Forest Of Acrata.....
Linda used her air magic in increasing the wind projectile, therefore increasing her speed, up in the air.
Her aim is still to locate the child that was the source of those cries. Somehow, with the child's cries reaching her ears,it one way awakened a motherly instincts in her. To which she thought she never had.
Actually, she had never had a husband,nor a child. She had never felt what it is to be a mother. And all her entire life, she had lived alone without even experiencing what it feels to have a complete family.
So, she really couldn't blame herself for rushing to find out the baby that made those never ending cries. To her, she felt sorry that the baby was abandoned in the woods.
The baby should surely be grateful that Linda was around to hear his or her baby cries. 'So she thought'.
It wasn't long till (up from the air), she caught sight of a baby, wrapped in a white cloth that did well in covering it's nakedness. The baby lay on the grass, surrounded by thick and huge trees, also with plants sticking out from in-between the trees.
Linda didn't waste time in landing immediately. She bend the wind to her demand and propelled herself to land on the grass expertly.
Once she landed on the ground, she raced down to the baby who is still crying, non-stop. She knelt down on first instincts, immediately she got to the baby.
Without wasting time, she scooped him into her arms and cradled him closer to her chest.
The baby, feeling some strange motherly warmth, slowly calmed down and within few seconds stopped crying.
It was a he. A baby boy that is beyond handsome in many ways. That was her first thought when she looked at his face.
Linda observed the little baby boy for a minute and couldn't help but get lost in his handsomeness.
"Hi! Little Piggy".
Linda called out to the little baby boy in her arms.
He smiled in response,as if he could hear her speak. He is by far the most beautiful creature Linda had ever seen. And to top it all, she seemed to start having some funny feeling in her belly towards the baby.
Linda smiled even more as the baby laughed when she caressed his face. His smiles made him look more cuter and cuter. She couldn't get enough of his smiles. It was enchanting.
But on second thought,who would leave a baby that is this handsome and cute in the woods, alone to die? Who would even want to do so?
This baby boy is just too handsome and cute for someone to leave and abandon him alone in the woods. The person who must have abandoned this child must be very heartless and cruel.
Then on third thought, she couldn't just leave the baby alone in the woods,now that she has found him. Her strange motherly instincts kicked in and she couldn't bear to leave this baby in the cold and out to die.
That only means, she would have to take this mysterious baby, home. This mysterious, handsome, cute, beautiful and whatever name she could use would therefore, be her baby and child. Then she would adopt him as her own, since she never had her own.
He would be her family and she wouldn't be lonely again.
The thought of this mysterious baby, being her child and her adopting him made her heart swell in happiness and excitement.
Finally, she's going to have her own child and a family. It would be the best thing that ever happened to her,in her entire life. This baby would be the center of her happiness and joy.
With these thoughts flowing through her mind, a wild smile crept on her face and lips. The baby noticed it and laughed.
Linda smiled even more, seeing the baby's beautiful laugh that seems to strangely bring joy to her heart and soul.
During her smiles and the baby laughing, she didn't seem to notice a black Raven on a tree branch. The tree on which the Raven was on is just a few meters away from where she knelt on the grass.
But despite the fact that she didn't notice the black Raven, that doesn't mean the supernatural and mysterious baby wouldn't notice.
The baby who was once just an ordinary baby is no longer an ordinary baby, again. Now that an external supernatural soul had merged itself with his soul, the child could be rated as an extraordinary baby. An extraordinary baby that has awakened heavenly consciousness.
The baby darted his big blue eyes from the lady carrying him and his eyes landed on the black Raven. He quickly sensed dark energy emanating from the Raven.
Being an extraordinary baby with heavenly and spiritual intelligence (because of the fact that his soul is a combination of his original soul and an external supernatural soul), he quickly sensed that the black Raven was a demon.
Linda,who was still craddling the baby to her chest, didn't notice that the baby's eyes had lost focus. She didn't even notice the inner turmoil brewing in the baby's mind.
But suddenly, the baby who was in all smiles gave a loud cry.
At first, Linda is startled by the baby's cry as she doesn't know why he is crying. Though, the baby continued crying non-stop, ignoring Linda's attempts to pacify him.
Linda tried calming the baby down while also patting him, but it all fell in vain as he continued crying, even increasing the levels of the cries.
Linda seemed helpless as she had tried her possible best in calming the child down and putting an end to his cries. But the baby didn't seem to succumb but instead, continued even more.
Coincidentally, the Raven nearby made its presence known. It cawed loudly, drawing Linda's attention, making her to turn to it's direction.
The baby seeing this as an avenue to warn the lady of the demonic Raven, increased the levels of his cries. Linda was sure this baby's voice would crack if he doesn't stop crying.
However, she got to understand that it was the Raven that is scaring the hell out of the baby. (Absolutely not).
Without thinking twice, Linda carefully laid the baby on the grass while caressing his cheek,in an attempt to at least pacify him a bit. She turned to the Black Raven on the tree branch of a surrounding huge tree.
Her intention was to scare the Raven away,so that it wouldn't scare the baby again. Which was what the baby wanted her to believe.
She stood up as she turned to the Raven, while also asking herself some questions.
Why is it that she didn't take notice of the Raven when she had found the baby? Or was it just now that the Raven had arrived? Could it be that it was the Raven that had been scaring the baby all along that made him to be crying even before she found him?
With these questions in her mind, she decided to teach the Raven a lesson.
She looked up at the Raven and smirked evily. The Raven looked back at her like it wasn't scared of her and Linda took it as a challenge. Unknown to Linda, the baby had already stopped crying and was now staring at Linda and of course, the black Raven.
Fire burst out of her hand as she stretched it out, she didn't think twice as she sent a ball of fire, aiming well for the Raven.
In her mind, once the ball of fire she sent hits the Raven,it would either fall down or burn to death.
Amazingly, the Raven spread out it's wings and took off at the last minute. It easily dodged the ball of fire and the ball of fire hits the branch it was standing on.
The branch catches fire and is set ablaze. As fire blazed out, the branch breaks and falls to the ground, slowly spreading the fire to its surrounding where it had fell on.
The black Raven flew and landed on another branch of another tree that is closer to the first one.
Linda gritted her teeth, seeing that her ball of fire didn't hit it's target. With anger slowly boiling up inside her, she summoned another ball of fire and sent it flying at the black Raven.
The Raven, seeing another ball of fire heading right at it,spread out it's wings once again and took off at the last minute.
This time, more than one branch caught fire as Linda had intensified the impact level of the fireball. But now, the black Raven had once again dodged it and another tree, suffered in its stead.
The baby noticed the cunningness of the black Raven and felt angry that the black Raven is toying with the lady that seemed to show him motherly love. A lady who had just arrived not long ago but was already showing him motherly love.
Linda once again, summoned another fireball and sent it flying at the black Raven. The black Raven cawed loudly and dodged easily again, but this time it didn't linger,it took off into the air and disappeared out of Linda's sight.
Once again, another tree suffered from the Raven's dodges and Linda couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
At least, the Raven is gone and it wouldn't disturb or scare the baby again. At a point, Linda didn't even know that the baby had stopped crying moments ago.
"Chandre....catre....buaàm".
She quickly chanted a spell and snapped her finger and the fire that was the aftermath of her duel with the Raven,was put off.
Actually, the fire seemed to already be taking over the grass that covered the forest floor. It's a good thing she put an end to the fire she caused as a result of her duel with the Raven.
'Shameless'.
She immediately turned to meet the enchanting smiles of the baby.