Mystic And Magic

~FLASHBACK~

Asterin disappeared in the air and the girl stood there quietly on her place. She was happy a few moments ago that she found something rare and thought everyone will praise her if they knew about it. But that didn't happen.

Instead, Asterin scolded her because she didn't know about the stone. Blonde hair girl looked down at her feet nervously. But her nervousness was taken back immediately when her haze caught something twinkling in the river.

She instantly pulled up her robe sleeves and dress and stepped into the river to pick up that shining mysterious element. Surprisingly, it was the same amethyst she found earlier. She looked around her before grabbing the stone and inserting it inside her pocket of the robe.

Blonde hair girl then went back to her home and began searching for the book named 'History of Star City'. She started up researching and studying the entire book.

Few weeks pasts, blonde hair was yet in her room. Her family was worried for her because she locked herself in the room from the past few weeks. She only came out of her room if it was anything urgent or she was hungry. Rest the whole day she spent her time inside her room.

One day after a few experiments on different elements, she finally learned about Amethyst and their uses, also how to give fascinating shapes to them. She broke Amethyst into limited pieces and began casting spells and magic on each piece.

~END OF FLASHBACK~

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"Oh Jesus, help me what am I thinking? Why would I care for that pervert if he is interested in me or not? Serin just shut up and ignore them".

Serin shook her head and walked towards the table where swords were kept. There was one sword different than others which fascinated Serin towards it. It was twinkling slight purple but was same as Damen's sword, in design. It has ruby attached on its grip and it was looking glorious. It looked mystical because it was.

Serin was about to walk towards it when the arrow of Suzan's bow, hit Serin's arm. She sat on her knees in pain and discomfort. It was only a few days past from the arrow incident near the cave, and now Serin was injured at the same place she was before.

The whine of Serin made everyone halt their practice and look at her. Her arm began bleeding. Her red blood was dripping down on the ground through her fingertips. She was trembling while glaring at her blood with widen eyes. Also, her heartbeat began beating louder, that even she could hear them.

"Serin!", Forster's, Asterin and Damen ran towards her while calling out her name. They all sat kneeling beside Serin while the pack and witches gathered around them.

"Suzan, why you shoot the arrow towards her?", Cavin raised a question while sobbing. He was furious towards her which made Asterin glare at Suzan.

"It- I- I don't -", Suzan made an effort to safeguard her side but Asterin cut off her words.

"We will talk about it later. First, we need to heal Serin immediately", she let out as a command and Damen nodded.

Damen removed the arrow and kept it aside. Serin was screaming in pain. He began his process of healing, but that didn't work this time. He tried again for a few more times, but it didn't help.

"Was she hurt before?", few people gathered around began mumbling like a whisper which was audible to the Prince and Princess.

"She was hurt? Was she hurt in Artemis?", Asterin inquired from Damen and he slightly nodded.

"But how is that possible to be hurt at the exact same place?", Damen mumbled in confusion. He was mystifying at this incident. Serin took a deep breath before closing her eyes. He froze and kept gazing at Serin who was now laid unconscious on the ground with small green grass covered with her red bloodstains over them.

"What are you all looking at? Go bring my bag", Asterin yelled at the witches. "We don't have much time, she can die with the arrow of Artemis. She is human, go run quickly"

"That's the reason why winter came back?", the pack was shocked when Asterin announced she is a human. "Is she Edurne?", the noise of whispers increased. Damen was still frozen and kept staring at Serin as if he was in deep thought.

A witch came and gave Asterin her bag. She quickly removed a tiny potion bottle from her bag and poured it on her wound and also some drops in her mouth. The wound slowly stopped bleeding, but didn't heal. "Everyone can walk back to their home except Forster's, officers and witches", Asterin commanded and the pack walked back to their cabins.

The sword which Serin saw a few moments ago, disappeared from its place. No one saw it except Serin, it was surely magical also mystical. Asterin shook Damen's body to make him come back to his senses, which worked.

"Go, take her back to the castle and don't move from beside her until I come back", Asterin spoke. "Something is wrong here, I need to look towards it", she explained.

"Mr Chen and his men will stay with you until you come back. I have similar doubt like you, I don't feel it's safe for women even if you are a witch, to stay out in the dark forest after sunset", Damen explained. "Come back soon".

Mrs Forster untied her scarf and wrapped around Serin's wound. Damen then picked up her in bridal style and walked back to the castle with Forster's behind him. While some of them were relieved to see Serin alive, some of them weren't happy. They glared at both Serin and Damen in jealousy.

