He smiles at me and than takes my hand. 'I'm not going anywhere. I will stay by your side. I know you hate to keep me trapped here Starlight, but you are my friend. I won't leave you behind and I'm not going back without you.' I bite my lip.
'You know I want to go with you, but I have no place to go. I would love to go to school and make more friends. I would love to truly explore my witch part but it is to dangerous. When I have strong emotions like fear or anger I will turn into a beast. I know your emperor is not a good man. He will try to catch or kill me. I am not as strong as Starfall, or as fierce as she is.' He shakes his head.
'I don't like him either. He has to much stupid rules. But my parents idealize him so you can't stay at my place. I also don't want you to get hurt so I just stay here with you. The only thing I want is that my sisters know that I am happy and safe.'
'You can tell the older witch who we will let go to tell them that. Or I can send an illusion of you to your house to talk to them. You can say what you want to them here and they would hear it there. You just have to point at your house, and I can send the illusion to it. They only thing you can't tell them about is my witch form. No one can know. You are the only one I trust with our secret and my life.' He pulls me close and runs his hand trough my hair.
'You are so sweet. Let's send them and illusion and than go to sleep. It is getting pretty late. When we went out it was already dark.' I nod and he lets go of me. I open the hallow and take his hand. We walk trough the cave and to the place where we can see the town from afar.
'That big spot there is my house.'
'Good, give me your hand.' I take his open hand and point our joined hands at the building. I close my eyes and walk trough the building until I see two green haired girls in a room. I make the illusion and open my eyes.
'You can talk now Edric. They can see you. If you close your eyes, you can see them too, but they can't see me. I made a telepathic connection with the illusion.' He does as I say, and I keep my eyes open. It is not my place to bug in. Within a minute see tears running from his eyes and bite my lip. Tears start to flow from my eyes as well.
I can't do this. I can't keep him away from his family. Edric opens his eyes and let go of my hand. 'You can stop I told them all I needed to say.' I show him a sad smile and than take his hand again. 'It is done, let's go home.' I nod and we go back to my hollow. Edric falls asleep really fast, but I sneak away as soon as he is out. I walk trough the wall and to the witch in the cage. I breath in and out really deep for a few seconds. Going trough, a cave wall takes a lot of energy and power, but I can't let Edric wake up.
'Witch woman? I make you a deal. I free you from the curse and you take Edric away. I can't keep him away from his family no matter how much it hurts to lose him.' She smiles.
'The name is Eda, and we have deal kid.' She tries to give me her hand, but I put mine on her chest and close my eyes. I concentrate on the curse. Than I take my hand back and take a few steps back in fear of it.
'It can't be.' She looks at me full confusion.
'What is the matter girl?'
'That is not an ordinary curse. I can't break even if I use all of my magic. The powers of a star child are beyond my capability. Only an other star child or my sister can break it, but will destroy you and even if you survive, she will kill you. She can only break it safely if the beast gets stronger. It is very small and weak at the moment. The one that breaks it has to choose who will live and she will choose the beast for sure. I don't want to kill either one of you.' She signs.
'So, there is no hope? The beast will take control of me and will lose all of my magic in the end? I'm a fool for hoping, my elixirs will only slow down the progress.' I smile.
'I didn't say that. I can't break it, but I can make it better.' I walk up to her and give all the power I have when I tough her chest. She begins to glow, and I scream in pain. I collapse on the ground when let go and smile at the tiny owl beast on the floor of the cage.
'Hello little onez you guys are still linked but at least you both have your own body now. Get strong again soon.' After those words I pass out.