Bonus Chapter THE LOST TALE

Iris found herself in a strange place surrounded by thick trees and green plants, it seemed she was in the forest, she began walking in a straight path, she had no idea where she was going but kept on going anyway, she heard footsteps coming her, sounded like someone was running towards her direction, she went and hid behind one of the thick trees, she peeked to see who it was and saw a little boy running, he had white silver hair and bright hazel eyes, iris saw that the little boy must be Zayas and decided to follow him behind, he was running so fast that she decided to speed up her pace or else she will lose him, little Zayas ran fast as he could till he reached the village, he stood there for a while before going further, iris wanted to follow him but worried she might be spotted as an imposter, but no one even paid any attention to her, that's because no one could actually see her, noticing that no one could see her, she went further into the village to find little Zayas, iris saw him entering a small white house and followed him into the house, a woman was seated near the fireplace on a wooden chair, she had long, smooth and straight white silver hair with green hazel eyes, she was extremely beautiful and breathtaking, she wore a long cream white dress bringing out her pale smooth skin tone," where did you go Zayas? I looked for you in the village but couldn't find you," she spoke, her voice held power, authority and honor that a Queen upheld," I am sorry mother, it won't happen again,"Zayas said in a flat tone," you've been saying that every time you decide to disobey my warnings to you boy, I have told you countless times not to leave the village but you never listen," she stood up approaching him, she got on both her knees holding both of his little shoulders," look at me boy," her voice was gentle than before," Zayas you're different, different from the other witches, they envy you, they want to be you, they're jealous of you because you're special, they want to know what makes you so special and different from the rest, I will not always be there to protect you Zayas, leaving this village is not safe for you especially without my knowledge do you hear me?,"

" Yes mother," Zayas nodded," now go take your bath and come have your lunch," she told him and he went to do has told, after lunch he went out to play while his mother's loyal advisor kept an eye on him," your mother doesn't really trust you huh?," his little friend said, he was a really cute little witch with dark hair and brown eyes, Zayas sat near the lake throwing small stones in the water," she's just looking after me, I am the Queen's only son after all," he answered," keeping such a close eye on me like that, I would surely go crazy," his little friend said, Zayas turned around and saw that his mother's advisor was keeping a close eye on him," what's wrong?," his little friend asked," Lan, I need your help to leave the village without me being seen,"

" how am I supposed to do that Zayas? if caught, we will both be in trouble and I'm terrified of the witch Queen," Lan said," please Lan, help me," Zayas begged, after a lot of thinking Lan finally accepted to help," alright, but you owe me," he said and left him, a few minutes later there was chaos in the middle of the village, a fire broke out in a store which caught everyone's attention including the adviser to the Witch Queen, Zayas thought this was the perfect opportunity for him to escape, he got up and ran out of the village towards the forest, Iris followed him behind trying to see where he was going to, Zayas passed through the thick tress, iris wondered where he was going cause he had been walking for an hour now, after a few minutes of walking into the forest, he stopped in front of a small wooden house, it had a small wooden fence and a garden with beautiful flowers, Zayas went through the small gate and knocked on the door gently, the door swung open and a little girl stood in front of him with a wide smile on her face, he had long straight brown hair, brown-gold eyes and a slightly pale smooth skin with pink thin lips, she gave Zayas a hug with a warm smile," you came just as you promised." she said, Zayas smiled with a nod, the little girl dragged him inside and sat him down on a chair," are you hungry? I made cupcakes." she said," yes." Zayas said, the little girl went to the kitchen and brought out five four cupcakes with hot chocolate, they ate in silence and cleaned up after," you never told me your name." Zayas said," I'm Meredith, what's yours?," she smiled sweetly at him," Zayas." he answered," I don't have family or friends, it's just me and my garden." Meredith gave a bitter smile," where are your parents?," asked Zayas," both dead, killed by vampires, my father told me to run as far as I can and never look back, I found myself in this lonely forest surrounded by trees and an abandoned carbine, I fixed up so I can leave here, I made a garden and looked for food all by myself." she said proudly," I am sorry about your parents." Zayas said, Meredith gave a warm nod and touched Zayas ' hair with curiosity," I have never seen a male witch with white silver hair, my mother told me only females who are chosen to be witch Queens can have white silver hair." she said," are you translate?." Meredith leaned in to whisper which made Zayas to widen his eyes in shock," you can tell me the truth I swear not to tell a soul, you don't have to be shy I will still like you." she added," of course not, I'm a real boy I'm not translate." Zayas said with a frown," no need to get grumpy, I was only teasing." she said to cover her words up when clearly she thought he was a translate

while back in the village, dead bodies were lying everywhere and only a few survived, once Zayas left, an hour later the village was under attacked by rouge vampires, the witches fought for their Queen and village but the vampires were to many, they were looking for the little boy but could not find him, the leader leading the vampires grabbed the Witch Queen's hair tightly which made her groan in pain," where is he?,"

" go to hell." she said making him more angry, she was thrown to the ground," find the little white haired Witch and bring him to me." the leader of the vampires ordered," Stop! the witch Queen said out loud," you will not find him, you will not touch my son," she said murmuring out a spell, her eyes turned foggy like they were mist, the sky turned dark covering the village and the forest, it was like she summoned something from beyond the abyss, the vampires began disappearing one by one in the dark shadows, you could only hear their terrifying screams, the spell was a forbidden powerful spell, like any forbidden fruit there's consequences, the witch Queen felt weak and tired out, her inside bones became more visible on the outside, she became a very old witch that she had no strength left, she sacrificed her life to save her son and half of her people.

when Zayas returned back to the village it was completely destroyed and few of the witches were mourning for their fellow witches and the witch Queen, Zayas ran to his mother's corpse crying painfully, they had to pull him back comforting him, the next day was the burial day, all the witches wore white in honor and fair well of their Queen and fellow witches, the witch Queen was dressed up in white, her hair was perfectly combed bring out her beauty despite her being old now, she was buried in the cristal cave where only witch Queens were buried alone, different from other ordinary witches, they closed the cave with a powerful spell and put white flowers on the entrance, Zayas was chosen king of the witches at a very young age, they rebuilt their village and found new resources, Zayas continued seeing Meredith, they started dating at the age of sixteen, they both loved each other and got married and had beautiful two kids, a son and daughter, Iris enjoyed looking at the two couple being happy with their kids, one evening she saw Zayas barging into the room where Meredith and her two kids were sleeping soundly," Meredith, wake up." he said in panic," what is it? I still want to sleep I'm exhausted." she said," grab the kids we need to leave now." Zayas said carrying his daughter, Meredith knew something was wrong, she woke up gathering her son in her arms, they went through the back door and saw chaos in the village, witches were being slaughtered to the ground, iris ' eyes widened, it was horror, she followed Zayas and Meredith but she felt like she was being pulled back, a strong energy not wanting her to go further, a strong energy occured between iris and Zayas which separated them, she was pulled out of his mind, she felt weak and couldn't balance her weight, she fell to the cristal floor and faded out, Zayas was still half asleep.

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