Night has fallen in the camp site. All the members of the group had finished setting up their tents before night fell.A small campfire was burning at the center of the campsite. Maggie was the one to cook our meal for the night. It consists of potato stew, which was easy to cook, served with bread. We all gathered around the campfire to eat dinner together. "I hope it is to your liking your majesty." Maggie, who was beside me, asked. "It tastes good Maggie." I replied with a smile. "When did you learn to cook?" I asked curiously.Tricia was my personal maid when I was still a princess in Wales. Her main role was to serve me and to see to my needs. Cooking was not in her work and I also never saw her cook the time we were together. "Well... when I was in Avalon palace, I did not have any work to do, with you away in Geneva and all." Maggie replied. "I was treated as a special guest by his majesty King Ragnar, but I was not used to lazing around. And so, I started to help in the kit
My heart was beating faster every second while trying to find my husband in the vicinity. The poor lighting was not helping me, the little light that came from the moon was blocked by dark clouds from the sky. The fire in the fireplace started to dwindle down. ’This is not normal.’ I thought to myself. The hair on my arms stood in attention, as if confirming my suspicions. "Y-Your majesty... what are we going to do?" Maggie was also visibly shivering.The temperature was starting to drop beyond normal. Summer has already begun and with our location, this place should not get this cold this time of the year. "You probably need to stick close to me just in case, Maggie." I told her. If my hunch is correct, this phenomenon that is happening now is not normal. There should be an external force doing this. "First, I need to make fire." I said and Maggie nodded. I took tree branches that were lying on the ground. I tear a piece of cloth from the bottom of my night wear and tied it at
When I looked around, it was eerily quiet. The few men that we saw walking slowly in a daze were now nowhere to be found. A mysterious fog has started to envelope around the lake. It was thick that we can only see a few feet in front of us. "Avatar, can I lend your eyes for a bit?" I asked. "As you wish, my lady." Avatar replied. As I recall, as Ragnar’s familiar, Avatar was connected to him in a different way. I remember Ragnar telling me that he can see what Avatar can see if they were in sync. This was a feature Avatar has as a familiar. "I will make a temporary contract with you for now so that I can lend your abilities." I said.Avatar was towering over me. He bowed down his head to come closer to me. I outstretched my arms and held his head carefully. Slowly, our foreheads connected to each other and I started to connect with him. This was the way I can forge a temporary contract with other familiars. With the permission of the familiar, someone that had magical abilities w
After my words, fire rained down from the sky. The fog that was so think quickly dissipated when the fire came into contact on the ground. Avatar’s wings were on fire, it was beautiful and majestic to look at.Avatar was careful not to get anyone from our group in danger. The fire dissipated after it cleared away the fog. It also helped get the sirens to scramble in fear. "As I thought, they do not like fire." I said in triumph.Sirens are creatures that live in water, therefore they do not want fire that can evaporate water and burn. "Kyaaahhhh!!!" The sirens in the lake shrieked loudly. It pained our ears hearing such an agonizing scream. "Dammit, my eardrums will burst." Snow exclaimed. But the shrieking stopped after some time. When we gathered our bearings, I thought this was the chance to attack. I need to get this opportunity to get the men out of their trance. "Avatar, use your fire on the lake!" I ordered him. "Snow, get Maggie on your back and let’s try to wake the oth
"Ice wall!" I yelled and conjured ice using my magic. I put up a thick ice wall around me to block the attacks coming my way and it was successful for the first part.The sirens then used their shrilling voice. The thick ice I have conjured up cracked little by little. ’I cannot stay here for long.’ I said to myself.The sirens are afraid of one thing, and that is fire. As a member of the royal family of Atlantia, I can use different kind of magic attributes. I particularly have high aptitude in ice magic, and that is why I use it in most cases. But today what I need to use is fire magic. Ragnar was the one with high aptitude in this element. How I wish that he was conscious right now. I am sure he would know what to do in this kind of situation. ’Wake up Isabella.’ I scold myself. ’You are the only one that can do something right now. Snow and Maggie are doing their best fending off the other sirens that were threatening our group mates. For now, you are the only one that can he
"Oh, so this fine young man is your husband." Tabitha grazed her nail on Regaleon’s cheek. Her nail left a slight scratch and little blood oozed out from it.Seeing the siren queen give my husband a scrape angered me even more. Just seeing her touch Ragnar made my blood boil. The air around me started to become turbulent. My emotions are making my powers even much stronger than before. But unlike the last time where I lost control, I feel that I can use this power while maintaining consciousness. ’If I can just control this much power while maintaining consciousness, then I am sure I can get Ragnar and the others back.’ I thought. "I can see that you also have strong magic powers like that b*astard." Tabitha said. "But I suggest you put your powers back in place. That is, if you do not want your precious ’husband’ to get more wounds than this."Tabitha’s nails became longer and claw like. She had them at Ragnar’s throat. She was using Ragnar as a hostage against me. "How dare you?
Ragnar swung his sword downwards towards me, I quickly rolled to my side to evade his attack. I saw the dent that the sword made to the ground, it was a powerful blow and I looked at it in disbelief. ’My husband would never do this. He would never hurt me.’ I said to myself on and on like a mantra. ’He is just under the control of the siren queen, he is not himself.’ Ragnar pulled the sword he was holding from the ground and walked slowly towards me. He was still coming towards me with killing intent. "How does it feel that the man you love is trying to kill you?" Tabitha said with a devious smiled on her face. "I felt that way the time that b*stard discarded me. After banishing my race, the humans started to hunt our kind. We did not have any choice but to hide. Those humans who were once our food and prey gained abilities and hunted us one by one. How ironic, that the hunters were now the hunted."I can feel the pain and regret the siren queen has, her words have a mix of sadness
The men took up their swords and started to attack the sirens that were surrounding us. They used both physical and magical attacks to subdue the sirens. Snow and Avatar were also showing their exemplary fighting abilities. Snow can now move freely without needing to defend our group mates on land, while Avatar was assisting us on air. "My love, are you all right?" Ragnar quickly strode to where I was and kneeled on the ground. "My god, you are bruised and beaten all over!" He said with surprise. "It is okay, I am fine." I said while trying to get up. "No, you are not." Ragnar scolded. "This is all my fault. If I have not fallen into that damned siren’s spell, this would not have happened." His face was distorted with regret and guilt. "Erik..." I said with a firm voice and clasped his face with both hands. "...this is not your fault. Do not blame yourself for this. We never knew that such creatures exist or still existed to this day. And to think they were hiding here where we c