Chapter 20

She reached out for anyone's thought but nothing came. No one was there. She tried another way. She'd learned so far that some people guide their thought and an effective way to get them is to use your inner sight, even spirits can be detected through this.

She stood still, first controlling her own breathe. She kept her eye shut, tried to view things as she could feel them. The first attempt got her nothing and she believed she wasn't relaxed enough so she tried again. Concentrating on every single change or sound, she got something. She heard a slight whine, a sound most likely to be made by an animal but she just hoped it was human. She followed the direction of the sound. As she walked farther she could see a small whitish thing that looked like cotton or a woolen cloth. She was beginning to relax anyway but some part of her was scared, scared of many things other than death.At some point the white stuff began to move out of view, she got frustated so she screamed.

"Who's there?" she screamed." It's me Emiliar" She felt stupid, no one knows Emiliar here. She just stood still hoping that someone has heard her. Suddenly, something cold and woolen pounced on her back, She as scared to death that she lost balance and fell on another heap of dirt. She helped herself up and looked up to the animal. She was amazed by what she saw.

"Luna" She gasped. Happy that at last she's found one of her.

"where are the others?"

She held it and kissed it. To her, it deserves more than a kiss, it just saved her from getting lost in this dark filthy place.

"Luna, where's katty? Where's Joel? Where are they? " She asked her hoping that she heard her just like she hears others.

Luna whined staring into her eye, guess she was trying to register her face. Emiliar just prayed within that she remembers her cause she knows what damage a wolf can do. Suddenly, Luna jumped off her lap and started running in an unknown direction. It was very visible in the dark because of it's colour. She felt broken and disappointed. Of course, it didn't hear her. Instinctively she followed it, it was running faster than she imagined but she just followed. It's an animal and she's just mere witch.

"Luna wait! "She screamed, her voice echoed everywhere. So, it's not an empty space, it has walls, it's an enclosed space. Luna continued to run and she followed. Maybe, just maybe this has a purpose.

Finally, they ran through a door and Luna stopped. She stopped also panting wondering why it stopped. She scanned around, looking disconcerted. A ray of light peeped through a small crack in the wall so she could see somethings. There were iron bars there and she saw a figure resting on a part of the bar. At first she hesitated, she was scared but Luna led the way and she followed.

She saw Luna jump on the figure and licked her face. And nothing else clicked in her mind than.

'Katrienair! ' She ran towards the figure and embraced it. It was Katrienair. She cried, happy to see her friend. Courtesy of the dark she could not see her face but she saw that she was still, chained to this bar, hands spread out. And katrienair wasn't talking. She teared out. Sylvia said they would wake up alive, why is Katrienair like this?

"What happened Luna? " She screamed at Luna. Though she was grateful that it helped her get to Katty but this just wasn't what she wanted to see.

"Katrienair, Are you awake? Please speak to me. "

Katrienair heard voices faintly but she was too weak to do anything.

"Katty, It's Emiliar, I'm here. Please tell me you're awake. "

She turned her neck a bit, that was all she could do before she went still again. Emiliar saw this, she was happy, next was to get those chains off. She examined the chains, they were made of hard metals. There's nothing that can cut them off. Luna hopped onto the chains and placed them between his teeth, he tried hard to cut them but not even a scratch came up. Instead, it was repelled by it and it fell flat weak on the floor. Emiliar remembered her own self, Joel said she was a witch.

She prayed first, "Lord God, I'm about to summon the gifts you've given to me. Please don't let it fail this time. Please help Katrienair live, please Lord"

She moved closer to the chain, first having a feel of it. She sniffed in as many times as she could to get the kind of people that chained her. Well, all she could smell was fire. Damn it. This isn't working. She just had to get straight to work. She placed her fingers on the chain, feeling them, trying to squeeze them. She closed her eye, imagined the chains cutting off. She could hear Luna's whine but she had to concentrate, she didn't care. It's not like she understands whatever he was saying. She felt the chain easing off. She was happy that her magic was working. Eyes still closed, she continued casting joyous spells to cut off the chains. Later she heard footsteps, they didn't matter much to her. She could only smell fire nothing else so she continued till she heard a snap. The chain has cut. She opened her eye and some people's touch invaded her eye. She was shocked, they were too many and a man looking like their leader was walking up to her. He was holding a torchlight to her face. She tried to interpret all these things. Luna's no where in sight, she must have been making that sound to warn her and she had cut the chain if not for this, she would have saved Katrienair. The big hefty man knelt by her side, examining her face, licking his dry lip. She felt irritated somehow.

Later he spoke to his group.

"Take her away, she's gifted. Take her to my chamber, I'll have a good feast " He laughed derisively. His laughter echoed around the room.

Before Emiliar could think she was carried away by some fierce looking men.

'Oh my, life's gonna be harder ' She thought.' Katrienair, just know I tried to help. '