Selene sat on the wagon, she kept thinking about what Kian asked of her.
"I came back this time, but if I don't next time... I want you to kill me until I do."
She rubbed her arm, how could she do such a thing to her friend... Her savior.
She thought back to when he saved her when she was releasing her unstable power. From then on she slowly gained control of it, yet she was afraid of it's full potential.
If she used it like that... Would she become a threat? Would she be able to stop it? She was cursed with something so powerful, yet so deadly.
***
In her room she was sound asleep, a very adorable baby indeed. Her brother Arthur was looking at her crib.
Then he left to go practice outside.
After a bit a maid entered and knocked over a vase.
The child was startled awake by the sound and began to cry, but not only that. The maid began to float along with other things soon it became a tornado the maid was smacked into different things.
As the child cried more the room was slowly destroyed. The maid was twisted and broken as she screamed and soon died. Everyone that entered the room met a similar fate or was lucky to meet an end to a nice bookshelf or any other thing that was floating.
The mother entered and began to sing, this was the only thing that calmed the child. The survivors feared Selene.
Her brother and her mother however only saw a need to get her under control.
When she turned 5, her father made a schedule that every night she'd be taken to the forest to release her magic, so it'd be steady through the night.
She could never use her magic under any circumstances. She was basically a normal girl.
At the age of 7 she secretly used her magic in her room and day by day she began to learn simple magic tricks, like levitating books or pencils, then bringing the objects to her, then moving them around to other locations.
One day she managed to move 8 objects at once, but weight mattered. Only small things like a pencil and one heavy thing like a book.
Then it grew to 4 heavy things and 5 light things.
Then 7 heavy things and 8 light things.
She grew each day until her brother caught her.
She begged him not to tell. So like the kind and loving brother he was, he didn't.
He would regularly watch her move things, soon enough she could move him.
She let him soar around the room and act as if he were slaying more dragons.
***
One day... Selene felt a rumble, she dismissed it and used her magic to brush her hair, but the rumbling came again.
She groaned and got up walking to the door, until she heard a loud roar.
Her heart beats as she stood there frozen.
She swallowed her saliva and looked through the window. That's when she saw a huge black dragon.
Her eyes widened with fear as she screamed and accidentally ran into the wall. She got up holding her shoulder as she opened the door and ran downstairs.
"MOTHER, FATHER! DRAGOON!"
They looked at her and grabbed her. "So I wasn't hallucinating." Her father said
"WHERE'S ARTHUR?!" Her mother asked
Selene looked around "He's not down here?"
Both parents shook they're head until the Father remembered something.
"I let him go with those adventurers..."
The mother slapped him "Why would you do such a thing!?"
"Because I knew he'd be able to survive... I know you said not to, but... I believed in him. I didn't think this would happen."
Then they heard another Roar and looked outside the window.
The villains was in flames, plus the dragon was still alive. However someone was on it with a sword.
A young boy. He cut into it with accuracy and strength unlike no other.
That's when Selene saw his face. It was Arthur.
"Arthur? ARTHUR?!" She ran outside towards him as her parents yelled and chased
Arthur saw her and yelled for her to stay back, however she did the opposite.
The Dragon looked at her and started to charge at her.
Arthur dug his sword into it and it knocked him away with it's tail.
Their parents yelled as it got closer.
Selene froze, conflicted. She could use her power... But then she'd risk using to much. She could not use it... But then.
"SELENE! DO IT! USE YOUR MAGIC. DON'T YOU DARE HESITATE, IN THIS WORLD IT'S KILL OR BE KILLED!" Arthur yelled.
She looked at it and raised her hands.
Kill or be... Killed.
She blew the Dragon back with one motion sending it tumbling away.
Arthur ran towards the Dragon and dung his sword into its neck and did a full spin severing it's head.
The survivors of the village cherished him calling him the Dragonslayer, but he let them know who was his aid.
Selene... The girl cursed with a powerful magic, or as they began to say...
***
Selene looked at Kian
Kill or be Killed huh?
She thought back to his chaotic he was, he would have definitely killed her or someone else.
Alright Kian, if you don't come back... I'll end you until you do.
Kian looked at her and thought to himself.
That face tells me everything Selene, dang it! Stop looking at me!!!
***
The wagon rolled into the Slave center.
They all looked around as eyes followed them.
The driver which who was dressed up as a Slaver looked at them with a sinister smile.
The group was pretending to be slaves.
A guard stopped them "Hold on, I have to do a check, to see if any of the slaves are registered Fugitives. I'm sure you heard of the escapees from🫠 Tartarus no?"
The driver nodded "Yeah, don't worry I don't have them"
"Ah ah, Still gotta check. Sorry man." He pulled off the hood of the first. "Okay, not registered."
Then the next "Nope"
Then the next "... Sir, this one's registered."
"Oh uh... Is that so?"
"I'll be checking the rest"
"Uh ah... Auction!"
"Huh?"
"I'm- I'm taking them to the A- Auction."
"Huh- Oh! Is that so? Well just tell me if you have this Ice girl, Fighter girl, Goddess crazy lady, This fox, and the little girl, plus this boy. The boy can't die."
"Um..." He looked at the paper, then the Guard laughed "You new?"
The driver paused "Uh yeah?"
"Hmm, I see. Well you see us Guards have to check all of these here Carts. So no matter where, when, or who, or how. We have to make sure..." He got closer "Your not carrying anyone important."
"Oh uh, I wasn't told that. I guess they forgot" He began to sweat.
The guard got close "Oh is that so? Forgot? They would never forget something sooo important. You sure you're a Slaver? Could I ask any Slaver if they knew you and they're answer would be yes?"
"Uh... Y-yes."
The guard laughed "I'm playing with ya, go on. Just remember this next time. I'm not trying to get fired after all."
The driver road on wiping his forehead. The tension in the wagon had went down too.
The guard walked to soldier who was in a mask with horns and an horizontal line as the face opening. He also had steel armor with fur and a great sword.
"They're here."
"As expected, out leader was right." The soldier said with pride. They do have two former slaves with them, I'm sure they'd come here to release the others."
"A rebellion of sorts huh?" The guard asked
"Indeed. I'll go tell him."
"Oh and they're going to an auction."
"I'll tell him that as well."