Chapter 1: Practice makes perfect

I walked around the market, blending into the crowd of people. I was wearing a brown cloak, with a hood covering my hair. It was dangerous to be out here, but at this time of year their was hardly any vegetables and fruit growing at our house. I stopped at a small stall scanning the vegetables. Once I found the ones I wanted, I walked to the shop owner and purchased them. I had healing powers which meant that I could heal anything, and could even make the vegetables grow, but I have been unable to use my power. I still needed practice to control the power before I could officially use it.

After buying what I needed, I quickly ran back to the house. I made sure no one was following me before heading into the woods. I ran quickly, the cloak flowing behind me. I saw my house up ahead and ran towards it. "Grandma, I'm home!" I yelled, while taking off my cloak. "Oh Scarlet, it took you so long, I started to worry about you," She said while poking her head out from the kitchen.

"Sorry grandma, their was so many people there today." I walked into the kitchen to see my grandma baking some cookies. "Mmm, it smells good in here," I said, breathing in the wonderful scent.

"Of course it smells good, it's my cookies," my grandma smiled, arrogantly. I laughed at her words. I set the food on the table and we began to cook some food.

We lived a fairly normal life, like other human. Although we lived far from the market, we had humans who would wonder here and it was to dangerous to have them see me using powers. Luckily we didn't live near any supernaturals, such as vampires and werewolves, they would be able to figure out that me and my grandma were fairies. Where we lived was for commoners and most supernatural lived in higher areas and better places.

Once we finished eating, I decided to go for a walk. "See you grandma, I'll be back soon," I called out to her as I threw my cloak on. "Ok, be careful out there." She yelled back to me from the living room. I walked out the front door breathing in the cold air. I kept my hood on as I walked through the forest. I was 18 and had silver hair and bright green eyes, which is why I had to wear the cloak. If I didn't hid my hair it would give away that I was a fairy. Although we lived mostly near human, humans still knew that us supernaturals existed. I missed my parents who died when I was younger, grandma was the only family I had left now.

I walked through the forest, on a trail. I looked to the sky and saw some dark clouds, it was about to rain. Maybe I should try my powers now, its not like any humans would be out at this time. I looked around the forest, spotting a flower that hadn't bloomed yet. I crouched down and put my hands toward it. I focused my energy on the flower and slowly, a green mist and particles came from my hands, and flowed to the flower. The flower began to open but soon closed. I sighed when the green mist disappeared and the flower closed back to its original state. I tried once more, taking a deep breath and shutting my eyes tightly, I focused all I could on the flower. I opened my eyes again, seeing the green mist flow towards the flower. The flower began to bloom and this time, it didn't close back up.

Finally with one last push, the flower bloomed completely. "Yes!" I yelled in excitement. I finally did it. Some remaining particles floated around the flower, but gradually disappeared. I couldn't wait to tell grandma. I got back up and rain started to fall. "I should get back soon," I whispered to myself. Let me try one more thing. I held my hand out as the rain fell. My cloak was soaked in water, but I had to try this. I focused once again on the water. I felt drops of rain fall on my hand. I cupped my hand in order to get more water into my hands. I closed my hands with the water inside and tried to hold it. The water started dripping from my hand but I tried to stay focused.

Blue particles came from my hand and once I opened my hand, their was a ball of water, that looked almost like clear jello in my hand. It didn't last long and fell apart, back into water. I smiled, happy that I was able to manipulate the water, even if it was just for a moment. This is amazing, I never got the chance to practice, and I wasn't horrible at it either. The rain grew worse, I need to go now. I hurryingly ran back to the house. I breathed heavily when I got inside the house. "Grandma I'm home!" I yelled, but was met with silence.

I put the coat down and walked in the house. "Grandma," I called once again, but their was nothing. I walked into the house quietly and looked in every room. I stood at the last room door, it was her bedroom. I took a deep breath and opened the door. I was met with a sight, I could never forget. An unknown man stood over my grandmother holding her lifeless body in his hands. From where I stood, I couldn't see his face. I stepped back in horror, accidently bumping into the wall causing him to turn around. The second he turned around, I knew what he was, a vampire. He had blood dripping from his mouth, specifically fairy blood, which was a blue color.

I quickly turned around and ran. I heard him drop my grandma to the floor and the tears took over. I shook my head trying my hardest not to cry. I could hear his foot thumping behind me. I need to get out of here. I ran out of the house and before I knew it, I released my wings. My wings looked like a birds wings but were enormous and a black color that transitioned into red. Just as I got in the air, I felt the vampire grip my ankle. "Let go of me!" I screamed struggling to get him to let go. I flapped my wings once more with as much power as I could and he finally released me. Once I was in the air, I tried my best to stay within the forest. "Where am I suppose to go now?" I questioned, and the tears started falling once more. I wasn't able to protect my grandma, and now she's gone.

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