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Two more days pa.s.sed and one of the noon's Penny fell asleep with a book in her hand which belonged to Damien. And during this time, her mind that was calm started to drift and reveal another memory of hers that belonged to her past. 

Penny was a little girl and she stood near the bank of the river with her parents who stood in front of each other. 

Her father said, "Go from here, right now! I can feel the others coming right now and they won't be happy when they see us here."

"I cannot leave you here by yourself," her mother responded back to her father. The woman had tears in her eyes as she looked at her husband. Gabriel stepped forward to hug the woman, rubbing her back gently.

"I know it is hard but you will need to trust me. We have already left the village safely without anyone knowing but somehow, somehow I heard someone speaking about us being here. We are being followed right now. If we go together it will be difficult. Splitting is the only option so that you can take Penny to a safer place," he pulled back and placed his hands on her shoulders, "I promised to meet you again. I just need to tip them off to another place and it is only a matter of time."

The little girl had tears in her eyes too. She didn't understand fully what was going on right now as it seemed like her father was sending her mother and her somewhere without accompanying them. 

"If the people know we are here then it wouldn't be easy to run. They will hunt both of us down! Let us go together," she tried to persuade him. 

"Laurae, please," the man spoke his wife's name, "We have no time. You need to leave now!" his head turned to look at the forest and then back to the woman, "Please."

The woman stared at him for a good few seconds. As if she were being torn from inside and she nodded her head, "Okay."

Before Penny could be taken away by the woman for protection, Gabriel sat down on his heel so that he could meet the girl's eyes without her having to crane her neck up to look at them, "My daughter," he pulled the girl in his arms. The man didn't let go of his daughter. She was the most precious thing in this world to him, "Take care of yourself. Make sure you listen to your mother and stay happy always. Just the way you have been," pulling away, he kissed his daughter's forehead. 

The little girl had tears in her eyes as her father's words appeared to be like a goodbye, "Why won't you come with us?" she asked softly, her green eyes staring into his eyes that were of similar color like hers. 

"I will join you as soon as I can. Papa just needs to deal with a few things, once we are done, we will go to Mythweald. To show you the bright sun where you can feel the sun rays."

The girl bit her lips and she asked, "Together?" 

Her father looked torn right now. He didn't know what the future held and he didn't want to promise empty words to his daughter. He had never done it before and he didn't want to do it but at the same time, the man wanted to make sure his daughter was at ease. 

"Yes, together. As you know, we have been traveling for some time now. Once all this is done, let's go there together and enjoy the sun. Your mama will take you there for now and I will join soon. And if I am unable to come there on time, you will still find me when the rays of the sun touches you, I will be right there standing next to you."

"I will wait," said the little girl. 

Leaning forward, he kissed her forehead and hugged her again hoping for this to go as he had planned. All he had to do was wade the witch hunters away from his wife and daughter, and then him. 

He didn't know how they had found out about him and his family being here. Obviously they would be at the ends of the forest, waiting for the family to arrive so that the hunters would be able to kill them which he wouldn't allow. Having the family being split, it would lower the suspension on them. 

He had cast a spell on his daughter the moment he had first held her in his arms. He had made sure to hide her very ident.i.ty so that she would be able to pursue a normal life without having to run away from people and hide. 

Getting up and looking at his daughter and wife, Gabriel said, "Go now!" his wife nodded and she quickly took her daughter away from him, walking as quickly as they could. 

When they parted ways, the little girl had to keep up with her mother's footsteps as they walked back into the forest. They took the right direction for a while. Walking for almost two hours and the girl couldn't move anymore. Stopping for rest, the girl slid down on the dirty ground and fell asleep with her mother sitting next to each other. 

She didn't know how much time had pa.s.sed but when the little girl opened her eyes, she was all alone. She searched for her mother, her heart a little frantic for being the only person and she went in search of her mother. She started to look all around and when she heard some sounds coming near the flowing water which must be connected to the same river they had walked by earlier, her footsteps went to the direction she heard the sounds of metal clas.h.i.+ng before it stopped. 

Once she stepped out of the edge of the forest, a bright smile came to form on her lips. 

She saw her father there with a few men and her mother there with him.