While Fei studied magic every day, she noticed an oddity. Her body stopped aging. She was stuck looking like sixteen year old.
It must have been since she first used the prophecy magic. That would certainly explain why she looked the same in the future, but it would also raise more questions. Why did she stop aging? Did the magic have some unknown side effects?
Still, Fei wasn't too worried about this. She couldn't mind the little things when her life was in danger. Surely, it meant nothing...
That, however, didn't apply to the other elves. They also noticed this strange occurrence and unlike Fei, they took it seriously. Most thought of it as a bad omen and some even went as far as calling Fei a 'cursed child'.
Once again, Fei became the center of scorn. But being used to this already, she didn't mind it.
Unbeknownst to her, the village elders planned on getting rid of her. They couldn't straight up kill her, but they refused to let her keep living the village. After all, who knows what a cursed child, that kept telling them about a monster in the future, would do to their village?
Meanwhile, Fei rigorously prepared for the 'big day'. Twenty years after the first prophecy, the prophesied future changed a bit.
Unlike the first time, 'Fei' managed to protect herself from the monster's breath with some sort of barrier. And after that, she continued running around and dodging while strangely moving one of her hands about, possibly using another unknown magic. Somehow, she caused one of the monster's spikes to shatter, which made it release an ear-piercing shriek. And while stunned by the loud sound, 'Fei' got crushed by another one of its attacks.
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This was the version Fei got stuck on. No matter what she did, the next year's prophecy would stay the same. Did she hit a wall? Is it impossible to safe herself after all...?
Such thoughts sometimes found their way into her head. But never for too long. She was determined to find a way to save herself.
Over the years, Fei realized something important. These 'rocks' scattered around in her future vision, were in fact ruins of buildings. Not elven buildings usually made of wood, but human buildings. The battle is going to happen in the middle of a human city. And it does make sense. Most of her allies were humans after all.
But... is that why future Fei is so determined to defeat it right then and there even though she could retreat? Why? Why care so much about humans if not even her own kin shows her any empathy? It makes no sense.
And does that mean she will travel to a human city in the future? What if she just stays in the elven village? Will she avoid the disaster just by doing that? That would be too simple...