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My eyes widened then I bolted towards the man ,my fist clenched and my tone livid.

The girl sniffed ,her bottom lips trembled as she hid her face,injured.

"A man should never hit a woman,especialiary his child."I lectured,eyes wide as magic interwoven on my surface then I thrusted my hands to swipe and grab the man by moving forward but I slipped past him,I spun on my feet then I whirled,stunned and confused.The figure shimmered and continued uninterrupted.I clenched my fist and unclenched my first,surprise written on my features.I muttered a curse,swiped on his figure,it rippled and shimmered.Again,I thrusted my hands through his body.

Nothing.

It went through like my hands in water.

It was strange,but not the strangest thing that had happened to me the whole time.I was confused yet intrigued.Like ice on a lake,the realisation dawned to me .They couldn't see me.Or hear me.It was only moving photos broadcasted and brought to life.

"Goddess Above,"I gasped,shock ran through my veins at the revelation.All this time ,The Child never knew of my presence.

Was this a vision?

Was this poor girl in a purgatory or this was a vision,her eventual reality.Questions swirled in my head like the roasted fish we cooked on the hearth,whirling and spinning over the flames.

The more I went through this garden of memories—I even saw happy memories,memories I never expected that my eyes would ever savour or even see.

All this time,I always saw this place as hell or hellish.

In one of them,her eyes were lit up and she was smiling from ear to ear but dressed in a strange outting gear,not a gear but a summer attire with a black top.An young man was next to her,he looked like the sun ,all smiles and laughs and messy hair as he stretched out his hand towards her,a woven bracelet swayed on his wrists.

A feeling of protectiveness washed over me and a heavy,tight feeling formed on my chest,I glanced at the young man annoyed.

They walked together and smiled and laughed,the boy gesticulated wildly and played with his hands as if he cast a spell but they bursted into laughter and continued their bye,shimmering like crystals next to me.

I groaned ,annoyed and crossed my arms around my chest and avoided the reflection of the two childern.Agaain, a strange sense of annoyance for the young man was apparent but then my feet moved away on its own accord and this time I was happy.These memories weighed my heart down like an anchor ,took the air out of my lungs.

In one memory:Her back was against something,a wall but they didnt show,her head in her arms cradled as her body convulsed and tears ran down her arms.Another,her palms pressed against her ears hard as she shut her eyes tightly.She flinched and behind her was two figures,the man and a woman.Her hair was like rope and her eyes were wild as they both fought,hands raised and open mouths.The man shoved the lady against the small wall and she yelled at him,clawed at his face like a wild animal. Then she dissolved into tears and cradled her oval face in her hands,convulsing ,just like her daughter.

I raked her with my eyes,a lump formed on my throat hard as I watched her in horror and sound around her glittering hunched form and just by her convulse,clenched teeth and eyes shut so tight.Her parents were arguing but it must have been such a common occurrence that it triggered her so bad.I itched to walk towards the Child,wrap my arms around her and tell her everything is alright—but I was lying.It was not going to get better,like at all for her.

All I did was watch,helplessly watch with my legs spread and palms rubbed my elbow slowly as my eyebrows went down and expression fell with it.Soured.But here I was helpless and useless ,useless as Bar would warn me sternly to my face with a long finger.Useless like a baby child now walking or waddling.Useless like a whining lady or a fat,plumy seal who can't swim or a fey who cant cause tricks or do vivid hallucinations to their mortal victims.

Useless.Useless.Useless.

Useless, like a wolf who cant shift after many moons.Like her—

I stop myself with a fist and clench my teeth and sound around the snow,my powers electrified.A ring of ice rotated and splashed over like a waterfall.

I cursed loudly and punched my palm with my fist,hard.

Daqutuukar.Stupid.

I gritted my teeth at the thought of singing my friend,dearest and only friend as an example for my mere stupidity.For my stupidness,I whacked my forehead hard and screamed a matter of ill mannered insults that would get me yelled at.

Nipangerit.Nipangerit.Nipangerit.

This time I was fortunate to appear in my dreams with gloves on.With a sad sigh,I continued my trek again,heart heavy with disappointment and as I watched another memory was coming to life,fading into existence.With eyes narrowed,She seemed to be hovering in the air but her behind was placed on something.I went on my knees and watched confused that she sat on nothing,just hovering with wide eyes.

This realm made zero congruent sense.But normal supernatural creatures did not thrive in the dream world as I did.I got up,ice falling off my thighs and got caught up in the cliffs of my baggy,hide trousers and stepped back with my eyes still narrowed and head cocked.The Child seemed to be working on something,her brows scrunched in deep concentration and eyes darted on it.I watched closer so I could see the moving memory,in front of her was slanted wooden table as I peered in.On it was a large,thin sheet like thin snow which caused my brow to raise.There was strange coloured stuff and when I itched closer,a gasp left my lips.

It was a giant portrait of a man with different shades of colours mixed in contrast,with silver,greys and charcoal but then she winced and flinched then covered her ears.I was stunned and stared at the drawing.

Goddess above,this girl was a creator.

A gasp of disbelief and the wildness of my heart carved it open like a fish hook from a hunter.A fear was hoved in full force then shambled.

Sexual assault happens here.Trigger warning.

