187 Frozen heart III (1/2)
”STOOOP IT!!!!!” Detra yelled.
The woman dropped on her knees as both she and Marcus found themselves back in the ring of fear after having been released from the spell the forest due to Detra's loud scream.
Marcus was drenched in sweat as he looked around feeling like he had just woken up from a deep sleep.
”What the hell was that...?” he whispered.
”Please... Please, don't show any more!!!” Detra begged while hugging her head and shaking her face in a desperate attempt to make her memories go away.
The forest, who was now communicating with them using the image of Marcela, walked forth and approached the desperate Detra.
”The truth really is scary... Isn't it?” the girl asked while gazing at the tormented woman.
”Truth...??” Marcus repeated, ”what did you just show us??”
The forest pointed at Detra and began to smile, ”her fear... the reality that she tries so hard to reject... that she tries so hard to bury in the deepest corner of her mind!”
Marcus took a long look at Detra and felt like there was no doubt of what he was imagining. That woman from the vision he just saw, Natasha, was his mother when she was a human, which means that the forest was right now taking the shape of her daughter.
”It seems this one doesn't want to see the rest of the story...” the girl then looked at Marcus, ”but you already know how it ends... don't you?”
”Stop it, please!!” Detra whispered.
The forest just ignored her, ”the brave mage Natasha rushed as fast as she could to her daughter's aid, fearing for her life after finding out that the mysterious boy was a demon this whole time!”
Detra tried to grab the girl but she just slipped right past her before continuing her tale.
”Her daughter was confused... wondering why her beloved mother was trying to separate her from her new friend!! Oh, such tragedy!”
Detra started to cry uncontrollably.
”The mother tried to explain... but the girl didn't listen”, the forest continued. She then bent her knees and started to act like she was Marcela from her tale while looking at Detra with sad eyes, ”Mommy!! Mommy!! Why are you attacking Mafoo!! He's my precious friend!!”
”Stop it!!!!” Detra shouted.
”The discussion went on, and the more the two of them argued, the stronger the demon boy began to feel... His words then started to evolve as well... He kept repeating... Mafoo... Mafoo... Humafoo... Humafoo... Human food... Human food... All while enjoying the show...”
”Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!!!” Detra begged even more.
”SHUT UP!!!”
”But the little girl didn't want to see her new best friend die!! So she jumped right in front of him, and took the icicle for the boy!!!!!”
”QUIET!!!!!”
”The girl died by the hands of her own mother... and the demon boy...” the forest looked right at Detra and grabbed her face, ”released a wide grin... at the sight of the delicious agony the ice mage was releasing... Right before devouring her daughter before her very eyes!!”
”WRAGHHHHH!!!!” Detra began to shout louder than ever before, and a massive wave of ice magic was released while completely covering the entire area, making the image of Marcela vanish.
Marcus used his holy metal to avoid the attack, and before he noticed, the rocky terrain had been completely overcome by icicles all over it, turning the terrain into a deathtrap.
The forest reappeared again and just strolled around Detra one more time, who was now crouching on the ground and breathing heavily while trying to stop her tears.
”After that... the rest is history... The famous ice mage embarked on a mission to take revenge on all demons... Until she caught the attention of the gods who elected her to be a champion... and eventually, a goddess herself...”
The forest then came closer to Detra and raised her hair so she could whisper inside her ear, ”and as the years went on... she kept forgetting her own humanity... her past, her family, her own identity... until the only thing that remained was her hattered towards demons, and her desire to drive them into extinction...”