Ledesma's 'Into The Abyss'

Into the Abyss
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By Monica Bernice A. Ledesma

One day lived a girl named Hyacinth, an ordinary villager of Amatsu; a village filled with cherry blossom trees and is where the sun sets. Hyacinth wanted to become more than what she is, so she decided to train and be a great wizard.

“Hyacinth, Hyacinth! It's past dawn already!” Bright blue eyes opened and narrowed against the stream of light that shone through cracks in the shutters.
“I'm getting up,” Hyacinth grumbled, rising from bed.

She avoided the low beams of the sloped ceiling of her room with practiced ease, getting dressed in a simple gown of pale blue. With deft fingers, she fastened her long blue-black hair with a polished wooden hair pin and padded down the stairs, ate a quick breakfast and headed out the door. She then was ready for her journey.
As Hyacinth ghosted through a white plaster hallway and into a small and bright room, there stood Kafra, a beautiful, pale-skinned woman with neatly brushed and braided brown hair and green eyes. Despite her stern expression, she had an inherent kindness in her stormy eyes, as well as a curious looking