New Point of View

Today's the day, everything starts here. It had been a while, a few days at best, and it was finally summer vacation. I, for the life of me, was not able to enter that dream world again. But I can't tell if I should be worried or relieved about that.

"You're sure you have everything Mija? You didn't forget anything?" Camilla was hard to convince but eventually let me go to the isles. On the condition I bring a weapon and call her at least once a week. Now I have a shiny red bat slung over my shoulder. I don't know what I'll do when the portal gets destroyed but we'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

"Si mami, I triple checked. I'll be fine, I promise." I hug her with all my might. Which is more than usual because I've been trying to get some muscle. It's been working for the most part too. I have a faint 6 pack now.

"I know, but I worry! You may know what you're getting into but I still don't want to see you get hurt." She sighs. "But I suppose there's no stopping you, is there?" I shake my head and she sighs again. Eventually I'm let go and after saying one more goodbye and a te quiero, I walk in the direction of the run down house with the portal. I don't see owlbert anywhere so it must be pretty early still. I take a deep breath, that's fine. Just means I can explore a bit. I take the handle and open the door. A bright light blinds me but instead of seeing the isle, I see a white room.

"You've finally arrived." I hear a booming voice say. I jump and turn around, only to be met with what I can only call......

.............a titan.

"I have brought you for a reason, youngling." He only looks like a black silhouette, but I could see very clearly that he had a staff. It was missing its palisman but it was there.

"There is minimal time so I shall make this quick.." I physically couldn't speak, all I could do was nod.

"Belos lies. I trust you to save the witches. You have the potential to be a great witch, youngling. Train, get strong. Trust your instincts and follow your heart." I somber up and nod seriously. I may not know what's going on but I know I don't have time to ask questions. He nods at me before continuing.

"Once you leave here, you will find gifts from me, I trust you will know what to do. Good luck, youngling." This was the last thing I heard before everything went blank and I was standing outside the portal once again. But this time, I was standing exactly where I intended to be. I looked around a little bit for the gifts the titan was talking about, a man that felt weird to say. I found a white staff, but it didn't have a palisman. I grabbed hold of the staff with no hesitation and the snake that's been in my hood immediately slithered onto it. I was a bit awed over that fact.

"Are you sure?" This snake was basically choosing me as it's master, I didn't want it to make a mistake. It nodded with determination in its slightly hazy eyes. It looked like there was room for another palisman though. Which was odd because normally you only get one. A piece of hair fell into my view and I reached to move it before realizing, that's not the brown I was used to seeing. I froze. The color was exactly like Eda's when she was younger.

"Finally, you're back." I was snapped out of my thoughts by a voice in the stall in front of me. There's no time to worry about this now. I need to continue. I grabbed my new staff and kept hold of my stuff. I walked around to the front of the stall, not forgetting my mask, and approached the infamous witch.

"You've got a lot of random stuff here." My voice was a little rougher than before but kept its normal tone.

"Ah a potential customer! Can I offer you a human foot with holes? Or how about this shadow box that reflects only sadness?" She tried her sales pitch on me and I only snickered.