Forest Of Acrata....
The sun rays filtered into Linda's little house, casting warm golden rays on the house admist the tall trees of the forest. The sun rises from the east with natural precision. Today which is August 3rd, 2001,is quite a promising day.
In the forest of Acrata which lays beside the city, Santiago, nature's blessings seemed to come to life. The birds were chirping happily, celebrating the rise of the early morning sun. Flowers were all in full bloom, waiting to absorb the nutrients of the morning sun.
However,in the house of the last witch, Linda Parker, the morning seemed to extend it's bliss to the household.
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As of now, Linda is in her bedroom. She is sleeping soundly while clutching a baby wrapped in swaddling cloth. The occasional rise and fall of her chest shows that she was having a good sleep. The baby within her arms,was as well, sleeping soundly.
The early morning sunlight filtered into Linda's room. Though, the sun rays didn't fall on her face as the curtains were there to block the rays of the sun.
It wasn't long until Linda woke up from her slumber. Her eyelids weakly fluttered open and closed as she struggled to get used to the light of the morning sun rays. She sat up as she rubbed her eyes continuously while yawning.
Once she was steady and her eyes are weren't filled with last night's sleep,her eyes surveyed her surrounding. Her gaze landed on a baby beside her. She couldn't help but smile wildly, seeing the beautiful sleeping baby. The baby was sleeping soundly and she's definitely proud of that.
As expected, the baby beside her is the mysterious baby she had picked up from the forest yesterday's evening. The same baby she had scared away a Raven for. The same baby she had defended from three wolves and the same baby that mysteriously crumbled a pack of wolves.
Dwelling on the memories of yesterday's events, Linda couldn't help but smile. Her gaze landed on the baby's extremely cute face and she couldn't help but smile wildly, like a maniac or psycho.
She quickly bent down and placed a kiss on the sleeping baby's forehead. She smiled once again and got out of bed. Once out of bed, she wore her slippers while stretching her body as usual. After stretching, she walked up to the wall clock to check what the time was. She quickly saw that the time was 7:50am.
'Well, better go prepare breakfast for myself and Delia'.
Linda thought after she checked the time through the wall clock.
As for Delia the black cat, she was sleeping on a mat by the corner of the room, close to the wooden closet. Linda smirked as her gaze landed on the sleeping cat.
Without wasting much time, Linda found her way to the kitchen. The kitchen was just as it has always been before. A fireplace,a wooden cabinet and other necessities.
Getting to the kitchen, Linda decided to wash the dishes of her last night's meal. She was too preoccupied with the mysterious baby she had found that she forgot to wash the dishes of her last night's meal. Last night, she had eaten a meal of fried eggs with boiled plantain and a pineapple juice to go down with it.
While washing the dishes, Linda went deep in thought as she thought about yesterday's events. Most especially, the black Raven that she had encountered more than once. The black Raven that had introduced itself as a demon and a servant of an Angel,had left her with a message.
The message was clear, to which she understood and was willing to obey. The Angel which had sent the black Raven to deliver the message was an Ancestral Angel (according to the black Raven) and her name should be..... Tamara. If she wasn't mistaking.
Again, the message was clear,raise the mysterious child she had picked up from the forest till he's of age. Protect him with everything she's got, even if it's her life.
This then proves to her that the mysterious child,is clearly important. For an Angel to send a demon to deliver the message,it only means that the baby has a great destiny. A destiny she doesn't know about but believes will come to pass.
The sound of repeated meows startled her for a moment. She cast her gaze at the direction of the 'meows' and for sure it was Delia. She smiled pleasantly as Delia walked up to where she stood, wiping her hands with a piece of cloth.
"You're awake. That's great, for once you actually woke up early".
Linda said as she dropped the piece of cloth,bent down and started caressing Delia's fur.
Delia meowed in response as she savoured the feeling that comes with being caressed by her owner. Linda smiled even more, seeing the way Delia enjoyed her caresses.
"Ahw.....ahwn. You're the cutest thing ever, maybe except for the baby,cause, he's cuter than you".
Linda chuckled hardly at her own words.
Delia didn't seem to care about her owner's sayings. She only enjoyed the awesome caresses she got.
After some moments of spending time with the black cat, Linda quickly went back to what she was doing. She hurriedly started preparing breakfast for herself and cat. She gathered all the ingredients and in no time, immersed herself with cooking.
Today's breakfast would be cooked potatoes, pumpkins and cheese. Delia loved cheese and she loved cheese,so she went for it. Once Linda was done cooking, she immersed herself once again in cleaning the whole house. As a witch, she herself loved cleanliness.
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Linda was busy dusting the black sofas in her living room with a piece of cloth when the cries of a baby reached her ears. The baby was crying and that gave her a mental note that the baby was already awake.
Dropping the piece of cloth, she moved at a fast pace to the bedroom. Upon getting there, she saw the baby on the bed crying non-stop. She walked up to him and quickly scooped him into her arms, to calm him down.
"There, there, mother's here, mother's here. No need to cry again".
Linda said while rocking the baby from right to left.
The baby heard the familiar voice and calmed down, he stopped crying afterwards. He opened his cute blue eyes and stared wide eyed at the lady currently carrying him.
Linda smiled at the baby, however, the baby didn't smile back. This gave her a mental note that the baby was hungry.
She slowly dropped the baby on the bed in order to get his food. The baby, seeing the lady dropping him back on the bed instead of giving him what he wants, he immediately resumed crying.
"Shush.....shush. Don't cry baby. I'm gonna go get your food".
Linda promised but that fell on deaf ears as the baby didn't stop crying.
Linda quickly ran up to a cupboard in the bedroom and opened it. She picked out a worn out old book which had dust on its covers. She blew away the dust which made her cough.
Next, she used her magic to summon a table out of nowhere. She dropped the book on the table and moved to get a feeding bottle from the kitchen. Once she came back, the baby was screaming uncontrollably, displaying his need for food.
Linda hurriedly dropped the empty feeding bottle on the table. She picked up the old worn out book and started flipping through it's pages.
"Gotta find the spell for making baby milk. It should be here somewhere". Linda said through desperation. "Hey piggy, you better hold on a little bit longer".
Nevertheless, the baby continued crying. His hunger must have reached it's climax.
"Found it".
Linda gasped with excitement evident.
She read the spell, dropped the book on the table and focused her gaze on the empty feeding bottle.
"Okay, let's try it".
Linda stretched out her hands, ready to chant a spell and wield magic.
"Putcha.... Gredor....ee...rie".
Linda chanted with a monotone voice that she clearly didn't have before.
Fire flames burst out of her outstretched hand and circled the empty baby feeding bottle. In a moment, the fire flames went out and a bottle of fresh baby milk was left in its wake.
Linda grabbed the bottle and walked up to the crying baby. She scooped him into her arms and in no time, she was feeding him with the milk she had gotten through magic.
The baby sucked hungrily on the feeding bottle like it's life depended on it. Linda smiled softly.
"From now on little Piggy, I've learnt my lesson, to always have your food ready at anytime".
Linda said.
The baby grunted as if in support of what Linda said. Linda chuckled.
"Little piggy,how about I give you a name?"
Linda suddenly asked, not actually expecting the child to give a reply.
'That would be a great idea!'
The baby said in Linda's mind.
Linda was surprised,cause, she clearly forgot that the child could talk in her mind.
"Okay, I will name you.... Lucian. Yes, Lucian Parker".
Linda said, without thinking much. Seems like she has been wanting to name the baby.
'I'll love the name, mother'.
The baby said once again in her mind.
Linda giggled.
"Okay then, from now on your name will be Lucian Parker, but I can call you..... baby Lucian".