As much as I prayed for the now nightmarish memories to not return they did , they were ten times worse and more intense than the original memories. I woke up with heavy eyebags, I shouldn't say I woke up cause I never got any sleep. I definitely don't want anyone in the house to see me like this so i left the house early to go meet up with Zara hoping he has the answers to what's happening to me.
Only he didn't come alone, a boy who I suspect to be 14 or 15 was with him. The boy had long white hair, a scar on his left eye and red eyes, he wore light armour that was red in colour. " Zara? Who is this person?" I asked Zara who answered immediately" this is Neo he has holy and fire magic and he is here to help you" the way he said all of that with confidence I was convinced that this teenager must be amazing.
He told me to step back and I did as he instructed , a white book floated out of his bag and the pages flipped themselves making me admire the fact that he has so many spells. " Holy magic , holy Devine smoke" a white smoke that was bright in colour and shone under the sun was approuching me . As soon as it surrounded me I felt discomfort, no something inside me felt discomfort.
"The evil sand that reforms memories and intensifies negative experiences is called Nightmare Sands. This sand can be poured into drinks , food or on your clothes ,this sand traps it's victims in a cycle of torment and despair as their memories are twisted and manipulated to inflict pain and disorder in the victim's brain. It gets worse everyday, The use of Nightmare Sands does a inescapable mental prison for those affected, that leads to a state of endless fear and torment. " Said Neo , his voice is very monotone but that's not important right now. Nightmare sands! I've never heard of it before and who could do such a thing to me.
Is it Victor? Did his gift have nightmare sands but if it did then Calestia could've warned me about it.
" I am going to remove them from you and return them to their owners or the one who used them on you" he did another spell causing a dark evil looking sand to be forcefully removed from me then with speed it flew back to the direction I came from. " Don't tell me it was someone in your family?" Asked Zara , I couldn't believe it also, I know very well that grandma would never do such a thing and so is Zoe so that leaves me to one person. " Arya?" But how? Why did she do such a thing? Was Calestia really right about her ?
"Are you okay Claudia?" Asked Zara causing me to force a smile on my face " I'm okay Zara and I'm very thankful to the both of you for helping me out" , " It's a shame that you couldn't get the flies but it's fine here's the money for the bees " said Neo giving each of us a grey pouch. He continued" I heard you have a level 5 tigerem mana stone, I can give you 5 000 gold coins for it " my mind right now wasn't functioning properly I just threw him the mana stone thinking he wanted me to pay him back for helping me. I was given another pouch , I didn't bother checking what was inside and just started walking back the way that I came from. Maybe I'm more naive than I thought but I was still in shock about everything, what will grandma think and say about this? Should I even tell her ?...
" Claudia I'm very disappointed in you" said grandma, she was sitting on the sofa doing beads and I had just entered the house. Disappointed? What does she mean she is disappointed in me ? She continued " Arya said you snuck in my herbs and potion room , you took a very dangerous expensive thing and used it on her" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry cause this is madness, Arya is not okay she's crazy and I feel like an idiot for not believing Calestia. Evil really knows no age , who'd believe that a ten year old would do such a thing.
" I am disappointed in you for not coming to me when this sand started its work on you, I know that Arya is lying , I know that she is the one who poured the sand on your food. I also know about your partner Zara and everything else going on in this forest. " I couldn't believe a word that came out of her mouth , you mean to tell me that all this time she has known about Zara and what Arya has done to me. " What kind of grandma do you think I am?, If I didn't have this power I would never send or allow kids to freely hunt or train in a dangerous forest and I am not happy that you had to get outside help " I felt really bad , she must think I don't trust her but she's wrong. I just didn't want to worry her or bring problems in her house cause I'm sure this has never happened before, if I wasn't here non of this would've happened.
" Grandma I know I haven't been honest with you but sometimes I would feel like if I voiced out some things you'd think they're only happening because I'm here cause I know if I wasn't here the three of you would be living peacefully" , she frowned " Claudia do you know how happy I was to hear that you'd be living with me , even though I would visit your parent's house it'll only be a few days. So having you here is very important cause it makes me happy but I'd be happier if you tell me whatever is bothering you or just what you plan to do or not do" I understand what she's saying and it was very wrong of me to unintentionally not include her in what's happening in my life. I have a grandma who loves and cherishes me unconditionally, I should be grateful cause not everyone can have that.
" Don't worry too much about Arya, I made sure that she never repeats anything like what she did to you. Though I am very disappointed in her she's just a child ,you are all just children, seeing you and Zoe do better than her made her do a very dangerous thing so I hope you forgive her" I'll only forgive her for grandma's sake , when I hadn't figured out that I could use magic without moonra I didn't sneak in some herbs or potion room I didn't know about to take some dangerous sands and pour it to people who have moonras. What she did is something I will never forget and that is why I'll never trust Arya ever again. In fact from now on I no longer have or want to have friends.