"the king's husband is the sorcerer?" The man's voice became louder.
"Shhh" she hushed him.
"Yes, he is. Don't say I told you. I don't want MY head on a stake by the morning. Thanks for the cabbage, darling" and she walked away.
The cabbage seller looked frightened but went on with his business.
When night had fallen, he entered his house, locked the door and told his wife about what he had heard earlier in the day.
She gapsed and swore not to tell anyone.
By the morning, the when neighborhood had heard the rumor and it kept spreading at an alarming rate.
As expected, the rumor eventually found its way into the palace, again.
The maids and manservants gossipped all day and all night about it until Roshan, who was passing by, heard some of them talking about him.
He froze for what felt like an eternity.
How did they find out what I am? He thought.
He ran to Zane's study and locked the door.
"Zane, they know."
"What are you talking about darling?"
"I mean.... They know. Everyone knows what I am. They're talking about it"
"Who?"
"The servants. If they know, then the information probably came from outside the palace. Which means....."
"Everybody knows" Zane plainly stated.
Roshan nodded. He was terrified that he would be fought against.
"Go and rest now baby. I don't want you thinking about this anymore. Alright? I'll handle it"
"O-okay"
After Roshan had left the study, Zane sent for his personal guard.
Pink answered almost immediately, "yes, my king"
"Find who brought the rumors about my baby inside the palace and find who started them outside as well"
"Yes my king" he bowed and left.
.....
An angry and terrified mob showed up at the palace one week later with torches, canes and rods.
"End the sorcerer's curse"
"The sorcerer cannot rule us"
"The one that killed our ancestors indiscriminately must never be part of the people we revere"
The people shouted in unison.
...
Somewhere at the other side of town, the lady who has bought cabbages knelt before a man in red.
"The mob are at the palace, my lord"
"Perfect. It's a good day to wage war. Don't you think"
"Yes, my lord"
Troops wearing black on black made their way to the palace.
They were able to manipulate water, air and fire, hence they were from the army that had been planning their attacks.
As they advanced, stranger men blocked their path, attacking before they could understand what was going on.
And the highly anticipated war had begun.
The fighting continued intensely but sparky and his boys were able to keep them under control.
Both sides seemed to be evenly matched but Sparky had the upper hand.
Soon after, they were down to killing the last person when the man began to laugh.
"You think we're all there is?" He laughed maniacally.
"When we were ordered to advance, the ones in the palace also did... For all you know, the damned sorcerer is already dead if that strike team got him" he laughed more and more.
Sparky sliced open his belly and watched his guts pour out before taking his boys to covertly enter the Palace.
On reaching the Palace, they noticed the mob and that some citizens had gotten inside the palace walls with the aim of killing.
...
Roshan tried all he could to hold it back. To hold back the sorcerer from coming out.
His life was in danger so the sorcerer was ready to kill all in sight.
However, Roshan didn't want to kill the innocent citizens. Their hatred and fear towards him was right and he wouldn't let the sorcerer kill them.
The sorcerer was pretty pissed at Roshan and also couldn't believe that his little kid was obstructing him from doing as he wished.
Roshan tugged at his hair, hoping it was helping with how hard what he was doing was.
He heard someone unlock his door and his heart rate skyrocketed.
"W-who?"
The door opened simply and three people wearing black walked in and locked the door.
Roshan didn't know what to do but the unknown people surely did.
They had one clear goal: Do not let Roshan lose consciousness.
They approached cautiously but fearlessly.
Roshan pushed his vase on the floor and the water it contained poured all over the floor.
He began bending, turning the water into anything he thought was made of water: ice darts, fog, scalding water.
He could alter its temperature as well.
The unknown people were caught off guard because in the report they received, the boy didn't know how to defend himself.
Unfortunately, Roshan's attacks were child's play to them.
They began fire bending, trying to scare him but shockingly to them, he took some sparks from their fire and made it blow up in their faces.
The whole room had exploded and their presence in the palace couldn't be hidden any longer.
....
A little girl had followed her sister into the palace walls as a joke but got separated from her sister and eventually got lost.
She walked around casually, looking for the group that wanted to go and 'kill' the sorcerer that resided there which she followed.
The loud bang had blown up a big part of the palace. It was obvious that the people that were directly hit wouldn't be able to move for some time, and Roshan was part of them.
The unknown people had serious injuries but were in better condition than Roshan.
They were astonished at Roshan's display and hurriedly searched for his body. They needed to end him before his power grew.