Tale Of The Half-Blood Wizard

Mickey said that fire lily could only be seen between 4.45 to 5.00pm, mre than that it would very difficult to find it. We planned to wait in there until the time came. I was really curious about the most wanted flower everyone was so eager to get it.

"What is that fire lily like?" I was hoping someone could get more idea about it. "Honestly, when there are so many like this, I will get difficulty to find it,"

"I have never seen it myself," that reply made me sigh heavily. "I have been here several times. But for me, they are all just the same,"

"Me, neither," Mickey' voice distracted me. "It is my….," He was trying to crack his memory, "perhaps, I have been here seventy times. Never once have I seen that flower,"

I was a bit confused to tell them what was in my mind because they did not know it. "I mean someone must have seen that lily, right?" they stared at each other. "If no one has never seen its characteristics at all, how can I chose it among thousand lilies? It is my first time here," I explained it slowly to them.

I did not quite catch the meaning they wanted to tell me by saying all lilies in this place were just the same. To my eyes, I could see many kinds of lilies here. Nevertheless, only of some of them attracted my attention.

I had never seen tongue of flame motif of lily. I had seen the white and pink Lily with red, or orange spots, or other motifs. Thank goodness I worked in a florist so that I knew many kinds of flowers and plants quite well.

The time finally came. I just stood still looking at people gathered to discuss many ways to find that flower. The place which was so quiet turned to be so crowded.

Some people used the help of animals like gold fish that could swim in the air. Osme other used other certain rituals, spells, and many others. Each of them performed different rituals to find that lily, but in the end they said 'i don't see it', 'They all have the same color'

I walked around not to look for that flower, but wanted to know what they did inorder to find it.

When I was drowned into my inspections, I saw someone walked to the middle of the building secretly. He picked a flower then put it in his clothes. Suddenly, only within seconds, some kind of lightning flashed over his body. Someone sent him magic spells and he took the flower from the man who lay lifeless.

Minutes passed, and the sun light that previously shone brightly dimmed slowly. The light penetrated into the building through the window glasses and shone all areas in that building. The light falling on the lilies made such amazing views on them, the colors were stunning. I had never seen such beautiful lily garden before in my life.

Some lilies attracted my attention with their glowing red. The tongue flame motif reminded me of the flower I picked this afternoon.

The glowing red color was invisible in the afternoon. But in fact, all looked totally different in twilight. I decided to drift slowly to reach one of them, folded its leaf a little, then I left it.

…

From a distant place, I saw the wife of the caravan owner. Her husband was having a discussion with his men, to look for the fire lily. That woman looked to my direction, and signaled me to go. At first I did not understand it, but I decided to nod and left to Kerberos and Mickey who were looking for that lily too.

"Let's go!" I signaled them to hurry.

"I haven't ---," I wrapped Mickey's mouth with my hand, stopped him to talk further, and I headed to Kerberos.

"Kerberos, let's go!" I snatched Mickey on my arms walked fast out of the church. They looked confused with my reaction after we were out of that old building, We need to get away from this place first. I will tell you later."

Kerberos took us flying away. Ten minutes later, after it was far enough, he took us down

"I have not found it, why did you ask me to leave?!" that tubby protested. Before I replied him, an arrow was shot and land on my side.

"Give me the flower!" a man behind us shouted.

I turned back and saw a man was holding a bow in his hand, No, I don't have it!" I replied fast.

Kerberos was about to jump on him so that I decided to take Mickey away and ran away. Unfortunately we were surrounded. They came out from their hiding place. I did not have any idea where were from, but they were quite many. It seemed like we had been followed.

"The flower!" one of them shouted. Bunganya!!," ucap salah satu dari mereka.

"I don't have it!" I screamed. "I really don't have that flower!" I tried to convince them, but it was useless.

One of them pulled my bag. I held it firmly. Kerberos still fought those mamen trying to help me. He ran toward me, but some of them blocked him.

It was not a fair fight. My power was not comparable to the strength of that man. He took my bag and spilled out its content on the sand. Even the flower that I picked this afternoon. He took it and left us.

A man said and they left us laughing.

"Looser!" Pecundang!," A man said and they left us laughing.

"You have got it?" asked Mickey. "When?"

I ignored that cat's questions. "Let us follow them!" as I said I kept putting my stuffs back to my bag.

"You! When did you take that flower? How did you get it?" Mickey looked so angry to me. "Now they are having it with them! It is supposed to be ours!" he was really so noisy.

Aku masih tak menghiraukan kucing abu-abu yang sedang marah itu, ketika aku memilih berbicara pada anjing putih yang ada di hadapanku, "Kerberos, ayo ikuti mereka!," aku melirik si gembul, "Mickey, kita sudah mendapatkan ikan, sekarang waktunya untuk menangkap buruan kita,".

When Kerberos nodded without any protest, I got on his back with Mickey in my arms. "Poke poke, Mickey. Cheers," I teased Mickey while poking his cheek.

We followed the men from reasonable distance. Kerberos flew low and slowly and keep the distance away from them.

The robbers of my lily went to an area of steep and rocky mountain. The houses were built by making holes on the rocky mountain. In a simple house, they stopped. We could not watch them from near so that we could not see what they were doing.

Suddenly an ear-shattering scream was coming from that house, a sound of someone in great pain. I was not sure what was going on, I just knew two men went into the house, and later one of them went out without his head.

Meanwhile another man I never saw was in the group went out in very weird condition, Bumps and bluish skin, some parts of the hair was gone from his head and his face looked rotten with half of the bones sticking out, visible from the outside

"This is Zarina's home," I whispered to them. Both of them looked at me in surprised. "Kerberos, take me to that church that midnight.." Kerberos nodded understandingly.