A couple more days went by and I know so little about this world, like how they know what time is by the Zodiac name for each hour. Right now Eleanor is just having me play around or should I say there's now a distance between us after a few days. For example there was a day when I spent a day and night alone by myself then the next day Eleanor appeared drunk, mumbling about power or Cora. But she made me realize that waiting for someone was painful, as more and more days went by the lesser days spent with Eleanor. Because Cora was supposed to be back now, I don’t know what it is but I practiced everyday and it became the same routine except for Eleanor getting drunk and a little violent and the sudden whispers telling me not to eat the cherries. It’s getting worse every day and it made me realize that I too am in a state of depression because of the state I'm actually in, or the actual reason for me being here. It was all thanks to Eleanor that I noticed she was also in a state of depression, not that I can actually tell correctly but she would always call out to Cora in her sleep or her drunk state. So to get my feelings figured out, I stayed away from her and the cherries. 

"Cora~~ I'm sorrrrryyyy~"

Now I'm wondering what she did exactly to be like that or what exactly Cora did to her to be like that. After that she quietly went to sleep, but she got me thinking about my ability as a Miracle. So I went on a small journey that night and disappeared for 3 days and 2 nights, it was the best days I ever had away from her honestly. 

And there's so many things I wanted to try that I couldn’t do in my old world, to venture out and explore what's around me and what I can do with this ability. To see what I can actually do with one big breath I let out a sigh of relief to clear my mind, until I heard a voice in my head.

"Little bird."

Screaming from the inside of my whole being my heart was beating so fast from fright I looked behind me to see no one behind me and once more I heard the voice in my head again, this time more clear.

"My sweet little bird."

Again, the voice out of nowhere was loud and clear in my head but everything else turned into a blur, my body was falling to the ground with a thud with my view turned sideways.

"My poor sweet bird, you must’ve been frightened, are you alright."

By the voice it took me a minute to think about who I'm talking to while trying to come back to my senses. I was then surrounded by a pool of water filled with strange shapes of flowers no it's a–

"Peony."

"Peony....who are you?"

"The Goddess Gaia, the mother of this realm."

Mother, goddess? The sound of water and flowers clashes over my body binding me down.

"But why am I here?"

"Because I needed you."

"I don’t think you need me, you have so many other chances, why me of all people?"

I began to struggle with the water and flowers covering me.

"....you were my only choice."

"No it isn’t, you had so many people before me. They were called Miracle's, they were your Miracle. Why did you need me!?"

"...they were not summoned by me, they are not my Miracle."

Not summoned by her.

“They were summoned by other Gods.”

“Yes.”

There's gonna be scary people here….

“Will you accept your fate?”

“NO! In fact I’m still processing this information.”

“I need you.”

Meaning it could be my death, the strong against the weak. I took a moment and with a deep breath I closed my eyes to the sound of water to clear my mind, with the flower scent of peonies in the air around me

“I accept my fate BUT!”

I yelled out even though I couldn’t see the goddess or person who was speaking to me.

“If I’m doing this alone, I want another power of my own!”

“I accept!”

“Anyways I apologize for my bluntness but can I go back now.”

“Yes, you can. Oh before that, be careful my sweet bird. ”

By the time I opened my eyes the moon was out and the night began, what a wasted day I had as I stayed there staring into the horizon. Unknowingly I had a weird feeling in my stomach and I realized the reason for that.

When I finally headed back to Eleanor, the first thing I saw was her standing there with her head down staying in one place.

"Eleanor?"

She didn't mumble like she did before, is she alright no she’s not alright.

"Elea-"

Eleanor then disappeared from my sight as I turned my head from left to right to find her, again with another look I saw a shadow covering me. She was above me, meeting eye to eye. Hers was all hazy or crazy and she started moving her arms. She was going to hit me.

"Eleanor!"

I ran or tried with my small feet to avoid her hit, but with a powerful smack to the arm and chest. My small body flew backwards hitting Eleanor's home to a pounding pain from both sides of my body, unbearable shockwaves went through causing stars to form around me. 

