I stared at the ceiling, breathing deeply as I started to feel staisifed and not having any pain. I looked at the woman who was hovering me. She was wearing a mask that cover the top half of her face, but her eyes were a piercing ruby color.

“It seems your awake,” She smiled at me, “Just lay there and rest. Your body was destroying itself but I’ve fixed the problem for now,” She waved one of her hand in front of her as she kept her other hand on my chest

“W… what happened?” I coughed out

“Like I said rest. Or would you like me to put you asleep?” She raised her eyebrow

I just stared at her, making her sigh, “Hush Hush now, child. Rest for now and I’ll see you in the morning,” She sang

My eyes started closing on its own. Just darkness welcoming me

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“…-sio, I’m not leaving you here,”

“I’m not going anywhere, so you can leave,”

“The both of you can,” I groaned out as I turned onto my side

“Layla, your awake!” I was turned onto my back and my eyes opened, seeing Nemesio hovering above me

I hummed in reponse, smiling at him. I saw his eyes softened and he made me sit up before pulling me into a hug, “Thank my goddess for saving you. That’s all I could ask for. But how are you feeling? Do you still have pain or any shortness of pain?”

I shook my head, leaning against him, just feeling exhausted, “I… I feel fine,” I started to have a coughing fit

“Here’s a cup of water since Nemesio didn’t think,” Octavio handed me a cup

“Thank you,” I reached for it, but Nemesio beat me to it by grabbing it and he held it to my lips

“I’ll help you since you’ve been unconscious for a week,”

“A week?” I backed away from him, “Really?”

“Yes. Now take a few sips of this water,” I did and it was difficult to swallow since it was sore

“Nemesio, I think it’s best if you back away from Layla for a while,”

“Why?” He looked over at Octavio

Octavio sighed, “I don’t think Layla wants to be that close to you nor being treated as a child,”

“I’m fine right here. I don’t have any energy to spare,” I said, making Nemesio to tighten his hold on me, pulling me more closer to him

“Enough with this lovey dovey. We have important matters to talk about,” I saw the masked lady walking into the room, taking a seat beside the bed, “Octavio, be a dear and take a seat,”

“Yes, Madam Lucia,” Octavio sat down and we all stared at her, noticing she was staring at me and Nemesio

“This is something I didn’t expect to ever happen in my 500 years of living. I’m constantly amazed with fate, but always wary. So, I wonder what caused them to make this pairing,”

“I thought one of our ancestors had a human as a fated one,”

She shook her head, “That’s a lie, someone spread it and that caused destruction for the dragon clan, almost killing 2000 members. But now we have a pairing so either they’ll bring destruction or harmony,” She smiled at me, “But, you my darling, are a gift. I did hear that your parents told you that you were born powerless,”

“Yes and in school, my results would be less than 0.1%,”

“I do have a question. Did you live with your parents your entire life?”

“No, I lived with my grandparents once I turned 16 as my parents sent me away,”

“Hmm, I would like to run test on you if you give me permission as I truly want to know what caused this outburst of magic for you,”

“Madam Lucia, you know the answer will be no,” Nemesio said

She held her hand up to him, “Nemesio, be quiet. This is between me and Layla. I only need her answer,”

I looked down at my hands. This would be the perfect opportunity to find out what happened to all of my magic and what caused this ourburst, but why now. My parents would probably be happy, but I don’t want any relations to them anymore. I looked at Madam Lucia, “If I do accept it, what will happen during these tests and I’m here on a school trip, so I’m unable to leave and worry my professors,”

“You don’t need to worry about that,” She grinned as she took out a crystal ball that look smiliar to mine and handed it over to me, “I sent my helpers to cosplay as you and these two boys. It may seem wrong, but it’s the only way,”

I stared into the crystal ball, noticing it did truly look like me, “But that it act and talk like me,”

“Well of course it does. What do you take me for? I always make my creations perfect to the tinest tip,” She placed the crystal ball on her lap, “We can have all these tests due in three days time and then you can head back after I get the results,”

“And how long would that be. I would think my best friend would know it’s not me,”

“Well do you give me your permission as that’s all I need,” She leaned forward, “Is this truly want you want? Do you want to know who withheld your magic?”

