to Daniel and Triska, the two just staring into the bakery while remaining silent as the building continued to burn inside.
“Oh god,” Alyssa whimpered. “Tell me I didn’t hurt anyone, I didn’t mean to do that.”
She quickly ran over and looked inside the bakery then jumped with a gasp, the three of them seeing bodies of women lying all over the floor. The light from the fires showed all the people were dressed in simple villager clothing, had stunned expressions on their faces, and pale facial complexions as they all remained motionless on the floor.
“What happened?” Daniel asked. “Why are they all just lying around like that?”
Triska quickly barged through the door, breaking the frame and glass with a shatter, before she raced over and knelt down next to a woman.
“Hey, are you alright?” she called out. “I’m sorry, my friend is just god awful with her magic, she didn’t mean to…” Trailing off from that sentence she looked at the body with wonder. She budged the woman and got no response, then leaned down with her ear next to the woman’s mouth, hearing no breathing from the motionless villager.
“Is she okay?” Alyssa nervously asked. “I didn’t kill her did I?”
“No, she’s not okay. She’s dead,” Triska said looking to her friends with disbelief.
“What?” Alyssa cried out. “No, I didn’t mean to, I really didn’t! Oh god, Daniel, please forgive me, I didn’t mean to do that!”
“Hold on, Alyssa,” Triska said looking around at the bodies. “I don’t think you did this, you didn’t even hit any of them.”
“She’s right,” Daniel said. “They’re not burned at all. In fact, I don’t see any blood, or wounds.”
Alyssa sniffled then looked into the bakery with worried eyes. The humans on the floor had no visible injuries or markings on them at all, and aside from having a pale complexion and being dead they looked physically okay. Triska rolled another woman over onto her back and examined her as the fires spread along the back wall and ignited some of the drapes near a backroom, the teen eyeing over the body as she couldn’t see any visible markings or wounds on the woman. Her clothing even appeared perfectly fine, with not a single cut, scratch, or drop of blood on it.
“What happened, why are they all dead like this?” Triska asked with puzzlement. She looked over the dead body carefully then shook her head as she couldn’t figure out how the woman died like she did. “There’s no wound at all. It’s like she just… dropped dead.”
“Do you think she was poisoned?” Daniel asked.
“I don’t know, maybe, but all of them?” Triska questioned. “What could have poisoned everybody like this?”
“Triska, get out of there!” Alyssa yelled out, with Triska looking up to seeing fires spreading up along the ceiling, the wood burning and creaking loudly as a few of the beams started to crack and give out. The teen quickly got up and bolted out through the window before the ceiling collapsed down with a crash behind her, with Triska, Daniel, and Alyssa watching as the fires burned brightly from the debris.
“That’s unsettling,” Triska commented as she brushed some dust off of her shoulder.
Daniel blinked then slowly looked around the area as Lucky was finally calming down in his demon form.
“I don’t like how nobody is reacting to us burning down a bakery,” he mentioned. “Seems like the kind of thing that should at least warrant threats from the locals.”
The girls looked around slowly as the town, aside from a burning building, was completely quiet and peaceful still.
“Alyssa just burned down a building,” Triska pointed out. “How could they all be ignoring that?”
The three looked to the burning bakery where the bodies of dead women were now buried and aflame before they slowly turned to each other with the same disturbing thought.
“You don’t think…” Alyssa said softly with widening eyes.
Triska
“Oh god,” Alyssa whimpered. “Tell me I didn’t hurt anyone, I didn’t mean to do that.”
She quickly ran over and looked inside the bakery then jumped with a gasp, the three of them seeing bodies of women lying all over the floor. The light from the fires showed all the people were dressed in simple villager clothing, had stunned expressions on their faces, and pale facial complexions as they all remained motionless on the floor.
“What happened?” Daniel asked. “Why are they all just lying around like that?”
Triska quickly barged through the door, breaking the frame and glass with a shatter, before she raced over and knelt down next to a woman.
“Hey, are you alright?” she called out. “I’m sorry, my friend is just god awful with her magic, she didn’t mean to…” Trailing off from that sentence she looked at the body with wonder. She budged the woman and got no response, then leaned down with her ear next to the woman’s mouth, hearing no breathing from the motionless villager.
“Is she okay?” Alyssa nervously asked. “I didn’t kill her did I?”
“No, she’s not okay. She’s dead,” Triska said looking to her friends with disbelief.
“What?” Alyssa cried out. “No, I didn’t mean to, I really didn’t! Oh god, Daniel, please forgive me, I didn’t mean to do that!”
“Hold on, Alyssa,” Triska said looking around at the bodies. “I don’t think you did this, you didn’t even hit any of them.”
“She’s right,” Daniel said. “They’re not burned at all. In fact, I don’t see any blood, or wounds.”
Alyssa sniffled then looked into the bakery with worried eyes. The humans on the floor had no visible injuries or markings on them at all, and aside from having a pale complexion and being dead they looked physically okay. Triska rolled another woman over onto her back and examined her as the fires spread along the back wall and ignited some of the drapes near a backroom, the teen eyeing over the body as she couldn’t see any visible markings or wounds on the woman. Her clothing even appeared perfectly fine, with not a single cut, scratch, or drop of blood on it.
“What happened, why are they all dead like this?” Triska asked with puzzlement. She looked over the dead body carefully then shook her head as she couldn’t figure out how the woman died like she did. “There’s no wound at all. It’s like she just… dropped dead.”
“Do you think she was poisoned?” Daniel asked.
“I don’t know, maybe, but all of them?” Triska questioned. “What could have poisoned everybody like this?”
“Triska, get out of there!” Alyssa yelled out, with Triska looking up to seeing fires spreading up along the ceiling, the wood burning and creaking loudly as a few of the beams started to crack and give out. The teen quickly got up and bolted out through the window before the ceiling collapsed down with a crash behind her, with Triska, Daniel, and Alyssa watching as the fires burned brightly from the debris.
“That’s unsettling,” Triska commented as she brushed some dust off of her shoulder.
Daniel blinked then slowly looked around the area as Lucky was finally calming down in his demon form.
“I don’t like how nobody is reacting to us burning down a bakery,” he mentioned. “Seems like the kind of thing that should at least warrant threats from the locals.”
The girls looked around slowly as the town, aside from a burning building, was completely quiet and peaceful still.
“Alyssa just burned down a building,” Triska pointed out. “How could they all be ignoring that?”
The three looked to the burning bakery where the bodies of dead women were now buried and aflame before they slowly turned to each other with the same disturbing thought.
“You don’t think…” Alyssa said softly with widening eyes.
Triska
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