章節 13: Family.

My Parents stared at us. ' They are shocked,right?' I hid behind Afald and tried to conceal my face; however, I was pulled in front by him and heard him whisper,

" It'll be alright"

Now I was standing right under inquiring gazes of Mother and Father.

Here I go. Small pearls of sweat formed on my forehead. My breaths were short and sharp. I felt myself being slowly devoured by the ocean of fear. Shaking, I opened my mouth and tried to squeeze at least the first word out.

" .....M-mo-"

" Anty Amella, uncle Kelm, there is something that Mirta wants to say."

Afald held my hand tight, as if trying to transfer his courage onto me.

" Say?.... Afald, you know that children can not talk right?", said Mother with calm voice, but I saw how confusion in her lavender orbs, slowly started to transform into worry.

However, scary determination in Afald's eyes was adamant. This determination, that was as hard as a scaur, had a calming effect on me. That's right, they are my loving parents and even if they will reject me, I will not be alone.

I held my head high and said in with firm voice,

" Mom, Dad, I can talk. I became able to talk since I was 3 months old, though my pronunciation was a little odd at that time."

I took a peak at faces of people in front of me. They showed nothing but seriousness.

' You know what? let's bite the bullet! I'll reveal everything now!'

"When I saw Father's magic for the first time, I tried to direct a warm feeling inside of me to make my body develop a little faster. As you can see, it was a success,but I didn't stop at that and now I can use Fire, Water and Earth attributes of magic."

I casted all three of the spells at the same time and that's when reaction of my parents got more apparent. Mother ran inside the house while Father jumped off of the chair and marched in my direction with haist. Even Afald let go of my hand. The moment his hand slipped out of my grip, something inside of me broke and suffocating pain crushed my chest. I wanted to cry, but my eyes were dry and throat felt hoarse.

'So he lied. He got scared and left my side. Well I did say that I will not blame him before, but it is different now. He promised to support me, to stay by my side no matter what, but now he left..'

Father arrived in front of me, kneeled and stretched his arms in my direction. I shut my eyes tight. I felt tears sliding from my eyes.

The tension inside of me rouse and my body stiffened, waiting for something horrible to happen.

Dad's warm, rough hand gently wiped my tears and small hands hugged me from behind. I opened my eyes wide in disbelief.

" Mirta, please, do not cry. Daddy is here. Why did you start crying?"

"I-i was scared. I was scared that you and Mom, and Afald will start avoiding me if you knew the truth! I'm not normal! I thought you will hit me and say that I'm monster or that you no longer need a daughter like me, or ..... or....I didn't want to lose youuuu!!!!!"

I broke down. All of the tension and anxiety was pouring from my eyes as salty tears.

Mother came back running, holding a cup of something with strong, sweet smell.

" Dear! Is Mirta aright?! Mirts, quickly drink this!"

She pushed the cup into my hands and made me drink sugary liquid inside.

" Yes everything is fine. It looks like she didn't overuse her mana. Amella, this silly daughter of ours is scared that we will abandon her, since she told as about her abilities. Is this right, Mirta?"

"Y-yes" I answered weakly.

Mother stood still for a moment, but quickly bend down to me, hugged my crying self and gently caresed my hair.

"Mirta, we knew you were special and believe me, we would never abandon you for being even more excellent!"

" Re-really?"

" Yes. we are family and it will never change."

All of the doubts and fears left my heart. I suddenly felt really weak and exhausted I fell asleep right in the tight hug of my family and close friend.