Asterin picked up the arrow in her hands to examine it, but it changed into ashes as soon as Asterin touched it. The arrow was not normal, it was magical with one of the dangerous spell cast on it.

"If I didn't make this potion on my way to Moon City, then Serin would have died today a mysterious death", Asterin spoke while clenching her jaw. "First of all, Serin is from a different world. Any weapon which hit her on the same place she was hit before, can not be healed by Damen. And you all know it better than this is same for all of us. Getting hit on the same place is rare, very rare", she explained.

"What makes the difference is that she is not from this world. We can not die even if we are hit on the same place, but a human can die. Same like Edurne when she was stabbed with a knife on the same wound she got before, but her powers saved that evil", she added.

"You mean Serin was purposely shot with this arrow? You mean someone wants to kill her?", Chen asked.

"I hope my doubt don't turn into reality", she confessed. She stood up on her place and began walking towards the dark forest. "We need to find out. You both will keep an eye on that Suzan", she commanded two of the witches and they nodded before disappearing in the air.

"Why do you think Suzan will do that?", Chen asked in confusion.

"None of your business whatever I think Chen. You just follow me as you are ordered by your Prince, and no more poking your nose in my work", Asterin sarcastically spoke and departed towards the dark forest.

Chen let out a sigh and followed her with his group. The dark forest was slowly getting darker and darker. It was almost difficult to look at the further route. But Asterin's magical bag has solutions for time problems. She removed a few jars of light and enlightened their route.

"At least a princess knows what to keep with her in an emergency", Chen mumbled making his group chuckle. Asterin who was walking before everyone stood on her place and turned back to look at Chen. She was mad because she overheard him.

"Mr Chen, this Princess knows everything to keep with her and what not. Better if you only walk fast and talk less, I won't regret casting spell on you if I get madder", she groaned. Later both of them began glaring each other in hate.

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Damen gets inside the castle from the back door which opens near the mountains. He knows everyone will glare at serin if he walks back to Castle from the pack. They don't know anything about Serin and they will definitely misunderstand her which Damen doesn't want to let happen.

His guards opened the door of the castle and he walked inside with Forster's behind him. The workers inside the castle worriedly gather around Damen when they saw Serin unconscious in his arms.

"I don't want anyone of you to disturb me. I'm taking her in my room, without my permission no one will enter my room. I repeat no one, except Asterin. Inform her when she comes", Damen commanded everyone in his groaning voice before walking towards the corridor to go upstairs.

Everyone half-bent for damen after nodding in approval. They all then walked back to their rooms and works. Within seconds, Damen reached near his room. He opened the door with the stare of his magical eyes on the doorknob and walked inside. He then placed the unconscious Serin on his bed and sat beside her.

He untied the scarf from her wound and kept staring towards her with a frown look. He turned back and bent forward to take off her slippers from her feet. He stands up and keep them in his wardrobe and walk back to sit beside Serin. He pulls up the blanket and places it over her body to prevent her from catching a cold.

Watching the quiet serin unconscious before him, made Damen sad. The rare moments he spent with her were visible in front of his eyes. Whenever they met they only fought with each other. Also in the morning, in his life, he was slapped for the first time by someone. Neither his parents ever scolded nor beat Damen, she was the first to do so.

A slight tint of blush was formed on his cheeks with the embarrassment of whatever he did to her in the morning. He probably enjoyed every second with her but he doesn't want to accept that fact.

" Stop it Damen. She is a human, not even from Artemis", he slapped himself and mumbled. "What are you doing? You are a prince and she is nothing before you. She has no powers neither she is your type"

He rolled up his eyes and stood up to walk away from her. Yes, he began liking her but didn't want to fall for her. Damen is right, she isn't from their world. Even if they meet together in future, it is much difficult for both of them to stay forever with each other.

He has lived his life. Now he all wanted is to go afterlife. And this is only possible if Artemis comes back. Damen and many others are stuck in between the time from the past 200 years. Even if it feels like to be blessed living this many years, it isn't. Somewhere all of them feel cursed to be living from past hundreds of years.

And that's of course not simple to take care of everything and everyone. They don't even know if they have any end or they will forever be this young, watching others growing old and die. They want to know how it feels to be growing old, also they want to taste death. Because even if they try to kill themselves, they cant die.

Chosen ones from Artemis have been blessed to not die in her absence, no matter what. It was a good thing unless Edurne came and ruined everything. Every power and blessings have been turned into curse now. And they all want to be independent of these things, perpetually.