Destiny

He didn't have to laugh in my face. Honestly, not like I wished to be like this. But why am I like this? Why am I the only one? Why am I different?

"Destiny!"

The sound of my brother's voice broke my thoughts. "Destiny, come on! It's your turn to cook dinner!"

"I'm coming."

At least I can do one thing right. That's right, I can cook, clean, sew, mend, and even sword fight, but I can't cast spells. I have no magic power in me whatsoever. My parents are ashamed of me; however, my brother looks after me.  He's a lot older than me, so he's bent on keeping me safe. Lastly, there's my grandmother. She's a bit odd, but she treats me like I'm her daughter, not her granddaughter. Which, in my opinion, is a good thing. Between the five us, my brother and grandmother treat me fairly. My parents are...well, let's just say they don't want anything to do with me.

"Okay, Axel, what do you want to eat?"

"The only dish you can make."

"Hey!"

"What? You suck at cooking."

"Keep talking and you won't get anything."

BAM!

"Ow! What?" Axel asked rubbing his head.

He turned and saw grandma holding her walking stick. "Oh, hi, grandma."

"Don't 'hi, grandma' me! You should be ashamed! Treating your sister so cruelly. I raised you better than that!"

I snickered trying to hold in my laughter. Axel getting scolded by grandma was the best thing. He can face trolls, barbarians, an angry mob, and even a dragon, but he can never win against grandma.

Forgot to mention that Axel has a horse. The horse is a boy, so he named him Spirit for his hyped attitude. And unlike my brother, Spirit is actually nice to me. I may not own a dragon, but Spirit is a good friend and treats me fairly well.

“Destiny, are you okay? This brute didn’t hurt you?”

“No, no, grandma. I’m fine. Really.”

“Oh, that’s good. Because if he did hurt you…”

Grandma started to pat her stick in her hand with a smile, which sent shivers down Axel’s spine. He ran out of the room before grandma could turn around. “I may be old, but I can still fight!”

I laughed. “If you can scare Axel, then you can scare any man.”

“Too true, my dear, too true.”

Grandma decided to help me with dinner. As we cooked, my mind started to wander and went back to the incident in the village. How everyone laughed at me when I said I had no magic abilities, no magic anything. Grandma noticed the look on my face and asked if I was okay. Of course, I tried to avoid the subject as not to worry her, but she saw right through me.

“Sweetie, I’m not like your parents. You can tell me anything,” she said as she was cutting up the vegetables.

I looked at her, then my hands as I clenched them. “Grandma, why am I different?”