In another,she trashed her feet and yelled,a figure hovered over her.My eyesight sharpened ,a scream left my throat. My fingers clamped around my lips,hard.

Then I bolted forward ,high and wolf out and it was just below the surface while it cackled widely and tore through the surface.I believed that my wolf was suppressed in this realm.But I was wrong.My eyes the colour of the aurora volaris ,rich green and claws out.

"Get off her!"I screamed,more like a roar and my voice multiplied by the spirit in which I shared.A ripple of magic swirled under my feet ,my hair lapped in the wind and I let out a snarl.My arms were clenched at my sides and my feet was spread,wide.And tore throw with a swipe of my claws.I absolutely fell of the momeray and slipped down an atoll,with a curse.I lumbered back my spirits livid.

My blood turned into eyes in my veins when it landed on the shimmering figures,my eyes widened,my mouth agape so wide a fly could go in and my lips went limp.When I saw who was on her.A broad shouldered man hard and swollen with muscle.I staggered,my legs could no longer sustain me and I almost buckled on the ground.

Dead.

Disgust formed and spread on my face like an infection.

It was father,

Her father.All I felt was raw shame and pain as I watched in disgust.By then ,my knees hit the ground and I wrapped my arms around my waist and clamped my fingers around my lips.I was helpless,knowing it was recorded ,kinwing it had already happened and I was not enough time for me to stop it.

Tears trickled down my cheeks as the world went in and out of focus as I felt my body turn to liquid fat.

The girl screamed ,clawed and kicked but then man had a neutral face,eyes glowing and hand on her feet as she shook his head and flashed his canine teeth.I fell back ,horrified.My legs without a bone,without a muscle,I was spineless.He began to touch her in a ill mannered way and all the girl did was cry and scream at him but she stopped and so did I.

The world spun and I was out.My mind numb ,,the world blurry and dotted in watery spots in the sky.Then it was darkness.

I didn't see much to know how horrendous it was tat her own dad did that to his daughter,his own fkesh.A child.What was he doing?

I was in a state of limbo.All I felt was darkness,alive and writhing and it pressed upon me hard like a layer of frost but I couldn't move then I opened my eyes.On the hard wooden floor ,frozen and hands spread.I got up with shaky legs and wobbled out and looked at the sun,a planet of white sun.

But this was not the worst,I had seen.The worst was yet to come.And I was only being prepared.From the ice freezing her,to the drowning,the continuous killer animals to three wolves and dying from exposure and exhaustion were not the worst.

Right before I stumbled on her corpse , a few days before I met her.I had a dream—no,the nightmares upon nightmares.The revelation from the Genesis.I was being prepared for the worst.

I was haunted by what the father did to the poor girl.A wail of frustration left my lips as I wrapped my arms around my face and my body,shrunk onto myself into a ball which rocked back and forth.

It was disgusting,heart wrenching and such an abomination against women.

My dream started like this.

The icy wind settled around as high and wild as a curtain of ice.

Winding,medeering,spin,ring,slice and frozen sea,the win settled down with my hair as it wet down with it.My hair whipped in the wind as the snow settled down and it dispersed like smoke.The mortal girl staggered backwards,her eyes darted wildly as she rubbed her shoulders up and down like mad as frosted clouds slipped from her lips.I ran my hands on my hair,the wind thrashed and whipped but here it was calm.

Then the ground trembled and lurched forward.The ground shook and vibrated like the giants footsteps as I fell forward.The mortal was still dressed in that sleeveless shirt and tight hugging pants.

The ground trembled and lurched wildly.A gasp left my lips as I watched the young girl stunned.Like sinkholes ,punched and sank on the ground like bullets against metal.It formed a giant ring around her.Jagged ,black rocks glided then bursted off through the snow like hot butter on a knife.Like a mini mountain,it sprung forth.Like a sharks fin,it got out then spun around in circles before settling down.The girl let out a terrified scream then bolted.From my hill,I let out a curse then bolted towards her in a flash.I eyed them then it come out and then it winded through the ground then cut through then bisected .She dodged and let out a breathe.Then the jagged ,obsidian rocks went back down but by now ,I knew I had to wait.A few seconds before they springed out again.

It sliced through the ground and went in circles around,she ran away narrowly avoiding it.She breathed,bolted and slid across.My heart hammered in my chest and I followed her.I threw my hands up and screamed."Hey,"I began."Run away."

But I cursed because I forgot that she couldn't hear me at all.The wind howled and crashed and trashed and it caused a reverse waterfall of Ice and snow to block.With a deep breathe,I narrowed and screamed.The wind parted and my heart went to my throat as I bolted towards her.The jagged,black rock was frozen and pointed an on it.The child was dangled and her hands were limp and her legs were weak.My hands went to my mouth tight as my feet gave way beneath me.The rock went through her heart,her eyes were wide open and staring at the sky and blood trickle down her lips.

Dead.

I failed.The poor child was murdered by my negliance.My heart shattered as I brought my trembled fingers to the cold,black rocks and wrapped my arms around the rock as my body trembled.Tears streamed down my eyes as I hiccuped and groaned.

She was suspended and her skin was pale.Her hands were limp and taut.

I was too late.My heart was on the floor.With shaky feet,I wobbled up and tipped over.And cradled my shaky hands on my face,bawling.

Why me?

Why was I cursed to watch over a dying child.

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