At night Elizabeth once again woke up horrified and sweating profusely. The nightmares were getting worse and Zai was in her head often. She lay flat on her bed and pulled on the covers. She knew she must get some sleep because she had a long day ahead of her.
On the other hand, Zai was happy with the creation of the Gemini curse. She was already bound to Elizabeth and with the creation of power of the Gemini, she was becoming able to exercise greater influence over Bonnie’s mind. Zai knew that the curse could be activated every seventy years and she was glad that this time the ones who had chosen to activate it were the soulless Sri-Wilde. It was to her advantage that Elizabeth remained unaware of the fact of activation of Gemini complex. It gave her an advan
After lunch break, Elizabeth hurried towards the main office. Too little time and she had too much to do. Northstar and Alan along with another one of their colleagues had left on a mission, assigning most of the tasks to Elizabeth and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was a newbie who knew far lesser than Elizabeth. This meant that Elizabeth had to take care of a lot more stuff than she could handle, and she was overwhelmed.“Elizabeth!” Elizabeth called out from across the hall.“Yes?” Elizabeth sighed.“Detective Morris is waiting for you in his office,” Elizabeth informed.“Who?... Northstar?” Elizabeth asked with surprise.“Yes, he’s here to see you,” Elizabeth confirmed.Elizabeth looked at the open door on her left and walked in.“Northstar? What are you doing here,” Elizabeth said entering his office? “I thought, you were…”“Alan a
Once inside the hotel, Northstar and Elizabeth waited in the lobby while Agatha checked them in and got the keys to their rooms.“Looks like there is a lot of drama surrounding the whole thing and the press is making a big deal out of it,” Northstar said pointing at a TV screen in the lobby that showed an anchor-person speaking to a police officer in a foreign language. “Anyway, the course of action should be to visit the places like tourists and look for leads. It is really going to be no more than hit and trial.”“I can book us on the tour guide bus,” Agatha offered cheerfully.Elizabeth stared at him sharply.“Or maybe not,” he shrugged, quickly altering his statement.“Well, it’s already late. For today, let us hang around in the vicinity of the hotel to see if we could find a lead,” Northstar suggested getting up to leave the hotel.Once outside, the three of them walked
The figure near the door quickly turned away and walked out of the door. Elizabeth caught a glimpse of the shadowy figure and she wondered if they were being followed but when they stepped outside, everything seemed normal to her. They walked a few blocks and then took a left, heading towards the old bridge and the creek. The road to the creek was incredibly quiet. It was past 5 o’ clock and there was no activity around the post office building and the community school at this time of the day.Suddenly Elizabeth saw a strange figure emerge and disappear quickly in distance.“That’s it,” she shouted.“Finally,” Agatha said with excitement.He too had spotted something vague, more like a shadow.The three of them set out to follow it. Elizabeth fervently tried to cast a tracing spell while running. She shot in the direction of an old building, made up of grey stone. Northstar and Agatha followed her. She stopped in
The Local church was an old building, and the graveyard was right next to the church. When Northstar, Elizabeth and Agatha arrived, the funeral service had ended.Three police officers were going around handing posters with a sketch of the suspect asking people if they had a clue about the killings. Agatha detached himself from a group of locals he had started a conversation with and walked towards Elizabeth holding a poster.“Here, look at the sketch made by the human police. It quite matches him,” he remarked jokingly pointing at the priest who was standing in the middle of a group of people, his back towards Elizabeth.Elizabeth eyed Agatha angrily.“Professor Edward, I am so sorry about Ethan,” a middle-aged woman said to a man standing close by.Elizabeth shoved the poster written in foreign language in Agatha’ hand, quickly walking over to the professor, introducing herself as a tourist. Both Northstar and Agatha
After the crack of the dawn, Northstar, Elizabeth and Agatha made their way back to the hotel, now sure that the creature was dead. Mallory had already departed feeling depressed as she could not find any links to her son. Now she stood in the corner of an isolated building, not extremely far from the creek. Suddenly, a woman wearing a white trench coat with red flames on the bottom materialized in front of her.“Good day Mallory,” Maria said.Mallory acknowledged the greeting with a nod.“Hmmm, Northstar Morris!” Maria said. “Guess he would be really impressed to see me again after a long time. He gave me a few chases, without being successful, of course. And was not that the girl they found instead of me when they were trying to catch me so that I could be the slave of the Paranormal Authority for eternity. I really wanted to surprise him but now wasn’t the time or the place.”Maria’s eyes glared with mean
