NOELLE'S POV,
I try to figure out what I should do but every time I close my eyes, I just go back to what happened in the Under Realm. I see Hella's face when I burned her, and I see Roan just standing there while they sacrifice me.Still can't believe that he betrayed me like that. I should have followed my instincts from the beginning. But of course, I fall in love with the first guy that gives me attention. I don't want to shed any more tears for that guy though, so I better just try to forget about him.Then I realize something else. If I am the last heir of the witches that means that my parents are dead for sure. Somewhere I still had hoped there was a reason they left me and that I would see them again someday. Now I probably won't even find out what happened to them. Tears roll down my cheek and I lean even closer to Thorn. His head shoots up when we hear a sound. He quickly puts his wings to shield me and growls at what is approaching.I can see Faith emGABRIEL'S POV,Gabriel looks at Noelle while they fly back to his friends. He can smell the scent of her hair which is like camomile and lavender. He takes a deep sigh because just smelling her already gives him butterflies in his stomach.When they have arrived, he walks to his friends who seem to have a heated discussion. Holly and Nolan are in disagreement about what we should do first.Gabriel scrapes his throat, ''Okay let's just leave it for a moment. Faith can you tell me all the steps we need to take that you guys came up with?''Faith takes a deep breath, ''We will have to train Noelle, we have to train our own armies and gather them, we have to find out what Hades his plan is, we have to make a battle strategy and we have to warn the other Realms and convince them to join us.'' She gasps for air after the long sentence.Gabriel says dryly, ''So enough to do.''Gabriel takes a moment to think, ''I think we can best start with training and
NOELLE'S POV,I wake up the next morning early from bells ringing loudly. It takes me a moment to realize what is going on, but it is probably Gabriel getting ready for his speech. I quickly get dressed and grab a sandwich from the kitchen on my way outside.I see everybody walk towards the little city area in the middle of the mountains. In the middle, there is a big terrace surrounded by cafes. Gabriel is ringing a big bell that is standing in the center of the terrace. The people seem uneasy and nervous, so I am guessing this doesn't happen that often. At the front, I see Faith's blond hair, so I quickly walk towards her.''Hi,'' I say while I touch her elbow.Faith turns around and smiles at me gently, ''Hej Noelle, good morning.''We both look at Gabriel when he rings the bells one last time. Gabriel sees that I am there and mouths a silent hi. I can't help feeling happy that he acknowledges me. When the sun hits Gabriel's head he scrapes his throat. I
NOELLE'S POV,Nolan and I share a quick lunch and then it is already time to meet with Zeus. He is waiting for me in the gardens. I find him sitting next to a big fountain surrounded by rose bushes. He looks at me seriously, ''Hello Noelle, I thought it would be good if we have a little chat first today. We need to figure out what magic you already master and what you still need to learn.''I go sit next to him and nod in agreement.Zeus takes a breath, ''So according to the words you spoke on the night Hades returned you would be able to master all your ancestor's magic. Witch magic is very different in every witch so we can presume you should be able to master all the different magic kinds there are in the Realms. Please tell me what you already can do?''I take a moment to think, ''Well I have practiced quite a lot of water magic in the Sea Realm. I can let the water do anything I want with just a thought.''Zeus looks satisfied, ''We will see today
GABRIEL'S POV,Gabriel turns Dagahra around and tells her through their mind connection to go home, ''It's getting dark so let's go home Dagahra.''Dagahra turns around with a swift motion and asks, ''Do you want me to go fast sometimes master? So that the human has to sit close to you.''Gabriel smiles, ''You are a clever dragon that's for sure. I won't say that I object.''Dagahra shoots up to get above the clouds again. Gabriel can hear Noelle give a shriek and then hold on to him tight. His heart is beating in his chest when he feels her warm arms around him, and all her soft curves pressed to his back. He wishes they could stay like that forever.But sooner than later they arrive back at the training grounds. They land softly and he jumps off. Noelle looks a bit unsure of how to get off.''Please lay down for Noelle,'' Gabriel says to Dagahra. The dragon softly lays down her paws. Now Gabriel is close enough to grab Noelle at her waist and pu
NOELLE'S POV,The next day I wake up feeling like I have been crushed by a giant rock. All my muscles hurt, and I wish I could just lay in bed and die. But it is 6 O'clock so a whole day of training is waiting for me again. I take a deep sigh and drag myself out of bed to get ready.When I get to the training grounds for the morning run it is clear to me that I am not the only one that is sore. Nolan has to motivate us the whole time to keep everyone running. When it is time for combat training everyone is already so tired that we look like a bunch of imbeciles trying to fight.After the combat training, I drag myself to the main pool to do transforming magic with the other magicians from the Sea Realm. Then I go to the dragon pits to practice with Thorn and then try not to fall asleep during dinner. By the time dinner is over I am so exhausted that I fall asleep immediately when I reach my bed. The same thing happens for 4 days in a row but on the fifth day, I
NOELLE'S POV,Today the magic training is held at the big pool of Liberum. We all practice some shape-shifting magic. The people of the Sea Realm have helped me master shapeshifting to every sea creature they know. The weirdest must have been to shapeshift into an octopus. It was super strange to have 8 arms all of the sudden. In return, I taught them how to make a vortex and a tsunami wave. They are not strong enough to create a tsunami wave on their own but when they work together and combine their magic it works.Zeus and I are sitting on a rock watching them making big waves together. ''How did you start learning magic?'' I ask Zeus.Zeus sits a bit straighter, ''Ever since I was a little boy, I have been different. No one wanted to play with me because they thought I was weird. My own parents avoided me as much as they could because they didn't understand me. My mother said she knew something was wrong with me when I was born, and one eye was brown and the
NOELLE'S POV,The next day I am finished with training at 4 O'clock. I feel excited about the dinner and get back to my room to make myself ready. In the mountain, I bump into Faith. She is wearing a long yellow flower dress and has daisy flowers braided in her hair.''I didn't know we were supposed to dress up?'' I say to her surprised.I look at my own black pants and sweater, ''I don't have anything nice to wear.''Faith takes my hand, ''Come you can borrow one of my dresses.''I walk after her to her room, and she opens her closet for me. It is full of dresses in all colors. Faith says, ''Pick whichever one you like, I will go upstairs now but we can walk to Cafe Blanche together when you are ready.''She walks out of the room and closes the door. I look at all the dresses and go with my hand through all the fabrics. I decide to go with a knee-length red dress with an off-shoulder top. I let my hair hang loose and put some red lipstick on. Lastly, I
NOELLE'S POV,The next morning Holly and I leave early before anyone else wakes up. Holly looks hangover and doesn't say much.I call Thorn through our mind connection and climb on his back.''Try to keep up,'' Holly says and she takes out her wings and shoots into the sky.''Let's go, boy,'' I say to Thorn, and he lifts off with a big jump. His big golden wings take us high into the sky within seconds. Holly takes us high above the clouds and seems to be in a hurry. It takes us 4 hours of flying to get to the Sky Realm. When we arrive I see nothing at first. We get to a barrier of dark clouds and bad weather; it seems like there is no way through. Holly stops in front of the barrier and whispers something I can't hear. Then there is a hole in the barrier and Holly quickly flies through it. Thorn puts his wings close to his body and shoots after her.In the Barrier it is dark, and I hear thunder everywhere. When the Barrier ends it is suddenly quiet and ligh