Sophia had been restless since she witnessed what she did the previous day.
She paced up and down her room trying to make sense of what she saw.
"Dilly ?" She shook her head like she was expecting to wake up from a dream . But it wasn't a dream, she was very sure of that.
She saw it , Dilly spat fire and her eyes were like burning furnace.
How could she have gotten involved with that ? Why was she not careful enough to avoid witnessing that incident?
Fear gripped her as she grabbed her phone and car key in frustration.
She was about to drive for eight hours but she was ready, she was ready to get rid of anything that would get her in trouble.
As she drove , her mind drifted back to the conversation she had with Gabby few years back.
She had promised Gabby that she was going to find the Chosen one and get rid of him/her.
But after all these years , she had reported back to Gabby that she didn't think the chosen one existed. But what she saw Dilly do set doubts in her mind.
There was only one person that had the power to spit fire and control fire and that was the great late king of the pure magic realm.
According to Gabby, the only person that would also possess such power was the king's offspring, the chosen one.
She finally got to a deserted city after driving for nearly eight hours.
She parked behind an old building and walked briskly the where Gabby lived with other banned immortals.
"Could Dilly be the chosen one?" She thought as she made her way up the crooked stairs.
If that was the case then she might be in big trouble because her mission was to find the chosen one before he/she would find out about his/ her powers.
She voluntarily took the assignment upon herself in exchange for some dark magic powers that she now possessed with the help of Gabby.
The huge black door flung open just as she was about to knock. Gabby stood by the door , her arms folded.
Sophia hesitated for a while before finally taking few steps inside .
She flinched as the huge door closed behind her.
"I know why you're here" Gabby said , taking her place on the huge chair that severed as a throne.
"Could she be the one?" Sophia asked , her eyes fixed to the floor or daring to look Gabby in the eyes.
She really hoped that Gabby would tell her that she was just being silly and the chosen one didn't exist. That all she saw was just her mere imagination.
"Isn't it obvious?" Gabby laughed bitterly.
"I'll give you another chance to prove yourself worthy of being my spy. Find that girl and bring her here or kill her before they find out about her in the pure magic realm".
"That's if the grandmaster has not sent someone to her already" She added.
Sophia's heart almost dropped in her mouth.
So Dilly was truly the Chosen one. She had not been imagining things.
In Dilly's house , Ayana and Mat sat at the edge of Dilly's bed worry written over their faces. Their friend had fallen very ill all of a sudden.
Dilly's mom entered with a bowl of hot peppersoup, she looked really stressed and worried as well.
"I'm going to bring the doctor , give her this when she wakes up." She said before heading back out.
Darkness enveloped the room, making Dilly strain her eyes restlessly. The air was hot and cold at the same time, she could hear faint whispers.
She struggled to push her way through the darkness until she fell upon what seemed like a very huge tree.
She recognized this place , she was in the woods again and not in a room like she had thought.
"But why is it so dark?" She mumered under her breath.
Straining her eyes so hard was not helping so she decided to rest a bit under the huge tree.
The sound of someone crying caught her attention and she got up to follow the sound gently. She walked until a faint light came into view , her stomach turned in excitement.
The ray of light was coming from what looked like a cave , she moved closer making sure not to make sound with her feet.
She stopped when she got to the entrance of the cave and peeped inside . She didn't see anyone but she could still hear someone crying , it was louder this time around.
"Hello" she whisphered .
Her voice echoed through the cave making her jump back in fear . She had not planned to make that much noise.
She trembled not sure what to do.
"Help me" someone cried from inside the cave.
"Please help me".
Her heart raced drastically , making her feel sick all of a sudden.
Just as she was about to turn around and run for her dear life , she looked up and saw a young girl with big brown eye staring at her . The girl's wings were trapped in a tree branch inside the cave.
She wondered where the tree and the girl came from because she didn't see them earlier.
She wished the grandmaster's messenger would come to her rescue because she was way beyond scared and confused.
"Help me help me" the girl continued crying .
"I'm in pain , help me".
Dilly took a step inside the cave and that was when it dawned on her . The young girl looked exactly like her. If she didn't know better she would have said the girl was her younger sister.
"Are you not going to help your younger self?" The girl said whining.
Dilly hesitated .
"I'm trapped here , if I die out here , you'll die too" she girl said raising her voice.
"Why?" Dilly asked her voice temebling.
The girl eyed her impatiently "because I am you and you are me."
Dilly took another step into the cave and stopped in her track.
She didn't know what she was seeing in this girl's eyes but it was nothing close to honesty.
But she's really trapped on the tree .
Dilly walked gently to the tree , she was about to climb up when a force pulled her back.
She looked back just in time to see Ryan running towards her.
"Don't Dilly , it's a trap" he warned.
She looked at him confused and looked at the young girl and what she saw startled her .
The young girl was no longer a girl but a scary looking black bird. It flapped its wings and flew out of the cave.
Dilly screamed holding unto Ryan tightly.
"It's okay it's okay" he whispered. "I'll not let anyone harm you."
"I'll not let anyone harm you" a faint voice said .
Dilly struggled to open her eyes but she shut them back because they felt so hot and heavy.
She opened them again only to see her best friends peering at her, looking so worried.
Had she been sick ? Did she faint?
Her mind went back to the incident with Sophia and she tremebled.
"Are you cold?" Mat asked wrapping her up with the blanket.
She just had another dream and she saw Ryan again, he saved her from the evil bird.
"Call Ryan please" she whisphered.
Her best friends exchanged confused looks but they didn't argue.
Mat got up and headed towards Ryan's flat.