“Well, I think this will do,” Bonnie said adding the last bits of wood to the fire.“Is this the closest we can get to celebrating Halloween?” June giggled.It was the 31st of October. Elizabeth, Bonnie and June sat in the school grounds, enjoying their evening tea. Gathering firewood from around the place, they had made a small fire to cheer up Connie who was a newbie.Connie was 13 years old, and she was from Finland. She had arrived at the school a few days ago. Her parents had come to know about her pyro-kinesis abilities when she was just 11. Against their better judgement they had decided to keep this a secret until recently, when Connie, pissed at one of her schoolmates had started a fire. When the Agency came to know about the event, Allen was asked to intervene and bring her on-board. Connie being the only child had almost suffered a breakdown. She could not bear the thought of living away from her parents and siblings. On the da
When Bonnie woke up, she was breathing heavily, and her mind was full of fog. June and Elizabeth were leaning forward, looking at her closely.“Are you OK?” June asked with concern.“We are glad you decided to come,” Elizabeth smiled.“I was dragged here. I was trying to stop you,” Bonnie gritted her teeth. “And where are we?”“Let’s go and find out!” Elizabeth suggested.“You don’t know? Brilliant!” Bonnie said, getting up slowly.The three of them walked a mile before they found the main road and after reading the road signs, they discovered that they were in Connecticut.“Any idea why we landed here?” Bonnie asked.“Nope,” replied Elizabeth.“Is this place close to your home?” June asked.“No, it isn’t, I want to say there was a glitch but…” Elizabeth said.&ldq
Halloween party had gone terribly wrong, and they had another mystery on hand to solve. It was awful that the killer had struck twice in one night, moving from one crime scene to another. They knew one thing for sure, people in town are in trouble because of this monster but what they did not know was that their presence in Connecticut had stirred up a lot of things.They were being followed to be targeted. Moments after Northstar had landed in the Connecticut, Aria had followed him here. She was overjoyed at the fact that she had outsmarted Northstar once again. He had been looking for her all over the place, but he could not find her, although she had stayed too close to him during all that time. Aria had mastered the disguise spell and although Northstar was spooked a few times by her presence, he had failed to spot her. Perhaps he was exhausted of chasing her, she thought.When Aria arrived in Connecticut, she realized that the town was falling a victim to a monste
Back at the former orphanage, Onika arrives to the burnt down building trending cautiously.“Nelson?” Onika called out.Her call was met with an unwavering silence that agitated her sense of optimism.The priestess pulled out her amethyst from before to guide her to any trace of Styng’s magic.“Your not gonna trick me again, Bitch.”The stone pulled her forward, making her way up the stairs.“Nelson,” Onika shouted. “Nelson.”The priestess came up stairs, scouring the floor with no results.“Dammit. Where is he.The amyhest stopped glowing as she held it in her palm.“Seriously?”“Help” A second voice called out.Onika rushed toward the voice only to find it not to be Nelson but Officer Kyle.“Onika?” The officer uttered, pressing his hands over his bleeding stomach which had large bite marks on the right side.“Officer?” Onika kneeled down to examine the bite mark. A Manticore.”A what?”“The creature that attacked you. I can tell by the marks on your body.”Onika dug into her bag, p
Back in Olivia’s hometown, Norton Salem Cult and his wife Elizabeth were packing their bags. Norton tried to comfort Elizabeth as tears rolled down her eyes. “This was bound to happen,” he said. “I know, but she’s so young,” she replied, chocking on her words. Years ago, Norton had made the decision to leave the Coven forever. His mother, who was also a witch, had told him that he was making a mistake. However, Norton had made up his mind. Elizabeth didn’t want to have anything to do with the twisted world of magic and he loved her far too much to let her go. The book, nevertheless, was supposed to go with him. It was his baggage to bear. He was the only heir. He had tried to bury it as deep as he could but he had known all along that it would resurface. It was a legacy impossible to get rid of. The right person in his blood line would find it automatically. Little did he know that it would be his daughter Olivia. The curse of the Salem Cult had returned to haunt his child. He coul
Seconds later she felt like she was spinning in a whirlwind, being lifted upwards. Suddenly, her feet touched the ground. When she opened her eyes she and William were inside the premises of a huge building; The School of Paranormal Arts.“We will go to the dorms now and while on our way, I will show you around,” William said.Olivia was astonished by the strange world around her. The school was huge. She peered into the rooms as she walked in the hallway with William.“This is the right place for you. Here you are safe and you can practise your craft with freedom. Besides, no one will ever judge you here.” William tried to reassure her.Olivia nodded. Most of the young people at school seemed to be enjoying their time. She looked at the two guys sitting in a garden talking to a huge crab.“They are Ben and Zac and that’s Nelly, their pet crab. She is also their subject of study. They are experimenting with their mind control skills.” William explained.Olivia watched as one of the tw
