Aysha took a deep breath as she looked up to the cloudy sky, hoping that it would stay dry. The wind blew lightly in her face, and she smelled familiar scents from her town, but those memories only made her chest tighter since she didn’t know how the day would end.
She reached into one of the pants pockets and pulled out a small green orb that Anita had enchanted for her. It was designed with amplifying properties, so if you were to talk directly into it, people could hear you from at least a few kilometers away, giving Aysha the chance to speak to the entire town.
“You all know who I am,” Aysha said and held her head up high while holding the orb in front of her, “Some of you have known me since I was a kid, some have spent years training with me, and some have only seen glances of me w
