Despite my fatigue, I couldn't sleep. There were a lot of thoughts in my head that kept me awake. I couldn't rest until the upcoming tournament. I confess, fear did not let me go, even after I found out that I would not die. What if I came across someone else's powerful spell? And if they decide I'm dangerous because of a double gift? Nobody really knows anything about me. And Rianal... His mood swings did not give me peace of mind. And before he knew about my magic, he didn't even want to talk to me. So he needed something from me. I've already told you, should you stay away from him? It's time to start. We only know each other for a day, and we already have some strange relations... His words about the fact that he won't let me lose at the tournament. That's why he should help me? One more proof! He needs me for something!
Slowly, I was pulling my dream into my arms. I fell asleep with thoughts about Rina.
I had a strange dream. It was as if I woke up in a castle, which was completely covered in frost. I ran down the corridors, slipping desperately, on a thin ice-covered floor, and hadn't fallen down by miracle yet. I was wearing the same short white dress I wore at the party, so the cold was particularly acute.
- Oceania...
The voice called me, but I couldn't tell if it was male or female. The horror of my heart and made me run forward even faster. Eventually, at the next turn, I still had no balance and fell, scratching my knees and palms. The blood immediately soaked into the ice...
- Ocean, Rin's voice was right next door, I told you to save your blood.
Strong, warm hands hugged me from behind.
With my eyes open, I sat on the bed. My whole body was covered in cold, filthy sweat. Brrr, what is this terrible dream? And again, this Frostbite...
Okay, stop thinking about him!
Early morning. It's such a warm, Saturday morning, up to 11 years old, my favorite time of day: On Saturdays, my mother and I were going to clean up, (themselves, excluding magic) including music and singing to bring our house into perfect order, then baking openwork pancakes, my father came from the yard, and we sat down together for breakfast ... in the house smelled of summer meadows, and in the attic of the forest ... there were dried herbs and mushrooms, necessary in the practice of the healer, and also cones, different: spruce, pine, fir... all of them I brought from the forest and put in a box near the window of the attic... in general, I was always fascinated by the forest, pulled to itself its greatness, power, the forest gave me strength, ...where my mother, father, mermaid aunts, and other forest dwellers taught me the basics of my magic, where my friends stayed...
That's what I was thinking after I woke up, I couldn't sleep anymore. After washing my face and having a quick breakfast, I decided to get ready for the games I got into...
"Will I be able to do the qualifying round?" - I think everything is probably impossible to be such a wolf! "Oceania, focus, remember what you were taught! - I talked myself into going to Serena...
She opened the door... sleepy in her funny bear pajamas... murmured into the bathroom,
I sat on a colorful sofa... loved Serena's bright colors, so now I'm out of the tub in an orange strapless sarafan
- So what are we gonna do now? Today is the first stage... How do you manage to get into where you don't want to go? And in general, where were you yesterday? - Serena started to bawl me, and it was her "We" that warmed my soul, so I'm not alone, I have a real friend, friendship is the most powerful energy in the world...
- You know what, Cee? Let's go shopping. Help me pick out a pretty suit... I'm going to perform in front of thousands of people in the evening, I want to look at all 200%.
- Let's go, - she agreed, - and we bounced out on the street, the morning was in full swing, it became hotter, so my T-shirt withdrawn wings and shorts and a bright sarafan Serena favorably emphasized our miniature figures.
A wide paved road led to the trading rows, here and their wagons loaded with various goods passed, in search of the necessary buzzing crowd, in general, the local trading rows were famous for the fact that here it was possible to buy everything that your darling wished... and here is light or dark... depends on this very darling... I needed armor and a couple of other things in the witch's shop...
- And where did you turn? - Serena asked me when I went to the shop I needed.
- Same question to you" smiled at her friend.
- Well... The best costumes are there," she pointed out with her hand at the small snack.
- Yes, you're right. And the best protection was there," she waved her head in the opposite direction.
- The defense... - my friend stared at me, and then, having eaten her lip, added: - So you came for such purchases.