"Autumn Faulkner!" The priest thunders.

I look up from where I sit at the front of the church, being tried.

"Do you admit that you are a witch?"

"Yes," I say softly.

Summer cries out from the audience. I offer my little sister a reassuring smile.

The crowd screams in fear, as though I'd do something.

"Do you repent your ways?"

"No, for they heal," I reply calmly.

More screams. Summer screams and sobs in Mama's arms.

"Hang her!" I hear.

"Burn her!" Another screams.

"Silence!" the priest yells. "Do you repent your ways?" he repeats.

"No," I repeat calmly.

Summer cries and pounds on Father's chest as he holds her.

"Then you will burn," the priest says.

My eyes lock with Summer's. I look at Mama, tears brimming in my eyes.

They drag me out of the church, men lighting torches and marching down the road. They tie me to a stake and I see Mama and Summer holding each other.

"Take her away!" I cry. "Take Summer out of the square, Mama!"

My little sister screams and sobs once more before falling quiet.

My brother is the one forced to light the fire. His gray eyes lock into my blue ones and then he lights the wood. I cry and Summer cries, and Father holds Mama who also cries.

My brother runs away from the stake. I burn, slowly, painfully, and I die. Black overtakes my vision as I wish that I'd done a spell to protect me from the flames that lick at my body.

I cry out for someone to save me.

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My eyes open. They're bright red. I can only feel the burning in my throat. I break the burnt ropes and I stand. My body has no marks on it from the burning, but I'm thirsty. I feel only the pain in my throat. A man who did me no good as a human runs at me, cruelly, evilly. I grab him around the throat. I can smell his blood. I hear his heart thumping. I drag him into the woods and I bite. His blood tastes like glory but I throw his body down when I'm done, horrified.

I run deep into the woods, finding a clearing and collapsing to my knees. I scream in agony. What have I done? I'm a murderer. I killed a man!

My dress is burnt and destroyed. I only just notice now.

A deer runs past me. My head snaps up and I give chase immediately, rolling deer over me as I catch it. I feel no remorse this time, the fresh blood tempting me. I bite down, sitting on my knees. The deer is empty before long, but I'm refreshed. I can feel my magic coursing through my veins. I know I can fix my dress. I touch the destroyed skirt and it becomes a brown mid-shin length skirt. I touch the top and it becomes a green long-sleeved bodice. There is a slit on the top that has brown laces. The skirt has brown embroideries. My burnt shoes change as I take a step. They become strong shoes of real leather. I run back to town, where I watch my sister and mother mourn my death. I almost step out.

I feel someone grab me and drag me to the center of town. It's cloudy today, it could rain.

"The witch survived!" The priest howled behind me.

I stand rigid, fear overtaking me as I'm tied to the stake again. My brother cries out as they attempt to make him burn me. The priest takes his torch and touches the wood.

I scream in pain as the flames lick my legs. I feel my body begin to crumble. Then it begins to rain. The townspeople run inside. The fire slowly goes out and I fall the ground in agony. My legs slowly start to reform.

Summer stares at me like I'm the devil. I look at her sadly and then I run into the woods, each burn mark on my dress getting fixed with each step I take.

I don't know what I am.

This is going to be slow and short at first! I may begin to combine chapters to lengthen them, but also, probably pretty slow updates as time goes on.