Ruby POV 

Staring into the mirror that hung on the wall of my bedroom, I narrowed my purple eyes and studied my face.

Twenty-one.

I didn’t look different.

My long, thick black hair fell down my back in waves, my creamy skin clear and smooth, and my large lips still pouted as I frowned.

My body is becoming fuller as I grow older and I have to say I quite like my larger boobs and broader hips.

They make me feel grown up.

Womanly.

But none of this had happened over night.

However, what I couldn’t put my finger on was how I felt...different.

There was this overwhelming sense of something to come.My body was on high alert.My skin tingled with the anticipation.Of what, I am not so sure.

Perhaps I was just excited about my birthday after all.

Racing down the stairs, two at a time, I barreled into the quaint and cozy kitchen expecting to be met by Maggie’s smiling face at the very least.

With my hand gripping the doorway as I spun into the room, my disappointment caused me to stop dead.

The room was empty and everything was much the same as it was left last night.

When I came back for dinner, Maggie seemed more subdued than usual.

We ate our dinner in silence and when she finished, she excused herself for bed without even a mention of my birthday tomorrow.I wanted to go after her and check if she was okay but something stopped me.

She would talk to me when she was ready.

Yet, faced with the reality that she had not even bothered to get out of bed to celebrate with me like she had always done before, I knew I could not let this go.

Marching towards her room, the irritation I was feeling grew.It was the company of others, I have accepted that this is my fate.

So, the least she can do is bake me a cake! When I reached her room, I opened the door without knocking and stormed inside.

in her bed.Her sad eyes lock with mine and all I

in mine, I scanned her

That much was clear.

comes out like a broken husk, and she

is happening?" I asked, panic in

we had access to a hospital or a doctor, though I could use my magic to heal her if she told

is running out,"

like a halo and my dark eyebrows

"What do you mean?"

time on this Earth is nearly up and! am sorry that I have failed you," she

I shook my head.

talking about? She is an

 "What is making you sick? Maggie, tell me and I can heal you!" I scanned her body for any obvious signs of injury or illness but I saw none.She reached up one hand to my face to calm me and when my eyes locked with hers, I froze.There

This made no sense.

looming dread makes my stomach drop.The feeling was back.The feeling that everything was about to change, only this didn’t seem to be the change I hoped

room around us

and eyes dilated as items started to fall from the chests of drawers and frames shook on the wall.Was

this realm 11 years ago, it took a huge amount of my power and energy.To keep us hidden and the realm untraceable, it has been feeding from me slowly.Draining my soul.The day would always come when I had nothing left to give, but I hoped to have

she

What is happening?

shouted and her eyes snapped

thing you must never be, Ruby.Scared.You play an important role in the prophecy.You have the power to destroy or save the human realm.I have

ceiling started

coming true.But it seems I have failed.I

"Take this."

black bag and I stared

of my power to open the portal.You must

any sense! What am I supposed to do?" I cried as the

extraordinary and I know you

and I stood shaking my head.She lifted her hands as her eyes glazed over and a swirling blue

her in bed and

was the last thing that left her lips before she released a ball

landed on my

portal closed and I

it again.Perhaps if I could just jump through for a few more seconds, I could get to her.I could save

magic of the

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