The Blood Witch Chronicles by L.A. Stinnett

Author:L.A. Stinnett [Stinnett, L.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-16T06:00:00+00:00

8

The Petulant Child

Young U'ka dropped the marbles into the bucket one by one, watching them sink to the bottom, hearing a muffled tap as each one stuck the metal. She’d carefully collected the other children's marbles from their abandoned game she wasn’t invited to join. She set a small static charge hex on the water that would give the children a slight shock when they reached into the bucket to retrieve their marbles.

It wasn't fair they left her out of all their games. The last time they let her join their group, they abandoned her at an old ruin they were exploring. She’d wandered alone for many hours in the dense forest and was sobbing by the time a Green Jyll found her and brought her back to the village.

U’ka hid behind some crates, waiting for the children to return to their game. It wasn't long before she heard their giggles as they came back to the game circle drawn in the dirt to retrieve their marbles.

"Hey, my big blue one is missing," exclaimed a chubby brown haired boy.

"I'm missing one too," said a tall, thin boy.

"So am I," said a red-haired girl.

They began to search around for their precious marbles when they got to the bucket, the red-haired girl with a face full of freckles looked inside.

"Here they are!" She exclaimed.

They each reached their hands towards the bucket to retrieve their marbles. As soon as their fingertips touched the water, they screamed as the static shock zapped them. The red-haired girl started crying.

They heard U'ka giggling as she peeked out from behind the wood crates.

"U'ka, you dumb git, that hurt!" Yelled one of the boys.

"Relax, it's just a little shock. Don't be such a baby!" Taunted U'ka.

The other boy picked up a dirt clot and threw it at her, ducking back behind the crate box she heard it thump against the side of the wood.

More dirt clots thumped against the box, U'ka slunk into the forest, satisfied she’d got them back good.

* * * * * *

"But Mommy, I don't want to go," said young U'ka, stomping her feet, looking up at her mother's stern, grey eyes.

Her mother knelt before her, looking at her troubled face. "We discussed this already. It's time for you to go to the Citadel. You need training and discipline in your magic."

She huffed and crossed her arms. That was the last thing she wanted. "I promise I'll be good."

"That is a promise you have broken many times now," her mother said, getting to her feet. "The other children will no longer play with you because you've hexed and jinxed them too many times now."

"They were being mean to me!" U’ka protested.

Her mother put her hand up. "No more arguing, U'ka. You'll be on an even playing field with the other magic apprentices. You may get a dose of your own medicine, so you'll learn how abusing your magic affects others. They'll teach you how to use your abilities properly."

She definitely did not like the sound of that.

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