Dazed and hurt, no human or vampire had hit me with such force before, I stood, and with my hands on my knees I regained my composure, I heard the witch speak but was unable to understand her words as she rushed to my side, I saw her make some sort of motion with her hands, there was another man heading towards us, I couldn't move, I was still winded, seeing a large hammer headed towards me I braced for the impact, it suddenly returned to it's owner smashing his face, the witch lent forward and with a flick of her finger he exploded into nothingness.<br/><br/>I finally regained my breath and looked at the witch, she stood before me in a stance of total defiance, hands on hips, her eyes were shining with the excitement of her recent victory over the warrior that appeared from the trees, she asked,<br/><br/>"Do you believe in me now?"<br/><br/>I looked into her eyes, maybe this woman had something, no man or vampire had the strength to throw me in such a way that would knock the wind out of me. Walking towards her, I stood inches from her and looked down and nodded.<br/><br/>Turning away this woman, she had got my respect this day.