Willow's Legend - Original Version

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Willow closed her eyes and waited for her hand to burn off, so did Alicia. She had dropped the blade, but it still burned her hands. A weird shot up her arm and she let go of the blade, her hand didn't have so much as a scar.

Alicia looked at Willow in horror and astonishment. "How is that possible? Did it even hurt?"

Willow looked at her uninjured hand and knew it had never hurt. "No."

That was precisely when Michael walked in, he took one glance at the blade at Willow's feet, Alicia's and Willow's horror. "What happened?"

"She-she...grabbed it-she-....she, I mean...." Alicia blubbered, there were no words to their astonishment. Michael raised both eyebrows and Willow knew he was going to say something sarcastic.

"I touched the blade!" Willow exclaimed. Michael eyes widened a little and then he said, "That's impossible."

"Grab it again!" Alicia demanded.

Willow looked at Alicia in surprise and glanced at the blade. "No way. What if it were an accident? What if the next time I grab it, it burns me!?"

Alicia looked at Willow like she was out of her mind, "Your frickin hand SHOULD BE GONE! What more proof do you want?" She yelled.

"That it doesn't go away the second time!" Willow yelled back.

"Okay, girls, quit kitty fighting." Michael teased. "Maybe the blade wasn't Ganash?"

He walked up and picked it up. They were all quiet as he examined every edge. "Nope, definitely Ganash." He said after a moment. "Touch it."

Willow looked at the blade defiantly. "What if it burns me?"

"Touch it lightly. With only the tip of your finger. The worst it will do is take away a finger." He replied calmly.

Willow grabbed her own finger and held it to her chest, "I don't want to lose a finger!" She was aware she was sounding whiny, but what else would one do if about to lose a finger or hand?

Michael sighed and looked at her for a moment. "I guess we'll never know, then."

Willow sighed in defeat, he knew how to use her curiosity to his advantage. She held out a finger and closed her eyes. Very, very, very lightly she slid her finger over the hilt.

Nothing.

She pressed the finger harder to the hilt.

Nothing.

Just the same tingling feeling going up her arm.

She expected Michael to gasp or say 'Eureka'. He didn't do neither, his eyes widened a little but he stayed calm. "Okay...that's weird."

Willow wrapped her hand around the hilt and carried the blade.

"We have got ourselves a situation."

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"How did you know it wasn't going to burn me?" Willow asked Michael. They had been talking about all the possibilities to why she could mysteriously carry the blade. It has been nearly six hours, really. Every Ganash in RiverPlain were in the library, discussing possibilities. Now, everybody was gone expect Michael and herself. She had sat at the window and stared at her hand for a long time. Michael had endless patience (as usual) and waited for her.

"I didn't." He replied.

She looked at him in horror, "Then why did you make me touch the blade?"

"Because we needed to know."

"What if my hand had burned off, because 'you wanted to know'?"

"I was 90% sure Alicia wasn't lying." He replied. Willow got up from her seat and walked toward him. She raised her hand hit his arm, not lightly enough to be a joke, but not hard enough to be real.

"What was that for?" Michael asked, as they exited the library.

"The other ten percent."

Michael smiled a little but didn't respond.

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"That is incredible." Cirestain said, for the hundredth time as he watched Willow carry and fight with a Ganash blade. "That's impossible."

Willow felt weird, being watched by all the Ganashes. There were even Ganashes from other Headquarters here. They were watching her every move.

Michael smiled at her un-comfort, "They're not going to bite, they're just seeing if it is true." He whispered to her.

Willow nodded and took a deep breath.

Things had gotten very complicated.

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I am SOOOO sorry, another SHORT chapter.

ONLY TWO CHAPTERS LEFT TILL THE END OF WILLOW'S LEGEND! YAY!

I already have the next chapter written, so the next update will be quicker!

-I.B.