Junia's pov
My eyes snapped open and it was jarring its teeth in my face.
The beast in front opened its mouth wide and its saliva dripped down my face before it attacked me. I rolled away faster and stood up.
The beast leapt towards me with his claws in the air. I was lucky to be able to move and run but I sustained a gash in my right arm.
I ran as fast as I could, the air was thick with the smell of beasts. I heard a loud thumping of the beast and it howls.
But it felt like I was running in circles, I hid behind a tall tree, catching my breath unaware of vines curling around me. I tried to move my hand when I knew the forest was alive and it was against me.
With all the strength I could muster, pulled the vines away from me. But my gasp fell to the ground alerting the beast and it came after me.
This time I quickly chant a spell and put the beast to sleep, The beast fell to ground eyes closed and it was snoring.
I returned to the way I came from, I needed to get out of here before the beast woke up again not knowing I was walking right into its den.
When I got to where I was lying to take a rest to pick my bag, that was when I noticed six large pairs of eyes in shadow.
Something was lurking in the dark.
I stumbled on my feet, fear surged through me. I picked my bag and ran as fast as I could.
I am an idiot for coming back here.
But they moved faster than the other beast.
I tried controlling the plants to protect myself but no yield to me.
Then I tripped into a deep pit without noticing and everything turned dark.
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I sat up groggily, my left hand to head and my right stabled me. The light was so bright that I couldn't open my eyes properly.
"Lethen!, Lethen!" I heard a child -like voice call. "She is awake!"
The name was strange and unfamiliar. Not the type of name a dragon or fairies has.
My eyes finally opened slowly, I glanced around. I was lying on a bed, there were herbs hanging on walls and frowning plants too.
The chamber smells like herbs and tea.
A dark skinned woman and a girl child walked in together. The woman's clothing wasn't actual cloth but leaf-like. It looks as if it made out leaves.
Her hair was weaved backwards with vines. Her skin shined and her ears pointed. She and the child walked closer to me.
"How are you feeling?" She asked as she sat beside me. I moved away.
"Who are you?" I questioned her, my eyes fell on the child she was smiling at.
"I am Lethen." She replied.
"What are you ?" I asked her, I have met or read about any race or people like them.
"We elves of Umbravele" she answered and turned to the child and said something to the child in strange language before the child ran outside.
"Elves?" I was surprised I haven't heard about elves before.
"Where am I ?"
"In Umbravele, you came into our forest. Our part of the forest?." Lethen said.
Lethen stood up and to a pot which was cooking on a stove made out of red mud. She opens the pot and takes out some liquid with a bowl.
She brings it up to me, "Take."
I took it from her and stared into the bowl. A dark liquid was inside, I frowned at it.
"What is this?"
"Drink for your health, you were attacked by the beast. Its claws are poisonous."
"Thank you but I don't think I can drink this" I gave her a smile. I need to get out of here.
Lethen didn't say anything, she didn't seem upset. Instead she asked "what kind of fairy are you? I smell mixed blood?"
"How do you know I am a fairy?"
"We know many things" she paused, "You are half seelie and unseelie." She said as if she just got a revelation.
"Yes…" I trailed off, placing the bowl down beside me. How come she knows this and no else knows about the elves?
The child returned, she said something to Lethen, who nodded.
"The prince will come and see you soon. He had saved you while he was out hunting, and found you in a pit." Lethen stands up.
Prince?
"Drink the tea when you start feeling pain. Your healing magic has no standing against the venom of kirika" Lethen said, her tone was warning. "I will get you food."
Lethen left the chamber and the child walked closer to me and sat beside me. She stretched her hand and touched my ear and her pointy ones.
She says something in that language she and Lethen speak.
"I don't understand you" I murmured, looking at her. The look in her eyes was bright and curious.
But she kept rambling even though I couldn't understand.
Lethen soon come back, with a large tray of food that smells delicious. She placed it on my lap.
"Thank you" I smiled at Lethen, who nodded and turned to the child.
"Arisyn asked me to tell you this. She says your ears are pointy but short. She asked, "Why is that?" Lethen speaks for the child.
"I was born that way" I replied to her question and dug into the food without thinking twice.
Lethen goes ahead and answers Arisyn's question.
I eat the food as fast as I could. Their food includes vegetables that I don't recognize and grains and soup.
But delicious.
"Please take a sip out of your tea." Lethen said and heed to her words, my eyes closing slowly as I picked up the bowl and down the entire content.
I placed the bowl when I realized I was hypnotised.
"Why did you do that?" I questioned her, I was angry, trying to stand up but couldn't.
"So that the Venom won't kill. I am sorry for deceiving you" Lethen apologized.
Footsteps of someone coming into the chamber caught my attention and my eyes fled to the doorway.
A man stood tall, light hair braided in four weaves. Lean and muscular, his lower body cover and upper one was revealing.