Eyes

I woke up again and I were inside my room. I looked outside the door to confirm and heard mom talking in her dreams again. I didn't want to think about anything now, so I went to hug her and fell asleep.

-wake up my little baby.

I woke up to my mom calling me and gently shaking me. She calls me baby when I'm already 6 years old. She seemed to not have noticed that I now have a core and a ring, that's a good thing for me. I stood up, rubbed my eyes and walked to kitchen. My mom finally lets me come to kitchen, she was too scared to let me near any knives before and still doesn't let me use them.

I sit down and take some bread that my mom put on the table, it had some herb butter and normal cheese on it. The bread is great as it is freshly baked. I enjoy some more bread and porridge when my mom also sits down.

-Ayden, could you listen for a bit.

I glance at my mom, she has a serious look on her face, I put my bread down and look at her.

-Great, you have always listened to me when I've asked you for.

This made me feel proud.

-Your seventh birthday is in 3 months. And during that time, you need to visit one place. And you need to do this alone. It will make your future better even if it is a little bit scary.

I was surprised, I thought that it would be something dangerous, but if I only need to visit one place and the worst thing is that it's scary. It would not be a huge problem.

-Don't worry mom, I will do whatever you tell me to.

I gave her a wide smile.

-Oh, how can my baby be so cute.

She stood up and came to hug me. And I hugged back.

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3 months has passed, today my mom came to my room and sang me a birthday song. After that we ate some kind of sweet thing, like a muffin without any special ingredient.

My mom put some warm clothes on me and just said that it will be fine and not to worry. She gave me the last hug and opened the door to outside world. I looked at the sun and my eyes started watering. I wiped tears and looked at what it was in front of me.

We lived in what seemed like the middle of a forest and in front of me was a path. I looked back and saw mom looking at me from the door. I waved goodbye and started to go forward. It was already very sunny so I could see everything, tall trees, weird plants and flowers.

Mom said that the forest was safe, so I started to gather mana in my core. The forest had a lot more mana than our house so I got to see how fast I could gather surrounding mana. I didn't need to close my eyes or do any hand movements to stay concentrated anymore, it was now as easy as breathing. But I was surprised to see how slow I was at gathering mana.

I couldn't gather mana fully that was just 5cm away from me. I needed to train more. After a while of walking, checking the forest and gathering mana I seemed to have arrived in my destination. It was a small lake. I knew what I had to do.

I took of my clothes and went for a swim. The water was warm, it was calming, relaxing and I felt like I was in my bed. I slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.

I woke up again and I was again staring at the screen. The people that I saved from freezing before were inside the cave. They now had a fire burning outside the cave, a little door made out of ice and they had warmer clothes on. They seemed to be talking about something. They all made different hand signs and I got another thought. It asked which is the best.

I didn't know what they were talking about, but I really liked the sign the girl made when I first saw them. Suddenly some birds came and started to fly around the girl. Other people looked sad, but the girl was jumping in joy.

That's when I felt something, like my eyes were itchy. I wanted to scratch them but before I could I passed out.

I woke up in the lake, my eyes did not feel itchy anymore, I swam away from the lake and put my clothes back on. I ran home, it was weird I didn't know what was going on, my child instinct kicked in and wanted to go home to mom.

It was already late when I woke up, I could faintly see what was in front of me but I could still see. I ran to my home and finally arrived. I opened the door and my mom almost jumped towards me and hugged me. She was crying and telling me it's okay and that she will always love me. I didn't know what was going on but when she was hugging me I looked over her shoulder and saw a mirror. I looked like I always had but something was different, my pupils. They now looked like 8 fingers half crossed it reminded me more of a tree with 8 branches.

I was shocked, what was going on? My mom looked at me and was also a little shocked when she saw my pupils, she cried even more but now she was happy and telling me how talented I am and how she is proud of me.

She seemed to know what is going on, so I waited her to calm down so I could ask some questions.