Destiny

Axel's eyes widened. “No! I forbid it!” he screamed.

“You can’t forbid me from doing anything!”

“Yes, I can! I can forbid you from dying on this mission, by ordering you not to go!”

“Axel.”

He held me in his arms as he cried. “I can’t let you die. You’re my sister with or without powers. Why can’t you see that I’m trying to save you?”

“But Axel, if I stay what is there for me? Mother and father hate me, I’m an outcast, you and grandma are the only reasons why I didn’t run away a long time ago. And now I have a chance to do something meaningful. How can I, in good conscience, not go? The longer Otamd remains the way he is, the more harm will come others.”

I hugged him back and in return, he stopped crying. “I’m sorry, Axel, but I have to go.”

*

I woke up early the next morning. I took a bath and packed all the things I would need for the journey. I walked as quietly as I could, but when I reached downstairs a certain brother was sitting in the kitchen watching me. I jumped when I saw him.

He sat in the chair with his legs and arms crossed. He looked like he was waiting for me, probably to stop me.

“You’re not going to stop me, Axel,” I whispered.

“Who said anything about stopping you?” he whispered.

My widened as I looked at him, “What?” That’s when I noticed a bag near Axel along with his sword.

“If you’re going to die, then the least I could do is be by your side. We’ll go down together or not at all.”

I starred at Axel, he was serious. Clearly, he wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. So I smiled and agreed. As he got up, he grabbed his bag and sword. Just as we were about to leave, another certain someone stopped us.

“You’re not going to say ‘goodbye’ to your own grandma?”

We turned and saw grandma in the living room doorway. It looked like she was standing there waiting for the right moment to see us off. She had a smile on her face a bag in her hand as well.

Axel and I walked over to her. “We’ll see you soon, grandma,” I said as I hugged her. She hugged me back and gave a kiss. “I know you will.”

Axel went to hug grandma, but instead got a blow to the head. “Ow!” he whispery shouted.

“Take care of your sister,” grandma said with a smile. Axel smiled back as he rubbed his head.

Grandma held up the bag in her hand and gave it to me. I looked at her with confusion, then she told me. “You two have a long journey ahead of you, so I wanted to give you these.”

“What is it?” I said as I looked through the bag. Axel looked too, trying to decipher grandma’s intention.

“Although dragons are immune to magic, you can use their magic against them. These charms will help you, I also put in a few spells as well. They’ll work even without magical energy,” she said as she winked at me.

I smiled at her and hugged with my free arm. “Thank you,” I whispered in her ear.

Axel went up and hugged her as well, “Bye, grandma.” She smiled and hugged back.

We grabbed our stuff and walked outside, where Axel had his horse, Spirit, ready and waiting. Grandma stood in the doorway and watched us as we mounted the horse. We waved, giving her one last goodbye, before riding off and starting our adventure.