VERGLAS (Complete)

WARRIOR’S AWAKENING

The midnight has passed and the starry night view covered by the dark clouds, only moon is able to show up on the surface, between the clouds. The moon shines its light on the ground, where a woman, laying, unconscious on the ground. As the light falls on her face, she wakes up from the deep sleep. She convulsed because of the injury on her head, collapsing on the ground with the pain.

Her eyes are completely awake, observing the surroundings, but her body is exhausted and tired, with pain in every muscle, it was really hard to get up for her. She heard footsteps coming closer, got panicked so she pretends to be dead. It was the only way for her survival, at this moment.

A guy came closer to her, ignoring her as she appears to be dead already, got into the car and drive away like a bullet. She saw him running away, a thought of terror rise in her mind. She tried to recall everything that happen earlier, “Silver.” She gasps and tries to get upon her feet. “Ahh! My head is hurt.” she cries because of intense pain which shoots from the wound. “I can’t waste time, I have to find Silver. s**t! If I lost her, I will be hanging to the death.” She gets up and starts walking into the forest nearby.

She saw a body lying on the grass, covered with blood. She recognizes him as one of the creatures that attacked her. Her eyes widen in horror, as she look it in suspicion, “holy s**t! Who could have done this in such a horrible way?” she felt sick as a wave of nausea hits her, she emptied her stomach and run to the car to fetch a bottle of water. Luckily, she had one, gulping down the water, she put it back and start running into the forest again, in search of the silver haired girl.

As she steps into the forest, there was another body near a big tree, she screams as the face of the body turned blue with ice. She realizes that the situation is more dangerous as it seems. She yells name in the deep forest, “SILVER…” she got more panicked as she was not able to find the girl, tension is building up. She pulls out her phone and calls someone, “hello, listen to me. I lost track of the girl.”

The manly voice from the other side, “What do you mean you lost track? You have to find her or Queen will serve your head to dogs.” She says in a trembling voice, “We were attacked by Jotuns. One of them tried to rape her earlier and I saved her on time, I thought the matter is closed there but when we are on road, they attacked us.” She cries while talking to the guy.

“Jotuns? What are they doing there? Aren’t they suppose to live in South Pole?” the voice asks Daphne. Daphne, scared answers, “I don’t know anything, but I saw dead bodies of Jotuns, lying here. Someone or something is killing them. I have to find her; just one clue is all I need.”

The voice says, “Daphne, please calm down. You need to think with an open mind. Awake your senses and try to find her, we need her. She is the key. Remember.” Suddenly she heard an ear piercing scream, she realizes that it is Silver, ‘I will call you later, I have to go.” She disconnects the call and start running in the direction from where the scream heard.

“EIRA….” She calls her name, “EIRAAAA..” she screams at top of her lungs, with every breath only her name came out, “Eiraaaaa.”

Daphne saw the girl falling on her back, she runs to get her. “Eira! Get up, no, no don’t close your eyes, look at me.” She rubs her face and hands to warm them, as her cold extremities were burning like cold fire. She notices blood on Silver’s palm, so she trails the blood, which leads her eyes to the heart, dropped on the bare ground, just a few meters away from them. Her eyes widen in shock as they move once at the heart and once at Silver. She looks so confuse, she was trying to figure out whose heart is this?

“I have to take her back to the car before the situation gets more dangerous.” She talks to herself, putting one arm over her shoulder; she lifts Silver up and tries to take her out from the dark forest. While dragging her out, she got a glimpse of something, she turns her head only to found another dead body. She was dumbstruck as she knew that the body, dead, belongs to a Jotun Prince. She notices the bleeding wound in his chest and realizes that the heart belongs to him, the realization hits her, and that Silver killed all of them. She gulps her saliva down to the throat and starts dragging themselves, to the car.

Even though, her legs were trembling from fear, which she had never experienced before, she still manages to take Silver, back to the car. She places her securely, on the seat and fastens the seat belt around her than she hopes in the driver’s seat and starts to drive away from that place, once and forever. Lots of questions were running into her mind, she wants to throw them away from her brain. She was terrified and exhausted but more, she wanted to know about Silver’s true identity. She took her phone and dials on the same number, she was talking earlier. After few bells, the call is received from the other side, “thank goodness Elijah, you finally picked the damn call.” She breathes out and inhales a deep breath.

“What’s the matter? Are you okay? Did you find her?” Elijah asks, “Yes, I did find her but..” Daphne pauses in between which irritate Elijah, he asks her “but? What happen?” she senses the desperation in his voice, “She killed a Jotun prince.” She answers him in a straight tone.

“What? How could she? I mean, she is just 17 years old, she recently discovered her powers. It is impossible for a new caillech to kill someone.” Elijah explains in a worried tone. Daphne replied, “That’s what I thought but I saw the prince’s body with a large opening on his chest, his heart is pulled out from there and that heart, Silver was holding that heart, I saw blood on her hands, even that blood is dried on her hands.” She notices Silver’s hand while driving. “Elijah, the Jotuns will follow us and try to kill us, they must have found out about the prince’s murder. What I am supposed to do now? I don’t know where I am going and even where I am right now. I am just driving recklessly without any destination.” She asks him.

After a long pause, Elijah replied, “Daphne, relax, I am not going to let anything happen to you. We are born as warrior, we will die as warrior. If the size really mattered, the Elephant would have been crowned as the king of the jungle. Remember who you are.”

The heavy breaths can be heard from both sides, Daphne exhales deeply, “Yes, I remember what I am. I was scared but now I am ready to fight. Tell me the nearest place I have to go, I can’t waste anymore time, more I have see queen personally, I guess she is hiding many things.”

“Okay, listen to me carefully, don’t stop to any nearby towns you are going to see in your way, the chances of Jotuns searching for you there is high. I will send you a location of safe house soon. More I will there for you because you have to go underground for few days. Got it? So I am packing my things up right now, meet you there.” Elijah disconnects the call.

Daphne puts her phone down and focus on driving, she has to reach the safe house as soon as possible. Her phone pings and she opens the message which Elijah sends to her. A smile crept on her face. She focuses back on the road and drives away.