Chapter 70

I went home feeling dejected and unhappy but I decided to trust my heart. When I told my mum that we won't be joined by the warriors, she was so disappointed and I also knew the disappointment the people of Shadowcrest would feel too. It was horrible to think that I would fight this alone. The situation was bigger than me. Maybe Orion was wrong about me. I can't save my people, I'm not a warrior, I'm not cut out for it. This was not for me at all and I felt horrible. I went straight to bed even though I wanted to use my powers to find out if Mascot talked to Thorne or if it was his own decision to bail on me. Seeing visions required my full concentration and I didn't have that at the moment. I was heartbroken and my heart raced every single time I thought of Laura and Thorne. I woke up the next morning, only to see that my mother had already packed our little bags. I must have slept off and didn't know when it was morning. 'Good morning, mother." I greeted her, smiling. 'Good morning. How was your night?" 'Good." I said and stretched so much on the bed that it seemed I would break. The sofa seemed quite relaxing at the moment that I didn't feel like leaving. 'We have a long day." My mother reminded me. 'Yeah. I know." I shrugged, not trying to think about it. Itbwas finally time to go back to Shadowcrest and I was bringing bad news to them. 'So you're leaving this clan without your friends and without the warriors you promised Shadowcrest?" It was my mother asking me. I sighed. Was she trying to help me or make things worse for me? I felt stupid as I wondered if anything good was going to come out of this. 'It's all good. Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine. I'm here now." She caressed my hands and helped me sit up. 'Take your bath, so we can leave." After I was done with taking my shower and eating, I met my mother sitting her hands on her jaw. 'What's wrong? Do you regret coming out of your Palace to this place with me?" I knew I wasn't supposed to sound like this. I was insecure about everything and I was glad my mother understood me because she rebuked me immediately. 'Don't say that. What I regret is not following you out of that Godforsaken place all this while." She nodded as she kept talking. I didn't know if she was joking or maybe trying to be nice but it made me feel better in some sort of way to know that she would be with me no matter what. 'Do you want me to talk to your friends, especially Laura? Maybe she would listen to me." My mother suggested but I decided against that. I didn't regard Laura as my friend anymore after the hurtful thing she said to me. We set off towards the east, hoping the sun would be fair to us, at least but we were wrong. I appreciated the fact that the sun adorned the sky but it was too harsh on our skin and we still had so much distance to go. 'Thank God we brought water." 'Yeah but we'll run out of water soon if we don't find a place to refill our bottles." I answered. 'The sun is so harsh. I feel ill after just 3 hours walking under the sun." My mother complained. I knew she was tired but we had to keep up the journey. We walked and walked but as some point we had to rest and find a place to sleep because it was getting late and we needed to find a good spot. Thorne had once thought me that to find a good sleeping space or a good place to lay your tent, your have to get a place that I'd out of the ordinary eyes. In simple terms, he said that the tent should be hidden from passers-bys and wild animals. It was quiet good as I remembered him teaching me how to set up a tent. 'This place is nice." My mother pointed at a space. I looked around to check if ticked all the boxed that Thorne made mention of. 'Yes. This would do." I answered. I got two nice fishes from the river and I grilled them as I thought about Thorne. I was grateful that I knew who he was and that we were once friends even though it seemed he didn't want me anymore. 'Where did you learn how to grill fish so perfectly?" My mother questioned me with eyes wide open as she tasted the fish I had made. 'This is so good." She nodded, taking more for herself. I laughed as I watched her take one hot bite. 'Take it easy, Mum. It's hot." 'But seriously, where did you learn?" 'From Thorne. He thought me on our way to Ice Crest to pick you." I answered. 'Wow." She grasped at first then remembered something. 'I'm sorry you guys had to go your separate paths." 'Don't worry about that, Mum. It's in the past. If he doesn't want my friendship anymore, I guess that's his loss." I answered, not exactly trying g to motivated myself. 'That's my girl. I knew you would be great one day." My mother praised me. 'You did? You knew?" I asked, shocked. 'Yes, of course. Orion said something about your birth. It was more like a prophesy than just a saying." 'You knew Orion?" 'Of course. I do.." I interrupted my mother. 'You never mentioned that to me." My countenance had already changed and I was getting upset. 'Mum, you should learn how to open up to me, please." I pleaded with her. 'Its just me and you against this mean world, so please let's not hide things from each other, okay?" I told her, then moved closer to give her a hug. 'I'm sorry, I guess I'm still learning to adjust in this place. So please forgive me an let's move on. I know that a lot has happened but I want you to be strong and ne er give up. You deserve the good life." After our discussion, I felt at peace and in a way, joy that maybe I had that disagreement with Laura and Thorne just so I could have this moment with my mother. It was all worth it. We slept under the moonlight with the moon goddess smiling down at us. 'You must be proud right?" I asked, looking up to the sky. 'I'm still here, standing strong even though I have broken do many times."