Miracle -COMPLETED

Not letting go that easily

It's been five months since Célia's birthday. 

Jade got her room in her old friend's nursery. She used to have little pots with flowers and wooden furniture, enough to make it at least a little comfortable. 

But after the more and more recent panic attacks that had started to pulse up whenever she felt negative emotions, the plants decayed bit after bit. A small bed and a shelf for her clothes was everything that survived her raging phases. 

Phases where her eyes turned pitch black, her skin crippling white, the veins shimmering through. Phases where she would fall into a trance, screaming, crying, banging against the walls until her fists were bleeding.

 Sebastian had to move to the room next to her, in case something like that happened so he could stop the wave of panic before it crashed over her. But he never got to stay longer as it would take until her breath calmed. 

So for the rest of the time, all Jade could recognize was the dark, dreary room she had demolished. All by herself, with nothing but her own thoughts keeping her company.

They made her confused and angry. Nobody would explain her anything. Why she had to be locked away instead of learning how to control her powers. Why she even got them in the first place. It made no sense to her. 

Like every day, there was a soft knock on her door at exactly twelve o'clock. Like every day, she didn't reply. Her head felt too dull to speak. The door opened a bit and the light from outside fell into the seemingly small room, its golden rays gently flooding over the shadows. 

Jade was sitting on her bed, her knees pulled up to her chin, staring into outer space. She had lost the motivation to interact with others from being kept in her room like some dangerous animal. She didn't show recognition when Sebastian carefully stepped in and placed a plate with the food from today's dinner on her shelf.

A few slices of bread with a small bowl of soup. Already getting cold. The village had to suffer through a terrible harvest this year. The crops wouldn't grow as much as they used to. The fields that used to be rich and golden were now dry, heads hanging low like old flowers. Jade's green eyes flickered over to the pathetic meal, then they landed on Sebastian. 

 He was the only one who was allowed to go near her because he could calm her if it was needed, thanks to his gift. What his family, and Jade, didn't knew was the fact that he didn't use his gift for her anymore. What he didn't knew on the other hand, was that she was calm around him anyways. 

Which confused her. He used to be so annoying and loud, always with that bright smile and those piercing blue eyes, like he could see right through her and know all her secrets. And she tried to stay away from him since... since she knew him. Since her family had moved here and she made friends with Célia.

The thought of the girl made Jade flinch unintentionally. It was a swift movement but Sebastian caught it anyways. 

"Hey, cielo. You alright?" 

He slowly crouched down next to her, genuine concern in his eyes. 

As fast as the moment had came, it disappeared again. Jade's eyes didn't meet his, instead her gaze floated up to the plate of food. 

"This is my fault" 

Her voice was nothing but a whisper. 

Sebastian turned his head to see what she was looking at. A quiet sigh escaped his lips. Of course she wouldn't miss the fact that the weather had been worse with each passing day. It rained for weeks, yet still the crops looked dried out. The soil had gotten bad, poisoned by something lurking through the village. Earthquakes and small floods had increased over the year, causing minor destruction at the borders.