"You…"

Shaking my head so that I can clear up my sight, Eleanor begins to speak.

"You, why can't you just DISAPPEAR!!?"

More than mumbling words then were just angry rants.

"After killing you, I thought she could be mine. But I didn't want her to hate me, I wanted her to love me! She wanted peace and I said I'll give it to her, by killing you, the demon king."

Eleanor began to walk forward slowly towards me, my body trembled because of her presence and pain.

"But she brought you back to haunt me…."

She's getting closer to me.

"I did it for EVERYONE!! I BECOME A HERO! FOR MY PEOPLE, FOR MY KINGDOM, FOR YOU!"

Now in front of me.

"....everything I sacrificed to bring peace was ruined by you…..now she won't even look at me…..that is not until she found ... .you."

Eye to eye, Eleanor looks deep inside my soul. Looking deep down into my eyes, I see her colorless eyes pears onto me from above as she then pulls me up from the ground with her other arm rolling in for another hit. Smacking her arm that's held me tight in her grasp while attacking that single arm, she was clearly stronger than me I looked at her blankly then it hit me.

"FROM THE MOMENT YOU CAME WITH CORA! My beloved sun…."

She threw me back to the ground as another shock wave of pain ran through my small body, as she watched me scream her lips cracked a sound that turned into laughter with cries of denial.

"FINALLY! YOU FINALLY SCREAMED!”

Things were spiraling out of control since the beginning after meeting Eleanor, she was more in a state of denial than depression. She believed that I was this special person to Cora, the one Eleanor killed or the one she slayed herself.…IS SHE CRAZY! 

“So my hair and eyes bother you so much *cough cough* for beating a child for your own sins.” 

I managed to get up to look at her, and she stopped to look at me.

“You're not a child.”

“You're absolutely right! I’m not a child, I’M IN A CHILD BODY! For certain, this isn’t your first time killing Miracles.”

The pain from my back burned while my face cracked open a smile in front of her and I began to laugh.

“You think you have it soooo~~~~~ BAD then let me show you ... .no. Telling you wouldn’t justify your actions to me.”

I took a deep breath and began this crazy Miracle.

(Eleanor p.o.v)

In a tone I never heard before was coming out of the small body of a child, anger, hatred and resentment toward me. No, it’s towards me but it’s her own feelings aimed towards something else. Like before when she unknowingly used her Miracle, everything felt like a wave of emotions that was bothering me finally washed away. Like a healing trance, but now it hurts me from the inside out.

“Stop this foolishness!”

She’s not listening to me.

“Stop-”

Something on her small body began to ignite dark markings coming from her arms then her eyes suddenly changed color from brown to purple, as something small struck me in the leg. Turning around to see nothing there until I felt it again from my back but with more force I turned again but this time she was nowhere in sight, the little girl Cora brought over was nowhere in sight. A few minutes ago she was right in front of me.

“She-she’s different from the rest of them.”

From my surroundings I couldn’t locate her with my magic when the obvious thing was in front of me this whole time, she was above me.

Her voice then sounded so seductive that it’s manipulative to my mind.

“Do you not like it, I’m using your dearly beloved voice. Do you not yearn for her or is it death you desire.”

I spat in anger at once at her words, then clear as the bright moon it was really her, but her body looks a bit longer than before…is she growing because of her Miracle. 

“Stop! Your-”

“Stop! But you didn’t, I’m only learning what you and Cora just taught me.”

She was no longer above me as she once more disappeared from sight, then everything in my body began to tremble to the point where I almost knelt down. 

“Oh, I see. Cora brought every Miracle here…to die.”

Not once or twice, but this child made me feel fear for the first time in decades. An actual Miracle like her was born on a Borealis Nile, an rare event that nearly never happens.

“Why is it considered rare, that doesn’t make me feel any happier!"

Did I say that out loud! She’s- she’s a monster! She might be to-