William Morris sat in a busy café, alone. He was expecting his partner Allan any minute. Allan was running late as usual and William wished that this time it would be because he had a lead on the case. However, as soon as Allan entered the café, looking somewhat dishevelled and walking with a slight limp, William lost all his hope. Allan walked over to him and took a seat opposite to him.“You look like you have been outsmarted once again,” William said with disappointment.“I could use some food, I am starving,” Allan grunted easing himself in the chair.After a short while, a waitress approached and the two men ordered some food.“So?” William asked.“Well, they left no clue. I got the wrong person. They had charmed her into playing a decoy and I fell for it. The next thing I know is they had disappeared into thin air.” Allan explained.“Damn, we really need to do something about this. The bosses are not going to like this,” William said with obvious irritation.“I know Bill,” Allan
And now she ran for her life, with two goons targeting her in the night. She raced up to a civilian and tugged his sleeve, hoping to grab his attention. However, when this man turned, Olivia blinked when she saw a blank face. No eyes or mouth- just skin. She stepped back, but hearing the footsteps of her pursuers, she fled.Olivia’s heart pounded while she sprinted through the streets, not caring if she bumped into people along the way. She didn’t look up, afraid of what she might see.The girl entered an alley and expected she wouldn’t be spotted, but ever since she opened that book, things hadn’t gone her way. She reached a dead end and began to make a reverse turn but the guys blocked her path.“Nowhere to run, little miss.” One of them smirked and edged closer with each step she took. “We’re going to have some fun.”Olivia’s heart hammered against her chest and her back hit the dead end. She closed her lids, ready to accept her fate as they crept closer. But her trembling lips mut
God dammit, I hate being a witch! Olivia Cult walked alone, abandoned by her family at eight years-old. She wandered through the village renowned for its thieves.The young girl clutched her body, contemplating the circumstances that left her homeless and rejected.“Hey, kid,” a stranger called. “Where is your mommy? It’s not safe to be alone.”“Go away,” Olivia said, walking away. He blocked her path.“Did anyone tell you that’s no way to talk to a grown-up?”“Please leave me alone.”“You’re awfully rude. Don’t worry, sweetheart. Come with me and I’ll take real good care of you.” He reached out to Olivia but she stepped back.“We could do this the easy way or the fun way, kid.” The man licked his lips. “The other day I loved the fun way.”Olivia pushed the man away and raced away. Villagers saw this scene, but ignored it. Olivia frowned,wondering why no one intervened. *** Imagine this started because of a book that
Back in Olivia’s hometown, Norton Salem Cult and his wife Elizabeth were packing their bags. Norton tried to comfort Elizabeth as tears rolled down her eyes.“This was bound to happen,” he said.“I know, but she’s so young,” she replied, chocking on her words.Years ago, Norton had made the decision to leave the Coven forever. His mother, who was also a witch, had told him that he was making a mistake. However, Norton had made up his mind. Elizabeth didn’t want to have anything to do with the twisted world of magic and he loved her far too much to let her go. The book, nevertheless, was supposed to go with him. It was his baggage to bear. He was the only heir. He had tried to bury it as deep as he could but he had known all along that it would resurface. It was a legacy impossible to get rid of. The right person in his blood line would find it automatically. Little did he know that it would be his daughter Olivia. The curse of the Salem Cult had returned to haunt his child. He couldn’
William Morris sat in a busy café, alone. He was expecting his partner Allan any minute. Allan was running late as usual and William wished that this time it would be because he had a lead on the case. However, as soon as Allan entered the café, looking somewhat dishevelled and walking with a slight limp, William lost all his hope. Allan walked over to him and took a seat opposite to him.“You look like you have been outsmarted once again,” William said with disappointment.“I could use some food, I am starving,” Allan grunted easing himself in the chair.After a short while, a waitress approached and the two men ordered some food.“So?” William asked.“Well, they left no clue. I got the wrong person. They had charmed her into playing a decoy and I fell for it. The next thing I know is they had disappeared into thin air.” Allan explained.“Damn, we really need to do something about this. The bosses are not going to like this,” William said with obvious irritation.“I know Bill,” Allan
Next day, the girls visited Maddie and she started to work on her spell once again. This time Maddie’s spell pointed her in the direction of the woods but she wasn’t entirely sure if it was the Crypt Keeper or something else. The girls quickly left for the woods; they had to find it and stop it before it struck again. William was out to see a police officer who was Amber’s close friend and they couldn’t wait for him.Once in the woods, Olivia, Meredith and Jill started looking around but everything seemed really normal. As they walked further down they heard a faint, muffled sound among the trees. They followed in the direction of the sound and as they got closer, they were shocked to see Gregory, sitting in his wheel-chair. He was gagged and his hands were tied down. The girls hurried to help him. They untied his hands quickly.“Watch out,” Jill screamed suddenly.Olivia turned around and saw a zombie standing face to face, staring at her in rage. As it moved closer to Olivia, Meredi