Chapter 2
-Several days after the attack-
-Sera POV-
Sera continued walking north from her village since the massacre. The look on her face however wasn’t something a normal kid would have. She looked lifeless as she slowly walked aimlessly across the plains. She hasn’t eaten anything since that day but strangely she was still healthy. When she woke up in the rain that day her body was never the same.
The trauma she had gone through a few weeks ago has probably changed her for the rest of her life. She knew her body has changed but she couldn’t care less. She continued to look lifeless as she continues her aimless journey no longer sure what meaning life had for her anymore. Everyone precious to her is no longer alive.
-Narration-
The world of Sericis was also home to creatures known as Daema. Daema are ferocious beast which can be found in all 6 territories. They are various species of it of varying power a common trait they share however is that they lack intelligence and will attack anything on sight. The military power of the 6 territories will normally deal with them but since she was in a place far away from any settlement or city the chances she would run into one was extremely high.
-Sera POV-
Sera just continued walking and walking more days passed yet she was still healthy despite the fact she hadn’t eaten or drink anything for weeks. She initially decided to continue to walk until she died but she was somehow still extremely healthy.
“Am I not even allowed to die.” Sera quietly said as she curled up on the ground crying again. She continued crying until she finally cried herself to sleep the first sleep she had since the massacre in her tribe.
-Next day-
Sera awoke to the growling of a creature. As soon as she opened her eyes the first thing she saw was a wolf like creature standing in front of her. She just stared at the beast thinking maybe if it was this monster she could finally die. The wolf launched itself towards her. She closed her eyes thinking she could finally die. She didn’t feel anything. Confused she opened her eyes.
In front of her was pair of huge white wings that seem to have come from her back. The wings were covered with diamond like scales. Sera was so shocked she screamed at the sight of the wings growing out of her back. She had no idea what was going on. After some time the wings started to go back into her back and the sight in front of her was shocking to say the least. The wolf like monster was about 30 cm off the ground. It was dead multiple spikes came out of the ground and pierced the wolf. The wolf stayed in that position lifelessly. She started to feel light headed from the shock and eventually lost conscious .
-POV of an unknown person-
I was walking towards the plain with my friends. The adults always tell us its dangerous but we were pretty mischievious. After we left the forest about 2 km ahead we saw a giant wolf dead with multiple spikes made out of earth piercing it. In front of the lifeless wolf was a girl. She looked like she was still a kid considering how small her body was. We ran up to where she was at. We noticed she had fox ears and tail.
“She must be one of those demibeast things.”
“You mean the slaves of elves and humans?”
“Yeah. I saw one before when a human came to our city.”
“Maybe we can keep her if we bring her back.”
“Yeah great idea.”
I lifted the girl off the ground. She was really light so it didn’t take much effort. My friends and I was excited so we dashed through the forest and after some time passed through a barrier which hid the great city of Faella. Its one of the cities in the Fairies territory. Its near the border shared by the fairies and the demibeast. As soon as we got into the city the guard looked at us and suddenly stopped us.
“Where did you get that demibeast from?” he said
“We found her in the plains outside of the forest.”
“Hand her over I its better to throw thrash like her into a cell.”
“Wait why. What will happen to her.”
“The thing you have on your back is from a race of savages. Obviously the only place she should be in is prison.”
The guard didn’t listen anymore and took her from us and walked away.
-Guard POV-
“What were those kids thinking bringing a savage beast into our town.” The guard grumbled as he threw her into the cell and proceeded to lock it.
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-Sera POV-
-1 hour later-
Sera felt like the ground was hard and cold as she slowly got up. She looked at her surrounding and realized she had somehow ended up in a small room. The room had one window which was blocked by several iron bars. Other than that window and the door made out of pure iron she was surrounded with stone. It was dark but being a demibeast she could see her surroundings clearly.
She once again had a lifeless looking expression as she sat in the corner of the room. She had no intention of trying to escape. Even if she does get out where will she go. She started to think about the wings that suddenly grew out of her back. She was a little curious and tried to make the wings appear to no avail.
She eventually stopped trying and just sat there motionless while hugging her own tail. Her face remained expressionless.
-Several days later-
The only time she hear footsteps is the time they slide food under the huge iron door. She didn’t want to eat it at first until the guard who noticed she didn’t eat forced her to do so. After which she ate whatever was given.
“Hey you know that demibeast in that cell is so weird. She doesn’t show any emotion at all.” Sera overheard a guard saying.
“Its not our job to care we just have to make sure she doesn’t escape.”
After several more days the iron door slowly opened. A old man stood in front of her. From the conversation between the guards she found out this is a city of fairies but the old man in front of her is definantly human.
“Is this the demibeast.”
“Yes she is the one we found.”
“Come with me you will enroll into a military school.”
Cynthia sat there expressionless. The old man handed the guard a pouch that
Made a sound when it landed. She assumes its full of some sort of currency.
“So I’m just a item to be sold off at their convenience ” she thought to herself.
-Narration-
Despite the discrimination demibeast physical abilities is valued by some of the militaries that don’t discriminate as badly as some others. They are still discriminated against but they aren’t treated as badly as the slaves are treated. Usually the demibeast from the army are made to fight in the front line.
-Sera POV-
The old man attached some sort of collar onto her neck.
“With this you can’t go more than a kilometer away from me so don’t even bother trying to escape.”
He grabbed her wrist and dragged her out of the cell. Eventually she walked at his pace since she disliked being dragged by him. After leaving the prison there was huge metallic object in front of her. He opened a door at the side of it and called her to go in. She listened to him and went into the car.
“At least you are smart enough to understand the kind of situation you are in.” the old man said looking as if he is satisfied with his purchase.
He opened another door and went into that one. The object started levitating and eventually rose up into the air. When it was high enough it moved forwards at a astonishing speed.
-Several hours later-
The object started to descend. After it reached a complete stop Sera was called to get out of the object. In front of her was a huge building. There were many kids from different races looking at her whispering.
“This is to be your school from now on. You will start at the elementary level with people your age. The collar around your neck is now set to prevent you from leaving school grounds. You will be living in the dormitory here. School rules will be explained once you are inside. I trust you won’t hurt anyone here. I made sure you aren’t the aggressive type before buying you. “ The old man said to her coldly.
Sera didn’t really understand what he was saying but she was clear on one thing she had no choice but to live here from now on. It wasn’t as bad as she expected. Looking around at the surroundings there were some other demibeast inside. They all had the same collar around their neck similar to the one around hers. She felt a little happy seeing people from the same race.
“Your name from now one will be Ria. I don’t know about your past but you should forget ever returning to wherever you came from.” the old man told her before leaving.