“Of course I do, so I give you my permission,” I tried to sit up straighter but I didn't have any energy

She stood up and grabbed my hand, “You won't regret it, Layla. I'll be right back. I'm going to get some instruments and vials,” She let go of my hand and walked off

We all stayed quiet, “Okay, it's time to say goodbye Nemesio. I'll keep a eye over her,”

“No,” Nemesio said abruptly

Octavio sighed, “Nemesio, please for the love of Goddess, just go and take a shower. She'll be protected. You know Madam Lucia won't hurt her,”

I looked up at Nemesio and he was clenching his jaw. He was conflicted. I patted his chest as I pushed off him and rested my back on the wall. “I'm fine, Nemesio. Like Octavio said, he'll be here every step of the way. So please go and rest. I can see how raggy you look and you have work that needs to be complete,”

He just stared at me before sighing, “Okay, I’ll go but once I’m done. I’m immediately coming back,” He grabbed my hand and kissed the top of it, “Please be careful and you can always say no to what she has to say,”

I nodded, “I know. Now get going,”

It looks like he didn’t want to go, but he eventually let go of my hand and got off the bed, walking over to Octavio. He leaned and whispered something into his ear before looking back at me and left the room after. I looked at Octavio, “What did he say?”

Octavio sighed as he got up from the chair, “I’m unable to say anything. Now, I’m in charge of you so don’t be afraid to tell Madam Lucia no,”

“And you better have a good reason of why your saying no,” I saw Madam Lucia walking in with a box full of things. She placed it on my bed before smiling at me, “Now that I have everything are you ready,”

I nodded, “I have to figure out what happened and get back before anyone notices,”

She took out a few tubes and I noticed a needle, “So, what I’m going to do first is draw some blood as it can always hide some secrets,”

“Do what you have to do,” I offered my arm to which Octavio had to help me hold it since I was still weak

Madam Lucia did what she needed to do which consisted of drawing my blood, doing a physical exam on me, taking some of my tissue from the cuts I had on my chest, a couple of strands of my hair, my spit, clippings of my fingernails and last but not least, my urine which I wasn’t excited about.

“Um, I don’t know about this,” I held the cup, “I feel to weak to stand up,”

“Then, I’ll help you,” She held out her hand to me and I placed my hand in hers

I pulled against her, trying to scoot myself closer to the edge and Octavio did help. I started to lose some breath but quickly regained as I sat on the edge. “Octavio, I want you to be behind Layla once she stands as she might fall,”

“I’m sorry, Layla, but I’m going to place my arms underneath your arms from behind whenever you stand up,”

“It’s okay. As long it’ll help me stand and head to the bathroom,” I let out a deep breath and pushed up from legs, wobbling forward before catching myself and with the help of Octavio and Madam Lucia

“Good. Now take some small steps towards me,” Madam Lucia said

I did as she told me and I was shaking, but I kept on going. I needed to get this done. We walked slowly to the bathroom and Lucia went in there with me, making sure I sat down on the toliet. “I’ll turn around so do your business,”

I held the cup underneath me and concentrated on trying to pee to which I succeed after a couple of minutes and I knew I was overfilling it, but at this point I didn’t care. “I’m done, but I overfilled it,” I said as I placed the cup on the table in front of me

“That’s alright, but since were in here. How about a shower or a bath?” She didn’t look at me as she grabbed the cup with a towel and walked to the other side of the bathroom

“Yes, please. But, will you be helping me?”

“Of course. We are both women, but as long as you give me permission so that boy won’t get jealous,” She walked to a bath tub and started the water

“I trust you,”

“And you should as I’m the only one you can trust for now,” She smirked at me before turning back to the tub