudden rush of adrenaline. I pushed myself up straight and started walking towards him, with an evil grin. All I could think was I wanted this bastard to burn. Out of nowhere fire spurted from the ground and surrounded him, I was freaking out but I was to pissed to really understand what was happening. But I just felt this power flowing through me, I didn’t question it I just used it. I felt the elements flowing through me.
I felt the cool breeze of the wind, Smelled the fresh smell of water, felt the roughness of the bark of trees, and felt the scolding heat of fire. I used the power of air and threw him up against a tree. With a twitch of my hand the tree branches wrapped around him and held him captive. “Now you will die!” I shouted as I raised my hand and concentrated on the water in his blood stream. I began to thicken his blood making it painful for him to breath. I smiled at him and thought DIE Son of a Bitch! He looked at me with fear in his eyes as he struggled to breath.
Then it hit me, the pain was so sharp I lost all concentration, feeling the power slip away. I reached down and put my hand to my stomach trying to physically hold the pain back. It got worse and I fell to the ground, gasping for air. This can’t be it, I can’t die here. I need to get to Max. My vision started to go hazy then I looked up and saw a face. She had flowing blond hair and emerald green eyes. My eyes began to tear up. “Momma” I whispered.
“Yes my darling it is me” she reached down stroked my cheek. “Am I dead?” I asked groggily. “No, but you must act fast and dispel the poison.” She grabbed my hand and laid it on my wound, “Concentrate…. Focus on healing” She smiled at me. “I can’t momma, it hurts to bad” I panted, trying to take in more oxygen. “Yes you can little one, close your eyes and focus” I closed my eyes and focused. “That’s it my child” The voice whispered getting fainter.
I opened my eyes and she was gone, and so was Hunter. I slammed my hands against a tree, “Dammit!” I yelled. I still felt pain and looked down realizing my wound wasn’t healed. Looking at it I got dizzy. I fell backwards into a pair of arms. I looked up and saw….. Max. He looked so worried. I gave a weak smile, “Hi Max” I whispered. He looked around, “What happened to you Faith?”
“It was Hunter Max” I struggled to sit up but got light headed and fell back down. I felt him shiver with anger. I smiled, “Max, I saw momma” I felt so faint, I was being sucked into the darkness and I couldn’t fight it anymore. Just before I let it consume me I looked over Max’s shoulder and and saw a pair of piercing blue eyes staring at me from the forest.

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Publication Date: 11-21-2010

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