As the three girls became victims to Palio’s orchestra once more, they found themselves in a strange village surrounded by pink clouds and a magenta-colored sky.
“This is getting weird,” June said.
“Palio keeps sending us to alternate realities, “Bonnie said. “We need to get that damn flute and destroy it, “
But before they could form a plan to do so, the three sisters heard panicking civilians rush out of their homes.
Multiple cambion villagers ran for their lives. Each being is converted by the strange flames.
A white hooded figure hovered over the village holding a long Celestial with a large eyeball at the end.
“No stop it. Stop it” Taylor yelled a
“Do you see the connection?” Skin asked as soon as they stepped away from Professor Peterson.“Sure do,” Olivia replied quietly.“Don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out something so simple,” Roxy said with a mild hint of sarcasm.“Please!!!” Olivia warned in an annoyed tone. “And Roxy, can you please try to act a bit natural when in public?”“This is natural!” Roxy stared at Olivia, her eyes wide open. “Well… unless you want me not to act natural.”“Coming back to the point, I think you should talk to Captain Moss right now,” Skin suggested.“It can wait. You can see we have an urgent job on hand,” Olivia said thoughtfully.“Captain Moss needs to hear about this because…” Kai began to say.“Later! For now, we have to make sure that the chalice stays safe. Remember, Captain Moss said we must not take any action until we find a way to undo the spell. For now, we will just see that the chalice doesn’t fall into wrong hands. And we have to do that without raising any suspicions
With no other choice, the two of them decided to enter the service hall. They found a few empty chairs at the back of the hall and decided to sit there. That way, they could stay close to the door and monitor everyone in the audience at the same time.Most of the people were seated now and the Sunday service was about to begin. The Pastor was due to arrive shortly. The Prayer hall was exceptionally large. The ceiling was decorated in extensive stonework in the form of complex geometric shapes. The sunlight from the stained-glass windows of the hall threw patterns of light on the walls. Thinking that the church building must be very old, Olivia studied the murals painted on the walls. She could tell that most of the painting had been restored. One of the paintings particularly caught her attention. She thought that she had seen a similar one before but she couldn’t remember where.“They have been gone for a while now,” Kai said, shaking Olivia out of her thoughts.“What?” she asked sti
At the end of the Sunday service, the Pastor announced that the inauguration had been postponed for an hour because of security concerns and in the meantime a community bake sale was to be held in the courtyard. Most of the people were annoyed but they went out to the courtyard anyway.“Never will you find anything special in a bake sale. If you have been to one, you have been to all,” Roxy sighed.“So what exactly happened back there?” Olivia narrowed her eyes.“Nine o’ clock!” Roxy said in an urgent tone.Everyone quickly turned to look in the direction.“Seriously? How could you just look around like that; stare at them?” Roxy complained.“Look at who?” Skin asked while Kai kept staring at the blank air without saying anything.“That was our guy.” Olivia had seen him before he disappeared behind a pillar.They rushed to look for him but he seemed to have vanished in thin air. Olivia ran to the gate and saw him turn a corner and shortly after another guy, attired in a serviceman’s u
Moments later, a Security van arrived unexpectedly. They offloaded something that looked like a vault.“They are bringing the chalice in for the inauguration,” they heard one of the security guards warning the others on a radio.“So even the fake one was kept in a vault all along,” Olivia sighed.The inauguration began at the planned time. People were ushered to a bigger hall for the ceremony. The professor who was the special guest, walked over to the podium to say a few words and then the pastor pulled the red cloth. Everyone was mesmerized by the breath-taking beauty of the chalice that glowed under the yellow light of the chandelier.*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Harold Hearst sat in what looked like a den adorned with many kinds of crystals, an assortment of precious stones, mirrors and vials containing colourful potions. He loved spending time in this hideout as it reminded him of a peaceful life that he once lived. He was the oldest elf sorcerer alive and also the Warlock Alpha.He took out
His name was Leo Garcia and he was attending the meeting as Gabe. He was a young art and antique dealer and a psychic. As far as The Blessing knew, he was in possession of the key. He had inherited it from his grandfather, an antique dealer with psychic abilities. He had come across the key during an auction. After paying a ridiculous amount of money for the piece, he made several attempts to resell it but the key failed to fetch him even what he had spent on it and eventually it found its way in the back of his small antique shop with other “dead stock”.After several years when he had almost forgotten the key, a group of infamous goons approached the old man.“Any idea about this, old man?” one of them asked, showing him a piece of paper.One look at the hand drawn sketch and the old man understood that the key was worth more than he could ever imagine.“I had something similar years ago but I’m not sure if I have sold it or if it’s still lying around,” he replied.“Well you better
Olivia, Sam and Scott left Captain Moss’ office.“As if the damage already done by The Blessing was not enough,” Sam murmured.“The briefing is scheduled to take place during the second half of the day. I would like to get a bite before that,” Scot said, ignoring Sam’s whining.Olivia broke off from the group.“Aren’t you joining us?” Scott asked.“I’m good. I’m not eternally hungry like you,” she replied, taking a turn towards left.She headed to an iron bench in the garden. She would rather spend the afternoon alone than hanging out with her colleagues. Her mind could use a little peace. The last few weeks had provided her with life changing experiences. She had been disowned by her family, yet again. And to make the matters worse she had lost faith in friendship after what Jill, who was actually Tabitha, had done to her.She closed her eyes and leaned against the back of the bench. She wanted to resurrect Jill and give her another chance at life. Moss had disapproved of that, knowi
Olivia couldn’t help but notice that he was in a rush and preoccupied with something pressing.“What is all about?” she asked quickly, fearing he would walk away without dropping a hint.“More Folklore have been abducted and I am waiting for the witnesses to drop in. So, far I can tell you just that,” he said before he quickly walked away.Olivia stood there, thinking curiously. She hated to wait. It was going to be a very long hour.She watched Captain Moss impatiently stroll towards the meeting room. *-*-*-*-*-*-*It was just an ordinary day at The Broth. Maxine was about to step out when Bulk stopped her near the exit.“We have a problem boss,” he said with a mild hint of irritation.“Spit it out Bulk,” the enchantress replied.“Those two in the corner,” he said, pointing towards a pair of golems sitting quietly in a corner.“Don’t look familiar; haven’t seen them before,” she said eyeing them cautiously.The two of t
The fairies signalled to Samantha, asking her to move closer and she obliged happily.Soon the hooded figure reached for Dr Aegle paper work and began to look for something in the records.“Time to go,” he declared, as soon as he found Samantha’s file.Samantha was now dancing around the room with fairies, completely ignorant of the trouble she was in. They enclosed her in a circle and began dancing around her while she stood in the middle of the circle, happily looking at the fairies, one after the other.“Do you want to go to the fairyland now?” one of them asked.“Yes!” Samantha replied with excitement and giggled.“That was easy,” another one laughed and Samantha laughed with them too.Dr Aegle watched with astonishment as the fairies began to move faster and faster. Moments later, they were unified into what looked like a whirlwind, their bodies melting into the air around Samantha. The whirlwind became faster and drew Samantha in before it finally disappeared.Aegle was now star