"Untitled" by Haley T.

Note from Mrs. C:  I overlooked Haley's submission somehow and didn't get it uploaded with the rest of the October entries.  My apologies, Haley!!

Europe wasn’t a safe place anymore but luckily she wasn’t going to be there much longer. She quickly returned to her house and gathered her things, she knew the only way to survive was to get out and get out fast. The consequence of being caught or suspected of doing magic was death. The sun rose but brought no warmth the joy was gone, the day she and her family would travel to the new world, but instead she was alone as she boarded the boat. She found a spot near the bow next to a man she couldn’t recognize; she wasn’t excited for this journey anymore

The forest was still the one place she found comfort, so as soon as the ship docked she found her way to the forest. For days she roamed the forest, surviving off the fruit and water the land provided and eventually stumbles upon people living in the forest. She watches them from a far and notices them chanting in a strange language around a fire. As she got closer she realized they were performing a ritual of some kind, she moved closer until she felt someone grab her, she looked up to see one of the strangers behind her. The stranger speaks a strange language to her, confused she stares back in silence, the stranger then takes her to a man standing near the fire. The strangers push her down in front of the man, afraid of what could happen she closes her eyes and begins to chant the people fall silent. Realizing nothing has happened to her she opens her eyes to see the strangers staring behind her, she turns to see that their fire has grown to half the size of the trees. She stops chanting and the fire returns to its normal size, in awe of what they had just witness the people bow to her.

They took her in and taught her how to survive draw power from the elements instead of her emotions. The chief took her out to the large oak that their tribe considered holy and she healed a an animal they found wounded, as the animal stood to its feet, she saw a man she recognized from the boat, and as their eyes met he turned and ran toward the village. She followed the man trying to stop him, but when she finally caught up to him another man knocked her out. She awoke tied to a tree with a small pile of wood surrounding her in front of the townspeople. They yelled and accused her of witchcraft, and then split allowing a man carrying a torch through. As he got closer she began to scream for help, but they all stood by quietly she closed her eyes and chanted in here head, and when she opened her eyes they were gone, nowhere to be found. She managed to release herself and looked around and found no one.