The women looked at me with a look of horror and pity. I turned away as tears streamed down my face.

"Those were her last words" ,my voice broke as I lost my confidence.  I slowly looked up when I saw Glenda slowly nod at Esmeralda. 

" You are the chosen one, you have proven that to me. Only a child with the Gift could do what you just did.", My jaw dropped as I comprehended that Esmeralda had praised me.

"B-but why, what did I do?", I stuttered.

" The strongest warrior is not the soldier who won the war or is the fiercest in battle,  it is the person who can admit their fears and weaknesses. That takes ten  times more strength and bravery than most people have."Esmeralda said.

I looked into her eyes and I think I saw a glimpse of approval, but it passed too quickly for me to be sure.

" Come child, let me show you where you will be staying",

The sofa creaked as Glenda got up and motioned for me to follow her down the hallway. Glenda's shoes clicked as she walked from the white tile floor to the maroon, carpeted hallway. I followed her down the hallway as she opened the door to a room.

I gasped when I saw it, the walls were a beautiful periwinkle blue with seashells engraved into it, the carpet was fluffy and white and reminded me of a big, white, fluffy, cloud.

There was a fire place in the corner with a splintered, wooden,  rocking chair coated in a layer of dust. I turned to look at the small simple bed with the beautiful linen sheets when I was suddenly pushed against the wall by Glenda.

" No one will hear you scream in here.", Glenda cackled.

       I looked up in horror as Glenda's round, plump face began to change into a terrifying, hideous one. Her rosy red face started to gray and her skin stretched so far I could see every bone in her face.

I screamed as her remaining  skin started to peel off leaving her rotted bones exposed to the air. She cackled,and screeched as she sensed my discomfort.

" I will try to make your death as painless as possible when I burn your skin, and break your bones but too bad there's not a way to do that."She laughed as if she had made a wonderful joke. She then makes a show of waving her arms everywhere creating a wall of purple fire.

I squirm but soon I find out I'm unable to move, it is as if I am held here with a invisible rope. I scream as I see a glint of silver fly towards my head at a alarming speed. I feel the vibration as the silver dagger as it is stuck into the wall above my head. I feel warm blood flowing down my forehead where the dagger nicked the top of my head. I see red not from the blood in the eyes but from red hot anger.

" Trying to decapitate someone when they're helplessly tied against a wall doesn't make you powerful it proves you are more weak if you can't even try to fight someone  who has a chance of fighting back."I yell back at Glenda my eyes still blinded with red, hot anger.

"If you're so confident that you are not as weak as you appear to be,  we can fight to the death and then we-- actually the one of us that is still alive can see how weak you actually are"

She cackled her horrible laugh that sounded worse than a cat's claw scratching against a chalkboard.

"Esmeralda will come to save me"I say as my voice shakes with fear.

"Oh you stupid child, do you really think I would have let Esmeralda live?  I sent her to run a errand that she will never be coming back from."

She says with a humorous glint in her dark eyes.

"Plus my magic will save us from prying eyes and ears that might listen to closely, so there is no hope for you

. If you were smart enough to listen to me I would advise you to let me kill you the now in the most painless way possible, but I can already tell you are not the sharpest crayon in the box.",She says with a cruel smile.

" I am smart and you are the fool for challenging me because you will die. I agree to fight to the death. I would recommend you step back and let me go in peace."I say with more determination in my voice than I expected.

"Never", Glenda screams as she spits at my feet.

" Then let the fight begin." I say.

Glenda starts to cackle evily

"You will regret this when you are bleeding to death", She says with a mocking warning in her voice just making me itch to silence her forever."

"When you are bleeding to death Glenda you will regret challenging me. I am not weak I am strong and I am smart.

I know you are a fool because only a fool would dare to challenge me. When you are dying I will not regret the pain I caused you because some people in the world similar to you are so confident in themselves that it becomes their own downfall. Don't say I didn't warn you. Beware the power of my wrath." I say as waves of anger roll off of me.

Glenda just rolls her eyes and yawns lazily.

I grit my teeth to keep from tearing her apart right now.

"Let the fight begin", Glenda cackles.

"Gladly", I say.