Blades of nictoria

Evelyn

A warm sunlight fell on my face as my mother drew up the curtains aside of the window, casting the sunlight to fall on the floor and bed.

"Eve,wake up now ,it's 7:00 already".

My mother's calm yet strict voice reaches in my ears .I look in her direction,she is standing with her arms crossed and staring at me coldly with her purple eyes boring into mine.she is clearly pissed by me for lazily still lying on my bed . But my bed feel like a bundle of cushions which would feel like a hard stone last night when I was struggling to fell asleep.

"Okay mom ,I will wake up in five minutes".

My voice is still sleepy and eyes lazily closes again.

"If you will not wake up in five minutes,I will not give you your favourite strawberry bread".

She said while leaving the room and slams the door shut behind her .

I have to wake up anyway.i lazily stand on my feet and goes to washroom, brushed my teeth, showered and dressed up in fresh clothes. I went down the stairs to see my mother in flower shop ,which was covered with marigold,lilies,roses, orchids, lavenders, tulips, etc flowers. My mother was talking with customers politely with her usual faint smile on her white face. She looks at me.

"Finally,you woke up,your breakfast is in the kitchen". She pointed at the kitchen 's direction.

I tip- toed to the kitchen to see simple three breads on the plateand milk beside them .i hungrily chewed the bread and gulped the milk.

I went outside the kitchen and begin to help my mother , showing different flowers to the customers,calculating the money ,etc. the sun begins to go in upward direction, it is now afternoon almost time for the lunch. While my mother is eating the lunch ,I helped the customers and then i begin to eat lunch and now my mother was helping the customers.

Well, it is so difficult for me and my mother as my father is no more. He died from fighting a mythical creature which is still not known by anyone . He was very dear to me,he was a upper rank fighter but still he was not pride of it and fell in love with my simple living mother. He adore her ,admired her and loved her until his last breath .

He would always told me 'eve,never give up on your goals ,no matter how much hard the situation gets'. . .

It was evening now ,me and my mother sat calmly on a seat. It was awkward silence for a while but soon break by my mother as she says," Tommorow is your birthday,isn't it?"

"Birthday?" I almost forgot about my birthday that is just Tommorow.

Mother looked at me with wide eyes," you forgot your own birthday?! ,you are becoming forgetful person day by day,eve ."

"It's not like that,I'm not forgetful person!" I said while pouting.

"Well, you are turning 16 Tommorow, isn't it great?" She said.

"Great,huh?"

"Yes great, don't you think?"

"Okay but it will be exhausting ,more the age means more the work" i exhaled deeply.

"Don't worry everything will be good" she said patting my back to give me some courage.

I nodded.soon sky outside was more darker now.mythyical creatures rise only in dark.more the sky is dark ,more the fear rises in people. I looked out from the window, everyone was walking to their homes and shutting and locking the doors . My mother too closed the shop and locked the door,she sighed as she sat on a chair ,her black hair tied in a bun was about loosened slightly from working too much.

"I wonder when will this fear from mythicals will vanish" she closed her eyes as though remembering her beautiful memories with her husband .we had eaten dinner as I went up the stairs to my room . I sat comfortably on my bed as I picked a book from book shelf to read . After some time,my eyes searched for a clock ,i looked at the time . It was 11:59 p.m. i closed the book and settled it on the table beside the bed.i switched off the lamp.

Suddenly, I hear a sound of crashing in my room. I looked at the window,it was a raven .but there was a some kind of letter tied on its right leg. I immediately stood up and went to the raven . I hold it my hands, thankfully it was not injured. I carefully picked the letter from its leg and unfolded it:

RAVENFROST ACADEMY

To:

Evelyn ashveil

On the occasion of your 16th birthday.

Dear Evelyn,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at RAVENFROST school of mythical creatures study and training to be a swordswomen . Please find the enclosed list for the necessary equipments and books .

Term will start on 1st October.

Yours sincerely,

Headmistress Lyra veilen

RAVENFROST ACADEMY