Scene 8 " scarring ".

True courage is not something you get from reading a grimoire, or training, it does not belong to the greatest strong and powerful warriors, it is in each one of us, - I was dreaming about my coronation speech, I prepared and studied it so much that I dreamed about it.

-Vinz woke up in the middle of the night to drink water, but he heard flapping noises through the window, when he looked out of it, he saw hundreds of huge shadows descending on the kingdom, immediately screams of terror and pain, spontaneous fires and people of the kingdom running at full speed, my little brother ran to wake me up, together we left the room to go to the basement to take refuge in the old vault, but on the way a huge creature entered breaking the beautiful stained glass of the hallway, glass jumped everywhere, and then we saw it.

-A huge atavistic Wasp, standing on its two legs it must have been more than 3 meters tall with its gigantic red eyes, its horrible jaw that could cut us in two, strong and powerful wings, and claws at the end of its arms and legs, as sharp as swords, we didn't stand a chance, not even a well trained soldier would, they were the same creatures from the moon's nest, this was my fault, I should have warned everyone what could happen, even if they thought I was crazy, I just didn't think they would dare to come so fast.

-We had no one around, no soldiers, no adults, no library assistants, everyone must be fighting for their lives right now, the heroes will not come to anyone's rescue tonight, because if the moon is not the moon, surely heroes do not exist.

-Don't worry Vaini yo yo yo yo," my little brother stammered in fear.

-I'll take care of it, get behind me.

- Then Vinz took out of his sleeve the fire throwing device he was building, and I prayed it was not a simple lighter again, still trembling he placed his finger in the shape of a gun pointing it at the face of the huge monster that was slowly approaching enjoying the terror it provoked in its prey, then Vinz fired and a flame a little bigger than a torch appeared in a fast movement towards the face of the atavistic wasp, which received the fire in the left half of its face, without screaming, without complaining, Without screaming, without complaining, without apparent pain, he continued walking damaged, with half of his face melted, but without caring a bit about his wounds, he reached my little brother who through the fire or rather using the fire as a path, released a large bite that managed to completely sever my little brother's hand to beyond the wrist, then streams of blood began to flow while the creature savored the small mouthful of meat, and then hit in the stomach with a quick and powerful kick leaving him unconscious on the ground.

I was crying in terror, when I saw my little brother immobile I approached that new red puddle, I took him in my arms and flew at full speed back to the room, I closed the door by turning the lock, because every child knows how important it is to lock a door, that still meant that evil would stay outside, I ran to hide with Vinz under the bed, the same one where we slept holding hands since we had been alone, and there underneath it, full of dust I found my father's old spear, I hadn't seen it for many years, but I knew that finding it at that moment meant something, family is always there even when they are no longer with you, I quickly applied healing magic on my little brother, while I listened as the thick oak door of the entrance was shattered, in a few moments they would get in, once again time was running out, time waits for no one, not even to finish crying with fear.

I managed to seal the wound halfway, and now I realized that my dress for the coronation was full of blood red, with a crack that broke more than just the wood, which meant that locking a door is not enough, finally it fell with a big bang that made me jump, I had no other choice, to keep hiding under the

I could not understand if all my life covering myself with the bed sheet had been enough to take away my fear, and to feel protected, I left my little brother hidden deep inside, I forced myself to stand up trembling with fear, I took the old spear and pointed it towards the front where only a few meters away was the dark silhouette of the huge monster on the threshold of the entrance, which took its time to instill more fear, and it succeeded, I had never felt so much horror.

- Don't cry anymore Vanilla, stop trembling, you are the princess of the sunflower kingdom, your Vinz needs you, don't run away, don't fly away from here, or they will eat him.

-I said to myself sobbing quietly, as the creature approached dramatically in the darkness.

-But even with everything I found the courage I had never had, and in the middle of the dark room, I ran towards the creature with the spear held tightly in both hands, until I reached the exoskeleton of the abdomen of the huge winged beast, who without flinching even a little just continued to advance a step further to reach me but still full of tears I did not retreat, because if I did, if I hesitated it would mean losing the only thing I had left.

-Think Vanilla think, microexplosion!

- I screamed with all my strength, throwing the spell from the tip of the spear that was buried in the creature, I screamed the spell and visualized how the micro-explosion destroyed more and more another internal organ of the giant Wasp, who with its last breath attacked with its claws, tearing my beautiful face, suddenly everything turned red, the blood did not stop dripping from my face, but the creature did not move, then and only then that I was sure I was dead, I let go of the spear to continue crying, drops of red tears fell on the white quilt of the bed where hours before I had prayed with my brother.

-Perhaps I should have prayed harder the part about -protect us from all visible and unseen enemies..... -without finishing the thought I ran to see if my brother was breathing....

-Vinz, wake up, we have to get out of here, Vinz.

-But my little brother didn't wake up, we still had to get to the basement.

-With my face, full of blood, I had to heal myself, only I know how to use healing magic capable of healing that kind of wounds.

-But I can't spend what little mana I have left on me, I have to leave something in case we have to fly away or if something else happens.

-I'll just clean my face with salt water and then honey, I'll cure it later.

-I'm going to get a scar, my little princess face with a scar, it will look horrible, but I'm sure Vinz will say it looks amazing.

-I don't mind, so I'll remember that even I can be a little brave.