Part 1
Ashley was having the worst day of her life.
Her whole life she has been buried under the feeling of being useless and not being able to help others who needed her, and now she was deliberately being used as a tool against her companions.
She was wondering when she started feeling this way.
When she was a little kid she witnessed her parents being killed by a monster right in front of her eyes in an attempt to allow her and her brother to escape safely. She wanted to stay and help them, but she was too small and weak to do anything.
That night, she cried herself to sleep cursing her own weakness and told herself that she would not let that happen again.
She decided to try and learn how to become a mage so she would have the power to defend herself and others around her. She was always fascinated by the world of magic and the people who could convert energy with a snap of their fingers to solve any kind of problem.
