Mystical Heights

Chapter 8: This is my soul to give for the wrong's I did

  When Solaris was came back from her day dream of her past Julius was inches away from her face. "Hello Solaris. Did you have a nice time down memory lane my dear?" Julius asked with a smile upon his face. "How did you know that and how do you know my name?" Solaris asked nervously. "Come closer" Julius said tilting his his head back and forth a few times to indicate Solaris come closer to him. Solaris looked to Madam Moone to see if it was safe for her to do so. "He can't hurt you sweetheart. All he has is words to throw at you, nothing more." Madam Moone answered her question that Solaris didn't need to ask to be heard. Solaris looked at Chassidy, who was shaking her head and using her two fingers to make a cross. Solaris smiled and hesitantly leaned forward toward Julius. "Because Dear, I own the Dreamworld!" Julius whispered. Then he exhaled a mannical laugh. Solaris cringed, but now knew to stay in the present and not take a nap around Smokey the dream bandit anymore. When Solaris looked to the center of the table, she saw the "All seeing eye" book that was now verified made completely of black crows and a closed eye in the middle of the cover. 

"The Allseeing eye book requires payment of one soul to live in hell for all of eternity." Julius said to everyone. "Ha, well it looks like we should start coming up with a plan B guys." Chassidy said aloud. Everyone remained quiet after hearing this bit of information. "What does the book provide for someone to give up their soul to open it?" Solaris asked, breaking the silence. "It will answer any question you bestow upon it." Madam Moone answered Solaris' question. "That's it?" Chassidy asked. "Well under the circumstances dear, I think that having the question we need answered is highly important." Nana said, which made Chassidy shrug her shoulders and look down feeling like it was a stupid question. "I'll do it." Nana said standing up. "Like hell you will!" Larry Joe yelled jumping up from his seat. "Son, if you ever yell at your mother again I promise you will regret it." Nana said in an even tone as she looked at her son. Larry Joe sat down and crossed his arms and started crying softly. "No Nana, I won't allow you to give up your soul for me." Solaris said shaking her head. "Its not just for you sweetheart." Nana said, referring to her son Jensen.

Everyone around the table were standing up argueing and not wanting this fate to be bestowed upon anyone. "Well whenever you guy's figure out which one of you will be offering your soul to open the book give me a shout." Julius said going back into the lamp. When all of the smoke was just about gone, it stopped suddenly and Julius started coming back out until he was completely emerged again. "Well well well, it seems that the Allseeing eye has just received its payment." Julius said making eeryone around the table immediately stop arguing and turn their attention to the center of the table. Floating above the book was Prixie, who was cradling her hand that had a tiny red dot on her finger from where she had pricked it against the book.

"No! Prixie how could you!" Solaris yelled with tears in her eyes. "Ouch, it hurts." Prixie replied with a painful look on her face. Prixie flew over to Solaris and buried her face into Solaris' shoulder needing a hug from her. Solaris Jumped back and yelled again at Prixie. "No! I won't allow you to do this!" Solaris yelled pointing at a crying Prixie. Seconds later, the book started to rumble on the table and the eye in the center of the book opened revealing a yellow glowing eye with a red colored pupil in the center looking around and blinking rapidly. The pages on the bottom portion of the book formed a mouth and fluttered when the book spoke. "Who has called upon me?" The book asked with a deep melancholy voice, which was similar to James earl Jones. "I did mister book." Prixie answered. "Ha ha ha. Mister book, eh?" The book replied laughing. "My name is Yalrrib and I am the gatekeeper of the Allknown." Yalrrib continued by introducing himself.

"We need to make sure we ask the question correctly, because there are no follow up questions or do overs." Madam Moone said to everyone. "That is correct. I will answer one question for Prixie and I will charge her soul for eternity when her life on this planet ends." Yalrrib said aloud to everyone. "Can we buy her soul back?" Solaris asked. The book pondered the question for a moment. "I've never been asked that before." Yalrrib replied. "Really? That would of been my question immediately if I had given up my soul." Chassidy said laughing. "Well I don't see why not. If you bring me another soul then Prixie here may have her soul back." Yalrrib finally agreed. "Is there a time limit or any fine print clause we should be made aware of?" Solaris asked remembering what Madam Moone said about picking your question wisely.

"As long as Prixie's life on this planet hasn't concluded then I will accept any soul for hero's to trade for eternity." Yalrrib replied. "You promise?" Solaris asked feeling sort of childish, but needed some reassurance. "I don't make promises, I give answers and I have fulfilled my part." Yalrrib answered her question rhetorically. "Sounds peachy to me." Prixie said looking up toward Solaris with a bright smile. Solaris tilted her head and smiled at Prixie with the upmost love and affection. "Sounds peachy to me too then." Solaris replied making a fist in front of Prixie, who didn't miss a beat and pounded her tiny fist against it.

"Oh really? What did you say Larry Joe? That you would be glad to give your soul up for Prixie's soul?" Chassidy said making a speakerphone with her hands over her mouth. "I most certainly did not say that!" Larry Joe replied standing up making sure everyone knew that he did not say or agree to said statement. After a few moments of everyone laughing besides Larry Joe, everyone started conversing on how to ask the question and make sure that it was asked correctly and would not require a follow up question if asked. After everyone agreed on how the question should be asked, they called for Prixie to come over and take the piece of paper with the question written on it. "Prixie make sure you read the question exactly as it is on the paper and say nothing else besides what you see on this paper. Do you understand?" Madam Moone asked Prixie . "I got this dude." Prixie said while using her finger to look like a gun and blow out the fake smoke from the barrel, like a cowboy or cowgirl might do in the movies. Everyone chuckled nervously knowing that they only got one shot at this. Prixie fluttered close to the book and cleared her throat in a high pitched cough. "Ahem, ahem." Prixie squeaked clearing her throat. "Okay mister bird book. I'm ready to ask my question now." Prixie said holding the tiny note in front of her, but the note was still big enough that it covered Prixie's whole body almost entirely. Prixie had to peek over the side of the note to see that Yalrrib had heard her.

"Okay little one, you may ask me your question." Yalrrib replied. "Which spell can reverse the spell that was placed upon Solaris Van-nuyes and Jensen Hernandez?" Prixie asked then immediately turned toward everyone who were all holding their thumbs up as a sign that Prixie asked the question correctly. Yalrrib closed his glowing yellow eye and nothing happened for close to twenty agonizing seconds. Everyone started looking at each other wondering what happened. "I think we all just got duped." Chassidy said aloud. Seconds later the lock on the side of the book sprang open suddenly and startled everyone, especially Larry Joe who screamed "Ahhh!" The book opened and then pages of the book started flying from right to left extremely fast. When it got to about the center of the book the pages stopped flipping and it sat there open and unmoving. Everyone looked at each other for a moment, then ran to the table to see what was on the open pages. There was a sentence in small letters on the left page that read, "The key you seek can only be turned by the lock of war."

"Its a riddle!" Larry Joe burst outloud. "Duh, genius." Chassidy replied in an even tone, which made every laugh. "What does it mean?" Prixie asked Solaris. "I don't know." Solaris replied. Nobody spoke for a few seconds. "It means that only the Warlock that placed the spell can reverse it." Nana said solving the riddle.