Chapter Four

                                    

                                          
Eda's P.O.V 
After laughing at the kid's horrified yet intriguing look at what she just drank and making King a small breakfast, the three of us enjoy a calm morning until Hooty greets someone loudly at the door.
"Eda!! The healer is here hoot!!"
Hooty swings the open loudly, making Luz flinch violently at the loud noise. 
"Hooty! Quitely you ding dong, it's too early for your loud ass."
He just pouts and puffs his cheeks as Healer Eion enters the house, shaking his head at how childish we are. 
Luz lets out a quiet giggle as Eion walks over to us," Good morning Eda, now I believe this is why you are using your favor now?"
He kneels in front of Luz, making her grip on the otter plushy a bit tighter. She seems so much younger now as there was fear in her eyes.
Eion at first does seem intimidating as he was a half-devil witch. He is fairly muscular, with choppy phantom back hair, piercing ruby red eyes, slightly pinkish skin, and two sharp horns that were located on his forehead but once you get to know him, he's a big dork.
He gives Luz a gentle smile," Hello little one, I am Healer Eion and for the foreseeable future I am your primary healer." 
She grips onto her plushy, dubbed Sir Otterton, and looks at her bandaged arm," H-Hello sir."
He smiles softly and begins to explain everything he's going to examine on the kid. Made sure he explains in detail so that she didn't get scared.
"Now let's start with a full-body scan then a special scan for your diet while you stay here on the Isles." Luz looks up at him and her eyes light up in wonder as he draws a fairly big light blue spell circle above her head.
The spell he does gently scans over her entire body with a soft light blue glow.
"Woah, that's so cool!" Luz's eyes lit up like the sun as she asks about how he did the spell. Man from how many questions she was asking about the spell circles and magic here in general, I found out just smart she is.
Eion just smiles and explains calmly about the magic he does as a very long list appears in his hand as his scan finishes. From the dark look on his face, it's not good news.
He gently hands me the list and gives me a look that I should read this alone," Eda, do you have any kiddie apple blood you can spare? I sorta forgot to eat something before I left my home."
Taking this as a sign to read the list, I slowly get up from my seat," Yeah yeah, let me get you some. Kid, do you want more apple blood too?"
Luz nods shyly and hands me the mug she was using," Yes please."
I gently ruffle her hair and walk into the kitchen as Eion begins to explain the dietary scan he's about to do and tells her she's a very brave kid for sitting still for him.
Making sure that Luz could see my facial reactions, I quickly look through the list of injuries and as I read each line. My blood began to boil
Medical Scan Of Luz Lukyan Noceda 
Species: Human 
Age: Fourteen Summers 
Date of Birth: January 7th, 2008
Primary Healer: Eion Trojan 
Ages 0 to 3: Nothing out of the ordinary in developed 
Age 4: Massive amounts of physical injuries and truma that led to several scars across her body from the accident, small signs of anxiety and depression appearing
'Must be from the big accident Luz told me about earlier but she was this young when it happened...'
Age 5: Emotional, verbal, and physical abuse becomes more frequent from both caretakers and other children, and malnutrition, anxiety, and depression start growing worse...
No wonder this kid is skin and bones and flinched like that when Hooty slammed the door open. 
My hands tighten around the piece of paper as I could feel the Owl beast growl angrily in my mind.
'They dare hurt the hatchling...much kill...'
'Down bird brain! We will get there once we get her healthy again...'
The beast continued to growl in the back of my mind as I look at the present-day injuries.
Age 14: Malnutrition, stunted growth, broken arm and two ribs, twisted ankle, and massive amounts of physical blows to the body, mental stability is at a very critical point that it could tip at a moment's notice. Anxious around anyone who seems like a threat. Any sort of loud noise could trigger a panic attack...
"I promise I'll find the fuckers who did this to you kid and feed the to the Owl beast."
I quickly got the kiddie apple blood and made my way back to the living to see Luz asking more questions about his magic as he inspects her bandages and broken bones.
I set the cups down on the coffee table and sit back down in my spot on the other couch," So Eion what's the verdict?"
"She'll need to be on mandatory bed rest for at least two weeks to give her body time to fully heal. I have a list of the food she can eat on the Isles and a dietary plan for her to help get her back at a healthy weight."
He hands me the list of foods, the dietary plan, what potions she would need to take, and at least the kid can keep drinking apple blood since it was a good source of vitamin C and could help her immune system.
"I'll get the food today when I head out to the market. I need to get potion ingredients anyway."
I turn to Luz and see her playing with Sir Otterton while King tells her about the campaigns he's done with Francois as the adults talk.
Eion takes a sip of apple blood," As you read through the injuries throughout her 14 summers of life, I have noticed from my chats with Luz that they may be some milestones that were glossed over because of the trauma and environment she was raised in."
I motion him to continue as Luz plays with King happily, completely oblivious to our conversation," She seems to act a lot younger than her age, most likely because she had to mature much faster than most children and witchlings as well as it's also a why she could cope when the abuse. Not to mention that she is very intelligent and curious by nature but hesitant in fear of them lashing out."
"Makes sense, but what can I do to help her Eion? I've never seen this bad of a case of abuse even with my parents." 
"You have to be very patient with her, encourage her to ask questions, and most of all make sure she knows that you are always there for her." He glares down at his mug," Those disgusting humans don't deserve a child as special as her and when I find out who was responsible, I'll make them my new cadaver..."
Eion was always the level-headed one, even in Hexside, so to see him this upset and furious was very surprising. Guess the kid wormed her way into his heart in such a short amount of time.
Eion stands up, thanks me for the apple blood, and gently speaks to Luz," Now little one, I will be back next week to see how well you are healing and how your body is reacting to your new diet and medicine, but if your body is reacting badly to them please notify Eda and I'll look for ones that will help you."
Luz nods softly and hugs her otter plushy close to her chest. He waved go bye to us and left the Owl house as he has more patients to see today.
"Now how about some grub kid? I make some really good griffin egg omelets!"
"I've never had omelets before..."
"Then let's change that! I'll even throw in some juicy ice peaches, they're nice and cool and delicious."
Luz nods rapidly at the prospect of new delicious food from the Isles. So I told her to relax while I cook her a light breakfast that wouldn't upset her stomach and cut up some pieces of fruit.
'I promise kid, we'll protect you and you will never have to step foot in the human realm again.'