The Masked Brokenness

Chapter 1 - The Journey Begins

It was a hot, sunny day and Reena and her mom, Amy were traveling with all of their belongings. They were officially moving from their small town to a bigger city named Magnolia. They were looking forward to it too. Reena had long wavy, curly dark hair that went to her waist and had toffee colored skin. She had brown eyes and was around average height. She was pretty and she was toned, she had learned how to fight and so she had some muscle on her. She had a few scars here and there but nothing too noticeable. She was wearing ripped jeans and a red crop top and had on black converse and she had a ruby necklace on. Her mother Amy had long curly black hair. She was much shorter than Reena and not as fit. She was wearing a long black skirt and a tan colored top. She was a little old and was a little weak so her daughter looked after her. Reena was making sure her mother was ok and also keeping an eye out for her surroundings, she was always cautious and wanted to protect her mother at all cost. They traveled for quite some time until finally they had arrived in Magnolia. Once they arrived, Reena and her mother went looking for a place to call home. After almost an entire day of looking they found a small house they could rent. Reena helped her mother Amy set up everything around the house and got her settled in and then she left to go look around the city and to see if she could find a place to get a job. As she was leaving she told her mom to take care of the house, stay safe and to rest.

As Reena was walking around town looking at the shops and buildings, she was fascinated with how big everything was compared to her small town. She started looking for places to work and found a small café/bakery who was hiring. She went inside and saw an old man standing off to the side watching over the place and she walked up to him. "Excuse me sir, do you know if I can see the manager or the owner of this place?" He then turned to look at her and smiled, "Why yes, I actually am the owner of this place. How may I help you?" Reena looked at him and smiled and politely started talking to him. "Hello, my name is Reena Mathew and I was wondering if I could apply for a job here?" The owner smiled back and said, "Well hello Reena, My name is Zuro Madaki, and yes we are hiring people at the moment so you can gladly apply for it." Reena got excited and so they both went into Mr. Madaki's office and he conducted an interview. After the interview was over he hired her and asked if she could come into work starting Monday. Reena nodded her head, "Thank you so much Mr. Madaki! I'll see you on Monday, have a great weekend!" She then left the café and went home.

After a month of Reena working at the Magnolia Café, she had started to grow accustomed to the place. One day while she was working a bunch of men came into the café and sat in a corner booth. She went over to take their order and after they had gotten their food she walked away. About half an hour later the sound of glass shattering could be heard. The men had knocked over a table in their efforts to make their way to the register and they told the cashier to give them all of the money. At first the cashier didn't move because they had no weapons so they thought that nothing would happen. "Give me all the money now!!" said one of the men. "Or what you'll yell at me some more? You don't even have any weapons, what do you plan on doing?" said the cashier. All of a sudden there was an explosion and the coffee machine behind the cashier had blown up and of the men stood there with his arm aimed at the coffee machine. Reena looked at him in shock because for a brief second she saw what was a magic circle activate in his palm. The leader then leered at the cashier and said, "Do I need to ask again?" The cashier got scared and started emptying out the register and putting all the money into a bag. The leader of the dark mages turned to look at Reena and looked up and down her body. Reena was wearing jean shorts a t-shirt and an apron with sneakers and she had her ruby necklace on. The leader walked up to Reena and said, "Hey sweetie, you're pretty cute. Wanna come and be my girl?" Reena glared at him and firmly said, "No." He scowled and grabbed her and then started using magic on the building to scare her which resulted in more explosions. "Now be my woman or I'll use my magic on you." She stood there trying to calculate a move but not showing any fear to him. All of a sudden another explosion went off. "I will never, and I mean NEVER, be the woman of some disgusting man such as yourself." All of a sudden a deep chuckle could be heard throughout the building. Both the leader of the dark mages and Reena looked in the direction of the sound and noticed four people standing near a hole in the wall.