Lily
Bianca woke to a slight tapping noise. Where was she? She certainly wasn’t on the hike. She wasn’t by the spring anymore, thank goodness. Where was the invisible voice that was her advisor? Why wasn’t it telling her where to go? Why wasn’t it telling her where she was?
“I see you’ve woken up,” The invisible person! “Don’t try anything stupid again, you can imagine it was hard to get you back into sense. Anyways, you’ve still got a long way to go.”
“Who-who are you?” Bianca asked, dying of curiosity.
“My name is Hermes, I’m your Aunt’s royal messenger. She’s not just a phony Aunt, she’s the Queen of Spirits.’
“What! How come she never told me?”
“She’s been keeping it a secret. You are the daughter of a Spirit and a human. That is legendary, but against the present law. You say your parents died?”
“Yes.”
“Your mother didn’t. She was pure Spirit, but hid it from even your father. Then your father died and your mother went to prison.”
“For what?”
“For producing a child that was against the law to have. It is against the law to be only half Spirit, because they fear that you will spill the news to everyone. Your mother was blamed for this.”
“But why do they need to stay away?”
“The first half-Spirit,” Hermes explained, “Rebelled against the Spirit world. He nearly succeeded. The whole population might have been wiped out. I know this is a lot, but please try to take this in.”