"You can stop it, Cassandra! Look at your hands, the fingers are black and hideous. I know it must be very painful for you, right?"
Gomiko warned his friend. He looked worried about Cassandra pushing herself too hard.
Though all that's left are two leaves to get green tea and apples, Cassandra had her fill of fish, bread, and grape jam. She desperately tried the spell at hand. The pain in her hand and the stinging came together. Even the blackened fingers were very stiff. Not only that, but Cassandra also felt her breath getting heavier.
But, what she had started, she wanted to end immediately. Cassandra was already obsessed with everything that happened and wanted to conquer two more spells. However, the message given by her grandmother made Cassandra not give up.
"I'll take another half hour, Gomiko. After all, I don't know when I'll have this kind of passion again. I wonder why the other spells are easy enough for me to do. Even though I have to try more than five times, these last two spells are hard! I'm curious!" Cassandra said, her eyes still on the open spell book in front of her.
"Jucio Tamoka!"
"AHH!"
Cassandra's body bounced back. Her hands emitted a lot of smoke as if she had just been struck by lightning.
"Cassandra!" shrieked Gomiko. She flew straight to Cassandra.
The young girl smiled a faint smile with her eyes half closed.
"This hurts a lot, Gomiko. But… I feel very satisfied, because I managed to finish--."
"CASSANDRA!"
Yup, the screams from Gomiko were enough to prove that the sentence was cut off because Cassandra suddenly fell unconscious. The young girl fainted with three blackened fingers and red palms. She was hurt and sick. But, then, why did her grandmother mention she could have mixed powers if she ended up being tormented like this? Poor girl.
**
"You are the chosen one. You have to face it all. HA HA HA!"
The big, booming sound woke Cassandra. When she glanced around, she only saw a very dark room. It was so dark he couldn't see anything. Light only came out of Cassandra's body.
"Where is this? What sound is that?!" Cassandra muttered.
The darkness that hurt the eyes made Cassandra quickly recite her signature spell.
"Gholumba zalire!"
Three small flames flew in front of Cassandra. Cassandra immediately looked at her hand. Something strange had happened. All the pain and blackened hands had disappeared.
Cassandra then looked around again. She just realized that this wasn't in the east tower. The unpainted brick walls were visible in the darkness. There seemed to be nothing but the bed he was sleeping on.
"Where am I?!" Cassandra muttered. This young girl was too scared to get down and get up.
Suddenly, there was a scorched smell mixed with blood, very disgusting. Then, unexpectedly, a goat-headed human with dragon wings appeared in front of Cassandra.
He sped away as fast as if using the black clouds under his feet. Cassandra couldn't even scream anymore from the fear. The monstrous creature immediately turned its face to Cassandra and said, "YOU'RE IN THE HELL! HAHAHA!"
WUUZZ!
"KYA!"
Cassandra's shrieks peaked as the entire room turned into a sea of fire.
"YOU'RE IN HELL, DEAR! NEXT, YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY WILL COME HERE, HA HA HA!" said the creature aloud.
Cassandra shook her head and said, "NO! STOP IT! WHAT DO YOU WANT!"
"I WANT NOTHING. I ONLY WANT YOU, STUPID WITCHES! BUT, YOU ARE THE CHOOSEN…."
"What does it mean! Chosen for what!" Cassandra shrieked in horror. Her voice sounded a little hoarse and frightened.
"HA HA HA! DONT ASKING TOO MUCH! NOW, COME BACK! WE WILL MEET SOON, AGAIN!"
The monstrous creature snapped its long, black nails in front of Cassandra. Instantly the bed darted swiftly toward the fire. Cassandra panicked and screamed wildly.
"AHHH! NO! NO!"
**
"KYAAA! FIRE! FIRE!"
Gomiko, sleeping on top of Cassandra's body, immediately panicked. He flew up and rubbed his body against Cassandra's face to wake the young girl.
"Cassandra, Cassandra, wake up!" said Gomiko in a panic.
"FIRE! FIRE! HELP ME! HELP ME!" Cassandra shrieked with her eyes closed.
"What should I do! How to waking up on her?!" Gomiko muttered in confusion.
His round eyes then fell on the pillow on the bed. Instantly he had the idea of dropping the pillow on Cassandra's face.
"Yeah, that thing isn't too heavy for me to carry!"
Gomiko then flew and started biting the center of the pillow and was seen gasping for air, flying toward Cassandra. Just as he was close to Cassandra's body, the girl suddenly woke up and shocked the cute fur-covered animal.
"KYA!"
"AKH!"
The pillow he bit down fell right on top of Cassandra's feet.
"Cassandra! You just surprised me!" shouted Gomiko. His small mouth seemed to thin out in anger.
"Oh, I didn't know you were going to fly, Gomiko. Forgive me. I just had a bad dream, Gomiko. I was trapped in hell and burned with screams saying, 'you are the chosen one'. I also saw a terrifying creature, a human with the head of a goat with dragon wings approaching me! I'm really confused by the dream, so far I've never had a scary dream!" said Cassandra. The girl's face still looks traumatized.
"I don't think it's possible if it's just a dream. Maybe there is a certain meaning that he want to convey to you? But, who wants to pass on the hint? How are we supposed to find out what that means?" asked Gomiko. The animal flew and landed on Cassandra's head.
Cassandra looked at her hands which had returned to normal like in a dream. She then stood up and walked to the window. Although it was dark, the moon greeted from a distance with beautiful light. Even though it was covered by the black light that shielded the tower, the moon was still admirable in Cassandra's eyes.
When passing the groceries chest, Cassandra could see if the contents were empty. Unfortunately, the remaining leaves have disappeared according to what was written in her mother's message yesterday.
"I must have passed out a long time ago," Cassandra said. His eyes stared intently at the moon.
"Yes, very long. Look, it's getting dark. You fainted when the sun was still very high," said Gomiko, who was still perched on Cassandra's head.
"Yesterday, I also had a strange dream, Gomiko…."
"What's that?"
"I had a dream about my grandmother, there were clues she left behind. She also said that I should look for other clues myself… could my dreams tonight be related? But, why should I see hell and demons?" Cassandra asked.
"What dream did you get from your grandmother?" asked Gomiko.
Cassandra took a deep breath and said, "She told me how all the weirdness in me happened. It all started with her, my grandmother was a daughter from the white kingdom who left the kingdom to marry my grandfather. Besides, she also said that I passed down the ability from Dandelia, her daughter who was killed because she had mixed powers…."
"Wait, what?! Mixed power? That means you…."
Gomiko immediately floated in front of Cassandra with her mouth wide open in surprise.
"Yeah, I'm not just a dark witch who has white magic power. I'm… a witch with mixed powers, Gomiko…."
"There seems to be a continuity between the dreams you had, Cassandra," said Gomiko.
Cassandra, who was still staring at the moon, seemed to nod.
"Yeah, and for some reason my heart seems to say that all of this refers to the peak event Gomiko."
"You mean the September celebration?" asked Gomiko.
Cassandra took another deep breath and replied, "Yes."